Wasteland's Only King-Chapter 160 - 140: Cause and Effect! Divine Ritual! Forbidden Power!

Chapter 160: Chapter 140: Cause and Effect! Divine Ritual! Forbidden Power!

Blue Star.

Above space.

In front of Yu Jin, a massive pitch-black celestial body, trailing a bright, lengthy tail, roared toward him.

Wherever the black celestial body passed, even space moaned under its unbearable weight.

It is...

Tier Fifteen Galaxy-level Pollution Source—Annihilation!

And also...

That ’Oumuamua 2’ Yu Jin saw in Naiya’s prophecy!

Before this.

Yu Jin always thought the reason for the tragic scene of ’beautiful fireworks’ in Naiya’s prophecy was simply because he had returned to Blue Star too late.

So late that, at the moment Oumuamua 2 descended, he only emerged with Yin Yao and the others.

But now?

Seeing ’Oumuamua 2’ appear out of nowhere with his own eyes.

Yu Jin finally realized—he was wrong, utterly wrong!

It turns out, it wasn’t that he returned late!

But rather...

Because he returned after 60 days, he attracted ’Oumuamua 2’!

More precisely...

Because he returned to Blue Star after 60 days and purified Blue Star’s pollution, it triggered the arrival of ’Oumuamua 2’!

The descent of Oumuamua 2 was entirely caused by his act of purifying Blue Star again!

"Pollution cannot be stopped."

"Blue Star will eventually be destroyed."

Wu Yufei’s old words suddenly echoed in Yu Jin’s ears.

A powerful, seemingly unalterable sense of fate enveloped Yu Jin entirely.

"No..."

"It shouldn’t be like this!"

Yu Jin stared at the roaring black celestial body, gritted his teeth, and clenched his fists.

Buzz——!

Within him, attribute energy surged violently.

In front of him, a ten-minute countdown was steadily dwindling.

2:39

2:38

...

Crunch——!

Yu Jin raised his hand, Tier Ten Crystal at the entrance.

This was the reward earned for purifying Blue Star.

Now Yu Jin used it to replenish his nearly exhausted energy.

Facing a Tier Fifteen Pollution Source, Yu Jin had only one option: purification.

He must—and absolutely will—purify this ’Oumuamua 2’.

Because, in some sense, it really was brought here by him...

Even though this was a Tier Fifteen Pollution Source, higher than Yu Jin’s current Tier Fourteen!

Even though ’Unity’ ability and ’Enhancement’ talent were both on cooldown, utterly unavailable.

But...

There’s no retreat!

Whoosh——!

The Light Wings behind Yu Jin vibrated.

He roared toward the distant black celestial body!

Yu Jin, with his body, stood between it and Blue Star!

"Purification!"

Yu Jin shouted softly as energy poured from him.

Boom——!

Tiny beam of light collided with the colossal world.

Sizzle——!

The void quaked, pollution evaporated.

[With the body of an ant, you are purifying ’Tier Fifteen Galaxy-level Pollution Source—Annihilation’ beyond your tier!]

[Such achievement is unprecedented and echoes throughout the Wasteland Star System!]

[Current Purification Progress: 1%]

Unlike when he purified nuclear waste before, Yu Jin couldn’t obtain rewards and crystals while purifying.

After just one burst of Purifying Light, the energy in his body was already close to exhaustion...

Yet the Tier Fifteen Pollution Source still had 99% left!

If this 99% pollution descends upon Blue Star...

As its name suggests—Tier Fifteen Pollution Source—Annihilation!

This Oumuamua 2 is here to annihilate Blue Star!

It, or rather, some rule, could not accept Blue Star’s pollution being purified, and correction must be made!

Blue Star’s pollution level can be increased, but not decreased.

Oumuamua 2 is the correction mechanism!

"Hoo——"

Yu Jin gazed at the approaching Oumuamua, took a deep breath.

He had one last trump card.

This was his biggest card!

Since awakening, he’d always restrained himself, almost never using it.

But in this situation bordering total despair...

Besides this, Yu Jin couldn’t think of any other way to break through.

Eighth Attribute: Cause and Effect!

When he first awakened this heaven-defying attribute, Yu Jin had run a small experiment on Naiya.

The result was...

There appeared a mutated mosquito, virtually a bug in existence.

The Cause and Effect Attribute was also the only one that the system had explicitly warned—

[Please use cautiously! Improper use may cause local rules to collapse, resulting in annihilation!]

The nine abilities of the Cause and Effect Attribute—after that trial, Yu Jin only used the smallest impact one, ’Benefit Link’.

But now?

Yu Jin must—and can only—use this forbidden power of ’Cause and Effect’.

Buzz——

An indescribable aura of fluctuations spread from Yu Jin.

Facing the roaring Tier Fifteen Pollution Source, he gently closed his eyes.

Cause and Effect Attribute possesses nine abilities.

Among them, perhaps one could change the current crisis...

[Second-tier Cause and Effect Attribute Ability: Probability Lock Level 9]

[Active Effect: Locks the probability of an attack or an event, making it inevitably occur]

[Hint——]

[Can only lock events affected by your current tier. Cannot lock events outside your tier’s influence]

[Full-level Effect: Can lock events no more than two tiers above your own]

Yu Jin’s current tier was Fourteen.

No more than two tiers above, that meant up to Tier Fifteen.

"Probability lock..."

Yu Jin recited silently, activating the ability.

But what he locked wasn’t the probability that he could purify Oumuamua with 100% certainty; this ability alone couldn’t do that.

Instead—

[Third-tier Cause and Effect Attribute Ability: Causal Correction Level 9]

[Active Effect: Correction or reversal of local event results (affects events at current tier)]

[Full-level Effect: This ability can be affected by ’Probability Lock’, increasing correction success rate]

Yu Jin did not know what rule brought ’Oumuamua 2’ as a ’correction mechanism’.

He only knew—

"You may correct, so may I!"

Yu Jin used his Cause and Effect abilities for the first time, directly exploiting the bug with left foot stepping on right.

And the cause he wished to correct...

Was not the already 90% purified Blue Star.

Nor was it the only 1% purified Oumuamua 2.

Those two targets were too large; they far exceeded Yu Jin’s tier limit of influence.

Even a move from Tier Fourteen to Fifteen couldn’t change that.

This was the information given to Yu Jin from the ’Cause and Effect’ attribute.

It enabled Yu Jin to clearly know—

Which causes could possibly be changed, and which he could not now affect.

Hence,

Yu Jin did not use the Tier Eight ability ’Causal Dominator’ or Tier Nine ability ’Reverse Cause and Effect’.

Because whether Oumuamua 2 or Blue Star itself, the cause-and-effect involved was too vast, completely beyond what a small Tier Fourteen Evolver like Yu Jin could bear or alter.

Even if he was willing to shoulder unknown, terrifying consequences, he still couldn’t make it happen.

Cause and Effect is not a wish-granting Aladdin’s Lamp.

Cause and Effect also must abide by some fundamental logic.

[Seventh-tier Cause and Effect Attribute Ability: Causality Reincarnation Level 1]

[Active Effect: Creates a causality loop. Regional enemies repeatedly suffer/enjoy negative/positive status.]

"Create causality loop..."

"Causal loop—the Tier Fifteen Pollution Source suffers the negative effect of Purifying Light."

"Single loop—the Tier Fifteen Pollution Source is purified by 1%."

"Causal Correction—the loops approach 100 times,"

"..."

Yu Jin closed his eyes, but in his mind’s eye, countless strands of embodied causality interwove.

This was truly a divine ritual.

This was also what the ’Cause and Effect’ attribute conveyed to Yu Jin: the only attempt he could actually realize for now!

But...

Yu Jin must endure the corresponding ’Cause and Effect cost’.

[Cause——]

[You purified ’Tier Fifteen Pollution Source—Annihilation’ 99 times, each time by 1%, totaling 99%]

[Effect——]

[To gain the energy for 99 purifications, you will burn your flesh, soul, and attributes...]

[You lose attributes: Peace, Card]

[You lose flesh: Right arm]

[You lose soul: The memory of purifying the Tier Fifteen Pollution Source this time]

[Because of energy overdraft: Sleep for seven days]

[Hint——]

[Attributes, flesh, and soul you lose can be fully restored by absorbing equivalent energy]

All of this sounds complex.

But in reality, it all happened in an instant.

Buzz——!

Yu Jin simultaneously activated abilities——

Probability Lock lv9 + Causal Correction lv9 + Causality Reincarnation lv1!

Boom——!

In front of Yu Jin.

The roaring Oumuamua 2 was suddenly struck by ’Purifying Light’ erupting from Yu Jin’s hand.

[With the body of an ant, you are purifying ’Tier Fifteen Galaxy-level Pollution Source—Annihilation’ beyond your tier!]

[Such achievement is unprecedented and echoes throughout the Wasteland Star System!]

[Current Purification Progress: 2%]

Boom——!

Another blast of Purifying Light.

[...]

[Current Purification Progress: 3%]

[...]

[Current Purification Progress: 4%]

[...]

The energy inside Yu Jin was clearly exhausted.

But despite that.

In his hand, strands of Purifying Light continued to pour forth!

Every blast of Purifying Light precisely purified Oumuamua 2 by 1%.

And Yu Jin himself, as Purifying Light erupted, changed bit by bit.

His right hand began to burn away from the palm, turning into nothingness.

His attributes, Card and Peace, were erased in some unknown manner.

His memory gradually grew hazy; he was clearly purifying a Tier Fifteen Pollution Source, yet he was starting to forget he was purifying a Tier Fifteen Pollution Source.

Cause and Effect does not create energy out of thin air.

It simply lets you overdraft energy in a forbidden way.

Above Blue Star.

Time slowly passed.

Finally.

At a certain moment.

The progress bar on Yu Jin’s panel reached 99% purification.

[With the body of an ant, you are purifying ’Tier Fifteen Galaxy-level Pollution Source—Annihilation’ beyond your tier!]

[Such achievement is unprecedented and echoes throughout the Wasteland Star System!]

[Final Purification Progress: 99%!]

[Claim reward?]

Yu Jin’s consciousness seemed to abruptly return from illusion to reality.

"Hmm?"

He looked at the small chunk of the roaring black celestial body ahead, softly puzzled.

"Oumuamua?"

"Wasn’t I purifying Blue Star’s pollution? Why..."

Yu Jin didn’t have time to think further.

He hadn’t even realized—

His right arm was gone, and two attributes vanished.

He only felt a powerful drowsiness sweeping through the depths of his soul.

His eyelids were so heavy he could barely open them.

But...

He acted instinctively, still murmured in his heart: "Claim... reward..."

[You receive reward: Tier Fifteen Energy Crystal*10]

[You receive reward: New attribute ’Destruction’]

[You receive reward: Civilization Source Points*100000]

[You earn the title: Blue Star Civilization Guardian]

[...]

Yu Jin didn’t get to see what effects this so-called ’Blue Star Civilization Guardian’ title had.

He only saw—

The panel’s countdown timer hitting 0:00.

Buzz——

Space fluctuations instantly enveloped Yu Jin entirely.

After a brief haze.

A cold mechanical prompt from A3 Planet’s rules sounded in Yu Jin’s ears—

[Greetings, player ’Yu Jin’ from I-Level Civilization Blue Star!]

[Detected that you have accumulated 100000 Civilization Source Points...]

[You are the first player of I-Level Civilization Blue Star to break the 100,000 point barrier!]

[You earn a reward from the game ’Wasteland’——]

[You receive: Internal Testing Helmet*100000]

[Internal Testing Helmet has been automatically distributed]

Yu Jin lost consciousness, his vision plunging into darkness.

...

...

A3 Planet.

Dawn City.

Tower of the Sky, the top of the tower.

Buzz——!

The black hole floating mid-air radiated waves of fluctuation.

Nearly ten minutes had passed since Yu Jin entered the black hole and returned to Blue Star.

Yin Yao, Neil, Chen Gang, and the others had never left, waiting here all along.

"Is the president coming back?"

Yin Yao noticed the anomalies in the space black hole, her beautiful eyes narrowing sharply.

She hadn’t expected it was so difficult to return to Blue Star, and yet the time was so short?

"Eh?"

"Damn! What’s happening!"

"It’s just gone!"

Chen Gang’s shout snapped Yin Yao back to her senses.

In an instant.

Yin Yao stared at the now empty area ahead, confusion flooding her beautiful eyes.

The space black hole had disappeared!

But Yu Jin hadn’t appeared!

"How could this happen..."

Everyone present was in a daze.

Neil’s mechanical blue eyes flickered rapidly.

And at the deepest section of the tower top—the City Lord’s private space, invisible to Yin Yao and the others—

On a ten-meter-wide bed, Naiya, sleeping for days, her long lashes quivered lightly, seemingly about to awaken...