Wasteland Border Inspector

Cheng Ye just shook his head slightly, and the illusion before his eyes completely disappeared, his mind settled again.

Only a few mysterious feelings were transmitted, seeming as if the river water before him was becoming more intimate.

"I’ll go first, you take your time to adapt."

Seeing Cheng Ye seem to be distracted, Luokuke said a word, then first sat down on the dock steps, putting his legs into the water, wanting to first feel the speed of the water flow, and then slowly let his body adapt to the water temperature.

But before he could figure out the flow speed of White Water River, he saw Cheng Ye suddenly straighten up, power in his legs, suddenly leaping towards the water’s surface outside the dock.

Plop.

The sound of splashing water was not loud, like a professional diving athlete, his body stretched into a straight line, diving headfirst into the water, then swiftly swimming underwater, leaving hardly any excess movement.

"Whoa!"

Luokuke was startled, unable to slowly adapt, he suddenly took a deep breath, supporting the edge of the steps with his hands, following and diving into the water.

The icy river water instantly enveloped his body, and the vision in front sharply darkened.

Fortunately, it was almost noon, sunlight penetrated the water’s surface, bringing a slight brightness, Luokuke squinted slightly, quickly regaining his ability to see, and saw Cheng Ye five or six meters ahead.

Like a swimming fish, the figure moved agilely up and down in the water, the posture so fluent it did not seem like he was adapting to the environment, more like freely shuttling in his own swimming pool.

Such strong Water skills?

Luokuke was startled, the residents of Happiness City were mostly landlubbers, even those few who could swim were only "able to float," completely different from professional diving.

Only Inspectors, due to their long-term missions outside, would be compelled to master these survival skills, but only "sufficient" for use.

But Cheng Ye... wasn’t he just an Intern Inspector taking over for Cheng Long?

That small swimming pool in Inner City could hardly train such underwater skills?

Luokuke was full of doubts, but Cheng Ye didn’t care about him; he was currently immersed in the novel experience underwater, feeling the light and pleasant sensation in water, while looking at the still clear panel in his vision:

[Collector detected in underwater environment, ’Fish Mimic State’ in effect]

[Current breath time: 34 minutes and 37 seconds (Cooldown time: 1 hour)]

[Current acceleration energy: 100%]

...

Skills collected from humans and traits extracted from organisms are completely different.

Level 3 ’Wave Shuttle’ indeed brought extremely strong Water skills but felt more like a "fundamental enhancement," like humans improving swimming skills through long-term training, an ability achievable through effort.

But the ’Fish Mimic State,’ two levels lower, seemed more like a "game skill" as understood, with clear effect, clear duration and cooldown, with direct data representation.

"This is too amazing..."

Cheng Ye couldn’t help but admire inwardly.

Although underwater, his breathing felt completely unobstructed, whether lightly panting or taking deep breaths, it was no different than being on land.

According to the panel prompt, a single ’Fish Mimic State’ could support 35 minutes of breathing, and the cooldown was only 1 hour, entirely sufficient for multiple explorations.

"What is this acceleration energy?"

Cheng Ye moved his gaze away from the panel, swept around at the surrounding water environment.

The silt in the White Water River was less than in the adjacent Yellow River, but impurities and suspended particles were still plentiful in the water, the vision extending at most six or seven meters.

Coupled with the blurring from the Obsidian Battle Armor covering the eyes, the visible range was reduced again by one circle.

There were no imagined packed fish school scenes; Cheng Ye wasn’t disappointed but silently reciting "accelerate" in his mind.

In the next second, an invisible energy suddenly gathered at the waist.

He instinctively moved his legs slightly, his whole body like being pushed from behind, instantly turning into a dark shadow, rushing towards the bottom of the water like a cannonball, the water flowing past the ears, bringing faint whooshing noise.

"Huh?"

Within a moment, Cheng Ye plunged at least five meters.

He quickly recited "stop acceleration," the diving trend gradually ceased, looking down at the panel, the acceleration energy had dropped 2%.

"Isn’t this equivalent to carrying a submersible?"

Cheng Ye was quietly delighted, recalling the power feeling just now, reciting "accelerate" again, intending to float to the surface.

But he just a light push of the legs, the floating force was unexpectedly several times greater than diving; before he could react, his whole body was like being supported by a force, rushing straight out of the water.

Acceleration energy instantly hit zero; he lost support, landing back into the water with a splash, raising a huge splash.

"Whoa!"

"What is this thing!"

Cheng Ye was completely stunned, not far away floating in the water Luokuke was also dumbfounded.

Separated by some distance, he just vaguely saw Cheng Ye diving downward; the next second, like hitting a spring, he was "bounced" out of the water, the whole process happened so fast it was hard to react.

"Are you okay?" Luokuke hurriedly swam over, ignoring surprise.

"I’m fine, I’m fine." Cheng Ye quickly concealed, randomly making up a reason, "It seemed like something down there pulled me, then pushed, losing balance."

This extracted trait forming into skill is too fierce, even as Level 1, the effect exaggerated to unimaginable.

If upgraded and integrated all the way, it’s unimaginable what it will be like.

Could it be at high levels, staying underwater without changing breath all day?

Even relying on acceleration energy, faster than vehicles, rushing along the river to other places?