Wasteland Border Inspector

The medical team was mentally prepared, yet they still couldn’t hide their amazement at this moment, especially Cui Qiao, whose tension on her face had mostly faded away. She quickly spoke, "Inspector Cheng, the current record for Shrinking Earth Giant Louse infectees is 7.2 meters. Generally speaking, the higher the height, the more severe the cost. Your current height is relatively safe, so please rest assured."

"Is that so?" Cheng Ye replied in a muffled voice.

He looked down at his body, which was still covered in the familiar golden carapace, but his right arm was now adorned with blood-colored runes.

He applied a slight pressure, and those runes instantly lit up. An unimaginable, immense force surged out from his limbs, causing the air around him to faintly tremble.

Even without starting to test the fundamental data, Cheng Ye could clearly feel the changes. If his previous 5-meter tall self were standing in front of him, he could probably easily crush him with just one hand.

"Twice the physical fitness, and I haven’t even used Attribute Sharing; the enhancement is so apparent..."

Cheng Ye was slightly astonished but quickly understood the key point.

According to the previous conventional counting, assuming the body data corresponding to 3.8 meters was 3.8, and 5.2 meters seemed only 1.4 apart. But now his physical fitness had doubled, with the value directly reaching 7.6, surpassing the previous 5.2 by 2.4.

More importantly, the physical fitness did not have a boundary effect; the higher the value, the more terrifying the overall combat power enhancement.

"Height assessment passed, current height: 3.82m"

"Weight assessment passed, current weight: 1.7 tons"

"Muscle fiber scan passed, single muscle fiber diameter 374μm, fast-twitch fiber ratio 91%"

"Body composition assessment passed, current data: body fat percentage 2.1%, muscle mass 1582kg, bone weight 109kg"

"Muscle cross-section scan passed, current dimensions: quadriceps cross-section area 183cm², arm muscle circumference 123.5cm"

"..."

Cheng Ye stood quietly in place, allowing medical staff to run various scanning instruments over his massive body repeatedly for testing.

He couldn’t understand what all those dense data on the instrument screens meant, but he saw the almost ’ghost-like’ shocked expressions on the faces of the testers, and a surge of satisfaction rose in his heart.

Height never meant anything; true combat power was the key.

The ordinary version of the Shrinking Earth Giant Louse, although it could grant body fitness corresponding to height, could never break free from the conventional biological limitations.

But his extraordinary version of the Shrinking Earth Giant Louse was much more outrageous, directly taking the "compression" route, allowing explosive combat power enhancement at the same height!

"How... How is this possible?" Cui Qiao clutched the freshly printed test report, completely dumbfounded.

The data of Cheng Ye at this moment was not much different from the previously recorded 7.2 meters giant data; some core data were even superior, completely overturning the data records of Shrinking Earth Giant Louse infectees.

"My Shrinking Earth Giant Louse has undergone some mutation, so it’s normal for the data to differ from regular circumstances."

Once all the testing straps were unbound, Cheng Ye slightly lowered his head, his voice reaching everyone’s ears.

As soon as the words fell, he proactively walked toward the weightlifting testing area that had been adjusted long ago, picking up a barbell with ease.

The two-ton barbell felt as light as a wooden stick in his hands, as he waved it around casually, leaving everyone on site dumbfounded.

"Add ten times more!" Cheng Ye ordered.

"Ten times?" The medical staff in charge of equipment adjustment paused for a moment and instinctively pressed the adjustment button.

The weight plates on both sides of the barbell slightly vibrated, activating the special materials inside, and the weight began to climb rapidly.

Three tons, five tons, ten tons... twenty tons!

Humans can lift up to six times their body weight. Given Cheng Ye’s current weight of 1.7 tons, even if the Shrinking Earth Giant Louse provided double the body fitness, the theoretical limit should be twenty tons.

He gritted his teeth and held on for two seconds but ultimately couldn’t stabilize, inadvertently throwing the barbell onto the ground.

With a loud boom, even though the equipment automatically reduced the barbell’s weight the moment it left his hand, the ground still slightly trembled, startling everyone present.

"It’s not a lack of strength, but the grip strength couldn’t keep up..."

Cheng Ye raised his hand to inspect it, quickly identifying the issue.

At this moment, his hand size was nearly 50 centimeters, but the barbell rod remained of conventional thickness, with too small a contact area to stably hold such a heavy object.

"Is there a thicker rod available?"

"Uh... yes, yes!" Responded the medical staff in charge of equipment, as eight people quickly ran to the equipment area, making an effort to carry over a barbell rod as thick as a barrel.

Being five times thicker than the previous one, it perfectly matched his massive hands.

Once the weights were readjusted, Cheng Ye took a deep breath and grasped the thick rod firmly with both hands.

The next second, a surge of enormous power exploded from his heart, flowing through his arms directly into the rod.

Indeed, with indomitable force and overwhelming power!

He imitated a professional lifting technique, stabilizing the twenty-ton barbell against his chest to keep balanced, then exerted strength with both arms to forcibly lift such a weight comparable to a large truck over his head.

In an instant, an indescribable exhilaration surged within his chest cavity.

Cheng Ye only felt an explosive power coursing through his entire body, and even while lifting the twenty-ton weight, there remained a smidge of residual strength within.

Strong, incredibly strong!

He unwittingly stepped forward once, landing with less noise than expected, as gentle as an ordinary person’s step, yet the alloy ground underfoot visibly sank a bit, leaving a clear shallow imprint upon stepping off.

What kind of monster is this?

The medical team on site was utterly stupefied. Compared to the means of other Extraordinary individuals, the display by Cheng Ye at this time was too brutal and overly straightforward!

They watched him in shock as he carried the barbell with increasing speed, eventually striding towards the track in the speed testing area, trying to sprint.

That’s when the barbell’s weight truly showed its power.

Bang! Bang!

Thunderous muffled sounds continuously exploded on the track, and on the adjacent testing screen, the data refreshed rapidly:

A hundred meters in thirteen seconds, twelve seconds... eleven seconds!

This data is not dazzling; many scavengers can achieve this speed.

But which scavenger could maintain such speed while lifting a twenty-ton barbell, akin to carrying a large truck?

"Remove the weight resistance!"

Cheng Ye shouted with explosive energy.

The medical personnel responded promptly, immediately pressing the adjustment button, causing the barbell’s weight to vanish instantly.

He casually tossed the empty rod aside, then began sprinting with all his might.

At this moment, the pros and cons of a large physique were fully displayed. Although his physical fitness had improved, his leg movements, including swinging, pushing off the ground, and landing, still had significant amplitudes, and his step frequency appeared particularly slow.

But with each step, he could span nearly eight meters, completing the hundred-meter dash in just twelve steps.

The data on the testing screen was refreshed once again, revealing a terrifying number that left everyone speechless:

6.2 seconds!

Even though large creatures inherently have cumbersome weaknesses, under the terrifying body fitness boost from the Extraordinary Shrinking Earth Giant Louse, this defect was completely masked, instead fostering a "heavy artillery" like terrifying impact.

As for explosive power... there was no need for additional testing.

Cheng Ye stepped down from the testing platform, with his massive form gradually shrinking, and the vast strength inside him gradually retreating.

It was marvelous!

With this power boost, his concerns about traversing the Wilderness substantially diminished.

Even if pure physical fitness still had limited effectiveness and risk of parasitism when encountering mysterious Immortal Objects or sources of infection, at least when facing peers, whether dealing with complex interpersonal maneuvering in the Wilderness or confronting some treacherous "Hunters" and even fending off provocations from other Extraordinary individuals, when the deterrence of the Happiness City Inspector identity failed, he could transform into a giant beast at any moment, using absolute power to show everyone what order meant.

"If I activate Attribute Sharing, and then trigger the Scorching Eagle Coexistence State, what level of combat power will be reached?"

"There’s also the Vortex Turtle seed that hasn’t been used yet, which will allow opening another additional Coexistence State later!"

Cheng Ye exhaled softly, a hint of anticipation flickering in his eyes.

His gaze swept across, noting the various expressions of awe among the medical staff’s eyes.

There was undisguised astonishment, disbelief, cluelessness still immersed in it, and also...

Shyness?

Hmm?

Cheng Ye suddenly felt a tingling on his scalp, quickly looking down.

Alright, the clothing torn during the transformation had long been nowhere in sight, and his bare body was exposed completely unshielded before everyone.

Damn!

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