Wasteland Border Inspector

Open the guidebook, switch to the entry on the Ten Thousand Orders Land Conch.

Currents, Rivers, Mountains and Rivers, all three traits remain unchanged.

The trait of ??? still retains its mystery and hasn’t been analyzed.

But the progress of the Water Law jumped from less than single digits to 19%. Although there’s still a long way to 100%, it’s no longer an unattainable luxury.

"I wonder if repeatedly entering the intelligence space will allow me to collect this fluctuation repeatedly?"

Cheng Ye suppressed the excitement in his heart and continued with patient curiosity to examine the analysis of the Commanding Silk Pattern.

On the screen, the Ghost Water Cave Crab had already walked into the lake, just about to approach the central area where the conch was located, when the silk pattern on its body suddenly shimmered with a blue-purple light, tightening like a chain around its body.

"Creak—"

The Ghost Water Cave Crab let out a painful howl, awkwardly turning left under the constraint of the silk pattern to find shelter.

But just after two steps, the silk pattern tightened more, forcing it to turn right again.

Until it retreated to a puddle at the bottom right of the lake where the water overflowed, the silk pattern gradually faded and stopped tightening.

But as soon as it tried to step out of the puddle, the silk pattern immediately lit up again, pulling it back with excruciating pain.

"This command is too brutal... it actually relies on pain punishment for constraint?"

In Cheng Ye’s astonishment, the intelligence space shattered.

The Commanding Silk Pattern was far less powerful than he imagined, lacking the ability to "control all infected sources with a single thought", relying merely on primitive pain for constraint.

This was definitely good news, meaning that the Demon Eye Sponge couldn’t precisely micro-manage the Crab-men army, driving them ashore only to act on their infection-instinct thereafter.

"If I could analyze the Commanding Silk Pattern, could I also acquire this restrictive ability?"

With this thought in mind, Cheng Ye immediately replayed the information on the Commanding Silk Pattern.

Regrettably, it seemed that the fluctuation of the Ten Thousand Orders Land Conch could only be collected once, and even when seeing the mist reappear, the panel provided no new prompts, with the trait progress firmly halted at 19%.

"Possibly that single fluctuation represents the core information of the Water Law, and duplicate information cannot be collected again."

Once more, the intelligence space shattered and the analysis of the Commanding Silk Pattern came to an end.

Leaning back against the chair, Cheng Ye lightly tapped his fingers on his knee, quickly revisiting the information he had already grasped.

The traits of the Demon Eye Sponge had become quite clear by now.

The Cotton Room has two layers.

The first layer is its digestive and absorption organ, used both to absorb biological energy and to sift through unqualified hand candidates, turning them directly into nutrients.

The second layer is a confinement space; the previously analyzed Blue Sponge occupied a cliffside space, while this Demon Eye Sponge clearly dominated an enormous cavity of unknown formation.

The rune within the Cotton Room is still lacking detailed information, but from the observed reduction in the size of the Ghost Water Cave Crab upon entering the second layer, there’s surely a rune capable of altering the organism’s size.

Only then could it accommodate the vast army of Crab-men.

The logic of the silk patterns was gradually becoming clearer, with three silk patterns — passage, commanding, and harmonizing — not existing independently, but as segments of an entire spiral silk pattern system with different functions.

The harmonizing silk pattern is foundational, used for capturing defenders and food. Once harmonized, one becomes a vassal of the Demon Eye Sponge, never able to break free.

The passage silk pattern acts as a subsidiary permission of the harmonizing silk pattern, only allowing free passage in and out of the Cotton Room when carried.

The commanding silk pattern serves as a constraint tool, using pain punishment to force defenders to comply with rules and execute commands.

As for the regulatory eye, it acts as a guardian of the Cotton Room, managing internal order like a butler.

"Now I just need to enter the Cotton Room and deceive the gatekeeper; for now, I don’t need the harmonizing and commanding capabilities."

With this idea confirmed, Cheng Ye immediately opened the guidebook panel to exchange for related items of the passage silk pattern.

Fortunately, the trait progress of the passage silk pattern had reached 200%, enough to redeem it twice.

He attempted to invest 25% of the charging value, opting to generate a physical item.

A string of prompts flashed instantly across the panel:

[Feature Exchange Successful!]

[This redemption has generated the following item: Passage Silk Suit]

[The item has been automatically stored in the space]

Once the prompt disappeared, Cheng Ye lifted the pendant and indeed saw a new item’s shadow in the bottom right corner grid.

He silently willed it to extract, designated the positioning, and a piece of attire resembling a ghillie suit fell from the void, lying flat on the truck’s floor.

Except, unlike the grass-green of a ghillie suit, this Passage Silk Suit was covered with pale purple spiral patterns, feeling exceptionally light to the touch, like a thin paper layer, almost weightless.

Even more amazing, when he placed the Silk Suit on his arm, it seemed to come alive, instantly clinging to his skin, quickly materializing into a layer of pale purple silk pattern, perfectly merging with his skin, imperceptible unless examined closely.

Removing it was simple too, just pinching the edge of the silk pattern on the arm and gently pulling, allowing the silk pattern to reassemble into the form of clothing, detaching from the body.

"Not bad, the wearing experience exceeds expectations!"

Cheng Ye nodded in satisfaction, quickly using the remaining trait progress to exchange for a second Passage Silk Suit, tucking both suits into his backpack before pushing open the truck door and heading towards the riverbank.

Outside, the rain hadn’t intensified, still merely light drizzles bouncing off his cheeks with a slight chill that matched the forecasted scattered light rain.