Wasteland Border Inspector

Cheng Ye instinctively sat up straight, his eyes fixed tightly on Yu Yong, afraid to miss a word.

"Of course, it’s not just one. In fact, each Shelter City has long been aware but has collectively covered up this history. Otherwise, humanity would have already descended into endless panic and total chaos." Yu Yong’s eyes finally showed an emotional fluctuation, but it wasn’t surprise, rather an uncontrollable, intense fear.

"As for why they came to Earth, no one can say for sure. Perhaps it’s the pursuit and struggle between different factions, perhaps it’s like the cyclical migration of migratory birds, or perhaps it’s a disorder in the coordinate system, mistakenly taking Earth as a transit point for fold space jumps. Even now, we haven’t been able to decipher what exactly happened back then. Moreover, the space disorder outside the planet has reached an extremely severe level, the further from the ground, heading towards space, the more intense the spatial fluctuations and folding phenomena become."

"Let’s not dwell on the nature of the giant objects for now. Currently, there are three mainstream theories about spatial disorder."

Yu Yong’s voice gradually slowed down, striving to articulate each word clearly.

"The first is gravitational overlay disturbance. If these giant objects are celestial-level visitors with supermassive bodies, when they appear in groups, their respective gravitational fields will overlay each other. Such overlaying gravity is enough to warp the space surrounding Earth, plunging the entire gravitational field into extremely unstable dynamic changes."

"The second is spacetime structure damage. Wormholes, as channels connecting different times and spaces, both forming and maintaining them require huge amounts of energy, and this energy forcibly warps the spacetime structure surrounding the channel."

"And the third is mutual interference of multi-civilization visitor’s energy devices, this is increasingly indicated by current intelligence. We’ve analyzed relevant residual information and found that although the script used by these giant objects is consistent, they’re most likely from different civilizations. Thus, the energy-driven devices, detection equipment, weapons, etc., they carry release energy wave frequencies that are completely different when operating. This is like throwing several stones into a calm water surface simultaneously, the ripples collide and overlay with each other, ultimately leaving the water surface in total chaos."

A group of gigantic objects, pursuit and struggle, spatial disorder?

Listening, Cheng Ye felt inexplicably heavy-hearted, suddenly getting the sense of humans passing by an ant nest, where the spilled honey snow city becomes a catastrophic flood for the ants.

Those giant objects visiting Earth might not even notice there’s such a small life-bearing planet beneath their feet, yet the energy fluctuations and traces they leave are enough to bring terrifying changes to Earth.

"So, are the Starships left by these giant objects?"

"You guessed it right. ’Starship’ is just our general term for these relics."

Yu Yong plucked a whisker and repeatedly rubbed it at his fingertip, "Currently, Firewood Shelter City has discovered three Starships, namely the A1 Mount Everest Boat, the D13 Ruphali Sand Boat, and the M22 Challenger Abyss Boat."

"All three Starships are located in the Black Zone. The latter two are one deeply buried under the Rub al Khali Desert and the other sunk at the deepest point of the Mariana Trench."

"Among them, the Mount Everest Boat and Ruphali Sand Boat have completely lost their research value. Because the surrounding spatial disorder is increasingly severe, humans simply cannot approach. Only the Challenger Abyss Boat still retains the possibility of research. But its depth exceeds ten thousand meters, the water pressure reaches up to 1100 times the standard atmospheric pressure, the difficulty of conducting onsite research is unimaginable."

"So, the organization that took away our Fire Inspectors claims to be Starship, could it be they’ve obtained a Starship base and are conducting research? And even intercepted some technology?"

"I don’t know, that’s for you to find out."

Yu Yong paused the topic, "Of course, this might just be a guise. They deliberately direct your attention towards those alien giants, making you overlook the true nature of the organization. But I can assure you, researching Starship technology is the absolutely correct path. That technology can save humanity thousands, even tens of thousands of years of detours, and enable our civilization to iterate rapidly. Once humans ascend to advanced civilization, the current Infected Body crisis would be just a minor issue solved with a thought."

Here we go again with this guy.

If shortcuts were so easy, the planet wouldn’t be a wasteland now.

"Is the disaster derived from these Starships?"

Yu Yong shut his mouth tightly, not saying another word.

Apparently, the intelligence he was supposed to disclose this week had already been revealed.

Even though the two of them were now familiar, he still maintained a high degree of vigilance towards the Elders of Happiness City, never leaking half a piece of information beyond the agreement.

"Okay, let’s change the topic, what exactly do you want to tell me about my grandfather?" Cheng Ye proactively steered the conversation back.

"You haven’t met your grandfather Cheng Wu, but I did." Yu Yong suddenly flashed a smile, with a few rare moments of relaxation in his tone, "After he defected from Happiness City, he visited Firewood Shelter City once, and even visited our research institute."

He paused intentionally, slowing his speech, "I even spoke to him."

"You’re showing off to me?" Cheng Ye was momentarily speechless, has Cheng Wu’s charm extended to the research circle, it’s just a conversation, does it warrant such emphasis?

"Heh, don’t consider your grandfather as a dictator, or a stubborn madman."