Wasteland Border Inspector

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The four compartments became eight!

Cheng Ye stared intently at the pendant, clearly seeing the central crystal compartment of the pendant first blur slightly, then seemingly split and reassembled, extending out to form several equally sized spaces around it, finally stabilizing into eight independent storage compartments.

"Great, I finally don’t have to worry about choices anymore. Good stuff like Living Water Essence can only exist in the pendant space; taking it outside might cause some trouble."

The benefits from a job promotion far exceeded his expectations.

After the pendant update, Cheng Ye turned his attention to the runes on the back of his hand, but unfortunately, even after advancing to a senior collector, he still couldn’t analyze these mysterious runes.

He even made a special effort to enter the intelligence space to try recording the runes on the Cotton Room, but still couldn’t unlock the corresponding permissions.

For now, this was undoubtedly a bad thing, meaning he couldn’t quickly solve the lifespan problem brought by Tan Ming’s beliefs, nor could he rapidly enhance his strength by recording runes.

But in the long run, this is actually a good thing. If a Level 3 can’t record runes, it means these runes have a much higher status than he imagined. Once he can successfully analyze them in the future, they will certainly provide transformative assistance.

"I’m already a quarter of the way to moving from Level 3 to Level 4, and it won’t be long before I reach the next level’s threshold."

"Next, I need to bear the cost of using the infection source, and once the construction of Dapo Town is on track, I can take the time before winter arrives to collect valuable information in the Wilderness. Maybe a trip out will provide enough information to upgrade to Level 4."

He put away the pendant and closed the panel.

Cheng Ye quietly leaned against the head of the bed, sorting out his subsequent plans.

He had already collected the Immortal Objects under the White Water River and cleared the infection sources around Dapo Town, so the construction just needed to progress step by step.

As long as the infrastructure materials arrive on time, the construction drawings are finalized, and the personnel responsible for execution are in place, there’s basically nothing extra for him to worry about.

If Wang Kang can take care of Dapo Town, that’s the best. But even if Wang Kang wants to go out and see the world after, that’s completely fine.

By then, arranging for a veteran from the Public Works Bureau to oversee the construction site in Dapo Town will ensure the construction proceeds without delay.

As for the destination in the Wilderness, Rainbow Light Shelter City is certainly the top choice.

Not even the three Elders opposed this, and they even encouraged him to go out and see the world more.

By the straight-line distance from Happiness City to Rainbow Light, it’s about 1,300 kilometers. Even if he needs to detour around infection-dense areas or encounters other unexpected situations, he will have enough time to make a round trip before winter arrives in these three months.

He plans to return to Happiness City before winter, then go back to Dapo Town to spend the winter, a time arrangement that fits just right.

As he thought about it, sleepiness gradually overcame him.

Cheng Ye didn’t let the sleepiness drag him to sleep but got up, took off his clothes, and went to the bathroom to take a warm shower at an appropriate temperature, washing away all his fatigue before lying back on the soft bed and falling into a deep sleep.

In the entire Wasteland, there probably aren’t many places safer than the underground space of Rebirth Medical.

This time, he slept especially deeply and peacefully.

Though inevitably, the biological clock he had developed worked once again in a stable environment, waking him up precisely at seven in the morning.

He got up and washed up.

By the time Cheng Ye changed into loose patient clothes and prepared to go out, as expected, Cui Qiao was already waiting outside with a huge medical team.

A full twenty or thirty people filled up the corridor on the tenth floor, each with a nervous look on their face. An outsider might think he had some terminal illness.

"Inspector Cheng, we have already accessed all the information related to the Shrinking Earth Giant Louse through the Fire Alliance and studied emergency plans overnight. Here is a compiled set of key information for your review."

As Cui Qiao spoke, she handed over a set of materials clipped to a hard board.

Cheng Ye took it, scanning the content quickly, finally focusing on the "cost calculation formula" in the second part:

[Shrinking Earth Giant Louse Cost Calculation Formula:

1. First, test the physical limit of the infected person, then deduce the necessary exercise intensity using this data.

2. The pain endured can be alleviated with medication. There are currently three safe drug formulas, and the pain relief effects are categorized into weak, medium, and strong levels. Weak level medications can be used indefinitely; medium level medications need adjustment according to the infected person’s constitution and can be used up to ten times; strong level medications can only be used a maximum of three times. Exceeding this limit poses a risk of death, and they should be used cautiously.

3. When the costs of the infected person reach the limit value, there will be a significant increase in pain level and intended exercise intensity. Remember not to attempt to push the infection source to its limit strength.]

"There are even special pain-relief medications, and they can precisely deduce exercise intensity requirements?"

Cheng Ye was slightly surprised.

The availability of such detailed information suggests that there have likely been many people infected with the Shrinking Earth Giant Louse before.

With this in mind, he couldn’t help but speculate that there might be a chance to encounter others who have used the Shrinking Earth Giant Louse infection source after going to the Wilderness.

"So am I going for a fitness test now?" Cheng Ye retracted his gaze and looked up to ask.

"Yes." Cui Qiao nodded immediately, her tone more solemn, "We have already prepared a testing site for you. Also... has your current cost already accumulated to the limit?"