Wasteland Border Inspector

Individual effort alone cannot withstand such a massive offensive.

"Vitality..."

Cheng Ye lowered his body, his fingers tracing over the grass, bringing them to his nose for a sniff.

The vitality here indeed contrasts starkly with the outside world, perfectly isolating the underground Petrification Curse of Stone Province.

Is it the Ten Thousand Orders Land Conch that has the power to counter the curse?

No.

If it had such power, it should have started influencing the outside world long ago and would not just hide in the cave to strengthen itself.

With his eyes closed, Cheng Ye’s thoughts began rapidly connecting in his mind.

The Cotton Room can naturally isolate external rules, thus keeping the underground Petrification Curse at bay.

While the Ten Thousand Orders Land Conch has the ability to transform the space within the Cotton Room, essentially, the Demon Eye Sponge wins twice.

Gaining abilities is one win, modifying its Cotton Room space is another.

Then... what if we destroy the Cotton Room space, making its ability to isolate external rules, and block the Petrification Curse disappear?

What if we let "Tan Ming," transformed into the Extraordinary Curse, discover the vibrancy within the cave space?

An incredibly bold idea rose in his mind, Cheng Ye halted his thoughts and began deducing the feasibility of the entire process.

Firstly, the Demon Eye Sponge, as a formidable infection source capable of group combat, is unbeatable for anyone other than the Extraordinary.

Even when wearing Obsidian Battle Armor, even when some had used the Shrinking Earth Giant Louse like him.

As long as the Demon Eye Sponge releases a purple barrier to shrink itself, it enters an invincible state.

When night falls, countless Crab-men can land ashore.

Within the pollution range of the Immortal Objects, even the Extraordinary might be overwhelmed by the sheer number of Crab-men.

"Regardless of success, I have to give it some trouble, otherwise tonight will be disastrous!"

With the decision made, Cheng Ye stood up, his thoughts clear once again.

On this arduous first day, he not only found the specific location of the Ten Thousand Orders Land Conch but also understood the general containment direction.

This progress was far faster than anticipated, certainly exceeding the expectations of the researchers waiting outside Dapo Town.

If only one more day could be secured, at least to avoid being wiped out tonight, then there would be a chance to find the core of the Demon Eye Sponge for containment.

And without the Cotton Room insulated by the Demon Eye Sponge, without the binding silk pattern, these infection sources, and infected bodies...

Chaos!

The more chaotic, the better!

"Let’s go, I have an idea. Let’s go back and try."

Cheng Ye exhaled, turned around, no longer looking toward the center of the lake at the Conch, and hurriedly returned to the entrance with Luokuke.

Ten minutes later.

The two finally reached the purple light gate, and as they stepped through, the familiar sensation of a biological elevator transporting them resurfaced, and their bodies slowly enlarged.

Upon returning to the first floor of the Cotton Room, they had completely recovered their original size.

Surprisingly, the authority to use the commanding silk pattern was seemingly higher than expected. As soon as they returned to the first floor, a fissure automatically opened in the wall of the Cotton Room, just enough for the two to pass, eliminating the trouble of searching for an exit.

After passing through the fissure, the subsequent journey was unobstructed, and they soon surfaced.

"It’s six o’clock!"

As they landed ashore, they noticed that the drizzling rain had unknowingly stopped.

Luokuke immediately grabbed the Defense Communication device, checking the time on the screen while trembling all over.

Unsure if the chill came from the river water, or from the deep aversion to the coming night.

"I’ll go down once more, you first return to camp and organize the troops; tonight is bound to be a sleepless night, better to prepare early."

"Don’t worry, you focus on what you need to do; no need to worry about the camp." With knowledge that Cheng Ye is about to go down for a wave of assault, Luokuke directly handed over the Purple Blade.

Accepting the Purple Blade, Cheng Ye nodded to Luokuke without further words and began descending quickly.

Like an agile fish, he quickly reached the defensive purple barrier of the Demon Eye Sponge.

A barrier that could withstand the might of Earth Fire, but was helpless before the commanding silk suit, leaving its door wide open.

At the bottom of the water, he gazed at the limp, hanging tentacles on the ground, a thought sparked, and the invisible Scaling Power instantly shrouded his entire body.

When his size shrank to an extreme of sixty centimeters, a brutal one-sided massacre began.

Perhaps frightened by the sheer number of Crab-men, Cheng Ye, instead, remained particularly calm watching each tentacle sever under the Purple Blade.

Unfortunately, the Demon Eye Sponge couldn’t find his whereabouts nor capture his aura, remaining a stationary target for him to harvest tentacle eyeballs.

In the blink of an eye, over a hundred tentacles shattered into low-level source energy, Cheng Ye stepped back slightly, observing the panel with the newly filled 100% charging value, immediately starting to extract traits.

First was intelligence on the "Nature Trait," a new rare trait that could now proceed to decoding.

50% charging value invested, setting the direction as decoding rule, temporarily stored in the intelligence space.

The remaining 50% went into "Coalescence Silk Pattern," with the target locked on the Disaster Level infection sources captured by the Demon Eye Sponge, thereby freeloading the Ten Thousand Orders Land Conch’s reward.

With energy depleted, Cheng Ye smiled rarely, holding his Purple Blade and stepped forward once more.

Another hundred tentacles were severed, reducing the exposed tentacles of the Demon Eye Sponge from their original count of a thousand, to just over five hundred, almost half.

As before, half the energy was used to search for internal Disaster Level infection source information.

The other half was saved up, waiting for the next round of harvesting to complete, amassing 100% energy to directly exchange for entity items related to "Commanding Silk Pattern."

"Huh, why is it a remote controller?"

Staring at the newly appeared black equipment in the pendant space, resembling an old-fashioned radio with several protruding buttons on the front, Cheng Ye was filled with curiosity but didn’t stop his actions.