Wasteland Border Inspector

Cheng Ye reached out and picked up the short knife placed nearby. The next second, he unexpectedly slashed at the golden armor on his own arm without hesitation!

Crack, crack.

The piercing sound of sawing echoed at the dock, like a dull knife grinding against stone.

It wasn’t until the blade sliced through for the third time that the silver dragon fish totem at Cheng Ye’s dantian finally reacted.

A faint silver stream of light crawled along his meridians toward his arm, covering the cut from the blade, yet it did not form any defense as usual, merely lying lightly on the armor’s surface like a layer of thin gauze.

"Even this can’t break the defense?"

Cheng Ye frowned and simply grabbed both ends of the blade, exerting force with his arm.

A terrifying immense strength erupted instantly; the blade twisted in his palm with a creaking sound, slowly being compressed into an irregular iron ball.

Luokuke watched from the side, his heart pounding, his breath quickening, feeling a tingling at his scalp.

The sharp standard short knife, which could easily cut through the shell of an ordinary Infected Body, was being kneaded like soft mud into an irregular iron ball in Cheng Ye’s hands.

Plop.

The iron ball fell to the ground, rolled a couple of times, and landed at his feet.

"You..."

Luokuke picked up the iron ball, his eyes flickering, and suddenly an unprecedented... hope rose in his heart.

Is this the powerful boost brought by an A-level infection source?

He even felt that if the underwater Ghost Water Cave Crab Fusion Body came over, Cheng Ye wouldn’t even need a weapon; he could simply smash these Fusion Bodies into paste with his bare hands.

"I wonder if in this state, I can still wear the Obsidian Battle Armor?"

Cheng Ye took a step forward, and with just two steps, he reached the equipment box over ten meters away.

Bending down, he lightly pinched the equipment box with his index finger and thumb, raised it to his eyes for a look, then placed it on his palm and gently pressed the equipment button on the side with the tip of his pinky finger.

Buzz.

The equipment box immediately began to vibrate. Strands of black fluid gushed out from the box’s opening, crawling over the golden armor like living creatures, quickly covering Cheng Ye’s entire body.

It reshaped to fit his gigantified form, wrapping tightly around every inch of skin.

"I can actually wear it?"

Cheng Ye froze for a moment, then was somewhat pleasantly surprised.

He originally thought that the size change after gigantification would make the battle armor unsuitable, but surprisingly, the Obsidian Battle Armor could adjust according to his shape.

However, he quickly noticed something amiss: although the armor covered his entire body, the previous heaviness was gone, and its overall protective power was clearly much weaker, only serving to mask his human scent and obscure the infected source’s focus.

"Well, just masking the scent is enough."

Cheng Ye patted the armor on his chest, feeling the surging power within, and his gaze once again turned to the water’s surface.

The Crab-men underwater clearly sensed something was wrong, retreating slightly, causing the once impenetrable crab web to show a little looseness.

Especially the several giant crabs that had been grinning at him before, now looked at the massive shadow by the pier, the malice and anger in their eyes gradually dissipating.

In its place was an instinctual fear, and a trace of greedy desire for greater strength.

"I’m going first!"

Cheng Ye took a deep breath, opened the panel, switched off Snake Power, and put on Hundred Martial Students!

The perfect control of power instantly enveloped his whole body. Even though his body had expanded to over five meters in height, his coordination not only did not weaken but became even more precise.

He suddenly kicked the ground, and with a "crack," the bluestone slab under his feet cracked, web-like patterns spreading outward.

Thump...

With the immense power boosting him, his entire body leaped more than ten meters high like a cannonball.

Then, with thunderous might... he came crashing down!

Boom!

Water splashed over five meters high, the impact driving him instantly underwater, crushing a few crab-men who couldn’t dodge in time beneath his massive body.

With a few crisp "crack" sounds, their heads were crushed on the spot, leaving only the crab claws behind twitching in vain as if unwilling to accept their host’s death.

"Bring it on!"

Cheng Ye reached out and brutally ripped off a still-twitching crab claw from the infected body.

His gaze sharp as a blade, he discerned the direction and immediately locked onto a crab fusion body over four meters tall not far away, charging straight at it.

Wow.

The water surface instantly boiled!

A dense swarm of blue Ghost Water Cave Crabs gathered from all directions, their cyan bodies intertwining underwater, even blocking out the sunlight, forming a gloomy shadow.

Luokuke was about to jump into the water to assist when a black shadow suddenly shot out from below the water surface, gripping a thick crab claw backwards in its hand.

It was the crab fusion body, about four and a half meters tall, only slightly smaller than Cheng Ye’s current form.

The two gigantic bodies collided with a "bang" against the bluestone wall of the pier, shaking dust from the wall as cracks spread from the corners.

The crab fusion body was thrown into disorientation, its stalk-like eyes filled with dizziness, not yet having time to struggle before its body was forcibly twisted around by Cheng Ye.

In its cloudy pupils, two fist-sized punches reflected prominently, smashing in with wind-breaking force.

Bang bang bang bang bang bang...

The punches fell like a pile driver, relentlessly. Not only did the enlarged body not slow the speed, but thanks to the all-round boost from the Shrinking Earth Giant Louse, each punch carried earth-shattering power.

The shadow of the fists instantly formed a line, each impact causing the crab fusion body’s shell to emit crisp "creaks," with brownish-red blood continuously oozing from the shell’s seams.

"Its weakness is its heart..."

Luokuke shouted urgently from the side, wanting to remind Cheng Ye to avoid the hard shell of the head.

But before he could finish speaking, the rest of his words stuck in his throat.

The Crab-man’s most sturdy head actually... exploded?!

With the final punch’s heavy strike, it burst open with a "poof," red chunks and slurry splattering everywhere, covering Cheng Ye all over, with even a few splatters on his intimidating compound eyes.

"What did you say...?" Cheng Ye slowly turned his head, his voice carrying the deep resonance unique to his gigantified form, the bloodstains on his face making him even more terrifying.

Luokuke, caught by that gaze, instinctively felt dizzy, only recovering after taking a deep breath.

"It’s... dead?"

"It should be?"

Cheng Ye shook his head, stepped forward, flipped the crab fusion body over, placed his right foot on its back, and firmly grabbed the two three-meter-long giant crab claws with both hands.

He took a deep breath, his whole body’s muscles tensed instantly, the veins bulging under the golden armor, even the air seemed to be compressed by this force.

Rumble... plop

Accompanied by a tooth-jarring tearing sound, the two thick crab claws were forcibly ripped off the Fusion Body.

Cheng Ye casually held the crab claws in his hand, testing their weight. Comparing them to his current body size, these claws surprisingly felt handy, like holding two heavy iron whips.

At the same time, a panel popped up.

[The Collector detects biological information dissipating, engaging automatic absorption...]

[Ghost Water Cave Crab’s traits have greatly increased by (2.7%)!]

"2.7%??!!"

Cheng Ye’s pupils contracted; previously, killing ordinary Ghost Water Cave Crabs only increased trait progress by 0.007% each time, yet this fusion body directly increased it by 2.7%! Equivalent to killing over three hundred ordinary infected bodies!

He was slightly stunned, his eyes instantly becoming fervent.

"I..."

Before the words could leave his mouth, his massive form once again catapulted into the sky, descending with even greater momentum, crashing heavily into the water surface.

"Bring it on!"

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