Wasteland Border Inspector

Huff——

Huff——

In the vast underground space, Cheng Ye staggered to a stop, his hands braced firmly on his knees, panting heavily.

Large beads of sweat poured out from every pore, rolling down his skin, pooling into a puddle even before the medical team could approach.

Clenching his teeth, he forced himself not to kneel, an invisible willpower blazing fiercely at this moment.

A marathon is only 42.195 kilometers in total.

But the distance he had to run in a day, calculated at a speed of 6 meters per second, was a staggering 384 kilometers, equivalent to running nine marathons a day.

From five in the morning until ten at night, he had only an hour of rest in those seventeen hours.

Even with the Zeye Physique and an extensive medical team, this condition couldn’t be described as "fatigue," it was more like having half of his soul ripped out of his body.

By the third day of running, Cheng Ye had lost all feeling in his body.

The excruciating pain no longer shook his resolve, and even without the "Iron Body," he could still endure.

But at the same time, he lost the close connection with his body, as if detached from the physical realm.

This feeling was terrible, and every day that ended, his control over his body significantly declined.

"Inspector Cheng, water!" A medical staff member rushed over, holding not an ordinary water bottle but a heavy stainless steel flask.

Yet, even so, when Cheng Ye took it, his fingers gripping the flask emitted a "creak" sound from force.

Once he drank the water from the flask, several clear fingerprints were left on the stainless steel.

"This..." Despite being mentally prepared, the medical staff was still dumbfounded.

The strength this Inspector Cheng exhibited when using the infection source hadn’t been reasonably explained internally, yet his enhanced physical condition in a normal state had become a new research topic.

Could anyone truly train such a terrifying physique by merely repaying the cost of the infection source?

"Inspector Cheng, Nutrient Paste!" Another staff member handed over two bags of red-bagged nutrient paste, already thoughtfully unsealed.

Cheng Ye took them, tilting his head back and consuming them directly. It wasn’t until the nourishment spread through his body that he slumped heavily to the ground with a loud "thump."

"Ah!!! Inspector Cheng, collapsed!" The medical personnel who had handed him water earlier cried out in shock.

If he had a shred of strength left, Cheng Ye would have propped himself up to retort:

"I collapsed, not died!"

But at this moment, he truly had no strength left, not even to speak.

He could only allow the medical team to lift him onto the mobile medical bed, half-consciously being taken to the cryotherapy room.

After the cryotherapy session, a dozen warm hands massaged his body repeatedly, alleviating muscle stiffness and fatigue.

Various medications were continuously fed into his mouth, some to replenish nutrients, others anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving.

Even more outrageous was the large nebulizer pushed next to him, directly placed over his head.

Buzz——

The specially formulated Mutated Crystal solution was atomized, seeping into his body with every breath.

It must be expensive, right?

Though no one had shown him a detailed bill, even excluding the cost of the medications, with a salary of 30 Happiness Coins per person per day for 300 people.

In five days, the labor cost alone amounted to at least 45,000 Happiness Coins invested in him.

After finishing the medication and massage, Cheng Ye was sent back to room 1001 on the 10th floor, where a group of medical staff lifted him onto the bed and lit a calming incense before leaving.

Once everyone left, he struggled to sit up, retrieved a vial of Living Water Essence from his pendant, and drank it all, then fell into a deep sleep.

The moon set and the sun rose.

When the alarm clock above his head rang again, Cheng Ye jolted awake, hitting his head against the bedhead with a "bang."

The padded bedhead was directly dented, but he didn’t care.

Because outside, it was already daylight.

Overslept?

Startled, Cheng Ye instinctively looked at the task list on the table beside him.

This was the daily plan tailored by Cui Qiao according to his condition, detailing the distance to be run, rest, and end times for the day.

For the first two days, he had to run continuously for 3 hours to rest for 5 minutes, but by yesterday, he had to rest for 5 minutes after every hour of running to recover.

However, as his eyes scanned the numbers at the top of the task list, Cheng Ye was first stunned, then exhaled a long breath.

114.

Of the long 2000 kilometers, only the final 114 kilometers were left to complete today.

This distance would be enough to run from Happiness City to Dapo Town and back, but at this moment it meant only the last half-day of this "nightmare" remained.

Not quite; there’s still the 50 kilometers of high-intensity exercise owed from previously using the Extraordinary Shrinking Earth Giant Louse.

kilometers is his task for today, which would take less than 7 hours to complete.

Considerately, the medical team had adjusted his starting time from 5 AM to 8 AM, giving him 3 extra hours of sleep to recover his strength.

However...

"Revived again, thankfully there’s the Living Water Essence to sustain me. If I relied solely on Rebirth Medical’s drugs, I’d have been a corpse by now!"

Cheng Ye walked into the bathroom, turned on the hot water tap, letting the scalding hot water cascade from above, washing over his aching body, feeling the deep fatigue being gradually dispelled by the warmth.

In these five days, the four portions of Living Water Essence he had previously exchanged from his storage space had been completely used up.