Wasteland Border Inspector

Chapter 43 Level 2 Talent, Iron Body!
Compatibility.

perfect!

A search prompt sounded in my ear.

Cheng Ye had never found these two words so pleasant to hear, so beautiful.

It's like a stripped screw suddenly getting stuck in the engagement point, slowly turning inside a rusted nut, each turn accompanied by a crisp metallic scraping sound that sends shivers down your spine!
"Wait for me, I need to adjust the equipment."

After calming Dai Zun down, Cheng Ye looked at the detector, but actually used his mind to click the search button.

Lines of illusory text flickered on the panel.

Five seconds later, the information panel was assembled and could be read by Cheng Ye.

【Dai Zun】

[Level 1 Skill]: Lock-on
[Level 2 Skill]:
Talent: Iron Body (Rare, reduces pain sensation, increases physical resilience, and grants immunity to a small number of non-fatal injuries)

Talent: Gun Affinity (Normal, slightly increases control over firearms)

Skills: Crusader Standard Slash (Normal), Crusader Standard Shooting (Normal)
[Level 3 Skill]: Lock-on
"?"

"There are even rating systems?"

Cheng Ye was stunned. When searching for level 1 skills, the panel would list all the skills at once, making it difficult to choose.

However, the LV.2 interface in front of us is completely different. It not only subdivides talent and skill categories, but also adds quality levels, making it clear at a glance which is stronger and which is weaker.

For example, the Iron Body talent is currently glowing with a faint purple light, and the note bar indicates that it is [Rare].

Gun affinity is also a talent, but it is indicated by a white glow, signifying "normal".

"This is much more intuitive now; we don't have to rely on names to figure out what their function is anymore."

Perhaps because Dai Zun is too young, he has not mastered many level 2 skills, with only two Crusader Standard skills listed on his stats.

Without any hesitation, Cheng Ye focused his attention directly on the highest-level 'Iron Body'.

Searching at higher levels has a success rate of only 25%.

But for no apparent reason, he felt that this time he was bound to succeed.

Because Dai Zun on the ground did not choose to cooperate because he was afraid of him or dreaded him, but because he truly wanted to live and believed in him from the bottom of his heart.

A deep purple hue permeates the entire interface.

The panel started flashing.

One second later.

The Civilization Collector did not disappoint!
Search successful

[Civilization Collector has successfully recorded: Iron Body (lv.2; Talent)]

"It really worked?!"

The panel automatically redirected, and the Iron Body skill bar on Dai Zun glowed faintly. With a flash, it was copied to the skill bar that could be equipped.

An uncontrollable ecstasy exploded in my chest.

Cheng Ye felt his thoughts freeze at that moment, and his overflowing joy was almost bursting out.

Although he had a premonition before the search, nothing could be as exciting as seeing Iron Body appear in the equipable skill bar on his personal panel!

"Prosecutor?"

Dai Zun was puzzled. Looking at Cheng Ye's slightly trembling back, he became a little nervous. "Is there something wrong with the equipment?"

"It's okay, wait a moment, the machine is starting up."

He suppressed his joy and replied.

Cheng Ye closed the panel, took two deep breaths, and managed to suppress his surging emotions.

Whether Dai Zun is infected or not, it is no longer necessary to use instruments to test for it.

However, the quarantine procedures cannot tolerate any oversights; skipping them will inevitably arouse suspicion.

Cheng Ye followed the standard procedure, and also cut off a piece of meat to send for testing.

About ten minutes later, the raven returned, bringing the expected news.

"Alright, you've passed!"

Cheng Ye ripped off his rubber gloves, tossed them into the trash can in the quarantine area like he was shooting a basketball, and walked over with a smile.

"what?"

Dai Zun was stunned, wondering if he had misheard. It wasn't until Cheng Ye repeated it a second time that his eyes widened, and he was overjoyed, which instantly overwhelmed all his composure.

Outside the isolation door, Wu Rui's back also stiffened. His towering body trembled at first, then his rough hand slapped his face hard and slammed heavily onto the isolation net, making a dull thud.

I've been nervous for so long.

My heart was in my throat the whole time.

Thankfully, the final result did not disappoint!

"Captain Wu, I'm also from the inner city. I just got off work. Is it alright if I take him there?"

Cheng Ye walked to the door and asked. Wu Rui was stunned for a moment before nodding emphatically.

"No problem, I'll go and communicate with him now. You take him to the gate of happiness, and someone will come to pick him up."

"Ah."

With each additional person, there would be another round of inspection procedures. Cheng Ye turned to leave when a voice came from behind him.

"May I ask your honorable surname, Your Excellency Prosecutor?"

"His surname is Cheng."

"May I ask, is Cheng Long yours?"

"My father."

A flicker of surprise crossed Wu Rui's face, quickly replaced by expected approval. "No way, Jackie Chan is famous even among the Crusaders?"

Cheng Ye paused for a moment, but did not stop. He ordered the owl and the raven to carry the stretcher and follow him.

As he left through the quarantine corridor, Dai Zun's pale face still held the dazed look of someone who had survived a disaster.

Upon reaching the exit, Cheng Ye hesitated for a moment before finally pressing the number for station manager Tang Si.

Logically speaking, requisitioning a vehicle under special circumstances is within the prosecutor's authority, but this is, after all, the North Station, which is Western territory.

"Station manager, here's the situation."

Cheng Ye finished explaining Dai Zun's situation in a few words and was about to explain the necessity of requisitioning the vehicle when he suddenly heard hurried footsteps on the receiver.

To everyone's surprise, Towns stormed down from his office.

Normally, it wouldn't be unusual for a station chief to personally come forward, but just this afternoon a station chief on duty sacrificed his life. Rashly contacting someone whose risk of infection has not been completely eliminated is obviously not a wise choice.

"Station Chief Towns, why don't you stand a little further away?"

When they were still more than ten steps away, Cheng Ye spoke up to remind them.

To everyone's surprise, Downs curled his lip, quickened his pace with a disdainful look, and muttered, "Back when the checkpoint was established, it was your grandfather and I who personally cut the ribbon. Do you think I'm the same as He Fei?"

Was a checkpoint established?

Cheng Ye ignored Towns's boasting but caught a crucial piece of information.

The grandfather of the person who originally worked there was actually an old man from the time the checkpoint was established?
So awesome?
"Alright, he's not infected. I'll give you a special car and take him to get treatment right away."

Downs squatted down and examined the wound, speaking with conviction, before giving Cheng Ye a strange look at the end.

"It's only the first day, and you've already caused a ruckus at the station, taken down the infected, and now you've even saved the Crusaders. Jackie Chan, even Jackie Chan wasn't as capable as you back in the day."

"Uh"

Cheng Ye neither confirmed nor denied it, taking it as a compliment.

But it was clear that Towns was reminding him that he had been in the spotlight a bit too much that day.

As the saying goes, extreme prosperity inevitably leads to its opposite; if it continues to shine brightly, it will inevitably attract some unnecessary attention.

But to be honest, although Towns considered it, he never thought about one thing from his perspective.

"I'd like to keep a low profile, but being too low-key is a death sentence."

The large Jinbei van roared out of the checkpoint, leaving a clear black mark on the ground with its tires.

Dai Zun coughed repeatedly from the jolting, and a few drops of blood foam seeped from the corner of his mouth.

"Hey buddy, slow down, there are wounded people here."

Cheng Ye couldn't help but remind him, and the driver then pulled his foot back from the gas tank, a sheepish smile on his face.

It is only in such urgent official business that the higher-ups will not calculate the power consumption.

In general official business, there are strict standards. If the electricity consumption exceeds the standard, the penalty is a deduction of pay or even dismissal. It's the same principle as the old days when street vendors who exceeded the average fuel consumption would be kicked out of the group.

"Dude, can you still talk?"

"can."

"Asking you about something doesn't violate your Crusader rules, does it?"

"Prosecutor, please speak freely."

Dai Zun was actually quite curious about the prosecutor in front of him who was even younger than himself.

Cheng Ye's behavior was nothing like those seasoned veterans at the checkpoint, who were afraid of taking responsibility and danger, and always carried a suffocating formalism.

You could say that a newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger.

What's strange is that he acts with unusual composure, showing none of the awkwardness or naivety of a newcomer.

Even Captain Wu Rui was bossed around by him, without feeling awkward at all being suppressed by his aura.

"My older brother, Liu Bi, is also a prosecutor. He went to support the hydroelectric power station with the inner city construction team the day before yesterday. Do you have any news about him?"

"Liu Bi."

Dai Zun thought for a moment, then shook his head. "The Crusader is responsible for guarding the entire industrial zone, which has eight areas. The hydroelectric power station is located in area B, and we are guarding area F, which is more than ten kilometers away. But you don't need to worry. At least before noon today, the hydroelectric power station has not been invaded by the infected."

After speaking, realizing that Cheng Ye was unfamiliar with the industrial zone, Dai Zun gave a brief introduction to the general situation.

Because the energy supply from the hydroelectric power station is cyclical, Happiness City must operate at full capacity from early summer to autumn in order to accumulate enough materials for its own use and trade throughout the winter and spring seasons.

Therefore, every year in mid-spring, a large-scale recruitment drive is conducted in the buffer zone, recruiting tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of people to enter the industrial zone at a time.

When the power supply drops in mid-autumn, the workers will be sent back to the buffer zone to prepare for winter.

Such a large-scale change in personnel would naturally attract the attention of infected entities in the surrounding area, leading to a continuous stream of harassment and attacks towards the industrial zone.

"Unfortunately, when I traveled here, the spring recruitment season had already ended, so I missed seeing this grand occasion."

Cheng Ye couldn't help but sigh.

Each shelter city has its own survival strategy tailored to its local conditions, and the "migratory bird production model" of Happy City is particularly insightful, with a concept far superior to that of other shelter cities.

It not only perfectly resolved the challenges posed by long-distance power transmission to infrastructure, but also cleverly dismantled the defensive dilemma between residential and industrial areas.

Summer and autumn are the peak seasons for survivor migration.

By actively attracting the attention of infected individuals in the surrounding area, the industrial zone effectively avoided the risk of an infection surge caused by gatherings of people.

Once the winter and spring migration seasons end, industrial workers can retreat to the buffer zone, and by staying in one place, the survival rate against infection waves can be maximized.

"There's no absolute good or bad, just advantages and disadvantages. It's certainly safer not to encounter a wave of infections or riots, but like this year..."

Dai Zun sighed, "Since the beginning of the year, the frequency of infection outbreaks has increased several times over. I wonder what level of infection wave will surge into our Happiness City this winter!"

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