Wasteland Border Inspector-Chapter 265 - 120: Firewood Communication, the Power of the Collector!

Chapter 265: Chapter 120: Firewood Communication, the Power of the Collector!

Tube building.

In a familiar damp, moldy smell, Cheng Ye gently pushed the security door open.

Casually throwing the backpack onto the table covered in a thin layer of dust, he collapsed onto the bed without bothering to take off his shoes.

A bit tired.

But not physical soreness, nor mental exhaustion.

Rather, it’s the fatigue that naturally spills over after sorting out most of the tasks that needed to be done, with a sense of fulfillment filling the mind.

Especially considering that the continuous arrival of migrants might leave the inspection station at the center of the storm inescapable, lying on the bed feels even more comfortable.

But oddly enough, as soon as he touched the bed, the tense nerves suddenly relaxed, and his mind became active instead.

Strands of thoughts overflowed—mostly about those measures discussed over the phone, less about the judgement of upcoming situations.

"Five hundred thousand people... It’s not like I haven’t seen so many people before, even ten or twenty times more, but asking us to study how to manage them is too absurd..."

Staring at the mold spots spreading on the ceiling due to humidity, countless thoughts raced in Cheng Ye’s mind.

Before crossing, he lived in Sheep City with a resident population of nearly twenty million.

During the morning and evening rush hours on the Metro Line 3, the average daily passenger flow of 1.2 million was far more exaggerated than that number, crowded like sardines.

Even though Firewood Shelter City is far from the scale of Sheep City, let alone today’s Happiness City.

Perhaps having seen the operational mode of a city with a population in the tens of millions gave him the confidence to boast and chat over the phone.

But to put it another way, seeing it and being able to manage it are two different things.

He’s merely a small molecule in the vast sea of people, staying in the ivory tower of school without having time to get out, never having thought about how many screws are hidden behind city operations.

It’s easy to talk theoretically, but actually dealing with so many people on the ground causes goosebumps at the thought.

Just talking about the basic necessities of life: each person drinks four bags of nutrient paste a day, fifty thousand people means two hundred thousand bags, how much manpower does it take for allocation, transportation, and distribution?

Going further into the details, considering each person produces at least 100 grams of waste per day, fifty thousand people would produce fifty tons a day, how should this filth be processed?

Can’t dare to think, the more I think about it, the more terrifying it becomes, the more uneasy it feels.

"Although I’m planning to go out and build a small city of my own in the future, carefree..."

Cheng Ye kicked off his shoes, rolled over and buried his face into the pillow, sighed muffledly, "But these troubles... sigh, it’s too early to think about them now."

He chose to temporarily escape.

Conceiving the systemic framework is doable, after all, there’s prior life’s knowledge as the foundation, but it’s unreasonable to flesh out every detail. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

He’s not a supercomputer AI, just an ordinary Intern Inspector.

Happiness City doesn’t just have him, the ones who really should worry are the higher-ups.

These people hold the resources, power, and information, they are the ones qualified and capable of handling such large-scale population migration.

After thinking under the covers for a while, Cheng Ye sat up again with a rumble.

He spread open his palms, and with a thought, the pendant manifested in his palm, glowing with a gentle luster.

Facing the light, he observed; the Horned Starfish, Flying Wing, and the four-piece set floating in the core were all pleasing one by one.

"Let’s try the Inspector’s four-piece set first."

Cheng Ye made up his mind.

The Flying Wing is too large, in case it can’t be put away, even if it could fit in the room after folding, visitors will be able to see it at a glance, there’s simply no place to hide it.

But the four-piece set is different; the badge, phone, and glasses can be thrown into the bag, the detector can be stuffed under the bed, all quite sufficient.

[Confirm whether to retrieve the items stored in the Collector?]

[Since it’s the first time using the storage function by the Collector, please be informed of the following rules:

1. Items obtained by searching will automatically be stored in the Collector the first time, occupying some collector space. If the space is full, the item search function will automatically close, please organize the space and retry.

2. Items obtained by searching can be retrieved freely by the Collector using intention without consuming any energy, but if the item needs to be stored back into the Collector, a certain amount of energy is required, specifically:

Under 30 minutes: 1% energy

minutes - 3 hours: 5% energy

hours - 24 hours: 25% energy

＞24 hours: Unable to store back, precious personal items, please pay attention to the time.

3. This space cannot store non-searchable items.

4. Collectors are advised not to attempt to give items to others for retrieval using this space, this behavior will cause unpredictable impacts, severely leading to temporary closure of this function, and risks of destruction of all stored items in the space.

5. Upgrading rank will increase storage space and reduce storage energy consumption.

6...]

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Unexpectedly, upon retrieving an item for the first time, the panel popped out with such a long list of rules, listing nearly 20 points.

Cheng Ye patiently scanned through it from top to bottom, finding the key information mainly concentrated in the first five points.

"It didn’t disappoint me after all."

He couldn’t help but admire, "The ability to repeatedly store and retrieve searched items is exactly what a Civilization Collector needs most!"

Collectors venturing into hazardous places can’t carry all their equipment on their backs, can they?

This storage space is just right, although it can only store items found by the Collector, its strategic value is already immeasurable.

As for the 24-hour limit, Cheng Ye guessed that perhaps there exists some sort of temporary link between the items and the Collector. Once this time is exceeded, the link naturally breaks, making it impossible to store back.

However, 24 hours is already quite long, unless encountering very special cases, it should definitely suffice.

And the rule of "not giving items to others then reclaiming them through searching" effectively closed off the loophole he had previously thought of exploiting but hadn’t had the chance to implement.