Wasteland Border Inspector-Chapter 298 - 129: Unseeable! Untouchable! Unrivaled! (Part 3)

Chapter 298: Chapter 129: Unseeable! Untouchable! Unrivaled! (Part 3)

Everything was going so smoothly that he couldn’t help but show a faint smile at the corner of his mouth.

Although discovering that the Rotting Vine could enhance the ability limit was unexpected, he was a man of principles.

Essentially, it was Cheng Ye who first discovered this unknown infection source, leading to his breakthrough today.

This favor must be acknowledged.

"I can’t restrain those below the level of the Extraordinary, but for those above, if they want to interfere with the promising talents at my inspection station, they have to first ask if Brother Kun will allow it."

Thinking of this, he exhaled a breath of moist air, collected his thoughts, and continued moving forward with the crowd, his gaze under the brim of his hat returning to a calm, unwavering state.

Little did he know, at this moment, Cheng Ye, sitting behind the inspection table, was already feeling a storm of astonishment in his heart.

The panel in the upper right corner of his vision had never been turned off from the beginning.

Initially, he just wanted to monitor Liu Kun’s movements, but he unexpectedly found that every time he finished inspecting a scavenger, Liu Kun’s compliance rate would slightly increase.

Starting from 7%, it increased by about 1%-3% with each person.

Moreover, Cheng Ye deliberately did a test; the more seriously he followed the norms in the Inspector’s Manual, the faster the compliance rate grew.

So far, he had only inspected 17 people, with at least 40 people in line ahead of Liu Kun.

The compliance rate on the panel was jumping as if invigorated, directly reaching...

[Liu Kun, 41%, Searchable range: Intelligence (fixed quality reduction of 0.5), Items (probability: 15%), Skill Lv1 (probability: 5%)]

"41%?"

Cheng Ye was a bit dazed, subconsciously blinking, thinking he might be seeing things.

But no matter how he refreshed the panel, the number remained as solid as a rock, without the slightest fluctuation.

Only the constant steady increase persisted.

"Could it be that Liu Kun appreciates my inspection attitude?"

Cheng Ye was slightly stunned by the conclusion but thought for a moment; this must be a variant of recognition of the norm.

Earlier in the morning, he gained Ding Yishan’s recognition after analyzing the situation, and the cooperation rate increased.

Now, his adherence to the rules during his duty earned Liu Kun’s recognition, and the cooperation rate also increased.

Summarizing: aside from coercion, whether by speech or action, making the other party recognize it can improve the compliance rate.

"Not bad, it’s simpler than I imagined."

Cheng Ye paused, his gaze once again falling on the brackets behind the intelligence and items, just as he suspected, searching for the extraordinary at the current rank was still very challenging.

The intelligence quality was halved, the item search probability also decreased by a 10% success rate, and most importantly, the skill was even lower than when searching Zhang Can, with only a 5% success rate.

Overall, though, it was still within an acceptable range, and not without the possibility of success.

There were still over forty more people.

If each could increase by 1%, the cooperation rate could at least rise above 80%.

It was much simpler than the slow grinding from single digits after two interactions as he had previously thought.

"Keep up the effort!"

Cheng Ye collected his thoughts, focusing on inspecting the scavengers, but he did not deliberately appear exceptionally serious, just executing as usual by the process.

Yet even so, in terms of strictly adhering to the ’Inspector Duty Manual’, he already surpassed ninety-nine percent of people at the inspection station.

Not a trace of acting on experience, a standard "formal education" graduate.

But things didn’t go as planned. When Liu Kun’s compliance had just reached 80%, the rising momentum suddenly came to a halt.

Upon further inspecting the scavengers, the value only slightly fluctuated around 0.1, clearly indicating that this way of elevating compliance through standard duty had reached its limit.

And now only just over ten people remained in front of Liu Kun, providing Cheng Ye with an insufficient sample to experiment with any other methods.

"Should I go for a search?"

Cheng Ye’s fingertips lightly rubbed under the table, and after considering, he took advantage of the gap after the previous scavenger finished their inspection to raise his hand and signal to the Military Saber.

According to routine, it was lunchtime now.

"Sorry everyone!"

The Military Saber immediately understood, raising his voice to the crowd in line, "It’s already one o’clock, and Inspector Cheng hasn’t had lunch. Please wait for 10 minutes. We will heat two bags of Nutrient Paste for each person present to thank you for your patience. Thank you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the scavengers crowded in front of the isolation gate cheered.

On a cold and gloomy rainy day, having hot Nutrient Paste was incredibly comforting, and someone even shouted towards Cheng Ye’s direction: "Thank you, Inspector Cheng!"

With that voice of gratitude, the paneled view in Cheng Ye’s vision jumped slightly, and Liu Kun’s compliance rate softly fluctuated upwards by 0.2, fixed at 80.7%.

[Liu Kun, 80.7%, Searchable range: Intelligence (fixed quality reduction of 0.3), Items (probability: 22%), Skill Lv1 (probability: 11%), Skill Lv2 (probability: 0.1%)]

Seizing the opportunity while the Military Saber arranged for people to distribute the Nutrient Paste, Cheng Ye pondered quietly.

Compared to the beginning, this round of reduction finally weakened quite a bit.

Especially the success rate of item searching, which had risen from 15% to 22%, nearly returning to normal levels.

If he were to invest all the Collector’s charging value into item searching, the success rate would reach 72%.

Not a low probability, and with his recent luck, he could likely hit the target in one go.

However, the key point is, Cheng Ye didn’t have much confidence this time.

He vaguely had a premonition: if he chooses to "search items" now, it absolutely won’t be as smooth as when he previously found something extraordinary on Zhang Can.

If a common item is searched for, it would be too costly, better to throw all four chances into the gamble for a Level 1 Skill.

The 11% probability may seem slim, but it precisely indicated the special nature of extraordinary skills.

The rarer it is, the more it is worth striving for.

Perhaps just a Level 1 Skill could bring him an entirely different transformation, much like the embryonic form of Dragon Power he had at the beginning.