Wasteland Border Inspector-Chapter 301 - 130: Extraordinary Talent, Terrifying Panel!

Chapter 301: Chapter 130: Extraordinary Talent, Terrifying Panel!

Taking the nutrient paste handed over by the Military Saber, Cheng Ye took small sips, the warm paste sliding down his throat, slowly calming the restlessness deep in his heart.

Strangely, the impactful images felt in the information space—the life-level oppression brought by the Flame Eagle, the eerie erosion of flesh by the Rotting Vine, the madness and snarling of Liu Kun...

Once all the images emerged, they quickly faded, like a dream where the events are remembered clearly but the specific details remain unclear, leaving only vague outlines.

Especially the Flame Eagle. Upon careful recollection now, it oddly felt as if it wasn’t anything special, just a more peculiar mutated creature.

"That’s actually good, otherwise the mental imprint left would be too deep, inevitably slipping up in expressions or actions, letting others see through the flaw."

After finishing a bag, Cheng Ye fished out another from the box handed by the Military Saber and continued to sip, silently contemplating everything he saw in the information space, as well as the key points revealed in Liu Kun’s crazed howls.

At this moment, he was ninety-nine percent sure that Liu Kun’s extraordinary obsession, even if on a deeper level, was definitively deeply bound to the word "rules."

So when he conducted inspections according to the standards in the duty manual, Liu Kun’s level of cooperation steadily improved.

Those meticulous registrations, patient and warm inquiries, happened to hit Liu Kun’s basic expectations for "order."

However, for this reason, the causes for cooperation stuck at 80% were becoming increasingly clear.

Cheng Ye’s mind flashed through the last few pages of densely written authors’ lists, although he hadn’t counted specifically how many people there were before, the list filled four pages, densely-packed, seemingly at least close to two hundred people.

Among them, many pieces of information were provided by inspectors from other Shelter Cities, with additional suggestions excerpted from outsiders posing with consultant titles, evidently a collective effort.

Moreover, the layout was special, not sorted by contribution but by alphabetical order.

This made it difficult for him to accurately discern which part was personally penned by Liu Kun, and which were created by others.

If the provisions he strictly adhered to were precisely the redundant rules Liu Kun dismissed, or even those he fiercely opposed while writing back then, the cooperation would naturally not exceed the limit.

And there’s another key matter, even if luck favored him and he perfectly aligned with all the rules Liu Kun wrote, it would only satisfy him, never reaching 100% cooperation.

Because compliance is passive, like a student reciting standard answers textbook-style, a teacher might nod in recognition but would never equally cooperate with the student for it.

Full cooperation requires acknowledgment, an internal acceptance of his rule logic, even extending a step beyond along his thought, suggesting ideas even he hadn’t fully articulated.

Just like those suggested with Ding Yishan, being able to open a skylight to the other party.

This implies a subtle shift in their status, at least standing on comparable levels.

Liu Kun shouldn’t feel from the bottom of his heart that he’s just a little cog, an ordinary inspector only following manuals, or else 100% cooperation could never be achieved.

"That requires me to pinpoint precisely the parts he wrote, and further extrapolate on that part."

"Or..."

Cheng Ye continued to deduce, his mind simulating a conversation with Liu Kun.

If based solely on the manual’s rules, even with the extension of time provided by the information space, it would be challenging to truly exceed Liu Kun’s expectations within such a short span.

Forcibly extending might backfire, making Liu Kun notice the intentional pandering, triggering alertness, leading to lower cooperation.

One has to be clever.

And fortunately, from the intelligence obtained in the information space, aside from Liu Kun’s utmost respect for rules, there’s something even more crucial.

Liu Kun, desperately craves strength, especially individual strength!

This might sound like a no-brainer, which extraordinary wouldn’t yearn to become stronger?

But Liu Kun is different, his obsession with strength seems almost crazed, daring to directly inject sources of infection into his body for integration testing.

This obsession far surpasses other extraordinaries, and it already influences his judgment on rules.

Contemplating this, Cheng Ye paused, his thoughts unraveling like untied knots, becoming clear instantly.

Then, start trying!

Draining the second bag of nutrient paste in one go, Cheng Ye hesitated no more; he was never one to be indecisive.

Instead of hypothesizing a thousand possible scenarios, it was better to take the first step.

Moreover, if this opportunity is missed, there will be a next time, and many more times. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

As long as Liu Kun remains in Happiness City, within the sphere of this checkpoint’s influence, one day he would be able to extract Liu Kun’s abilities completely.

All Flame Eagles, all the extraordinary elements, would eventually become his possessions.

Right now, attempting to break through Liu Kun’s cooperation level was the most critical step.

By achieving this step, future searches would only become increasingly smooth!

During the ten-plus minutes the nutrient paste was heating, at the peak of the crowd flow, dozens more gathered at Quarantine B, nearly a hundred scavengers sheltered under the passage, rain-soaked, with hands turning purple from cold huddled in sleeves, their breath instantly dissipated in the cold wind.

"Military Saber."

"Master."

"For those initially lining up, distribute two packets per quota, for those coming afterward, one each, don’t heat them too much, let them divide among themselves."

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