Wasteland Border Inspector - Chapter 616
Chapter 616: Chapter 214: Return to Dabbo, Miracle Index! (Part 3)
The only thing that can speak is power.
“Inspector Cheng, you’re back!”
Running up, Luokuke slowed his steps, squeezing out a slightly awkward smile.
The smile was a bit forced, but the genuine excitement in his eyes couldn’t be hidden no matter what.
Wang Kang was much more straightforward. He still hadn’t fully figured out what had happened last night, but none of that mattered.
As long as he could stand by Cheng Ye’s side, the heart that had been hanging in suspense immediately settled; all his unease vanished into thin air.
“Brother Cheng, you left so suddenly last night—can today’s assessment still go on as normal?” Wang Kang came up close, looking at the truck with some curiosity.
“Hm?”
Cheng Ye froze for a moment, then couldn’t help but smile. He turned his head to look at Luokuke. “Of course it can, and it has to. Isn’t that right, Inspector Luo?”
Luokuke was stunned for a second, a look of dawning realization flashing across his face before he immediately nodded. “We haven’t decided the winner yet. Has the exam question from above been issued?”
“It has. We’ll draw lots for the question at ten o’clock.” Cheng Ye followed up smoothly, while also revealing part of the information. “The pollution source that broke out last night has also been identified. It’s in an underwater karst cave in the White Water River. There’s a good chance this assessment’s mission will be related to it.”
“Understood.” Luokuke answered crisply.
He knew Cheng Ye didn’t intend to drag Wang Kang into this, or let him use a benign infection source to avoid area contamination, and he had no objections.
The fewer people who knew about Immortal Objects, the less likely it was for another pollution tide to erupt.
And since this involved going underwater to scout the cave, with Wang Kang’s level of strength, he would be a bit out of his depth.
It was better to have him stay on the surface and maintain order during the assessment.
Besides, benign infection sources weren’t guaranteed to block pollution. Infection sources with weak ratings were very likely unable to withstand pollution from Immortal Objects.
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As for those with high ratings, the price to pay was harsher than the last. No one wanted to use them unless absolutely necessary.
“Then what’s loaded in this truck…” Luokuke’s gaze fell on the truck’s cargo compartment, a guess already forming in his heart.
“All kinds of good stuff we can put to use. You’ll find out soon.” Cheng Ye smiled without giving a direct explanation, then turned to ask, “How are the residents inside? No trouble?”
“Everyone’s fine!” Wang Kang jumped in immediately, his tone tinged with pride. “I told them to go back and rest first, said the assessment was postponed. Everyone was overjoyed, no one threw a tantrum.”
“That impressive?” Cheng Ye paused, instinctively glancing at Luokuke.
He hadn’t expected Luokuke to look so embarrassed. Clearly, during the time he’d been gone, a few things had happened in Dapo Town that he didn’t know about.
But he didn’t have the mind to dig into it now. Cheng Ye quickly put away his smile, his tone turning serious: “Then notify everyone to get up and get ready for the assessment! Today is the real first day, and there’s still plenty of work to do.”
Though they were supposed to be urging the residents to get up, it wasn’t until eight o’clock sharp—when Wang Kang had finished notifying everyone—that Cheng Ye appeared before the crowd again.
The refugees saw him return, but with none of the able-bodied youths who had gone out on patrol with him last night following behind, they couldn’t help feeling a bit puzzled.
But there was no need to explain that confusion. As soon as they walked to the main road and looked out, seeing the double-container truck parked at the intersection, people from the red and blue zones exchanged a few words in private and immediately found a reason they could accept.
The ones who had been taken away must have received rewards, and whatever was loaded on that truck was naturally the benefits for those of them who had stayed behind.
This was a good thing, a great thing.
“Ahem, everyone, please quiet down for a moment!”
Standing in front of the truck’s cab, Cheng Ye dragged a speaker out of the cargo compartment and connected it to the power port below.
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He raised the microphone and said in a clear voice, “Due to Dapo Town being attacked by an infection source yesterday, and because we still haven’t fully traced its exact origin, the assessment content has been temporarily adjusted!”
“The core goal after adjustment is ‘survival rate.’ From now on, I want everyone to keep a tight watch on your hands, your feet, your mouths, and… your brains. The tasks of investigating and containing infection sources will be handled by us Inspectors. Is that clear?”
The crowd was stunned for a brief moment, then burst into enthusiastic applause.
If it had been Luokuke saying this, some might still have doubted it, but coming from Cheng Ye, everyone felt at ease.
“Of course, the core of this assessment is still to test infrastructure command ability. That won’t change.”
Cheng Ye shifted the focus of his words and continued, “In addition, Happiness City has already confirmed the crab infection source that appeared yesterday. Its full name is ‘Ghost Water Cave Crab.’ The main symptoms of infection are…”
He deliberately paused and stressed his tone: “What needs to be specially emphasized is that this infection source can spread through freshwater. In the near future, do not directly touch the water of the White Water River, and do not drink untreated raw water.”
When they heard “spread through freshwater,” a murmur rippled through the crowd; no one had expected its transmission route to be so hidden.
But when they saw the truckload of supplies behind Cheng Ye, and recalled how clear and open his earlier briefing had been, their panic quickly subsided.
In today’s Wasteland, being parasitized by infection sources was nothing new.
Some people would even actively make use of low-risk infection sources to help with migration and labor, and in critical moments, rely on them to stay alive.
To put it bluntly, as long as it wasn’t an unknown infection source and there were clear countermeasures, it wasn’t much different from catching a cold or having a fever.
Over a whole year, who doesn’t get sick once or twice?
“As for infection testing, in a moment everyone will first collect their own urine and use the salt we’ve prepared to run a preliminary test. Inspector Wang will give everyone detailed instructions on the specific procedures.”