Wasteland Border Inspector - Chapter 622
Chapter 622: Chapter 216: Demon Eye Sponge, Powerful Fish Mimic State!
If they succeed in containing it, in the future, whenever the Inspectors of the Fire Alliance search for sponge-related infection sources, they will find the names Cheng Ye and Luokuke under the entry “Demon Eye Sponge.”
Moreover, reporting information about an unknown infection source can earn a special reward from the Fire Alliance, with its own separate achievement grading system.
However, Luokuke isn’t too familiar with these details. He has never contained an unknown infection source, only heard a few scattered mentions from Inspectors of other Shelter Cities.
“Its eyeball is just exposed at the tip of the tentacle. Normally, it’s likely to be a weak point.”
“Based on the experience I’ve gathered, generally, an infection source that evolves such a considerable sensory organ tends to have abilities related to it… The corresponding methods related to the eye are nothing more than hallucinations and mental attacks. To be immune to its attacks, the best way is not to gaze directly into those eyeballs.”
“We can first test what threat its eyeball poses: one person takes on the gaze probing, while another stands by to provide support and be ready to assist at any moment.” Cheng Ye continued the thread, adding a sentence, “I’ll handle the probing; your experience is richer, and you can respond to more unexpected situations during support.”
“Alright, we’ll prepare now and dive in by ten!”
Luokuke nodded in agreement. Talking on paper is useless; only by diving personally can they uncover the true conditions of the Demon Eye Sponge.
Standing aside, Cheng Ye continued to organize his thoughts, while Luokuke took the opportunity to synchronize the situation within the town with Garcia.
The detection results of the residents, the advancement of infrastructure, the measures to tackle infection…
Now, everyone was in this together, and even if Garcia still had other thoughts in his mind, he could only suppress them temporarily and promised obediently to cooperate with Wang Kang in maintaining order.
It’s just that the feeling of entrusting life entirely to others was indeed uncomfortable.
Cheng Ye could sense that Garcia’s gaze towards him carried complicated emotions, lacking the previous provocation and hostility, seemingly wishing to say something to him.
But he had no mind for these trivialities; the most pressing matter was the upcoming underwater exploration.
Half-past nine.
The three returned to the town, and no one found it strange seeing Garcia, the Inspector, come back.
After prior reassurance, coupled with the arrival of daylight and fine weather, everyone quickly forgot those anomalies, even though among the missing people, some family members were still around; as soon as they started working, they had no spare time to wonder about the whereabouts.
The infection detection results were also available; the number of people infected by Ghost Water Cave Crab yesterday was not high: 92 people from the Red Zone, 66 from the Blue Zone, making up less than one-fifth of the total population.
Even if they needed a day of rest after dehydration, it wouldn’t impact the advancement of the overall infrastructure progress.
Four sauna rooms were set up at the town’s edge, where vines were burnt to create a high-temperature environment.
Wang Kang was outside the sauna room doing psychological preparation for the residents who were about to go inside; Garcia thought for a moment and joined in to reassure them, soon leading the first group of residents inside.
Taking advantage of this time gap, Cheng Ye alone headed to the government building, directly up to the fourth floor.
Huang Liang… all the patrol members yesterday.
Undercover… including a captain reaching Half-Step Extraordinary.
No one had entirely lost their life signs yet, rather, they were swept to vegetative states by contamination, lying motionlessly on temporary cushions with faces pale like paper.
His gaze fell on Huang Liang’s face, then swept over the others one by one, as a sudden heaviness welled up inside Cheng Ye.
He dared not imagine if one day he was to lie here like them, what he would feel?
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Would anyone feel sorrow for him?
Would anyone be… angry for him?
Would anyone help him find the source and avenge him?
Phew.
Inhale.
He took several deep breaths to barely suppress the fear sprouting inside.
“I’m not yet qualified to bid you farewell.”
“When this all ends, when all infection sources are successfully contained, I promise, you will not die unnamed, your sacrifice will surely be remembered!”
Cheng Ye bent slightly, silently making a promise in his heart, then straightened up, his gaze becoming firm once more, resolutely turning to leave the building.
Ten o’clock.
With the task refresh on Firewood Communication, the assessment task officially updated to “Explore the underwater situation of White Water River beside Dapo Town.”
You should do the whole performance.
Cheng Ye first summoned the residents of the Blue Zone, Luokuke synchronized gathering the people from the Red Zone. The pair stood in the crowd’s center, turning on the previously used speaker to softly broadcast pre-recorded “competition rules.”
The content was simple, being nothing more than “the present assessment adjusted to ‘explore + build’ dual tasks, four Inspectors divided into two groups, two responsible for underwater exploration, two managing the town infrastructure, all residents must cooperate with the respective teams to finish the task, eventually scoring based on exploration progress and infrastructure achievement.”
The core of this was to convince everyone that the assessment was proceeding normally, underwater exploration being inherently part of the task, thereby erasing doubt about “Inspectors suddenly diving.”
Once the residents parted according to the arrangement, each engaging in infrastructure work, only then did the pair carry the black equipment boxes half their height, rapidly arriving at the wharf by the river.
Stopping, Cheng Ye glanced at the sky to find faintly gathering clouds far away, hanging low with a sense of oppression.
According to the previous weather forecast, a light rain was expected tonight.