Wasteland Border Inspector - Chapter 743

Chapter 743: Chapter 248: Source Rail Dilemma, the Institute’s Legend!

Want cultivation liquid?

Shi Xu was momentarily startled upon hearing this, then quickly reacted, shaking his head with a smile as he explained, “Inspector Cheng, you may not know, this cultivation liquid is essentially the ‘saliva’ secreted by the Extraordinary Mother Source itself, which has very strong infectious properties.”

“The transport pipelines you see now are all specially made from Happiness Alloy to prevent leaks. If a leakage accident occurs, the entire Inner City could face a catastrophic disaster. So, I’m afraid I can’t just easily give you this cultivation liquid…”

“What if I just take a close look inside the institute? I won’t take it away, just a simple observation.” Cheng Ye immediately added.

“Hmm…” Shi Xu pondered for a moment and then said, “How about this, I help you submit an application report first. If it passes the review, I’ll take you to closely observe this cultivation liquid. How does that sound?”

“Alright, then I’ll trouble Director Shi.” Cheng Ye promptly nodded in agreement, smoothly changing his address to “Director Shi” as Lv Jian had earlier, bringing their relationship from inspector and researcher to the same camp.

Shi Xu picked up the Defense Communication, quickly edited and submitted the application report.

After processing all this, the two continued with the internal tour of the institute.

Upon reaching the staircase on the right side, Cheng Ye’s gaze was captured by the wall adorned with a row of photographs, surprisingly, a gallery wall of past and current researchers of the institute.

Photographs of deceased researchers were rendered in black and white, with commemorative texts marked in the data bar below.

Cheng Ye’s gaze slowly swept across the photo wall, discovering that researchers who made it onto this wall were at least level three researchers, and the higher the photo’s position, the higher the rank and status.

At Shi Xu’s level of fourth-level researcher, there were only six on the wall, then the photos of the three deputy directors, with the topmost being the position of the director.

Seeing him pause with curious eyes, Shi Xu proactively walked up to introduce, “Our institute’s hierarchical structure is similar to the inspection station, but the difference is that the institute adopts an A+B dual-route management structure.”

“Under the A-route structure, Director Long Haoran personally leads and hosts core research projects, with Deputy Director Xu Rui responsible for coordinating resources and synchronizing research progress. Currently, roughly one-third of the researchers in the institute belong to the A-route structure.”

“Aren’t they in Happiness City?” Cheng Ye’s gaze fixed on the name at the top of the photo wall.

Long Haoran.

The data shows that the Infection Source Research Institute was established in the eighth year of New Era, with Long Haoran serving as the director since its inception, maintaining stable status over the years.

The marked information below notes that he recently celebrated his 51st birthday this June, a prime age of comprehensive experience and energy for careers like researchers.

However, from the eighth year of New Era to now, Long Haoran has served as director for over 27 years, meaning he was only 24 years old when he took the position.

To govern the entire Infection Source Research Institute at such a young age, his ability and credentials are truly astonishing!

“You’re right.”

Shi Xu nodded affirmatively, “Every member shelter city under the Fire Alliance houses the institute directors uniformly in the A-1 Fire Mountain area of Firewood Shelter City. Our Happiness City is no exception; Director Long has been there since the twentieth year of New Era and has only returned once over the years.”

“The reason for reallocating part of the research forces from various shelter cities to Firewood Shelter City for integrated research is partly to pool the core wisdom of human civilization to collaboratively break through technical bottlenecks, and partly to mutually supervise, preventing any party from studying viruses harmful to humanity in secret, repeating past mistakes.”

Shi Xu was not surprised that Cheng Ye could immediately notice Long Haoran’s absence from Happiness City.

Given Director Long Haoran’s stable status, if he was stationed in Happiness City for prolonged periods, his reputation wouldn’t be obscure or even barely mentioned.

This unknown dedicated effort and steadfastness is the pride of the entire research institute.

As he introduced this part, he unconsciously straightened his chest, displaying unmistakable pride on his face.

“Currently, the core research projects of our Happiness City Research Institute are led by Director Yu Erlan. Deputy Director Wang Chen is responsible for coordinating resources and synchronizing the progress of various branches. However, Deputy Director Wang Chen has also seldom stayed in Happiness City over the years, mostly running around with several Fourth-stage Inspectors at the inspection station, helping the institute find several key research materials, and integrating technical forces with surrounding shelter cities.”

Yu Erlan…

Cheng Ye silently repeated this name in his heart, involuntarily calling to mind the intellectual and capable woman he met that day when he came ashore from the White Water River.

The impression of her was similarly astonishingly young; when she took the Containment Box from his hands, she merely said a simple “thank you”.

At the time, Cheng Ye thought that Director Yu was simply one of the institute’s deputy directors, with limited power.

Yet, now after Shi Xu’s introduction, Cheng Ye suddenly realized, among the institute’s one chief and three deputy directors, three have been stationed outside long-term, with Yu Erlan alone staying in Happiness City commanding the situation, this is truly a case of “holding the sky with one hand”, the power in her hands likely far exceeds what he had previously imagined.

However, this Director Yu also seems not to be an Extraordinary?