Wasteland Border Inspector - Chapter 749

Chapter 749: Chapter 249: Extraordinary Three States, Mastery Over the Normal

Yu Erlan raised an eyebrow, with a hint of amusement in his voice, “Come on, even though you’re an Inspector, you probably haven’t been this close to an Extraordinary Mother Source before, have you?”

Indeed, I haven’t.

The Demon Eye Sponge reached the Destruction Level, but it seemed separated by an invisible boundary from the Extraordinary.

What exactly this boundary was, he couldn’t say for sure at the moment, but he understood very well that since Yu Erlan was willing to bring him here today, he would certainly reveal the specific differences to him.

Stepping into the Undetermined Fox’s containment room, Cheng Ye was surprised to find that there wasn’t the expected strange odor, but instead a faint fragrance of orchids, fresh and pleasant.

Moreover, from the outside, the room appeared to be about two hundred square meters, but upon entering, he realized the space was far more expansive than it visually appeared, extending inward to the building’s outer wall, with a depth of about a hundred meters.

Though its width was only about seven meters, combined with the tall floor height, it didn’t feel oppressive at all; instead, it exuded a sense of spaciousness.

“Come on, Little Silver, come over!”

Yu Erlan squatted down, beckoning to the Three-tailed Silver Fox in the corner with a finger.

Unexpectedly, this action only made the Silver Fox more terrified, shrinking into the corner, trembling.

Even more astonishing was that, under Cheng Ye’s gaze, its form began to change slowly, eventually becoming a nondescript silver-white stone, its presence dramatically decreasing like receding tides.

Even though Cheng Ye knew it was there, the moment he turned his head, he experienced an illusion similar to observing a rune, subconsciously ignoring it from his vision.

“Its code name is Undetermined Fox.”

Yu Erlan stood up and slowly introduced, “The ability is just as you see now, very simple—it reduces its presence and the chance of being discovered… But if someone is infected by it, their sense of presence will continue to decrease, their bodies will gradually become transparent, and ultimately they will entirely dissolve in the memories of others and be erased from the world.”

“The terrifying aspect of this ability isn’t in directly taking life, but in turning a person into a completely invisible entity, who eventually perishes in endless loneliness and oblivion. More importantly, this process is completely irreversible, and even the most powerful Extraordinaries, once infected, can only watch as they walk toward death.”

What a terrifying Extraordinary Mother Source!

Cheng Ye’s heart sank; the threat from the Undetermined Fox was far greater than that of the Demon Eye Sponge—could it really be an unavoidable infection on the rule level?

A thought occurred to him, and he took the opportunity to ask, “Since it’s so dangerous, could it be that the infection conditions for the Undetermined Fox are extremely stringent?”

“In many cases, individual lethality and group infection correspond to each other.”

Yu Erlan nodded in confirmation, “For it to infect humans, regardless of the opponent’s strength, it must pay the price of losing a tail. Once it becomes a tailless fox, even though it’s an Extraordinary Mother Source, it will immediately die. And its tail can only grow back slowly by absorbing energy, so overall the danger is relatively controllable, preventing large-scale disasters.”

Cheng Ye instantly understood. Currently, this Undetermined Fox still has three tails, meaning it can theoretically infect three more people.

No wonder Cheng Wu and Cheng Long would come to “borrow” the Extraordinary Mother Source before major operations. This thing indeed has the potential to become a decisive weapon at critical moments!

“What do you think its ability comes from?” Yu Erlan stood up, arms crossed, with a tone carrying a sense of examination.

Cheng Ye’s heart tightened, immediately realizing that a crucial moment had arrived.

Apart from Cheng Wu and Cheng Long sneaking in, he was the first Inspector formally brought into the Extraordinary Mother Source Containment Room.

The current examination, regarding understanding its essence, might be the key to gaining true access credentials.

“Runes!”

Cheng Ye unhesitatingly uttered the words, then added, “Or according to my understanding… runes are essentially the concrete manifestation of rules.”

“Rules…”

Yu Erlan slightly shook his head without directly denying his answer, and instead began to explain, “Extraordinary Mother Source is the greatest threat currently facing humanity and the main culprit responsible for the current Wasteland Era. But through years of analysis of various large entities, we have preliminarily concluded that what it spreads to this planet is not merely a virus, but a key capable of unlocking biological intelligence and the power of rules.”

This key grants creatures various peculiar abilities, and based on the development level of these abilities, we divide the sources of infection into different evolution phases.”

“The first phase, which we call: Normal State!”

“Normal State is the initial awakening of a creature breaking free from its inherent form constraints, and the first cognitive breakthrough in defining its existence. During this phase, a creature’s cells begin to deconstruct the established physiological rules, like fallen dominoes, triggering a series of extraordinary mutations. These mutations grant them special powers, such as the Shrinking Earth Giant Louse in your body, which naturally possesses the ability to resize, but post-normal state awakening, this ability becomes more pronounced and controllable.”

As mentioned by Yu Erlan, the Shrinking Earth Giant Louse in the Spiritual Body Space trembled again, apparently having been studied frequently, leaving a substantial psychological shadow.

Cheng Ye, on the other hand, calmed down to listen closely, sorting through the specific phenomena related to “Normal State” in his mind.

The Normal State focuses on deep development of a creature’s inherent abilities; therefore, the abilities of the Undetermined Fox clearly exceed this scope.