Wasteland Border Inspector - Chapter 753

Chapter 753: Chapter 250: Resource Search, a Special Harvest!

He pondered this possibility repeatedly, but because he hadn’t tested it in practice, he couldn’t reach a definite conclusion and could only keep this speculation in mind for the time being.

At the same time, an even bolder idea quietly emerged!

The information fusion function provided by the joint route can currently only be used for skill fusion.

But if he continues to choose the direction related to joint association in the next rank promotion, would it unlock permission for resource fusion?

If possible, what would be the result of continuously merging these ordinary resources?

Would it be extended duration, expanded coverage?

Or would the essence of the resources be upgraded during fusion, producing special additional effects like skills?

With these questions in mind, Cheng Ye hesitated slightly among the three resources and finally chose the “pure, pollution-free air,” which, although ordinary in quality, lasted for a month.

After all, since it’s a test, the longer the duration, the easier it is to observe the effects.

[Search Successful!]

[Civilization Collector has successfully recorded: a portion of pure, pollution-free air]

[The resource will be stored in a dedicated resource category and will not occupy the storage space, please check]

[Targets available for ‘resource’ search must be the complete owner of the resource]

…

Four prompts flashed by.

Seeing that the resources wouldn’t take up the newly expanded storage space, Cheng Ye raised an eyebrow.

The subsequent prompts also vaguely clarified for him the reason why previous searches couldn’t proceed, the key was the restriction of being the “complete owner.”

This means the resource’s owner must have 100% disposal authority over this resource.

Combining with Yu Erlan’s previous explanation of the rules, resources must also be limited to being naturally occurring products under normal circumstances.

In this way, none of the targets he previously searched met this condition, so naturally, no corresponding resource entries were found.

“I wonder if, according to these rules, the lords of those outside settlements count as the complete owners of the resources within their territories?”

Cheng Ye calculated in his mind; in any case, he needed to go out and verify thoroughly.

If he could indeed search and collect resources from these lords, it would absolutely be a divine technique for development!

As long as he could continuously search for high-quality resources, even a barren land might be forcefully piled into a livable Blessed Land.

Thinking of this, Cheng Ye stood up and asked Yu Erlan: “Director Yu, may I ask which evolutionary stage the Shrinking Earth Giant Louse on me is currently in?”

“Naturally, it’s in the normal state.” Yu Erlan responded in a calm tone, then added, “And the other Extraordinary Creature on you hasn’t even touched the threshold of the normal state yet.”

She turned the conversation, adding a touch of seriousness: “Happiness City will not interfere with your pursuit of the path of Extraordinary Creatures, but there’s a premise that your path must not cause any negative impact on Shelter City. If any adverse consequences occur, even if backed by an Elder, you will be permanently expelled from the boundaries of Happiness City, never to step a foot inside again, and all your efforts in Dapo Town… will be in vain.”

“Understood!” Cheng Ye’s heart tightened, instantly realizing that it seemed the Flame couldn’t stay hidden after all.

However, Yu Erlan’s stance also allowed him to breathe a sigh of relief, suggesting that Happiness City might allow its people a certain degree of extraordinary freedom?

It also made sense, as he already had two rune marks left by Tan Ming on him, so having one more Extraordinary Creature didn’t seem too excessive.

He calmed himself and continued to ask, “Then, in our institute, do we currently have an Extraordinary Mother Source that has reached anti-state?”

“Yes, we have. You came quite timely. If you had come a little later, this only anti-state Mother Source would have to be returned to Firewood Shelter City according to the agreement.”

Yu Erlan nodded, and the two walked out of the Undetermined Fox’s containment room.

They didn’t visit the other sources of infection downstairs but went straight up to the third floor.

The layout on the third floor was extremely simple, with only two enormous containment rooms of full specifications, one of which was completely empty inside.

The other occupied containment room was surprisingly decorated like a human living space, bearing some resemblance to a hospital ward Cheng Ye had lived in before.

The two approached slowly, and a black silhouette came into view—it was actually a human!

This person appeared to be in extremely poor condition, hunched over, sitting in front of the sofa and staring at the TV screen, holding his head in his hands, exuding a sense of morbid languor.

Just as he sensed someone approaching from outside the door, the black silhouette suddenly turned his head, with a neck making a “click” sound like rusty mechanical parts forced into movement.

Strangely, his shoulders did not turn along, with only his head rigidly twisted toward the doorway, in a posture disturbingly similar to a spider tilting its head to watch prey.

At this moment, Cheng Ye saw more clearly.

This person was indeed not human!

The deep eye sockets were like two black holes, with sparse eyelashes stuck to the bluish eyelids, and eyes clouded with red veins.

The moment he fixed his eyes on the two, his pupils suddenly contracted to needlepoint size. More horrifying was a fingernail-sized black spider crawling along the blood veins on the white of his eyes.

“Who is he?”

“Turns out you’re acquaintances.”

Yu Erlan said softly, then pressed a button on her arm, “C35, the person who brought you to Happiness City is here to see you!”

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