Wasteland Border Inspector - Chapter 763

Chapter 763: Chapter 254: Research Team, Celestial Essence’s Major Expansion! (Part 2)

“Where did he go?” Cheng Ye didn’t put down his chopsticks, still maintaining a casual tone to avoid making the atmosphere too heavy.

“The other side of the planet… Natural Shelter City.”

Shi Xu almost squeezed the words out through clenched teeth, “Although Natural Shelter City has now achieved breakthroughs in the artificial cultivation of treasures, which can be considered as the fruition of research results from those years, proving his research direction wasn’t wrong. But even so, it doesn’t cover up the fact that he betrayed Happiness City with core technology!”

“Natural Shelter City’s technological breakthrough still benefits from us in Happiness City?” Cheng Ye put down his chopsticks and served himself a small bowl of chicken soup.

The soup was clear and golden, with a few goji berries floating on top, adding color and complementing its gentle and enduring aroma.

He specially served a bowl for Shi Xu as well, and the two sipped it slowly, for a moment, at a loss for words.

After a while, Shi Xu slowly raised his head, the melancholy in his eyes dissipated, reigniting with a stubborn gleam:

“So, Inspector Cheng, I will never give up on my research project. The pioneers of the previous era exhausted their life’s work exploring the foundational laws that compose the material world. They eventually unraveled the four fundamental forces: strong interaction, electromagnetic interaction, weak interaction, and gravity, which uphold both the macro universe and micro particles. Yet, even so, they couldn’t reach the essence of higher-dimensional existence, which remains an eternal regret in the history of human cognition.”

“And we, the researchers of this generation, are burdened with the mission to break past cognitive boundaries. If the ultimate question of the last era was about how matter is constructed, then our mission is to decipher why the extraordinary exists. Through nearly twenty years of experimental validation and rune deconstruction, I can be one hundred percent certain: runes are not meaningless symbols or totems; they are the core link in the extraordinary framework, the key medium that binds, drives, and reconstructs extraordinary elements, and might even be the bridge connecting ‘material laws’ and ‘extraordinary laws’! Abandoning it is tantamount to giving up the key to unlocking the next epoch of human civilization!”

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“Moreover, Firewood Shelter City has already proven this point to us. Those Firewood Track Mountains are formed by their breakthroughs in Source Introduction Technology through rune decryption!”

Mentioning Firewood Track Mountain, the stubbornness in his eyes transformed once again, finally turning into a determined resolve:

“No matter today or tomorrow, even if I die in front of the research table, I will persist in deciphering the runes. One day, I will use the latest technological results to prove that my choice was not wrong! It’s just due to a lack of support that I’ve been treading in place for years.”

“Hmm?” Cheng Ye was somewhat astonished. Even an outsider like him can clearly perceive the value of runes, yet the institute does not support Shi Xu’s decryption research?

“Hasn’t the institute allocated special funding for you?”

“No.”

Shi Xu shook his head, his tone full of helplessness, “Ever since Michael fled, the project funding has switched to a voting system. My project has been consistently at the bottom, only receiving sporadic allocations of tens of thousands of points. With so little money, let alone researching immortal objects and runes, it’s not even enough to buy some basic materials.”

At this point, his gaze suddenly changed, looking straight at Cheng Ye with obvious anticipation.

Cheng Ye immediately understood, feeling slightly surprised: “Director Shi, you wouldn’t want to research the rune I have, would you?”

“Ever since the Ten Thousand Orders Land Conch was sent away, the most valuable rune I can currently access for research is only the one in your possession!”

Shi Xu quickly nodded, his tone urgent, even changing his address from you to a more respectful “you”.

This change of address fully expressed his urgency and importance.

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Cheng Ye suddenly fell silent, looking at Shi Xu’s uncompromising determination and persistence in his eyes, almost obstinate, seemingly seeing a researcher in a desperate situation grasping the only straw.

Shi Xu truly is a pure research person.

His near-stubborn persistence is likely not only to break through technical barriers but also to prove his value to everyone.

“I just mentioned to Director Yu about wanting to set up a branch of the research institute in Dapo Town.”

Cheng Ye pondered and spoke, “If the subsequent investigation with Yu Yong yields substantive progress, we should be able to gain support from the institute.”

Shi Xu paused for a moment, almost immediately understanding, and quickly nodded: “If there’s a need for me to station there and lead a team, Inspector Cheng, just say the word! But I need to stay at the main institute for now, striving for breakthrough research before the Ten Thousand Orders Land Conch is traded away.”

“No worries, the branch construction likely won’t start this winter, probably not until next spring.”

Cheng Ye didn’t pin down the topic, shifting his words, “Besides, I’m personally very interested in runes. Apart from the two I have, I might be able to find more rune samples for you afterward.”

At these words, Shi Xu’s eyes instantly lit up, immediately replying, “I have a core research team of sixteen, plus forty intern researchers! Ready to engage in work at any time!”

“Director Shi being willing to join is a tremendous benefit for our branch. But let’s not beat around the bush; I’ll be straightforward here too.”

Cheng Ye picked up his chopsticks again, his tone serious, “I currently don’t have much funding, at least initially, I can’t support you to acquire a large amount of those ‘imported’ instruments. But I will find a way to set up a suitable research environment for you.”

He emphasized the word “import” heavily.

Having been exposed to it long enough, he’s seen through it: the so-called “import” is practically a disguised technological harvesting tax, where anything labeled with these two words has its price multiplied by at least tenfold.