Wasteland Border Inspector - Chapter 780

Chapter 780: Chapter 259: Plant Affinity, Liu Yi’s Mutation!

The car struggled to turn out of the main urban district and headed toward the Chemical Plant Community.

On the way, Cheng Ye noticed that the northern edge of the Buffer Zone was indeed undergoing large-scale development.

Those dilapidated old-era buildings were just like the grand theater; even at night, lights shone on them as renovation work went on.

The formerly abandoned open lots already had foundations laid; it looked like a new batch of residential housing was going to be built.

The original three-lane road was being widened and planned to become four lanes, and even those shabby shanties along the roadside had all been torn down, making the surroundings much more open.

It should have been spring, when everything revives, yet on this Wasteland, autumn was showing an unusual, vigorous vitality.

Little rain, many sunny days.

The temperatures were comfortable in the mornings and evenings; even if it was a bit hot at noon, it was just right for resting and adjusting.

He really didn’t know what the once-ruined Buffer Zone would look like after this whole autumn had passed.

As he drove past a bus stop, Cheng Ye couldn’t help feeling a bit dazed. Two months ago, those residents who left the Buffer Zone to migrate away, that family who traveled thousands of miles just to farm—if they could come back one day and see these changes before their eyes, what kind of exclamation would they let out?

Would they regret the hasty decision they made back then?

And those caravans who had given up on Stone Province and given up on Happiness City—if they could do it all over again, would they fold this place back into their route?

“As long as disasters like the Stand-In Starfish don’t happen again, Happiness City is already entering a great expansion phase now… And to avoid that kind of disaster, we can only rely on the checkpoints!”

The more Shelter City developed, the more the importance of the checkpoints as a safety barrier stood out.

It wasn’t until the car stopped on the open space in front of the gate of the Chemical Plant Community that Cheng Ye shook his head to cast off these heavy thoughts, grabbed the bag of canned food, and stepped into the community.

The Chemical Plant Community hadn’t changed at all compared to before; it was still quiet and deserted.

But precisely because of this tranquility, the moment one stepped in, one was cut off from the hurried pace of the Wasteland outside, leaving only a dense atmosphere of everyday life.

Warm yellow light spilled from the windows of every home, looking especially peaceful and harmonious in the night.

Click.

It was the same familiar scene: as soon as Cheng Ye reached the stairway at the fourth floor, the door on the fifth floor opened a crack in advance.

Liu Yi stuck out half her face furtively. After seeing it was him, she “bang” shut the door again.

Huh?

Cheng Ye froze for a moment. Before he could react, the door opened again, and this time it was Luo Xiaoxue who came out.

“Oh my god, how did you get this buffed up!”

Looking at the figure in front of her whose burly build was almost exaggerated, Luo Xiaoxue couldn’t help but open her mouth wide.

Liu Yi also timidly poked her head out from behind her mother and added in a small voice, “You’re even more buff than my dad! So scary!”

“Uh…” Cheng Ye smiled helplessly.

Before he had fully mastered the Shrinking Earth Giant Louse, it was foreseeable that his body would be remodeled to look more and more terrifying, possibly even reaching an inhuman level.

Only when he could someday use the Shrinking Earth Giant Louse’s power without side effects would he be able to adjust his physique freely and fix it at a reasonable state.

Of course, even if he were given a hundred more chances, he would still unhesitatingly choose to gain power, rather than obsess over keeping his original build.

“Sister Luo, what’s happened this past month is a long story.”

Cheng Ye followed Luo Xiaoxue into the apartment. At first, Liu Yi stood at a distance, watching him warily.

It wasn’t until he opened the bag and revealed all kinds of canned food inside that the little one’s eyes lit up. She rushed over cheering and grinned foolishly as she said, “Brother Cheng Ye, I knew you treated me the best!”

“Eh, how come you’re not calling me ” anymore?” Cheng Ye joked.

“Mom found me a teacher, and I have to go to class for half a day every day now!” Liu Yi excitedly picked out a can of strawberry preserves from the bag. After Cheng Ye helped her open it, she scooped out the fruit and stuffed it into her mouth while mumbling indistinctly, “The teacher’s taught us a lot of things. I’m going to be a great scientist in the future!”

“Then what about the plants you used to like? Still planning to keep growing them?”

Liu Yi froze for a moment, then her eyes rolled and she added in a milky voice, “Then I’m going to be a great scientist who studies plants!”

“Hahahaha…” Cheng Ye burst out laughing, amused by her serious little expression.

Luo Xiaoxue came over with a kettle, poured Cheng Ye a glass of water, and explained with a smile, “Quite a few talents have come into the city recently. Several families in the community who have children got together and figured they couldn’t let the kids’ education be delayed, so they went to the talent market to look around. They actually managed to find teachers willing to teach. Now it’s great—we’ve finally solved, for the time being, the problem of having no schools in the Buffer Zone.”

“Oh?” Cheng Ye raised his eyebrows in some surprise. “There’s a talent market in the Buffer Zone?”

“Sure, it’s near the library in the south.” Luo Xiaoxue nodded and explained, “A lot of vagrants go there looking for work, and quite a few of them are educated. They might not be able to teach any advanced knowledge, but for enlightening kids like Yiyi, they’re more than enough.”

“That really is a good thing.” Cheng Ye nodded in agreement. “There’s never been a school in the Buffer Zone; the kids run wild outside all day, missing their early education. If they wait until they’re grown to start learning, it’ll be too late.”

After saying that, he thought of Dapo Town’s plans and added, “Speaking of which, I’m planning to build a school in Dapo Town as well. I can go check out that talent market later; if I can find three to five reliable educated people, the later work of running the school will be much easier.”