Wasteland Border Inspector - Chapter 916

Chapter 916: Chapter 294: Lv5 Skill, Still Waters of the Heart Lake

The September wind swept across the wasteland, heralding the busy prelude.

Entering the golden autumn of October, the scorching sunlight withdrew its sharpness, transforming into a gentle golden veil, softly covering the heavy rice ears.

As humanity’s main food source, the late rice sown in June smoothly reached harvest season before the cold winter arrived.

Despite the frequent disasters and strange celestial phenomena this New Era 35 year, the carefully guarded winter grain of humanity still grew without being affected.

Shadows of people crowded the field ridges, farmers rolled up their trousers and walked through the golden waves of rice, with sickles rising and falling, bundles of full rice stalks neatly stacked.

The harvesters roared by, rolling up layers of rice waves, plump grains poured down through the grain pipes, piling up small mountains in burlap sacks.

Even through the Defense Communication screen, Cheng Ye seemed able to smell the fresh sweetness of new grains in the air, mixed with the moist fragrance of earth, refreshing the mind.

[Wonderful, I hope we can have such a harvest next year.]

Cheng Ye typed a line, pressing send.

The Advanced Defense Communication’s research institute access currently has only two functions:

One is to monitor Yu Yong’s fusion degree in real-time to prevent the Ghost Shadow Spider from occupying his body again.

The other is the chat group where all researchers can speak.

On the way to Flower Province, Yu Erlan recorded this video and transmitted it back through the alliance network, allowing those stayed in Stone Province to see how the outside world operates.

Yet, even before he could turn off the screen, a reply had already flashed:

[Shi Xu: Just past five-thirty, Inspector Cheng up so early?]

[Cheng Ye: My biological clock is at this time, Director Shi wouldn’t still be awake?]

[Shi Xu: (ﾉﾟ▽ﾟ)ﾉ]

A playful emoticon, like activating some switch.

Soon, a string of replies followed one after another, all saying “I haven’t slept either”, “Hey, how did you know I’ve been up all night too”, “Just finished revising the experiment data, can’t hold on anymore”…

The large research institute, nearly eighty percent of researchers were pulling all-nighters, quite absurd.

Cheng Ye watched for a while, shaking his head with a helpless smile, placing the Defense Communication down on the bedside and stretching before getting up.

The room after moving was much larger than the Buffer Zone, but life didn’t seem any different.

Flame nestled in the corner of the bedside, imitating his sleeping posture, all four legs up in the air, snoring lightly, its little belly gently rising and falling with breath.

Cheng Ye glanced at the adorably silly little creature, resisting the urge to reach out and tease, turning to walk towards the window.

At this moment, the sky had not yet brightened, nearing dawn.

The street lamps of Dapo Town flickered with dim yellow light, dispelling the heavy darkness before dawn.

Downstairs, Liu Bi had somehow already risen, dressed in a thin vest, standing on the empty ground in front of the purchase station, methodically practicing martial arts.

His movements were relaxed and steady, each punch produced a subtle sound of airflow.

Detecting the gaze behind, Liu Bi turned his head, their eyes meeting.

Seeing Liu Bi mouth “come down,” Cheng Ye quickly put on his clothes and went downstairs.

“Brother B, do you get up this early every day?”

“Not early, I get up at four-thirty every day, this time is the calmest, outside is quiet, heart is quiet.”

The autumn morning already held some chill, yet Liu Bi radiated heat outward from within.

“Come over, it’s been long since I’ve trained you, come with me to practice and gather energy.”

“Alright.” Cheng Ye nodded, adopting Liu Bi’s breathing rhythm, following along in practice.

Though his movements inevitably had some imitation without understanding the deeper meaning of the moves, Liu Bi did not mind these superficial gestures, occasionally offering guidance: “Slower, yes, slow down, calm your breath.”

Slow is fast.

Only with a quiet mind can one discern their true self.

Cheng Ye didn’t think himself anxious, but after practicing with Liu Bi for half an hour, as the dawn sun broke on the horizon, golden light spilling onto the earth in that instant, he suddenly felt an indescribable sensation of clarity, as if the accumulated impurities within were dispersed, his mind completely opening up.

“Not bad.” Liu Bi nodded approvingly, “The form is merely superficial, the strength of Celestial Human Martial Domain depends entirely on your connection with the world. The more you perceive, be it emotional changes or the growth and transformation laws of all things, the more power you can harness.”

He looked at Cheng Ye, his tone carrying some comfort, “I didn’t expect you to grow to this point in just a few months, making me unsure of how to teach you the next step. Perhaps you’ve already found your path and don’t need my further guidance.”

“Brother B, your Celestial Human Martial Domain must be different from others, right?” Cheng Ye glanced at Yu Yong standing quietly in the shadows behind, asking aloud.

Liu Bi did not deny it, continuing his slow practice, loudly stating: “Mind as the blade, can ascend to the Extraordinary realm; mind as the shield, can perceive nature’s mysteries. In this vast wasteland, everyone is busy and bustling, at our realm, most have their pursuits and ideals urgently needing powerful strength to achieve, so it’s not that my Celestial Human Martial Domain is different, but we pursue different things.”

“Then your mind is a shield?” Cheng Ye contemplated.

“Not a shield, but a pool of water.” Liu Bi exhaled long, finishing his moves, standing still, “Holding the capacity to encompass all, also with the potential to embrace all rivers.”

Without turning his head, he shouted, “Come over, let me teach you something.”

Liu Bi did not look toward Yu Yong, yet Yu Yong seemed to receive a command, unconsciously moving his steps, slowly walking over.