Wasteland Border Inspector - Chapter 795

Chapter 795: Chapter 263: Eye of Conviction, Search Lv4! (Part 2)

After speaking, he suddenly looked up, eyes filled with painful questioning: “Cheng Ye, tell me, if back then I had firmly insisted they all stay, would they have survived until today, waiting for the day Happiness City could cultivate?”

It turns out that during the great expansion period, Happiness City experienced such a “stay or leave” ideological dispute?

Cheng Ye’s gaze was calm as the two locked eyes.

He could see that Matthew Lee lamented not for the death of those people but was questioning his own cowardly past.

On the pursuit of ideals, he chose to retreat, binding himself with “responsibility,” not daring to take that step.

Now, that responsibility has become a curse, forcing him to pay for his hesitation back then.

“No, they would never wait for this day.”

Having said that, Cheng Ye slowly stood up, “Escapers seek a path in the distance, while those who persevere pave a path underneath. Waiting will never bring the opportunity to rise with the wind. Those who stayed didn’t just wait for today; they silently worked hard and persevered until the sun rose. Who could have predicted the darkness would pass back then? And who dared to be sure they could hold on until dawn?”

With just staying and waiting, attempting to erase the decades-long struggle and persistence of hundreds of thousands in Happiness City.

It’s too dismissive.

Would people say that everyone in Happiness City was waiting for Inspector Cheng to arrive, to shelter… cough, to convince Tan Ming?

Before this, whether it was the iteration of nutrient paste or the operation of industrial import and export, it was the effort of everyone in Happiness City that allowed it to remain the leader in Stone Province.

If they had really left Stone Province back then, who could predict what it would be like now?

“Escape, persevere…”

Matthew Lee repeatedly chewed over these two words, his scattered gaze gradually refocused.

Over the years, he heard countless times the words “stay at your post, selfless dedication,” but no one ever told him that persevering truly leads to dawn.

It seems everyone is living aimlessly, repeating day after day within their self-defined circles.

“What’s the purpose of pioneering?” he suddenly asked, as if completely forgetting the previous words of blame in this era, merit throughout the ages.

“The purpose is to help us live better lives; the rest is just overthinking and self-pity.”

Cheng Ye stood with his arms crossed, chuckling freely, “We need jobs; this never-before-explored land can help us through the hardest initial phase. We need resources; this land can produce countless things we urgently need. Dawn has come, but as always, those who persevere pave paths beneath their feet. Ultimately, the height we can reach depends on the road we build with our own hands.”

If belief didn’t hold weight on this land, mankind wouldn’t survive the numerous chaotic times, still persevering steadfastly on the wasteland.

When the words fell, Cheng Ye suddenly paused, feeling an inexplicable sense of smoothness from within, as if his whole body was cleansed, his mood suddenly brightened.

It was… belief!

Sensing the two runes in his hands tremble slightly, seemingly celebrating for him and seemingly lamenting that he finally took this step.

The face of belief coagulated by the Elder appeared once again but not in reality, instead materializing in his mind, manifested by the power of the two runes!

The initially faceless and vague features slightly surged, then suddenly opened a pair of bright, spirited eyes.

These eyes seem to see through past dust, reflect current perseverance, and… glimpse the future dawn!

With guided belief, it will no longer be aimless, eventually forming concrete shape.

What he saw was never the survival of everyone curled up in Shelter City, not the impassable doom on the Wilderness, not the wasteland overgrown with weeds, and certainly not the purgatory ravaged by infectious sources.

What he saw was a world where everyone, like Tan Ming, strives alike dragons, is the era of great competition, and is a… brand new era!

None of this relies on escaping to find roads far away.

It only relies on perseverance, paving paths underneath!

…

Night, seven o’clock.

The street lamps in Dongping Town have lit up with soft light, workers slowly emerging from the warehouse.

Everyone curiously looked at the two under the street lamp, although still smiling, it was evident the somewhat lost and spiritless Inspector Matthew Lee, and beside him, the constantly nodding Inspector Cheng, who immediately pointed out production issues upon arrival.

What happened?

Nobody knew, but the sound of the bell announcing the end of work had already rung, and people stretched lazily, chatting and joking as they headed toward the residential area.

Once the crowd faded, Matthew Lee came to his senses, saying with some thought: “Cheng Ye, this vitality, is it related to you?”

“Of course it’s related to me, otherwise why do you think I’d be stuck in Dapo Town for more than ten days.”

Cheng Ye did not deny, speaking calmly, “But this news, like pioneering, will be blocked for a while, you’ll know in due time.”

Matthew Lee was momentarily dazed, then let out a resigned smile: “Then I really count as persevering until the arrival of you, this ‘alien,’ not escaping.”

“Did you ever expect such a day would come?”

“I thought about it and somehow didn’t,” Matthew Lee gently shook his head, “Those elusive dreams ultimately are the fantasies of the disappointed.”

“No, as long as people hold beautiful expectations for the future, they naturally have these fantasies.”

Cheng Ye nodded slightly, “At least you didn’t feel staying was endless suffering through the night but always hoped for the arrival of dawn.”

“Yes, indeed I hoped, hoped for so many years, finally the day has arrived!”

Matthew Lee contemplated for a moment, finally nodding in candid acknowledgment.