Wasteland Border Inspector - Chapter 817

Chapter 817: Chapter 269: Core Authority, a Surge of Fiefs!

Border, Inspector?

Ding Yishan repeatedly muttered this name, sometimes nodding lightly, sometimes shaking his head slightly, his gaze deep as if pondering something.

Harlem was much more direct, immediately asking, “What if this Border Inspector defects from Happiness City, how should we respond?”

“Station Chief Harlem, don’t you think this question is like asking what should be done if an Elder defects from Happiness City?”

Cheng Ye’s expression remained unchanged, his tone calm, “Let me be frank, anyone who has reached this step, their abilities have long been the undisputed top in the Wasteland. By then, who can limit him? And who has the qualification to limit him?”

“Indeed, you’re not wrong.”

Ding Yishan rarely gave a clear acknowledgment, “If Happiness City truly can produce a Border Inspector, his significance would no longer be merely Happiness City’s Inspector, but the Border Inspector of human civilization, the Border Inspector of the entire Wasteland. Wherever he goes, his abilities can pave the way for humanity to reclaim the Wasteland and rebuild civilization.”

After his words fell, Harlem still stubbornly shook his head, “But unfortunately, no one can achieve it. Even as strong as Station Chief Cheng Wu, he only proposed the concept of merging containment and research. Merely bringing these two to the extreme is a luxury that generations of effort can hardly achieve, let alone further merging both duty and fieldwork.”

“No, it’s actually not a conflict.”

Cheng Ye simply got up, walked to the desk, pointed to the Central Inspection Station already lit outside the window, “If an Inspector can perform field containment and return to the city for research, he must be proficient in duty inspection, because his familiarity with infection sources far exceeds any Inspector grown through training.”

“As for field trade, do you think it’s about lip service or some negotiating skills to seal a deal? Obviously not. Experience of walking through the Wilderness, negotiation skills are important, but the core is valuable trade goods. Only then can Happiness City’s negotiations proceed more smoothly, bringing back more resources for development.”

“And just right, an Inspector who has traveled the Wasteland and is good at research knows best what is the scarcest on the Wasteland. If he can specifically research to produce such products, would he still fear not having partners or not selling his goods?”

It must be said that as the creator of the entire Wasteland Inspection Station model, Cheng Wu’s vision is indeed far-reaching.

To this day, every word he left behind, every future vision and expectation, is being verified by reality.

Containment and research, the two must never be separated, they must proceed simultaneously.

No matter how difficult this path is, we must firmly nurture Inspectors to possess abilities in both areas.

It’s just a pity that he was forced by Happiness City to leave too early, and no one knows his whereabouts now.

Perhaps, he is hiding at the other end of the planet, silently preparing for the arrival of the next era, waiting to rebuild glory, and to tell everyone that they are all wrong.

Or maybe, he has long died in some foreign land or on a rarely visited solitary island, leaving only a group of people reminiscing about what he left behind.

And the various concepts he left behind have not been inherited by later generations, but were rather shelved, remembered by only a few as a “madman’s dream.”

Harlem, rebutted twice in a row, was full of surprise and said softly, “But even when Station Chief Cheng Wu was around, he never really expected anyone to achieve this step, it was merely entrusting hope to the wisdom of future generations, which is essentially no different from us today talking grandly here.”

“So, I will practice what I say.”

Cheng Ye nodded slowly, his gaze sweeping over the two condescendingly, his tone extremely determined, “I will become that Border Inspector.”

If someone wants to limit Inspector Cheng… No, limit Station Chief Cheng’s power, then he throws the problem back.

I have both the potential and motivation to acquire this ability, who will limit me? Who dares to limit me?

Some Extraordinary?

Can he, just like him, step out of Shelter City and freely move into the Wilderness?

Can he carry the belief of Great Father Tan Ming from Stone Province and hold a path?

Want to deal with the Inspection Station?

What qualification does the so-called Security and Integrity Bureau have to check him?

Can these people’s contributions be compared with his achievements in containing Immortal Objects and resolving disasters for Happiness City?

“Inspector Cheng, is this your debriefing answer to me and Station Chief Harlem, or your inauguration declaration for the Yueye Inspection Station?”

Ding Yishan leaned back in his seat, his elbow resting on the leather armrest, his fingers crossed in front of him.

A trace of reminiscence flashed across his face, his eyes filled with a bit of disbelief:

“When I was young, I used to sneak into your grandfather’s office looking for him, even more often than I looked for my father. Your grandfather was not exactly kind, he would often scold me and tell me to get lost and not to bother him at work.”

“But despite saying that, every afternoon while having lunch, he would still take ten minutes to chat with me while eating. Of course, I was different from you, back then I was just the offspring of an ordinary Inspector, although I couldn’t be as useless as you in the Inner City, I wasn’t outstanding either, so what he talked to me about was all about the future and ideals.”

“There was one thing he said that I remember very clearly, he said: the better the Inspection Station develops, the further away it is from the progress of the era, this means humanity is going down the wrong path; conversely, if the Inspection Station is on the brink of crisis, it means the opportunity for a new era is coming.”

“I didn’t understand this at the time, but in the years since, it’s been true. Every time the Inspection Station develops smoothly, there are defection events, source invasions, or unexpected changes; but when the Inspection Station falls into a state of being unnoticed, and Inspectors are forced to step out of Shelter City leading teams to reclaim the Wilderness, that period is precisely the start of a new era, and the Inspection Station will welcome a new development cycle.”