Wasteland Border Inspector - Chapter 896

Chapter 896: Chapter 289: New Reform, Breakthrough in Heavy Weaponry! (3)

However, using life force to trade for a full recovery from injuries is already a foolproof deal.

Especially after the recent test, all it takes is to bury the body in the ground to trigger a special state, far more convenient than the activation method of the Stand-In Starfish, which requires hunting meat.

“So next, I need to try to see if I can fuse Matthew Lee’s four basic skills again, and mutate into other missing Life Blessings!”

According to the calculation that one Lv4 skill requires 60% of the charging value, plus three fusions costing 75%, it needs 2520 kilowatts, an inconceivable consumption.

But now, with the hydroelectric station, it’s just a day’s worth of total charging, completely acceptable.

When Matthew Lee came over again, it was already an hour later.

The charging value of the collector had just broken through 50%, and Cheng Ye waited a moment longer, until it recovered to 60% before taking out the collector.

On the open ground at the entrance of the town, Matthew Lee was sitting beside a roadside sign, daydreaming.

Earlier, Hou Genbao had taken him on a tour around Dapo Town, and the scene before him inevitably left him a bit dazed.

The orderly arrangement of temporary housing, the streetlights neatly lined up on both sides of the street, the clear division of areas within the industrial zone, the clear production process, and the continually heightening and strengthening floodwall along the White Water River.

The entire town exuded a thriving vitality, forming a stark contrast with the development state of Dongping Town.

There was no internal conflict between the two inspectors here, nor any conflicts in development philosophy; everyone moved forward in the same direction.

Until Cheng Ye approached, he still hadn’t come to his senses.

“Didn’t sleep well last night?” Cheng Ye asked softly.

Matthew Lee was startled for a moment, then shook his head repeatedly after a few seconds, stood up, and said, “Let’s go back to the Buffer Zone.”

“What’s wrong?”

“I’m afraid that if I stay here a moment longer, my Tao Heart will shatter.” Matthew Lee said, involuntarily shivering.

Only after getting into the car, as the figure of Dapo Town slowly disappeared in the rearview mirror, did Matthew Lee seem to finally snap back to reality. Suddenly, he asked, “Dongping Town… is there still a chance for it to become like this?”

“No chance,” Cheng Ye replied truthfully.

“Alright.” A hint of disappointment clearly swept across Matthew Lee’s face, but the next second, his expression changed slightly.

“The Dongping Town you and Song Hai manage, no chance. But if it were your Dongping Town alone… achieving this level would be a piece of cake, and it would only be the starting point.”

“Mine alone?”

Matthew Lee’s voice paused for a moment, with a touch of hesitation, then lightly shook his head, “Forget it, Song Hai hasn’t done anything wrong either.”

Driving Song Hai away and seizing control of Dongping Town alone.

He had considered this idea, but Song Hai was also a Third-stage Inspector, and a core member of the Eastern People Faction.

Making Song Hai leave Dongping Town would be as difficult as building a satellite city anew.

“There will be changes.” Cheng Ye gazing out at the rapidly passing wilderness outside the window, said calmly, “Otherwise, did you think I wanted you to accompany me into the city today just for a casual tour?”

He paused, then continued, “The crude division of aligning with the Eastern or Western factions has ended; next, what’s about to happen is… aligning with ideologies.”

“Hmm?” Matthew Lee was taken aback, reflexively looking at Cheng Ye’s profile, trying to discern more clues from his face.

But even when the car drove onto the highway, he didn’t ask any more questions, just sank into deep contemplation.

Cheng Ye also said no more.

Even if Cheng Wu returned to the inspection station now, the internal structure could no longer be forcibly unified under his control.

Unless all inspectors with differing ideologies were purged, completely rebooting the entire system.

Otherwise, after so many years, every inspector has developed their own philosophy and way of operating, making it impossible to unconditionally obey others.

In these days of interaction with Davidson and Lin Bao, Cheng Ye gradually sensed the prelude to a transformation.

A deeper factional struggle is about to unfold, casting aside the surface-level crude divisions like race and skin color.

Perhaps it will divide into the Expansion Faction that advocates outreach, the Conservative Faction that holds onto existing achievements, and the Fusion Faction that promotes merging different forces.

It could also divide into the Radical Faction for aggressive actions, the Conservative Faction for steady progress, and the Neutral Faction for observant neutrality.

It might even be various senior inspectors rallying flags, recruiting other inspectors to join their factions.

Song Hai and Matthew Lee’s ideologies are always incompatible, inevitably facing an eventual division.

And reshuffling the layout of each satellite city is likely the next step of the satellite city plan.

But all of this is mere speculation by the lower-level inspectors. What Ding Yishan plans for the transformation, whether there are further instructions from the higher-ups, whether the Elders will express their opinions, coupled with changes in the external environment, all have the potential to accelerate or alter this process.

Before long, the familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar South Inspection Station appeared at the horizon’s end.

Compared to some days ago, this towering and majestic inspection station hadn’t changed at all, still quietly standing at the entrance of the Buffer Zone.

But following the guards’ instructions, after entering District D, both of their expressions turned slightly odd.

In charge of duty in District D at the South Inspection Station was actually… Garcia?!

The reform’s pace is this fast?

Western inspectors managing daily duties in the stronghold dominated by Eastern People?

The armed pickup truck steadied in the inspection zone, Cheng Ye opened the door and got out, with Matthew Lee following suit.

Seeing the two approaching, Garcia’s expression didn’t waver in the slightest; the process remained the routine procedure, with both parties completing the verification meticulously as if unfamiliar.

However, just as the two were about to leave, Garcia suddenly spoke, “Inspector Cheng, are you free tonight? I’d like to invite you to a simple meal.”