Wasteland Border Inspector - Chapter 927

Chapter 927: Chapter 297: Secrets of Runes, the Path of Immortals! (Part 2)

Cheng Ye blinked, surprised that his guess had come true.

He tried to unload the skill, and sure enough, the “” stroke engraved in his mind instantly disappeared, leaving not a trace.

After re-equipping the skill, the stroke appeared again without any warning, like running into an old friend at a street corner after years, recognizing each other only after a few seconds of stunned surprise.

“This is so amazing, I didn’t expect to accidentally master a rune.”

“Oh no, it should be one-seventh of a rune.”

Without worrying about how to collect the other parts for the time being, Cheng Ye immersed himself in the mystery of this stroke.

From a human perspective, it seemed absurdly simple, but the stroke was just an external display; the truly valuable part to explore was the special energy fluctuation behind it.

It’s like the law of gravity, where individual letters mean nothing, but combined together, they reveal the most basic laws of the universe.

What he truly remembered was how to sync up with that special fluctuation when writing the stroke.

“Should I give it a try?”

After simulating it several times in his mind, Cheng Ye’s heart raced, filled with an irrepressible wave of excitement.

Although it would consume life force, the cost was still manageable; after the fusion, the Praise of Life no longer had the life force recovery bonus, but he had already collected Matthew Lee’s Praise of Tenacity, capable of instantly restoring full life force even if 99% was consumed.

However, before this, Cheng Ye stepped out of the warehouse, planning to find a place to test the effect of his new physique.

The militia guarding the door saw him coming out and was momentarily stunned, hesitantly asking, “Sir, you…”

“Do I look different?” Cheng Ye raised his oversized sleeve.

Indeed, there was a sense of awkwardness akin to a child wearing adult clothes.

“You’re at least a head shorter, just… just like how you looked before.” The militia scratched his head, unsure how to accurately describe it.

Dropping from nearly two meters tall to one meter eighty-five, the fifteen-centimeter difference was noticeable.

But to the militia who initially joined him during the assessment, Cheng Ye now seemed more familiar.

He looked like he did when they first met, with the indescribable sense of oppression gone, returning to being approachable and amicable.

“Previously, it was the side effect of a certain potion, just now it recovered.” Cheng Ye explained briefly before heading straight back to his room.

Standing in front of the mirror, he took off his shirt and pants, and he smiled with satisfaction.

The large bulging muscles that were once like rocks had shrunk, yet became more even and tight. The whole person exhibited a sculptural, harmonious beauty, as if each muscle was naturally formed, perfectly fitting the body’s lines.

Even more gratifying, when he opened the Collector panel and navigated to the cost section of Shrinking Earth Giant Louse, all the values collectively decreased!

The cost of using Attribute Sharing, initially was 350%; after obtaining the Praise of Life and completing one “Root in Soil”, boosting total life by 12%, it dropped to 312%.

And now, this value plummeted directly to 247%, a drop of as much as 65%. Following this trend, once the entire bonus from the Praise of Life is complete, it will likely decrease to around 230%.

The resource consumption for each activation of Shrinking Earth Giant Louse Coexistence State had also dropped for the first time, falling from 5% per activation to 4% per activation, and the maximum consumption every 24 hours fell from 35% to 28%.

Moreover, the most crucial cost of using the Coexistence State also saw new changes.

The previous 50-kilometer requirement for high-intensity exercise dropped from 46 kilometers to 40 kilometers.

Even more surprising for Cheng Ye, there was an additional selectable option below:

Choose between 40 kilometers of high-intensity exercise or 320 kilometers of moderate-intensity exercise.

“Wow, this is a major enhancement!”

Cheng Ye’s eyes lit up, the selectable cost pointing towards a clear path.

As long as he continues to improve his normal physical qualities and integrate more physique talents, the cost of using Shrinking Earth Giant Louse will only become increasingly lower.

Currently, moderate-intensity exercise still requires over three hundred kilometers, but one day, this might drop to 200 kilometers, 100 kilometers, or perhaps even have a low-intensity exercise option.

Of course, should that day come, it would mean the gap between him and the Shrinking Earth Giant Louse will narrow even further, even in normal conditions, his combat capabilities steadily align with the Extraordinary Source Binder.

“Not bad, really not bad!” Cheng Ye nodded approvingly.

After verifying the life force enhancement effect, he tested the defensive power using the method from last time.

Unfortunately, there was no change in the description in the skill bar, and the external defense bonus remained nearly unchanged.

The defense limit brought by the Silver Dragon Fish remained fixed, only the rate of defense effect decay became slightly smaller after multiple attacks.

“Looks like this fusion wasn’t a complete enhancement, focusing more on strengthening the life force characteristics related to weeds, and the other parts just piggybacked a bit.”

Cheng Ye showed no sign of disappointment, “But the outcome is good enough, at least it didn’t waste the existing characteristics.”

Compared to the surging life force, defense indeed wasn’t the current scarcity factor.

During missions outside, he would wear battle armor; truly needing to withstand bullets with bare flesh would mean encountering such extreme danger, he most likely would already transform into the Giant Louse Superhero or the Sea Star Superhero to confront the enemy.

As for the final power augmentation, there’s no need for specific testing.

Feeling the tension when subtly clenching his fist, he could vaguely sense the roughly thirty percent increase, presumably from the force characteristics of the Wind-fire and Thunder-fire physiques at play.