Wasteland Border Inspector - Chapter 929

Chapter 929: Chapter 297: The Secret of Runes, the Immortal Path!

The rune on the water surface was also changing color rapidly, from a faint blue at first, transforming into a clear light blue in just over ten seconds, like a sapphire floating on the water.

An indescribable sense of weakness suddenly hit, causing Cheng Ye’s legs to go weak, and he couldn’t help but fall to the ground.

This weakness was even more intense than when repaying the cost of symbiosis, crashing into his consciousness wave after wave, almost depriving him of the ability to think.

Instinctively, he switched skills, replacing the Immortal Blessing with the Toughness Blessing.

Hu.

A special fragrance, similar to Living Water Essence, spread, and the Life Force that had just been extracted began to recover rapidly.

But what surprised Cheng Ye was that as soon as the Life Force was restored, it was continuously absorbed by the rune again.

Fortunately, the description of the Collector was accurate, the rune extracted at most 99% of the Life Force, and as the sense of recovery ceased, the extraction also gradually reached its end.

The rune’s absorption of the river water had reached its peak, turning its color into a deep azure blue.

Cheng Ye bent down to pick up the rune, which, despite likely containing tens of tons of river water inside, still felt light in his hand, no different in weight from the small rune in the basin before.

But unlike before, this deep blue rune was continuously emitting special fluctuations, as if conveying some vague message.

Cheng Ye frowned slightly, concentrating on sensing it, when the Collector panel suddenly popped up.

[Collector has detected a special rune fully contained: Water Gathering Rune, parsing information…]

[Parsing successful, Collector has recorded the rune possessed by the Collector]

[Analyzing rune data…]

[Analysis successful!]

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[Water Gathering Rune (Completeness: 1/7)]

[Current State]: Stable

[Duration]: 09:35

[Current Stored Water Volume]: 13.3 tons

[Operations Available]:

Rain Induction (Capability Unlocked; select an area and use the rune’s stored water volume for rain)

Fusion for Resource (Function Locked; try upgrading rank to unlock through specific route)

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“Eh, can this also be translated into information I can directly understand?”

Cheng Ye’s eyes lit up.

Compared to sensing those vague fluctuations on his own, the presentation on the Collector panel was undoubtedly much more intuitive.

But when he looked at the operation options below, his expression of surprise suddenly froze, replaced by bewilderment.

Water Gathering?

Rain Induction?

A seventh of the rune actually represented the rain-inducing capability manifested in the small natural physique?

Then what about the Flood?

If he had chosen the Flood Physique before, would he have the ability to unleash floods?

Countless thoughts surged in his mind, and it took Cheng Ye a full four or five minutes to exhale and slowly regain his composure.

As the sustainable time dropped below five minutes, the rune’s state changed from “Stable” to “Low Energy Warning.”

At the same time, new information appeared on the panel.

With the change in state, the operable permissions also changed, for instance, Fusion for Resource became unavailable.

Simultaneously, a prompt appeared behind the Rain Induction, indicating that when the state changed to high energy warning, the rain induction function would be disabled.

“Rain Induction!”

Cheng Ye silently recited the command. The Collector truly replaced his direct connection with the rune, becoming a central hub.

The panel flashed slightly, and a new operation interface popped up:

[Rain Induction]

[Selectable Range]: Centered on Collector, 1-2000 square meters

[Selectable Duration]: 15 seconds-3 minutes

“Select maximum 2000 square meters, duration 3 minutes!”

Cheng Ye recited again, and the panel instantly vanished.

He instinctively looked at the Water Gathering Rune in his hand, only to see it lifted by an invisible force, slowly leaving his palm and ascending into the sky.

There was no thunder to set the stage, just wisps of rain clouds visibly gathering quickly below the rune.

A dozen seconds later, Cheng Ye suddenly extended his hand, and raindrops happened to fall into his palm.

According to the set target, the rainfall had reached 6.65 millimeters, entering the category of moderate rain.

He stared blankly at the night sky, watching countless raindrops striking the surface of his helmet, leaving streaks of water.

Watching the quickly gathering rain clouds gradually fade, disappearing completely as the three-minute limit was reached.

The humid atmosphere came and went quickly; an autumn wind blew by, and the ground around swiftly returned to dryness.

This abrupt rain seemed like an illusion, yet waves of enlightenment surged in Cheng Ye’s mind, instantly providing more validation for his speculations about the rune.

So-called Control State?

What resources were used, and what was being controlled?

With this in mind, Cheng Ye suddenly took off his helmet, revealing a face slowly breaking into an uncontrollable smile.

So, this was the secret of the rune.

So, this was the transcendental path pursued by the Extraordinary of the previous era!

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