Wasteland Border Inspector - Chapter 931

Chapter 931: Chapter 298: Mountain Body, Rune Revolution!_2

This is an advantage that ordinary researchers can’t compare with, as many people spend their entire lives stuck in the lab, having to be as cautious as he was previously just to step out into the Wilderness.

“So what Cheng Wu said was indeed true: having the Inspector engage in scientific research is entirely feasible!”

Cheng Ye was moved and pulled some white paper over to further dissect and refine the conclusions he had reached.

It wasn’t until dawn’s light began to creep in, and the Collector once again signaled a full charge, that he suddenly realized.

This night had indeed been busy and productive; not only had his abilities improved drastically, but his understanding of runes had taken a big step forward.

“Marvelous runes, their effects are extraordinary. Even this incomplete stroke I have that can only make it rain has enormous value! As long as I can find a way to reduce consumption and achieve long-term preservation, how could there be no market?”

Cheng Ye folded the paper filled with his handwriting and couldn’t help letting his mind wander.

The “” he could condense now could only be maintained for ten minutes and couldn’t be preserved for long periods.

Moreover, using it once was almost deadly, making frequent usage impossible, let alone mass production.

But once the cost of use is reduced, and stable preservation is achieved, this method of artificial rainmaking will be unbelievably powerful.

When farms in the Shelter Cities need watering, they could simply buy a rune and throw it into the sky to make it rain as needed, no longer having to rely on the whims of nature.

If further dissecting the runes on the Ten Thousand Orders Land Conch could yield abilities such as terrain modification, not only major Shelter Cities, but even small and medium-sized gathering places would go crazy over them.

To be able to create a natural barrier against Infected Bodies and sources of infection on a whim would maximize safety, and its value would be immeasurable.

Thinking like this, the path of Happiness City indeed seems misguided.

The Firewood faction eagerly advances rune research: once substantial results are produced, they can harvest resources throughout the Wasteland.

This is somewhat akin to the industrial revolution in human history. If a rune revolution indeed erupts in the Wasteland, the improvement in productivity will be unfathomable, and by then, the industrial technology that Happiness City relies on for survival might quickly become an obsolete relic, unable to capitalize on technological advantages to harvest resources from surrounding Shelter Cities anymore.

Looking back at the rise of Happiness City, it clearly depended on a more complete industrial cluster and technical barriers to monopolize resources from surrounding Shelter Cities, growing step by step into its current dominant status.

Logically, Happiness City should understand the importance of technical barriers the most, but after its success, it inexplicably diverted its focus, wasting significant time and resources.

Now, on the path of rune research, it’s likely that Happiness City is not only being left behind by Firewood and Natural but also by other Super Shelter Cities on this vast Wasteland that are researching runes. These Shelter Cities should be advancing much faster than Happiness City.

Once the point of technological expansion and explosion arrives, falling behind in one step could mean falling behind in every future step.

By that time, should Happiness City wish to pivot to rune research, they might have only one path left…

War!

Only through the plunder of technology and brute force can the gap accumulated over the years be closed.

But even with careless thinking, one can see that those Shelter Cities capable of spearheading the rune revolution would surely prepare ahead of time against the onset of war.

There’s a high chance new alliances will emerge at that time.

The Rune Alliance.

Shelter Cities within the alliance would undoubtedly join forces to suppress the backward Shelter Cities, forming a new structure for harvesting technology.

“These materials can’t be given to Shi Xu for now; he’s still focused on researching the Ten Thousand Orders Land Conch. Once this winter has completely idled him, I’ll take Shi Xu to Dapo Town and slowly attempt to decipher the runes with him.”

Cheng Ye contemplated, “By then, I’ll go out on a mission, make up a few experiences, and I’ll be able to explain why I suddenly know about runes.”

He packed the paper filled with writing at the bottom of his backpack without taking additional precautions.

After all, these are merely conceptual ideas, so even if someone sees them, it doesn’t matter. As they say, those who understand, understand, and those who don’t, it’s a waste of effort.

It’s like having a chip design without a high-precision lithography machine, ultimately helpless.

Looking out the window toward the ground, Liu Bi’s morning exercise class had already begun.

Luokuke, having stood vigil all night, had no energy left to practice martial arts. In the chilly morning wind, only Yu Yong and Wang Kang followed Liu Bi.

Both were on either side, intently practicing their fist techniques; though their styles differed, their movements were remarkably similar, getting slower and more rhythmically unified.

Especially Yu Yong, whose moves seemed to visibly stir the airflow, forming an invisible circle, as if he were a hero in a movie with special effects added.

Does he inherently possess the talent of an innate bearer?

Or did the Ghost Shadow Spider, which is one step away from Control State, help him cross that most challenging threshold?

Cheng Ye was filled with questions.

“The Water Stopping Martial Domain obtained from Brother B hasn’t been broken down yet, it’s a good time to try again to see if every Celestial Human Martial Domain can result in obtaining runes, or whether the Heart Lake Martial Domain is an exception.”

If it’s feasible to obtain runes through breaking down Martial Domains, this is not a circumstantial outcome.

Although few reach the Unity of Heaven and Man Realm, there are still quite a few who could be found, sufficient to piece together many valuable runes.

However, having stayed up all night and continuously researched and pondered, Cheng Ye yawned, inevitably feeling a bit fatigued.

The substantial increase in Life Force allowed him to possess a body far stronger than an ordinary person, enabling him to accomplish more in a unit of time, but it couldn’t alleviate mental exhaustion.