Wasteland Border Inspector - Chapter 932

Chapter 932: Chapter 298: Mountain Body, Rune Revolution!

Even though my body can still hold up, my thinking speed has clearly slowed down, urgently needing rest and recovery.

He grabbed his backpack and walked downstairs toward the hydroelectric station.

The three people were so focused on their training that they didn’t notice him walking out of the door; otherwise, they would have been bewildered by his now reduced size.

Upon reaching the hydroelectric station, Cheng Ye took out a pendant and collected a full charging value, then activated the decomposition function once more.

He engaged the Water Stopping Martial Domain, and images began to appear.

Considering the term “Water Stopping,” Cheng Ye instinctively thought it might be related to water, perhaps an ability to control water flow speed. However, the image that became clearer was a majestic mountain with Liu Bi sitting cross-legged on its peak.

Huh, where’s the water?

Not until the image was completely generated did a small river appear at the foot of the mountain. But the mountain blocked the river’s path, forcing the water to spread out along the sides of the mountain, unable to move forward.

“Wow, this is truly a physical way to stop water.”

Cheng Ye was a bit dumbfounded and, after carefully examining and remembering the details of the image, pressed the decomposition button.

The image flickered, the mountain gradually shattered, and a system panel prompt popped up:

[Decomposition Success]

[This information decomposition is influenced by the Collector’s existing similar skill (Level 3, Wave Shuttle), resulting in identical information fragments available for fusion]

[Detected insufficient current charging value for the Collector, not meeting the requirements for further decomposition. To decompose and match other similar skills, please choose to abandon this decomposition result]

[Please choose whether to collect/abandon]

“Wave Shuttle?”

Cheng Ye furrowed his brow, though it was a rare skill at Level 3, alongside his body talent, Wave Shuttle’s real function was inferior to Level 1 Fish Mimic State, just slightly enhancing Water ability, and Fish Mimic State’s fusion upgrade path was clearer—it simply required continuous extraction of features from underwater creatures for skill fusion.

Moreover, the core of the Water Stopping Martial Domain is evidently this mountain, not the small river below.

Even if the Martial Domain materials are used to upgrade Wave Shuttle, its effectiveness probably wouldn’t significantly improve.

“Abandon!”

After a brief hesitation, Cheng Ye decisively chose to abandon.

Eight hundred degrees of electricity wasted just like that, it’s somewhat heart-wrenching, but each Martial Domain can only be decomposed once, and it’s difficult to search for the Celestial Human Martial Domain again in the short term, making it obviously more priceless.

The interface disappeared, he recharged the Collector, Cheng Ye let out a long breath, set an alarm, and simply fell asleep in the hydroelectric station.

Three and a half hours later.

He got up, again collected the charging value, and proceeded with decomposition.

This time, the result was even more unexpected, directly skipping the Level 3 skill, matching the Level 2 Snake Power he had already mastered long ago.

“Tsk, this really feels a bit like opening a blind box!”

Cheng Ye couldn’t help but click his tongue, “Is it possible to open a matching Life Blessing upgrade material?”

Only matching Snake Power, which he already mastered proficiently, he inevitably felt a bit unsatisfied, choosing again to abandon.

But this also made him more deeply aware of one thing, that sometimes unlocking functions ahead of the next rank is a kind of blissful agony.

The strength of the Collector is undeniable, but its complex functions require increasingly terrifying amounts of energy.

Though these functions retain the characteristics of low-level functions, there’s no success or failure, always ensuring a base outcome that doesn’t let the invested energy go waste.

Yet human desires will always swell as strength grows, the more you know, the clearer you become about what you truly want.

If you were a newcomer at the checkpoint, you’d accept any skill decomposition gladly, but now with clear pursuits, you have to pay the corresponding resource cost for what you desire.

After another three and a half hours, Cheng Ye slept until noon, feeling energetic and cheerful.

And the third decomposition finally didn’t let him down again.

Though it still didn’t match the small natural physique, not even a Level 3 skill, it did match the currently important “Iron Body.”

Whether it’s used to further reduce the symbiotic cost of the Shrinking Earth Giant Louse or to enhance survival abilities in combat, the growth path of Iron Body has not stalled, and this trip to Guang Province was intended to continue strengthening it.

Now that the Water Stopping Martial Domain can match related upgrade materials, it’s undoubtedly a good start.

“Not bad, finally something practical, no more gambling!”

Cheng Ye breathed a long sigh of relief and decisively pressed the collect button.

[Collection Success]

[Civilization Collector has successfully recorded: Stone Body (Level 2; Perfect; Fusion Material)]

…

Iron Body, Stone Body.

Great names!

Just hearing them gives a sense of weightiness, Cheng Ye felt at ease, suddenly considering the wasted 1600 degrees of electricity worthwhile.

At the same time, looking at the dazzling array of skills in the skill bar, he made up his mind:

Before going on field assignments, he must fuse and simplify all unnecessary skills.

Among four skill bars, two extraordinary skills need to be permanent, the small natural physique also counts as a semi-permanent state, reducing available skill bars to only one.

Currently, the most direct way to enhance life level and expand the skill bar is to extract the Extraordinary Seed of the Vortex Turtle, which upon use would likely reach Life Level 3, unlocking a new skill bar.

Yet Shrinking Earth Giant Louse, as the source of infection, won’t draw attention from similar wild types.

Flame has also been covered by Tan Ming, so it won’t leak extraordinary fluctuations, allowing safe passage through the wilderness.

But if the power of the Vortex Turtle is fused, any leak of fluctuations could inevitably lead to a series of troubles.

“Seems like the previous idea of massively fusing basic skills can be brought onto the agenda now.”