Wasteland Border Inspector - Chapter 945

Chapter 945: Chapter 301: Life Evolution, Power Soars!

“Not over yet!”

Taking advantage of the brief moment while his body was drifting in midair, Cheng Ye compressed the air again and blasted it out violently.

His body, which had just fallen two meters, shot upward another five meters like a rocket reignited.

He seemed to defy the laws of physics, inhaling and exhaling in quick succession like stepping on his own feet, using the recoil of the Air Cannon to keep climbing; every jet pushed his height up another step.

Humans’ longing for the sky, it had to be said, has always been etched into their bones.

Only after he fired six Air Cannons in a row, when a clear sour ache spread through his lungs and his body reached its limit, did Cheng Ye stop and look down.

At this moment he had risen to over twenty meters in the air, and the full view of Dapo Town behind the floodwall lay spread out before his eyes:

Staggered houses, busy figures, winding river channels—he could even see what was happening over by the hydroelectric station.

Right then, a flame-shaped mark suddenly lit up between his brows, and a blazing, resplendent aura spread outward.

Cheng Ye only felt his back grow lighter, as if an invisible pair of gliding wings had sprouted, and his body began to drift forward lazily; only when he reached the end of Diversion Island did he slowly descend, his feet touching the ground as lightly as a feather.

“Haha, I can fly now!”

Even though his lungs burned from repeatedly firing Air Cannons, Cheng Ye couldn’t suppress his hearty laughter; an indescribable sense of exhilaration surged in his chest.

The difference between using a single skill and combining multiple skills was simply worlds apart.

Being able to glide two to three kilometers in one go meant that even if danger suddenly cropped up in the Wilderness, he could retreat at leisure, and could even switch to using Flying Wing in midair to directly exit the danger zone.

Realizing that there might be even more possibilities in skill combinations, Cheng Ye willed himself back to normal weight and turned to run back to his backpack.

He had to admit, having such an independent testing area really made things a lot more convenient.

He opened his notebook and quickly jotted down his new insights from just now, but before he could open his panel to check his status, Flame drifted lazily out of the Spiritual Body Space.

Ever since Tan Ming manually reset its length back to zero, this little guy’s development speed had been downright terrifying.

In just over a month, the down feathers on its wings had grown back, and they were no longer the fiery red from before, but had turned into a dazzling gold. The flowing radiance made it hard to look away.

“Cheep-cheep!” Flame flapped its wings, circling on the ground and letting out crisp calls.

“Hungry?”

Cheng Ye raised an eyebrow and took out the Extraordinary Item Nesting Cauldron from his storage space.

After two rounds of merging feeding bowls, the little cauldron’s color had grown deeper and deeper, and its storage cap had also gained another slot; it could now hold up to four units of flame.

Perhaps due to the buff from the fusion, the flames consumed earlier had already been automatically replenished, and there was an additional unit of Firewood Fire.

Watching as Flame hopped up, spread its wings, and slipped into the little cauldron, then gulped down nearly 5% of the Firewood Fire’s stored volume in one go, Cheng Ye was instantly startled.

Holy crap, its appetite shot up this much?

You had to know he’d just fed it once that morning, and it had eaten about 5% of the storage back then too. It had only been a few hours, and it was hungry again?

He hurriedly opened the panel to check the exact storage levels of the Nesting Cauldron.

[Scorching Eagle’s Nesting Cauldron (Extraordinary Item)]

[Description]: …

[…]

[Current brazier storage: Firewood Fire 1 (37.5%); Firewood Fire 2 (58%); Peat Fire (67.5%); Earth Core Fire (78%)]

…

“Tsk, at a daily consumption of 10%, doesn’t that mean the Firewood Fire won’t even last ten days?”

After some quick mental math, Cheng Ye couldn’t help a headache, but he also couldn’t hide his delight.

Flame’s sudden surge in appetite precisely meant that its Shaping Stage was nearing its end and it was about to enter a true growth eruption phase.

Sure enough, the little guy tilted its head after finishing the flames and burrowed back into the Spiritual Body Space.

The next second, the panel immediately popped up a notification:

[Detected change in the attributes of the Extraordinary Creature bound to the Heart-Protecting Fire. Panel updated accordingly. Please enter the corresponding category to view details.]

“It changed again?”

The near day-by-day update speed made Cheng Ye click his tongue in amazement.

He immediately tapped open the panel and jumped to the Coexistence State description page, pleasantly surprised to find that the Gliding Ability he had just used had already upgraded:

[Scorching Eagle Coexistence State (Shaping)]

[Description]: After activating this ability…

[Current status]: Shaping

[Currently shareable skills]:

Scorching Eagle Swallowing Fire (Lv2, Rare, can devour a small amount of flame to heal the injuries of itself or the coexistent partner)

Scorching Eagle Heart Fire (Lv2, Excellent, when the coexistent partner’s Heart Power is overly depleted, the Scorching Eagle can replenish a small amount of Heart Power for them by Swallowing Fire)

Eagle-Killing Fire (Lv2, Excellent, the coexistent partner’s contact attacks gain minor flame damage, dealing dual damage on both physical and Spirit Body levels)

Wind Control (Lv1, Perfect, gains a temporary ability to manipulate airflow)

Ring of Vitality (Lv1, Excellent, the coexistent partner can draw vitality from surrounding plants to heal their own injuries)

Ring of Death (Lv1, Excellent, the coexistent partner can convert extracted vitality into special humanoid creatures whose forms and abilities vary with the types and amount of plants drawn from)

[Currently shareable attributes]:

Life +27% (based on the coexistent partner’s current state)

Strength +11% (bas…)

Speed +19% (bas…)

Defense +25% (bas…)

[Currently shareable abilities]:

Charcoal Fire Power (Lv2, Excellent, moderately increases resistance to low temperatures)

Earth Fire Power (Lv1, Excellent, the coexistent partner’s contact attacks gain minor Earth Fire damage)

Firewood Power (Lv1, Perfect, slightly increases resistance to high temperatures)

…

The previous Gliding Ability had, with Flame’s second growth, officially been renamed “Wind Control”.

This ability was quite similar to that hawk Cheng Ye had seen in the illusion, capable of actively manipulating changes in airflow.