Wasteland Border Inspector - Chapter 680

Chapter 680: Chapter 231: Blocking Pollution, the First Rune!

June 8, Shegang Bridge, water monster attack?

Cheng Ye felt a buzzing sound in his head, and the previous confusion was instantly swept away, as if his meridians had been opened up and his whole body felt transparent.

Finally, he had obtained a piece of crucial information that could defeat the enemy!

It turned out that these Crab-men, who were parasitized by the Demon Eye Sponge and transformed into Infected Bodies and Fusion Bodies by Poison Water Crystals, didn’t die in the subsequent flash floods. They had already died at the hands of the “water monster” before the flood erupted!

No wonder when Cheng Ye talked to Zhou Mazi about the flood earlier, he could hear but made no reaction.

The most direct way to eliminate the Death Language Tentacles Infected Body is to expose the fact that it is “already dead.”

This fact cannot be fabricated or coerced; it requires accurately stating the three elements of the Infected Body’s time, place, and scene of death.

The three elements can be vague; the specifics of how they died or the severity of the process are irrelevant.

But the “when, where, and by what” must all be present and correct.

Clearly, Zhou Mazi vaguely understood Cheng Ye’s purpose and, despite his increasingly blurred consciousness, managed to relay the crucial information in one breath.

“That water monster, can you still clearly remember its appearance?” Cheng Ye asked, his heart slightly tightened.

Cloud City, where Yue Ye Shelter City was located, was only a tributary of the Lin River.

However, this tributary was much wider than the White Water River, being over twenty meters wide.

From here downstream, it joins the main road of Lin River and about forty kilometers away lies Shegang Bridge.

And from Shegang Bridge to White Water River, it’s approximately one hundred kilometers by waterway!

“Ten…tacles, many…tentacles…” a broken voice came through.

Zhou Mazi’s voice was intermittent, his body twitching more severely, blood froth continuously seeping from his face, neck, and even between his fingers.

Without the “Power of Resurrection” provided by the Death Language Tentacles, survival was clearly impossible.

Tentacles?

Is it a certain variant of the Death Language Tentacles?

Cheng Ye frowned tightly; there are too many variants of this infection source, with no fewer than forty recorded close relatives, without more information it’s impossible to determine.

And Zhou Mazi evidently did not see clearly what kind of tentacles they were, only repeating the words.

Realizing he could obtain no further information from him, Cheng Ye’s face suddenly darkened.

Such important life-or-death information, even if Yue Ye Shelter City was busy responding to the imminent infection wave and had no time to verify it, the scouts Happiness City deployed in the surrounding area should have detected the anomaly and reported it to headquarters.

But the intelligence provided at the checkpoint when entering the Cotton Room hadn’t mentioned a word about this.

There was only one possibility: not only did Yue Ye Shelter City fail to communicate with surrounding Shelter Cities, but it deliberately concealed the information!

It’s truly damnable!

Truly deserving of death!

In the wasteland rife with infection sources, large Shelter Cities stand firm due to information synergy. Once someone violates this baseline, it will only lead to more deaths at the hands of infection sources.

But now, Yue Ye Shelter City has actively violated this agreement.

Cheng Ye took several deep breaths, suppressing the anger in his heart, his gaze falling back on Zhou Mazi, his voice slowed: “Do you have any wishes left, speak them!”

“I…I…” Zhou Mazi stammered twice before suddenly spewing a large mouthful of black blood, clarity flickering in his cloudy eyes, pleading, “Let me die… don’t let me become an Infected Body again, harming people…”

“Your wish, I will fulfill!” Cheng Ye replied solemnly.

“Th…thank you…” Their eyes met, Zhou Mazi’s mouth suddenly curved into a relieved smile, his body went limp, and he stopped moving entirely.

Cheng Ye quietly squatted for half a minute, ensuring he was no longer twitching, then stood up and drew the Red Blade from his waist.

In a flash of cold light, Zhou Mazi’s head was cleanly and swiftly severed.

He then swung the blade again, breaking open the armor on the opponent’s chest and shattered the weakly beating heart.

With the two primary weaknesses of the human body utterly destroyed, no matter how powerful the infection source, there was absolutely no chance for resurrection.

“Zhou Mazi, farewell on your journey,” Cheng Ye silently said in his heart.

Those who become Fusion Bodies must carry certain strong obsessions.

Even knowing he was destined to die, Zhou Mazi was still able to clear-headedly provide key information, even only asking to “do no harm,” indicating he must have been a person with principles and beliefs.

What a pity.

Such a person, unfortunately encountered the deceptive Shelter City, faced a group of fools indifferent to life, and ultimately met a miserable end, dying and being parasitized.

While alive, Zhou Mazi and he were enemies from opposing factions, meeting meant a death match.

In death, Zhou Mazi returned to the human side, Cheng Ye felt a strong sense of irony yet couldn’t utter a single word.

Woosh.

The vitality energy around continued to converge upon him, Cheng Ye immediately refocused, seizing the energy with all his might while the Crab-men hadn’t arrived yet.

Over the years, Tan Ming’s pollution had long been proven controllably harmful, and the panel never indicated related risks.

Though still somewhat apprehensive when borrowing his power, compared to using Shrinking Earth Giant Louse as an infection source, he felt at ease.

The blood-colored Battle Armor grew increasingly solid under the constant nourishment of vitality, even the rune’s patterns on its surface brightened somewhat.

Until the energy broke through a certain critical point, the contour in the bottom right of the rune thoroughly solidified, Cheng Ye’s physique transformed again.

Struggling past one meter eighty, finally stopping at two meters in height, standing in the cave resembling a small iron tower.