Wasteland Border Inspector-Chapter 198 - 103: Foolish and Malicious, the Power of the Contribution System!

Chapter 198: Chapter 103: Foolish and Malicious, the Power of the Contribution System!

As expected of the duty station chief, he definitely has some tricks up his sleeve.

A string of nonsensical theories, interwoven with a meticulously packaged conspiracy theory.

Describing the Extraordinary beings as a dreadful force, depicting the Shelter City as a cage, and exaggerating the wilderness as a paradise.

Hmm, such a conspiracy theory might be enough to fool a hothead like Wang Kang, possibly scaring the kid into wanting to leave Happiness City tomorrow to seek opportunities in the wilderness.

But for someone like him, with a soul from modern society, thinking it through reveals so many logical flaws that they simply don’t hold up.

Going to the wilderness, escaping the Shelter City, avoiding the Extraordinary—what does that solve?

Solves nothing!

When Towns said these things, it seemed he completely forgot why he could sit inside the checkpoint and criticize the current system.

He had no awareness that if he left Happiness City and went to the wilderness, he’d just be another...

Clearly, he could rely on Happiness City to slowly grow, but he insists on fighting with the scavengers for scraps—

What’s the point?

Hating Happiness City to the point of wanting to leave as soon as change is mentioned.

This mindset deliberately magnifies the constraints brought by the Extraordinary, yet overlooks the peaceful environment this group sustains.

The so-called fear of chains ultimately boils down to outright dismissing the will and ideas of the upper-level Extraordinary.

The original body lived in the Inner City for so many years, had no freedom, yet could grow up stably in this chaotic world, learn poetry, and literature, without worrying about the next meal.

The Four Major Factions of Happiness City have been fighting openly and secretly for so many years, yet the Shelter City still stands firmly on this wasteland.

"The obsession... he probably doesn’t even know what it really is, just guessing as an ordinary person, trying to instill in me the concept of opposing the Extraordinary and ordinary people, not knowing that I can show him the Extraordinary now!"

Thinking of this, Cheng Ye found Towns’ theory increasingly absurd. At least above, they divided factions by ideology, each with its rationale and advantages, but he arbitrarily divided people into ordinary people and Extraordinary.

This kind of rough opposition, yet suggesting the solution is to flee to the wilderness—gotta say, Towns might have a self-consistent logic.

But he might have forgotten that for the majority, just living is hard enough.

Even Inspector Cheng Ye barely escaped the line of life and death and gained the capital to survive.

Wang Kang next door is still on his first day of duty, always at risk of dying at any moment.

The so-called ideas, camps, and freedom ultimately must be built on the basis of being able to survive first. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

Even if he could take everyone in the Celestial Essence Community outside, they’ll be free, sure, but where would the initial resources come from?

Guns and ammunition, living supplies, civil engineering, basic resources...

These things can’t be missing, or it’d just be like strategizing from an office with no real-world action.

After all, in such a vast Happiness City, tens of thousands of people would spontaneously migrate.

After establishing a force, what would he rely on to attract these people to stay, on what would he rely to protect them?

Only by staying in this Buffer Zone, relying on the strength of Happiness City to block external dangers, and pulling a team through his position as an Inspector, could he silently amass strength for growth.

When the time is fully ripe, only then is it right to step into the wilderness to seek genuine freedom.

Besides, the Elder at least cut off the extending chains, offering twenty thousand resources to support his development of the Celestial Essence Community and boost his team while trying to change the Buffer Zone.

But Towns?

Just flapping his lips, advising him to venture into the wilderness, not letting him stay in the Buffer Zone to focus on development.

If one’s belief isn’t strong enough, they might really be led into this trap by listening to these words.

Yet Towns would never know, regardless of what ideology he chooses, it wouldn’t affect obtaining Extraordinary Power, and given that, does one need to worry about camps?

Cheng Ye couldn’t help but suspect that perhaps this guy wanted to leave with Cheng Wu back then, but ended up being abandoned disdainfully by Cheng Wu.

Otherwise, why every time Cheng Wu is mentioned, he looks like a grudging maiden?

"However, the wilderness must indeed be explored to understand the external situation, can’t just build cars behind closed doors."

Boarded the bus.

Cheng Ye took out the Defense Communication, it was already five in the afternoon. Wang Kang had called at four thirty when he was talking with Towns, so he couldn’t pick up.

"Kang?"

"Brother Cheng, I’ve finished my shift." Wang Kang’s voice came through the receiver, carrying a hint of exhausted relief from unloading a burden.

Cheng Ye leaned against the bus seat, looking at the gradually darkening sky outside and asked, "How did the first day feel?"

"Pretty, pretty good..." Wang Kang’s first words tried to maintain composure, but his voice noticeably wavered in the second sentence, carrying a slightly uncontrolled sob.

Was he terrified by the Infected Body?

"Where are you now?"

"On the way home, almost at the city entrance."

"Then go home first,"

Cheng Ye softened his tone, "Make a pot of hot water, rest a bit before deciding if you want to go to the training ground."

Hanging up the phone, watching the screen of the Defense Communication dim, Cheng Ye couldn’t help but sigh softly.

After a day of scheming and pondering, even he felt mentally and physically exhausted, let alone Wang Kang, an Intern Inspector on his first day of duty.

Sure enough, when he returned to the communal dormitory, knocked on the door, the first thing he saw was Wang Kang’s bruised and swollen face.

His left cheek was swollen high, with a bit of dried blood scab on the corner of his mouth, even his eye corner was purplish, looking particularly battered.

"What happened?"