Wasteland Border Inspector-Chapter 293 - 128: Hundred Ghosts Gang, Exaggerated Spoils!

Chapter 293: Chapter 128: Hundred Ghosts Gang, Exaggerated Spoils!

Not to mention he has a wife and children.

As long as he decides to settle in Happiness City, he will inevitably face layers of economic pressure.

And going out to "scavenge" is obviously the fastest way to make money.

Military Saber was still in a daze until Cheng Ye coughed, snapping him back to reality. He quickly picked up the detector.

After confirming the values were stable within the safety line, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Sir, the data is fine."

"Good, come over for the questioning."

Cheng Ye nodded lightly, his eyes watching Chu Yunfeng walk towards the yellow square in front of the isolation table, neither humble nor arrogant.

He didn’t rush to speak, tapping his fingers lightly on the tabletop as he looked him up and down several times, then said:

"Do you know me?"

"..." Chu Yunfeng visibly hesitated for a moment, as if he didn’t expect him to be so direct.

After four or five seconds of silence, he nodded with difficulty, his voice deep: "Yes, sir. We met at the Central Inspection Station. At that time... at that time, our family was being harassed by that Inspector, and you stepped in to help us."

"My name is Cheng Ye, and when you saw me, I was still an Intern Inspector of this Happiness City."

Cheng Ye smiled, "Of course, I still am."

Cheng Ye...

Chu Yunfeng repeated this name in his heart a few times, memorizing it firmly, then looked up again.

"Tell me, where did these weapons come from?"

Cheng Ye’s smile faded, and he leaned forward slightly, his elbows resting on the table, fingertips interlaced, "These things can’t just be randomly dug up from the ruins."

"If they were taken from other scavengers or survivors, you should understand the rules of Happiness City: all materials are confiscated, and you’ll be fined an equivalent sum. If the situation is extremely severe, such as causing multiple casualties maliciously, it will be directly considered a challenge to Happiness City’s order, treated as a hostile force, and subjected to the adjudication of Happiness City’s laws."

Cheng Ye actually knew in his heart that since Chu Yunfeng dared to openly bring these items to the inspection station, and even showed no concealment when unloading the weapons, it was enough to prove that the origin of these items could be explained.

But the reason he reminded him was mainly because the final decision on these rules was not in the hands of the Inspector.

It was over at the acquisition point, where a specialized appraiser would perform a series of detailed assessments based on the wear and tear on the weapons, fingerprint residues, serial number logs, and so on.

Even if Chu Yunfeng could concoct a convincing story, as long as the appraisal results determined that these weapons were taken from ordinary survivors, the consequences were as he just described.

"They were taken from the Hundred Ghosts Gang."

"Oh?"

Cheng Ye raised an eyebrow. This name was quite unfamiliar before, but now he’s already quite familiar with it.

The first time he heard it was during the inspection of the Four Brothers, when they found out about a transaction with the Hundred Ghosts Gang involving lithium mines.

Lately, while on duty in Zone B, he frequently heard this name from scavengers.

The so-called "Hundred Ghosts Gang" refers to the largest scavenger gang in the ruins of Chuan City, without exception.

Of course, this dominance doesn’t mean that the organization has a strict hierarchy or has many capable and battle-ready hands.

The essence of the Hundred Ghosts Gang is more like a loose alliance, simply a platform for scavengers to gather and exchange information around the ruins.

Put simply, it is a wasteland version of the "Adventurer’s Guild."

Any scavenger organization with more than fifty people can go to the core area of Chuan City ruins to find the head of the Hundred Ghosts Gang, "Ghost King," submit their activity range and inventory list, and be registered as a member.

After joining, the biggest benefit is access to seven outposts spread throughout the ruins for barter.

Scarce medicines, weapon bullets, food resources, and even surrounding "safe route maps" and more.

The prices are generally the same as those bought and sold in Happiness City, sometimes even more affordable.

Cheng Ye faintly suspected that the backer behind the Hundred Ghosts Gang was Happiness City itself who secretly supported it.

It’s even possible that the inspection station, which has direct contact with city ruins, was the operator.

After all, the order of Chuan City ruins must not be chaotic, and as the first filter of Happiness City, the Hundred Ghosts Gang serves as a buffer.

It not only provides early warning to Happiness City, assists the Blood Dragon Corps in maintaining the order of surrounding gathering places, and avoids most sources of infection threats.

It can also directly manage scavengers and gathering places, defining the activity range of each organization through trade and registration, equivalent to adding an invisible fence to the chaotic Wilderness.

But this fence only governs the big picture.

It never cares if the small organizations under it commit wrongdoings, steal supplies from lone scavengers, or kill people.

For instance, the Big-headed Ghost mentioned by the Four Brothers is a group that specializes in fraud.

The Hundred Ghosts Gang could never expel such people; after all, the scavengers in the Wilderness have little moral baseline and are flexible in principles.

Even those who seem honest and live by picking up scraps wouldn’t mind robbing a sitting duck sheep.

Setting a "no wrongdoing" rule means setting themselves as a moral benchmark, turning the Hundred Ghosts Gang into an organization with a clear stance, which, in turn, would make them the enemy of scavengers.

"Which Ghost Head?"

"Gluttonous Ghost." Chu Yunfeng raised his hand, his fingertips lightly tapping the ghost head emblem with fangs on his chest.

"They specifically target migrants,"

Chu Yunfeng’s voice grew heavy, "Recently, a large number of people have left Happiness City to try their luck elsewhere, and Gluttonous Ghost set up seven or eight checkpoints around, specially robbing those single migrants."