Chapter 79: The end of Starfish, attention from idealists!

The rain has completely stopped.

The wave of infection was gradually brought under control as residents cleaned up the area in waves.

The smell of blood mixed with the smell of damp earth filled the air.

When the wind blew, it brought with it a thick smell of gunpowder smoke, giving people the feeling of being on a battlefield, making people cough.

As for the uncontrollable scope, the war is still burning and there is no sign of stopping.

Boom, boom.

From time to time, rockets with tail flames would fly over the B-7 area and land in these areas.

Rays of blazing white light illuminated the dawn, and the buildings were directly shattered. The debris blown up by the air waves fell like raindrops, followed by a long period of nothingness and dead silence.

For those in power in the inner city.

If it is uncontrollable, then there is no need to control it.

For those who can't even clean up the area they live in, living in the buffer zone is just a waste of resources.

And those who decided to crowd here since the beginning of the infection wave also have no value in continuing to live.

"This kid is as crazy as Cheng Long when fighting, but he is much more lively and not as stubborn as Cheng Long. He is much better than his grandfather Cheng Wu."

"I think so too. His moves are quite impressive. I'll make a complete copy later so I can take a look at it later. Maybe he's the good talent we're looking for."

"Don't be so anxious. The debt his father left behind hasn't been repaid yet. Are you going to help pay it off?"

The three elders leaned back on folding chairs, chatting and laughing as they looked at Cheng Ye, who was surrounded by drones in front of the hotel. He was pacing back and forth with his defense communication card in hand, his fingertips rapidly tapping on the screen and muttering to himself, like a cat whose tail was stepped on.

"Take off the monitor and let me hear what he's mumbling. It's been several minutes and he still hasn't finished mumbling?"

"Elder, this... isn't good?"

The young staff member's forehead was covered with sweat. It was fine if he was the only one listening to the chatter in the headphones, but if the three veterans heard it, wouldn't they be furious?

"What are you afraid of? Even if he scolds us harshly, how could we get angry with a kid of his age? Don't you think we three old men don't have the authority to do so?"

"Oh, that's good, all right."

The staff member wiped the sweat from his head, gritted his teeth, kicked his legs, and pressed the unmute button.

The next second, Cheng Ye's voice began to play around in the huge command hall.

"Since you won't let me out, you have to give me some compensation. There are so many infected bodies in Area B-7. Each one is worth a contribution point. If I don't take this opportunity to kill a few, how can I pay you back?"

"Right? You guys forced me to borrow 3,000 contribution points. I can't pay it back even if I work for eight lifetimes. I have to support my family and make a living. How am I going to live after paying back all this money?"

"And there's the Tianyuan Mall. I promised Elder Song that I would build it for them. This is another huge gap. You won't let me go out and help build it, right?"

"And Zhang Can, yes, A-Chan is a high-level fusion body. There aren't many high-level ones in this buffer zone, right? If you want to confiscate him, then confiscate him. You should give me several times more contribution points. No, give me dozens of times more. I wouldn't mind giving me some special merit for happiness."

“.”

It was visibly visible that the expressions of all the staff who heard it turned into sweating soybeans.

But the three elders were so happy that they crossed their legs, and the wrinkles on their faces were all smiling, just like old naughty boys who had found a treasure.

"Is this kid short of money?"

Elder No. 1 asked, stroking his chin.

"According to bank records, he borrowed 100 contribution points from Song Yongfeng of the Public Works Department and hasn't repaid them yet. I guess he's using them to craft weapons at the Super Materials Shop."

The staff member quickly tapped away on the keyboard, pulling up a densely packed list of accounts. "Also, he still owes 57 points to the Turbulent Equipment Store, also for weapons he bought on credit."

privacy?

That doesn't exist. In the entire Happy City, only the elders have any privacy. The assets of other people are like fish in a glass tank, which can be seen clearly at a glance.

"Take all his debts."

Elder No. 1 tapped his fingertips lightly on the armrest of the stool, making a rhythmic thudding sound.

“They’re all sold!”

"yes!"

The staff immediately started working and waited for the bank to open to process the accounts.

"Let him know, how can you do good things without sending a message?"

The second elder glared at the staff member, who quickly smiled bitterly and tapped on the keyboard to transmit the information.

bite.

[Inspector Cheng, in recognition of your outstanding performance during the outbreak, I am issuing you a reward:

1. Loan-Song Yongfeng (Erassed)

2. Loan-Turbulence Equipment Shop (Erasure)]

"Ah, this?"

Cheng Ye on the screen jumped up immediately, but his next words made the three elders shake their heads helplessly.

"Brother, I haven't settled my bill at the Super Material Store yet. If you want reimbursement, then I'll do it all at once!"

"How could a trainee inspector like him borrow so much?"

Veteran No. 3 twirled his beard in astonishment. Isn't the maximum point earned by a trainee inspector 100 points every six months?

"Most of them are the favors Cheng Long left behind. He has helped many people over the years. He said that those who are prominent and influential can form a reinforced battalion."

Elder No. 1 sighed, "This kid has caught up with the good times. His life is much more comfortable than when Cheng Long was a prosecutor."

The three elders were muttering to themselves when they suddenly noticed that the staff members next to them were standing there stupidly.

"What are you standing there for? Pay off the bill at the Super Material Store!"

"Old man, the Super Material Store doesn't keep accounts, how can we pay it back?"

“If you don’t keep track of it, just consider it a community subsidy.”

Elder Number One waved his hand impatiently, "Send a message to the Super Material Store saying the account has been settled, and then send a notification to Cheng Ye!"

"Oh, okay."

The staff member typed on the keyboard, sent a message, and did not forget to send one to Cheng Ye.

"The debt has been paid, but what about my armor? The 2800 points you sold it to me won't be enough."

"Sticky bomb, yes, I haven't detonated that thing yet. You can recover it, right?"

After the three debts were paid off, Cheng Ye on the screen became even more excited.

Elder Number One finally couldn't help himself and stood up, pushing the staff aside. "Give me the line!"

"Venerable, the rules do not allow you to speak directly to the Inspector..."

"I'm not the elder, I'm you."

The old man snatched the terminal, pressed his finger hard on the communication button, and a hoarse voice exploded through the microphone:

"Um?"

"Cheng Ye, I can exempt you from the contribution points for the battle armor and sticky bombs and give them to you."

"Thank you so much. I knew you were a good person. Thank you for your support for the prosecutor's work. The people in the buffer zone will remember you."

"But I have a request, you have to complete it before I can do it."

The elder paused, "This request is not simple. Do you want to listen to it first?"

A few seconds passed.

There was only electrical noise from the other side of the microphone, and no sound came out for a long time.

The elder frowned, and the staff member approached cautiously, "Elder, he... seems to have hung up..."

"What?"

The three of them were shocked and angry at the same time. This was the first time that someone in Xingfu City dared to hang up on them.

Don’t want to live anymore?

"Take it over forcibly, turn on the speaker, and make him listen carefully!"

"yes!"

bite.

"Hmm? Anything else?"

"Cheng Ye, listen carefully, if you want to be exempted from the debt, do something for me!"

Elder Number One slammed the table. "I'll allocate a renovation fund to the Tianyuan Community. You'll be in charge of overseeing the work and managing the accounts. I'll have someone coordinate the materials you need at market price, but there's one condition. If the renovations make half the community envious of Tianyuan, I'll waive all the armor costs. Otherwise, I'll deduct the installments from your salary!"

"Boss, that depends on how much you dial. If you dial a few hundred points, how can I fix it?"

"Boss?"

The elder couldn't help but sneered, "Boy, for so many years, your father didn't dare to call me like that. Ding Yishan had to behave himself when he came to me, and you dare to call me like that?"

He paused, but did not comment further on the title, instead he raised his tone,

"Listen carefully, I will allocate 20,000 contribution points. Is that enough?"

"Then can I embezzle a little?"

"roll!"

The phone was hung up again, and the staff member was sweating profusely.

Fortunately, it was the elder who hung up the phone himself this time. He stood up, shook his sleeves, and said lightly,

"Let's go. I'll keep today's events to myself."

As soon as he finished speaking, the temperature in the command room suddenly dropped. The thermometer hanging on the wall broke through zero degrees in the blink of an eye and fell directly to minus 20 degrees.

Everyone felt a chill on their necks at the same time, as if an ice knife was placed on their throats, and they nodded hurriedly.

Seeing that everyone was frightened, the elder started to smile again, and the temperature in the room instantly warmed up.

"This guy seems interesting. Looks like there's finally some hope for that shabby stall at the checkpoint."

"With his status, what if the Transcendents start trouble?"

"I haven't taken action for more than ten years. It's not like I'm dead. They have fewer people than us. Should we take action?"

Elder Number One shook his neck and said, "Give him some time. In three to five years, if he's truly capable, he'll be the stationmaster. I can't stand this mess in the buffer zone for even one more day."

"That's right. Ding Yishan and Harlin have been fighting among themselves for so many years. If it weren't for the city manager, I really want to beat those two beasts to death with one punch."

"Don't be so angry. If Liu Kun hears this, he will definitely complain to the deputy city lord again."

"Haha, when Cheng Long led his men to ambush and kill the city lord, why didn't he go and complain?"

The three elders stood up and told jokes without any reservation, which made people around them feel cold.

Fortunately, although everyone’s business capabilities may not be the best in this Happy City, they have mastered the skill of keeping their mouths shut before entering here.

After the elders disappeared around the corner of the corridor, the person in charge, who had been as obedient as a chicken a second ago, stood up straight and scanned the entire room with a hawk-like gaze:

"I don't want to hear anyone mention what happened today, understand?"

"clear!"

Area B-7.

At 4:50 in the morning, the night was as dark as indissoluble ink.

Just when Cheng Ye was so sleepy that his eyelids were starting to droop, three explosion-proof vehicles finally drove over.

There was thick dark brown blood plasma on the car body, and it was obvious that it had been fought all the way here.

The car stopped.

Four teams of 28 people got off the car, three teams quickly locked their guns on the surrounding buildings, and the other team, surrounded by four researchers in white coats, walked straight towards the fusion body Zhang Can lying on the ground.

"Thank you for your hard work, brothers. This fusion body is not ordinary. The superiors specifically requested it."

"Don't worry, Prosecutor Cheng. We're still scared of him when he's alive, so how can he scare people when he's dead?"

The researcher bent down and rummaged around with his gloves on, not knowing what he was looking at.

After a while, several people took out cutting knives and skillfully cut the source of infection from the head of the fusion body.

Compared with ordinary infected bodies, the infection source of advanced fusion bodies is as big as a fist.

Although the host Zhang Can has died, the starfish source of infection is still wriggling slightly in the air, and its surface is covered with fine, vascular-like lines that make people's scalps tingle.

"It's perfect! The activity is very well preserved!"

Fanatical lights flashed in the four people's eyes as they carefully placed the source of infection into a specially made metal containment box. The moment the lid of the box was closed, a low humming sound was heard from inside.

"Thank you, Inspector Cheng, for guarding the sample."

The leading researcher stood up and patted his slime-stained gloves.

"It's okay, it's my job."

Cheng Ye nodded and pointed at the fusion remains on the ground, "What about him?"

"Just treat them like normal infected bodies, or wait until daybreak. Someone will come and clean up the bodies and take them to a centralized location for incineration."

"Um."

After the formalities were handed over, the three explosion-proof vehicles returned along the same route, and the drones overhead also dispersed.

"Let's go, Dalong. We still have to clean up the pedestrian street."

"Okay." Dalong responded, but after taking two steps, he scratched his head and looked back, "Sir, can we take Acan's body away? It would also allow his wife to see it one last time, so that she can remember him."

"Okay, take your men and deal with it. Anyway, there is no source of infection now, and no ability to contaminate."

Cheng Ye waved his hand and didn't seem to care much about it.

The group evacuated quickly on the gravel. The drones overhead buzzed and circled twice, then flew straight towards the pedestrian street as instructed.

Only when the sound of the metal wings disappeared deep into the building complex did Cheng Ye slowly open his palms.

The bronze collector pendant lay quietly in the palm of his hand, and the originally hollow glass core had quietly changed.

One quarter of it is filled with azure blue. If you look closely, you can vaguely see a small starfish floating in the azure liquid. Its five tentacles are all covered with pointed metallic points, and they spin with the liquid like a spinning top.

"Is this the Horned Starfish?"

Cheng Ye was extremely curious.

The substitute starfish is a distorted product of the horned starfish that was killed by the S-4 virus. Its original extraordinary ability has been alienated and turned into a special kind of pollution.

However, the Tear of the Horned Starfish in his hand was a real extraordinary item before the S-4 version.

How did the collector find this thing from Zhang Can?

He couldn't figure it out, and he was too lazy to think about it.

"Five minutes of transcendence, this is an invincible trump card."

The panel pops open, revealing the jaw-dropping attribute gains that are extremely tempting.

Not to mention the strength and speed, this defense alone is so abnormal that it is beyond description.

In addition, it can possess two extraordinary skills for a short period of time, one for recovery and one for control.

"If I can find this meat to recover, I can use my iron body at will!"

Cheng Ye smacked his lips, then burst out laughing.

Using Lv5 skills in conjunction with Lv2 is really the opposite of Tiangang.

However, this also allowed him to understand the level system of extraordinary skills. The most common extraordinary skills should be from Lv5.

"Just one last bit of information to get through the apprenticeship period and unlock Level 3 search."

"Lv5, that's not far away. If I can persevere for a year or two, I'll be able to push my information level up."

Compared to others, this speed is already very terrifying.

You have to know that the stationmaster Ding Yishan has been working for more than ten years and still hasn't reached the extraordinary level.

In a blink of an eye, two hours later.

As the sun slowly rose in the sky, Cheng Ye stretched himself and finally heard a series of pleasant reminders in his ears.

Congratulations to Cheng Ye, the trainee cultural collector.

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