Chapter 82: Promotion Alliance, New Civilization Collector!

At the same rate as before, information was collected.

Cheng Ye estimated that the inspector's apprenticeship stage should be much faster than that of the collector.

After finishing his duty at the north and south stations and getting a firm foothold, he will be able to prepare for his first field mission after Liu Bi returns.

As long as he can pass the field mission, no one should be able to stop him from getting a regular job thanks to the favors Cheng Long has left behind.

However, the accident came first.

A wave of infection caused by a substitute starfish accidentally allowed him to meet the requirements for promotion to a collector.

Switch to the personal panel and confirm that all skills have been uninstalled.

He muttered to himself.

“Promotion!”

Wow.

A stream of azure light suddenly broke through the field of vision and spread out like a living thing.

In the blink of an eye, it gently swallowed up the entire room.

All that remains before my eyes is the purest blue, like a crushed starry sky sinking into the deep sea.

A breeze came from behind him, Cheng Ye turned around subconsciously, but saw a scene that he would never forget in his life.

Countless pages emerged from the void, like stars awakened by invisible hands.

Instead of being messy, each piece of paper has stretched edges and corners, drawing an elegant arc in the air.

It flew in front of him and slowly gathered together, forming part of a huge page.

From top to bottom, lines of fonts began to appear.

【Civilization Collector, Cheng Ye】

[A total of 771,541 pieces of valid civilized information were collected during the internship period]

[High-value civilized information: 12 items]

【Rating: Excellent】

【Database has been sorted】

[Current civilization: Solar System | Blue Planet | Wasteland Human Civilization]

[Current civilization activation count for this collector: 44571]

[Number of people successfully activated: 1 (only collector Cheng Ye activated, the rest of the humans do not meet the trait)]

[Please confirm whether you have been promoted. After the promotion, this civilization will be completely bound to the collector Cheng Ye. If the collector encounters an accident, the civilization will be completely locked! ]

"More than 40,000 people have tried to activate it before me?"

Cheng Ye was slightly stunned.

So, did Cheng Long also try to activate it but failed?

His eyes fell on the five words "unsatisfied characteristics". Cheng Ye couldn't understand what this meant for a moment, but overall it seemed to be good news?

Since he was the only one who could meet the activation conditions, at least he didn't have to worry about some "small fry" suddenly appearing from the wasteland and shouting to snatch his collector.

"Promotion confirmed!"

boom.

The suspended paper pages suddenly exploded, and countless fragments deconstructed and reassembled in the air.

Sometimes it spins lightly like the flapping wings of a butterfly, and sometimes it sweeps across like the tail of a meteor, with a beauty that is almost rhythmic.

This time, the reassembled giant pages did not stand in the distance.

Instead, they slowly gathered in front of him, and thousands of tiny pieces of paper fit together perfectly like a precise puzzle, gradually outlining the outline of a black and green page.

The handwriting appeared again, but it was no longer the previous ink color, but turned into silver with a lustrous luster.

[Trainee Culture Collector, Cheng Ye, successfully promoted]

【Please select your next collection route, and the collector will automatically match the new function for you! 】

[Please note that you can reselect and match the function every time you are promoted]

1. Adventure: Using courage as a blade, they cut through the fog of the unknown. Great civilization collectors are either adventuring or on their way to adventure. They dare to delve into dangerous places to explore the lost information hidden beneath civilizations. They are also happy to seek out those unknown secrets, measuring the value of information with their footprints.

2. Steady: Using stability as their boat, experienced collectors navigate the vast river of civilization. They will obtain all the information they want through the safest means, whether it is through transactions or assistance. They let the trust of indigenous civilizations become the conveyor belt of information, completing the collection effortlessly.

3. Alliance: Risk-taking is the spear, and steadiness is the shield. The two are not in conflict. Down-to-earth collectors prefer to hold the initiative in their own hands. They do not hesitate when they need to attack, and they can calm down when they need to wait, so that every piece of high-value information can be discovered.

[4. Control: Sweep everything and break the law with force. Powerful collectors will not waste time on indigenous civilizations. When facing inferior civilizations, they like to crush everything with force and violently plunder valuable civilization information.]

5. Lock

6. Lock

【.】

“So many routes?”

Cheng Ye was stunned for a moment, then read it carefully from top to bottom and was suddenly dumbfounded.

He originally thought that the trainee promotion was just a promotion in rank, but now it seems that depending on the route chosen, it will also affect the next function.

Taking risks? Definitely not an option. It was obvious that this was a big trap, and he had no ability to get out.

Steady? That's a good choice, perfectly suited to the profession of prosecutor.

A union? It seems like a good middle ground, a safe bet.

Is this what I, a person who can only be extraordinary for five minutes, should think about?

Among the three options available, Cheng Ye hesitated for a while, and finally decided.

"Choose to unite!"

It was his first promotion, and he had no idea what these routes meant.

If you choose someone who is useless in the short term, you may waste this valuable promotion opportunity.

After all, even the promotion of an apprentice is so difficult, and it is unknown when promotion to a higher level will come.

Just neutralize it, as long as there are no mistakes and it can develop steadily.

The moment the thought came to mind, the azure scene shattered and Cheng Ye returned to the familiar room.

The panel still floats in the field of vision, with a small progress bar on it.

However, the numbers on the progress bar jumped very quickly. In the time it took to catch its breath, it had already jumped to 5%.

"So soon?"

Cheng Ye stood up and took a bag of nutrient solution to fill his stomach. By the time he finished drinking it, the upgrade was completed.

The familiar function panel reappeared, with a row of update prompts in the center.

[Trainee collector, Cheng Ye, has completed his rank promotion]

[Current Rank: New Collector]

[Please collect more civilized information to improve your rank]

[Due to the collector's choice of the "union" route, all functions of this update have changed]

【Basic functions have been updated:

1. The maximum capacity index of the charge value is increased, the current index is: 1→2

2. The search range of skills is improved, currently searchable: Lv3

3. Skill search probability changes: Lv1: 100%, Lv2: 50%, Lv3: 25%

4. Skill search energy consumption changed: Lv1: 20%, Lv2: 25%, Lv3: 60%

5. Skill search requirement coordination changed: Lv1: 1%, Lv2: 50%, Lv3: 100%

6. Intelligence search changes: you can reduce the search quality and probability, and specify the search direction

7. Item search changes: Minimum energy consumption: 50%, you can invest more energy to increase the success rate and quality]

New feature added to the 'Joint' route: Information Fusion

Information Fusion:

Effect: Add the acquired 'skills' and reconstruct and fuse them. The fusion quality is affected by the skill quality and level. The higher the quality, the better the fusion effect.

Consumption: Each time consumes 50% of the charge value

Limit of input quantity: 2/time

Note: Once the fusion starts, it cannot be canceled, but you can continue to invest in charging value for random direction mutation.

Note: Only skills of the same level can be integrated, and cross-level integration is not allowed.

"Has it changed so much?"

Cheng Ye watched each change carefully.

Doubling the charging value means that 200 degrees of electricity will be increased to 400 degrees, but for him at this stage, this change is better than nothing.

After all, there is no suitable place to quickly replenish so much electricity.

Even with a fast charging station, it takes a full 7 hours to fully charge.

But looking further down, the expected upgrade has arrived, and you can search for Lv3 skills!

At the same time, there was an unexpected surprise: the search probability of the Lv1 skill directly became 100%, and the energy consumption value also decreased.

According to this ratio, 80 kWh of electricity can be used for one search, which is indeed a significant reduction.

Of course, the troublesome coordination level has finally decreased.

Lv1 can be completely ignored, because so far only Chu Yunfeng's son Chu Xuan has shown 0%, and the lowest for others is 5%.

As expected, the coordination between Lv2 and Lv3 has also been adjusted in the same proportion.

As for intelligence and item searches.

He hadn't tried intelligence searching once yet, so he couldn't tell whether the changes were good or bad.

The item search is quite surprising. If you encounter a superhuman and can only rely on cooperation to search for items, if you put in the most effort, you may get unexpected gains.

"Hey, a new feature for the Joint Route. Isn't this skill synthesis?"

After looking at the basic changes, Cheng Ye paused and his eyes fell on the new functions.

Compared with the somewhat complex action functions, information fusion has no comprehension threshold for modern people, and they understand it immediately.

By combining two skills into one, new effects can be produced.

"I only have three skills. I was worried about finding multiple talents but not being able to equip them. Now, I have nothing but a bunch of them."

Cheng Ye's eyes lit up, and he immediately realized that the biggest advantage of this function was that it did not take up space.

As for the effects of the fusion mutation, he didn't care much about it.

Skills do not need to be integrated, because after equipping a skill, you can gradually make it your own through learning.

For example, the rare-level 'Mobile Shooting' I found from Master Tian has only been around for a few days, and even if I uninstall it, it can still retain 30% of its effect. I think it will take less than a month or two to fully master it.

But talent skills are different. They will lose their effect immediately after uninstallation, and you can only equip up to three, so it is always difficult to choose.

If these are combined, it might really bring surprises.

"Wait, what would happen if we could combine all the Level 1 talents we found on humans?"

A bold idea suddenly popped into his mind.

Whether it is Miao Yang or Chu Yunfeng, they each have different Lv1 talents.

He had never thought about this before, but now that he has the fusion function, he might as well slowly collect all these talents and try to fuse them twice to see the effect.

As soon as the idea came up, the personal page popped up quietly.

【Collector: Cheng Ye】

[Current Rank: Level 2 Rookie (0/100)]

[Life Level: 0]

[Skills: Mobile Shooting, Beast Intuition, Air]

【Not unlocked yet.】

[Evaluation: Choosing the joint route means that the collector has officially embarked on the path of tracing the development of civilization. Collecting and integrating as much information as possible from indigenous civilizations will help to elevate the level of life.]

"Integrating information, improving life levels?"

When his eyes fell on the evaluation column, Cheng Ye was slightly stunned, and then a burst of ecstasy surged in his heart.

Yes, his previous thought might be right!

Is the way to improve the level of life to find a way to integrate more talents and equipment?

"This is truly a significant discovery! If the life level can be raised, perhaps more skill slots can be unlocked. Well, at the very least, it can also resist pollution!"

Finally finding a way to improve his life level, Cheng Ye breathed a sigh of relief.

If the extraordinary ability is a sharp spear, it enables him to deal with the impact and threats from the front.

Then the improvement of life level will be like a solid shield, enabling him to resist the contamination from those strange sources of infection.

Even if Happy City collapses one day and we have to leave, we still have the ability to survive in the wilderness.

"Now, it's time to continue to be down-to-earth and develop steadily."

"The Horned Starfish only gives me the ability to protect myself. If I really want to dominate the wasteland, I still have to rely on hard work. Manpower, ability, and resources are all essential."

Close the panel.

Cheng Ye got up, put on his clothes, and went to the bathroom next door to wash up.

When he pushed open the security door, he was surprised to find that the big hole in the window in the corridor that was smashed yesterday...well, the night before had been repaired and replaced with clean new glass, with no trace of damage at all.

The blood stains on the wall were cleaned up and a new layer of white paint was applied, making the entire corridor look brand new.

Even the cement floor underfoot had obviously been mopped many times, and was so clean that it seemed spotless.

"That saves me the trouble of having to fix it myself."

After taking two steps forward, he suddenly turned around and found a wooden sign hanging on the wall next to the security door.

[Rest in progress, please do not disturb]

Reach out and flip open the back.

[The person has gone out. If you have any questions, please contact 507-Huang Sheng]

"ha"

Cheng Ye couldn't help but shook his head and laughed.

Although they are just insignificant details, seeing them makes me feel a lot more cheerful for some reason.

Walking into the bathroom, it was also spotlessly clean.

I don’t know whether it was done by Huang Sheng and his two companions, or whether the residents of the entire fifth floor spontaneously carried out a thorough cleaning.

I turned on the faucet and after a day, the tap water supply was restored.

Cheng Ye simply filled a bucket with water and took a nice cold shower in the shower room.

Being able to take a good bath in the wasteland is definitely a luxury.

Wu Zhihong introduced several sanctuary cities yesterday. He was in a daze at the time and didn't listen carefully, but he remembered that many sanctuary cities still remained in a relatively primitive farming form.

Not to mention running water, there are not even many vehicles, so you have to walk everywhere you go.

After all, since S-1, viruses have repeatedly dealt a heavy blow to the foundations of human civilization. In the S-4 extraordinary era, humans have completely abandoned technology and rushed into the pursuit of extraordinary powers.

After the new era began, the Sanctuary Cities began to develop technology from scratch again. Unfortunately, technology requires a solid foundation step by step before it can move forward.

Infrastructure is one aspect.

Talent cultivation is another aspect.

Including various benefits, even the strength of the checkpoints are influencing factors that cannot be ignored.

However, the talent siphoning effect of the industrial-type shelter city is too obvious. After the first round of development, not many people are willing to go to such a poor place and start working hard from scratch.

"I hope this advantage of Happiness City will attract more people to stay."

After taking a shower, Cheng Ye sighed.

With his current status and ability, there is no way for him to solve the problem of residents running away.

The top management of Xingfu City doesn't seem to care either. If you want to leave, you leave. If you want to stay, you stay.

But the problem is that if everyone runs away, the buffer zone will become a no-man's land, and the power of the inspector will be greatly weakened.

Without talented people joining Happy City, technological development will stagnate. This is a spiral of death.

"Let's go find Sister Luo first. I should be able to get a lot of secret information from her."

After returning to the room, Cheng Ye drank six packets of nutrient solution in a row, changed into clean clothes and went out.

After a day, there was no trace of blood on the ground, only a faint smell of blood in the air.

When I walked out of the community gate, the material collection and sales station was still closed, but the big meat canteen was open.

The boss is busy braising new meat, trying to make the flavor of the meat richer as possible.

But after Uncle Dong left, this was the only shop left at the entrance of the community, and it looked really deserted.

Moreover, as he walked along the street, Cheng Ye could clearly feel that the entire buffer zone had become much more deserted. The pedestrians on the roadside were hurrying along with their heads down, and their faces were expressionless.

It is still summer and still hot and humid, but when the breeze blows, it brings a sense of desolation and coldness like the autumn wind.

Especially when walking on the main roads, the flow of people is even sparser, and there is no longer the bustling scene of the past.

"In this wasteland, population is the most important resource. Without population, there's really nothing left."

The tragic wave of infection has passed, but the real recession seems to have just begun.

Cheng Ye sighed for a while, continued forward, and soon saw the bus stop in operation.

It’s just a pity that the bus parked there waiting for people to get on is not the bus that is always polished to a shine, and the person standing next to the bus is not the smiling Master Tian.

It was only six o'clock in the morning, but the bus stop was already packed with people. There were about three to five hundred of them, all carrying huge marching backpacks, with pistols openly strapped to their waists. Some even carried long rifles. It was obvious that they were a group of migrants planning to leave Xingfu City.

Cheng Ye stopped and suddenly felt that everything was unfamiliar. In a trance, he even had the illusion that he had just traveled through time.

Three months later, he finally became familiar with Happy City and the buffer zone.

But this place became unfamiliar overnight.

Summer has already become like this.

So, what about winter?