Chapter 124: The sharp edge is revealed and the situation changes drastically!
A military green pickup truck with a checkpoint logo printed on it slowly drove out of the South Checkpoint from the other side of the doorway.
The car turned at the intersection and headed straight towards the Gate of Happiness.
Due to Liu Kun's departure from the city, if you want to attend the meeting in the inner city, you have to drive there yourself.
Therefore, this time the person in the driver's seat was replaced, and it was Jiang Chuan who held the steering wheel with both hands.
Ding Yishan sat in the co-pilot seat, gazing at the passing scenery outside the window with a calm expression.
Of course, under normal circumstances, cars at the checkpoint would definitely be stopped by guards and would not be able to enter the inner city.
But at this moment, neither of them had the mind to think about these things, or they didn't think it was something that needed to be thought about.
From yesterday to today, they have not slept for 26 hours.
Even though he was a half-step transcendent, Jiang Chuan could hardly bear it and had to rely on special medicine to stay awake in the morning.
But strangely, Ding Yishan, who was sitting in the passenger seat, did not feel tired at all. Instead, he felt refreshed.
An invisible force rose from his tailbone, winding up along his spine, supporting his shoulder blades and pushing his temples. Even his breathing felt smoother than ever before.
He could even clearly feel this force surging in his chest, like a wild beast ready to strike, urging him to do something he had thought about for many years but had never dared to take the first step.
Ding Yishan knew that this special power was called "Walker".
But he doesn't care.
Or rather, he had been waiting for this day for too many years.
When he just told Jiang Chuan about "such an opportunity", he was actually not referring to the hundreds of thousands of migrants outside, but the extraordinary power that suddenly surged into his consciousness!
Because ever since he took the position of checkpoint chief, given his age, sophistication, and the knowledge and understanding he gained from years of immersion in the power field, it has become a fantasy for him to push for drastic changes on his own.
The rationality honed by decades of experience in the arena of power was like an invisible shackle, always holding him back at critical moments. He had to calculate risks, weigh the pros and cons, consider the attitudes of higher-ups, and weigh the opinions of all parties.
Even if the sky falls, his remaining sanity will force him to choose the safest path, following the old track to "dedicate" himself to the Happy City day after day until he is crushed into dust by the wheels of the times.
But now it's different.
Cheng Ye's words were like a key that opened the door to his personality and released all the wildness hidden deep inside.
Under the extraordinary power, this awakened wildness continued to magnify, allowing him to clearly see the benefits of change and making the risks that once made him hesitate become insignificant.
Only at this moment, only by relying on this sudden external force, only by relying on Shouyuan Chaofan's almost brutal spiritual impact.
Only he can tear open the chains and smash the shackles.
Like a trapped beast breaking free from its shackles, tear apart all enemies in front of you!
"Achuan."
"Aye, sir."
"You said before that Cheng Ye looks a lot like me. Was that true or false?"
"Of course it's the truth. Ah Chuan would never tell a lie to an adult, not before and not in the future."
Jiang Chuan gripped the steering wheel, his eyes fixed on the rain-soaked road ahead. His tone was somewhat solemn, "When I first met him, the feeling was exactly like yours when you were young!"
He paused, then gently turned the steering wheel to avoid the puddles on the roadside, earning a thumbs-up from passersby.
"Even when I was talking to you just now, that reckless and serious attitude was very similar to when you were young, but..."
"Just what?"
Jiang Chuan's Adam's apple moved as he tried to choose his words. "Your Excellency, Prosecutor Cheng is a very intelligent man. I can sense a resilience and quick thinking in him that is unlike any other. But he is still a young man after all. What he said just now was somewhat tinged with youthful arrogance. Please don't take it to heart."
Over the years, not to mention the trainee prosecutors, even the third-term prosecutors of Dongren have to speak politely when meeting Ding Yishan.
Only a fourth-term inspector is qualified to communicate with Ding Yishan on an equal footing and discuss all matters major and minor in the station.
Going back further, when Cheng Long was still young, he would deliberately measure himself in front of Ding Yishan.
Unlike Cheng Ye just now, he was so bold as to let Ding Yishan take off his clothes and stand by the window to enjoy the cold wind.
Is this what an apprentice should do?
I didn’t react just now, but now the more I think about it, the more frightened I become.
What if Cheng Ye had done something more excessive at that time and Ding Yishan got angry, he would be stuck in the middle and couldn't even think of anything to smooth things over.
After all, he was completely confused by the communication between these two smart people, which was extremely embarrassing.
"Heh, Achuan, do you think I care about this?"
Ding Yishan scoffed, tapping his knees with his fingertips. "Back when Cheng Wu was station chief, not only the inspectors but even the station guards could barge into his office and point fingers at him, complaining about which rules were unreasonable. Especially on the semi-annual feedback day, when he'd receive three to five hundred people a day and get scolded profusely, with a crowd standing outside watching him laugh. Have you ever seen him lose his temper?"
"My Lord, that was then, and things are different now."
Jiang Chuan hurriedly defended himself, "Besides, Prosecutor Cheng can't become extraordinary, so he dares to be so reckless. If you learn from him..."
"It's the same now, no difference." Ding Yishan interrupted him, his eyes revealing an unquestionable seriousness. "If the price of becoming extraordinary is giving up the right to hear these voices, then I would rather be an ordinary person forever."
"But you've tried it, do you think it will have any impact?"
Jiang Chuan was silent for a moment, then turned on the wipers, making a regular sound.
After the windshield wipers stopped, he said, "The more concepts you accept, the harder it will be to achieve unity of knowledge and action. If you still want to achieve transcendence, you shouldn't listen to all this nonsense. Just like Stationmaster Harlem, only keep those who share your ideas and eliminate all those who don't. Only then can you focus on your work without distractions."
"He's taken the wrong path!"
Ding Yishan shook his head firmly, a hint of disdain in his tone. "He didn't even take the first step correctly. He's the same old guy as Tang Si. Ideas that can resist pollution need to be tempered and shattered by other distracting thoughts. It can't be achieved by simply covering your ears and pretending not to hear."
"But this road." Jiang Chuan sighed, "Except for the elders back then, no one will be able to walk this road in the future."
"Isn't it Cheng Long?"
Ding Yishan chuckled twice, his laughter carrying a bit of inexplicable complexity, "If he hadn't been so focused on keeping his vows, he would have become extraordinary long ago. What a pity."
"Prosecutor Cheng is different from the others. The city lord didn't pursue the matter any further. Maybe..."
"It's meaningless. Don't mention this name again, and don't let Cheng Ye know anything about it. Just treat him as dead."
Ding Yishan's face suddenly darkened. "Ten thousand extraordinary people cannot fulfill a single wish. These wishes are all disasters, more difficult to deal with than curses. If Cheng Long can fulfill a wish, he will be the public enemy of all mankind!"
"yes!"
Jiang Chuan responded quickly, not daring to say another word.
Cheng Long's departure was like a thorn in Ding Yishan's heart that could not be removed.
Normally, no one dared to mention it. Only when Ding Yishan took the initiative to bring it up would others join in the conversation.
If anyone brings it up rashly, Ding Yishan will definitely get angry on the spot.
While talking.
The pickup truck has entered the city. The buffer zone is obviously deserted with hundreds of thousands of people missing, but due to the influence of the pedestrians, even though it is still raining outside, many pedestrians can be seen on the streets.
The sewers were being cleared and the workers were working hard. No one complained about getting wet in the rain, and no one was lazy or slacking off. There was a gleam in everyone's eyes, and the air was filled with a long-lost vitality.
This is the terrifying thing about the walker. It doesn't even have to do anything deliberately. Just passing by is like a shot of adrenaline, bringing the lifeless buffer zone back to life.
But it is precisely because of this that people are afraid of the extraordinary power of keeping wishes.
It can easily stir people's hearts and change the order in an instant. This power is simply terrifying!
Ding Yishan stared out the window for a moment, then suddenly added, "According to the information passed on by Xinhuo, it's confirmed that the Walker is definitely a transcendent from the previous era. This bastard has been hiding for decades, and only dared to emerge after confirming that the last transcendental item in Xinhuo's hands was exhausted. I really don't know what his wish is that has kept him going for so long."
"Sir, can the transcendental beings of the previous era really kill those immortal wish-keeping transcendental beings?"
Jiang Chuan couldn't help but ask, he watched the video.
The speed at which the walker ran in the wilderness was estimated to be at least two hundred yards. He rushed forward like a cannonball. When he encountered infected bodies and mutant beasts, he did not take detours at all, but directly crashed into them, instantly crushing them into a bloody mist.
It will crash into abandoned buildings without hesitation, and the steel and concrete are as brittle as biscuits in front of it.
The horror of that scene cannot be described in words.
Fortunately, this kind of monster has no interest in the human sanctuary, otherwise just thinking about it would make people's backs cold.
"have no idea."
Ding Yishan shook his head. "Perhaps it can only cause severe damage, or perhaps it can directly shred the foundation of their wishes, causing them to lose their special abilities. In the past, when the major super-sanctuary cities still had extraordinary things, we never saw wish-keeping extraordinary things dare to appear so brazenly. It's only in the past ten years, when the extraordinary things have been exhausted, that these things have sprung up like mushrooms after rain."
The words fell.
The carriage suddenly fell into silence.
When they arrived in the city, neither of them had the mood to chat anymore and each of them focused their thoughts.
After a while, we arrived at the gate of happiness.
Jiangchuan’s last qualification to enter the city was used up yesterday and will not be replenished until next year.
The guard stopped the car and signaled it to stop.
The passenger window opened, and the captain of the guard who was guarding the door came up and glanced around the car.
"Stationmaster Ding, your guards are no longer allowed to enter this year."
"roll."
Ding Yishan's voice was cold and his indifferent eyes came out of the car window. "Let Chu Hong come to see me."
"Um?"
The captain of the guard was startled, and the professional smile on his face froze instantly.
Under normal circumstances, even if Ding Yishan encountered this situation, he would at least get out of the car and say a few polite words, or find other ways to make it happen, or simply let Jiang Chuan stay.
But today's look and tone made the hairs on the back of his neck stand up.
The word "rules" was stuck in his throat and the captain of the guard didn't dare to say it out loud.
He took a step back with an unpleasant expression, forced a smile uglier than crying, and hurriedly picked up the defense communication in his hand: "Chu, Captain Chu, Station Chief Ding is at the gate and wants you to come over in person."
"Really?"
A deep male voice came from the microphone, a little nonchalantly: "I'm busy here, if you have anything, ask him to talk to me directly?"
"Stationmaster Ding, Captain Chu is calling."
The captain of the guard stepped forward and pressed the hands-free button.
"Old Ding, what's the matter?"
"Heh, who gave you the right to call me Old Ding?"
Ding Yishan sneered and interrupted him directly, "Chu Hong, I give you three minutes. Come over and see me."
He paused, his tone filled with an undeniable sense of oppression: "If I hear you call me that again, you don't have to stay in Happiness City anymore. Pack up your things and go to the wilderness to join the Hundred Ghosts Gang."
?
In the office behind the high wall, the tall man holding a teacup suddenly frowned and stood up, the calmness on his face shattered in an instant.
Is this a joke? When did Ding Yishan ever speak to him in this tone?
Chu Hong tightened his grip on the microphone, his chest heaving twice, but in the end he didn't dare to retort.
Having the power to not use it and having no power to install it are two different things.
And Ding Yishan is obviously the former.
Even though the checkpoint is now in decline, if he really wants to speak up, not only can he be thrown out, but everyone in the office can be thrown out.
"Got it." Chu Hong's voice deepened, revealing a suppressed anger. "Stationmaster Ding, I'll be there right away!"
After hanging up the phone, the captain of the guard stood beside the car with sweaty palms.
He secretly raised his eyes and glanced at Ding Yishan in the car window. The kind Stationmaster Ding still maintained the same posture as before, looking calmly ahead, but the invisible pressure made him even breathe lighter.
At the city gate, Chu Hong came jogging over. He was a strong middle-aged man.
Jiang Chuan sat in the driver's seat, took his hands off the steering wheel, and looked sharp.
Chu Hong is able to take on the important task of guarding the gate. Although he is not a transcendental being, he is not an ordinary person either.
Like him, they were all half-transcendents who were unable to withstand the pollution of the extraordinary, but managed to save their lives by a bit of luck and retained some special abilities.
As soon as "Stationmaster Ding" Chu Hong opened his mouth, he was interrupted by Ding Yishan.
"Give Jiang Chuan unlimited access, and also this car."
Ding Yishan didn't look at him, but continued to look at the city road behind the gate. "I might have to go into the inner city for meetings frequently recently, so don't do this every time."
"This..." Chu Hong's face changed several times, and the veins on his forehead jumped. "According to the rules, unlimited authority requires at least the deputy city lord..."
"I'll give you a chance to call." Ding Yishan said lightly, without any room for negotiation in his tone.
"." Chu Hong's expression changed. He stared at Ding Yishan's calm profile. He went through all the curse words in his mind, but finally endured it.
He walked aside, took out his defense communication device and made a call.
The call was connected quickly. Chu Hong spoke a few words in a low voice, the content of which was as brief as if he was reporting the weather.
But after hanging up the phone, when he turned around and walked back, a flattering smile was already on his face. "Yes, Stationmaster Ding! Don't worry, I will arrange for someone to activate Jiangchuan's permissions right away, and I will also register your car for inspection-free passage. If you have any needs in the future, just call me directly and let me know. I guarantee that everything will be done properly!"
"drive."
Ding Yishan still looked straight ahead, not even raising his eyelids at the courtesy.
Jiang Chuan took a deep breath and stepped on the accelerator.
The pickup truck slowly slid into the city gate until it completely disappeared. Only then did the smile on Chu Hong's face fade away, and his face became so gloomy that water could drip out of it.
After one phone call, he didn't get any information, only four words: do everything as you are told.
This is interesting. Is the situation in Happiness City going to change?
Or say.
He subconsciously looked towards the outside of the city. In the gray rain fog, he could vaguely see the outline of the ruins.
Although there was no news about the traveler and the hundreds of thousands of migrants yet, Chu Hong felt an inexplicable chill on the back of his neck, and had a vague premonition.
The storm is coming!
The pickup truck drove into the square venue.
Jiang Chuan had just parked the car and was about to push the door and get out to take Ding Yishan to the venue when a warm hand pressed on his shoulder.
"Achuan, go buy some things for me later, buy some fruits, they are still rare now."
As he spoke, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch, as if remembering something: "By the way, go to the research institute to find Lao Zhang. He has a lot of books on keeping wishes and supernormal and source track technology. Tell me your name and borrow all you can. Take them all out to Cheng Ye."
"Sir." Jiang Chuan's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Don't overthink it."
Ding Yishan saw through his thoughts and smiled, shaking his head. "The test at the checkpoint is never targeted at anyone. When I first came here, I was in a much worse situation than he is now. If you want to carry the flag, you must go through these checkpoints step by step. Only then can you truly gain a firm foothold."
As he said this, he pushed open the car door, his feet stepping on the wet concrete floor, and his voice came through the half-open car window: "As for the grudges left by Cheng Long, from today on, he has paid it off!"
"yes!"
Jiang Chuan's heart trembled, and he quickly straightened his back with a respectful look on his face.
After being affected by the power of the walker, Ding Yishan seemed to have returned to more than ten years ago overnight.
The decisiveness, the toughness, and even the tone of voice have regained their former sharpness.
It makes people feel both familiar and unfamiliar.
It was not until Ding Yishan's figure disappeared behind the door of the venue that Jiang Chuan could not help but let out a long sigh.
Too fast.
It has only been over half a month since Liu Bi left, and Cheng Ye has actually proved his worth with his strength.
Indeed, it was a series of events, especially the travelers, that brought about a wonderful opportunity.
But without real skills, how many trainee inspectors can seize such an opportunity?
After restarting the car, the pickup truck slowly drove out of the venue.
In the rearview mirror, the square building became smaller and smaller.
Jiang Chuan's hands gripping the steering wheel suddenly tightened, and he felt dazed as a strange idea popped into his mind.
Perhaps after today's meeting, many things in Happiness City will be different!
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