Chapter 33 Good news, bad news!
After sending off the shelter team, Cheng Ye went into the isolation chamber and checked carefully while thinking.
Isolation chamber No. 48 was washed with a high-pressure water gun, and the smell of blood dissipated in just a few minutes.
Only a few tiny holes on the wall, corroded by the juice of rotten vines, silently told of the battle that had taken place before.
"extraordinary..."
After leaving the isolation chamber, he took a few deep breaths, but still felt the throbbing in his chest that was difficult to calm down.
The complex emotions in my mind seemed to be splitting apart.
Three-point is the shock of learning the extraordinary truth, three-point is the strong desire for extraordinary abilities, and three-point is the secret panic of facing the unknown.
Another point is the quietly growing desire to explore the deeper secrets of the wasteland.
"Humanity buried its past history, separating it from the Old Era. Was it to avoid excessive exploration and the resulting disaster, or were they secretly repeating the same mistakes and continuing their research on the 'harmless' S-5?"
Following this line of thought, Cheng Ye didn't dare to think any further.
The current infected bodies are already difficult enough to deal with. If an even more terrifying disaster were to occur, the wasteland that seems to be recovering would probably instantly return to the cruel apocalyptic starting point.
And Qin Feng’s explanation doesn’t make sense at all.
If it is confirmed that the S-4's ravages have ended, there is no need for the extraordinary people to hide. They just need to stand up and prove it.
But with such a secretive approach, there must be some unknown issues involved.
"If I could find supernatural powers..."
"Install it when you need it, and uninstall it immediately when you don't. I wonder if this can circumvent the effects of S-4?"
Cheng Ye thought for a while like a "genius", and finally suppressed all his desires in his heart.
It is right that these secrets are not revealed to trainees.
Even someone as strong as Brother B, a fourth-term inspector, never mentioned the word "extraordinary" in front of him.
Knowing these things too early before one’s strength reaches the threshold will only make people ambitious and even go astray.
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"The people who took shifts last night should still be awake, right?"
"No, we were just woken up by the alarm and I was trying to comfort the other quarantined people."
"Okay, let them gather together later. I have something to say."
After arranging Raven to gather all the staff and guards, Cheng Ye looked at Owl.
Having just come back from the gates of hell, more than ten minutes later, the owl was still a little frightened, but it finally recovered from its initial dazed state.
"How did you become an observer if you were so scared?"
"grown ups..."
The owl smiled bitterly, "I thought I was dead, I never thought you would save me..."
"I'm not a piece of wood. How can I just watch my own people get killed?"
Cheng Ye was speechless.
Perhaps in the eyes of Owl and Raven, his previous behavior was enough to make him an outlier among the inspectors.
But he knew in his heart that saving people was just a subconscious reaction.
Just this little "subconscious" has become a rare clear stream in this wasteland where people eat each other.
"Thank you, sir..."
The owl whispered, saying no more, but a gleam of light ignited in his eyes.
Cheng Ye couldn't help but shake his head and laugh when he saw this, knowing that the owl had engraved the gratitude for saving its life deep in its heart.
This was rare, and it made him think more about it.
If you want to gain a foothold in the inspection station, it is far from enough to rely solely on the favors left by Cheng Long. You must eventually cultivate your own confidants step by step.
Owl has that potential.
As long as we can break out of the vortex of the East-West dispute, starting with him might be a good choice.
"By the way, is there an Arthur at the station?"
Suddenly remembering the person Liu Bi introduced before leaving, Cheng Ye asked curiously.
Although he never intended to pin his hopes of survival on others, Liu Bi's words that he could save his life made him curious about the other party's identity.
"Arthur... There are quite a few people named Arthur in the station. I wonder who the lord is referring to?"
"Arthur Amir."
"Oh, it's that machine gunner Arthur!" Owl pointed in the direction of Area F. "He's on duty in the sentry tower behind the isolation passage."
Following the direction of the owl's finger, Cheng Ye turned his head and saw a figure with a gun vaguely visible between the metal guardrails on the watchtower behind the isolation passage.
Cheng Ye immediately understood. No wonder Liu Bi said that this man could save his life.
The machine gunner's status at the checkpoint is higher than that of observers such as owls, and second only to the inspector.
And more importantly, as the core defense force of the station, the machine gunners are directly under the command of the station chief, and the inspectors have no right to directly command them.
This unrestricted special identity can naturally provide assistance at certain special times.
"It seems like we can find some time to make contact. If we encounter an unstoppable infected body, we can still buy some time to escape."
Keeping this in mind, Cheng Ye waited for a while.
Since I will be on duty in Quarantine Area A for the next week, it is necessary to get acquainted with the guards and staff at the station in advance.
But it's just a familiar face.
"I'm only here to do three things: check for infected bodies, kill them, and get contribution points!"
"I won't send you off to die, but on the other hand, no one should be lazy."
"If I catch you once, even for the first time, you won't be able to stay at this checkpoint anymore."
"Alright, that's it. If you haven't slept yet, go catch up on your sleep now. Anyone coming over to relieve you, keep your eyes open!"
After saying these four sentences, Cheng Ye directly announced the disbandment.
When the crowd dispersed, some were murmuring, some were surprised, but most were curious.
Cheng Ye's rough and tumble style actually fits their stereotype of Eastern prosecutors.
But is Cheng Ye really a reckless man?
No one thinks so.
Raven had just revealed that this Eastern inspector was brought by Raul himself, and he had specifically instructed them to take it seriously.
What's more, he can lock onto the infected person among hundreds of people at a glance, and accurately determine that the other person has been infected with just a few words.
This kind of strong professional ability is the foundation for inspectors to gain a foothold in the checkpoint.
"Don't just stand there, there's another warehouse."
"Oh, oh, okay!"
Raven and Owl were both shocked, and only then did they realize that the inspector in front of them had not even had time to go to the quarantine area, but had run into the infected body in the isolation cabin.
What luck, simply amazing!
"Each full duty cycle involves two observers, ten staff members assisting the inspectors, and twenty patrol guards responsible for monitoring quarantined individuals and conducting counterattacks when encountering infected individuals."
"If someone dies, the station will replace them the next day, so there will be no shortage of staff."
Standing in front of the door of accommodation warehouse No. 2, a faint fishy smell mixed with the unique sweat smell of Westerners wafted over.
Cheng Ye leaned over to take a look.
To be fair, the accommodation conditions arranged for these people at the checkpoint are definitely not bad.
Although they are bunk beds, each bed is specially adjusted to be 1.5 meters wide and 2 meters long, making it appear unusually spacious.
Between every four bunk beds is a large solid wood table, similar in style to those found in survival libraries.
In addition, there is a small cabinet around each bed, so each person can have an independent storage space.
Even judging from Cheng Ye's modern perspective, he feels that it is much better than some university dormitories with eight or ten people.
"Okay, let's go to the quarantine inspection area in front."
After roughly understanding the mode of the rapid checkpoint, Cheng Ye breathed a sigh of relief.
One good news, one bad news.
The good news is that although there are dangers inside the quarantine area, the overall situation is still under control and there is no need to worry too much.
The bad news is that the high sacrifice rate of inspectors at rapid checkpoints is enough to prove that the danger level of the quarantine inspection area is probably far greater than previously imagined.
Moving forward, the front half of the quarantine area is again separated by iron plates and iron nets.
Cheng Ye reached out and touched it, and was surprised to find that the material was not ordinary steel, but a special alloy like the ground.
It's just a layer of paint on the outside, so it looks like it from the outside.
"Is it used to paralyze the infected body?"
Certain special infectious bodies can corrode steel, but Xingfu City has not yet found a case of corroding this special alloy.
After passing through three alloy doors in succession, Raven stopped.
"Inspector, this is the isolation inspection area where you will be working."
The so-called quarantine and inspection area looked very much like the paid basketball court surrounded by iron mesh in the city square before Cheng Ye traveled through time.
The square space is only 300 square meters, and the ground is divided into two halves by a yellow line:
One half is the inspector's area, and the other half belongs to the inspected person.
There is an alloy table in each of the two areas.
Similar to the configuration of the central main inspection station, the tables in the inspection area are filled with various testing instruments, and the tables in the inspector area are used to store personal items.
The only difference is that there are three more buttons on the desktop.
"This is your work desk," Raven said, pointing at it. "The button on the far left controls the door behind you. The middle button controls the door for outsiders. The one on the far right is the lock button. Once you press the lock button, the station will immediately dispatch rescue personnel, but until they arrive, neither door can be opened in any way."
After saying that, Raven paused and took out the defense communication device that was slung across his waist. "This button on the side is the communication button. Just press it and I'll be able to hear it."
"Yeah, I know that."
Cheng Ye, who scored almost full marks in the internship assessment, was naturally familiar with these infrastructures.
Stand here.
His vision could already see through the iron mesh and clearly see the yellow line outside the stationmaster's office window, as well as the armed passage used to divert the crowd.
Due to the heavy rain, in Area B next door, which is mainly used to check scavengers and ordinary refugees, more than a dozen people are now queuing up and waiting for the passage to open.
Area A, which is responsible for fleet inspection, was empty.
"Under what circumstances do I need to open the isolation door and go outside the yellow line?"
Cheng Ye asked the question that concerned him most.
Since Towns said that it is safe as long as you don't go beyond the yellow line, it proves that there must be great danger behind the yellow line!
The raven and the owl looked at each other, and the latter stepped forward.
“There’s only one situation where you need to cross the yellow line.”
"When a member of the inner city who is carrying out a mission is attacked within three kilometers of a checkpoint and sends a distress signal, the checkpoint will request four inspectors on duty to immediately proceed outside the yellow line to carry out a rescue!"
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