Chapter 48: Extraordinary opportunity is right beside you!
Li Matai rarely looked like a gangster. When he said the last sentence, his whole body seemed to be glowing.
It perfectly illustrates that only when interests are shared and highly binding can there be true loyalty.
"As you said..."
Cheng Ye frowned in thought, "But the field mission board at the Central Station only lists delivery, reconnaissance, patrol, and coordinating inner city operations?"
"Otherwise, why do you think you're standing in line?"
Li Matthew sneered, "Stationmaster Ding will arrange the field work for you Easterners, and Stationmaster Harlin will arrange the field work for us Westerners. If you plan to join forces like me, you'll have to slowly complete these hard work and accumulate contributions."
"But if you take sides, you won't be able to finish all the lucrative jobs. There are plenty of ways to get contributions."
So this is the benefit of taking sides?
Cheng Ye suddenly had an idea and began to understand the entire logic of the checkpoint.
"Your grandfather, Cheng Wu, is one of the founders of Happiness City."
"Back then, he was a high-ranking official in Happiness City. Unfortunately, he was unable to awaken his transcendental state. Eventually, he and a group of elders took the initiative to come to the outer city, which is now our buffer zone."
Cheng Wu again?
In his inherited memories, Cheng Ye could not find this name, and even had very few memories about Cheng Long.
Because since the original body was ten years old, he and Cheng Long would only see each other once every two or three years.
Moreover, the meeting place was not in the inner city. The two of them exchanged a few words in a hurry in the passage of the Happiness Gate, and Cheng Long left with an excuse.
"This checkpoint was built by those very people. Strictly speaking, if it weren't for the inspectors who risked their lives back then, there would be no Happy City today."
"It was also because of its perfect protection that the Inner City was able to develop rapidly in the early days of the chaotic New Era, absorbing a large population and promoting industrial progress. It advanced at every step, becoming the dominant force in Shi Province and even the surrounding provinces."
"Now many sanctuary cities and even settlements are imitating our approach to setting up checkpoints, but they still can't quite grasp the differences between them."
"Because their prosecutors are just watchdogs kept by the inner city, they are vassals of power, not partners in development. There are neither tough people who dare to fight for power at all costs, nor prosecutors with strong means. Therefore, the system will collapse at any time due to various problems!"
Vassalage, cooperation.
The difference between two words makes a world of difference.
Cheng Ye looked at Li Matthew strangely, "So what is the current situation?"
"Of course, each generation of prosecutors is inferior to the previous one. But as long as the old guys in the station are still alive, we can't be considered vassals. But we are getting further and further away from cooperation. Don't you see how many people here are vying for power and profit?"
"Well, the inner city's high-ranking officials are also getting weaker with each generation. There's actually quite a bit of competition going on right now. One faction advocates embracing the Transcendent again, cultivating cutting-edge combat power, and using violence to eliminate the infected."
"The other faction advocates developing science and technology, gradually expanding borders, and establishing a safe, joint living zone to prevent the entry of infected individuals."
Li Matthew said, suddenly chuckling, "Of course, there are also neutrals like me, idealists who just want to bring happiness and safety to the residents. They're responsible for policies like reducing utility bills, controlling prices, and introducing various people-friendly policies. They're also the ones who support our checkpoint the most."
"Hmm..."
This time Cheng Ye didn't complain.
The idealists of Happy City really helped him a lot, otherwise the collector would not be activated for a year or two, let alone fast charging and searching.
Li Matthew said that just hanging around is better than those who mindlessly stand in line and try to climb up, and specifically mentioned Garcia.
"How many of the old fellows you mentioned are there?"
"About one-third of them are out on field work and will gradually return in the fall."
So that's 50 people?
Cheng Ye nodded slightly. There were three checkpoints, with 8 people at each station, and only 24 inspectors were needed to rotate in one cycle.
If the old prosecutors hold the position for a long time, the newcomers will have no chance to get started.
Moreover, the number of infected bodies is relatively small in summer and autumn, which provides just enough time for study.
This is also the reason why he can start work immediately after reporting to the North Station. The old inspectors will tacitly give up their positions to the newcomers.
"What about my father? What kind of man is he?"
"Your father..."
Li Matthew swallowed hard, shook his head quickly, and returned to his old, non-stick pan mode. "I can't comment on that. He's a very capable person. If it weren't for some special reasons, the future chief station manager would definitely be your father. There's no other possibility."
"Well, if you want to know, you have to ask Liu Bi. He's from the fourth term, and I'm from the third term. There are some things he can say casually, but I can't comment on them."
"All right."
It seems that Cheng Long is definitely hiding a big secret, especially the civilization collector he left behind.
"By the way, can we bring family members into the inner city?"
Cheng Ye suddenly raised a new question.
"Of course not," Li Matthew said firmly. "The top management of Xingfu City allowed the inspector to seek refuge because of his personal contributions. Your family members didn't work for the city, so why should they be allowed to enter and leave?"
"Even the fourth or fifth period is not possible?"
"Forget the Fifth Institution. Even Station Master Ding can't bring his family. This is a rigid rule set by the first generation of inspectors. It's a matter of principle."
"Dead rules...what about your family?"
"Of course it's in the inner city." Li Matthew looked surprised. "The rules say you can't bring family members in, but they don't say family members can't be from the inner city. My wife and children are all in there... Wait, didn't you grow up in the inner city? Why are you asking such a question?"
So this is the reason why my predecessor was able to grow up in the inner city?
Cheng Ye suddenly understood.
He thought Cheng Long had found a way to send his predecessor into the inner city, and never thought that Cheng Long had entered the inner city to start a family.
"I don't know about this. No one has told me."
Cheng Ye shook his head.
The mother of the previous life died in childbirth, and only a few blurry photos remained in his memory. In addition, his father Cheng Long abandoned his only son in the inner city and ignored him.
This led to him being scared to death by the "real" world outside on the first day he stepped out of the inner city.
"Oh..." Li Matthew slapped his head and pretended to slap his lips twice to apologize: "I'm sorry, I said the wrong thing."
"What about the fourth term? What are the privileges?"
"Fourth phase..." Li Matthew hesitated for a moment, and finally squeezed out four words from between his teeth, seemingly full of resentment.
"Extraordinary opportunity!"
...
Boom.
Boom!
The sudden ringing of the school bell in the meeting room immediately silenced the noise.
Not only the inspectors on duty came to attend the study session, but also dozens of observers wearing blue armbands and staff in important positions sitting in the back row.
The projection equipment's stand made a harsh sound as it dragged across the concrete floor.
Cheng Ye had never heard of it and was still immersed in the bombshell news released by Li Matthew.
Compared with the extraordinary opportunity and the purpose of the inspector's field work, the ability of the third phase to enter the inner city is really nothing.
"Happy City actually keeps special infected individuals in captivity?"
Cheng Ye was shocked.
According to Li Matthew, this is not about allowing humans to be infected with the S series virus and using the virus's ability to give birth to extraordinary beings, but about Happy City secretly cultivating and raising special infected bodies.
The extraordinary plants that cling to special infected bodies grow extremely slowly and can only be harvested once every 5-8 years.
After harvesting, the distribution quantity is determined based on the yield.
For example, in the last round of the fourth round of inspectors, each person was allocated nearly 5g.
Although this dose sounds very small, there is still a chance of activating the extraordinary genes hidden in the human body.
And the extraordinary genes activated by each person seem to be different.
The last time someone successfully activated extraordinary abilities at the checkpoint was 11 years ago. After the then-duty station chief Liu Kun awakened his abilities, he directly entered the inner city's "City Defense Bureau" as the director.
It was precisely because he rose to the top of Xingfu City that the status of the checkpoint was greatly improved.
The Public Security Bureau, which was once able to curb the power of the checkpoints, was stripped of its power many times and was finally disbanded 8 years ago. Since then, the checkpoints have been the only ones in power!
Going further back, there was the station chief before Ding Yishan took office 13 years ago, which was the last time a station chief on duty died.
Reagan Karl!
No one knows how he activated his extraordinary abilities.
But since then, he quickly resigned from his position as station chief and became the CEO of the industrial zone.
Now he has immense power and has become one of the core representatives of the inner city's technological faction.
The rapid rise of these two men, who possess extraordinary powers and hold powerful positions, inevitably continues to stimulate the prosecutors' desire to climb up.
"So what the Eastern and Western factions are fighting over now is actually... the power of transcendence and those who transcend it?"
With enough information, Cheng Ye suddenly understood the root cause of the dispute between the East and the West.
Fourth phase, fifth phase, duty stationmaster, deputy stationmaster, stationmaster.
Each time you climb a level, your power will not change qualitatively, but you will get more extraordinary plants to activate your extraordinary abilities.
The last extraordinary opportunity was 5 years ago, and Ding Yishan has been in office for nearly 10 years.
Logically, he had obtained an extraordinary opportunity, but he did not seize it.
Now that the Easterners are weak, Harlem will definitely not miss this opportunity to climb up.
"Also, Chaofan is actually right next to me?"
He realized that as long as he worked hard to improve his rank, he would eventually achieve extraordinary status.
Cheng Ye's heart was burning with excitement, but he was not thinking about climbing up to the position of stationmaster step by step and waiting for the inner city's blessing.
Instead, he relied on his search capabilities to directly seize the formed extraordinary abilities!
Before, he didn’t know who the extraordinary one was, but now through Li Matthew he finally knew two important targets.
"Liu Kun!"
"Reagan Karl!"
"One East, one West, don't let any of you run into this Inspector's hands one day."
Cheng Ye repeated these two names over and over again, memorizing them firmly in his mind. Then he forced himself to suppress all distracting thoughts and the restlessness surging in his heart.
Even if the extraordinary ability is weak, it is still much better than the genetic talent of Iron Body. It must be at least LV3 or LV4 or above, which cannot be searched with the current collector.
The most urgent task is still to focus on job promotion and get through the internship period as quickly as possible.
"Cheng Ye, Cheng Ye!"
Seeing that Cheng Ye was still thinking with his head down, Li Matai lowered his voice and gently bumped him twice with his knees under the table.
"The supervisor is here, don't slack off. If you're made an example of someone, you'll be in trouble."
"Overseer?"
Cheng Ye raised his head and looked in the direction indicated by Li Matthew, only to see two people walking in from the exit of the venue.
On the left is Qiao Yuan, the fifth-term prosecutor of the Eastern people, and on the right is Dario Haven, the fifth-term prosecutor of the Western people.
Noticing Cheng Ye's gaze, Qiao Yuan nodded slightly and responded with a slightly friendly look, but his face still had the usual "cold" expression of leaders as he swept across the meeting room.
But Dario Haven's reaction made Cheng Ye stunned. He found that when he looked at him, this Western fifth-term inspector actually smiled at him with a kind look, as if he was looking at his outstanding junior.
ah?
Are you hallucinating?
Cheng Ye quickly withdrew his gaze. He had a vague feeling that if he continued to look at this guy, he would definitely come over and talk to him.
"Don't look around, just listen carefully. Even if it's boring, pretend to be serious."
Li Matthew's "mixed learning" has reached perfection. Although his lips are not seen moving, clear sounds come out.
"Yesterday I heard someone was singled out as an example for sleeping in, forced to answer questions on stage. If it were just one of our own people, it would be fine, but with so many observers and staff watching, it was truly embarrassing."
As he was speaking, applause suddenly broke out from the front row where the Eastern faction inspectors gathered.
Cheng Ye's eyes fixed, and he quickly followed suit and applauded.
I didn’t expect that the first lecturer to take the stage today would be Luo Xiaoxue.
Although Liu Bi was an unusual and reckless man in the East Faction, since it concerned the reputation of their own camp, everyone in the East Faction still gave him enough respect, and the observers and staff of the East Faction also applauded.
But on the other hand, the Western camp seemed somewhat indifferent to Luo Xiaoxue's appearance.
Some people even curled their lips, seeming to be a little disdainful.
"Don't be surprised, this is just the beginning. The next extraordinary opportunity is still more than a year away. When winter is over and spring arrives next year, that's when the real action will begin."
Li Matthew never got involved in factional disputes, but at this moment he followed Cheng Ye in clapping, causing many Western faction members to glare at him angrily.
But he seemed to enjoy it, as if he had found a sense of existence.
Each lecturer only had five minutes. Luo Xiaoxue only selected a hydrophilic infectious body that she had confronted head-on and briefly explained how to deal with it.
After Luo Xiaoxue stepped down from the stage, the curtain at the backstage entrance was lifted and the next lecturer came up.
Judging from his appearance, he should be an old soldier, but both the Eastern and Western factions showed extreme indifference in their attitude towards him.
No one applauded until he finished speaking, and no one gave any feedback.
Although from Cheng Ye's point of view, the way the old soldier dealt with the problem was not without merit.
"What a realistic class..."
Cheng Ye sighed inwardly, his eyes suddenly focused on the curtain entrance, and he saw a group of lecturers outside preparing to go on stage.
Hey, I read that right, didn’t Uncle Dong say last night that he wanted to fulfill his wish?
Why were you invited here?
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