Wasteland Border Inspector

Chapter 194 The extravagant Wang Kang encounters an acquaintance again!

Good morning, nine o'clock.

Cheng Ye opened his eyes, his mind clear.

He only slept for five hours, but with his current physical condition, it was more than enough to restore his strength and energy.

When I got up, I realized that Mu Shuang had come in at some point and was leaning against the sofa, clutching her defense phone, a faint smile playing on her lips.

I don't know if they're playing a game or texting someone.

Seeing him walk out, her smile immediately vanished.

"Inspector Cheng, all supplies have been delivered to Dabo Town, and personnel are being arranged to board the vehicles. We are expected to depart at 10:00 and arrive at 11:30."

"So fast?"

Cheng Ye was slightly surprised. Last time he drove there, it took him more than two hours to get there.

"The roads in Wenlu County have all been repaired, only the last section of the rural road to Dabo Town is a bit difficult to travel," Mu Shuang explained.

"Oh, I forgot about that."

Cheng Ye suddenly realized.

The road construction in Wenlu County has been underway for more than ten days, and the most important road will naturally be the priority for repair, which has benefited Dabo Town.

In the future, all we need to do is lead people to repair those seven kilometers of rural roads, and the difficulty of transporting and circulating supplies will be greatly reduced.

"Also, my team and Captain Wu's team can't provide you with close protection during this assessment."

Mu Shuang changed the subject, "Due to rule restrictions, we can only be stationed in Wenlu County. The undercover agents at the checkpoint will be responsible for security around Dabo Town and driving out infected individuals from the surrounding area, but Dabo Town is located by the river. If there are infected sources or infected individuals invading from the river, they will not be within the protection area."

Establishing patrol posts and setting routes are core performance indicators, so naturally, outsiders won't be allowed to interfere.

Cheng Ye wasn't surprised and nodded in agreement, then asked, "What if we encounter a large-scale infestation by the source of infection?"

Mu Shuang paused for a moment, then calmly said, "If the source of infection is known, as an inspector, you should take appropriate measures to isolate and treat it to ensure that it does not spread and to guarantee the survival rate of the migrants. This is also one of the implicit key indicators in the assessment. The checkpoint will not provide any assistance."

"If the source of infection is unknown, the checkpoint will immediately seal off the area around Dabo Town and provide necessary information and epidemic prevention materials. However, you will not be allowed to leave the Dabo Town area until it is confirmed that there is no risk of contact infection. If anyone steps out of the isolation and blockade line, they will be regarded as an infected person and will be immediately killed."

"Understood." Cheng Ye nodded.

Compared to the quota assessment in Dabo Town, going out into the wilderness is also a test of the inspector's personal abilities.

Screening and isolating sources of infection are the duties of prosecutors.

If we have to rely on Happiness City for rescue for even this small matter, then there is no need for the checkpoint to exist.

If he were actually infected, putting himself in his shoes, he would make a similar decision to prevent the source of infection from spreading further to the surrounding area.

But Cheng Ye also believed that in this situation, the checkpoint would not be as indifferent as Mu Shuang had described.

Within the limits of the rules, we will definitely provide him with the greatest possible assistance.

"In addition, according to the latest rules, none of the supplies you prepared are allowed to be brought in."

As Mu Shuang spoke, her gaze swept over the two waterproof backpacks on the table. "It's not targeting you, but last night an inspector tried to exploit this loophole and brought in a lot of special supplies for the assessment. After being discovered by the checkpoint, it's now strictly prohibited."

"Hmm?" Cheng Ye paused. "Not even armor or helmets?"

"The checkpoint will equip you with standard protective armor, which will be just as effective as your Fire Lotus Armor. In addition, regular survival supplies will also be prepared, similar to what you brought, but the quantity will be strictly controlled to ensure that every inspector participating in the assessment starts on the same footing."

"That's fine."

Cheng Ye nodded. He hadn't planned to use the loophole to smuggle special supplies, but it was a pity that he had spent 240 points on the bulletproof helmet, even buying Wang Kang's share.

However, the standard battle armor will be recycled after the assessment, and ultimately it is not as convenient as one's own.

"So I don't need to prepare anything now?"

"Yes, just bring a change of clothes after you wash up. You can drive there, and I'll help you drive the car back and park it."

"That's great, thanks!"

Cheng Ye picked up the basin and bucket and went to the shower room to take a shower without any hesitation.

When she came out after drying her hair, Wang Kang was pushing the door open and coming in, with someone behind him.

Seeing Mu Shuang on the sofa, Wang Kang couldn't help but laugh: "Brother Cheng, were you also being watched for sneaking things?"

"What?" Cheng Ye didn't react immediately.

It wasn't until I turned to look at Mu Shuang and saw her suppressing a laugh, a mischievous glint in her eyes, that I belatedly realized—

"Could you be the person reported at the checkpoint for smuggling supplies?"

Cheng Ye suddenly couldn't hold back anymore.

He initially thought that the prosecutors who recruited young men with money were desperate and resorted to this tactic to compensate for their disadvantage.

Who would have thought that it was Wang Kang who caused the trouble?

"I didn't bring any contraband," Wang Kang said, shaking his head dejectedly. He counted on his fingers, looking aggrieved. "I was just thinking that some people in Dabo Town might have caught a cold or get sick, so I went to the medical station to get some medicine. I also brought some bandages and gauze in case someone got injured. I also brought some survival supplies: fifty cold-proof water bottles, two hundred lighters, a portable third-generation drawer battery (5-degree version), a high-powered portable searchlight, and surveillance cameras to cover blind spots."

After listing more than twenty items, he paused, his voice lowering slightly: "There are also three thousand rounds of ammunition and one hundred Bison combat pistols."

Good guy.

Cheng Ye's eyelids twitched as he listened.

He already sensed something was wrong when he saw that there were fifty water filter jugs. One infrastructure point could only buy six anti-sensor water filter jugs, so he gritted his teeth and placed an order for 30. But Wang Kang bought 50 directly.
This item isn't cheap; according to the exchange rate, one is worth 20 points.

50, wouldn't that be 1000 contribution points?
The next three generations featured drawer batteries, cameras, and one hundred Bison combat pistols.

A pistol costs 20 points, so a hundred of them would cost 2,000.

"Where did you get so many contribution points?" he couldn't help but ask.

"My dad left it to me," Wang Kang said matter-of-factly, then scratched his head and smiled sheepishly.

"It was left by your dad. Didn't you say you left it for your mom?"

"Oh, I left all the Happiness Coins, but I can't transfer the Contribution Points; they're all in my account."

"how many?"

"Not much," Wang Kang thought for a moment and said awkwardly, "just 45,000 contribution points."

Take less?

Cheng Ye felt a buzzing in his head, and he lost his ability to think.

Forty-five thousand?
Is that not much?!

After being transported to the wasteland, he worked hard at the checkpoint for more than four months, and then displayed great prowess during the infection wave, earning a reward for his meritorious service.

He had only saved a little over two thousand, but at this rate, he was already several times faster than other prosecutors.

I've spent all this time charging my phone and buying supplies, and I only have a few hundred yuan left. Turns out there's a rich guy hiding right next to me?
However, upon further reflection, Wang Cheng was, after all, a veteran fourth-term prosecutor at the checkpoint. If his assets had not been confiscated, having more than 40,000 yuan was perfectly normal.

After all, even a third-term inspector like Li Matai could easily come up with 20,000 points to invest in a caravan.

But why wasn't Wang Cheng's estate confiscated?

Cheng Ye suppressed his doubts, remaining outwardly calm, and only clicked his tongue in surprise:
"Alright, Brother Wang, you'll cover our expenses from now on."

"Don't worry, Brother Cheng, my money is your money. You can tell me how to use it, and we'll use it however you want!" Wang Kang patted his chest.

“Alright.” Cheng Ye turned to look at the man behind Wang Kang, who immediately understood: “Prosecutor Cheng, my name is Xu Yuan, you can just call me Xiao Xu.”

"Xiao Xu, could you please return everything Wang Kang bought? Is that alright?"

“No problem, the supplies are being held at the checkpoint. We will check the prices and refund them to Inspector Wang’s account.”

"Row!"

Upon hearing that he could withdraw, Cheng Ye immediately smiled.

This silly kid would definitely buy things at market price, but he got in touch with Lao Sun, so getting cost price or discounted price is no problem for him.

Even if you buy it back exactly as is, you can save at least a thousand points.

Hey, this good thing has come knocking on our door before we even set off for Dabo Town! What a great start!

Cheng Ye was in a great mood and was still laughing as he sat in the SUV, even making Mu Shuang in the back seat chuckle. "Brother Cheng, what are you laughing at?" Wang Kang asked, puzzled.

"Hey kid, you have no idea how hard Brother Cheng has been lately!"

Thinking back to how he used to live frugally, even having to borrow money from the shop to get a weapon and asking Liu Bi to help him get a loan from the Public Works Department.

Cheng Ye wanted to complain, but for some reason, Huang Sheng's words flashed through his mind again.

Young people these days really can't handle hardship.

Hey, the boomerang really did come flying again.

He grinned and said, "It's nothing, I'm just happy thinking about living a good life with Brother Wang!"

"Hey, hey hey!"

After being called "Brother Wang" twice by Cheng Ye, Wang Kang felt completely at ease.

His awkward, embarrassed laugh revealed his guilty conscience, clearly indicating that he had realized the miscommunication between the two of them during this period had left Cheng Ye in a sorry state for a long time due to his lack of money.

But as he just said, what belongs to him is Cheng Ye's.

With these 40,000+ contribution points, Brother Cheng's plan will definitely take a big step forward!

Ten o'clock in the morning.

The SUV drove into the South Checkpoint, and after a simple check of the procedures, it was granted permission to leave.

Compared to his reserved demeanor when recruiting refugees yesterday, Wang Kang in the passenger seat was excited and full of curiosity, his eyes wide open.

"Xiao Kang, if you want to shout, then shout it out." Cheng Ye slowed down the car and gestured for him to roll down the window.

Wang Kang paused for a moment, and sure enough, he couldn't hold back any longer and started howling and wailing at the window.

However, unlike his meaningless shouting and venting at the time, Wang Kang shouted out a line of lyrics.

"I'm destined to wander the world, how can I have any attachments?"

puff.

Mu Shuang, sitting in the back seat, couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Cheng Ye twitched the corners of his mouth, perhaps because he was the one who sang this song, it sounded a little awkward to him at this moment.

Fortunately, it was far from the group of refugees, and only a few scavengers waiting to leave the city cast their gazes at it.

He lightly pressed the accelerator, and the car accelerated instantly, leaving those gazes far behind.

Outside the car window, the wind of the wilderness swept in, carrying dust and a sense of freedom and chill.

Wang Kang was still humming a song out of tune, while Cheng Ye gripped the steering wheel and suddenly felt that there was hope for the future.

He never had such a close friend in modern times, and he never expected to be so lucky to find one after coming to the wasteland.

Now I can finally understand that saying.

Wanting to buy sweet-scented osmanthus and carry wine together is not like a young man's journey.

If I had days like this during my student days, I can't imagine how comfortable it would have been.

Thinking this, Cheng Ye didn't come to his senses until the car passed the North Checkpoint and turned onto that high slope.

The muddy dirt road that was full of mud more than ten days ago has been completely transformed. A concrete slope has been built, the weeds on the side have been cleared clean, and the ground still has the greenness of grass sap.

Once on the ring expressway, the previous cracks and potholes have been repaired. Tools and materials for the section repairs are piled up on the roadside, with the contractors listed.

It could be the Hundred Ghosts Gang, or people from the Happiness City Public Works Department.

Especially when passing through the "Y" intersection and diverting to the section leading to Wenlu County, the ground has been repaired so well that it is almost impossible to see any trace of it. If Cheng Ye hadn't remembered it so well, he would have thought it was a new road.

"This technology is really good."

He was somewhat moved, for the scene before him was the very essence of a super-sanctuary city!

A few dozen kilometers of transport roads can be repaired on demand, without the need to mobilize resources and manpower from various places.

However, once off the provincial highway and onto the county road leading to Wenlu County, the repair progress was noticeably slower.

After driving about three kilometers, we saw workers and supervisors by the roadside.

Cheng Ye glanced around, rolled down the car window, and leaned out.

The Western foreman, who was directing the workers, changed his expression drastically and almost instinctively ran over: "Inspector Chengcheng!"

"Jamie, well done."

Cheng Ye never expected that he would see Jamie again in this kind of situation.

Jamie, the first person at the North Checkpoint to make things difficult for him, had already paid the price and was transferred away, never to be seen again.

Moreover, kneeling before him has become a source of shame and ridicule among his peers.

However, perhaps because he is an only child, there is still a possibility that he could inherit the prosecutor's position.

Several days later, he unexpectedly appeared here and became the commander of the road repair project.

"Prosecutor Cheng, you must be joking." Jamie was sweating profusely under Cheng Ye's gaze, and he couldn't hide the fear on his face.

"Don't be so scared, I don't eat people." Cheng Ye smiled. "How's the road construction going?"

"A quarter of it has already been repaired."

Seeing Cheng Ye's squinting smile, Jamie became even more nervous and stiffened up as he explained, "Because we're prioritizing the provincial highway, we don't have enough materials, so the progress is a bit slow."

"Relax, I'm not the supervisor."

Seeing Jamie's reporting posture, Cheng Ye paused, "How much does it cost to repair one kilometer of road?"

"this."

"For example, repairing the rural road from Wenlu County to Dabo Town."

“Oh, here,” Jamie thought for a moment, “it would take about 20 infrastructure sites to build a two-lane cement road per kilometer, including manpower and materials.”

20 infrastructure sites?
Based on a ratio of 1:100, the cost of building one kilometer of road actually reached 2000 contribution points?
Cheng Ye clicked his tongue in surprise; it really was expensive!

Just the seven-kilometer rural road from Wenlu County to Dabo Town alone would cost 14,000 points.

"What if it were built as a four-lane road?"

“That would double the cost, requiring at least 50 infrastructure points.” Realizing that Cheng Ye meant no harm, Jamie relaxed a bit, but still answered quickly.

"Oh, that's how it is"

Cheng Ye noted down the numbers, then changed the subject, "Why are you in charge of this construction?"

"Uh"

A subtle pressure washed over Jamie, who immediately stammered and spent a long time explaining himself.

The gist is that he wasn't in charge of this section of the road; it was Raul who was.

Because among the inspectors in charge of the county was Raul's father, Evan Davidson, the deputy head of the North Checkpoint and a fifth-term inspector.

Davidson was in charge of the road construction, and Raul naturally followed along to help his father.

These spoiled rich kids were summoned by Raul to serve as unpaid laborers.

They call it: exercise!
Where is Raul?

"Ahead, at the checkpoint in Wenlu County."

"Okay!" Cheng Ye nodded, gripping the steering wheel and skillfully maneuvering around the unrepaired parts.

Since Raul is in charge of road repairs, we might be able to get a discount from him.

If you could help plan the road to Dabo Town when you are repairing Wenlu County, that would be great.

Once the assessment is over, road construction can proceed simultaneously without any delays!

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