Wasteland Border Inspector

Chapter 69 Newcomer, Old Guy, A Battle of Wits!

The bus was brought to a smooth stop in the Public Works Department's parking lot.

After checking his attire again to make sure there were no exposed parts, Mr. Tian quickly got out of the car, completed the handover procedures, and headed straight home.

As a formal employee of the Public Works Department, he was allocated an apartment a long time ago. Although it was also a tenement building, it was slightly larger than Cheng Ye's apartment.

Later, his daughter also joined the Workers' Department. Coincidentally, the room next door was vacant, so the authorities allowed him to break through the non-load-bearing wall between the two rooms and convert it into a two-bedroom apartment.

Get on the main road.

Master Tian looked up at the churning dark clouds in the distance and quickened his pace.

But amazingly, despite the bustling crowds along the roadside, he moved through the crowd with the agility of a fish, without making contact with anyone.

Occasionally, pedestrians would realize what was happening and turn around to look, but they would only catch a glimpse of a dark figure walking quickly with its head down, unable to even make out its face.

Not long after.

Just after 6:45, Mr. Tian slowed down and turned into the Tianyun Mining Phase III residential compound.

"Old Tian, ​​you're off work so early today?"

"I'm so envious. Your job is so comfortable and stable."

Two middle-aged men walked up to greet him. Master Tian looked up and nodded with a smile. "It's about to rain, and no one will be taking the bus, so I'll just call it a day early."

"Hey, you seem to have it easy. I just got orders, and tonight is probably going to be a sleepless night."

"Who says otherwise? I'll be busy here until dawn too."

"What a coincidence, I also received the news that tonight is going to be quite eventful."

The three of them sidestepped each other, tacitly keeping some distance from one another.

When they reached the entrance of the building, Mr. Tian couldn't help but turn back and call out, "Old Sun, Old Liu, you'd better be alive."

"Don't worry, we won't die." Old Sun left without turning his head, chuckling as he went.

Old Liu paused for a moment, then waved his hand, "I'm single and have no ties, but you have a family, don't be foolish."

傻气？

Master Tian didn't reply, watching the two figures hurriedly leave before turning around and going upstairs.

When he reached the third floor, he gently knocked on the door with a rhythm of three long knocks followed by one short knock.

Wow.

The door opened with a click, revealing a middle-aged woman's very nervous face.

"Old Tian, ​​why are you back at this hour all of a sudden?"

"Go in and talk."

After glancing at the other rooms in the hallway, Master Tian walked into the room and locked it behind him.

cough cough.

A cough mixed with Tian Lei's voice came from inside the room, "Dad, are you off work?"

"Well, it's time to get off work."

Master Tian responded, turned on his defense communication device, switched to the disaster recovery module, and handed it to the middle-aged woman.

In an instant, the woman's face turned deathly pale, and her hand holding the defense communication device trembled slightly.

"Shhh."

Making a shushing gesture, Master Tian lowered his voice, "Jingyun, I have to go out for a while. You keep an eye on our daughter and don't let her go out and take any risks."

"then you?"

Master Tian waved his hand and went into the next room.

Three days later, although Tian Lei's high fever had subsided, she remained listless.

Seeing Master Tian walk in, she forced herself to sit up in bed and managed a faint smile:
"Dad, are we going out again later?"

"stay home."

"Are you still pretending?" Tian Lei patted the bed, gesturing for Master Tian to sit down beside her. "I've been sick these past few nights, not deaf. I can hear you sneaking out every night."

Master Tian paused for a moment, then looked down at his calves, which were beginning to atrophy.

Has the former top assassin who was once at the Unity of Heaven and Man already aged this much before even reaching the age of fifty?

Even his daughter, who never practiced martial arts, was already able to...
"I cheated you."

Tian Lei chuckled and pointed to her head, "Dad, it's not that your martial arts have declined, it's that...this has declined. I told you to read more books while driving and waiting for people, but you always ran away. Now you know?"

"Uh."

Master Tian was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head and chuckled.

“My daughter worked her life away and dedicated all her energy to the sheltered city, but there are some pests who want to destroy her achievements.”

His gaze suddenly darkened. "Tell me, can I tolerate this?"

"I can't stand it."

Tian Lei still smiled faintly, but her words were full of murderous intent. "Dad, you have to kill them all, kill them all, don't let a single one escape. We can't let these pests continue to wreak havoc on our buffer zone after tonight, ruining Prosecutor Cheng's efforts and everyone's hard work!"

"Don't worry, Dad's been away for a few nights, so he already knows what's going on."

Master Tian nodded and then stood up.

He reached under the bed and pulled out a black backpack.

Unzip it up, and you'll find more than a dozen gleaming daggers, a short sword about the length of a forearm, and three identical-looking defense devices neatly arranged inside.

The overhead light shone directly down, but the short sword didn't cast a single shadow; only a faint purple glow flowed along its blade.

"Tian Wuying."

A middle-aged woman, Xu Jingyun, walked in carrying a stack of pure black clothing, her gaze falling on the short sword in his hand:

"Thirteen years have passed, and everyone else is playing with guns. Can you still wield your sword?"

"A gun is for self-defense, a sword is for killing."

Master Tian smiled as he took the clothes and changed, saying, "Don't worry, I stopped doing violent things a long time ago. Smart people play the game of words."

"You can do it."

Seeing her husband shed his usual thin and kind middle-aged appearance and put on a tight black assassin outfit, Xu Jingyun's eyes were slightly dazed, as if she had instantly fallen back to the time many years ago.

"I am leaving."

Master Tian breathed a sigh of relief as he picked up the anonymous security card and tucked it into his waistband.

"If you don't come home by 11 pm, I'll come find you."

"Forget it, you third-rate assassin haven't improved at all over the years. You'll scare me to death if you go out."

Master Tian waved his hand, too lazy to argue. When he closed the door, he still looked a bit bulky and clumsy, but the next second he jumped out of the corridor window like a monkey.

The third floor is nearly 10 meters high.

With just a light touch of his fingertips on the drainpipe, he floated down to the ground as lightly as a feather.

Then, with a terrifying speed that is hard for ordinary people to comprehend, it started running along the corner of the wall.

Strangely, when he was running in the shadows of buildings, even if he brushed past passersby, they were completely unaware, as if his figure was completely hidden in the shadows.

"call"

"call"

Mr. Tian was panting as he ran from the city center to the northern suburbs.

He was getting old after all; after only about ten kilometers, he already felt his strength rapidly declining.

I glanced at the time on my defense device; exactly half an hour had passed since I set off.

Looking around, the northern suburbs, shrouded in dark clouds, exuded a heavy sense of oppression.

The dilapidated bungalows and winding alleys are like a maze, as if once you step in, you can never get out.

Master Tian paused to catch his breath, then casually plucked a handful of leaves from a roadside tree, flipped over and leaped onto the roof of a bungalow, nimbly weaving between the rooftops of the shantytown like a raccoon.

Soon, he arrived at the left side of the shantytown near the center. He suddenly stopped and squinted at the ground below.

In front of an inconspicuous little house, someone was pulling a cart.

There were four snakeskin bags stacked on the cart.

Master Tian reached into his pocket, took out the leaves he had just picked, and flicked his finger, sending the leaves flying like knives.

stab.

The two snakeskin bags at the back had a tear in them, from which dark brown powder flowed out.

"Damn, how did the bag get torn?"

The young man cursed and shouted towards the bungalow ahead, "The bag's ripped! Come help us, we'll get out of here after this job!"

Wow.

More than a dozen young people suddenly emerged from the previously deserted bungalow area.

They brought out all sorts of pots, pans, and utensils—anything that could hold powder—and frantically collected the dark brown powder from the ground.

"Ugh, pests!"

A chilling murderous intent flashed across Master Tian's eyes.

The starfish antiviral powder contains a special crystalline powder.

Bloodworm powder.

This substance is one of the main ingredients in his life-saving elixir, capable of slightly boosting human immunity. At market price, 5g of Red Blood Worm powder costs 3 contribution points.

Through distillation, 20 kilograms of anti-epidemic powder can extract nearly 100 grams of red bloodworm powder.

A total of 60 contribution points!
These pests were engaged in the scheme of buying up disease-removing powder, exchanging it for red bloodworm powder, and then smuggling it to other protected cities in exchange for large quantities of supplies.

"Damn it!"

Master Tian gave a low shout and reached for his hand.

Pick up the defense device, turn on the camera, and record the young people below picking up the powder.

Immediately afterwards, his body flew backward, and his fingers struck out rapidly.

02110.

"Hello, is this the Emergency Epidemic Prevention Agency? I've discovered a den selling anti-epidemic powder in the North District. The video has been sent over. Yes, the location is in the fourth row of bungalows, six to nine rooms."

"I don't know if they were sent by the surrounding sheltered cities. Well, you can check it yourselves."

"You're welcome. I'm just a helpful resident."

After hanging up the phone, Master Tian gave a cold laugh.

After waiting for less than ten minutes, several vans came speeding through the city.

At least forty armed guards came down and surrounded the shantytown with lightning speed.

After waiting for about ten more minutes, a fierce exchange of fire broke out inside the shantytown.

Unfortunately, the resisting side couldn't even last ten seconds before being suppressed and controlled by the ferocious firepower. All the pests involved in the resale were disposed of on the spot without needing to be captured.

"Old buddy, it's not your turn in this era."

Touching the sword hanging at his waist, Master Tian smiled freely and hurried towards the next hideout.

These past few nights, he has secretly scouted out many locations.

They knew exactly where the trading points hidden in the shadows of the shantytowns were, the workshops that distilled red bloodworm powder, and even the channels for transferring goods.

He can't control the pests above that; someone more capable needs to handle them.

But he won't let any of the following ones go.

"I'm a concerned citizen, I'm reporting this."

"The fourth warehouse in Xicheng District, with hidden compartments in the floor."

"The video has been sent; I'm reporting it."

One by one, the dens were uncovered, and it was quickly 8:30 p.m.

The wind was howling, raindrops were pattering, and the humidity was rising rapidly.

Gunshots could be faintly heard from all around the buffer zone, as if signaling impending chaos.

Master Tian walked quickly forward, looking at the Survival Library in the distance. He had just taken out his defense device when his body suddenly lurched backward, and the sword at his waist slid into his hand automatically.

thump.

A crisp clanging sound rang out as the purple-glowing short sword and the tool axe collided violently.

A tricky force came from the axe blade, and Master Tian almost lost his grip on the Shadowless Sword.

However, the superiority of the materials was immediately apparent when comparing the two. The axe blade was instantly shredded by the sword blade, and wood chips and iron filings flew everywhere.

"Tianhe?"

"You're also a Tianhe?"

The two of them took a few steps back at the same time, looking at each other with fear in their eyes.

Upon closer inspection, Master Tian immediately noticed something amiss.

The middle-aged man opposite him had his face covered, but he was wearing an inconspicuous coarse cloth shirt, and his muscles were as bulging and rocky as rocks.

Judging from their attire and the strength they displayed, they didn't seem like the cunning and deceitful pests in the buffer zone.

"I didn't expect this buffer zone to be so full of hidden talents. Are you new here?"

"I haven't been here long." The middle-aged man paused, then clenched his fists. "Brother, I've been watching this spot for days. Why don't you move to another location?"

"You can just change it like that?"

"You're too old. Even if you had that sword, you couldn't beat me."

The middle-aged man spoke frankly, casually unbuttoning his shirt, ready to explain his confidence with his fists.

However, the next second, cold sweat suddenly broke out on his forehead.

"Go on."

Holding the Bison combat pistol, Master Tian looked strange.

"What era are we living in? They don't even carry a gun, yet they come out here to play this fighting game?"

"I"

"What do you mean, 'what'? What's your name?"

Master Tian hooked the safety off with his little finger, twisted his body slightly, and although he didn't make any big movements, he seemed to disappear into the wind like a fallen leaf, instantly losing his presence.

"Come on, let's see if your fist is faster or my bullet is faster within seven steps."

The middle-aged man stood there stunned for a moment, then slowly buttoned up his short-sleeved shirt again.

If he were an ordinary person, he would be confident that his punches wouldn't be any slower.

But the opponent was also a master of the Heavenly Harmony Sect. His six senses told him that if he made even the slightest mistake, he would definitely get his head blown off in the next second.

"say?"

The middle-aged man gritted his teeth and slowly squeezed out three words, "Chu Yunfeng".

"Where do you live?"

"I"

"My patience is limited. Would you rather be obedient and wait for me to fire?"

"Slum area".

"You newcomers are always thinking about crooked ways to make money. Instead of finding a proper job to earn money and support your families, do you really think you can do whatever you want just because you have the strength of Tianhe in this buffer zone?"

Master Tian shook his head coldly, "Get out of here immediately. I don't want to say it a second time."

"No."

Chu Yunfeng said urgently, "I need the reward for reporting them, and I also need the weapons they have. Without these, my family and I will not survive this wave of infections."

"Reward for reporting?"

Master Tian was stunned for a moment, thinking he was hallucinating. "Uh, you too?"

"Times have changed. The mechanisms in Happy City are very sophisticated, far more advanced than many of the sheltered cities I've visited. The money from fighting and killing is ill-gotten; if you don't have connections, you can't even spend it. I've been staking out for several days, and this group is using the library as a cover to smuggle at least 500 kilograms of antidote powder hidden inside. There will be another 300 kilograms later. The reward for reporting them is at least 200 coins."

How did you find out about the wave of infections?

"They know everything they 'asked' about."

Chu Yunfeng gestured towards the library with his lip and sighed, "It's just that ordinary people don't know about it."

"This sheltered city is so rotten, how can it be considered perfect and advanced?"

"rotten?"

Chu Yunfeng shook his head slightly.

For some reason, the first day he arrived in Happiness City suddenly flashed through his mind.

It's rotten, absolutely rotten. Even the highest-ranking inspectors in the buffer zone are taking advantage of ordinary people.

Okay, that's really good. There are prosecutors who are willing to help them free of charge, without any ulterior motives.

Moreover, he has met so many kind people these days who are doing their best to help him settle down in this sanctuary city.

Unfortunately, he was incredibly unlucky.

Just as we were getting ready to make a big push, we learned about the outbreak of the contact infection.

“Brother, you may not have been to other sanctuary cities in recent years. Compared to those places, this place is truly a paradise. At least, the adults here, and some of the inspectors, treat us as human beings, not as tools, numbers, or victims of arbitrary testing mechanisms.”

The words fell.

Chu Yunfeng wanted to say something more, but then he saw Master Tian's hand tremble and he threw the gun over.

As he dazedly caught it, the other person suddenly tossed it over again, throwing the defense communication device at him as well.

"Brother, what's going on?"

"Remember what you just said. When you come here, treat yourself as a human being. Stop talking about being a tool. Live with your head held high."

Master Tian smiled nonchalantly, "This gun is yours, and this 'defense device' is anonymous. I've already reported six dens, and I haven't claimed any of the rewards. You know what I mean?"

"This"

Chu Yunfeng was stunned, his eyes filled with disbelief and realization.

"No matter what happens, remember to get home before 11 p.m. Your family needs your protection more than the buffer zone."

"But?"

"Don't argue with me. Eliminating pests isn't your job, you newcomers. Survival is your mission."

"This place."

Master Tian paused for a moment, then said, "At least for now, it's still our old guys' territory!"

　P.S.: Ten chapters delivered, goodnight~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)