The survival alert has been officially lifted, meaning the Infected Bodies in the Inner City and Buffer Zone have been completely eradicated.

Cheng Ye tried calling Luo Xiaoxue, but was informed that residents' communication access would not be available until 72 hours later.

He had to dial the public line at the checkpoint first, then transfer through using the public line access.

"Sister Luo, is everything alright at home?"

"No worries, no worries. I've been keeping an eye on your Zone B-7. In the first half of the night, it turned yellow, but then it kept flipping between red and yellow during the latter half. It finally settled by morning; it scared me."

You could hear Luo Xiaoxue take a deep breath, "Are you hurt?"

"No, Infected Bodies keep coming into Zone B-7 here, so it changes colors frequently."

"That's good."

Luo Xiaoxue paused, then her tone changed, "The checkpoint won't open for the next 7 days. Come over when you're free, we need to talk about some things face to face. Yiyi has been missing you too, asking every day why Cheng Ye brother hasn't come to play with her."

"Alright, I'll go home to rest tonight and come over tomorrow!"

Cheng Ye understood that Luo Xiaoxue was avoiding saying too much over the public line, fearing it might be monitored.

But from her tone, he could also tell that even with the infection tide past, Luo Xiaoxue was more tense than relieved, contrary to what one might think.

After hanging up, he transferred the call to Miao Yang's number.

"Director Miao, is everything okay on your side?"

"Inspector Cheng?"

Miao Yang's voice carried a hint of tiredness, "I'm fine. I was out fighting a few rounds late last night and took down two Junior Fusion Bodies."

"Impressive, the old skills are still sharp!"

"Those guys even barged into our community. Do they really think no one here can handle them?"

Praised by Cheng Ye, Miao Yang's tone became more animated.

But as soon as he finished speaking, several unfamiliar voices broke into the call, "Old Miao, who is it? Who still has permission to call during such special times?"

"Yeah, the authorities are now afraid to open access, worried about disturbances in the Buffer Zone. Not many have the privilege to make a call!"

"Let me see, this public number... why is it from the checkpoint?"

"It is the checkpoint. Yes, Inspector Cheng called me!"

Miao Yang seemed to have put on speaker mode, his voice was a bit louder, "Ah, no, no, I just know the Inspector in passing..."

Eh?

Cheng Ye raised an eyebrow, leaned close to the receiver, and raised his voice, "Director Miao, you must take care of yourself. Even us young folks struggle to endure an all-nighter."

"Oh, Inspector Cheng, don't worry about me, I'm healthy as ever!"

Just by hearing the voice, Cheng Ye could imagine Miao Yang smiling from ear to ear, full of excitement.

"That's good, I'll hang up now."

"Alright, alright, call me anytime if there's any issue, I'll be there at once!"

Providing emotional support, this is what I do best.

Miao Yang may not have a Level 4 Skill, but with the Collector upgraded, it can search for a Level 2 Skill as long as the synergizing value is reached.

As long as there's enough charging value, it shouldn't take long to collect the Four Forces from Miao Yang to fulfill the second phase of New Martial's needs.

The remaining contacts, Cheng Ye flipped through the directory, deciding to talk after the residents' communication access is opened.

First, making calls now requires public line transfer, it's inevitably monitored, making many things inconvenient to discuss.

Second, he didn't want the checkpoint to have a clear map of his social network.

"Long!"

Called by Cheng Ye, Long hurriedly walked over, "Inspector Cheng, your commands."

"No rush in collecting corpses, take it slow, avoid stirring trouble. Take note of my address, phone won't reach me these days, come find me directly if there's anything."

Thinking of possible side effects of Blue Medicine, Cheng Ye added, "Right, if I'm resting, you can find Huang Sheng, I'll have him coordinate with you."

Long nodded with a hearty smile, unable to hide the excitement in his eyes.

Standing at the wind's edge, even a pig can fly.

Now that the Celestial Essence Community caught the Inspector's eyes, with a two million Contribution Points investment, it's hard not to soar!

As for whether anyone might get jealous, cause trouble.

After respectfully seeing off Cheng Ye with Huang Sheng and the others, a hint of ferocity flashed in Long's eyes as he approached Er Long, who was brooding by the wall.

"I don't care how much Zhang Can struck you, the community is set for a major expansion. The kids in the shantytown are sure to be envious. Go and give them a message.

For the time being, anyone who dares enter the community... no, even anyone who enters our B7 to cause trouble, I'll lead people to wipe out his whole family, even if they flee to the ruins!"

Er Long stood, nodding dully.

The gentleness in front of Cheng Ye was merely a Disguise shrouding both of them, a requisite skill to survive in the man-eating Wasteland.

The real essence, only they know, what was sacrificed, what was experienced, as they climbed from the disbanded legion to where they stand today.

Before leaving, Er Long asked, "What about the neighboring communities?"

"No need to bother with them."

Long clenched his fist, his tone brimming with undeniable confidence, "With Inspector Cheng's investment, Elder Qu will negotiate with them. If any are truly discontent, I'll tackle them one by one, there's been more than one or two communities that have succumbed to my fists over the years."

"Anyone thinking of stepping over us to rise at this time should first ask whether the Poison Hand Dragon agrees."

The number of cakes to share in the Buffer Zone has suddenly reduced, but the total size of the cake hasn't shrunk. It may even increase from top-level support.

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