"Rest assured, sir, there's absolutely no need to dip into the budget!"

Er Long laughed even more joyfully, as if he had completely stepped out of Zhang Can's shadow.

Seeing Cheng Ye slightly frown, he quickly explained, "It's like this, the people who used to live on Pedestrian Street were all infected, and they left behind... well, an inheritance, and quite a bit of it."

"Every house we pry open, we can basically find dozens or even hundreds of currency, enough to pay wages. There are also weapons and ammunition, those hard currencies, plus the steel, wood, and glass we salvaged have all been reused. Isn't the mall undergoing repairs these days? Many of the building materials were hauled from there, not a bit wasted."

"Additionally, we've come across some rare items, and I've put them aside for you, sir. Would you like to take a look?"

"Rare items?"

Cheng Ye waved his hand with a smile, "Let's wait until the demolition is complete, just keep the unrecognized items for now, don't lightly sell them off at the market."

"Understood! Er Long understands!"

In contrast to Long's honest and straightforward nature, Er Long was clearly more cunning, which was actually a good thing.

In such a large community, if everyone was as naive as Long, that would indeed be problematic.

Now, with both good and bad, him controlling the overall situation is not bad. Celestial Essence Community will only keep developing better and better.

After inspecting the community, Cheng Ye strolled over to the Public Works Bureau.

It had only been two days since the last incident of electricity theft, logically, he should be laying low.

But the speed of developments on Pedestrian Street was so fast, he had to visit the Public Works Bureau to make it "reasonable."

Opened the panel.

After two days of charging in the hospital, nearly 80 kilowatt-hours were replenished, the charging value had risen to 31%.

Searching for a Level 2 skill was sufficient, but it still fell short of the 50% requirement for skill fusion.

Additionally, Cheng Ye's eyes fell on the skill bar.

"I'm still learning Moving Shooting, I've already grasped about 40%, at this rate, the skill slot will be occupied at least until mid-next month."

The innate bonus's transformation is undoubtedly terrifying, but the benefits of skills are higher.

Once mastered and fully understood, even if unloaded, the full ability can be retained.

However, there are exceptions, like Wild Grass Physique, if unloaded, an important ability would be lost.

He has tested it, and if unloaded, the energy absorption speed bonus will instantly vanish.

So, it must permanently occupy a slot.

"As for Beast Intuition... it's currently of no use to me. I've already mastered killing intent and can fully rely on intuition in combat instead of thinking."

"Moreover... soon, I'll be able to search for Tiger Power, which is a further advanced skill."

Cheng Ye reviewed his skill bar arrangement, there's one slot currently free.

When training with Wang Kang at night, he planned to search for Miao Yang and start learning one of the Four Forces.

Considering the Level 2 Skill only has a 50% success rate, charging it to 75% would give full confidence.

Ready to act, compared to last time's cautious approach.

While at the charging station, Cheng Ye waited a moment, then saw a bus drive in.

How coincidental.

It was the same bus he had sneaked power from the day before yesterday.

"Mister, let me help you charge the bus, you better hurry home to see if someone has burgled your house!"

"You are...?"

The middle-aged man who got off was a bit puzzled. Seeing the badge that Cheng Ye took out, he was immediately startled.

Absent-mindedly, he handed over the keys and work card, and walked dumbfounded out of the parking lot.

At the entrance.

"Old Zhang, what's your relation with Inspector Cheng? You seem pretty familiar?"

"Inspector Cheng?" Master Zhang suddenly paused, looking baffled, "That was the Inspector?"

"Yes, didn't you know?"

"I didn't know, he seemed familiar with me, but I..."

Master Zhang was perplexed, yet saw Cheng Ye approaching with the plug already in hand, "The Buffer Zone's been unstable lately, the situation at this mister's home is urgent, keep an extra eye on him, don't make things difficult for him."

"Understood! Inspector Cheng rest assured!"

The guard immediately saluted, his attitude was one of utmost respect.

"Inspector... Inspector Cheng?" Master Zhang finally processed what had happened, his expression was one of shock and joy, stumbling over his words.

"Work hard, the operation of the Buffer Zone relies on hardworking folks like you, although work is busy, always make sure to take care of home first, with a stable home front, you can push forward worry-free."

He paused, then added, "If you're being harassed or don't feel safe living there, you can report my name at Celestial Essence Community, move over to there, at least you can sleep peacefully at night."

With that, Cheng Ye left gracefully.

Master Zhang was left standing there, dumbfounded for quite some time.

Cheng Ye's words of "report my name" echoed in his ears, while his heart pounded faster and faster.

The idea of getting involved with the Inspector was daunting, but who didn't know that Zone B-7 was the most stable area of the Buffer Zone now?

Being able to live there, Master Zhang clenched his fists tightly, the prior confusion turning completely into excitement!

His wife had been nagging about the safety of their home, and his child often got startled awake by noises at night.

If they could really move to Celestial Essence Community, even a shack at the edge would be better than living in fear!

"Let's go! We'll pack up right now!"

Slightly turning his head, Cheng Ye's peripheral vision caught Master Zhang almost running away, and a faint trace of a smile appeared on his lips.

People fear living aimlessly, not knowing what they can do and what they cannot.

Understanding factional conflicts, ideological disputes, and now that he's caught on to the Buffer Zone's rules, he's becoming even more adept.

Since he's become the vanguard for the Idealist Faction, it's time to wield power to win over people's hearts.

Even if outsiders find out, they wouldn't be surprised, instead, they'd see him as earnestly implementing his ideals.

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