Entering Area E.

The epoxy flooring shone brightly as second-generation rich kids gathered on both sides, discussing the infectious outbreak, either glad to have survived, fearful of another outbreak, or worried about the impending danger.

Not until they spotted Cheng Ye striding in, their excitement was instantly drenched as if by a bucket of ice water.

Whoa.

The crowd scattered like birds and beasts, wishing they could fly away, as if they had seen the plague god, with the sound of doors slamming shut one after another.

Poor Jamie's red-haired young successor stood there dumbfounded, already left alone as the crowd disappeared.

When Cheng Ye's gaze met his, his knees went weak, but he still bit his lip and stumbled into the room, his hand trembling as he closed the door.

"Inspector... Inspector Cheng?"

"Am I that scary?" Cheng Ye was puzzled, he had only flaunted his authority once, right?

Why did it feel like he was at the inspection station every day, bullying these rich kids.

But he forgot, there in the Wasteland, people didn't have modern channels of information, where a quick swipe through short videos could bring a flood of information in minutes.

Life in the Buffer Zone was monotonous, you either lounged and browsed magazines at home or gathered a few acquaintances to play poker, with the remaining time passed in idle chat.

And idle chat was the easiest to ferment.

Within the conversation, when the first person exaggerated, the second would follow up with even more exaggerations.

If you say Cheng Ye is terrifying, I have to say he's even more terrifying than that.

Not to mention Ding Yishan specifically pointed out in meetings to focus on nurturing him, those Western Inspectors, although they didn't visit the medical station, turned back around to warn their offspring to stay away from that Inspector Cheng.

So now when the rich kids saw him, they naturally feared him as if he were a duty station chief.

"It's... all done!"

The red-haired young man offered up the badge with both hands, afraid of dropping it due to trembling, finally awkwardly blessing, "Wish you a smooth and safe day!"

Cheng Ye accepted it, muttering inwardly, as he turned towards the quarantine Area A.

Fear if you must, perhaps Wang Kang would come to patrol at the North Station next week, by then dropping his name, these rich kids would probably be as obedient as they were now, not daring to be as arrogant as when he first arrived.

Elsewhere.

The checkpoint just rebooted, currently with no outbound vehicles queued, the passage was stipulated to officially open tomorrow.

But today was Cheng Ye's last day on duty at the North Station, no matter how lively it got here tomorrow, he couldn't make it in time.

But it was no big deal, he could turn to the South Station, where the Eastern People were stationed, it might not be any less lively than here.

"Huh, isn't Scoppy here today?"

Cheng Ye glanced towards quarantine Area A from a distance, but the usual Scoppy who would be waiting for him there was nowhere to be seen today.

His steps paused, then he suddenly figured out the reason.

Previously, the Westerners assigned Scoppy to follow him, purely out of fear he might die at the North Station, provoking those four Fifth-Phase Easterners into banding together against the Westerners.

But the situation was different now, according to Lin Bao, Zhou Changhai had likely already sided with the Westerners, and internally, the Easterners were no longer united.

Even if something unfortunate really happened to him, the Easterners might not band together anymore.

More importantly, Ding Yishan had openly stated he'd focus on grooming him.

This remark essentially detached him from the "Eastern Camp," making him an independent individual, so the Westerners naturally had no need to assign someone to watch him, lest they appear to monitor the person of focus.

Figuring out these connections, Cheng Ye felt unexpectedly relieved.

While having Scoppy around as a watchman did provide an extra layer of safety, even trivial matters like stealing electricity had to be guarded against him, which was really binding.

Besides, if he encountered a danger he couldn't handle now, Scoppy would likely be the first to flee, staying might not help at all.

"Sir, you're here!"

Behind the isolation gate, Raven and Owl stood on either side, their backs straight and spirits high.

With the infectious outbreak ravaging the Buffer Zone, others were fighting for their lives outside, but the guards and observers at the checkpoint took refuge in the quarantine zone, resting for a whole seven days, now obviously refreshed.

The isolation gate slid open with a "swish" to the right, revealing the clean passage beyond.

Cheng Ye walked through, breathing in the familiar scent of disinfectant, suddenly sensing a strange comfort of returning home.

Especially when he caught sight of the garage shed not far away, a grin spread across his face.

The charging piles of the Public Works Bureau were good, but he always feared being caught using them, causing trouble later.

But within the inspection station, he could use the slow charging pile as he pleased, who would dare investigate him?

"Call up all the guards for duty today."

As Cheng Ye walked towards the garage, he instructed in a deep voice, "Rotate shifts every hour, ensure everyone can enter battle mode at any time!"

"Yes, Sir!"

Raven and Owl responded in unison.

With the Collector charging, Cheng Ye routinely inspected the quarantine area.

By his and Scoppy's release of inmates, on the last day, only 97 people were left.

However, upon entering, Cheng Ye found that only the first 17 compartments were occupied.

"Sir, over the last seven days, there have been 21 people whose infections flared up, although we administered timely rescue, we still couldn't save the people in the same compartments as the Infected Bodies and had to conduct humanitarian processing according to regulations."

Twenty-eight fewer people, yet there were 21 Infected Bodies.

This ratio was already quite good, proving at least the inspection station's quarantine system was effective.

"How long have the remaining people been detained?"

"All have been over 21 days now."

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