Wasteland Border Inspector-Chapter 143 - 86: Rapid-Charge Energy Refill, Major Pedestrian Street Plan! (Double-Length)
"The infection wave just passed, and people’s hearts are unsettled, it’s inevitable."
Master Tian sighed, "Go ahead, leave the keys and work card with me."
The driver handed the bus keys and work card to Master Tian and hurriedly walked out of the parking lot, his back showing clear signs of anxiety.
"Inspector Cheng, why don’t you rest for a bit, lunch break still has an hour left, or should I take you directly to find the engineer?"
Cheng Ye pondered for a moment, pointing to the bus next door, "Who is the driver of this bus, do you know?"
"It’s Old Lv, he’s sitting right outside the lounge."
"Ask him to come over and move the bus, 80% charge is enough for today."
"Hmm?" Master Tian was startled but did not question why Cheng Ye said that, and immediately went to call him over.
Upon hearing someone call to move the bus, Old Lv was a bit puzzled, but after hearing the word inspector, he ran faster than Master Tian.
"Inspector Cheng, I’ll move it right away, going to work now!"
Master Lv, who was bald, even broke into a slight sweat on his head, thinking he had been caught slacking off and made the inspector unhappy.
He apologized with nods and bows; the charging gun was pulled out haphazardly, almost hitting the charging post.
In no more than half a minute, the car quickly drove away from the charging post and left the parking lot.
"You reverse the car, and I’ll try the charging."
"Got it."
Master Tian handed over his work card, took the keys, got onto the bus, and started reversing.
Cheng Ye pulled out the charging gun, seemingly examining the inside, but in reality secretly slipping a pendant into it.
There was no difference from a slow charging post; the pendant immediately got stuck inside the charging post.
No matter if it works or not, you have to try to find out.
Cheng Ye had already decided, if the charging gun had issues, he would claim it was his first time using it and he wasn’t familiar, acting dumb to get away with it.
But if there was no problem, coming secretly to charge every so often would be fantastic!
He had to hurry and gain more power before autumn arrived and the hydroelectric power dried up. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞
Otherwise, in autumn and winter, when power supply couldn’t keep up, there’d be no place to charge no matter how bold one was.
Click.
The charging cap at the car’s rear popped open. Cheng Ye pretended to insert the gun, essentially not plugging it all the way in.
Returning to the charging station, his heart was in turmoil, swiping the work card lightly on the side.
The screen suddenly lit up, without the expected immediate error message.
[Battery status checking...]
A line of small text flashed by, bringing an extreme sense of tension.
After about twenty seconds, a delightful clunk sounded, and the direct current box fan also started, beginning to dissipate heat.
It worked!
Cheng Ye’s heart jumped heavily, and his whole body shivered as if he had been electrified.
The panel opened, and the lightning symbol in the top right corner was neither the light gray of household electricity nor the dark gray of a slow charging post, but the hopeful, smile-inducing...
Green!
[Current energy replenishment efficiency: Normal (lv.3 energy)]
[Time until full charge: 3.07h]
At the same time, Cheng Ye noticed that the number displayed on the screen was exactly the same as the numbers on the collector panel.
Both were 21%.
This pendant actually has an adaptive charging function!
"Awesome!" Cheng Ye didn’t intend to charge fully here, but just an hour would bring over a 10% energy boost.
Just this one-and-a-half-hour lunch break was enough to charge up to 70%.
"Let’s go and rest."
Cheng Ye waved his hand, and Master Tian, suspecting nothing, walked with him to the lounge.
After sitting for about twenty minutes, the charging value shot up to 30%.
At this moment, the lounge door was pushed open, and three middle-aged men holding a stack of documents hurriedly walked in.
Although Cheng Ye said to wait until the lunch break ended, how could the guards really let him wait?
As soon as they entered, they reported, and the three engineers, upon receiving the notification, immediately got their documents ready and came over.
"Inspector Cheng, we are the engineers responsible for old district reconstruction, my surname is Liu."
"Engineer Liu, sorry to disturb your rest."
Cheng Ye stood up, extending his hand for a handshake.
Engineer Liu was flattered, quickly gesturing to the two engineers behind him to bring in the tables, and then turned to the drivers in the lounge:
"I need to discuss reconstruction with Inspector Cheng, please go back to your buses for a while."
Inspector Cheng?
Upon hearing Engineer Liu’s greeting, some drivers had already stood up and headed out.
After the words were spoken, Master Tian, not daring to stay, quickly waved his hand, opening the door to leave.
"The instructions from above have been issued, Zone B-7 has a budget of 20,000 Contribution Points, how does Inspector Cheng plan to reconstruct it?"
Engineer Liu spread out the map, finding the B-7 area, already marked in red pen.
"I want to reconstruct this pedestrian street area, demolishing and rebuilding all existing houses!"
"All of them?"
Engineer Liu pondered for a moment, "This would probably cost around 3,000 points, but if Celestial Essence Community provides labor, it should only take 1,000 points, primarily covering some machinery fees and waste disposal costs, all calculated at the lowest cost."
"No problem."
Cheng Ye nodded, "The pedestrian street should be divided into three areas, one for scavengers to set up stalls, one for the community to open shops, and the rest I plan to open a factory in, though I haven’t determined exactly what kind of factory yet, the infrastructure needs to be laid out before autumn."
He paused, emphasizing, "Especially the electricity part, lay the largest specifications of cable for me, I... have an electricity shortage phobia, it may not be needed, but it cannot be absent."
"Rest assured Inspector Cheng, we will certainly do it to the highest standards, ensuring your satisfaction!"
Engineer Liu nodded immediately, not questioning at all.
Instructions from above were clear, no matter what Cheng Ye requested, the Public Works Bureau must try to satisfy.
Not to mention just strengthening infrastructure, even if it meant tearing down Celestial Essence Mall for renovations, they would have to take on the job.
"Shall we go over how to build it, piece by piece?"
"Sure, you’re the professionals, propose a plan, and I’ll just listen."
Professional matters are for professionals to handle.
Cheng Ye did not overstep, trying to impose modern ideas on the planning of this pedestrian street.
From the most basic water and electricity pipeline renovation plans, to the sewage pipe routing, drainage system expansion designs, to the optimization and adjustment of transportation routes within the community...
Engineer Liu explained each detail, the pen sweeping across the drawings, marking time points and budget amounts on the side as he spoke.
"Autumn is coming soon, once the summer rain belt leaves Chuan City, construction can fully commence. Winter may require a pause in work, but by next spring at the latest, the entire pedestrian street will be fully established."
Cheng Ye nods in agreement, once again truly tasting the convenience brought by power.
No need to personally oversee everything, only setting a direction, others will fill in the details along the way.
This sense of control, alongside the steadily rising charge level on the panel, brought him an indescribable sense of security.
It was a small fortune amidst the chaos, where everyone was running for survival, yet he could stand in a relatively safe place, steadily gathering strength step by step.
Awesome!
After discussing for over an hour, the charge level had surged to 67%.
"Engineer Liu, I think the stall area is more or less settled..."
After chatting a bit more, seeing that the charge reached 70%, Cheng Ye was just about to find an excuse to end the discussion, to have a reason to return to the Public Works Bureau for "stealing power" next time.
However, just then, the Defense Communication device rang. Upon answering, he saw it was the inspection station’s public number.
"Sorry, I need to take this call."
Engineer Liu and the others exchanged glances, promptly withdrawing outside, leaving the lounge to him alone.
"Hello?"
"Inspector Cheng?"
"Yes, Long?" Cheng Ye was startled for a moment, not expecting it to be Long’s voice on the other end of the line.
Could he have been caught by the inspection station?
It shouldn’t be, the inspection station is closed, and the inspectors are on vacation.
"Inspector Cheng, it’s like this..."
Long was also taken aback, quickly explaining, "We just caught an outsider in the community, sneaking around to find out about you, we’ve tied him up."
"He couldn’t provide an identity badge, only saying he could contact you by pressing this number on his Defense Communication device."
"What?"
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