Wasteland Border Inspector-Chapter 320 - 135: Scorching Eagle Flame, A New Path! _3
Earlier, when he controlled the fledgling eagle’s body, the fledgling eagle was the main focus.
But now, the fledgling eagle is to be attached to him.
An imperceptible suction arose from within, and the fledgling eagle on the bed instantly vanished, returning to the Spiritual Body Space.
In the next moment, Cheng Ye felt a warmth on his forehead and instinctively turned to look in the mirror.
He saw a pale flame-like mark appear on his forehead, with several thin lines spreading from the corners of his eyes, resembling the wings of a Scorching Eagle.
Unfortunately, the fledgling eagle was too weak, and these marks were so faint that they were almost invisible without careful observation.
He took out a lighter and pressed it; the moment the blue flame rose, his body instinctively took a deep breath.
A miraculous scene unfolded.
Just like the fledgling eagle consuming flames, the lighter’s flame was actually inhaled through his mouth and nose.
There wasn’t the expected burning sensation and it didn’t feel choking; instead, it was like swallowing some kind of warm nutrient paste, with a taste wonderfully indescribable.
"Nutrient paste, a flame?"
Cheng Ye was slightly astonished.
But the understanding in the coexistence state naturally matched the two, and everything happened smoothly.
As for the taste... it was bland with a hint of a faint fishy sweetness, reminiscent of the aroma of egg yolks wafting from afar.
"Alright then, I’m actually tasting the lighter... Hmm, should I say it’s the taste of butane?"
Cheng Ye chuckled, the experience of "no longer being human" was indeed peculiar.
If placed in modern times, just with this, he might easily be considered a person of extraordinary ability.
After sucking for about a minute or so, Cheng Ye felt a fullness akin to having eaten a meal.
This should be the so-called trace limit, which was truly pitifully small; the body didn’t feel anything at all, even less than the recuperative power brought by the wild grass totem.
But considering it’s a Level 0 whiteboard skill, reaching this stage is already quite surprising.
As for hovering...
Cheng Ye didn’t dare to actually jump from the fifth floor to test it, instead trying lightly jumping from the bed to the ground.
Just as his feet were about to touch the ground, he stomped down hard with his left foot.
A wondrous sensation came, as if stepping on an invisible air brick, and his body bizarrely hovered for half a second, even lifting slightly upwards.
However, the next second, the flame mark on his forehead and the wing lines at the corners of his eyes suddenly faded.
The first coexistence state ends!
In the Spiritual Body Space, the fledgling eagle noticeably drooped, its little head hanging down, lying motionlessly on the ground.
Evidently, that moment of ability sharing had exhausted all its strength.
"Not bad, not bad."
Cheng Ye rubbed his hands, eyes shining, "If used cleverly, even falling from a height now gives an extra layer of life-saving assurance."
The feeling of stepping on air was truly wondrous, like stepping on a fluffy cloud, brief yet clear.
He was keen to try again, but then noticed an alert in the ability panel:
[Scorching Eagle Coexistence State: 00:59:47]
"An hour of cooldown time?"
Cooldown time wasn’t unfamiliar, but such a straightforward display still brought Cheng Ye a slight delight.
Considering those Extraordinary without collectors, they could never grasp the state of Extraordinary Creatures so clearly.
And this ability to directly observe, if used well in the right direction, would only become more helpful in the future!
"Still hungry?"
Cheng Ye summoned the fledgling eagle, igniting the lighter, the blue flame dancing on his fingertips.
But the little creature just lay feebly on the bed, not even bothering to lift its eyelids; evidently, it wasn’t hungry but had depleted some kind of essential force.
So there was no way around it.
Cheng Ye smiled helplessly. Before traveling through time, he had raised dogs, knew how to feed and walk them, but raising an extraordinary fledgling eagle was unheard of, let alone having any experience.
Tomorrow, he’d make a trip to the Survival Library and see if there are books on feeding Extraordinary Creatures.
He squatted by the bed, poking the fledgling eagle’s bare spine: "Calling you ’fledgling eagle,’ ’Scorching Eagle chick,’ is too much."
Cheng Ye pondered, his mind flashing back to the light flame mark on his forehead after the coexistence state.
"How about calling you Flame? Let’s use that as your nickname for now; your real name can wait until you’ve grown some impressive feathers!"
"Eyaa!"
Flame lifted its head, feebly chirping as if in agreement. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮
"Alright, consider that consent then."
Cheng Ye laughed, rubbing its little head.
Looking at the little guy’s feeble state, he inexplicably felt a bit of heartache.
Fortunately, this state didn’t last long; about half an hour later, Flame regained its vigor, fluttering around the bedsheets, searching for something to peck at.
Once the coexistence state’s cooldown period completely ended, it was fully revived, pecking and rubbing against Cheng Ye’s fingers, showing no sign of previous exhaustion.
This precisely confirmed Cheng Ye’s hypothesis: the consumption during the symbiosis fusion state was the energy from the Extraordinary Creature, not directly related to him as the host.
New-age humans really did pave a new path to access Extraordinary, shifting risks to Extraordinary Creatures while reaping the power benefits themselves.
But this approach...
Remembering Towns saying that enough obsession was needed to resist Extraordinary Creature contamination, it meant risks never disappeared, but merely raised the threshold for obtaining Extraordinary Power.
Now it is far from the time when any ordinary person could freely wield power with Extraordinary items.
This "obsession screening" mechanism greatly reduced the likelihood of Extraordinary losing control, and obsession itself constrained the actions of the Extraordinary, preventing further destruction to the Wasteland, thus maintaining the delicate balance between ordinary people and the Extraordinary.
