Wasteland Border Inspector-Chapter 324 - 136: Making a Comeback, Dawn of a New Era! (Double-Length)
"Not many." Ding Yishan held out his hand and made a "5" gesture.
"Is that enough people?"
"To protect some potential seedlings." Ding Yishan explained, "This time is a perfect opportunity, I’m planning to send them out to test the waters."
"Seedlings?" Yu Hong pondered, nodding slightly, "That’s not a problem. I’ll arrange the personnel, and you can handle the coordination then."
"Great!"
As the words fell, the meeting room fell into a brief silence.
Yu Hong seemed to be contemplating which people to arrange for the security tasks, and after figuring everything out, he rattled off five names, all familiar to Ding Yishan.
After receiving Ding Yishan’s nod of approval, he continued, "When do you plan to become Extraordinary?"
"No rush." Ding Yishan smiled, "I need to leave some motivation for Harlem, otherwise the checkpoints... may not really get active."
"You’re so carefree, just don’t mess it up."
Remembering the scenes from when Ding Yishan rose to power, Yu Hong stood up and left with a remark, leaving gracefully with his people.
Finally, only Ding Yishan and Liu Kun were left in the meeting room.
Their eyes met, and complex emotions were visible in each other’s eyes.
Two marginal figures suddenly becoming the core of the entire Happiness City in one day, who could have expected that?
Yet, that’s how reality was; just a few days had passed since their last meeting attendance?
The situation had taken a complete turn!
"Let’s go, Old Ding, we’ll talk outside."
Liu Kun stuffed the documents into his leather bag, sighed, and the two left the meeting room one after the other.
The staff at the door immediately flooded in to clean up.
After a whole day of meetings, the ground was filled with cigarette butts and nutrient paste bags, utterly messy.
There’s a high chance the meeting will continue tomorrow, and the holes in the walls need to be mended overnight.
Upon leaving the venue, Jiang Chuan hurried to approach, but his steps suddenly paused, pupils shrinking, disbelief flashing across his face.
"Sir, you..."
"Go start the car." Ding Yishan waved his hand, appearing a bit exhausted after the day’s toil, with an unmaskable hoarseness in his voice.
"Get in mine, I’ll give you a ride out."
Liu Kun picked up the conversation, leading Ding Yishan to the black pickup truck parked not far away.
Jiang Chuan, seeing this, had no choice but to start his car, following at a not too far, not too close distance behind the pickup.
His mind hasn’t wrapped around the situation yet; if his earlier perception wasn’t wrong, Ding Yishan had already reached Unity of Heaven and Man.
But he didn’t have it when entering the venue in the morning. What happened within a day that allowed someone stuck at a bottleneck for years to suddenly break through?
The black pickup drove out of the venue area, turning directly on the main road out of the city.
Both front seat windows were open, with the night wind sweeping through, ruffling the hair at their temples but unable to cool the burning thoughts in their hearts.
All the way in silence, both gazed ahead with tacit understanding, each pondering their thoughts.
Until the vehicle passed through the Gate of Happiness, entering the desolate Buffer Zone, then Liu Kun broke the silence, watching ahead as he asked, "Tell me, what happened today?"
"Nothing, no one provoked me." Ding Yishan shook his head with a laugh, tapping his fingers lightly on his knee, "I just... figured some things out."
"Have you decided?"
"Yes."
"Good that you decided." Liu Kun sighed, and the atmosphere inside the car fell silent again.
Until the pickup left the urban area, arriving at the somewhat desolate South Suburb, stopping at a few incomplete large construction sites, Liu Kun gently tapped the brake.
"I used to come here when I wanted to think, back when these construction sites weren’t here."
After getting out of the car, Liu Kun pointed to the distance:
"Although this place was within the Happiness Defense Line, no one dared to station here, and in the blink of years, I didn’t expect it to become lively now."
Just as he finished speaking, Jiang Chuan also stopped his car by the roadside. After getting out, he didn’t approach, standing at a not too far, not too close distance, intentionally giving the two their space.
Liu Kun paused briefly before pulling out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, handing one to Ding Yishan.
Snap.
After lighting up, the two stood side by side by the roadside, enjoying their time smoking.
Halfway through the cigarette, Liu Kun finally spoke, "Old Ding, there are some things I couldn’t tell you before you achieved Unity of Heaven and Man Realm because it was crucial to you truly becoming Extraordinary." 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂
"I understand." Ding Yishan nodded, pinching the cigarette butt with his fingers, "Actually, I had an inkling, just didn’t dare to ask."
"It’s different, you knew too little."
Liu Kun interrupted him, suddenly posing a question, "Guess how many Extraordinary people there are in Happiness City now?"
Ding Yishan hesitated, pondering, "Thirty people?"
That was already on the high side, including elders and the City Lord.
"Wrong!"
Liu Kun puffed out a smoke ring, his tone calm yet thunderous, "There are already over a hundred Extraordinary people."
Thud.
Ding Yishan felt a sudden heaviness in his heart; he never imagined that such terrifying entities similar to mother sources had silently accumulated so many in Happiness City.
It’s important to know that every Extraordinary person represents a belief. With so many beliefs intertwined and clashing, the consequences are unimaginable!
"But do you know why Carl Dickinson keeps wanting to win me over?"
Liu Kun noticed Ding Yishan’s confusion, but instead of answering directly, he posed another question.
"Why?"
"Because Extraordinary people are also classified into levels, and the ones they mass produce are at the bottom tier."
Liu Kun chuckled confidently, "Whatever belief you consolidated today, there’s no need to tell me, but you must understand, the strength of the belief determines how strong the Extraordinary Creatures you can bind are, such as..."
Before he finished speaking, he waved his hand lightly.
Whoosh.
In the blackness of night, a burst of flame suddenly flashed, and a Scorching Eagle with a wingspan over four meters suddenly appeared, spiraling in the sky and bringing with it scorching currents, its immense pressure instantly blanketing the surroundings.
