Chapter 599: Chapter 210: Secrets of the Old Era, Ability Amplifier! (Part 3)
"Awesome! So awesome!"
Because he previously found the Heart-Protecting Fire, which immunizes against spiritual contamination, he now has the qualification to step out of Dapo Town.
Thinking about confronting unknown threats head-on and having more means to save his life, Cheng Ye suppressed all his complex emotions and gently pressed the final item search.
Several obscure characters flashed across the panel, quickly condensing into clear text:
[Search successful!]
[Liu Kun (Extraordinary Coexistence State)]
[Searchable item range assessment:....]
[Search successful, you have obtained a special item - Scorching Eagle Fire Bowl]
?
Another fire bowl?!
Is Director Liu... specializing in wholesale bowls?
Cheng Ye was somewhat bewildered, but the changes on the panel didn’t stop. It actually triggered a fusion like a skill:
[Detected similar item in storage space (Original Scorching Eagle Fire Bowl), stacking fusion in progress...]
[Scorching Eagle Fire Bowl fusion complete! You have obtained a new item: Scorching Eagle’s Resting Cauldron]
...
"Huh?"
Cheng Ye was completely stunned, "Items can actually fuse too?"
If skill fusion is same-source information flow, it can be understood, but item fusion is too bizarre.
What is the criterion for this determination?
Moreover, there were three flames in the previous fire bowl, and the flame couldn’t even absorb 10%, would it all be gone after fusion?
Countless thoughts emerged, but despite the surprise, there is no way to verify now.
And after three searches, the items have consumed 50% charge, two skill usages consumed 5%, the number in the upper right corner only has a paltry 5% left.
"I need to think of a way to replenish energy..."
Cheng Ye pondered, his gaze falling back onto the panel, where Liu Kun remained unchanged.
This search has been a series of doubts throughout.
The process went more smoothly than ever, the strength boosts are tangible, yet this "smoothness" itself carries an inexplicable eeriness.
Thinking of those two unbelievably low collaboration rates, could it be Happiness City’s Elder making a visit?
"Cheng Ye, you have three minutes to prepare." Harlem’s voice interrupted his thoughts, "Also remind you, it’s almost dawn."
After Ding Yishan left, he never returned, as if he had already confirmed his choice.
Only Harlem, the deputy station master, remained to wrap things up.
He came over holding a stack of documents and sat down, his tone a bit softer than before, "I share the same opinion with Director Liu, a Destruction Level infection source is not something an Intern Inspector can tackle. Or, even if I enter, any High-level Inspector enters, the success rate wouldn’t be much higher than yours."
He paused, then added, "But I know what you are thinking right now, so I won’t directly advise you to give up."
"First, about the classification of infection sources!"
Harlem’s tone suddenly became serious, reminiscent of when Cheng Ye first met him in the intern training camp, his voice was clear and strong, "Like disaster levels, infection tide levels, infection sources are also divided into group, tide, plague, disaster, destruction, and extinction six levels. These six levels represent: If the infection source erupts fully, the maximum destructive power can reach the level of a tide of the same level."
"You are about to face a Destruction Level infection source. Since the New Era, there has been a record of four eruptions of Destruction Level infection tides, with an average casualty of 1.72 million people per eruption, destroying an average land area of 170,000 square kilometers."
"But note that the ’Destruction Level’ of an infection source differs from a tide, the former represents its post-eruption destructive power limit. If found and contained before eruption, its threat level might decrease to Disaster Level. Since the New Era, the Fire Alliance has documented the containment of 2,927 Destruction Level infection sources; 130,585 have been sealed resulting in waste lands. Based on this ratio, the containment probability is roughly 2%, so your risk-taking is not entirely without opportunity."
There are surprisingly over ten thousand Destruction Level infection sources that, to this day, have not been contained?
Cheng Ye felt secretly astonished, though his face remained calm, nodding slightly to signal Harlem to continue.
"Second, regarding the infection source state you are about to face."
Harlem’s tone remained steady, "The activity level of outdoor infection sources is divided into dormant, awakening, outbreak, and full-scale outbreak stages."
"Currently, on the wasteland, most high-risk infection sources remain in the dormant state, which is completely harmless. As long as it can be detected and contained timely, it won’t cause any adverse impact."
"A minority of high-risk infection sources are in the awakening state, where the infection source passively releases capabilities, affecting the surrounding environment. Like your discovery of the Ghost Water Cave Crab, its release of Poison Water Crystals falls under passive capability triggering."
"Only a very few high-risk infection sources will enter the outbreak state, in this state... Stand-In Starfish."
Harlem’s gaze darkened, "Once the Stand-In Starfish enters the outbreak phase, it will leave its original dormant location, actively seeking targets to ’detonate’ itself, ultimately entering a full-scale outbreak state, causing large-scale contamination."
"So the infection source affecting Dapo Town is still in the awakening state?" Cheng Ye continued asking, quickly sorting through known information.
Harlem provided a surprising answer, "Strictly speaking, the one affecting Dapo Town can only be counted as half an infection source."
"Half?" Cheng Ye frowned, not understanding this statement.
"Yes, its full scientific name is: ’Multiple Extraordinary Hybrid Compound’."
Harlem explained, "It was born during the most active five years for extraordinaries in the Old Era, its principle similar to grafting of fruit trees or biological gene mixing, forcibly merging multiple extraordinary entities together, enabling their capabilities to complement, mutually catalyze, ultimately creating unbelievable mighty power of the century. This compound’s intrinsic capability is already complex, after being infected by the S4 virus, all capabilities underwent mutation and recombination, ultimately forming a contamination capability humans cannot comprehend."
