Wasteland Border Inspector-Chapter 317 - 134: Stepping Into the Extraordinary, Scorching Eagle Coexistence State!
Fortunately, he was prepared in advance. He immediately groped for the Yellow Bag Nutrient Paste on the ground, tore open the package, and poured it into his mouth.
A terrifying thing happened.
The nutrient paste, which usually needed to be chewed and swallowed to be digested, skipped all steps this time.
Cheng Ye didn’t even taste it before the liquid seemed to fall into a black hole, disappearing instantly into his mouth, leaving only a faint hint of coolness.
This...
He was startled, but he couldn’t afford to think about it.
Because this time the feeling of hunger, unlike when equipped with the Wild Grass Physique, felt like every cell in his body craved energy.
Instead, it was his soul.
An emptiness from the depths of his soul, as if an invisible hand was pulling at his consciousness, requiring a vast amount of energy to fill.
Ten bags, twenty bags, fifty bags...
In the blink of an eye, he drank all one hundred bags he had received, along with twenty bags from Wang Kang’s box.
Cheng Ye could clearly feel that his body’s needs had been satisfied, but the hunger from his soul hadn’t diminished at all.
Or more precisely, the feeling of connection from the chicks continued to transmit a strong desire.
It seemed that simply drinking nutrient paste wasn’t enough?
Could it be... he needed flame?
Cheng Ye frowned, forcing himself to endure the dizziness, and groped under the table for a lighter. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦
With a click, a ghostly blue flame danced at his fingertips.
The previously listless chick on the bed immediately perked up, flapping around and rustling the sheets.
As Cheng Ye slowly approached, an even more miraculous scene occurred.
The chick actually stretched out its head and gently inhaled the flame.
The flame seemed to come alive, flowing into its beak tip, lighting up a red glow in its bare throat.
Can it really eat fire?
Cheng Ye was astonished, his eyes widening.
But the flame from the lighter was too weak, of poor quality, and not only did it fail to alleviate the hunger, but it seemed to add fuel to the fire of dry wood, intensifying the soul-level craving and even causing him a sharp pain.
After some thought, he gritted his teeth and simply pulled out the pendant, taking out the fire basin concealed within.
A three-legged small cauldron appeared in the center of the room, no larger than a stool. Its jade-like body emitted a warm luster, and in an instant, the room’s temperature seemed to rise by over ten degrees before returning to normal in the blink of an eye, leaving only a faint warmth lingering around the cauldron.
The three legs of the small cauldron were entirely composed of feathers, firm and flickering with firelight.
The body of the cauldron was engraved with two simple yet mysterious patterns, interwoven like the veins of a flame.
Inside the cauldron, three orange-red flames danced side by side, each snuggling against a leg, silent yet fervent.
Visibly, the chick’s spirit grew more vigorous, and while Cheng Ye hesitated, not knowing how to feed it, this little fellow actually flapped and wriggled forward.
"Does it want to enter the fire basin?"
Cheng Ye hesitated for a moment, then cautiously pinched the chick and placed it at the edge of the fire basin.
With a plop.
The little guy eagerly fell in, landing beside the orange-red dry wood flame inside the cauldron, and immediately opened its little mouth to suck greedily.
Wisps of flame were drawn into its belly like streams of water, and its previously bare body faintly emitted a golden sheen.
At the same time, the hunger from the depths of his soul began to diminish rapidly.
In less than half a minute, a familiar feeling of satiety surged like a tide, warm and solid.
"It worked?"
Cheng Ye sighed in relief, watching the chick in the fire basin contentedly letting out a small burp, and couldn’t help but smile.
From his vantage point, the dry wood flames hadn’t diminished much, still maintaining their vigorous dance.
He opened the Collector, using the panel to observe the changes in the fire basin.
As expected, a percentage appeared after the firewood column, showing 99.3% remaining.
In correspondence, after feeding, the duration of Firewood Power for this Collector reduced by 10 minutes.
"Good, if it only needs this much at a time, it can be fed for many days!"
Cheng Ye let out a long breath of relief.
This was truly an unexpected surprise; otherwise, he would have had to go out to find fire, unsure of how much trouble it would take.
With that thought, he glanced at the charging value in the upper right corner of the panel.
Having searched Liu Kun during the day, he charged using a regular socket, and it’s now back up by 4%.
Taking out the chick cost 1% of the charging value, and Cheng Ye put the fire basin back into the pendant.
Unlike the Inspector’s quartet, which had room for explanation if discovered, this fire basin, although merely the Scorching Eagle’s lunch box, was undeniably an Extraordinary Item.
Spending an extra 1% of charging value each time is worth it; if discovered, the consequences would be dire.
With the nutrient paste packaging scattered all over the ground, Cheng Ye quickly swept them into a trash bag, planning to throw them out the next day.
After finishing all this, he sat back on the bed and began to study what Extraordinary Power "Heart-Protecting Fire" had brought.
During the fusion earlier, he vaguely felt that this time the physical enhancement was very limited, not even as apparent as the changes brought by the Wild Grass Physique last time.
Perhaps his physical fitness had already hit a bottleneck, making it increasingly difficult to stack values higher.
Or perhaps the Level 1 extraordinary skill wasn’t enough for his body to complete a thorough transformation.
The chick wriggled on the sheet, its bare body twisting and turning, looking particularly lively, though somewhat comical without feathers.
Cheng Ye glanced at it with a smile, opened the panel, and accessed his personal page.
To his extreme surprise, this time, the page refreshed early without the need for sleep.
And.
...
[Collector: Cheng Ye]
[Current Position Level: Level 2 Newcomer (17.1/100)]
[Life Level: 1]
[Skills: Heart-Protecting Fire (Talent; Expandable), Empty, Empty, Empty]
[Ability]: Scorching Eagle Coexistence State (Prototype; Usable only when equipped with Heart-Protecting Fire; Expandable)
[Not Yet Unlocked...]
[Evaluation: You have taken an incredibly important step in exploring Life Level, which will significantly aid you in collecting more civilization information. However, be aware that higher Life Levels are more likely to attract the attention of local special organisms. Your strength is still insufficient to face these threats!]
"Life level increased?"
"The fourth Skill Bar opened?"
"And... Scorching Eagle Coexistence State?!!!"
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