Wasteland Development Diary

Zhou Yi had already learned about Ding Ye's situation from Da Vinci and Sea Hunter.

This Beiyang swordsman was about to undergo a high-risk surgery. His enhanced body part was his spine. Due to long-term wear and tear and repeated injuries, his vertebrae were covered with cracks and honeycomb-like holes.

He had been able to hold on until now because he was young, with a bone age of only 15, and because he had been taking large doses of suppressants and painkillers.

The longer he delayed, the less hope he had.

Da Vinci said, "The severely injured enhanced spine will cut off various related physiological functions to maintain its own operation, which will cause necrosis of the host's brain and systemic nerves."

"Eventually, the host will become a piece of meat wrapping the enhanced spine."

"The success rate of this type of surgery is only 0.02%. I have informed the patient, but he still insists on undergoing the surgery."

Sea Hunter had captured a merchant named Brother Bao, who had brought Ding Ye here. Brother Bao said that Ding Ye was a swordsman who hired him to come to Emerald City, and he didn't know anything else.

Ding Ye hoped to spar with him before the surgery.

Zhou Yi had met him once in the hospital and decided to grant his wish.

However, this sparring match was nothing worth mentioning.

...

Zhou Yi stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window.

Not far away, the windows of Maria Hospital reflected white light.

Red Falcon synchronized the information from Da Vinci's side.

Ding Ye's enhanced body repair surgery was expected to take 4 hours.

Three and a half hours had now passed.

Zhou Yi knew very little about Ding Ye, but he still hoped that he would get better.

Ding Ye was very young, and his life had just begun.

Just as Zhou Yi's thoughts were racing, Red Falcon reported again: "Latest news, Da Vinci has repaired 32 major cracks in the spine. Under the calming effect of the Sage Mushroom, the enhanced body has maintained a high level of physical stability throughout the process."

He breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Ten minutes later, the situation suddenly changed.

"Local secondary tearing occurred at the repaired site, and the enhanced body produced a strong stress response, increasing the rejection reaction."

"The patient's blood oxygen concentration has dropped sharply, and the heart rate, respiration, and blood pressure are all continuing to decline. The patient has suffered cardiac arrest."

...

"The enhanced body's stress response has triggered heart, lung, and other organ failure. Chemical failure has been confirmed in more than 3 organs."

"Damaged kidney blockage successful, local functional impairment shows reversible signs."

"Damaged heart blockage failed."

"Damaged lung blockage failed."

"The enhanced body is out of control, causing massive internal bleeding."

...

"Resuscitation failed, patient confirmed dead."

"The enhanced body has been sealed after shock anesthesia."

Zhou Yi hurried to the Maria Hospital ward. The young man was lying on Da Vinci's operating table with his eyes closed. His face was bloodless, and he was no longer breathing.

The electromechanical doctor said, "I'm very sorry, the rescue surgery failed."

Zhou Yi felt a pang of regret in his heart.

Luck wouldn't always be on his side.

Relying solely on Maria Hospital and Sage Mushrooms could not reduce the high mortality rate of enhanced body surgery itself.

Da Vinci continued, "Before the surgery, the patient signed a donation agreement, agreeing to voluntarily donate his body for medical research if the surgery failed and he died."

"The patient left you a message. Do you want to read it?"

Zhou Yi nodded: "Read it."

The electromechanical doctor's electronic screen flickered, and the young man's voice came from its speaker.

"Mr. Zhou, by the time you hear this, I should be dead."

The other party's emotions were very stable: "Thank you very much for granting my wish and being willing to spar with an unknown person like me—saying spar is a bit of gilding the lily, it's more like giving me a chance to see a higher level of powerhouse. I am only grateful for this."

"I would like to recommend someone to you. Her name is Feng Ying. She is my senior sister. She lost her pharmacist job in Guanneng City because she had a big fight with a patient, but she is an upright and principled person..."

"After I die, she will come to Emerald City to handle my funeral and retrieve my sword for the Sword Tomb. If you think my senior sister is good, you can consider her. This is a very good place, very suitable for someone as pure as her."

"Finally, I wish you martial prosperity and victory in every battle."

Da Vinci covered the face of the deceased with a white cloth, and the story of the swordsman Ding Ye came to an end at Maria Hospital.

...

When returning to the Yalong Bay base, many people were sitting around the dam. Seeing Emerald City emerge from the Dead Sea, these people waved their arms and jumped up and down with excitement.

As Yalong Bay connected to the land, Maria Hospital returned to its original site, and the four high-rise buildings of Emerald City also returned to their former locations.

Emerald City reopened, and the residents who had experienced the transoceanic battle ran out one by one, telling the stay-at-home people about the grand occasion of the previous battle.

The company employees also returned to their posts one by one and began to busy themselves with their respective affairs.

Zhou Yi then began to study the core spoils seized from this trip.

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This was a large ship, 154 meters long and 44 meters wide, the largest ship he had ever seen in the wasteland era.

The bow had a circular helipad painted with the H logo, six white windmills were installed, and photovoltaic panels were erected next to it. The deck was filled with square large net cages.

Zhou Yi learned from Baili Gong that its official name was "Zhanjiang Bay No. 1", a floating dynamic positioning aquaculture platform, belonging to the semi-civilized body among electromechanical life.

Zhanjiang Bay could not communicate, only retaining the basic operation of nearly instinct, relying on absorbing dead light to maintain the operation of the entire huge machine.

Baili Gong said, "As long as you throw shellfish into its aquaculture area and put in some seaweed, they can be raised."

"The platform makes them grow bigger and faster than in their normal state. White clams normally take 3 years to grow up, but on the ship, it only takes 8 months. Wavy clams take 2 years to mature, but on the ship, it only takes 1 year."

It continued, "However, the aquaculture platform cannot be separated from water, otherwise it cannot operate. As long as there is a lot of water, it will work. Because it has its own defects, it cannot move independently and must rely entirely on external force for transportation."

"I haven't discovered other functions yet."

The aquaculture device was in hand, and the operation was very simple.

Zhou Yi thought for a while.

The most suitable place to place the aquaculture platform was the Southern Mushroom Forest, where the beach was behind the river entering the Dead Sea. Although the water depth could not be compared with the ocean, it was enough to raise shellfish.

So Zhou Yi manipulated Emerald City, grabbed Zhanjiang Bay No. 1 with steel arms, walked all the way to the beach area, and pushed the platform into the water.

For convenience, he also used local materials to build a traffic dam on the spot, one end connected to the Mushroom Forest and the other end connected to Zhanjiang Bay No. 1.

In this way, the employees of the Mushroom Forest could go all the way from the dam to the aquaculture platform to raise shellfish.

The supporting basic project was completed.

Zhou Yi took Zheng Tao and Bone Man Sun Chonglai to board Zhanjiang Bay No. 1 and conducted an on-site inspection on the deck.

The outer walls and deck of the platform were covered with barnacles and shellfish, and seaweed adhered to many places. The wind blew and emitted a strong fishy smell.

Bone Man said happily, "Chairman, if we are feeding shellfish, the Black Hand Mushrooms are very suitable. There are many mushrooms, moss, and grass in the Mushroom Forest, which should be able to feed them."

Agricultural consultant Zheng Tao frowned.

Zhou Yi looked at him: "Old Zheng, what's the problem?"

"Everything here is very good. Shellfish City has proven the reliability of this water platform."

Zheng Tao said, "I was thinking, on this basis, should we make some changes? For example, raising bone fish. My main business is not marine fisheries, but I have been involved in it before."

"Shagang City has a large number of bone fish fry. Although the survival rate is very low, it may have an effect if placed in here. Because white clams and wavy clams are also Dead Sea species, but because their own damage ability is very low, they will not actively attack and are easily overlooked."

"Even if it is just hatching faster than the outside world, it is beneficial. Bone fish will condense light seeds. Shortening the breeding cycle can generate considerable income."

Zhou Yi nodded.

He was about to say this.

Baili Gong wanted to occupy the Shagang area, and one of his ideas was to obtain Shahaigong's technology for manufacturing fish fry, so as to form a linkage with Zhanjiang Bay No. 1.

This territorial sea master had already secretly tried it and confirmed that bone fish fry had a higher hatching rate on the aquaculture platform. If fed with white clams, it could stimulate the fish fry to be born faster—the key is to obtain the fish fry.

Zheng Tao didn't know these inside stories, but he made the same inference with limited information.

Zhou Yi immediately said, "From today, Zhanjiang Bay No. 1 will be handed over to you two to operate, with Old Zheng as the main person in charge, and start work as soon as possible."

The two employees said yes in unison.