Wasteland Development Diary

This bone man, suspected to be an A-level lifeform, seemed to have already integrated into prison life, lying in a corner, enjoying his time in the yard.

Should I go over and get to know him?

After hesitating, Zhou Yi gritted his teeth and went over.

Walking to his side, he pretended to stretch his arms: "The weather is nice today..."

The bone man ignored him.

Zhou Yi's toes curled up a little.

However.

Zhou Yi noticed that he was wearing a steel-band quartz watch on his wrist, which he recognized.

"Do you like Tissot?"

The bone man turned his head, slowly sat up, and raised his left arm: "You're into this too?"

Password correct.

Zhou Yi nodded: "I've collected a few."

In fact, he didn't know anything about watches, but he had heard of some brands in the mall and saw the TISSOT logo on the watch face.

The bone man said, "I've collected six watches, all creations from the God Era. Of all the people I've met, you're the first to say the name right. What kinds do you have?"

Zhou Yi recalled the watch brands.

"My collection isn't much, I have Casio, Fiyta, Longines, and Omega, mostly entry-level and ordinary watches."

"Looks like you really know your stuff."

The bone man's eyes emitted a red light, and his emotions suddenly became high: "Do you have a Rolex? I need a Rolex."

Zhou Yi felt a little strained.

"No, but I can try to find one."

"I'll trade you all six watches!"

He said eagerly.

"If I can find one, I'll give you one."

Zhou Yi asked curiously, "Do you just like Rolexes?"

"I do really like watches."

The bone man said, "But needing a Rolex is another reason... it's a long story. I'm Wu Yi, what's your name?"

Zhou Yi told Mr. Labor Day his name.

Wu Yi's dark eye sockets looked at Zhou Yi: "You seem to have some kind of observation ability."

Zhou Yi frankly admitted: "I really didn't expect someone of your strength to be trapped here."

"It's a long story."

The bone man lay back on the ground: "Someone you know has noticed you. Come find me tomorrow, right here, and we'll talk then."

Zhou Yi saw Qin Xie looking over here.

He walked over.

"You're trying to recruit people here too?" Qin Xie laughed.

Zhou Yi thought to himself that he did want to bring this guy in, but the temple was too small for such a big Buddha, and he was afraid it wouldn't fit.

He changed the subject: "It seems there's no ability to suppress the prisoners here."

"Not really."

Qin Xie sat on a step, his gaze sweeping around: "Those who aren't affected are people like you and me. Our situations are minor, and we'll be released soon."

"I asked some other people just now. Prisoners who have to stay for a year or more will have their abilities sealed, completely unusable. More serious cases will be restricted from going out and locked in their rooms for a long time."

Zhou Yi asked again: "Will you still look for Fei Xing after you get out?"

"What do you say?"

"I suggest giving up."

The bone man had disappeared at some point.

Zhou Yi continued, "The situation here is much more complicated than I expected. If you can break through here, you might be able to try."

"You think too highly of me."

Qin Xie was calm: "Then let's go back. I have the same feeling, this doesn't seem like a ruin, more like a city that has already taken shape."

"When I first arrived here, I had Teddy check the situation of the natives here through dream entry. Do you know how many people are here?"

He held up a finger: "30,000 people."

"And that's just the residents of the core area of this main island. The surrounding ring islands, extending capes, and small islands are also inhabited."

Qin Xie's eyes became serious: "Under the rules set by the Xenomorphs, humans and Guangna species are cooperating in various forms, actively or passively."

"There are planting areas, lakes, and rivers here, enough to feed a lot of people and breed more population. Humans are engaged in agriculture and settlements here, and the original ruins are already inhabited by many people, establishing basic order."

The young man said in a low voice: "The Guangna species are not idle either. Led by the Red-haired Monsters, they collect a large amount of soil from the seabed and pile it on the coast, further expanding this group of islands, and gradually connecting the small islands... They are reclaiming land from the sea."

Although Zhou Yi already knew this strategy, he didn't expect the Guangna species to be doing the work.

He asked: "Why?"

"For living."

Qin Xie explained: "Although this is a no-weapons zone, the Guangna species also need a specific living space, and being too narrow will affect their survival. Since they can't plunder, and they don't want to give up such an absolutely safe settlement, they can only expand the land."

"Mechanical lifeforms are leading this process. There is a dredger and a filling ship here. They are building cofferdams, collecting stones and sand from other lands to fill the sea... Those surrounding small islands are created, and will eventually be connected."

He looked at the Ferris wheel in the distance: "I have a feeling that the general trend here has been established, and it already meets the safety, stability, and high-quality geographical environment needed for a large city... It will definitely be amazing in the future."

Zhou Yi nodded.

Qin Xie's conclusion from another perspective of observation was highly consistent with his own.

"I also heard one thing."

The young captain looked at the Guangna species prisoners in the distance: "Every lifeform imprisoned here can be labor. Especially those who are imprisoned for a long time, the no-weapons Xenomorphs will issue some optional tasks to them. If they complete the tasks, they can reduce the length of their imprisonment and get out faster."

"Currently, their tasks are relatively simple, including moving mountains and transporting stones, filling the sea and laying sand, and finding the natives in distress during extreme weather and taking them to a safe place. But think about it, if foreign enemies attack in the future, these will all be elite warriors who have been through hundreds of battles."

He said softly: "I always feel like there is an invisible hand controlling everything here. There are traces of artificial planning everywhere, but it is impossible to find specific clues. There might be a Sky Walker behind this."

Zhou Yi's evaluation of this young man rose another point.

Qin Xie became a captain at a young age, of course, his background is very important, but his insight and overall view are very strong.

...

The next day, during the yard time, Qin Xie was indeed gone.

Zhou Yi came to the corner and found the bone man already lying there again.

"You've come."

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"I've come."

The bone man Wu Yi sat up: "Put your hand on me and transmit the sound and information through bone conduction, so the outside world won't hear our conversation."

Zhou Yi did as he was told.

He wasn't afraid, he had Machine No. 2 and Microphone Master, even mental attacks could be countered.

"Do you know about 'Clock Face'?"

His voice carried a vibrating sensation.

Zhou Yi said he didn't know.

"It's not surprising if you don't know, it's a rare special lifeform."

Wu Yi said: "The Clock Face's head looks like a clock face, with hands moving on it, and its body looks like a person."

"It has a special ability. If you meet a Clock Face, and it's willing to help you, it can rewind your time, back to any node in your conscious memory, and start over."

Zhou Yi found it hard to believe: "Time restart?"

"No, it's not that exaggerated, it just makes people retrace their steps from that node to the present, it's more like replaying the past. Because in a normal state, no one can accurately restore the past, but it can."

Zhou Yi breathed a sigh of relief.

So it was rewinding.

Wu Yi made a slightly heavy bone trembling sound: "For some reason, I have to review what happened in the past, and I need its ability to help me return to a past node. But to get the Clock Face to help, I also need to fulfill its requirements."

"Its requirement for me is to collect the clocks it specifies and give them to it."

"I've already found and handed over the other 4 watches, Casio, Seiko, Tissot, and Girard-Perregaux, and I'm only missing a Rolex."

Zhou Yi was puzzled: "Is it that hard to find?"

"Not really. I found three of them."

Wu Yi's voice also had a bit of depression: "But after handing them over to the Clock Face, they were all identified as fake watches..."

Zhou Yi understood.

In the era he lived in, high imitations were everywhere. It is said that high imitation Rolexes costing two or three thousand yuan could already be mistaken for the real thing on the outside.

People in the wasteland era are probably unable to distinguish the authenticity of these watches at all, especially if they have never touched the real thing, it is really difficult to see any problems just by looking at the fake ones.

Perhaps only by finding a specialty store can you get a real watch.

"So I've been troubled by this."

Wu Yi sighed: "Last time a merchant tricked me into saying it was a real watch. I spent a lot of light seeds, but the Clock Face refused it. In a fit of anger, I killed him."

"It's wrong to deceive people, especially on such an important matter. Real is real, and fake is fake."

Zhou Yi agreed: "Indeed."

"But I still have to stay here for nearly 100 years. Without the Xenomorph's permission or a special major task to reduce the time, it's difficult to get out."

The bone man said: "If you find a Rolex, remember to save one for me. You can visit here, just come in through the silver door outside, and I can summon the Clock Face."

Zhou Yi agreed: "If I find it, I'll ask someone to bring it to you."

"Good."

The bone man continued: "You came here to find that Fei Xing, right?"

"I'm not looking for it anymore."

Zhou Yi waved his hand.

That satellite is already part of the Kunming Station.

The bone man sat cross-legged on the ground, racking his brains: "Then how about this, I'll teach you how to use the environment here to break through to a combat species, you should be able to use it. I used this method to practice from an ordinary bone man to my current level, barely considered an A-level lifeform, which is basically enough, and it's not easy to be bullied now."

That's more than enough.

Zhou Yi's guess was confirmed, the other party really leveled up here and improved himself.

"It's actually very simple."

Wu Yi explained: "The key is to increase the duration of pressure, so that the time fighting against your limit is long enough, and the intensity is enough to be on the verge of the limit, and it's best to even feel the death throes of the dying lantern."

"Under normal circumstances, there are only three confrontations per day. But there is a way to make this confrontation unlimited and slow down time enough for one day to become a year. This is no longer useful to me, but you can still use it."

"Remember, turn energy collision into consciousness collision. As long as you complete the consciousness docking with that mirror image, you can fight it endlessly in an unrestricted consciousness space, or use the Xenomorph's ability to divide yourself into two for special training."

"It just takes a long time to practice consciousness docking, and it's enough to finally reach the point where both sides are in sync... If you can stay here for a year or two, you should be able to do it."

Zhou Yi thought.

That's my area of expertise.

Ready to start practicing!