Wasteland Development Diary

Zhou Yi arrived at the foot of Emerald City and noticed a small tent outside.

Beside the tent was a ping-pong table where Qin Xie was playing against a teddy bear. Due to the toy bear's limited height, it stood on the table, darting left and right, leaping and smashing, making for a particularly intense match.

However, in Zhou Yi's eyes, their ball speed was soft and weak, and the ball bounced too high. It was truly a battle of noobs.

"Mr. Zhou, you're out?"

Qin Xie wiped his sweat with a towel, revealing a refreshing smile: "The pushing technique you taught me is really useful; the basics are still very important. I feel like my swing is much faster now, not as slow as before."

Zhou Yi told him, "Go wait for me on the ship in Yalong Bay; I have something to take care of."

"Okay."

Qin Xie didn't ask any further questions and immediately packed up the table and tent with the teddy bear, heading towards the submarine base.

Zhou Yi returned to the 31st floor and reconnected with the Emerald City's consciousness.

The Kestrel pinpointed the Great Buddha's location.

The skyscraper giant crossed the tenement buildings and amusement park, arriving at a range of hills.

At the foot of the highest cliff sat the ancient Great Buddha, draped in a chainmail kasaya. Flanking it on either side were guardian deities, and the surrounding cliffs were carved with thousands of stone statues, resembling a scene of all Buddhas paying homage.

The Mechanical Knights hadn't given up, and the spider vehicles were still climbing everywhere, as if trying to find the control switch for this giant alien.

Zhou Yi rode the Ridge Hunter and flew to the shoulder of the Leshan Giant Buddha.

"Great Buddha, it's time to leave."

The Great Buddha said, "Zhou Yi Great Buddha, I can't move. I used my last strength to return here, and now I can't stand up."

"I'll take care of it."

Zhou Yi controlled the Emerald City, extending its steel fingers to gently pull at the surface of the Buddha statue. A large number of chains and light-blocking devices shattered and fell to the ground.

The Great Buddha swayed slightly and then stood up again.

The Kestrel announced loudly to the Mechanical Knights: "The Leshan Giant Buddha has voluntarily become an employee of our Wasteland Development Company and will be protected by the company from now on. To avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, please cease all improper actions against it."

Although the spider vehicles retreated, some Mechanical Knights still voiced their doubts through loudspeakers.

"You say it voluntarily joined you; how do you prove it?"

As soon as the words were spoken,

under Zhou Yi's instruction, the Great Buddha extended its wide palm and picked up the spider vehicle.

The Mechanical Knights inside were terrified and desperately tried to operate the vehicle, but the mechanical vehicle waved its eight legs wildly, unable to break free.

The Kestrel told the crowd: "Architectural life has autonomous consciousness; whether it's true or not, it will give you the answer itself."

The Great Buddha placed the spider vehicle back on the ground and released its fingers.

The spider vehicle immediately sped back to its group.

After the announcement,

Zhou Yi began to help the Leshan Giant Buddha move.

The Great Buddha dismantled the stone carvings from the cliff one by one, and the Emerald City collected them on the top floor and transported them to Yalong Bay.

An hour later, all the cliff carvings had been transferred.

A knight couldn't help but ask, "Where are you taking the Buddha statue?"

"Maogu Town."

The Kestrel said: "If you are interested in the Leshan Giant Buddha, you are welcome to visit and sightsee in Maogu Town. It will be practicing there for a long time."

To Zhou Yi's surprise, the Mechanical Knights not only didn't continue to obstruct them but said, "In that case, we hope you can take good care of it."

"It is an incredible alien, possessing an innate power of order and extremely high research value. If we can crack its mechanism, we can replicate this power to other cities, ensure the safety of residents in each city, and eliminate a large number of war conflicts."

"We will definitely come to visit. We hope to cooperate with you to conduct further research on the Great Buddha."

The Mechanical Knights' style was completely different from that of the Dead Sea Knights.

The Kestrel explained: "The core of the Mechanical Knights is technology-driven. They have also been studying the mechanism and principles of aliens. With the guarantee of the Heavenly Kingdom's military force, they have evolved into an application-oriented research institution after many years."

Zhou Yi thought, no wonder.

One is a state-owned research institute, and the other is a private overseas armed force; of course, they are different.

The Leshan Giant Buddha faced the amusement park, folded its hands together, and said goodbye to its kind.

Then it and the Emerald City strode towards Yalong Bay.

Next, Zhou Yi found Li Mo through the Kestrel.

He was hiding in the Dead Sea.

For safety's sake, Zhou Yi had him enter the Poseidon first and then gave Li Mo two choices.

"The first option is to place you in the cave storage in Yalong Bay, which will also prevent external prying, and there won't be much difference from your previous life."

"The second is that I will completely hide you, but you will be in a special energy state, and only your consciousness can communicate with me."

The mutant child said, "I choose the first one."

Zhou Yi wasn't surprised.

No one wants to lose their autonomous ability to move.

Zhou Yi brought him to the tunnel where the Yalong was placed: "This is it."

The cave storage was long and deep, with a depth far greater than the previous single-story tenement building, and it was even more concealed.

Li Mo looked around at his new home: "It's very big here; there's nothing wrong with it."

Zhou Yi said, "Then you stay here first. We are about to return. I'll find you after we go back."

"Yes, Boss."

"Don't call me Boss; call me Chairman."

Zhou Yi corrected: "Now you are also an employee of the Wasteland Development Company; you have to look like an employee."

Li Mo said, "Chairman, what do I need to do?"

Zhou Yi thought for a while: "Don't you like making cups? Then make cups here. It can also be considered a special handicraft product of our company and can be sold to the public."

"Okay, I'm best at this," the mutant said with joy.

"In terms of materials, I remember you said sand and soil are fine, right... I will have the Samurai Crab send them here, and you restrain the radiation."

"Yes, Chairman."

……

After settling the new employee,

Zhou Yi left the tunnel and returned to Emerald City, asking Kestrel to find Qin Xie and the teddy bear.

As soon as Qin Xie came back, he said excitedly: "Mr. Zhou is really amazing. You recruited this Great Buddha successfully in a short time. But why only it? There are several other aliens to consider; the amusement park you mentioned is also very good... Won't you try again?"

Zhou Yi thought, those guys have already formed a group to start a business and want to build an architectural life city here, so you can't dig them up at all.

"Not every alien is suitable for our company; everyone is choosing each other."

He made up a reason.

"I see."

Qin Xie seemed thoughtful.

After a while, he suddenly said, "What does Mr. Zhou think of combat-type architectural life?"

"Specific cases, specific analysis."

"Do you have a way to deal with the 'Deathmatch Arena'?"

Zhou Yi was silent.

The Kestrel's voice came from his mind: "The 'Deathmatch Arena' is a famous Class A large architectural life and is extremely dangerous. According to statistics, it has killed 17,000 people."

"It sucks all kinds of life into its body and makes them kill each other until only the last survivor is left, and then it will let them leave."

Zhou Yi picked up the remote control and looked at the picture given on it.

The Deathmatch Arena was shaped like a huge silver lotus, which could rotate and move.

It looked like a stadium.

Zhou Yi felt strange.

The stadium is a place for competition, how did it become a battle royale now?

Qin Xie next to him continued: "Every summer, the Deathmatch Arena will begin hunting. It is on a not-so-small piece of land, and the four cities there have been destroyed because of it, and the entire area has become a dead place."

"Does Mr. Zhou want to consider recruiting it? The Heavenly Kingdom is offering a reward of 100,000 light seeds, as long as you can take it away from that land."

"I don't have that ability."

Zhou Yi waved his hand: "The architectural life of our Wasteland Development Company are all law-abiding, and they are good citizens themselves. You have to ask someone else for this kind of thing."

Qin Xie was a little regretful: "That's 100,000..."

Zhou Yi thought, even the Heavenly Kingdom finds this stadium tricky, and he is not so swollen that he would go looking for trouble himself.

His focus is still on Maogu Town.

While the two were talking, Yalong Bay had left the land where United City was located, and the distant islands were getting smaller and smaller.

The Kestrel suddenly said in the same frequency: "There is a request to connect from an unknown satellite signal."

"The other party claims to be the Kunming Station of United City."

"Allow connection."

After the Kestrel connected to the satellite, it said: "Kunming Station proposed that they want to share map information of both sides' locations with our company and open an exclusive signal channel to facilitate future contact."

Zhou Yi thought about it.

As a promising emerging city, it is a good thing for United City to strengthen cooperation with the company.

It's just that I don't know to what extent this sharing of information is.

Kunming Station sent text information through the Kestrel.

——The information obtained through satellite observation alone is incomplete, and sometimes there are even large deviations from the actual situation. Therefore, we hope to conduct long-term information exchange with you.

——United City will share the vision and services of two satellites with you. They are weather satellites and land satellites, which can cover 40% of the world's area, and the satellite signals can be directly connected to your electromechanical life.

——Correspondingly, we need you to provide a credit guarantee so that United City can complete registration in the electromechanical city and obtain a credit rating. United City needs to recruit electromechanical life talents to manage and develop the city in a more professional and standardized manner.

So this is the main demand.

Zhou Yi asked the Kestrel.

Only B-level organizations are qualified for credit guarantees.

However, guarantees also have certain risks. If they are inconsistent with the facts or are false guarantees, the guarantor's rating will be lowered.

Zhou Yi calculated the accounts. Exchanging credit guarantees for the vision of two satellites can detect climate anomalies in advance and map the ground all-weather. This alone is not a loss.

Plus, he is optimistic about United City itself.

"I think it's okay. What is your opinion?"

Zhou Yi looked at the Kestrel.

The drone responded: "I also think it is a good opportunity. According to what you said, architectural life is uniting and awakening and has a high degree of intelligence. The rise here is unstoppable."

The two parties remotely signed the agreement.

A satellite icon was added to the remote control screen.

After Zhou Yi clicked it, he immediately obtained a huge electronic map. It marked the dangerous areas in the Dead Sea, including rapids, high pressure, and light bursts, as well as climate wind direction, rainfall... It instantly opened the full map mode.

Navigation and positioning, which used to be considered power-consuming and privacy-destroying, are so useful in the wasteland era.