Wasteland Development Diary

Shortly after leaving the coast, Qin Xie and Teddy Bear departed by boat, leaving behind a cylindrical communicator, saying it could be used to contact him.

According to satellite navigation, the return to Mao Gu Town's coast is expected to take another 10 days.

Just enough time to complete the Seed Breaking process.

Zhou Yi also consulted Xiao Fu and Baili Gong about this.

Baili Gong said, "Seed Breaking is the secondary development of a Light Seed. This development is uncontrollable and requires finding an element that suits you and then combining it with a Battle Seed."

"Choosing a stable substance as the element can avoid abnormalities and loss of control of the Battle Seed."

Its view is the same as that of the Bone Man, Wu Yi.

The Streamtracer did not give advice on the technical process, but made a more essential statement: "The Seed Stage is a critical period for making choices. The element you choose to grow with will determine the form it evolves into."

"You have two directions to choose from."

"The first is to pursue unique characteristics. The advantage is that you can have special ability mechanisms, but the disadvantage is that it is difficult to obtain similar elements, making it difficult to improve in strength."

"The second is to follow universality. Use common and abundant substances as growth elements, such as gravel, iron, and ice. The advantage is that it is easy to replenish elements, and the strength increases quickly. The disadvantage is that the mechanism is outdated, there are many with the same abilities, and there are many mature means of suppression."

Xiao Fu added at the end: "However, even after completing the element endowment, you still cannot achieve complete Seed Breaking; it is only the final step in the body reconstruction. You still need Xin Qiu to complete the qualitative change."

Zhou Yi didn't care.

You have to eat one bite at a time, starting with entering the B-level life stage in terms of mechanism.

Uniqueness or universality?

He personally preferred the latter.

Completion is more important than perfection.

Steady and reliable is his style.

Speaking of the most easily accessible abundant substances in this world, sand and gravel might be a good choice.

A thought suddenly popped into Zhou Yi's head.

Would it work to use Dead Light as an element?

Xiao Fu said, "That's impossible. Elements are material carriers. Light Seeds need a substance as a template and framework through which to initiate secondary evolution."

Zhou Yi asked again, "Material elements, then all kinds of tools and devices are feasible, right?"

"Basically, anything works... except for pure energy structures like the Huan Liu Device."

If that's the case.

Zhou Yi's gaze turned to the computer in the corner of the room—or rather, the drawer of the computer desk.

He rummaged through it and found a cell phone.

"Will this work?"

"Of course. It looks like a product of the previous generation of civilization in this world and has a high degree of uniqueness."

Xiao Fu reminded him: "However, its structure is not simple, and the effects of its abilities are unknown. The elemental characteristics that evolve may be difficult to predict. Are you sure you want to choose it?"

"I'm sure."

Zhou Yi was extremely firm this time.

He was too familiar with cell phones. There shouldn't be many people in the Wasteland Era who choose cell phones as elements, and there are still a considerable number of cell phones in the seabed that can be collected.

For him, this is an element that combines uniqueness and universality.

Zhou Yi held the touchscreen phone in his hand.

[Combat Reconstruction] activated.

A wisp of green light rose from his palm, and like an X-ray, it revealed the internal chip component structure of the phone. Along with this process of scanning and reading, the touchscreen phone gradually turned into dust and scattered from between his fingers.

At the same time, an empty star in [Combat Reconstruction] was lit up.

Element confirmed.

None of the numerical values changed.

But a brand-new skill appeared.

...

「Radio」(1/1): Elemental characteristic, consumes 30 energy points, collects regional signals.

...

Zhou Yi had thought it might be calls, text messages, or even taking pictures, but he didn't expect it to be this ability.

He was slightly disappointed.

This Seed Breaking process is really like opening a blind box, relying a bit on luck.

Since things have come to this, let's see what this ability is all about.

Zhou Yi activated 「Radio」.

A large amount of static immediately flooded his mind.

His head buzzed for a while before Zhou Yi gradually adapted.

Two voices were relatively clear.

"Hurry, hurry."

"Don't rush, we have to bypass that sea aberration and maintain a safe distance. It's very dangerous, and there are electromechanical lifeforms escorting it."

"We can't delay! We must detonate the island on time and cooperate with the naval combat members to sink that island! Who will be responsible if we delay?"

"Concealment is the top priority; we can't cause unnecessary trouble. I'm in charge of the detonation team! I'm responsible."

"..."

Neither the Red Falcon nor the St. Petersburg had discovered the existence of these two speakers.

Zhou Yi's heart sank.

The situation is not good.

Just in case, he immediately decided: "Red Falcon, contact Kunming Station."

Connection completed.

Zhou Yi said to the drone: "I have received the latest news that unidentified personnel are suspected of organizing the detonation of the island where the United City is located, with the aim of sinking the main island. You had better take corresponding measures immediately."

"Received."

Kunming Station responded.

While Zhou Yi waited for news from the United City, the radio continued to operate.

However, those two voices never appeared again, as if they had completely moved away from the radio's coverage range.

The new voice was Li Mo's monologue.

"Perfect!"

"In the manufacturing of tragedies, I am indeed a genius worthy of being a teacher to the Celestials."

"Yalong Bay, Yalong, admire my work! This is a masterpiece!"

This kid is quite narcissistic about his tragedy-making skills.

That's right.

I almost forgot about element enhancement.

Zhou Yi opened the drawer and fed all the remaining 4 cell phones to the Battle Seed.

After creating a pile of ashes, the radio became (1/2).

This number should be similar to ammunition when placed on a weapon, meaning it can be used twice.

But how to use it on a radio?

Zhou Yi focused his attention on the number and found that he could actually change the number.

From 1/2 to 2/2, the frequency of the sounds heard also changed significantly, and the static was significantly reduced.

In other words, the more cell phones he consumes, the stronger the radio's receiving ability and the higher the channels that can be opened.

Soon after, Zhou Yi heard a voice on the 2nd channel.

"Continuing to fight will only lead to mutual destruction. Give the territorial lord a chance; stop."

"...Then how do you account for what happened before?"

"Let's each take a step back."

The warring parties in a certain place seemed to be negotiating.

Just as he was exploring the usage, the Red Falcon transmitted news from the front.

"The United City has discovered suspicious individuals. They are lurking on land and in the Dead Sea and have been confirmed to be the armed group 「Star Sentinel Corps」 dispatched by the Star Cluster. They are currently being wiped out."

Zhou Yi immediately pulled up the satellite signal.

At this time, the entire United City was filled with the flames of war.

The Star Sentinel Corps were marked red by the satellite, making them clearly visible. Most of them were human enhancers using a cold weapon shaped like a tuning fork and a prop that looked like a bamboo dragonfly.

The tuning fork could release some kind of impact force, knocking away anyone who approached. The bamboo dragonfly could hover at a certain height in the low air, imprinting lines of blue light pointing straight into the sky on the ground.

Spherical machines were floating in the air, and they were air-dropping a cone-headed device to the blue light positions on the ground. This device would quickly drill into the ground upon landing.

At some point, medium and small-sized enhanced ships also appeared on the Dead Sea. They continued to bombard the coastline, causing severe damage to the embankments of the land reclamation.

The power of the Star Cluster was dissecting and destroying this island.

As long as they sink into the Dead Sea, architectural lifeforms will become immobile specimens and will no longer be a threat.

Although the Star Cluster's attack seemed orderly and tight, it was actually collapsing rapidly.

Because the United City had also entered war mode.

Prisoners were released one by one, their targets pointing directly at the Star Sentinel Corps.

Especially those B-level lifeforms, whose elimination of the Sentinel Corps members was almost like mowing grass, causing a large number of red dots to disappear rapidly.

The amusement park also joined the battlefield.

The roller coaster turned into a high-speed phantom in the sky above the island, quickly clearing the Star Cluster's air power.

The Ferris wheel transformed into a huge and complex mechanical metal tentacle, crushing and piercing the invaders one by one.

The merry-go-rounds jumped off the stage and turned into fearless charging cavalry, directly self-destructing after rushing into the enemy's lines, causing a large number of casualties.

The pirate ship was a land-going vessel, crushing towards the outsiders...

Witnessing all this gave Zhou Yi a basic understanding of the combat power of the United City's architectural lifeforms.

They were not the kind of ignorant aliens acting alone but true veterans who had fought their way out of the arena.

The Skeleton Man, Wu Yi, also participated in this city defense battle.

It blocked a human who looked ordinary.

Zhou Yi couldn't even see how it attacked.

The other party's head exploded directly.

However, a light fell, and the headless corpse was instantly taken away.

Zhou Yi realized that this should be the commander of the attack on the United City, also a Star Cluster Chosen—only this kind of identity can get the Star Cluster's transfer.

But with his head exploding, he didn't know how the Star Cluster would repair this person.

With the commander killed, the Star Cluster's warriors quickly retreated into the Dead Sea, disappearing without a trace in a well-trained manner.

The entire offensive and defensive battle was intense but lasted less than an hour. It ended with the victory of the United City.

Kunming Station sent a message: "Thank you for providing the important intelligence. Although we had already discovered the enemy's trajectory, we were unsure of their exact tactical plan."

"This time, you helped us clear out some suspicious residents and prisoners, interrupting their most dangerous attack."

"According to Peace City's assessment, as long as the Star Cluster fails in its first operation against a target, it will become conservative and restrained afterward. Peace City's mercenaries will arrive at the latest tomorrow. They have lost their best chance."

Zhou Yi also said: "Then I can rest assured."

The United City's stability ensures long-term satellite navigation sharing.

This is also in the interests of the Wasteland Development Company.