Wasteland Development Diary

Zhou Yi maintained his composure and asked, "What is your world?"

"The moon you see is my world."

The Night Goddess's face showed a very subtle sorrow: "That is my origin and carrier, so I can freely travel between these two worlds."

"The situation on the moon is very serious, because there is no stable airflow. The density of the Dead Sea energy that envelops the world is much higher there than here, and the changes are faster and more dangerous."

"The bigger threat is the moon beasts unique to that side."

She sighed, "They are constantly drilling into the depths of the Dead Sea, eating away at the energy and matter accumulated at the bottom, causing a series of problems."

"The moon is my carrier. The reduction of its energy and matter will also weaken my power projection. Because the moon beasts continue to be active, I have been weakened for many years."

Zhou Yi asked curiously, "Can't you solve them?"

"My situation is special."

The Night Goddess said, "The consciousness of the moon beasts is closely related to the moon. I can only indirectly interfere with them."

"If I try to kill a moon beast, I will be sanctioned by the Great Holy Spirit and further weakened. On the other side, the Great Holy Spirit will further stimulate and enhance the growth of the moon beasts... making them more difficult to deal with."

"So I need the power of other worlds to contain them."

Zhou Yi thought to himself that the high-pressure environment forces the accelerated evolution of species, and it turns out that the Great Holy Spirit is also behind it.

"So you established the Church of the Night here to find the power to deal with the moon beasts?"

"Correct."

"Can your followers really help you?"

"I am a conceptual life form. The more individuals I can influence, the stronger my own power becomes. As the carrier weakens, I can only try to increase external influence to enhance my power. They can help me, and I also help them."

The Night Goddess answered almost every question.

Zhou Yi recalled the mechanism by which Skywalkers are constrained by the Great Holy Spirit.

The higher the level of life evolves, the higher the communication efficiency. The information provided by both parties will ensure accuracy and truthfulness.

"What is the strength of the moon beasts?"

"The weakest is A-level, and the strongest can reach the light core body."

"How many are there?"

"Currently, there are about 40,000."

Zhou Yi was secretly shocked.

These 40,000 A-level creatures... are enough to sweep the wasteland.

"I'm sorry, I can't help with this matter."

The other party sighed.

Zhou Yi changed the subject: "Are you talking to all the church followers? Can you handle it?"

"This is no problem for me."

The Night Goddess didn't seem to think there was any problem: "To maintain and further enhance my abilities, I need to rely on this world. For me, everyone here is very important. They provide me with new power and help me spread influence."

Unlike traditional gods, the gods of the wasteland era have no intermediaries. They directly communicate with every supporter and maintain their own group of believers.

From this point of view, the Night Goddess is truly serving her believers and is very hardworking.

"I will not lend them power that they cannot control. Most of the time, I am answering their doubts and comforting their pain."

"They have many things they cannot say to their own kind, but they are extremely honest and trusting in front of me. Perhaps they also know that I will not lie."

"I also cannot solve many of their problems."

The Night Goddess said softly, "However, humans, these fragile creatures, are more resilient than they appear. They just need to see hope. I tell them that most of the things they want really exist, and even low-level life forms can gradually evolve into overlords that no one can underestimate."

"Just like that, they are already satisfied and grateful and trusting to me."

Zhou Yi thought to himself.

To some extent, the Night Goddess is more like a life mentor responsible for guidance, or a late-night confidante radio station, able to specifically deal with those who are heartbroken and down on their luck.

In the wasteland era, humans who are under tremendous pressure especially need such a spiritual sustenance.

No wonder the Church of the Night is growing larger and larger.

If all gods are like this, then it is not bad to have gods in this world.

Zhou Yi thought a lot, but finally just said, "That's good."

The Night Goddess suddenly asked, "What are you here for in this world?"

Zhou Yi said without hesitation, "To revive humanity and restore the civilization before the Dead Sea descended."

"That is a very difficult goal."

The Night Goddess's incarnation smiled slightly: "However, at least in terms of improving humanity, we have the same direction. We have many possibilities for cooperation."

……

[Radio] stops.

Zhou Yi adjusted his breathing slightly and then opened his eyes.

Bone Man Wei Wu stared at himself with hollow eye sockets.

"You... can actually talk to the Night Goddess directly, bypassing the ritual."

"Was that just now the true face of the Night Goddess?"

"Who exactly are you..."

Zhou Yi made a shushing gesture.

"Please do not publicize what you just saw."

The other party nodded hastily: "Understood, understood."

Zhou Yi said with a smile: "Let's go back to our original topic. Now I, on behalf of the Wasteland Development Company, formally invite you to become a doctor at Maria Hospital. I wonder what you think?"

"Okay, okay! I am very willing!"

The Bone Man doctor was immediately excited.

Zhou Yi shook hands with him: "Our hospital has a heavy workload, and the doctor's vacation may be adjusted due to patients, so please be considerate. Your annual salary is set at 3 Light Seeds. If you have any achievements in the future, or obtain the corresponding skill level, your income will increase accordingly."

"Okay, that's already a lot, much more than before."

Wei Wu was overjoyed.

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Zhou Yi had previously heard Da Vinci say that the annual salary of an attending physician at the Steel Port Hospital is between 500,000 Mushroom Coins and 3 million Mushroom Coins. Wei Wu is the first formal doctor to actively join the company, so Zhou Yi directly gave him the highest salary, which is 3 Light Seeds.

The difference in level between doctors in mechanical and human cities is not as large as the difference in salary.

But the actual situation is that the former's monthly salary is basically equivalent to the latter's annual salary.

Therefore, doctors will eventually choose to go to mechanical cities to gain experience. If they can be rated as a medical position in a mechanical city hospital, their value will have a huge leap after returning.

Wei Wu is still missing this experience.

Most importantly, communicating with the Night Goddess allowed Zhou Yi to have a certain understanding of the Church of the Night.

Overall, this is a large organization of new humans holding together, with the conceptual life form Night Goddess as the spiritual leader, making the church strong and powerful.

The Night Goddess also promised to restrain and guide the believers well.

The company and the church do have a lot of room for cooperation.

Nowadays, many cities explicitly restrict the Church of the Night, and many positions are explicitly prohibited from accepting church members.

For the outstanding professionals among them, as long as they are not crazy people, Zhou Yi welcomes them.

After Wei Wu joined the company, Maria Hospital now has three doctors and one nurse, and the manpower is much more abundant.

Zhou Yi also took this opportunity to formally appoint Da Vinci as the hospital director, and this mechanical doctor is responsible for managing and maintaining the hospital.

After discussing with the doctors and nurses, Da Vinci adjusted the hospital's work and announced to the public that there would be 10 days each month for outpatient consultations and surgeries.

As soon as the announcement came out, many patients came from the towns in the Sand Port area to seek medical treatment. In particular, many women came to Maria Hospital to give birth, paying lower medical expenses and enjoying medical services comparable to those of mechanical cities.

Patients from Steel Refinery City and even Shell City also began to take boats to see doctors and receive treatment.

On outpatient days, Maria Hospital became overcrowded, and the hospital entrance and corridors were full of humans and Photonoids seeking medical treatment.

The appearance of the hospital being crowded with people overlapped with Zhou Yi's memory.

……

While the hospital's consultation volume continued to grow, Yuan Tong also reported good news.

"Chairman, in the less than one year since the Photon Dam was put into use, our 1,744 workers have produced 24 tons of Photon Sand, which translates into 2,400 Light Seeds earned for the company."

This one-eyed old employee said happily: "The dam's output is 150% of the estimated amount!"

Zhou Yi was a little surprised: "Is it because of the increase in the number of people?"

"There is this factor, but it is not the main reason."

Yuan Tong explained: "The key is that we have improved the technology."

"There is a worker named Wang Tai. He invented a new collection method. He used levers and ropes to make a rocker, driving a long rod with multiple pockets in the upper and lower positions to simultaneously collect in a rotating manner, so that he can obtain at least three times the raw Photon Sand material at one time."

"He also led other workers to divide the process, one rocker, one collection pocket, and water and sand separation. In groups of two, alternating operations, the collection volume has been greatly increased."

"High output can bring higher income to workers, so now this model is being rapidly promoted. If this method is fully adopted, our collection can be increased by at least 3 times."

The smile on Yuan Tong's face never stopped.

Zhou Yi was also in a great mood after hearing this: "The inventor must be rewarded, given a big prize, and everyone must be made aware of thinking about improving production and increasing efficiency. This is crucial to the company's future."

Yuan Tong asked: "Chairman, how much do you think is appropriate to reward?"

Zhou Yi fell into deep thought.

First, there was the birth of Emerald Soup.

Now, there is the improvement of Photon Sand collection tools.

The new humans have finally begun to use their creativity.

These are all good signals.

Zhou Yi said: "Let's set up a 'Wasteland Invention Award' specifically to commend and reward those inventors."

"I will first invest 500 Light Seeds as a bonus. The winning inventions must be verified and discussed by you, Bichi, Qian Su, and Zheng Tao. If three of you agree, then it will pass. If there is a large divergence, I will make the final decision."

"The Invention Award is divided into three levels. The third prize is a reward of 100,000 Mushroom Coins, the second prize is 3 million Mushroom Coins, and the first prize is 100 Light Seeds. If there is a strategic-level invention like 'Emerald Soup', I will talk to them about the reward separately. These will all be publicized by Red Falcon in Emerald City."

Yuan Tong rubbed his hands after hearing this: "They will definitely be very interested in this! Chairman, you have scratched their itch. Everyone is most interested in getting rich suddenly."

Zhou Yi smiled: "There is motivation only with desire. Go, take me to see that Wang Tai."