Wasteland Development Diary

The express center's order volume has surged, but the increase in couriers is very limited.

Qian Su told Zhou Yi: "With Zheng Bo's help, we have established a trainer mechanism. Led by the Bone Man Jacob, the trainers provide systematic training to new Bone Fish couriers, allowing new members to quickly join the workforce."

"Currently, we have 14 Bone Fish couriers, paired with 28 Victory Serpent navigators. I request expanding the Bone Fish cultivation space. The demand for small package delivery is huge, and we need more and more couriers."

Zhou Yi looked at Zheng Tao: "Zhanjiang Bay No. 1, can you spare some breeding areas for Bone Fish?"

Zheng Tao shook his head: "Chairman, the breeding platform has already allocated 6 breeding areas for cultivating Bone Fish couriers. We can't exceed that."

The Minister of Agriculture's attitude was unusually firm: "For the self-cultivation of Bone Fish, we can only continue to use our previous successful experience. Breeding may seem easy and lacking in technical content, but even a slight difference can make a big difference."

"From fish fry to Bone Fish stage, a large number of White Clams and Wavy Clams need to be fed in specific proportions. If this food is insufficient, it may lead to changes in the temperament of the Bone Fish. If we purchase a large number of external shellfish, it may cause other problems."

"Increasing the quantity is important, but first, we must ensure that we cultivate Bone Fish employees that the company needs. So, I can't further change on this basis. Currently, I can only guarantee that 6 Bone Fish are born each month. This is the current limit."

Qian Su looked distressed, took out a Guangna Box and said: "Zheng Bo, those are all light seeds! Not earning is a loss..."

Zhou Yi made a decision: "Follow Lao Zheng's plan."

However, he also prepared to try to see if there were other ways.

"Lao Zheng, go to Zhanjiang Bay No. 1 and take a look."

"Everyone, wear the Da Vinci-made Great Mist masks and pay attention to safety."

...

The Spine Hunter carried the three of them through the thick fog and arrived at the offshore breeding platform.

Zhou Yi came here again and found that the carpet fungus on the deck was thick and dense again. In the harsh weather, the Black Hand Mushrooms were still working hard.

"Hello, Chairman."

"Chairman!"

They stood up straight one by one to salute.

"Hello, be careful."

"Yes."

"We will be careful!"

Zhou Yi walked into the main control room of Zhanjiang Bay No. 1. There were all kinds of instruments and devices inside, none of which he recognized. However, the room was wiped very clean by the Black Hand Mushrooms, and there was no dirt to be seen.

He had thought about letting the Kestrel take over this large platform in a sub-machine manner.

The drone said: "Although it is a semi-enlightened body, its consciousness has not died out. In this case, the machine stack sub-machine mode cannot be used, which will cause signal conflicts and internal disorders."

"A semi-enlightened body is a special kind of electromechanical life. Using sub-machine signals is a forced enslavement and violation of their autonomy. Electromechanical life that abides by the rules will never do such a thing."

So Zhou Yi had to give up.

Consciousness synchronization cannot communicate with semi-enlightened bodies either.

Now he is going to try a new method.

[Radio], Channel 5, on.

Element power covered the entire Zhanjiang Bay No. 1.

The first thing he heard was the conversation of the Black Hand Mushrooms. They chatted about the weather, the company, Zhou Yi, the Bone Man Sun Chonglai... they liked to talk to each other.

Besides that, there was no other sound.

Could it be that the semi-enlightened body has no signal at all?

Just as Zhou Yi was dubious, he suddenly heard a voice.

"Zhanjiang Bay No. 1, request to return to port."

"Request to return to port."

His eyes lit up immediately.

There's hope.

"Starboard is damaged, cracks appear at the bottom of the ship, seawater is invading, request repair."

Zhou Yi silently noted these two damage points.

Then the voice suddenly changed.

"Who am I? Where am I? What is this place?"

"Let me out!"

...

After a while, Zhou Yi withdrew.

Under the power of the radio, he finally knew why the semi-enlightened bodies could not communicate.

Their consciousness is fragmented and discontinuous.

The various thoughts of normal life will coordinate and gather into a decision, and finally transform into action. But Zhanjiang Bay No. 1's thoughts are just thoughts, everyone says their own, and action depends entirely on instinct. Consciousness and the machine body are completely independent of each other.

They can accept and hear external sounds, but the feedback given is fragmented and scattered, and it is difficult to restore it to a complete meaning.

Zhou Yi turned on consciousness synchronization and tried patiently.

"Besides the damaged starboard and cracks in the bottom of the ship, what else can I help you with?"

Consciousness information was transmitted.

He searched for feedback in the other party's complicated thoughts.

Until half an hour later, he finally found a few answers from it.

"Marine life attached to the bottom of the ship, causing marine life fouling."

"..."

"Ballast tank is severely corroded."

"..."

"Ballast tank is damaged."

Then Zhou Yi found Qian Su, who understood equipment, and Yuan Tong, who had worked in the shipyard, and together they went to Zhanjiang Bay No. 1 to check inside.

They didn't know until they checked, and they were shocked.

The structurally complex ballast tank was not only severely corroded, with multiple layers of skin peeling off, but also had a rusted spiral long horn about 4 meters long inserted into it, causing multiple damages.

Qian Su quickly recognized it: "This is a whaling harpoon, used by the Knights to hunt whales in the Dead Sea. It seems they made a wrong judgment and mistakenly thought the breeding platform was prey... Fortunately, Zhanjiang Bay No. 1 is strong enough to maintain suspension and stability under the influence of this foreign object."

After carefully observing, she began to use an electric saw to saw the whaling harpoon into several sections to disassemble it separately and reduce damage to the hull.

Yuan Tong led people to deal with the corroded area first. He found the inventory of reinforced ships and applied a new coating to the breeding platform.

Zhou Yi also dived into the water and directed the Warrior Crabs to clean up the shellfish and attachments on the bottom of the ship.

It took most of the day to complete.

The entire Zhanjiang Bay No. 1 also changed accordingly.

The windmills on the deck were previously stationary, but now they are slowly turning. The lights on the breeding platform are lit up one by one, illuminating the surrounding sea and land particularly clearly, and the entire platform seems to have just entered working condition.

The most critical change is another change. The 12 breeding areas of Zhanjiang Bay No. 1 are surrounded by a faint white light, and the dead light energy is gathered into the breeding areas.

The usually lazy fish fry inside also became active, swimming back and forth inside.

Zheng Tao looked happy: "From this point of view, the efficiency of the breeding platform will be further improved, and there is still a lot of room for development here."

Qian Su put her hands together in front of the breeding area: "You must grow up quickly, the future of the express center depends on you."

...

After processing the breeding platform, Zhou Yi came to the mushroom forest next door.

The thick fog was filled, and the shadows were heavy outside the forest, which looked a bit gloomy from a distance.

In fact, Sun Chonglai was planting mushrooms with the Black Hand Mushrooms.

Zhou Yi then learned that only a part of the giant mushroom's mycelium can be cut out for replanting.

"Chairman, we will plant them around the farmland first, which can both prevent wind and stabilize the soil."

Sun Chonglai said: "They grow very fast because we have a lot of fertilizer here, and the Iron Horse and Copper Bull take good care of the land here."

"Take me to see the non-toxic giant mushrooms."

"Yes."

The Bone Man took Zhou Yi all the way to the beach area behind the mushroom forest. The giant mushrooms here were scattered and uneven in height, but the shortest was about 3 meters and the tallest could reach 15 meters.

It is impossible to tell with the naked eye whether they are poisonous.

It's just that there is no floating red poisonous mist here anymore.

Sun Chonglai walked to the nearest 3-meter-high, 2-meter-diameter giant mushroom: "You see, this is just planted, it has grown so big in 5 days."

He patted the straight and thick stipe with his bony hands: "You see, how strong and powerful it is. The hollow inside does not mean it is not reliable. This guy is very reliable."

Zhou Yi touched the outer skin of the giant mushroom. The touch was close to rubber, with flexibility and not low strength.

It can still be torn open. It is still a mushroom composed of mycelium, but the structure is more special and tough.

"We usually use them like this."

Sun Chonglai used his hand as a knife, vertically scratched the surface of the giant mushroom twice, and skillfully pulled out an opening. He tore open the mycelium on both sides, and it was indeed hollow inside.

The inside of the mushroom is divided into upper and lower spaces, with a septum in the middle, which reminded Zhou Yi of bamboo.

Sun Chonglai let go, and the giant mushroom's flexible body immediately reunited. He smoothed the crack with his hand, and it was difficult to find if you didn't look carefully.

"Things are placed inside. You can't see it at all from the outside. It's very useful."

A bold idea popped into Zhou Yi's mind.

He tore open the mushroom with both hands, lowered his head and got in.

There was no peculiar smell inside the giant mushroom, and it was surprisingly dry, but it was very dark. It was not stuffy at all, and there was no stagnation in breathing.

Zhou Yi came out from inside.

"The inside of the giant mushroom is very breathable, probably because the mycelium itself is not sealed. It seems feasible to live in?"

This made Sun Chonglai stunned: "Living in... this... but the space inside is very small. Don't we have Emerald City? Although I don't go back often, it's really comfortable to live there, spacious, bright and warm, mushrooms can't compare."

"A single room is enough. And isn't the larger the mushroom, the larger the internal space?"

"That's right... but, Chairman, is this necessary?"

Zhou Yi had to explain to him: "Lao Sun, Emerald City is limited in size and cannot be open to everyone. More people still have to live in more common houses. Mushroom houses are a good choice. They will continue to grow and provide enough vertical space. As long as you open the septum inside, you can enter and exit up and down with a ladder."

"In addition, it is cheap to build, grows quickly, is windproof and rainproof, and we firmly grasp the core technology of planting and improvement. For most people, this is the house they need. Like the typhoon disaster this time, a large number of houses collapsed, and mushroom houses can be quickly supplemented to reduce subsequent damage."

The Bone Man seemed to understand: "You want to use mushroom houses to build new housing groups?"

"Yes."

Zhou Yi said seriously: "So the research on mushrooms cannot be interrupted. The mushroom forest is the company's hidden scientific research department, and the mushrooms all over the world are an important productive force in this wasteland world."

"First, plan a mushroom house community outside Emerald City."

"Yes, Chairman, I understand what to do."

Sun Chonglai was eager to try.