Wasteland Development Diary

The support and disaster relief team returned in two batches.

The first batch of employees to return included the scavenging team, Doctor Feng Ying, and the Samurai Crabs.

Sun Chonglai and the Black Hand Mushrooms were still in the area, needing to further confirm if there were any subsequent issues with the Mushroom Houses. Unlike Emerald City, Shell City didn't have the Mushroom Forest overseeing things. If the Giant Mushrooms underwent any mutations or other anomalies, no one would be able to accurately assess and handle them.

After confirming that the local soil and water wouldn't affect the Giant Mushrooms and that it was safe for the locals to reside there, Sun Chonglai further instructed the local mayor, Bei Jianxin, on mushroom-related precautions. They are currently still under observation.

Bei Dugong's final data to Zhou Yi indicated that the typhoon disaster resulted in 292 deaths, 41 missing, over 1,800 injuries, and more than a quarter of the city's residential buildings were unusable.

The port needed to be repaired, but the seawall for shellfish farming near the sea was intact, although only less than a tenth of the farmed shellfish remained.

Both the people and the economy suffered heavy losses.

After the disaster, continuous heavy rain and blocked drainage caused wastewater and excrement to flow back, resulting in secondary pollution and the spread of disease. Fortunately, the city had doctors and medicine, and the spread of infectious diseases was quickly contained.

"Thank you very much, Mr. Zhou, for your immediate assistance."

Bei Dugong said through the Red Falcon, "Experiencing a natural disaster of this magnitude, a rapid response can effectively reduce casualties. Shell City lacks experience in dealing with disasters of this scale, and coupled with the impact of severe weather, various supplies couldn't be delivered to our city at all. Thanks to the Wasteland Development Company's comprehensive support in terms of personnel, technology, and materials this time."

"Doctor Feng Ying's experience played a significant role, helping us complete multiple emergency surgeries in a limited environment, saving the lives of 12 residents."

"The Weapon Master and the Samurai Crabs ventured into the most dangerous areas, rescuing many people and giving them a new lease on life."

"And of course, Mr. Sun Chonglai. The Mushroom Forest team he led opened my eyes. Technology like the Mushroom Houses stabilized Shell City's turmoil in a short period. Mushroom Houses have made post-disaster reconstruction much simpler and have also alleviated public panic, preventing secondary disasters."

"A small token of appreciation."

Zhou Yi saw that the [Wasteland Development Company]'s account directly increased by 20,000 Light Seeds.

Bei Dugong was actually this rich?

The other party said, "Mr. Zhou, this typhoon caused a huge disaster to Shell City, but it also stimulated the Light Amber in the ocean to become a natural gusher..."

"So during the typhoon disaster, we were very short of manpower. Because we had to stabilize and bury the Light Amber mine, we had to wait for the contacted Storage City engineering department members to arrive, to avoid unforeseen complications and huge losses. Your rescue team gave us tremendous help."

"Now Shell City has reached a formal agreement with Storage City, using a mining operation + mineral transfer transaction method, for them to build a mining platform at sea. The Light Amber extracted from the seabed will also be purchased entirely by them."

"The first phase of the agreement is for 10 years, and after expiration, a new agreement will be drafted based on the mineral situation."

"Although it's just a small mine, it's enough for Shell City to solve basic economic problems."

Zhou Yi now understood.

So Bei Dugong had discovered a mine, which could be considered a blessing in disguise.

Light Amber and Light Soot are both core raw materials for Imprint Light Art, but their values ​​differ greatly.

The market price of Light Soot Sand is 1 copper (5 grams) per gram, while the extracted Light Amber Oil is 100 copper per milliliter, comparable to a gold mine, with a unit price 100 times higher than the former.

Making finished Light Amber requires a large amount of Light Amber Oil for impurity removal and purification, with high losses, and the market demand has always been high.

Red Falcon said, "Storage City will directly participate in mining operations, indicating that the total output value of the mine area is over 2 million Light Seeds."

"Excluding various losses and mining costs, Shell City can earn at least 30% of the profits from this Light Amber mine, which is a 600,000 Light Seed income. Converted to each year, that's 60,000 Light Seeds in revenue, which is the most conservative estimate."

"The actual situation will only be higher than this. Usually, Storage City will only directly purchase mining rights for a limited period. They are willing to give up a two-way contract, indicating that this mine is either of high quality or has good production."

Zhou Yi sighed in his heart.

He originally thought he was supporting a disaster area, but the disaster area's territorial lord suddenly became a rich guy.

Bei Dugong revealed his hand and stopped pretending.

He was rich.

No wonder he distributed disaster relief funds to everyone and provided free prosthetic replacement surgery for the disaster-stricken people.

Shell City had less than 50,000 people, so covering these benefits was too easy.

Putting everything else aside.

In terms of planning spending, Mechanical Lifeforms indeed had a knack for it.

From a positive perspective.

With this mine to replenish his strength, Bei Dugong could last longer on the front lines of the honor war in winter and have more motivation to fight with his back to the wall.

Finally, Bei Dugong also said, "Mr. Zhou, I want to purchase a large number of Mushroom Houses for use as spare housing and small warehouses."

This made Zhou Yi a little embarrassed.

The pricing of Giant Mushrooms was a problem.

For this unprecedented new thing, Red Falcon couldn't find a corresponding benchmark either.

In the end, Zhou Yi simply said, "I will have Sun Chonglai plant another batch of Giant Mushrooms there. However, this type of mushroom has spatial requirements and cannot be too dense, and it also has requirements for soil and water."

"Mushroom Houses were originally used to deal with disasters and meet basic housing needs. This is a new technology still under internal testing, and we haven't thought about profit issues."

"There's no need to buy them, it can also help us test their actual living effects."

Bei Dugong was silent for a while.

"Mr. Zhou, this kind of one-sided gift is not in line with the principle of equal transactions."

The norms of Mechanical Lifeforms still influenced him.

"I hope to use 50% of the shares of Shell City's Light Amber mine to exchange for Shell City and the company to jointly promote and sell Mushroom Houses. Shell City will take 50% of the profits from the Mushroom Houses sold, and the specific pricing can be discussed later."

Zhou Yi was a little surprised.

In other words, Bei Dugong was preparing to take out 300,000 Light Seeds. This was no small amount.

The other party also said, "I am a combat-type Mechanical Lifeform and have served in multiple cities. War will destroy cities and towns, so this kind of fast-growing housing is of great value, and it is also significantly useful for some extreme environments."

"I have channels in this regard and can sell it externally."

"In addition, I believe that Mushroom Houses have broad prospects and are a brand-new way to build cities. Even for Shell City's own use, it is very worthwhile."

Zhou Yi thought about it.

It was also a good thing for everyone to make the cake bigger together.

The Wasteland Development Company's projects were continuously increasing, but manpower was stretched thin, and more upstream and downstream follow-up was needed, just like Emerald Soup was to Coral Mouth. It was necessary to expand the industrial chain as much as possible and have more stakeholders in order to better focus on core areas.

Zhou Yi immediately nodded: "Okay."

"In that case, let's sign an agreement."

The other party couldn't wait.

On the electronic agreement, it was stated that Shell City had obtained a long-term agency sales contract.

However, the final 50% share of the Light Amber mine surprised Zhou Yi a little.

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This was related to a confidentiality agreement - the agreement contract between Bei Dugong and the Storage City Mining Department. It was marked that the estimated production value of the Light Amber mine area discovered by Shell City was 5.8 million Light Seeds.

Bei Dugong could get 30% of it as profit, which was a cumulative 1.74 million Light Seeds over 10 years.

He could get 174,000 Light Seeds every year just by sitting there.

Zhou Yi could get 87,000 every year, and the first year's share was immediately allocated to the account.

Bei Dugong said, "When the time is right, I will fully promote Mushroom Houses. However, I will start with Shell City first. I plan to build a Mushroom New City next to the old Shell City to see how it goes. After optimizing and correcting it, I will gradually sell it to the outside world."

Zhou Yi felt that this idea was very practical.

He immediately contacted Sun Chonglai through Bei Dugong and asked him to lead a team there for related construction.

The Bone Man said no problem, but also requested more manpower.

So the Sea God sent another batch of Black Hand Mushrooms to support.

The reconstruction and transformation of Shell City entered a new path.

...

Half a month passed.

After the initial popularity of Mushroom Houses in Shell City, some of its shortcomings were exposed.

First of all, the Giant Mushrooms would continue to grow, which caused the Mushroom Houses to become taller and taller. Residents who didn't pay attention would fall from the air and get injured when they came out.

Secondly, there was the issue of visibility. The houses never had vents to see the outside world, which was very closed off, making many people uncomfortable, and it was also difficult for the city to notify every household.

Sun Chonglai solved these one by one.

He made rope ladders outside each Mushroom House, using rope ladders to enter and exit, solving the height problem.

If there were no windows, he would dig a hole on the surface of the Giant Mushroom and embed a stone slab. When needed, the people inside could remove the stone to look outside, which was used as a simple window to look outside. If conditions allowed, rhombus stones or glass could be directly embedded.

Another problem was uneven growth.

Some Giant Mushrooms were majestic and sturdy, shaped like high towers, or even grew into a small castle 20 meters high. However, some Giant Mushrooms grew weakly and basically stopped growing when they were close to 4 or 5 meters.

People always suffer from inequality rather than scarcity. They envied the good Mushroom Houses of others and felt that their own Mushroom Houses were underdeveloped no matter how they looked at them.

"I didn't expect this situation."

Bone Man Sun Chonglai touched his head and reported to Zhou Yi through Bei Dugong's camera: "Chairman, the locals here are feeding the Giant Mushrooms with various strange things."

"Some feed them with shells, some with feces, some with seaweed and silt... This also makes the Giant Mushrooms grow differently, with differences in their color, height, and shape. The tallest Giant Mushroom fortress is inhabited by an Enhancer, who feeds the Giant Mushroom with a lot of energy packs... so it's big, grows fast, and is also strong."

"They have a strange competitive mentality, which I can't do anything about."

Zhou Yi thought it was normal: "It's okay, as long as the basic living functions have been verified."

"There's no problem with that."

Bone Man said, "Among the Giant Mushrooms we have cultivated, 4,566 Mushroom Houses have been confirmed with homeowners and have been officially occupied by local residents."

"The next step is to improve them in terms of comfort and convenience."

Through the promotion and pilot program in Shell City, the supporting plan for Mushroom Houses has become clearer and more complete.

...

Zhou Yi looked at the screen of the controller.

The company currently has more than 250,000 Light Seeds in its account.

The soaring profits of the Courier Center, the advance payment for the Joint City Spring Action, the Sage Mushroom patent, the Emerald Soup dividend, the sale of Light Soot Sand, the output of the Mushroom Forest, and the half mine given by Bei Dugong... adding them all up, the amount is quite considerable.

Just as Zhou Yi was pondering how to allocate this money, a message came from Mechanical Mouse Nemo.

"Chairman, after 21 days, the Sand Rats and Coal Shell Beetles have successfully bred a batch of offspring, and they are all healthy."

"These mixed-blood offspring can move on land and in the Dead Sea. They are sensitive to Dead Light, have a certain degree of intelligence, and are also very durable and of very high quality!"

Amphibious Rats?

Zhou Yi immediately rushed over.