Wasteland Development Diary

On the return journey, Zhou Yi requested access to the Wuhu overpass's memory information.

It initially refused.

"What are you planning?"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible. Don't even think about it. I won't give you the chance to learn from those bastards."

Zhou Yi told it, "If you're willing to work for our company and handle intercity transportation, I'll restore you to your peak condition and provide unlimited energy."

"But before that, I need to confirm that there are no issues with your structure itself. For example, structural abnormalities caused by dead light radiation, inherent tendencies for self-destruction, and accident investigations for potential explosion hazards."

"I'm normal! I'm a normal overpass. They're the ones with the problem!"

"..."

After a moment of silence.

"Look if you must."

Then it directly unfolded all of its memories.

It was the first time Zhou Yi had seen all the memory information of a construction lifeform.

In the overpass's perspective, the world was hazy, and it could only see clearly at extremely close range.

Later, Zhou Yi asked Emerald City and the others and learned that this was a common trait; construction lifeforms were basically severely nearsighted. This was because their bodies were extremely closed off, and they could only perceive themselves, dead light energy, and the lifeforms that touched them.

The overpass's memory was like an old silent movie.

Most of the time, it stood motionless on the ground. Only through changes in rainfall and sunlight could the passage of time be discerned.

Zhou Yi sped up the footage.

This part of the information occupied nearly 95% of its memory.

Because it was located on land, the dead light energy obtained naturally was insufficient, and the overpass gradually became dilapidated and decayed.

The first human to come into contact with the overpass was a man with thick hair, draped in animal skins, like a wild man. He held a torch and seemed to have gotten lost here in the dark.

The man initially appeared frightened and surprised, seemingly unable to understand how such a structure could have appeared.

After confirming there was no danger, the wild man first hid under the bridge. However, feeling unsafe, he climbed up the pillars to the overpass above, only feeling relieved when he reached the bridge surface.

He huddled under the wall-style guardrail, taking a temporary rest.

At this time, the overpass had collapsed at both ends, looking like a high platform. The wild man lying on it was like a bird perched on a tree.

Soon after, the wild man left.

But before long, he brought many new humans dressed in the same way to this place. They lit bonfires around the overpass, dug holes in the ground, and used the dilapidated overpass as shelter to survive.

After some time, a group of humans wearing leather armor appeared, conquering this settlement.

Later, a large group of thorn birds and red-eyed vultures appeared.

Leading them was a golden owl with peculiar ear-like tufts on its head and sharp eyes.

The armored humans kept prostrating before it.

Clearly, the owl was the leader of this group.

It spat out several light seeds, all of which were absorbed by the bridge. The originally decaying and dilapidated bridge began to gradually repair its cracks, and the road surface became smooth.

The owl grabbed a wild man and threw him onto the partially repaired bridge.

The wild man suddenly started running frantically on the bridge surface. He ran all the way to the broken part of the bridge, his legs seemingly out of control, carrying him with inertia off the bridge surface.

He fell to the ground from a great height, and it took a while for him to limp to his feet.

Zhou Yi asked, "Does your ability allow objects on the bridge surface to accelerate?"

"It's 'speed limit'."

The overpass said, "As long as there's enough energy to operate, I'll maintain the speed of moving objects on the bridge road between a safe driving speed of 50-80 kilometers per hour."

"What if it's less than 50 kilometers per hour?"

"I'll help it accelerate to this minimum speed."

Zhou Yi confirmed again, "So as long as the object is moving, you'll help it accelerate?"

It replied, "I used to only affect vehicles. But some lifeforms are like vehicles, and some vehicles are like lifeforms. I can no longer distinguish them."

"So as long as a moving object is trying to get from one end of the bridge to the other, I'll activate the speed limit for them."

"Later, I discovered that some lifeforms don't even know what going on the bridge means. They're fragile, and helping them accelerate will only cause them to collapse quickly..."

"So I also find it annoying, not knowing what they're coming onto the bridge for. If they want to walk, why not walk faster? If they want to stop, why even come onto the bridge?"

Zhou Yi thought to himself.

There are so many situations.

He could only say, "Actually, you only need to manage vehicles with wheels."

"It took me a lot of time to learn this. It's troublesome to filter all kinds of lifeforms that come onto the bridge,"

the Wuhu Bridge complained.

Zhou Yi continued to observe the memory immersively.

The golden owl destroyed and cut off the new bodies that grew out of the overpass, ordering humans to create specific circular track molds out of wood and fix them on the bridge. Any parts that didn't grow in that direction were smashed.

This made the overpass like a small tree being constricted, eventually growing into the shape it wanted.

Zhou Yi couldn't help but ask, "You didn't resist being destroyed like that?"

"Why resist?"

This time, it was the Wuhu Bridge that didn't understand, "My function is to improve transportation efficiency. It's normal to be transformed into a corresponding form according to actual needs. My body is like that."

Zhou Yi was a little dumbfounded.

"Didn't you explode before? They attacked and destroyed you, and you were completely indifferent?"

"Oh, that. I don't accept being transformed into non-transportation functions, so I'll self-destruct, so they can't use me."

The overpass said, "You're the same. I won't compromise!"

"..."

Zhou Yi didn't know what to say.

Okay, then.

This one belongs to self-harm resistance.

Zhou Yi thought carefully.

Construction lifeforms are indeed quite simple, most of them only care about their own functions. Even military buildings like Yalong Bay have no intention or subjective intention to harm external lifeforms.

He continued to immerse himself in the memory.

The owl transformed the overpass into a completely closed circular structure, and then ordered people to put a black substance into the circular road.

These black substances spun and ran rapidly inside.

Zhou Yi could see clearly that it was light soot sand.

A large amount of light soot sand gradually connected in high-speed rotation, and various impurities and gravel were thrown out.

Because of continuous friction with the ground, the local area began to heat up and smoke.

The light soot sand inside turned into a crystal clear black, like a pearl shining.

Acceleration continued.

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The shining light soot sand began to draw silk, turning into black fibers, intertwining and fluffing up.

This reminded Zhou Yi of a cotton candy machine.

Finally, the overpass ran out of energy.

The owl ordered humans to take out the light soot lines in sections and sell them to the large trucks waiting outside.

Then it fed energy packs and started the next round of rotation.

Zhou Yi then inquired about the Kestrel.

"It's a light soot cable,"

the drone replied, "This is a refined processed product of light soot, with a value far higher than light soot raw materials. It is used in some high-precision coatings, light-printed structural connections, and surgical repairs. It is priced according to length and thickness diameter, the thinner the more expensive."

"However, this process requires very high purity light soot, and it must maintain a stable long-term uniform speed polishing to allow it to naturally draw silk, and finally produce a stable line."

Zhou Yi completely understood.

The golden owl turned the overpass into a refining device.

Before long, the overpass exploded itself to resist being tampered with.

The overpass spoke from the side, "How is it? Are you scared? If you're like it, I'll explode with you too!"

"..."

Zhou Yi ignored it and continued to look down.

The owl did not give up immediately. It repaired the overpass, but after several repairs, the overpass continued to self-destruct, making it realize that there might be a problem with this alien.

In the end, it chose to leave with people.

Many years passed.

The overpass was dug out of the sand by a human team.

The two humans leading the team wore black uniforms similar to sportswear, basically the same as Liu Zhaoshan's, undoubtedly belonging to the Extinction Public camp.

Later, an octopus with eight tentacles came.

Under the command of the octopus, the overpass reappeared and was repaired.

It extended the overpass straight forward, covering the bottom and sides of the bridge with a thick layer of light soot, covered with white light ridges and metal structures, and installed large cannon devices.

As it glowed and charged, these cannons fired one after another with amazing power.

Zhou Yi asked, "Don't you have a speed limit? It's impossible for the shells to be this slow, right?"

"It's the previous bastard,"

the overpass said angrily, "It tampered with my body, converting and extending the 'speed limit' to those artificial bodies outside, breaking through the area I could limit."

"As long as I'm running, it's constantly accelerating to the outside... It stole my power and twisted my function!"

No wonder it's called the Sea Crossbow.

Zhou Yi was also alert.

It seems that the Extinction Public also has great achievements in the field of scientific research, and has actually cracked and applied part of the overpass's ability.

The Kestrel said, "Among the Extinction Public camp, there is only one octopus in the leader class, named Ringo, and it is also one of the most important local officials in the Shuanghe area."

Ringo.

Zhou Yi silently remembered the name.

Although Ringo's transformation was very effective, it still couldn't withstand the overpass's self-destructive resistance movement.

In the end, the overpass sank into the Dead Sea after several self-destructions.

Zhou Yi said, "Don't worry, our company won't do that kind of thing. The overpass just needs to connect the traffic."

"You said it, remember your words,"

the other party warned.

"How big is your complete form?"

"I'm 1300 meters long, 17.5 meters wide, with 4 lanes in both directions. This is the basic data,"

the overpass said, "But since you supply unlimited energy, my true complete form has no upper limit."

"What does that mean?"

"It means I can extend indefinitely!"

The overpass said proudly, "No matter how far the city is, as long as there is sufficient energy and basic materials, I can continuously expand and extend the bridge body until it completes the connection there!"

"It's just that the previous two guys were afraid that my body would be too huge and didn't give me enough energy."

Zhou Yi listened to a sound of lying trough.

Infinite Bridge.

The owl and Ringo completely used the wrong direction.

The overpass can connect many towns by itself and build the entire transportation system of the Sandport area.

This is its true strategic value!