Wasteland Development Diary

When Zhou Yi returned, the hot pot was still hot.

However, the others had already left, leaving only Duke Sandsea sitting on a steel-framed chair, eating chicken bones with sweat all over his face. It now dared to challenge the spicy flavor, but had to gulp down water while eating.

Zhou Yi sat down opposite it: "Is the taste alright?"

"After enduring the initial pain, it's still very comfortable." Duke Sandsea exhaled a hot breath, its mouth already red.

"Mr. Zhou, there's a situation at the Great Buddha's side..."

The Buddha's light disappeared?

Zhou Yi frowned.

After shooting down a Thunder Beast last time, Crane had continued to look for a suitable fusion partner, and it had been more than ten days now. It was also the first time it hadn't returned for so long.

If the Light Gatherer wanted to take away the Light-Absorbing Monster, it would definitely say hello to me.

The Light-Absorbing Monster, which was staying well on the Great Buddha, had no reason to leave.

"Go and take a look."

Zhou Yi moved the hot pot away and used sand to extinguish the flame cup underneath.

...

Arriving outside Sandport City, Zhou Yi saw that the Great Buddha only had a thin halo left, and the Light-Absorbing Monsters were indeed much fewer.

He activated Mind Sync and asked: "Great Buddha, what's going on with the Light-Absorbing Monsters?"

"Zhou Yi Great Buddha, I don't know, they flew into the Dead Sea."

"Any other abnormalities?"

"No."

This was even stranger.

It seemed that he had to ask the parties involved to find out.

Zhou Yi took out the Light-Storing Box and poured a Light Seed into his hand. Several Light-Absorbing Monsters immediately flew over and began to absorb the power of the Light Seed.

Taking advantage of the contact, Zhou Yi activated Mind Sync to question these parties involved.

"Calling."

"There is a power calling us over there."

"Some have left, I haven't left."

...

There was another Light Gatherer in the Dead Sea, secretly taking them away.

Zhou Yi became vigilant.

Crane left, and an foreign Light Gatherer came to steal the home, this situation seemed premeditated.

This thief was very experienced, not showing its face, but stealing the Light-Absorbing Monsters little by little.

Mostly likely a veteran committing the crime.

Zhou Yi only felt a headache.

Light Gatherers were energy-based lifeforms, extremely fast, and the other party was cautiously hiding in the far darkness, so it was impossible to discover its specific location.

Zhou Yi prepared to first probe the other party's reality.

He turned on the [Radio].

"Come."

"Come."

...

The other party was only repeatedly releasing such a signal.

Zhou Yi directly switched to Channel 5.

The scene in front of him suddenly changed.

The source was a luminous triangular star, hidden in the mist, making it difficult to confirm its specific location.

There was a large vortex in that area, like the eye of a storm seen from the air, which twisted the surrounding mist and electricity into a slowly expanding huge spiral.

The Light Gatherer was in its outer area.

Zhou Yi immediately understood.

The other party used the torrent to hide itself, and normal life would choose to stay away from there.

But this behavior also gave Zhou Yi an important reference.

He immediately asked the Red Falcon to retrieve the satellite map.

Zhou Yi rode the Sea God, checking one by one from near to far, and found that torrent area in the northeast direction of Sandport area.

The signal collected by the radio also became clearer.

Zhou Yi also turned on the Sea God's [Light Wheel Well], and locked the specific location by identifying the Fire Seed.

Throughout the entire approach, he was careful, for fear of startling the other party.

That Light Gatherer didn't care about the Sea God at all, seemingly thinking that this mechanical life was no threat.

After entering the attack range, Zhou Yi immediately turned on the Mic Master.

BGM domain deployed!

Just for a moment.

The Mic Master immediately reported: "Caught it."

Zhou Yi breathed a sigh of relief.

Catching a Light Gatherer was like catching a ray of light, a slight mistake would lead to failure, and subsequent capture would be extremely difficult.

Next was how to deal with this guy.

Zhou Yi decided to first see what the other party was, so he sneaked into the BGM world.

At this moment, the Light Gatherer was on a small floating island.

It was snowing.

The whole island was sparkling, full of densely packed Light-Absorbing Monsters.

The triangular star looked around.

"Returned?"

"What's going on... I should be in... the torrent area."

"What exactly happened?"

The whole world was playing background music.

"Snowflakes are drifting, the north wind is howling..."

Fei Yuqing's singing voice was round and elegant.

Zhou Yi saw that this Light Gatherer kept trying to leave, but no matter how much it increased its speed, or even turned into a golden flash, it would eventually return to the island.

"Not good... This is a consciousness attack."

It hovered over the floating island: "Who, who is it?"

Zhou Yi watched coldly.

The Light Gatherer began to flicker wildly, but no matter what, it couldn't break through this scene, and it continued to try without giving up.

Zhou Yi was also a little tired of watching.

He snapped his fingers.

"Next song, let's have a battle one."

The BGM immediately switched to "The Era's Superstar".

The whole world also began to twist and change.

Another Light Gatherer appeared.

It was Crane in the form of cyan flame.

It floated over the island and said to the triangular star: "Sorry, Zhi, you are not the fusion partner I need, please find another."

The Light Gatherer was stunned: "Is it you? Is it you who locked me here?"

Crane turned a deaf ear: "Do you want to launch a battle fusion with me? If you insist, I accept the challenge."

It directly released a cyan light beam, instantly piercing the triangular star.

Then Crane disappeared without a trace.

The remaining Light Gatherer showed circles of light jitter and dimness.

A few seconds later, Crane reappeared.

"Sorry, Zhi..."

The plot began to loop.

Crane's light blade pierced the opponent again and again.

No matter what Zhi said, how it ran away, it couldn't escape the tracking and piercing of this attack.

After several rounds in a row, Zhi had become dim all over, it was like the power was insufficient, and its body was sometimes visible and sometimes not.

"Who are you, who is it?!"

It had begun to go crazy.

Through observation, Zhou Yi had a general understanding.

So it was this one.

Previously, Crane had wanted to fuse with this Zhi, but was rejected. Later, Crane's strength greatly increased after fusing with Crane, and this Zhi came over to actively seek a group.

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Then it was rejected.

Later, it came over to steal.

Zhou Yi finally spoke: "Why steal Light-Absorbing Monsters."

Zhi flew around, seemingly wanting to find the source of the sound, but couldn't find it at all.

Finally, it realized that it was at an absolute disadvantage.

"Light-Absorbing Monsters... there is no such thing as stealing, it's a waste for them to stay with Crane, it won't use their value at all, following me, they have a better chance of transforming into Light Gatherers."

Zhou Yi asked again: "Then why don't you wait for Crane to be there before summoning the Light-Absorbing Monsters?"

"..."

The other party was speechless for a moment, and looked left and right: "Who are you?"

"Crane is an employee of our company, you are encroaching and stealing the property of my company's employees, what do you think I should do with you?"

Zhi was a little panicked: "Aren't Light-Absorbing Monsters everywhere? If you want this, I'll return it to you, I'll return you twice as much."

What Zhou Yi cared about was not this at all: "Answer me, what did you do to Crane. Lie, die."

He suspected that this guy had used some means to trick Crane.

"What did I do to it?"

The other party was stunned, and hurriedly said: "What can I do to it? Its strength far exceeds me, I am not its opponent at all, this has nothing to do with me! It just went to find that guy, if something happens, it's that guy's problem... it has nothing to do with me!"

"Who."

"Another Light Gatherer, it's called 'Cang'."

Zhi said: "Although Cang has no combat ability, its defense is extremely strong, even Crane can't break through its defense."

Zhou Yi's eyes lit up when he heard this.

This ability was complementary to Crane, able to make up for the most lacking defense, no wonder Crane went to invite this Cang.

"But Crane can't fuse with it."

Zhi firmly said: "Because Cang is an absolute individual actor, it refuses to talk to other similar creatures, and also hates fusion. And for the only battle fusion, Crane can't break through its defense."

Zhou Yi asked: "Why is this?"

"You let me go first, and I'll tell you."

Zhou Yi was too lazy to talk nonsense with it, and opened the BGM again, letting Crane once again perform several rounds of light blade piercing on it.

Zhi's brightness continued to decrease, and it also became honest.

"Cang is timid and unwilling to venture into the outer sea, so there is no motivation to fuse."

Zhou Yi felt relieved.

The fusion was something that Crane went to do on its own, as long as there was no danger in itself.

Next was to deal with this guy who stole Light-Absorbing Monsters.

"How many times have you stolen?"

"It can't be said to be stealing, it should be said to be taking... only a few hundred times in total."

"I'll give you one more chance."

"Stolen 2711 times..."

When Zhou Yi heard this number, his first thought was to kill it directly.

It was definitely impossible to release it, Light Gatherers were difficult to capture, once this habitual thief regained freedom, then the company would have to guard against thieves for a thousand days.

Killing it would be the end of it.

Use [Life Strike] to do it directly.

After Zhou Yi clenched his fist, he calmed down a little.

He still summoned Machine No. 2.

See if he could make some waste utilization again, and use the Light Gatherer in other fields.

"Energy-based lifeforms themselves have a very low probability of being born, if we destroy it like this, it's indeed a bit of a pity."

Xiaofu suggested: "Why not transform it into a Fire Seed life, and then further utilize its characteristics..."

Zhou Yi frowned: "Do I still have to cultivate it?"

As the saying goes, it's hard to change one's nature.

Zhi's habit of stealing made Zhou Yi really have no interest.

"Don't worry, listen to me."

The Reverser explained: "You can connect it to the Great Buddha."

"The Great Buddha's own characteristics can affect the consciousness of other lifeforms, making those who approach it friendly, and tend to be stable rather than destructive. This is also a kind of transformation and experiment for Light Gatherers."

"Isolated entities easily enter stasis, it is still necessary for multiple conscious entities to constantly exchange and collide with each other, so that life consciousness will be more active and produce more changes."

"Fire Seed life, I think is a very good supplement and configuration to architectural life."

Xiaofu became serious: "Da Zhou, you have been cultivating and developing architectural life, so I am also thinking about how to further develop their potential."

"Architectural life's consciousness bearing capacity is very strong, adding Fire Seed life will play a role in activating and catalyzing."

"Furthermore, Fire Seed life can only be restored by us, they cannot leave the body of architectural life."

"I think we can start trying from this time."

Zhou Yi suddenly understood.

Xiaofu was really using his heart this time.

If the Great Buddha doesn't work, Emerald City can also be used to try.

He immediately transformed Zhi into a silver triangle, like the Mercedes-Benz logo missing the outer frame.

Zhou Yi returned to Sandport City and told the Great Buddha about this situation.

Leshan Great Buddha said: "Zhou Yi Great Buddha, this is a brand new practice for me, I am willing to try to coexist with other lifeforms."

So, Zhou Yi fixed the triangular star in the Great Buddha's ear hole, so that it would not easily attract attention.

Then he found out.

The Great Buddha was surrounded by electric light from time to time, looking like the suppressed demon was resisting.

Xiaofu said: "Don't worry, it can't break free."

The Great Buddha also said: "This Zhi Great Buddha is very aggressive towards me, very suitable for my practice, it's really great."

That's okay then.

Zhou Yi asked with a smile: "The one who was observing you in the dark, is this guy, right?"

"No, it's not it."

The Great Buddha said: "The life in the Dead Sea is still gazing at me."

Zhou Yi was stunned.

It wasn't Zhi after all.

However, the other party seemed to have been observing secretly, very patient, and it was impossible to know the specific identity in a short time.

Only wait until it appears before saying anything.

Zhou Yi began to pay close attention to the Great Buddha, because this was the first case of Fire Seed life and architectural life being roommates, which was crucial for future development direction.