Wasteland Development Diary

The 【Radio】 observation meant the Long-Necked Croc's alertness couldn't detect anything.

It wrote while awkwardly reciting,

"To live, be a hero among men..."

This was the first time Zhou Yi had heard the Long-Necked Croc speak.

And it was speaking Chinese with a slight Japanese accent.

This type of C-level creature has ordinary combat power but is cunning and alert. It can also make sounds, but only low-frequency gurgles, hisses, roars, and something similar to barks. Only Long-Necked Crocs can understand each other.

Long-Necked Crocs are not unintelligent, but they can't be tamed. They have a strong sense of self.

They will stay far away from the strong, even prostrating themselves to show submission, but this is only a facade. They will escape and cause trouble at the first opportunity.

There was once a territorial lord who wanted to train them, but they ended up stealing a lot of Light-Na Boxes and successfully escaping.

They are cunning, two-faced, and bully the weak while fearing the strong. They are not a good choice for loyal servants, nor do they have the determination to die for their cause - they will fool around a bit in battle and then quickly run away, even giving false battle reports and reconnaissance. Because they simply don't want to get close to danger.

Their only advantage is that they know how to show weakness, appearing submissive in front of the strong.

These characteristics of the Long-Necked Croc also made Zhou Yi feel strange about the one in front of him.

If someone had tamed it, that would be truly unbelievable.

But if it hadn't been forcibly tamed, would a Long-Necked Croc really learn human writing and language on its own?

Zhou Yi remembered that learning to write was also a painful thing when he was a child.

He decided to subdue it first.

Mic Master, deploy!

The BGM world of concept life instantly enveloped the area, making the Long-Necked Croc stand blankly in place.

Having controlled the opponent, Zhou Yi then, based on the situation and relying on his enhanced version of 【Alertness】 reconstructed during the battle, followed the Light-Na trajectory to find the target.

The Long-Necked Croc was on the second floor of Hongyadong.

This floor had an old street built inside with blue brick and tile, wooden floors stacked on top of each other, and you could still see many old signs, such as 《Yu Lao Wu's Private Beef Sauce》, 《Hong Jiu Ge Old Hot Pot》, 《Shancheng Teahouse》, 《Silk Customization》, etc., but there was no one there.

The Long-Necked Croc, wrapped in a black robe, stood in front of a wall, its whole body stiff.

Zhou Yi observed it carefully.

It was indeed a Long-Necked Croc, the green light on its body symbolizing that it was a C-level life form.

What caught Zhou Yi's attention was the pendant hanging around its neck, which was actually a white USB drive.

The Long-Necked Croc shouldn't be using this thing on its own?

Zhou Yi was basically certain that its abnormal writing behavior must have been influenced by someone else.

He would have to ask the Long-Necked Croc to find out.

...

In the BGM world, a light and soothing "Jasmine Flower" was playing.

Next to the Long-Necked Croc was another figure in a black robe. It had steel bones and iron arms, a slender body, and a long metal mask with two eye holes.

Iron Guard.

It wore a strange black spherical helmet with a small radar on top.

Above the Iron Guard's head was a black V-shaped drone. It had two adjustable retractable brackets, allowing the four-winged propellers above to change their deployment angle to enter and exit narrow areas.

At its feet was a small four-wheeled vehicle equipped with an antenna and a raised camera, continuously scanning the surrounding environment.

Zhou Yi felt that this Iron Guard was more like a technical person doing road condition surveys.

"Teacher, you're back?"

The Long-Necked Croc said happily with a Japanese accent as it followed behind.

The Iron Guard looked around, the small radar on its helmet spinning non-stop: "No traces of mech-life found, nor any intelligent species mastering Old Human technology and culture, only collecting on-site data after entry..."

It suddenly said: "Found a dying life form, a juvenile Long-Necked Croc."

The Iron Guard turned around and walked towards the Long-Necked Croc.

It stretched out its arms, grabbed the Light-Na Seed in front of it, and two green lights shot out from the eye holes in its iron mask, scanning its whole body.

"Confirmed as radiation-induced ectopic reaction, and long-term malnutrition, organs are failing."

It took out a pill wrapped in tin foil from its backpack and stuffed it into the Long-Necked Croc's mouth.

Then it took out a Light-Na Box and began to pour out two Light Seeds to merge into the Long-Necked Croc's body.

The Long-Necked Croc looked astonished: "This, what's going on... This is something that happened in the past... Why?"

Zhou Yi understood.

So this is how the Iron Guard met the Long-Necked Croc.

By injecting Light Seeds, it saved the weak and failing juvenile Long-Necked Croc, which led to the strange individual who writes everywhere now.

The Long-Necked Croc hurriedly took two steps back.

"You are not Teacher, you are a fake, who are you? What ability did you use to turn into Teacher's appearance?"

However, the Iron Guard continued its existing process.

It observed the Long-Necked Croc for a while, then set up a tent next to it, sat down, and carved a line of words on a stone slab.

——Is anyone there? Please answer if you see this.

These were the same words that the Long-Necked Croc had written before.

The difference was that the Iron Guard wrote in standard regular script, neatly and correctly stroke by stroke.

It fixed the stone slab on a wall next to it.

The scene changed.

This segment started playing again from the beginning.

The Long-Necked Croc was a little flustered: "What... Where am I? Who are you? What did you do to Teacher!"

It looked around, seemingly using its alertness ability, all the green light condensed on its eyes.

Unfortunately, it still couldn't discover the truth behind it.

...

"Let's talk."

Zhou Yi didn't beat around the bush and showed himself directly.

The Long-Necked Croc's eyes immediately became vigilant: "So you did all this, what did you do to Teacher?"

"My name is Zhou Yi, from the Wasteland Development Company. This is the first time I've encountered a Long-Necked Croc actively learning prehistoric human writing. I can see that you've learned it well. What's your name?"

"...Wenxi."

Although it was reluctant, it still gave its answer. It kept looking at the Iron Guard beside it, who was repeating its actions, acting alone.

"Relax, your teacher is fine. I don't have any malice towards you either. I just passed by here and saw the writing you left behind, so I followed it all the way here."

Wenxi's eyes suddenly widened: "You know prehistoric writing?"

"Of course."

"Chuhe ri dangchu?"

"Are you saying 'Chuhe ri dangwu'? The next line is han di he xia tu."

The other party still didn't believe it: "What is the national flag called?"

"Five-star red flag."

"What place is this?"

"Chongqing."

"What is father's father called?"

"Grandfather."

"What does this word read as?"

The most ⊥ new ⊥ small ⊥ say ⊥ at ⊥ six ⊥ 9 ⊥⊥ book ⊥⊥ bar ⊥⊥ first ⊥ hair!

It drew a character in the dust on the ground.

Perhaps it was already very complicated for Wenxi, but it was still too simple in Zhou Yi's eyes.

"Mao die. And you wrote it wrong, mao has a mao character below it, you are missing a horizontal stroke."

The Long-Necked Croc was completely shocked.

"You, you really understand prehistoric writing... Do you know Teacher?"

Zhou Yi said: "Your teacher isn't the main body, is it? Is it a bone person, or from the Beiyang Legion?"

The Long-Necked Croc became vigilant again: "It seems you don't know Teacher."

This guy was very wary.

Zhou Yi could only say: "You write Chinese here to guide the people nearby to come to you. This should be the task your teacher gave you."

"..."

"In other words, what you have to do is what it wants to do, which is to find someone like me who understands Chinese and contact them. Right?"

"..."

Wenxi still insisted: "Although you understand prehistoric writing, you don't know Teacher, which makes it hard for me to believe you. It's also possible that you are affecting my consciousness, and you don't actually have this ability."

"You can kill me, but I will never betray Teacher."

A Long-Necked Croc who is ready to die, this is really rare.

Zhou Yi snapped his fingers.

The BGM changed.

"Even if fate is turbulent and displaced

Even if fate is tortuous and bizarre

Even if fate is intimidating you

Life is no fun..."

The positive and enterprising chicken-blood song "Red Sun" surrounded the area.

The whole world suddenly changed.

Wenxi stood on the empty street inside Hongyadong.

Teacher Iron Guard was saying in a mechanical voice: "Continue writing, writing is an important carrier of information. You must learn to write, copy the "Early Departure from Baidi City" and "Ode to the Goose" 50 times, and you must ensure that every word is correct."

"If you can't do it, your course will not be able to continue. This is just the most basic elementary school course."

Elementary school?

This guy knew about the past.

Zhou Yi paid more attention to it in his heart.

Then he started to switch songs frequently in order to obtain more scene information from the Long-Necked Croc's memory.

Iron Guard kept appearing in various environments.

Sometimes it chatted with the Long-Necked Croc, sometimes it took it to practice fighting, sometimes it taught it to write, and tried to get it to learn to pronounce.

"You are very smart and have a strong ability to imitate. My name is Wenxin, and I come from a distant place to collect data in this prehistoric city."

...

"You have mastered five basic characters, very good."

...

"I'm leaving, you stay here. If you want to help me, write the words here, guide those who understand this prehistoric writing to find you, and then tell him about me. I think he can find me."

...

"I'm going to a very far place, you stay here, I'll come back to see you later."

...

Wenxi watched from the side, clenching its claws: "You are so despicable!!"

Zhou Yi didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Your teacher clearly asked you to tell me about it, but you are creating obstacles yourself."

"You look suspicious."

Wenxi said firmly: "I want to ensure Teacher's safety, and I must not let dangerous guys threaten Teacher."

Zhou Yi didn't care: "But I still know your teacher's name. I can continue to watch, I can always master everything you've seen... And some of the conversations between you? But you can also tell me the truth, so it's easier for both of us."

This time the Long-Necked Croc was silent for a long time.

"If you have any bad ideas, I advise you to dispel them as soon as possible, because my teacher comes from the powerful Mount Tai Knights."

Eh?

Zhou Yi didn't expect that the Mount Tai Knights, who he had been unable to find before, had actually appeared here.

"My teacher, whose full name is "Wenxin Yiyan", has the combat power to repel B-level creatures, and has unparalleled wisdom, knowing the secrets of all things..."

Wenxi said proudly.

Zhou Yi's pupils shrank sharply.

Wenxin Yiyan.

This was an AI large model made by Baidu in the past. I used it as a search engine. There were no advertisements in it, and it also summarized a lot of information.

In other words, the Mount Tai Knights are a knight order composed of artificial intelligence?