Wasteland Development Diary

During this Recursive City spring recruitment, Zhou Yi introduced five new employees.

Back in Sandport, he arranged their assignments.

The Revo team was naturally assigned to the Ministry of Agriculture, where they would continue to expand and consolidate the company's arable land and farms alongside the Farm Machinery Brothers.

Minister of Agriculture Zheng Tao, upon seeing three robust farm machines, felt ten years younger.

"Excellent, excellent! All are capable professionals with unique talents."

"When winter wheat is harvested in the summer, Ceres can unleash its power."

"Our soybean fields, used for nitrogen fixation and crop rotation, previously wasted many beans due to high planting and harvesting losses. Now, with Golem, a professional soybean farm machine, the waste rate will be greatly reduced."

"And Euro-Leopard is an all-around farm machine! Wonderful, truly wonderful!"

The old man stroked his beard and smiled.

"With the addition of Yanmar, responsible for vegetables, the company's agricultural development and output this year will be much stronger than last year."

"The chairman's personal touch is indeed instantly effective!"

...

Zhou Yi then went to Mushroom Forest, finding Sun Chonglai in the mushroom house office there.

The Bone Lord was wearing frog-eye glasses today, a white shirt with a bright blue suit, a plaid tie, and sandals, still maintaining his unique style.

"Chairman, you've arrived."

Sun Chonglai rubbed his hands and said, "I heard you went to Recursive City. Did you bring back some helpers for Mushroom Forest?"

"You're well-informed."

Zhou Yi smiled and introduced the mechatronic lifeform beside him, "This is Diamond. It's a mechatronic teacher with 200 years of experience, specializing in teaching history and language."

"It can help you provide some basic education to the Black Hand Mushrooms. Black Hand Mushrooms will eventually evolve into White Smoke Mushrooms, so education must start from childhood."

"Cultivating more Black Hand Mushrooms with knowledge will bring you more assistance."

The Bone Lord was stunned, thought for a moment, and said, "You're right. The Mushroom Forest children are naturally playful. Although I have some experience, it's just simple management methods I've figured out."

"Having a professional teacher to teach them will cultivate them into truly useful talents. When they grow into White Smoke Mushrooms in the future, they will also know what they should and shouldn't do."

Zhou Yi added, "Actually, I have another idea. The company doesn't yet have a true school, lacking an internal systematic training mechanism. So far, the most successful is still the Samurai Crab Apartment."

"So I hope Mushroom Forest can pilot this."

"If it works well here, we can use the successful experience of Mushroom Forest to open schools in the future, training the professionals needed by our various departments."

"This is of great significance for selecting talents and improving employee capabilities."

Sun Chonglai immediately understood, "Please rest assured, Chairman, I will cooperate well with Teacher Diamond and do a good job in this educational experiment."

Zhou Yi looked at the old-fashioned stereo beside him, "Diamond, do you have anything to say?"

The mechatronic teacher said, "I will do my best, without reservation, to impart the knowledge I have to the students."

"However, allow me to nag once more. Please provide sufficient teaching supplies for the students, configure some enhanced controllers for them, and memory devices that can store a large amount of information."

Zhou Yi agreed on the spot, "No problem, you guys make a list and report a number to Gong Zheng. The company will reimburse this part of the teaching equipment."

"Thank you very much for your support. You value education, which is a cause that benefits the future, and you will definitely receive a good return."

Diamond's voice revealed happiness.

Then it and Sun Chonglai began to discuss the education of the Black Hand Mushrooms.

...

Next stop, Zhou Yi arrived at the Light Ash Dam.

Near Emerald City, there were two mushroom houses over 15 meters high, with two short bridges made of wooden planks and ropes between them, creating a simple H-shaped small office building.

Outside on the ground stood a large wooden board, painted with the Samurai Crab logo representing the company.

Yuan Tong was drinking a bowl of mushroom soup outside.

"Chairman!"

"Old Yuan."

Zhou Yi pointed to the air purifier beside him, "This is Max, whose specialty is [Purifying Air]. He previously participated in the [Dead Sea Reclamation Project] and has a deep understanding of the Dead Sea, especially the haze inside..."

"He's a talent I found in Recursive City, an experienced professional, and I'm handing him over to you."

Max said, "Please take care of me."

Yuan Tong was overjoyed, "The dam finally has a mechatronic lifeform to help! That's great, I sometimes can't wrap my head around things alone!"

He curiously looked at the new colleague who was less than a meter tall, his mechanical eye focusing, "Max, the Light Ash Dam itself doesn't have high technical content. It basically uses simple collection and screening tools. It's a bit of a waste of your talent... But it will slowly develop in the future, and we can gradually upgrade our equipment and collection processes, which will require your help and wisdom."

"You're too kind, I'm just an ordinary professional."

Max's easy-going personality made him approachable.

Yuan Tong rubbed his hands, "Speaking of air, some employees at the dam window complain of coughing. After the Desperate Machine was improved, the situation improved. But as a rule, the workers who collect light ash for a long time will more or less develop some lung diseases, which are also occupational diseases."

"Is there any way to solve the air problem in our working environment?"

Max said, "The simplest and most effective method is to wear filtering devices, such as masks."

"Another long-term feasible method is to plant trees and forests. Trees and vegetation have a certain effect of retaining and absorbing dust, and absorbing toxic and harmful substances and particles... I checked the local air quality. The Dead Sea haze concentration in the Mushroom Forest area is significantly lower than here, indicating that native mushrooms can also effectively block Dead Sea haze."

"If possible, please increase the planting of giant mushrooms here, and also increase the planting of other non-toxic mushrooms and easy-to-grow grasses. They can effectively reduce the risk of disease for workers and can be beneficial to improving air quality."

"I will also constantly monitor the concentration of particulate matter in the work area to ensure that the air quality index is above level two."

When it came to his professional field, he showed great confidence.

Yuan Tong took out a small notebook and began to quickly take notes, while still communicating verbally.

"Masks are no problem, we can buy them in large quantities and make them mandatory to wear at work. Is it okay to increase the planting of mushrooms and trees and plant them above the dam?"

"Yes, it is."

"Is sprinkling water okay?"

"Absolutely not. Spraying water will increase air humidity. And if the atmospheric humidity is too high, it will promote the conversion of gaseous pollutants to particulate matter, from photochemical reactions to liquid phase reactions... which will actually worsen the pollution."

"I see, no wonder sprinkling water had no effect before, and the coughing and breathing problems were even more serious."

Seeing them discussing enthusiastically and selflessly, Zhou Yi quietly withdrew.

...

In the second month of spring, Kunming Station sent a message.

"The time is ripe, Mr. Zhou. Please take a trip to Yalong Bay to meet the Olympic Center."

The time it spoke of was because the Dead Sea around the destination was relatively calm at the moment, and the rapids were in a weak cycle. Most of the time, rapids were everywhere, and there was a large high-pressure area, making it difficult to find a suitable path to reach.

So Zhou Yi arranged company affairs, took Red Falcon and Jionghe Warehouse, and set sail from Emerald City and Yalong Bay in the middle of the night to reach the target.

Originally, he wanted Li Mo and Tengu in the cave to stay in the company to avoid danger.

However, Li Mo said, "Chairman, if we leave Yalong Bay, we might encounter the Golden Mask Guards instead."

"We will follow and definitely won't cause you any trouble. If you don't order us to, we won't come out of it. If there is a chance, we can also help you run errands."

Zhou Yi let them go.

The location of the Olympic Center is on Dongji Island, east of the Dead Sea. It is a large island, which used to have four cities and seven towns, with a population peak of 200,000.

Dongji Island was originally the territory of the Heavenly Kingdom Governor "Duke Dongji."

The straight-line distance from the Sandport area to Dongji Island is about 2,400 kilometers.

Actual Dead Sea navigation requires avoiding various disaster areas along the way. At Yalong Bay's maximum speed of 15 kilometers per hour, it is expected to take 11 days to reach there.

Using the time on this journey, Zhou Yi learned about the relevant specific situation through satellite and Kunming Station.

"Mr. Zhou, intelligence on Dongji Island is strictly controlled and blocked by the Heavenly Kingdom. The outside world only knows that the Olympic Center is killing and slaughtering there, but does not know the cause and effect."

"The Olympic Center was there when Dongji Island could be traced in history. It was earlier than the appearance of Duke Dongji. However, before there was a ruler, there was no large-scale killing on Dongji Island itself."

"Later, Duke Dongji ruled the local area, and then surrendered to the Heavenly Kingdom, becoming the Heavenly Kingdom Governor. From then on, advanced interference devices were installed locally, and satellites could only obtain a bunch of garbled codes."

"In the 12th year of Duke Dongji's tenure as Governor, a massacre broke out on Dongji Island."

"This part is the historical record that can be found."

"Next, I will talk about the unknown part."

Kunming paused.

"The real number of deaths in the Olympic Center is not 17,000, but at least 35,000."

"The vast majority of these dead are mutants."

"Mutants are constantly being sent into the Olympic Center, and through the Olympic Center's 'competitive' ability, the mutants are made to fight and kill each other, and only the winners can survive."

"The losers die, and the winners can be catalyzed and enhanced by the Olympic Center, thereby evolving at a very alarming rate."

"Relying on the Olympic Center, a large number of E-level mutants have evolved to C-level or even B-level in just a few years through cruel death competitions."

"The price is that a large number of losers die."

Zhou Yi frowned, "The entire Dongji Island only has 200,000 people, and the number of mutants who died in competition has reached 35,000..."

"In other words, Dongji Island is a place specifically used to cultivate mutants?"

"Yes, Mr. Zhou."

Kunming Station said, "Therefore, Dongji Island has been subjected to extremely strict high-intensity blockade. The locals are used to transform into mutants, and then strengthened and screened by the Olympic Center."

"However, this process encountered an unexpected situation by the operator in the 12th year."

"In that year, two Skywalkers were born in the Olympic Center."

"So the situation on Dongji Island got out of control."