Wasteland Development Diary

The Rolex on his wrist projected a tiny clockwork figure, the dial still clearly showing the shape of a Submariner. It had its hands behind its back, looking quite pleased with itself.

Zhou Yi was a little surprised: "I remember you saying that you declined last season. This season you've directly overtaken... Are Standard Clocks that easy to promote to?"

"Of course not! It's not easy at all!"

The Submariner retorted loudly, "I've always been in a leading position. There are only a few measurers in this area who can compete with me."

"After you came here, there were even fewer measurers in the area near the company, which allowed me to maintain my advantage. The reason I declined later was because of winter."

Zhou Yi was puzzled: "Does the season affect you that much?"

"In winter, the dead light energy decreases as the daylight hours shorten. This causes many time measurers to fall into a slumber, making it difficult to determine results later. Therefore, most of them sprint desperately in the autumn to try to widen their advantage before winter comes and become Standard Clocks."

The Submariner gave Zhou Yi a thumbs up: "But with your help, I actually gained momentum later this year. In winter, when other measurers were operating slowly, I continued to accelerate and calibrate at a high frequency, finally achieving this goal!"

"Congratulations."

Zhou Yi said, "What's the difference between a Standard Clock and before? Have you evolved into a conceptual life form?"

"Time measurers can do very little, only constantly calibrate time, affecting a very small area near them."

The Submariner explained, "A Standard Clock is the standard in this area. Other time measurers ultimately use my time as the standard."

"Now I have two abilities, [Universal Time] and [Atomic Time], which Standard Clocks also have."

"Universal Time is a reaction to the operation of the world, representing the movement of the entire world. There is a highest standard in this field, called Greenwich Mean Solar Time."

The Submariner projected a glowing Earth slowly rotating.

There was a bright spot on the Earth's surface, with a clock suspended above it.

"This is Greenwich, a sacred place for time measurers. There is now a Standard Clock there serving as Mean Solar Time, providing a most important reference for the operation of the entire world. Only Mean Solar Time is a conceptual life form; other Standard Clocks are not."

Zhou Yi knew about Greenwich Mean Time.

"Is Mean Solar Time the leader of Standard Clocks?"

"Strictly speaking, it's power, but also an obligation."

The Submariner said, "The top three Standard Clocks in the world can compete for Mean Solar Time, calibrating the time of the entire world to determine a more accurate standard. Until a more accurate Standard Clock appears, the Mean Solar Time will be replaced. This is a continuous pursuit and improvement of time accuracy."

"Every Standard Clock longs to enter Greenwich, because that is the highest hall of time in this world."

"As a Standard Clock, I can calibrate with Mean Solar Time at any time, unaffected by other external forces disrupting time. This is Universal Time, a description of the real movement of the world."

"Atomic Time is different from Universal Time. It is a description of fixed intervals, a uniform and stable time interval, an ideal timer."

Zhou Yi sorted it out: "Universal Time is an objective description of the world's movement, and Atomic Time is an independent standard timer?"

"Correct. You understand quickly."

The Submariner said, "Universal Time is actual time, and Atomic Time is absolute time."

"Now there's a situation."

Zhou Yi told him about Bone Man Wu Yi and the Glass Man.

"Is there a way to stop the Glass Man's influence on time?"

"No problem."

The Submariner was very confident: "That's what Standard Clocks do. Our ability is to calibrate the time in various places and keep everything running in order."

So Zhou Yi had Red Falcon call Wu Yi.

The Bone Man ran over, excitedly confirming, "Can you really break the time tampering?"

Zhou Yi tapped his wristwatch.

So the Submariner said, "Tell me again about what you saw. I need to further confirm."

"Okay, that woman in the ice block, she..."

After listening to the Bone Man's detailed description, the Submariner asserted, "It's a tampering of time in the realm of consciousness. I can fix it by synchronizing Universal Time. With Mean Solar Time as the standard behind it, it cannot tamper with the time concept of the entire world."

"Great, great!"

Wu Yi was excited.

Zhou Yi said with a smile, "How about we go to the seabed to see that Glass Man now? I, Jiong He Cang, and you will go together."

But the Bone Man suddenly calmed down: "Chairman, wait a moment."

"Now I need to adjust myself to the best state."

"Please wait for me for a month."

"Okay."

...

The Submariner advanced to a Standard Clock, but its rank was not high.

Zhou Yi used [Alertness] to identify it, and it emitted green light, representing the D-C level stage.

But the time measurer's ability is special, and even B-level life forms can't match it in the field of time.

The Submariner first activated Universal Time to unify the time of the entire Sandport area.

It synchronized the biological clocks of all living beings.

By calibrating the biological clocks, some workers who repeatedly reversed day and night were freed from insomnia, panic, and anxiety, and were forced to return to a physiologically healthy cycle of movement.

This is a good thing for both work and life.

Sand Sea Gong keenly noticed this change and quickly came to visit: "Mr. Zhou, has the company come up with something new again? Now the residents of Sandport City have become punctual. This is not something that can happen naturally."

Zhou Yi didn't hide it from him: "There is a time measurer in the company who has adjusted and synchronized everyone's time to avoid disordered routines."

Territorial Sea Lord was overjoyed: "That's a great thing. Some abilities and equipment can disrupt the perception of time. Now that the company has this technology, Sandport is no longer afraid of that kind of attack!"

"I was worried about attacks in the realm of consciousness before, but now it seems completely unnecessary. Mr. Zhou, you thought of it early on."

His words reminded Zhou Yi of something.

Zhou Yi turned around and called 703 to show him the Submariner.

"Is the Submariner useful for your 'Time Anchor'?"

The machine dog was initially surprised. After thinking about it, it said, "You can try. The Time Anchor's program itself is already very complete, but it lacks the final implantation of the timeline part. If you use a Standard Clock instead, the effect should be better. Because it represents the real movement of the world, which is real time."

"Are there any risks?"

Zhou Yi was more concerned about this.

"There are risks in theory."

703 replied cautiously, "But the Time Anchor itself is not a mandatory program. There is no change or redefinition. It is more like an auxiliary tool connected to the semi-civilized body."

"This allows the semi-civilized body to use it directly. If there is danger or damage, they will disconnect directly."

"The biggest problem in the past was the timeline. If the timeline is called incorrectly, it will further disrupt the information time in the program... But if it is replaced by a professional Standard Clock, it may be able to fill this gap."

"Chairman, I request to conduct a test!"

Zhou Yi agreed.

"Then test it with the company's 'Zhanjiang Bay No. 1'. It is also a semi-civilized body, strong enough, and usually very stable."

"I will apply for the complete program transmission."

The machine dog sat blankly on the ground.

About 2 minutes later, its single eye glowed: "The application has been approved, and the programs have been transmitted."

Then Zhou Yi and it came to the aquaculture platform.

The machine dog found the socket in the control room, inserted its connection cable, and the two electromechanical lives achieved physical connection.

"Chairman, its data volume is very large. I am waiting for the basic response of the Time Anchor test."

"Passed! Its various indicators meet the basic requirements."

"Then call the environment and language..."

703 was busy for more than an hour before saying, "Chairman, the preliminary preparations are complete, and you can install and use it."

"Please also join the Standard Clock. What we have to do now is to create a timeline in the main program consciousness of Zhanjiang Bay No. 1, so that it can recover from random jumps and discrete along this axis, and gradually tend to converge and continuity."

The Submariner said, "I'll give it a try."

Zhou Yi's wristwatch released sections of light in the shape of pointers, covering the entire aquaculture platform.

These white pointers looked extremely disordered, flying around the surface of Zhanjiang Bay No. 1 like swimming fish.

"I am marking it."

"The biological clock in its body... or rather, the electromechanical clock has been fragmented. Different areas have different timings, and they are still being further cut and split. If this continues, it will only be lost in completely disordered time points."

The Submariner said, "I have to do an emergency treatment first."

Then Zhou Yi saw that a large black dial appeared under his feet, and the dial was covered with dense red water droplets. They seemed to be in a boiling state, constantly jumping and sinking, forming circles of red ripples.

"This is Atomic Time."

The Submariner introduced, "I will use this to unify the time inside first."

Zhou Yi saw that white pointers began to move around Atomic Time, and they connected end to end, forming circles of loops.

"Then is Universal Time."

The Submariner finished speaking.

A small sun suddenly rose on the deck. This spherical sun had pointers and scales.

As Universal Time appeared, the white pointers suddenly began to rotate, slowly constructing their respective dials.

Dense clocks appeared throughout the aquaculture platform. Their pointers were fast and slow, but they were gradually coordinating and tending to unify.

"No problem, it can be calibrated soon."

The Submariner said.

At this time, 703 hurriedly called to stop.

"Chairman, stop, stop."

"The Time Anchor program can't keep up with the efficiency of the Standard Clock, and a large number of errors have occurred. The program is about to crash..."

Zhou Yi was speechless for a while.

He immediately pointed at the machine dog's nose and scolded: "You guys, you boasted so much before, but you dropped the ball at a critical moment. How can you fix the semi-civilized body by doing this!?"

"Yes, yes, sorry!"

The machine dog was dejected and crawled on the ground: "We will modify the program to improve the operating efficiency of the Time Anchor to keep up with the rhythm of the Standard Clock..."