Wasteland Development Diary

The next day, night.

Zhou Yi was looking at "Chinese National Geography." Things that used to be commonplace could now only be savored in magazines.

There was a knock on the door.

He opened it and found it was A-Feng.

"Chairman, I've raised the worm king into a scarab!"

The mud-covered young man gesticulated excitedly, grinning from ear to ear.

Zhou Yi was shocked.

So fast?

He followed A-Feng to a container house outside, and a wave of rotten stench hit him. Inside, there was a lot of hay and branches, and a large, dark worm was lying in it. Gong Zheng was already waiting here.

A-Feng pointed inside and said, "Chairman, this is the scarab."

Zhou Yi sized up the creature in front of him.

Unlike the soft, strip-shaped grub worms, the scarab had shrunk in length, becoming oval and more robust, somewhat like a large silkworm.

Its body surface had a layer of black cuticle. This layer of armor was ring-shaped, protecting the scarab like armor all over its body.

The scarab chewed on dried mushrooms and leaves in a leisurely manner, looking very stable and satisfied with its current life.

A-Feng picked up a piece of curled black sheet from the ground: "Chairman, this is its shell."

Zhou Yi took it and examined it carefully.

The hardness was between plastic and metal, and the flexibility was not bad, it could be bent significantly.

Then A-Feng smashed it with a hammer and chopped it with a knife on the spot, but failed to damage this natural shell.

"Chairman, I didn't lie to you, it's hard and flexible."

Gong Zheng added: "Scarab armor is a versatile natural material that can be reshaped at extremely high temperatures. Alchemists use it to make special containers, or the outer shells and protective layers of advanced devices. It is also an excellent choice for shields and armor."

Zhou Yi praised A-Feng and asked him to continue to cultivate more scarabs to increase the company's reserves of scarab armor material.

"Chairman, now that there are so many mushrooms that we can't eat, we will definitely be able to cultivate a lot of scarabs. Although scarabs shed their skin very slowly, as long as we raise enough of them, we will be able to obtain a lot of shells. I will make them more and more!"

A-Feng was full of confidence.

Although he didn't know how to use this material yet, it was always good to have more high-quality raw materials.

Stock up first.

...

Two days later.

With Night Claw as his adjutant, Zhou Yi led 30 Black Warriors and 77 ordinary Warrior Crabs, a total of 108 generals, and crossed the oasis in a mighty manner, officially approaching the Death Dunes.

On the dunes, those people and creatures disguised by antlions were still wandering under the sun.

Zhou Yi continued to use the same tactics as before to deal with the antlions, directly sending Warrior Crab squads to shoot poison throwing knives.

These desert monsters had hard armor to protect them, but their spiky tentacles were connected to their flesh. When the wounds were invaded by the poison of the Jumping Snake, their violent attacks would instead accelerate the spread of the poison in their bodies.

Relying on this simple and unadorned method, the Warrior Crab army advanced all the way, continuously beheading 43 antlions under the desert, tearing a gap in the Death Dunes.

After entering the depths of the dunes, the situation changed.

The outer dunes were divided among the antlions, and their bait could be seen everywhere, but the inner area was devoid of these things, unnervingly quiet.

Zhou Yi immediately ordered the army to stop.

Unfortunately, the Red Falcon was not there, so it was impossible to obtain details of this strange dune from the air.

Should he continue to advance, or retreat to be safe?

Zhou Yi observed the surroundings.

There were some vitrified areas remaining on the nearby dunes, and scorched black traces could still be found.

Zhou Yi asked Night Claw, who was accompanying him: "Are there meteorites falling in the Death Dunes?"

"Master, what is a meteorite?"

Claw Pig looked blank.

Zhou Yi briefly explained the phenomenon and mechanism of meteorites.

"Ah, so that's called a meteorite. Those flaming iron lumps that fall from the sky, yes, but very, very few."

Night Claw said: "They don't fall here often. Those meteorites basically fall into the Dead Sea."

The Death Dunes were not a meteorite impact-prone area.

In other words, these traces were man-made.

Zhou Yi's eyes sharpened.

With the assistance of the [Alertness] ability, he tracked the energy flow around him.

It was daytime, the visibility was very high, and there were no interfering objects, so after careful searching and elimination, Zhou Yi discovered some unusual trajectories.

Under those vitrified areas, some still had residual faint white energy dissipating.

Zhou Yi ordered the Warrior Crabs to dig open the sand layer, and found badly damaged wreckage underneath. Night Claw confirmed through smell that they were antlion corpses. However, the valuable shells, foot thorns, and tentacles of the antlions were gone, with traces of being cut off.

Someone was hunting here.

Following these wreckage corpses, Zhou Yi traced all the way, discovering 6 monster wreckage sites, and some oil paper buried in the sand, which seemed to have been used to wrap something.

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Soon after, he heard a loud explosion.

Behind a dune, he found the source of the sound.

There was an exceptionally large antlion.

Its body was covered with open spiky tentacles, and two wide and long light yellow wings grew out from the back of its oval cone-shaped body. Its size and sense of oppression exceeded any antlion before.

However, the large antlion opened its pincer-shaped jaws, seemingly intimidating the enemy, but for some unknown reason, it dared not or could not move, as if it were nailed to the dune.

About fifteen meters away from it stood a petite, slender girl wearing a white sun hat and a short-sleeved gray shirt.

The girl wore a pair of round-framed narrow-rimmed glasses, the lenses reflecting a reddish glimmer.

Her hair was tied behind her head, and her bangs were parted to the left and right sides. She was squinting her right eye, holding an open black umbrella with both hands, aiming at the monster in front.

The girl bent her knees slightly, pulling the umbrella handle back a little.

Bang!

Geometric light patterns lit up on the black umbrella, and a powerful white light erupted instantly, blasting the giant head of the antlion's jaws.

The tall monster's body swayed and slowly fell down.

The girl, holding the black umbrella, walked to the headless antlion and observed the corpse.

Then she slowly turned her face, looked at the dune where Zhou Yi was, put away her umbrella, and waved and smiled.

Zhou Yi simply went over generously.

After getting closer, he realized that the girl's arms were completely prosthetic limbs made of metal.

But the way she held the black umbrella and moved her fingers looked flexible and agile.

Noticing the other party's gaze, the girl generously unfolded her left hand without holding the umbrella, moving her five silver, well-proportioned fingers: "Very flexible, right? The strength is also very high. The 2nd generation 'Veteran Steel Arm' can match and use most mainstream weapons on the market today. Whether it's short and long melee cold weapons, or medium and long-range firepower weapons, it can ensure that you maintain stability and precision when using it."

"This guest, would you like one?"

"We are currently having a promotional event. This hand only costs 699 Light Seeds, and it also comes with a bottle of maintenance oil, and one year of free maintenance and repair."

Zhou Yi was stunned.

What's going on?

Selling here?

"Otherwise, you can also consider this one. This is the 'Nimble Hand' that is currently in the internal testing phase. Although its strength is not as good as the Veteran Steel Arm, it is completely sufficient for daily life, whether it is holding or using tools." The girl took the umbrella handle with her left hand and opened her right hand to show it.

Her right hand wore a black glove that covered the entire forearm, tied with two leather straps. It could be seen that it was a combination of wood and metal mechanical structure, which looked more gentle and slender than the other hand.

"The 'Nimble Hand' is super cost-effective. You can take it home for 399 Light Seeds. Would you like one?"

Zhou Yi opened his hands to indicate: "I don't have that kind of need."

"It's better to be prepared. In this world, who knows if their hands will still be there tomorrow? Look, they look pretty good even as collectibles, right?"

The girl enthusiastically recommended her arms.

Zhou Yi's face twitched: "Who are you?"

"I forgot to introduce myself."

The girl had a professional smile on her face: "My name is Qian Su, and my profession is a weapon supplier. In addition, I am a citizen of Heaven and an honorary knight of the Dead Sea Knights."