Wasteland Development Diary

Chapter 411: Master (Happy Chinese New Year, Wishing you great luck in the New Year!)

It had been a month since arriving in Emerald City.

Shuzi originally thought he might have difficulty adapting to life here.

Because everything in this place was so unfamiliar.

He was just an orphan who lived in the forest. Because he always hid in trees, other children laughed at him and gave him the name Shuzi, meaning he was the son of the tree.

Shuzi didn't know his real name, who his parents were, or remember why things were like this. He had innate tree-climbing skills, able to steadily climb even the tallest trees.

Trees made him feel safe, able to avoid the light-devouring species on the ground, as well as those population-selling raiders.

His life was about climbing different trees and avoiding the same dangers.

But after arriving in Emerald City, he quickly learned to use fire cups to make fire and cook, use refrigeration boxes to keep the room cool, take the train at the platform, and go to Building 8 to watch the still-updating animated series 'Samurai Crab's Great Adventure'...

These were all much simpler than he had imagined.

Even without anyone teaching him, he could understand how things worked after watching them twice.

He also went to Mushroom Forest Elementary School to study.

The master only said one sentence: 'Observe carefully and feel with your heart.'

Shuzi had never been to school, but he was very curious about everything in the school.

The physical education teacher, Mr. Tuo, taught various interesting sports and competitions, which the boys were especially fascinated with, honing their skills on the playground every day.

The chemistry teacher, Mr. Liang, could magically demonstrate various chemical reactions. He had an electric cat named Assistant, who was also very friendly. Assistant often showed students firework-like electric arc eruptions or flying ball lightning.

Shuzi also made two friends.

One was Wang Tao, who was about the same age as him.

Wang Tao was seven years old this year and was good at handicrafts. He could make various things out of clay, such as mushroom houses, cars, bridges, airships, and electric cats, all of which looked lifelike.

He said, 'I want to be the strongest engineer, what about you?'

Shuzi thought for a long time: 'I want world peace.'

'That's not a profession, is it?'

'That's what I want to do.'

'You guy, you really have a big tone.'

Wang Tao had a strong desire to win: 'Sounds like it has more style than mine... No, I have to have an idea that's not too bad either, let me think about it.'

After thinking hard, he said, 'I've got it!'

'I want to build steel giants that can fight against the Dead Sea! They can clear the Dead Sea like sweeping garbage, so we will have a lot of land, and we don't have to be afraid of being attacked by the Dead Sea!'

The boy laughed loudly.

Shuzi later learned that Wang Tao's father was Wang Jun, the inventor who improved the second-generation refrigeration box.

Because his home was in Steel Refining City, it was inconvenient for Wang Tao to travel back and forth, so he lived directly in a household in Emerald City and studied at the elementary school here. His parents would come to see him every weekend.

The second friend was called Beta.

Beta was 11 years old this year. He excelled in medicine and language, and was also a programmer assistant in the program department, participating in many actual cutting-edge development work. He was a well-known genius in Mushroom Forest Elementary School.

But this young man with a prosthetic right arm always said: 'What? I can't compare to those other two guys. They are the real geniuses. I'm just filling in. I could barely keep up with them in the past, but now I can't even see their dust.'

He was talking about two other students.

One was called Bai Shier, a white smoke mushroom, who worked as an assistant in Teacher Sun Chonglai's mushroom laboratory.

The second-generation mushroom house was created by Bai Shier.

The first-generation mushroom house was modified from giant mushrooms. The growth was difficult to control, with varying heights, sizes, and thicknesses, all depending on luck.

The second-generation mushroom house was made by hybridizing giant mushrooms with a certain type of bacteria, created through a large number of spore collection, single spore separation, and mating experiments.

The new giant mushroom is officially named [Yellow Giant Mushroom]. The umbrella mushroom is brownish-yellow, which is different from the past red-topped giant mushroom.

It has two major advantages.

The first is that the size can be customized. The final grown size can be determined by the amount of mycelial pairing. It can be a large mushroom house in the shape of a fortress, or a two-story style for single-person living. The internal environment is more spacious and suitable for living.

The second is that it is not afraid of insect pests. Because the first-generation mushroom house lost its toxin, it would be gnawed by insects after a long time, which had the same problem as wooden houses. However, the yellow giant mushroom retained a trace amount of toxin, which was fatal to ordinary insects, but would not harm the health of residents.

Shuzi lived in the second-generation mushroom house.

After listening to Beta's explanation, one day he secretly cut off a piece of mushroom, cooked it, and ate it. As expected, he was fine.

In addition to Bai Shier, there was also a famous Chen Ji.

Chen Ji upgraded the ordinary D-level floating heart to C-level and developed floating organism cultivation technology, which is now being promoted internally on a large scale.

Compared to these two, Beta does seem a little ordinary.

Even though his grades are excellent, he is still in the category of students.

Beta is talkative and can quickly become friends with anyone.

"Shuzi, what kind of people are the mech-monks? Do they also need light seeds? I heard that their earliest thoughts and knowledge constitute the Wisdom Cloud of Snow County. What is that place like?"

He was very curious about the monks.

But Shuzi was a little embarrassed because he didn't know anything either.

He hid in the tree to avoid the slave traders who were catching children below. After meeting Master Hui Mao who was passing by and being rescued by the master, he followed the master on the road.

"I see... The company is also advocating for everyone to go out and open their eyes to see the world. I'm old enough, but I don't know if I can be selected this year."

Beta touched his prosthetic arm: 'Snow County is one of the largest mech-electric cities. There must be a lot to learn. I want to go and see it. Learn the good things there and bring them back to our Emerald City.'

"Shuzi, is there any place you want to go?"

This sentence asked him.

Shuzi thought for a long time: 'I want to go to heaven.'

"Heaven? You mean the legendary place where there is everything and no one will die?"

"Yes."

"Does heaven really exist?"

Shuzi said: 'I don't know, maybe it exists, but it should be hard to find.'

The master said that heaven can only be found through arduous exploration.

"If you want heaven! Why don't we just build one ourselves!"

Wang Tao said energetically: 'Just like the chairman, who knew about Sand Port in the past? But the Wasteland Company was established, Emerald City was built, and then there were gliders, electric cats, and we even built land [Moon Landing Zone] in the Dead Sea. Now this place has become completely different!'

"These things were unimaginable in the past."

Before, Shuzi wanted to stay on the tree for the rest of his life and not come down.

You can blow the wind and bask in the sun on the tree, and it is safe most of the time.

That may be the closest place to heaven.

But Emerald City gave another answer, maybe this is also very close.

Shuzi likes to attend classes at school. Everyone studies knowledge seriously, and the teachers are also responsible for focusing on teaching, giving inspiration to everyone, and encouraging each student to have their own ideas.

Students can get free three meals a day, with pancakes, meat, fruits, and even refrigerated milk from the distant Songbei area.

Shuzi felt that this was simply not the same world as where he lived before.

The children there went everywhere to pick up feces, branches, and dry grass in order to exchange them for mushrooms to eat. If they were unlucky, they would only be able to gnaw on tree bark and grass roots, or be caught and sold as slaves.

The peers here, however, can sit in clean and bright classrooms without worrying about food and clothing, receive the teaching of knowledge and experience, think about going to that laboratory as an assistant every day, use the enhanced controller to talk to the electric cats, or go to the restaurant together after school to have a big meal with the scholarships rewarded by the school...

But just a few years ago, this place was no different from his hometown.

Shuzi didn't understand.

Why is this?

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Why can there be such earth-shattering differences.

Is it because of that omnipotent chairman?

Or is it relying on those huge and majestic god-like aliens?

Or, as Wang Tao said, there is no heaven, we create heaven? Is it a miracle accomplished by this fearless spirit?

Shuzi couldn't think of an answer.

Thinking was not an easy thing for him.

He only understood one thing clearly.

People who have really been to Emerald City will quickly like it, and it is difficult to say anything bad about it.

A large number of people migrated here, even if they could not find a job here temporarily, they would try their best to stay and wait. As long as they become employees of the company, they will not worry about food and clothing, and just work hard.

Shuzi only feared one thing here.

Electric cats.

Those elusive electrical life forms, dangerous and mysterious.

They occasionally appear on the streets, patrolling in the image of electric cat heads, which is also one of the electric cat's jobs. Most students will gather around to say hello. Although it is forbidden to touch the electric cat during work, they will still chase after them to watch.

However, Shuzi was very afraid.

When he saw an electric cat, he felt chills all over his body, a kind of fear from the bottom of his heart.

One day, Shuzi climbed a tree and was looking into the distance - there were 8 mysterious Pan trees, they all grew in the Dead Sea, and they were the company's key confidential species, and they could not be approached.

Suddenly he heard a faint crackling sound.

Shuzi's whole body was suddenly paralyzed and unable to control his body, and he fell from the tree.

Lying on the ground, he noticed that there was actually an electric cat in the tree here.

A stout woman ran over: 'Oh dear, are you okay? I didn't notice you were in the tree. I was testing the work of the electric cat... I didn't expect it to get too close to you and hurt you?'

'My name is Aqi, from the manufacturing department, are you a student from Mushroom Forest Elementary School? Don't move, I'll carry you to the hospital!'

As she said that, she was about to carry Shuzi.

Shuzi waved his hands in a panic and stomped his feet to show that his body was intact.

'I'm fine, I'm really fine, I'll go back first.'

After speaking, he turned around and ran towards the school.

The woman's voice came from behind: 'Slow down, don't climb so high... The physical fitness of today's children is really good, they fall from a dozen meters and are fine...'

Shuzi ran a few steps and ran into Beta head-on.

He was a little surprised: 'Why are you here?'

'The manufacturing department and the program department are testing electric cats here, I am a programmer assistant, working here.'

Beta said in a low voice: 'Quickly tighten your feet, don't let them see it.'

Shuzi looked down.

His right calf was crooked a lot, and his foot was turned greatly to the left from facing forward. No wonder he ran a little crookedly. He quickly lowered his head and tightened the bones inside, adjusting the position and angle.

'And on your hand.'

Beta pointed to the back of Shuzi's right hand.

The skin there was broken, revealing the metal bones and some cables inside.

It was summer, and the summer school uniforms were short sleeves, so it couldn't be covered at all.

Beta took out a roll of bandages from his pocket and wrapped the opening for him.

'Okay, this way people outside won't be able to see it. People won't know that you are a mech-electric life.'

'...Thank you.'

Shuzi asked: 'Did you know it all along?'

'No, I just found out now.'

Beta used his finger to pick his nose: 'No wonder you are so afraid of electric cats.'

'Although I don't know why you want to disguise yourself as a human, it's best to get hurt less, otherwise you will be exposed soon.'

'Why help me?'

'It's no big deal, we are friends. I have to go to work, I'm leaving.'

After speaking, Beta ran forward in a hurry with his bag on his back.

...

One month is up.

The master said: 'The time has come, wake up.'

Shuzi suddenly felt a flash of lightning in his head, as if many things had been added out of thin air.

After a long time.

Shuzi slowly opened his eyes.

It retrieved its memory.

Hui Mao said respectfully: 'Master, how do you feel about your reincarnation this time?'

Shuzi was silent for a moment: 'Emerald City is a very wonderful place. Zhou Yi treats all ethnic groups equally, which is very remarkable, I have learned a lot.'

'The people here have been nurtured with courage by him.'

'In this world where resistance is suppressed time and time again, this is the most precious quality.'