Wasteland Development Diary

Zhou Yi summoned the Red Falcon: "Now that the Mechanical City has switched to the Rule of Law Front model, are there no regulations to protect patents?"

"Relevant rights protection remains the same."

The drone replied: "It's just... according to the relevant provisions of the Rule of Law, because the Electric Cat patent was not registered in the Mechanical City, it is not considered a protected patent there."

"Plus, there was no appeal, so this matter does not constitute infringement or a crime."

Zhou Yi frowned: "You mean I have to go to the Rule of Law Front to appeal?"

"That's the procedure."

"But we are under sanctions. Will the appeal be accepted?"

Red Falcon said: "The company is sanctioned and still on the blacklist, so it should not be accepted."

Zhou Yi was amused: "So, because we are sanctioned, our rights—like the Sage Mushroom authorization—are not guaranteed. The Rule of Law Front can freely use our technology, openly replicate and use it, without paying patent fees according to normal procedures, is that what you mean?"

"That's right."

This is a procedural bug.

The Mechanical City also bullies honest people.

Zhou Yi adjusted his emotions.

"Contact the Rule of Law Front for me."

"Wait a moment."

Ten seconds later.

Red Falcon said: "The Mechanical Station of the Rule of Law Front has been contacted, and the dialogue mode of the Rule of Law program will be transferred next."

A moment later.

A dignified male voice came from the drone's speaker: "This is the Rule of Law Front."

Zhou Yi explained the current situation.

The other party replied: "According to the relevant provisions of the current Rule of Law, because Wasteland Development Company has not completed relevant patent registration in any Mechanical City recognized by the Rule of Law, and the organization is still on the non-cooperative blacklist, the situation you described does not constitute infringement."

"If you question or disagree with my answer, you are welcome to conduct an offline appeal in any Mechanical City of the Rule of Law Front. The channel is to submit patent description materials through the [Procedure Department] and schedule a visit according to local regulations."

"Thank you for calling, goodbye."

The other side directly disconnected.

Zhou Yi was really furious this time.

Originally, he wanted to resolve this matter through negotiation.

They simply ignored him when he spoke nicely. The arrogant and conceited attitude of the Rule of Law Front required physical negotiation.

Zhou Yi immediately called炅鹤仓: "Go to the Golden Elephant Valley in the Forbidden Continent and call Ice Pot back."

"You can talk to it, right?"

"Yes. Its consciousness ability can directly connect with me."

"Then go."

The spotlight disappeared in place.

The Red Falcon next to him said worriedly: "Zhou, have you decided to go to war with the Rule of Law Front?"

"Not a war, but armed rights protection."

Zhou Yi opened a bottle of ice cola, took two big gulps to cool himself down: "Which is the closest big city of the current Rule of Law Front to us?"

Red Falcon said: "The closest to Sandport is 'Clockwork City', 1227 kilometers to the west. It is a large mechanical city, and its pillar industries include light printing equipment manufacturing, light printing design, and mechanical technology development."

Zhou Yi slammed the table: "It's it."

Red Falcon added: "Clockwork City is a large city. Among all mechanical cities, there are only 27 of this size. If it is destroyed, there may be unpredictable chain reactions..."

As the Minister of Foreign Trade, the drone was extremely cautious about war.

Zhou Yi said slowly: "Our things have been stolen, and we are still being bullied by the thief. There is no such reason in the world. The Rule of Law Front has assessed that it is strong enough, so it ignores our legitimate demands."

"It's time to beat it a bit."

One hour later.

Two golden lights flew into Emerald City one after the other.

The spotlight was in front, and a golden ball was behind.

"Chairman, Ice Pot reports to you!"

Zhou Yi looked at the alchemic form of the atmospheric creature.

Under the [Alert] perspective, it was flowing with seven colors and had reached the light core stage.

[Panoramic Reading] unfolded.

[Light Core Body LV1·Golden Creature] appeared on top of the golden ball.

Attached was a description.

[This unit has a certain intelligence, a certain intensity of consciousness, and a special material structure.]

Zhou Yi issued combat instructions to Ice Pot.

The atmospheric creature said: "Guarantee to complete the mission!"

Zhou Yi then entered the Dead Sea and took out the last energy block from the fake leg.

"What an amazing energy level..."

Ice Pot was initially very surprised. Its whole body melted out golden liquid to wrap it, and then it became a large golden sphere.

"Then, Chairman, I will set off."

"Wait a moment."

Zhou Yi said: "There are two more colleagues to act with you."

"炅鹤仓 will assist you in this operation."

"Yes."

He stretched out his hand, and the upright Electric Cat appeared in his palm.

"This is Cat God, who can connect with all Electric Cats through consciousness. Its ability group is very comprehensive, and it will cooperate with you."

Cat God turned into a blue electric ball and made an iron sound: "Nice to meet you, please give me more advice."

"Hello, I didn't expect the company to have a new light core body so soon... I thought I was the only one. It seems I have to work harder to be promoted."

Ice Pot exclaimed.

Zhou Yi said: "Go, speed is of the essence."

The three employees immediately set off.

The golden ball and the electric ball sped towards the west, dragging long black trails in the sky.

But the fastest was the spotlight that could approach the speed of light.

Zhou Yi switched the perspective to Cat God's head.

The conceptual life composed of the Fire Seed civilization was now acting as a front-line camera.

In less than 10 minutes, Ice Pot and Cat God arrived over the destination and began to descend.

The spotlight was already waiting.

Red Falcon said: "According to distance calculations, their speed has reached 5 times the speed of sound. The speed of the light core body is indeed extraordinary."

Equivalent to Mach 4.

Zhou Yi remembered that this was already the speed limit of the old human fighter jets.

In the past, only rockets could be faster than them.

Above the city, the atmospheric creature began to deform. A large amount of white mist spewed out of the golden sphere, turning into a giant cloud house covering the ground city over a large area.

Communication between the mechanical city and the outside world was cut off.

A large number of launchers were erected on the high walls of the city, shooting remote missiles at Ice Pot, but they were immediately frozen and solidified after flying into the high altitude.

Groups of drones flew around, trying to launch an air offensive, and also turned into mosquitoes solidified in gaseous amber.

The only thing that was more effective was the death ray cannons fired from the ground. This type of A-level energy-storable powerful weapon punched holes in Ice Pot's gaseous body, but it still could not affect the overall situation.

Ice Pot's voice resounded over the city.

—All residents of Clockwork City, for your safety, please evacuate this city immediately.

—The Rule of Law program has stolen, copied, and used our Electric Cat equipment technology on a large scale without our authorization and permission, to seek profits and launch wars, seriously infringing on our interests and reputation, and arrogantly trampling on our reasonable and just requests.

—Wasteland Development Company never initiates wars and disputes, but it will never allow itself to be slandered, trampled, and infringed upon. With the permission of our Chairman, a special armed rights protection operation is launched.

—If our legitimate rights and patent achievements continue to be infringed, this will be the fate of the current Clockwork City.

—Therefore, please evacuate this city immediately and stay away from this area. If you continue to stay, you will be regarded as a related party of infringing interests, and we will give you merciless destruction.

—Countdown 20 minutes, starting now.

After the ultimatum was issued, the mechanical residents did not flee in all directions. What responded was that the city erected more remote missiles and anti-aircraft guns, and began more intensive shooting at high altitude.

Zhou Yi watched the whole process.

Completely different from the last time in Storage City, after all, it was a big city led by the Rule of Law Front. Clockwork City's cohesion and organization were not bad. At this time, almost all people were soldiers fighting.

It seems they think they have a hope of winning the battle?

Zhou Yi was curious.

I don't know what they rely on.

Cat God turned on [Selflessness] early and hid itself first.

It contacted 4 Electric Cats in this city.

"You evacuate immediately, it is very dangerous here."

The Electric Cats said.

"We are not afraid, there is a very strong force here!"

"There are 'David' and 'Giant Killer' in the city, we will win!"

Zhou Yi knew David, this was the machine that fought against the light core body in the anti-rebellion era, but Giant Killer was the first time I heard about it.

The Electric Cats could not describe the Giant Killer.

They were just very confident.

"We will win!"

"David is very strong!"

"Giant Killer is even stronger!"

"As long as we hold on, reinforcements will arrive from the rear!"

"We fight! We don't run away!"

A large number of drones have already appeared in the nearby airspace. They carried out a remote encirclement, but they kept their distance and did not approach rashly.

From the last confrontation with atmospheric organisms, they learned a lot of lessons.

The peripheral drones began to spray red and blue gases.

This gas continued to expand in the air and continued to expand in all directions. They formed circles of rings, completely covering the sky, and turned into a huge lollipop composed of black and red colors.

The two-colored clouds were like some kind of weird stain, deeply penetrating into the atmospheric organism.

Zhou Yi said to Cat God through consciousness: "Ask Ice Pot, what's the situation?"

Cat God responded: "Chairman, Ice Pot said that those two things are targeted weapons."

"The red one is an interference material, composed of a puffed special particle, which will cause paralysis and blockage of its fog structure, making it difficult for energy to be transmitted smoothly."

"The blue one is a hygroscopic dust, which can dispel the fog structure and make the atmospheric organism continue to shrink and reduce coverage."

Zhou Yi thought to himself, the learning and correction ability of this mechanical life is indeed strong.

The battle in Storage City allowed them to collect the combat data of atmospheric organisms, and they have already come up with effective countermeasures when fighting again.

Fortunately, Ice Pot did not stand still and also has new things.

Just then.

A large device over a hundred meters high suddenly rose in the middle of the city. Its top was a wide platform, and below it were mechanical support feet, like a mechanical jellyfish.

The top platform lit up with a deep blue light.

Suddenly a pitch-black giant claw emerged from there. It shot straight into the sky and turned into strands of black lines, locking the golden ball at the core of Ice Pot.

The Electric Cats crackled and shouted: "It's the Giant Killer! It's the Giant Killer!!"

Zhou Yi was shocked.

Why are you mechanical cities not developing your own death ray weapons, and instead getting into summoning monsters from another world?