Wasteland Development Diary

Half an hour later, the Kestrel began broadcasting over the Emerald City area via loudspeaker.

"Residents, in response to Baili Gong's attack, Emerald City will be closed. It will be completely sealed off, making entry and exit impossible. Please take your important belongings and evacuate from your homes in an orderly manner."

"Similarly, please evacuate from Maria Hospital and Yalong Bay."

"Failure to evacuate within the specified time will be at your own risk."

Many New Humans evacuated with large and small packages, looking like scattered, fleeing ants from the air. However, a considerable number of residents were willing to bear the consequences and remained in their Emerald City residences.

Among them, the residents of Mao Gu Town in Building 2 remained motionless, and more than half of Building 3 also stayed put.

Cao Dayuan, who was responsible for the evacuation, was sweating profusely. He reported to the Kestrel with a hoarse voice, "Chairman, the residents of Mao Gu Town want to follow us wherever we go."

"Those who stayed are mostly former scavengers and refugees. Those who left are mainly local residents from Jitou Town, Qingcong Town, and Oasis Town who came here for high-paying jobs. They can go back, but the rest have nowhere to go. They trust you and the company, and they say they will follow the company even if they have to start from scratch."

It's fine if they want to follow.

Zhou Yi didn't mind. The key was that this all-out attack had to be fast enough.

His subsequent orders were issued one by one.

"All agricultural affairs are suspended. Iron Horses and Bronze Bulls are to retreat into the Mushroom Forest for shelter first."

"The Mushroom Forest remains unchanged, but be wary of possible attacks from Baili Gong."

"Nemo, take the Sand Rats and conceal yourselves, ensuring safety while collecting real-time intelligence from the Sand Port area."

"All employees will move with Emerald City."

……

The Aliens also took action.

Maria Hospital erected supporting legs made of sand and steel bars, moved all the way to the back of Yalong Bay, and settled down again.

Emerald City hoisted a series of building bodies as ammunition and placed them on the coast of Yalong Bay. The shorter Buildings 2, 3, and 4 behind it also activated upright walking for the first time, following closely behind.

The transfer was completed quickly.

The Building Lifes gathered at the submarine base.

Zhou Yi told Yalong Bay: "Set sail."

The massive crescent-shaped base slowly detached from the land and sailed into the unknown misty Dead Sea.

Behind it, more than three hundred Victory Snakes transformed into thrusters to accelerate it.

On the roof, Zhou Yi looked back.

Here, he could see the half-finished main body of Building 5, which had been suspended halfway through construction, the pit left by Emerald City's departure, the low walls that no longer had protective capabilities, the seaside dam that could no longer form a closed loop, and the people who were looking over here in confusion on the sand.

Plans can't keep up with changes.

Zhou Yi turned around and focused on the front.

The target was the Steel Refining City in the north.

Occasionally, some Photon-Absorbing species could be seen flying over the Dead Sea, or appearing in the mist, but they all tactfully avoided this Alien team from afar.

The Kestrel continued its real-time broadcast: "Under the propulsion of the Victory Snakes, Yalong Bay's current speed is 12 kilometers per hour, slower than the previous 15 kilometers per hour, due to the reduced speed caused by carrying four Emerald Cities, Maria Hospital, and a large number of building bodies."

"The straight-line distance from here to Steel Refining City is 380 kilometers. At the current speed, it will take 32 hours."

"We may be discovered by the enemy at any time."

Being discovered was only a matter of time.

After all, Building Lifes were not known for their speed.

However, Steel Refining City didn't have legs; it was just there. It couldn't run away.

Zhou Yi wasn't afraid of fighting on the Dead Sea.

Emerald City's Flying House bombing was enough to cover the surrounding area, and its range had a certain suppression effect on Baili Gong's Phantom Fish troops. As long as Grade B creatures didn't appear, other attacks were just scratching an itch for Emerald City.

Once Yalong Bay completed its beach landing, Emerald City could unleash its true power in ground warfare.

After advancing less than 150 kilometers at sea, Zhou Yi clashed with Baili Gong's army for the first time.

The enemy used six Sea Fighters as warships.

They were large, four-legged beasts covered in hard scales. Their flat heads were surrounded by armor plates. They had wide and heavy claws and floated in the Dead Sea with a dexterity that didn't match their size.

Several Seahorse Archers stood on the backs and heads of the Sea Fighters, facing this way, ready to fire once they were in range.

Emerald City directly initiated long-range bombing, igniting the building bodies and covering the area with firepower. The slow-moving Seahorse Archers were the first to suffer heavy casualties. The thick-skinned Sea Fighters were also blown up, their scales cracked and bleeding, but they were still charging forward while injured.

However, the second round of Spine Hunter high-altitude strikes had arrived. One Sea Fighter was cut open by the death ray of the [Light Prism Exoskeleton] and sank into the sea on the spot. The other two finally woke up and retreated in a panic.

Zhou Yi watched all of this.

This was the superiority of offense.

The defenders were inherently a step slower and had to lengthen their lines of defense to guard against all possibilities.

The Kestrel conducted a post-battle statistical analysis of this encounter: "The enemy suffered 7 Seahorse Archer casualties and 1 Sea Fighter casualty. It is suspected that two Phantom Fish were lurking in the distance, but they all retreated."

Yalong Bay continued north.

Along the way, it was repeatedly blocked and harassed. On two occasions, the enemy desperately rushed onto Yalong Bay, but before they could gain a foothold, they were quickly wiped out by the well-rested Warrior Crabs.

The greatest danger encountered in this cross-sea operation was not Baili Gong's interception, but a large area of ​​turbulent rapids covering the Dead Sea. In order to avoid this dangerous area, Zhou Yi ordered Yalong Bay to detour.

Who knew that this turbulent area was much larger than imagined, and Yalong Bay had to make a large detour, taking nearly 20 hours.

The only advantage was that leaving the turbulent area would provide a strong boost of death rays, which could greatly increase the speed. It could be considered a natural accelerator in the Dead Sea—provided you could withstand it inside.

As a result, the Kestrel said at this time: "Yalong Bay is about 110 kilometers away from Steel Refining City, but it is not far from Shell City, only 134 kilometers away."

Zhou Yi thought.

Both cities were viable targets.

Attacking Steel Refining City could destroy Baili Gong's iron ore area and steel mills, directly damaging the key steel industry. Attacking Shell City, which was Baili Gong's earliest base, would severely damage its pillar industry of shell exports, causing it to suffer a significant blow.

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Faced with this situation, Zhou Yi took out a 1 yuan coin from his pocket.

Heads for attacking Steel Refining City, tails for attacking Shell City.

He flicked his thumb, and the coin jumped up.

He caught it after it landed.

Tails.

You're it, Shell City.

……

Baili Gong was feeling somewhat irritable at the moment.

The entire battle situation had entered a strange direction.

The original strategy for annexing the Sand Port area was very clear: first, use a transport blockade on the Dead Sea to continuously bleed Sand Sea Gong, then create the momentum for a large-scale attack to make it nervous about defense, and then send Motorized Thugs, Thorn Bird Teams, and Seahorse Archers to create chaos and panic.

Several strengthened individuals and merchants who had already defected in Sand Port City were constantly transmitting information from within the city through Red-Eyed Vultures, actively serving as Baili Gong's internal support.

There were also sharp-minded humans who followed the transport ships, fleeing Sand Port in the name of offshore trade.

Humans are very sensitive to changes in the environment, and they can easily become panicked and disordered. But if there is enough strong restraint, they will stabilize and survive out of inertia, becoming good labor.

What Baili Gong wanted was the 40,000 population of the Sand Port area.

As long as it continued to advance steadily, Sand Sea Gong would either flee with its men to find another place, or only have the option of surrender.

In the most recent attack by the Motorized Thugs, Sand Sea Gong ambushed them. However, at this time, a Dead Sea Alien emerged, dragged Sand Sea Gong away after beating it to the point of not knowing whether it was alive or dead.

The situation became very strange.

However, what happened next was even more puzzling to Baili Gong.

News came from Sand Port City that Mayor Chen Jiadong announced that Baili Gong had previously attacked Sand Sea Gong by special means, wanting to cause discord between Sand Sea Gong and the Chairman of the Wasteland Development Company.

Sand Sea Gong was recuperating there and asked Chen Jiadong to tell the people to keep their eyes open and not be confused. Now that it was physically inconvenienced, it temporarily entrusted the Sand Port area to the Chairman for management.

Baili Gong immediately realized that this was a conspiracy.

Sand Sea Gong was playing the trick of suffering to win sympathy, pulling Zhou Yi, who possessed the Alien, into the game.

To further confirm, it ordered the Motorized Thugs to cooperate with the aerial Red-Eyed Vultures to enter the depths of the Sand Port area, probing while investigating the real situation of Sand Sea Gong on the Emerald City side.

This attracted the armed retaliation of the Wasteland Development Company.

But what Baili Gong couldn't understand was that the other party directly led the Dead Sea Alien to attack from the sea.

Was it necessary to start a war over such a trivial matter as the death of a few humans and Warrior Crabs?

Repeated interceptions were declared failures.

The Wasteland Development Company was coming on strong, by no means just putting on a show, which greatly increased the pressure on Baili Gong.

It seemed that when dividing the Sand Port area, it would be necessary to give the other party more territory and benefits to quell the situation.

Just as it was thinking about how to negotiate with the other party, it suddenly received an urgent report.

"My Lord, the Aliens are here, the Aliens are here! They didn't go to Steel Refining City, but bypassed the rapids and attacked here!"

"They suddenly started accelerating. The previous speed was fake!! They are about to land! The guards can't stop them at all. The front is requesting support! Requesting support!"

Baili Gong's heart tightened.

How did the other party know it was in Shell City?

However, Baili Gong was also a veteran who had experienced many battles. It immediately decided: "Let the front withdraw! All personnel enter a state of war and deploy defenses on the walls of Shell City! Send my order to all the northern defense forces to return to aid, and Steel Refining City should also immediately send troops to flank them!"