Wasteland Development Diary

As soon as Zhou Yi returned, Qin Xie started bombarding him with questions.

"How was the statue? Was there anything unusual? Or any unknown secrets? Why doesn't it get rid of the mechanical knights capturing it? And why did it make that gesture to you…"

"I know you're anxious, but don't be."

Zhou Yi made a stopping gesture.

Only then did the other party restrain himself.

Zhou Yi sat on the sofa, twisted open a bottle of orange juice, took two sips of the sweet liquid, and then told him, "The Leshan Giant Buddha isn't a big problem. It doesn't seem to mind those mechanical knights crawling all over it."

"Leshan Giant Buddha? Is that the name of the statue alien?"

"Yes."

Zhou Yi asked in return, "It's recorded in the Dead Sea Scrolls, haven't you seen it?"

Qin Xie shook his head, looking frustrated. "There are too many Dead Sea Scrolls, and many of the texts inside are very difficult to understand. Even after being translated by the Mechanical City, they're hard to read. Only the patterns are relatively easy to understand. I basically just look at the pictures; many of them are really good…"

"Actually, I've also looked through quite a few Dead Sea Scrolls, but I really didn't know about this Leshan Giant Buddha. It seems I still need to read more."

Zhou Yi said, "It's normal. The content of the books encompasses all aspects, and the Giant Buddha is just a very small part of it, belonging to a niche subject."

"It's named the Giant Buddha, so it's a monk?"

Qin Xie made a circling gesture above his head. "Will it generate wisdom clouds like the mechanical monks of Snow County?"

"It seems not."

Zhou Yi shook his head. "It's a classical monk, focusing on cultivation and traveling."

The other party's brow relaxed. "No wonder it ignored those spider cars hanging on it, not only because this place is covered by weapon-banned aliens, but also because it's a monk practicing cultivation. In Snow County, one of the monks' regular cultivation projects is endurance. They will endure again and again, and only go berserk when they can't endure it anymore."

On this weapon-banned island, the positioning compass has failed. It can only confirm the direction of the island, but the specific coordinates of the Falling Star need to be searched by the task performers themselves.

Emerald City was slowly moving on the island.

Zhou Yi observed the outside through the floor-to-ceiling windows.

The island's ecological environment is very good, with large forests covering it. A huge ring stands in the central area here. Around the giant ring are some scattered and dilapidated buildings, not many in number.

It looks like the ruins of a dilapidated town.

Qin Xie put the binoculars to his right eye with both hands. "That ring is the landmark of the ruins. The weapon-banned alien is located at its lower right, that group of buildings is it."

With the help of the Kestrel's high-altitude vision, Zhou Yi clearly saw the target on the remote control screen.

The giant ring is actually a large Ferris wheel, next to which is a sizable group of neat buildings.

There is a neat circle of high walls, inside which are four adjacent square low-rise buildings, and a separate mountain-shaped office building.

They are not tall, but they occupy a large area. Inside, there are clear cross roads and dense greenery, as well as a large sports field covered with lawn.

This is the true face of the weapon-banned alien—whether in terms of scale or structure, it looks like a prison.

It's just that there are no signs or words, so its real name cannot be known.

In the prison's sports field, the prisoners are active. However, their entire bodies are highly blurred, and only shadows can be seen, as if the prison has done some kind of shielding treatment.

Zhou Yi turned his gaze back to the Ferris wheel.

The Leshan Giant Buddha said that it saw the Falling Star fall under the Ferris wheel.

But it didn't go to check and confirm.

One is because the most important thing for it is cultivation, and the other is that it is the body of another architectural life and cannot be approached. Architectural lives must maintain a distance from each other to avoid causing conflict.

The Kestrel's five electronic eyes took a circle of photos around the Ferris wheel.

It is called the Ring Alien and is one of the four major architectural lives in this ruin.

Zhou Yi controlled Emerald City, crossed the hills, crossed the forest, and stopped by a grassland not far from the Ferris wheel.

Can't get any closer.

There is a boundary sensing zone between architectural lives. Outside that boundary distance, everyone is safe and sound.

If you cross that boundary, it will trigger a sense of survival crisis on both sides. Since they cannot communicate with each other, this sense of crisis will trigger a battle once it breaks out.

Zhou Yi and his party took the elevator downstairs and officially stepped into the town ruins.

To his surprise, there were actually human residents here.

There are stone houses and wooden houses on the grass outside the Ferris wheel. They are next to each other, and there are vegetable gardens, berry bushes, and small plots of farmland not far away. The locals are wearing simple linen clothes and planting some crops.

After Emerald City arrived, they looked surprised and looked up at it one by one.

Before Zhou Yi could speak, two local youths took the initiative to talk to him. One of them pointed to the high-rise building and said, "Do you live in there?"

"Yes."

"Awesome! Awesome!"

The locals showed admiring expressions. "We have them here too, but they are much smaller than yours, and no one dares to live in them. The shadow buildings here are scary."

Unlike the cautious and taciturn people of Sandport, the new humans here have a good mental outlook. They are not very wary, they are also brave, and they have a sense of relaxation from living in a stable environment.

One side of the water and soil raises one side of the people. With the prison covering this place, security is indeed guaranteed.

Even if the Lord of the Territorial Waters comes to cause trouble, he will be caught and imprisoned.

The local people's life pressure is much lower than outside.

Zhou Yi asked, "Have you always lived here?"

"Yes, we have."

Another person said, "We have lived here since we were young, and the previous generation came here. Recently, we have seen more and more foreigners suddenly. You are all here for that Falling Star, right? Someone asked us about it before."

"Yes."

The young man actively pointed to the front and said, "It's there, in the Rotating Garden, but to enter it, you have to pay for Light Seeds, which is very expensive. If you try to force your way in, you will be caught by the Weapon-Banned Field."

"But some people say that they saw the Falling Star fall into the Shadow Building."

"The Shadow Building is next to the Rotating Garden. Anyone can enter it, but strange people often run out of that place suddenly, and there are strange noises and ghost shadows. If you are brave, you can take a look."

Zhou Yi silently noted it down.

The four major architectural lives are now clear.

Giant Buddha, Prison (Weapon-Banned Field), Amusement Park (Rotating Garden), and Shadow Building.

Zhou Yi changed the topic. "Do you have enough food here?"

"Yes, we do."

The young man said, "Wait a moment."

He ran to the berry bush next to him, picked a handful of red berries, and said enthusiastically, "Here, give them to you, try them."

Zhou Yi took a look and saw that they were cherry tomatoes.

He tasted one.

Honestly, it was sour and hard, probably not ripe enough, but edible.

Qin Xie next to him also ate a fruit. "It turns out to be a sweet and sour fruit. I didn't expect it to grow here. It's a pity that it's not ripe enough, and the variety needs to be improved... There is a lack of professional senior farmers and agricultural machinery experts here. The fact that it can grow naturally to this extent shows that the soil here is really high-quality."

The young man said with a smile, "My parents also said that everything here has to start from scratch. It's good enough to be able to eat. But they grow pretty well, and they will taste better in the summer."

Zhou Yi took the opportunity to ask, "Where did your parents move from?"

"Taosha Town."

The other party said, "Our ancestors here came from various places. They all came to the nearby islands by boat and finally stayed. This is a very good place, as long as the things you plant and find can feed you. Everyone usually helps each other. Thanks to the aliens here, they protect us."

The Kestrel flew back to Emerald City all the way, bringing a bag of dried sweet potatoes and fried peanuts.

Zhou Yi reached out and said, "This is the food from our place, please try it too."

The other party's eyes widened after slowly chewing. "Delicious, really delicious. The food from your place is really good... I have to leave some for my parents."

"Then goodbye."

Zhou Yi waved his hand.

"There's one more thing." The young man ran over again and said in a low voice, "If you go to the Shadow Building, it's best not to go to the 13th floor. There is a very powerful monster there, and anyone who gets close to it will turn into a monster."

"Thanks, I'll keep that in mind."

Zhou Yi nodded.

...

The entrance of the amusement park is a series of glass arches, and on the circular glass platform outside, there are three Chinese characters "Happy Valley".

Zhou Yi couldn't judge which city this once belonged to.

The lights on the glass platform were flashing, but there was no one outside.

Zhou Yi walked to the entrance gate and put his hand on it.

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Energy input.

Consciousness synchronization is turned on.

"How much is the ticket?"

A gentle female voice came from there: "Adults and individuals taller than 1.5 meters, 230 Light Seeds per ticket."

"Children under 1.2 meters and seniors over 60 years old can get a ticket for 120 Light Seeds with their valid ID card."

"Children under 1.2 meters and below, each ticketed adult can bring 1 free child into the park, and the remaining children need to purchase a ticket to enter the park. Seniors aged 70 and over are free of charge."

"This ticket can only be used for 9 hours, please pay attention to the time."

The ticket price is really expensive.

Zhou Yi inquired, "Did you see a glowing flying object fall inside?"

"Please purchase a ticket and I will provide you with the corresponding service."

Damn it.

You can't get sincere service without buying a ticket.

Communication completed.

Zhou Yi took a step back and motioned for Qin Xie next to him to go up. "Buy tickets. Four of us count as adult tickets, 920 Light Seeds. All-inclusive ticket, you can play everything inside."

Qin Xie's face twitched when he heard this. "This is too expensive... My budget is limited, just the two of us will go in. Save as much as we can."

So the Kestrel and Teddy Bear were left outside.

Qin Xie paid the Light Seeds with the Light Nax Box, and the two passed through the gate.

The area inside Happy Valley is also very large, and there are many amusement facilities, so it is difficult to judge where the Falling Star might have fallen all at once.

While Qin Xie was observing everywhere, Zhou Yi talked to Happy Valley again.

"I would like to ask, has a glowing object fallen here?"

"Hello, there are many similar glowing objects, which one would you like to ask about?"

Zhou Yi was stunned.

Could it be that there are similar meteorites and meteors falling?

He said, "It was the one that fell most recently during the winter."

"Hello, that glowing object is not here now."

"Did it fly away by itself, or was it taken away by someone?"

"Hello, that glowing object is not here now."

Zhou Yi was helpless.

You can't expect the architectural life to know everything.

At least the amusement park is ruled out.

After using a scanning device to search for two or three hours, Qin Xie also came to the conclusion: "It doesn't seem to be here. I can't find any traces of Falling Star energy at all."

However, in order not to waste his money, he decided to play for enough time first.

Zhou Yi recommended the Ferris wheel, roller coaster, and sky flyer inside to him.

"Aren't you coming?" Qin Xie asked.

Zhou Yi shook his head. "I'll go to the Shadow Building next door to take a look first. Come upstairs to find me directly when you come out."

"Alright."

After the two separated, Zhou Yi left the amusement park from the exit, and then received a reminder from Happy Valley.

"Welcome to your arrival, your ticket time has been suspended, and you can continue to use it next time. There are currently 5 hours, 31 minutes and 11 seconds remaining."

This is quite particular.

Zhou Yi saw outside that the roller coaster had already started, presumably Qin Xie had entered it.

It's just a little different from what he remembered. The roller coaster here directly catapults from the track and flies into the clouds in the sky, and then rolls in a golden paved aerial track, which looks a little exciting.

The amusement park in the wasteland era really has wasteland characteristics.

Hope Qin Xie likes it.

Zhou Yi asked Teddy Bear to continue waiting for Qin Xie outside, and he and Kestrel walked towards another building next door.

That is the 13-story Shadow Building.

The outer wall is yellow and old, and the windowsills and rusted guardrail structure outside are still intact, like an old tube building from the 70s and 80s.

Different from the deserted amusement park, some wooden sheds and grass sheds have been built around the Shadow Building. Locals live here, and there are small leafy vegetables and cherry tomatoes in the opened fields.

Stepping into the building, it is quiet and gloomy inside.

Inside, a long corridor connects many single rooms, and the corridor is ventilated at both ends. Rusty iron bars, winding and crisscrossing stairs, and black and gray cement floors... These are very distant memories.

Zhou Yi only vaguely remembered that he had been to similar places when he was a child.

There are two foreigners in the open space on the ground floor.

They are wearing leather armor, with black tights inside, and flintlock guns, knives and tool bags stuck on their waists. They lit a bonfire below, and there was a large iron box next to it.

As soon as Zhou Yi arrived, their hands were on the weapons on their waists. The two sides confronted each other briefly.

Under the [Alert] perspective, both of them exuded white light.

They are all strengtheners.

One of the people on the opposite side suddenly said, "You are the chairman of Wasteland Development Company... right?"

Zhou Yi was a little surprised.

He doesn't know these two people himself.

He still nodded: "I am Zhou Yi."

"Please help us!"

The man's face lit up and he immediately pleaded, "We are knights of the Tianjin Knights. One of our companions entered the top floor while investigating this building, and then a serious alienation occurred... You are an alien expert, you see, is it caused by this alien?"

Zhou Yi frowned.

This place is just an ordinary residential building, how could it cause a knight to appear alienated?

He recalled the young man's warning: be careful of the 13th floor, and don't go there.

It seems to be related to the monster there.