Wasteland Development Diary

An aircraft quietly arrived in the Sandport area, landing on the roof of Building 6.

Aircraft had come before, and company employees and residents merely looked on with curiosity, but they quickly returned to their work.

The thick fog had only just cleared, so no one was surprised by visitors to the company. Making money was important now, who knew when the fog would return.

However, one employee was particularly interested in this.

Qian Su sat in a truck, cross-legged, eating cookies.

She said smugly, "Partner, what did I tell you? I said he was a Celestial! Only they are qualified to sit in a business jet with the designation '002'… and only Celestials can receive formal visits from Celestials."

The truck responded impassively, "A Celestial meeting is no small matter; all parties will be paying attention."

"Whatever, Mr. Zhou is on our side anyway."

The truck said coldly, "The problems that require a Celestial meeting make the War of Honor pale in comparison."

Qian Su frowned, "Could it be… he might leave?"

"The possibility cannot be ruled out."

The girl began to feel anxious, and the cookies in her hand no longer tasted good.

If Zhou Yi abandoned these operations and left, what would she do… She had finally gotten such a high-paying job, and the express center had limitless potential.

How annoying!!!

She ate the cookies fiercely.

...

All of this was also witnessed by Sand Sea Duke on the watchtower.

It felt a surge of relief in its heart.

The Grade B watchtower it had built and installed in Sandport City at great expense had once again rendered great service.

Relying on the watchtower, Sand Sea Duke was able to detect approaching moving objects at the first possible moment.

This time, the aircraft was not large, and was pure white, with a coral reef symbol representing Coral Mouth on the fuselage, displaying the number '002'.

Sand Sea Duke immediately opened the communicator and notified Steel Refinement Duke and Bedu Duke of the matter.

"Are you sure it's 002?" Bedu Duke asked.

"Could this be fake? I wouldn't waste everyone's time on such a matter."

Sand Sea Duke emphasized, "My three aerial scouts have all given the same response and description."

Steel Refinement Duke said, "Machine City's 001 business jet only appears when the city suffers a cataclysmic disaster, used to carry the core program for transfer and exile. 002 is the next level of external visit, either a deeply bound strategic alliance, or a Celestial's travel."

It added, "Machine City only forms deep bonds with similar cities; the possibility of a Celestial's travel is greater."

Sand Sea Duke nodded to the two colleagues in front of the camera, "So, as soon as I discovered this news, I immediately contacted you."

"A Celestial from Coral Mouth has come to Emerald City, obviously for Mr. Zhou. This doesn't look like hostility, more like a formal visit… What do you two think?"

The three Sea Lords discussed.

Sand Sea Duke pondered.

It seemed that it had been too conservative, imagining Zhou Yi as a weapon hunter of the War Lord lineage… Weapon hunters are not qualified to be treated this way by Celestials.

The mystery of this Mr. Zhou seemed to have become a little greater.

But Sand Sea Duke was in a good mood.

Zhou Yi was the de facto leader of the Development Alliance, the stronger he was, the more confident and likely to win the Winter War of Honor.

...

At the same time, thousands of miles away.

In a dimly lit room, a meeting was taking place between five powerful individuals.

Land Official Ringo pressed the buzzer on the table with its suction cup tentacles, and the shrill ringing immediately drowned out other voices.

"Allow me to interrupt."

The other participants looked over.

"Everyone, breaking news."

Ringo's eyes on top of its head surveyed the surroundings, "Reliable intelligence has come from the Sandport area that a business jet with the Coral Mouth designation 002 has secretly flown to the Wasteland Development Company. The intelligence has been confirmed by people from Coral Mouth."

Silence fell over the scene.

Everyone knew what this meant.

After a while.

General White Star, as the commander-in-chief, smoked a cigarette, "The affairs of Celestials are for Celestials to manage. Our War of Honor will not be affected in any way, and there has never been a precedent for Celestials to interfere in ground wars."

"This war is recognized by the Empire, authorized by His Majesty the Black Emperor. Lord Apex Duke has entrusted this battle entirely to me, and I will spare no expense to seize victory, and victory will surely belong to us."

The general slowly exhaled a puff of smoke.

Ringo paused and said, "General, according to this intelligence, we can conclude that Zhou Yi, the chairman of the Wasteland Development Company, has a very unusual identity. Of course, I'm not saying that we should affect the progress of our war because of this."

"My idea is, whether we can slightly adjust the strategic plan and set the target as the three cities of Shell City, Steel Refinement City, and Sandport City. There is no need to bomb the Emerald City area."

"As long as we defeat these three cities, we will gain new population and land, and further expand our controlled area. No matter how unwilling the Wasteland Development Company is, it will eventually have to cooperate with us."

"This can reduce unnecessary risks."

General White Star's cigarette butt glowed red, and said in a hoarse voice, "The goal of this strategy has never been the Wasteland Development Company, but to obtain new, high-quality territory. On this point, we have no disagreement."

Ringo breathed a sigh of relief, "That's great."

War is never the goal, but a means to achieve the goal.

The Celestial realm is an untouchable forbidden zone.

...

The business jet departed.

Emerald City, Room 3101.

Zhou Yi lay on the sofa resting.

His time walking as a Kobold was finally over.

Thanks to Li Mo's sample, he was able to imitate the previous Celestial 'Cup' and return following the countdown, retaining the Kobold's healthy body.

Entering the architectural life allows him to shield himself from the Gold Masked Men's search.

Zhou Yi completed his return in the Daya Bay cave, placing the Kobold inside with Li Mo as a roommate.

Things progressed more smoothly than he had imagined.

The Gold Masked Men simply never appeared.

After returning, Zhou Yi found that he could switch perspectives between the gem life and his own body.

The Fire-Passing Technique was indeed very useful.

After resting briefly, Zhou Yi once again transformed into a Celestial.

...

In the vast dark space, gem-composed light spheres floated.

Zhou Yi scanned the area.

His new target was slightly larger than himself, and its surface was surrounded by a halo.

Zhou Yi ignited the sapphires, pushing the gem body closer to the other one, little by little.

Before touching, the two exploded with a violent mutual repulsion.

The collision caused by accelerated impact was even more severe.

Zhou Yi tried many times, but all were declared failures.

In the end, he had to make a change.

Zhou Yi stretched his own gem body outwards, using white gems to create a long line, extending towards the distance. However, this structure would immediately break and collapse as soon as it was far from the body.

Later, he improved the method, installing some sapphires on each section of the gem line, using sapphires to supply energy and keep the white gems cohesive. This consumed a lot of energy, but it was effective.

Through such a man-made gem line, Zhou Yi finally achieved a connection with the gem body next door.

He captured it after disassembling it little by little.

From this, he obtained nearly 50,000 sapphires.

No matter what.

Gem body capture was a great success!

From this newly acquired Celestial corpse, he found something he had never seen before.

A faded, broken ruby.

It emitted a strong and unique energy reaction.