Wasteland Development Diary

Guided by the Red Falcon's positioning, Zhou Yi rode a samurai crab at top speed through the oasis, leading his team to support the incident location.

Outside the mushroom forest.

Iron Horse was fighting fiercely, outnumbered.

The periphery was guarded by a group of camel soldiers, the riders holding hand crossbows, forming a cordon to prevent outside interference with the battle inside.

The main combat force consisted of three groups of people inside.

The first group had erected a circle of iron chains around Iron Horse, enclosing a circular area of light. This white light seemed to restrict Iron Horse's movement, preventing it from escaping.

From both sides of the chain ring, a chain line extended outwards, ending in two small iron cabinets flashing red light, guarded by two people.

The second group was driving a vehicle similar to a four-wheeled off-road motorcycle. A high platform was erected on the back seat, where someone had set up a long gun aimed at Iron Horse, the muzzle constantly flashing with fire.

The remote shooting from the vehicle caused Iron Horse's chassis to clang, with cracks and dents appearing in many places, and the top machine gun drooping down, completely destroyed.

The third was a fully armored warrior wearing a face-covering helmet. He stood on Iron Horse's hood, his hands thrusting a glowing spear into the machine life's outer shell, causing a large amount of arcing electricity.

At this time, Iron Horse desperately swung its hood and spun in place, trying to shake off the enemy, but this only made the spear warrior more excited, even emitting strange whoops.

The situation was extremely unfavorable.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Yi was relieved instead.

Years of combat experience allowed him to understand at a glance that these people did not want to destroy Iron Horse, but to capture it alive. Therefore, they wanted to continuously consume Iron Horse's energy, lock its movement, and dismantle its equipped weapons and defensive shell.

There was no immediate danger.

Through the Red Falcon's vision, Zhou Yi first locked onto the enemy's core four strengtheners.

First were the two guards controlling the chain formation, who looked very similar to Yang Si's attire, likely being exorcists.

Then were the remote sniper shooter and his driver.

Finally, the fully armored spear soldier.

Red Falcon reminded, "Iron Horse is emitting a strong distress signal. It has been ambushed and trapped, and is in a dangerous situation."

"Not urgent."

Zhou Yi observed the surroundings.

In the wilderness mushroom forest, so many strengtheners emerged, and a premeditated layout… it should be Yang Si's gang.

Confirming that no one else was missed.

Zhou Yi gave the order.

"Black Warriors, leave none alive."

…

Luan Zhou looked down at the prey beneath his feet, feeling a burst of joy, and couldn't help but raise his head and roar.

What a pleasant surprise.

A Grade D Light Na Seed, and a machine life with extremely strong functions, was already in his grasp.

Originally, he was very unhappy about being sent here to lead the excavation.

As a veteran Grade D Knight, Luan Zhou had left the Bounty Hunter团 and followed the merchant Ji Chang, joining the Dead Sea Knights团 and being demoted to a knight guard, serving as Ji Chang's captain of the guard, in order to seek better development.

In fact, he got what he wanted.

Luan Zhou followed Ji Chang and met many important figures, seeing scenes he had never seen before. In these eight years, he had benefited greatly.

But no matter how high the salary or how many people he led, he still couldn't change the fact that he was just Ji Chang's subordinate.

Luan Zhou left the Bounty Hunter团, planning to use Ji Chang as a stepping stone, eventually working on his own, pulling together a group of people, and becoming a truly respectable figure.

In the past two years, Ji Chang had been constantly sending him out and cultivating several young people as confidants. The golden age of their cooperation had passed.

His position could be replaced at any time.

This time, Luan Zhou was sent to the mushroom forest outside Mao Valley Town to participate in the excavation and resurrection of a suspected Dead Sea Alien, which was originally an extremely dangerous task.

Dead Sea Aliens were deformed evolutions of the God Era ruins, born from death under the action of dead light, becoming an elusive and incomprehensible strange life form.

If Light Na Seeds hunted each other to seize more power, then Dead Sea Aliens killed people for no reason at all.

Some of them would start killing indiscriminately as soon as they woke up, while others would behave extremely gently and quietly, but they could start a crazy rampage at any time, attacking everything around them indiscriminately.

Some aliens specialize in hunting various vehicles, fixing these devices on their bodies, turning them into a special decoration.

Some aliens eat children, and people nearby must supply them with enough children, otherwise they will smash the city themselves and find children to stuff into their mouths.

Some aliens overlook all living beings, throwing various lives into the air like toys and trying to catch them, but often crushing them to pieces after catching them.

…

Bizarre, crazy, incomprehensible, and full of terrifying power that makes people fear, this is the Dead Sea Alien.

They are natural killing weapons. As long as they are sent to the right place, they can generate huge strategic and trading value.

Luan Zhou was sent here, and he had been trying every means to delay the construction time.

Resurrecting aliens required filling them with human lives.

Someone could die for this.

But that person couldn't be himself.

So he was very careful, constantly sending people to investigate and explore, and hiring hunter groups to explore the mushroom forest. He also absorbed the local Mao Valley Town people and obtained legends about ancient giants in the mushroom forest.

After 12 people died for this, Luan Zhou determined that the alien was parasitized and adsorbed by the mushrooms in the mushroom forest, causing its energy to be almost exhausted and falling into a deep sleep state from which it could not move.

It was not difficult to activate it. Just cut down some key giant mushrooms and attached mushrooms.

After gradually clearing them over the past few months, the giant had a slight reaction.

Next was to input a certain amount of energy to wake it up and completely bring it out.

In principle, this step was not difficult, just control the number of light seeds input so that it remained in a muddled state, and you could lead it to the predetermined location to board the ship for containment, just like using carrots to lure camels.

In order to facilitate covering up the action, Luan Zhou deliberately waited for stormy weather before taking action. He had the exorcists use special consumable props to change the direction of the storm, thereby forming a sandstorm barrier covering the area, to further shield outside prying eyes.

However, a small episode occurred at this time.

There was a machine life next door.

This machine-type Light Na Seed called Iron Horse was leveling and loosening the soil in the oasis area, seemingly to cultivate here. In the sandy environment, it was still working.

Luan Zhou was overjoyed.

He didn't expect an unexpected harvest.

As long as he captured this guy, whether he subdued it and asked it to redeem its freedom, or sold it directly, it would be a considerable income.

Gains outside the mission were tacitly attributed to individuals, which was also an unspoken rule.

Especially for merchant teams.

All spoils obtained as looters belonged to themselves.

He immediately took the other three strengtheners, the shooter Wu Huan, the exorcists Wu Sheng and Jiao Zifu, and a group of experienced caravan guards, and designed an ambush.

As a result, before Luan Zhou could take action, the Iron Horse rushed over all the way, angrily shouting protests.

"Stop your destructive behavior! Do not interfere with and affect my farmland!"

"You let the storm damage my cultivated land!"

Just slightly angering it, this guy fell into the trap and became a turtle in a jar.

Thinking of this, Luan Zhou couldn't help but laugh.

Holding the Chaos Spear, he looked down at the Iron Horse beneath his feet: "Obey me, Iron Horse. As long as you obey me, I will help you recover, otherwise you will become a slave."

The restrained machine life responded: "Dream on! You despicable softie!"

Just as Luan Zhou wanted to take it apart and give it some color, he suddenly felt something was wrong.

Why was it so quiet around?

He discovered that the fluorescent sticks of the camel soldiers running around were all extinguished.

The four-wheeled chariot carrying the shooter was also gone.

The light circle surrounding Iron Horse had dimmed. What were the exorcists maintaining the light barrier doing?

Wrong!

Luan Zhou lowered his head, and a cold sensation accompanied by pain came from his scalp, and warm liquid seeped down from his hair.

The helmet had been cut open.

The attacker was a large crab. Its entire body was jet black, and its two vertical eyes changed from black to cold silver. The upper and lower fingers of its crab claws were sharpened to an extremely sharp edge, like two black double-edged swords.

Black samurai crab, using claws as knives… how could samurai crabs have this level of power?

This was the ground, and it was not even the area where this group was active.

Luan Zhou was shocked.

Samurai crab leader?

His hand was faster than his brain, and he pulled out the Chaos Spear and stabbed at the black samurai crab, but the other party disappeared into the darkness in an instant. Luan Zhou only felt a coldness around his waist, followed by a heart-wrenching tearing pain.

The speed was too fast.

Was this really a samurai crab?

No, that's not right.

Luan Zhou saw pairs of silver eyes light up in the darkness.

He felt a chill in his heart, and the hairs on his back stood on end.

How many of these things are there?

What exactly is going on!

He frantically waved the Chaos Spear, but the wounds on his body became more and more numerous, and his body became colder and colder.

Before his consciousness dissipated, Luan Zhou vaguely finally realized.

Behind this was the foreigner. He had been secretly observing and preparing to take action… That guy had indeed targeted the alien here from the beginning!

That damned Ji Chang must have known some inside information.

He deliberately sent himself to his death!

Damn it, I've been tricked!

If I die, don't even think about picking up the pieces!

If I can't get it, no one else can.

Let the alien play with you guys, hehe…

Old dog Ji Chang, I'll be waiting for you underground! Waiting for the day you die without a burial place!