Wasteland Development Diary

On the live feed, mutants wearing conical helmets were wreaking havoc in Shell City.

In one-on-one combat, the Beiyang Legion had a strong advantage over them. However, the mutants were constantly avoiding the Iron Guards, specifically targeting ordinary human soldiers in the trenches wielding crossbows, their objective clear.

Cold weapons and crossbow bolts couldn't harm the mutants at all.

One by one, the human soldiers were showing signs of dizziness, vomiting, and bleeding due to the radiation, being unilaterally killed and broken through by the mutants.

Passive defense was proving very stressful.

Zhou Yi watched with a heavy heart: "Can mutants be mass-produced?"

"It's technically possible."

Red Falcon said: "By making adjustments during the enhancement modification surgery and implanting two enhanced bodies, unstable mutants can be created. This is easier than creating a healthy enhancer."

"The difficulty lies in control and command."

"Mutants themselves pose a great threat to other life forms, and artificial mutants are a dangerous biochemical technology that is prohibited and opposed by the Mechanical and Electrical Cities."

"However, many forces are still secretly conducting research in this area, training mutants as suicide soldiers. The Mechanical and Electrical Cities can only lower the credit rating of these organizations."

Zhou Yi couldn't help but ask: "What's the rating of the Shuanghe region?"

"The Shuanghe region was originally B, but it has now fallen to C+. After this incident, the rating should further decline. This is also the first time the Shuanghe region has publicly dispatched a mutant legion."

Zhou Yi fell into thought.

He had already seen the battlefield destruction caused by the mutants through satellite signals.

Mutants were no match for the Beiyang Legion.

But when their vital points were struck by the Beiyang Legion, they would detonate themselves, causing secondary damage.

Many Iron Guards were injured by the self-explosions, and the radiation from the explosions spread further.

A bit tricky.

"Zhou, Duke Bei has sent a message."

Red Falcon reported: "The mutants dispatched by Duke Mieting number about 40, mixed among the enhanced soldiers, all wearing the same helmets and leather armor, making them difficult to identify."

"Two mutants broke into Shell City, but they have both been killed. The personnel in the city were evacuated and dispersed in advance, so the damage is not severe."

"Duke Bei managed to capture a living mutant and discovered that the key is the helmet on its head."

"That pointed helmet is locked to the mutant's head, and inside is a parasitic cluster."

A picture appeared on the touch screen.

The picture showed something that looked like small twigs.

"This is the parasitic cluster."

Red Falcon explained: "It is a parasitic life form, fragile in itself, but it seeks to parasitize powerful species to deter other predators."

"The parasitic cluster itself has a high degree of adaptability and can also keenly sense external energy and environmental changes. The brains of these mutants are connected to the parasitic cluster, which actually controls the mutants to fight."

"The pointed helmet is used to protect the parasitic cluster from harm."

"When the body is severely damaged and unable to move, the parasitic cluster will endlessly stimulate the mutant's enhanced body, leading to an explosion of the internal light imprint structure."

Zhou Yi's heart sank.

This was troublesome.

It seemed that Duke Mieting had already figured out a complete process from producing to training mutants.

This mutant attack was just the beginning.

Zhou Yi began to consider whether to recruit more Beiyang Legion soldiers.

However, it was winter, and there was a shortage of people everywhere. According to Qian Su, reservations had to be made in advance to hire them, and it was difficult to find readily available, fully staffed combat forces in winter.

If it really came down to it, he would have to send Building 5 to participate in the front-line defense.

As Zhou Yi pondered, he suddenly saw a turning point in the battle on the screen.

Suddenly, the hippocampus archers were all firing on the city walls, the phantom fish were also spitting out glowing death bubbles, and the long-silent two coastal defense guns began to spew dazzling fire, their thick barrels shaking violently.

The previously silent shooters of the Beiyang Legion finally started to shine their knight muskets.

With the re-unsealing of long-range weapons, Duke Mieting's side was defeated and retreated under the pouring fire. After 5 red-haired monsters fell into the pool of blood, the enemy soldiers retreated like a tide, fleeing in warships.

Even so, there were still two warships that failed to retreat in time and were hit by the coastal defense guns, exploding directly and sinking into the Dead Sea.

In the rear, Duke Bei's fleet also opened fire at sea from the side.

Further away, Qin Xie's heavy cruiser escort was also firing guns and cannons, causing several ships to be engulfed in thick smoke.

Within a few minutes, the battle situation reversed.

Zhou Yi looked a little dazed.

"What's going on?"

Red Falcon said: "I'm also inquiring, please wait."

Ten seconds later.

The drone's electronic eye flashed green light: "I am Duke Bei, Mr. Zhou, a great victory, this is a great victory!"

Duke Bei said: "In this offensive and defensive battle, we killed 7 red-haired monsters, 23 mutants, 77 ordinary soldiers in the ground counterattack, and sank 1 enemy C-class warship, 3 D-class warships, and 3 transport ships. The results are huge!"

"After this, the enemy will need more time to prepare and integrate before launching another attack."

Zhou Yi also reacted: "You solved the gray whale?"

"Yes, the gray whale was broken and driven away by Captain Qin. The turning point of this strategy was Captain Qin."

Duke Bei praised: "Captain Qin believed from the beginning that the gray whale must be dealt with, otherwise we would fall into a huge numerical disadvantage."

"He divided his forces into two groups, remotely operating the flagship White Dove, leading four ships to continue fighting on the Dead Sea defense line."

"The other group, he drove his private ship [Black Prism] thousands of miles, bypassing the high-pressure zone and rapids, and sneaked in from below the Dead Sea to approach the gray whale alone, interrupting the whale song."

"This gave us the opportunity for a great counterattack in the rear."

Zhou Yi was a little surprised: "You deliberately lured them to land combat at the beginning?"

"Yes, Captain Qin and I both had this idea, we must kill their living forces, and land combat is the best way. This method also has great risks, because Duke Mieting's army is also the elite of ground warfare, so the key is whether we can withstand it."

"I didn't expect them to send out mutants, which was indeed an unexpectedly dangerous situation. Fortunately, the Beiyang Legion is very strong and withstood this impact."

Duke Bei said.

The tactic itself was not complicated, it was just taking advantage of the situation to lure the enemy deep, the most critical point was Qin Xie.

He needed to break the gray whale at the far end and block the whale song to have a chance to counterattack.

Otherwise, the result might be that Duke Mieting's side would continue to land reinforcements, and the defense forces would be defeated and retreat, even collapsing for thousands of miles.

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Qin Xie used dual-line operation, remotely issuing orders through the branch station to operate the heavy cruiser escort, also to confuse the enemy.

As for how he did it, Duke Bei didn't know.

Zhou Yi immediately turned on the communicator, and found that it didn't even light up, the energy consumption was very high. After replacing the energy pack, it finally started working again.

"Are you okay?"

"I'm fine."

Qin Xie's yawning voice came from the other side: "It's just that there are a few ships chasing after me now, I'll be able to return to Shell City after I make a circle."

It sounded like there was no pressure at all.

"How did you do it?" Zhou Yi asked curiously.

"Do you know the characteristics of the gray whale?"

"I don't know."

Qin Xie said: "The gray whale is a large light-absorbing species, born with high strength, poor eyesight, and a big appetite, but not smart, or rather, very stupid."

"Adult gray whales cannot be captured. Whale songs will make them break through various enemies around them, and their strong physique makes them fearless in melee combat. Without encountering a Sky Walker, they have no natural enemies."

"Some powerful forces at sea will use food and traps to try to abduct young gray whales. They are trained from a young age, so even if they grow up and have extremely strong power, they dare not resist."

"Although the Dead Sea Knights do not have gray whales, the Kingdom of Heaven does breed them. I have seen them and learned about them in the Kingdom of Heaven's military academy."

"The gray whale's whale song can last for a long time, which is a suppression for both of us. So I drove the ship from the Dead Sea to dive in, and those escort ships couldn't find it."

He said: "My ship [Black Prism] was attached to the tail of the gray whale, and then Teddy temporarily connected with it and opened 'Dream Stealing'."

"Half of the gray whale's brain will rest, and the other half of the brain will maintain operation. So Teddy has to seize its sleep time, enter the dream and influence the gray whale, making it unable to distinguish between dream and reality."

"In the dream, Teddy gave it a response in the form of whale song, saying that it had become someone else's weapon, mocking it as a slave soldier... In short, it was to anger and stimulate it."

"Then the gray whale went into a rage, no longer emitting whale songs, and hit the surrounding ships."

Qin Xie said: "Once the whale song stopped, the camouflage ability of [Black Prism] was quickly recognized, so now Teddy and I are driving the ship to avoid and return."

"In Dream Stealing, I asked Teddy to send a whale song to the gray whale, telling it that in the distant high-pressure deep sea, there are many gray whales, which is the hometown of whales. This is not a lie, but a sea ballad from many years ago."

"But this is only a temporary solution. The ideological shackles formed by its years of breeding and training are difficult to untie. It is estimated that it will not take too long before it will continue to return to Duke Mieting's side."

"The ships behind are frantically bombarding again, I have to operate first... Talk to you next time."

Then the call was disconnected.

Zhou Yi relaxed a little.

Qin Xie really had something.

This 1% delivery dividend was worth it.

Whether it was Duke Bei or the Beiyang Legion, they still had their own abilities, otherwise this round might have been the fall of the city.

Zhou Yi pondered.

The defense was still too passive.

He had to take the initiative to give Duke Mieting pressure.

The best warrior choice was the Spotlight, but Jiong He was out looking for a combiner and couldn't be contacted for a while.

Bone Man Wu Yi was strong enough, but he didn't know when he would be able to come.

He had to wait a little longer.

At the same time, Red Falcon reported a message.

"Zhou, the Mechanical and Electrical Cities have confirmed that Duke Mieting sent mutants to attack civilians. The Shuanghe region's rating has been lowered to C-, and it has been included in the dangerous list. Risky mechanical and electrical light imprints and related equipment will no longer be sold to the Shuanghe region."

Technological sanctions, also considered a benefit.

...

The next day.

Emerald City suddenly said: "Commissioner, Building 6 reported that it has found a way to help the Samurai Crab evolve into a Weapon Master."

Zhou Yi was overjoyed when he heard this.

This was good news!