Wasteland Development Diary

Inside the vehicle.

The mechanical octopus, once again draped in black robes, looked out the window.

People bustled along Emerald Avenue, flanked by towering, straight giant mushrooms.

Snow was falling, but the pedestrians here all seemed energetic. They sat or stood, sipping hot water warmed in flame cups while chatting with each other.

It couldn't help but sigh, "The Sandport area has indeed changed."

The Sandsea Duke beside it smiled, "Things in the world are always changing, aren't they?"

"No wonder you've taken the opposite side this time."

The mechanical octopus slowly said, "Mr. Zhou is indeed a significant and powerful ally, and his company is deeply involved in developing and transforming this area... Although I don't know what he promised you, but..."

It said, emphasizing each word, "Do you really know his origins?"

The Sandsea Duke's smile didn't falter. "I don't know the origins of Doom Duke either."

"..."

The mechanical octopus fell silent.

"But what does it matter?"

The Sandsea Duke said nonchalantly, "I remember you telling me a few years ago that going it alone ultimately doesn't work in this world. No matter how well you do on your own, you're vulnerable to the instability of the environment."

"So, to live better and reach higher levels, you have to learn to find a group, have a backer and pillar to have a future."

"Now the Sandport area is developing rapidly, inseparable from trade with other regions, and the most crucial thing is joining the Development Alliance. Mr. Zhou is our absolute core, everyone is very satisfied and optimistic about the future."

Lin檎 looked out the window and said faintly, "Confidence is a good thing, but if you can't see the changes in the outside world, it can easily turn into blindness."

"Thanks for the reminder."

The Sandsea Duke thought for a moment, "Are you talking about the recent incidents of many aberrant entities losing control? Or are you talking about the mutant rebel army breaking through the Heavenly Kingdom's blockade and already having an independent territory overseas?"

"Your information is as well-informed as ever."

Lin檎 said, "Then, do you know about the 'Lightburst Angel'?"

The Sandsea Duke's face showed surprise. "You have a Lightburst Angel?"

The other party said casually, "That's the Heavenly Kingdom's forbidden weapon, how could we have such a thing?"

"However, the test firings of the Lightburst Angel sometimes have some deviations. If it happens to fall nearby, it would be a catastrophe for the lives here..."

The Sandsea Duke's expression became extremely ugly.

Lin檎 said indifferently, "If this small probability event occurs, the city you've been managing for years, the manpower you've painstakingly trained and accumulated, will all be reduced to nothing."

"So, Sandsea Duke, now is the time to answer me, will you become our friend, or our enemy."

The Sandsea Duke was silent for a while.

Suddenly, it laughed, "I also want to see with my own eyes whether the Lightburst Angel is as rumored, enough to destroy a city. Sandport City can be destroyed, but the Sandport area will not."

"No matter what external disasters I encounter, I will continue to rebuild and climb up here, the Development Alliance is here, and Mr. Zhou will support me from behind."

This time, it was the mechanical octopus's turn to be puzzled. "You trust him so much? Or do you have some leverage over him?"

"Hahaha, you overestimate me too much."

The Sandsea Duke said easily, "Mr. Zhou is special, he wants to completely change some things, I can see it. This change is not just about increasing the output of light seeds, but about redefining from the bottom up..."

"What we do is to try to extract light seeds from the region and population. What he is doing is turning the population into renewable resources that can continuously produce light seeds, improving output efficiency systematically by cultivating human-led labor subjects, so we all need to protect humans."

"Destroying the Development Alliance's population is plundering and destroying Mr. Zhou's property, he will talk to you about it."

...

Inside the control cabin.

Lin檎 slowly opened its eyes, disconnecting the branch connection.

"Where is General White Star?"

The subordinate beside it said, "The General has gone to the Governor's Palace."

"Prepare the vehicle."

Before long, Lin檎 arrived at the white palace shaped like a conical tower.

It passed through the gate verification and stepped inside.

Inside the empty and silent palace, on both sides were wooden busts of various shapes, none of which had carved facial features.

On the stone steps facing the gate was an oval wooden stage, behind which was a magenta curtain.

On the chair in the center of the stage sat a puppet with its head drooping.

It had slender hands and feet, wearing a close-fitting shirt and a mandarin jacket, although it was hanging its head, it could still be seen that it was a boy.

The puppet had a head full of fine, soft brown hair, and its long-lashed eyes were closed.

It rested its cheeks in its hands, as if it was resting.

Standing under the stage was General White Star, burly and wearing a black cloak.

Even here, it still had a red cigarette in its mouth, still puffing smoke.

Lin檎 walked to its side, "Has the Lord not awakened yet?"

White Star sucked the cigarette butt red, "No. How is your side?"

"I used a branch machine to scout the reality of the Sandport area, and basically confirmed that Zhou Yi should not know that the Lord has been out of contact for a long time... otherwise, he should have demanded a high price for this proposed peace talk attempt."

Lin檎 said in a deep voice, "This honor war itself is fine, but I didn't expect that Zhou Yi's company also has two A-level lives... This is really tricky."

"It's okay."

White Star said, "We have also repelled the Heavenly Kingdom's Skywalkers. Although these two sent by the Wasteland Development Company are troublesome, there are ways to deal with them. As long as they are not conceptual lives, it's fine."

"Also this time, I discovered that the Sandsea Duke seems to be determined to follow Zhou Yi."

There was some worry in Lin檎's voice, "I have already warned it with the Lightburst Angel, but it is still unmoved, which is a troublesome matter."

"Don't worry about it."

White Star's expression was calm, "Our strategic goal this time has been achieved. By shifting attention through this honor war, we avoid those lurking in the dark from discovering the Lord's anomaly... The stronger Zhou Yi's side is, the more beneficial it is to us."

Lin檎 raised its tentacles, "What exactly happened to the Lord?"

"Don't know."

White Star looked at the puppet on the stage, "Now all we can do is wait for the Lord to return. Let us and Zhou Yi's side complete this war stage play properly."

Lin檎 hesitated, "Are we really going to use the Lightburst Angel? But we only have that one, which the Lord worked very hard to exchange for."

"If necessary, use it."

White Star exhaled a puff of smoke, "War is war, it needs enough death to break the Heavenly Kingdom's suspicion."

...

Emerald City.

Not long after the Earth Official Lin檎 left, the Sandsea Duke returned.

Zhou Yi handed it a can of cola, "What's wrong?"

The Sea Territory Lord held the drink with its claws, but did not open it.

"Mr. Zhou, in fact, Lin檎 talked to me alone, wanting to co-opt and win me over, but I refused."

Zhou Yi was not surprised, "Hmm. What do you think it sent a branch machine over this time to do? Just to exchange to redeem the mutants?"

"I can't say for sure."

The Sandsea Duke said with a solemn expression, "But Lin檎 revealed a message to me."

"They have the 'Lightburst Angel'."

"What is that?"

Zhou Yi drank the cola, "I only know the Death Angel, is that also a high-level life?"

"No, the Lightburst Angel is a terrifying strategic weapon."

The Sandsea Duke explained, "70 years ago, the Heavenly Kingdom first used aberrant entities in combat, almost evaporating a city from the land, completely changing the mode of warfare."

"After fully charging, a B-level aberrant entity can create A-level destructive power, and A-level is even more unimaginable, this is a mobile high-level lightburst."

"However, the number of aberrant entities is small, and modifying and detonating aberrant entities requires very high technical requirements, so few have succeeded other than the Heavenly Kingdom."

"This kind of detonation has amazing power, but the cost and loss are also extremely huge, so the Heavenly Kingdom has been trying to find a replacement. After years of exploration, the Heavenly Kingdom has found a new way, that is to use electromechanical life as a substitute, using a large number of light seal structures to form a self-detonation system."

It said seriously, "On this basis, as long as it is detonated, it can create the same destructive power comparable to a lightburst, although the intensity is one level lower, but the radiation energy can also reach B-level. Compared to the huge and complex aberrant entity carrier, electromechanical life is more numerous and easier to apply to modification."

"This is the Lightburst Angel."

"As long as it is released, ordinary residents in the city will die in a short time without a response mechanism."

Zhou Yi's heart sank.

This thing is a killing weapon.

Fengdu City, where Qian Su and SpongeBro lived, was destroyed by lightburst experiments.

Doom Duke Fang has strong air power, and if air strikes and bombing are carried out, it is difficult to ensure precise interception. Or detonating it in any city by going around through the Dead Sea could cause a large number of human casualties.

Zhou Yi confirmed again, "The Lightburst Angel shouldn't be widespread, right?"

"This kind of thing cannot be widespread, otherwise the world would have been in chaos long ago."

The Sandsea Duke waved its claws and said, "Although the Lightburst Angel is very strong, compared to the original aberrant entity self-detonation, it also has very prominent defects."

"Because it is electromechanical life, even if it is transformed into a Lightburst Angel, it may escape during combat... They also cannot communicate and dialogue with the outside world, and the enclosure and circulation of aberrant entities themselves are imitated."

Zhou Yi listened with a face full of question marks, "Can it still be like this? Then how is the detonation technically completed?"

The Sandsea Duke said, "The Lightburst Angels cannot predict the exact location of their explosion, and they have to maintain their movement. So what can be done is to use a countdown to trigger, know how long it will explode at the latest, and the rest depends on the Lightburst Angel's own wishes."

According to its statement.

The Lightburst Angel is a small nuclear bomb with its own ideas.

Some carriers have a grumpy temper and explode after waking up.

Some carriers are more cowardly and will desperately run around and seek survival.

Some carriers are inherently sluggish and remain motionless in place until they explode.

Some carriers are rebellious and will detonate in the opposite direction.

...

In short.

In the ideal state, they are super suicide sappers, but in reality, they are difficult to judge.

"Whether attacking them or applying energy to them will cause them to detonate instantly, this is the mechanism of the Lightburst Angel."

The Sandsea Duke sighed, "Electromechanical cities have been protesting against this military technology. The Heavenly Kingdom said it has stopped this direction and is conducting research to change the carrier, but there are still stocks. Doom Duke seems to have gotten one, I think, it has at most one."

Zhou Yi asked, "How long is the detonation countdown?"

"Usually it is 1 hour, because light seals also need to be preheated and mutually pressurized one by one to fully release energy. If electromechanical life moves, it will also accelerate this time consumption."

"Once the Lightburst Angel is released to its destination, it is an unsolvable disaster. Even if it can be discovered, there is no way to deal with it, only evacuation."

So that's how it is.

Zhou Yi felt relieved.

Perhaps it is a problem for others, but for himself, who has the ability to transform fire seed life, it is not a problem at all.

"Lightburst Angel? It's just a primitive man's homemade weapon."

Little Husband commented, "As long as it is transformed into fire seed life, it will be transformed into an energy state and a consciousness body, and both movement will stop, and these primitive technologies will not take effect at all."

That's okay.

Zhou Yi felt relieved.

If you dare to release it, I dare to take it, this is not a problem.

No.

He suddenly thought.

Since he knows that there is a Lightburst Angel in the Shuanghe area, it is better to take the initiative to get it to prevent problems before they occur.

First remove this dangerous weapon for Doom Duke.