Wasteland Development Diary

For safety's sake, Zhou Yi only left the Kestrel to continuously monitor the mushroom forest and took the others back to the company's headquarters.

Iron Horse was quite damaged and should have returned to Recursive City for repairs and inspection, but it chose to stay.

"I was hired to come here to cultivate farmland. So far, the damage to the machine is mainly to the loudspeakers, energy-assisted parts, top and partial side protection layers, and firewalls... but as long as it's in a normal environment, it doesn't affect farming."

It said, "With Copper Bull here, the two of us brothers can work together and cope with most situations. If I go for inspection and repair now, it will take at least a month for scheduling, observation, repair, and rehabilitation training... The round trip will take at least a month and a half, which will seriously affect the construction period."

"The farmland can't be delayed. If we miss the golden time, we'll waste several months."

"As long as you lure that guy away, we can resume work."

Zhou Yi tried to dissuade it, saying that sharpening the knife doesn't delay the work. This place is remote, and no repairmen can carry out emergency repairs.

If a minor illness leads to a major problem, that would be troublesome.

Iron Horse explained, "Actually, my brother and I haven't received any work for some time."

"Because the cost of farming is what it is, many cities have chosen cheaper manual labor for farming, tightening investment ratios, which has led to the industry becoming increasingly depressed. Only those large plain cities that maintain large-scale farms have demand. On larger scales of land, we brothers lack sufficient competitiveness, and our efficiency and intensity are not as good as large agricultural machinery."

"To tell you the truth, old brother, if I go back for repairs now, the work injury insurance I bought before will expire and I will need to buy it again. Because I've been injured, the next premium will be more expensive, at least 10%."

"The insurance in Recursive City is not cheap. My brother and I still need to save money to update our old farm tools, configure the signal components that were damaged before, and replace them with newer electromechanical parts. We are old models, and our structure is heavy and complex. To solve the problems of high wear rate and failure rate, we can only replace them with more stable, large-scale pure electromechanical groups with fewer parts..."

"In short, there are many places to spend money. Since there's no problem yet, let's save some."

So Zhou Yi stopped persuading it.

Now he focused all his energy on the high-rise giant.

Luring it away was a plan recognized by all parties.

Generally speaking, this was also the most reliable and effective method when facing Dead Sea aliens.

Iron Horse even gave a detailed tutorial: "Copper Bull said that it also encountered a Dead Sea alien once when it was in service."

"Their solution at the time was to use light seeds. After the light seeds were activated, the alien would approach and absorb them. At that time, they used light seeds to gradually lead the alien to some remote areas, or like the Dead Sea here."

"No matter how those mushrooms block it, they cannot resist the alien's strong instinct to obtain light seeds. As long as the alien is still hungry, it will be driven by instinct."

"Entering the Dead Sea is the most effective. The alien will fall into slumber and stillness in the dead light. Unless the Dead Sea where they are located recedes for various reasons, they will resume moving and go out to find energy food."

"But this cost will be very expensive. Copper Bull and the others used 1027 light seeds to lure the alien 10 kilometers away. According to the distance, to introduce this guy into the Dead Sea in the east, even if it is a straight line distance, it is estimated that at least 3000 seeds will be needed."

Zhou Yi fell into thought.

With some effort, this number of light seeds could be achieved.

It's just that time was too tight.

Recklessly fishing and hunting for light-nano seeds, getting this number would take ten days or half a month.

Before that, the giant controlled by the Black Hand Mushrooms was an unpredictable bomb.

"Actually, there is an easier way."

Seeing him silent, Iron Horse gave a new suggestion: "Move. Move away from here and start over near the city. Even if this guy appears, the city will find a way, and the cost will be paid by the city. This is the most cost-effective way to calculate it, old brother, move."

After a battle of shared hatred, the attitude of this agricultural machine obviously improved, and it felt a bit like one of their own.

Zhou Yi still didn't speak.

This path was completely out of consideration.

The Wasteland Development Company had to be located far from the city and close to the Dead Sea. The seabed adjacent to this place contained a considerable number of civilization heritages, and it was also the location Zhou Yi had specifically selected after investigation.

Although building lifeforms were called Dead Sea aliens, they were still lifeforms, so they had instinctive desires and certain behavioral patterns. The key problem was the inability to communicate.

Zhou Yi said, "Since those Black Hand Mushrooms can enter the giant's body, why can't we?"

Iron Horse was stunned: "Old brother, are you going to rush in? Aliens are unpredictable. If it suddenly goes crazy and digests you, then everything will be gone. Don't be impulsive, calm down..."

"I want to try."

Zhou Yi looked at Nightclaw next to him: "How much do you know about Black Hand Mushrooms?"

"The Claw Boar tribe has dealt with them before." Nightclaw sneezed sideways: "Master, the mushroom forest is the territory of the Black Hand Mushrooms. Although they rarely come outside, they cannot be underestimated."

"These guys can change their shape, sometimes turning into a small giant mushroom, sometimes disguising themselves as humans, or even as our Claw Boars. They never act alone, they are always together as a group, and they are very united internally."

"The mushroom forest is constantly expanding, which is actually because they are constantly planting giant mushrooms. These guys are very intelligent. Basically, they and we live in peace."

Zhou Yi asked it: "What about their combat ability?"

"If it's a one-on-one fight, the Black Hand Mushrooms are far from being a match for the Claw Boars."

Nightclaw said in a low voice, "But those guys are very good at using the terrain. They will bury explosive mushrooms, dig pits, make bayonet traps, and use human weapons. They are difficult to deal with in the mushroom forest. Now that they have entered the giant's body, they must have also made arrangements inside to prevent others from sneaking in."

It also thought it was dangerous to enter the giant's body.

Zhou Yi pondered for a moment: "Since the Black Hand Mushrooms are a collective society with a large number, how do they maintain order internally?"

"They have a leader, and all the Black Hand Mushrooms listen to it."

Nightclaw said, "But no one has ever seen the Mushroom King. It is very cautious and never shows its face."

Zhou Yi's eyes lit up.

As long as he caught this leader, he would have a bargaining chip to negotiate with the Black Hand Mushrooms.

"Kestrel, find me that Mushroom King."

"Yes."

The drone turned on bird's-eye view, and after a long time, locked onto the target.

Zhou Yi looked at the picture on the remote control and couldn't help but have a question mark on his face.

This is the boss of the Black Hand Mushrooms?

The Kestrel was very sure: "I have read a large number of signals released by the Black Hand Mushrooms and confirmed that this is their absolute leader and the highest ruler of the mushroom forest."

On the screen, a figure standing by the window was displayed.

He had his hands behind his back, wearing a tattered coat, with a bright red scarf tied around his neck, swaying in the wind.

The only problem was.

This Mushroom King was completely an inconspicuous skeleton minion.

Just didn't know what troubles he encountered, he paced back and forth inside, looking worried.

Red scarf skeleton man?

A foreign race rules the mushroom forest?

Zhou Yi frowned and realized that this matter was not simple.