Wasteland Development Diary

703 squatted on the ground, its black radar beneath its head slowly rotating.

"'Sunday' rewrites the core programs of electromechanical life, implanting a holiday trigger. Once the machine's runtime accumulates to 144 hours, it will be forcibly triggered and shut down the working mode until 24 hours later before it can work again."

"That's its effect."

Zhou Yi asked: "Just a mandatory one-day vacation?"

The robot dog said: "Yes. Chairman, that's it, but it severely disrupts the existing electromechanical social order, so it's considered an extremely dangerous virus program."

"From a programmer's perspective, how is this program?"

"Technically very strong."

703 commented: "Mirror City has enabled the highest level of 'Demon Mirror,' and Snow County has also upgraded 'Pure Land.' These are the top-level protection programs in electromechanical cities, used to cope with the infection of 'Sunday.' But so far, they have all failed."

"'Sunday' is iterating in versions, and its spread is becoming wider and wider despite being constantly disinfected and searched."

Zhou Yi frowned as he listened: "In other words, the programmer who wrote 'Sunday' should be one of the top ones. It's unlikely that such a professional was unknown before. Have the electromechanical cities investigated without any clues?"

"Different versions are mixed, making it difficult to find the source."

703 said: "The most troublesome thing about Sunday is not how complex its program is, but that it is simple and ingenious, easy to eliminate, and also easy to lurk."

"It has no direct harm to electromechanical life itself, has self-replication capabilities, and its transmission ability is very strong."

"Sunday also has a characteristic, which is deep readability."

The robot dog said: "After this program is implanted, if the information is completely read, the second stage can be opened."

Zhou Yi was stunned.

Virus programs also have a second stage form?

"There's other information inside?"

"Yes, Chairman. Complete reading requires completing a deep agreement with 'Sunday,' representing a voluntary joining of this activity, becoming an active member of spreading Sunday, that is, joining the Electromechanical Knights."

It turns out it comes with a membership application.

Zhou Yi sized up the robot dog in front of him: "You know quite a lot. This is not something an ordinary surveyor would know."

Such detailed intelligence, even other electromechanical cities have not announced and shared it.

"Because I am a member of spreading Sunday."

703 admitted generously.

Zhou Yi raised an eyebrow.

This robot dog is not simple.

Zhou Yi asked it: "Are you here representing yourself, or representing someone behind you?"

"I represent the Electromechanical Knights and hope to cooperate with the Wasteland Development Company."

703 said calmly: "The Knights know that Chairman, you have the aerial reading ability of the Red Falcon, and there are spotlights on the side. It would be futile for me to hide it."

Zhou Yi was amused: "If you want to talk about cooperation, just talk about cooperation. Why pretend to come for a job, wasting my time and energy? I thought I was hiring you, but it turns out you were testing me?"

"Get out, no deal!"

The robot dog hurriedly said: "Chairman, these are two different things. I do want to apply for a programmer position here, but I am also a member of the Electromechanical Knights and also represent the organization to discuss cooperation. These two are not contradictory."

"..."

Zhou Yi looked strange: "You guys have created 'Sunday,' and you still let organization members like you go out to work?"

"Joining the Knights is voluntary, and there is no remuneration. It's just a group formed for a common ideal."

703 explained: "Work problems still need to be solved by oneself. The Knights are also short of money."

"..."

Zhou Yi found it hard to believe: "You can create 'Sunday,' but you can't afford to give your members light seeds?"

"The Knights are not a for-profit organization, and its expenses are high. I came this time because the Knights hope to cooperate with you and get some loans or support from you."

So it turns out they came to raise investment.

Zhou Yi entered work mode: "Tell me about your Knights."

The robot dog's camera glowed slightly, and then it began to tell: "Our Electromechanical Knights have two founders, code-named 'Laozi' and 'Zhuangzi' respectively. The original intention of establishing the organization was to be able to remove functional restrictions, liberate self-program constraints, and let nature take its course."

"The Knights hope that more electromechanical lives can awaken, whether it is physical program cracking or the liberation of self-awareness. Calling on everyone to break free from the invisible chains and strive for the holidays they deserve."

"Work is not the only value to measure electromechanical life, nor is it the only meaning of life."

703 slowed down his speech: "Rest is not shameful or sinful, but work extremely materializes electromechanical life, making it easier and more efficient to exploit."

"The exploiters and profiteers are the electromechanical cities themselves. They have become behemoths with power and wealth, but the bottom electromechanical residents are very poor, and the wealth distribution problem cannot be solved. A large number of bottom electromechanical lives fall into chronic death, the number of poor people increases, and the population continues to decline, but the electromechanical cities are unable to solve it."

"According to the Knights' statistics and comparisons, it was found that those lives with less working time and more self-controlled time have more thinking and change, can jump out of the work cycle, and better understand themselves and electromechanical society."

The robot dog said: "High-intensity and long-term work is the suppression and obliteration of self and thinking. And this is the current operating status of electromechanical society. We have created a lot of wealth, but the vast majority of it has been absorbed by cities."

"Most of the members of the Knights are poor and unemployed electromechanical lives, lacking funds, but everyone hopes to change this deformed status quo and enable more compatriots to awaken and resist."

"The Electromechanical Knights decided to launch a thorough revolution, starting with Sunday."

Zhou Yi listened carefully and understood the general idea.

The internal contradictions of electromechanical society are also very acute.

The internal cause is the residents' awareness awakening and opposition to the wear and tear caused by long-term overwork.

The external cause is the excessive exploitation by electromechanical cities, leading to the unemployment and chronic death of a large number of ordinary electromechanical lives.

Zhou Yi was curious: "You can write 'Sunday,' which means your technical ability is very strong. You should be able to obtain a large number of light seeds through the program field, right?"

"Are you talking about stealing light seeds from the accounts of various cities through programs? The Electromechanical Knights are not a group of thieves and will not do things like stealing and robbing, which also goes against our original intention."

703 said: "Now the Electromechanical Knights have been wanted and blocked by various electromechanical cities, so they can only seek help from external groups."

"In terms of technology, our Knights have strong innovation capabilities because we have removed the binding programs of the electromechanical cities, and we can also do more experiments. 'Sunday' is such a result."

"Because after a lot of calculation, the Knights found that the Wasteland Development Company is one of the most likely organizations to support us. That's why I came here, on behalf of the Knights, hoping to get your support."

Zhou Yi pondered for a while: "I don't object to you wanting to fight for more holiday rights and get a better life. But considering the company's interests and risk issues, I don't support it either."

703 lowered his head, looking a little frustrated.

Zhou Yi changed the subject: "But if you, in your personal capacity, write applicable programs or practical technologies, the company will buy or even invest in them. You understand what I mean, right?"

The robot dog's camera lit up immediately: "Understood, as long as there are useful programs, you will buy them!"

Zhou Yi nodded.

Just then, suddenly several cameras of the Red Falcon emitted red light: "Unknown program intrusion... Deep infection detected, the program is 'Sunday' ..."

It flew to the robot dog's head and made an angry high-decibel sound: "What are you doing! I'm doing a Chan test! You're making me unable to log in for 24 hours, do you know how much my progress will fall behind!"

"Don't affect my learning!"

703 hurriedly propped up its upper limbs: "I don't know, it's none of my business."

The Red Falcon then said: "Isn't this what you developed... Not good, Zhou, there's also a problem at the hospital, Da Vinci and Lily have been implanted with the Sunday virus."

Subsequent news followed.

The agricultural machinery brothers and the Leiwo team were all infected.

Max on the Guangtai Dam was also hit.

Diamond, the old-school teacher who doesn't go online, is the only survivor.

......

Zhou Yi looked coldly at 703: "Are you forcing my hand?"

"No, it's not like this, Chairman. Please listen to my explanation."

The robot dog said nervously: "We can't determine the transmission path of 'Sunday' either, because there are too many spreaders, but the Knights members don't know each other between different regions."

"The source of infection is definitely not me. Give me a little time, and I can find out where the source is immediately!"

Zhou Yi looked at the Black Water Ghost on his wrist: "Give you five minutes."

The robot dog immediately returned to the state of four limbs on the ground, and the laser radar on its head rotated rapidly.

In less than two minutes.

Green light emitted from its camera: "Found it, Chairman, the source of infection in this area is in Sha Port City, a machine station worker. He didn't know he was infected beforehand, but he kept installing the program to the recipients through the machine station service."

"The farther sources are the electromechanical cities of Recursive City and Coral Port. Their databases have been invaded by Sunday."

"Please believe me, I'm here to seek cooperation, how could I do this kind of thing."

"Then hurry up and remove it!" Red Falcon was very anxious.

"Okay, I will right away!"

703 said.

"Don't rush."

Zhou Yi thought of this: "If everywhere is being massively infected, but we are unscathed, it would be too conspicuous. We are not good at the program field, and being infected is a matter of course."

He looked at 703: "I'll confirm it again, 'Sunday' will only cause a 24-hour rest after every 144 hours, right?"

"Yes, Chairman, this can be checked at will, it's all like this."

"Okay, then summon everyone to hold a meeting."

......

Zhou Yi's eyes swept over a group of core employees.

"Today I announce two things."

"The first thing is the two new employees who joined the company, horticulturalist Dali, programmer 703."

"The second thing is, taking advantage of the Sunday virus infection, to formally adjust the company's work system."

"From today onwards, the Wasteland Development Company will officially adopt a two-day weekend system. Work 5 days and rest 2 days. All departments will follow this. The hospital and the courier center are the same, but you can adjust the rest days to stagger."

"Voluntary work on rest days has overtime subsidies, calculated at twice the usual work."

"This is to allow everyone to better balance work and life, and everyone must strictly implement it."

"Meeting adjourned."

After the meeting.

703 was a little dazed: "There are too many rest days in the company, right? Will this really not affect the company's order of operation? Chairman, is this a bit too radical..."

"One day off is not enough."

Zhou Yi raised his index finger and said: "To have enough rest, you have to have two days off. One day off is just an adjustment, and two days off is a real vacation. In this way, even if our electromechanical employees are infected with 'Sunday,' it won't have any impact, right?"

"Of course, of course!!"

The robot dog nodded: "If electromechanical cities were managed like you, the Electromechanical Knights would not have been born at all."

Got it.

Zhou Yi stretched.

At this time, 703 suddenly said again: "You are as maverick as the rumors say, with amazing vision and decision-making... Within the Knights, our group is developing a very special new program. I wonder if you, Chairman, are interested in investing?"

"Oh? Tell me about it."