Wasteland Development Diary

While the Emerald City was flying, Zhou Yi placed Black Thorn on the roof. Its body had too many long and sharp thorns, making it impossible to bring it inside.

Yuanxiao asked with a puzzled expression, "Chairman, why are you telling me such a crucial secret about controlling Black Thorn?"

"There's no doubt that Black Thorn is precious."

Zhou Yi shook his empty right arm. "After all, it was exchanged for a hand. But if I didn't trust you, why would I keep you by my side?"

"You're my assistant, you need to know enough to be able to help me."

He told her, "Now Gong Zheng is busy with various affairs within the company, and he's not a combat member either. I'll be entrusting many things to you, so you need to learn more. In the future, I'll need you to pilot Black Thorn for missions and battles."

Yuanxiao revealed a somewhat bewildered expression. "I've never seen anyone like you... Actually, we've only known each other for a short time. Why do you trust me?"

Zhou Yi looked at her. "You're focused when you work, you have a strong desire to win, you have a clear understanding of yourself, you dare to challenge the strong, and you're willing to learn new things... I think you're not bad."

"But."

He warned, "If you want to leave, give me a proper resignation. I won't stop you. Otherwise, the company won't accept it, and you'll be considered a spy and a defector. Traitors must die."

"..."

Yuanxiao thought carefully for a moment. "Even if I wanted to leave, I have nowhere to go. You're strong, you take good care of Sun Hao, and you're even willing to help me deal with the Dragon and find Nian Gao."

"Then there's no problem. It's fate that we met, cherish the present."

Zhou Yi said, "Get me a can of Coke, iced."

Yuanxiao took a can of Coke from the nearby refrigerator, thoughtfully pulled open the tab, and handed it to his mouth.

"Hey, hey, hey... I just lost a hand, I'm not incapable of taking care of myself. I don't need to be fed yet."

Zhou Yi took the metal can with his left hand, took a sip of the drink, and felt his mood brighten a little.

He asked, "Why is the Angel of Death in human form?"

Yuanxiao said, "Because the consciousness bodies we acquire mostly come from humans, and consciousness affects the material carrier."

"If we absorb more chaotic consciousness, we'll become Hunters like me. If we acquire more orderly consciousness, we'll evolve into Healers like Sun Hao. Chaos is always far more abundant than order, so there are more Hunters, and the probability of Healers being born is very small."

"Are all Hunters always in the form of young girls?"

"Not necessarily. The body shape and age range depend on the initial choice."

When an Angel of Death is born, there's a process similar to character creation, where they can choose a specific human form from their consciousness body, which cannot be changed afterward. The monster form during battle is the true body.

Yuanxiao chose her current young girl image.

Young consciousness bodies are active and more easily influence the external structure's shape.

So Angels of Death mostly appear as young boys and girls when walking around.

"How much did your death lines increase this time when dealing with Black Thorn?"

Zhou Yi said, "Let me see."

Worm-like black lines appeared on Yuanxiao's body.

More than half of her neck area had completed the connection of death lines, and the death lines around her lips and the corners of her eyes were particularly dense.

The white clothes on her body also had strips of death lines—what seemed like clothes was actually part of Yuanxiao's body.

She said, "The number of death lines has increased a bit, now covering about forty percent of my entire body. The situation is still okay. I rarely fought with lifeforms of the same level in the past, and I tried my best to avoid direct combat because it consumes a lot of energy."

Zhou Yi also nodded. "Yes, try to operate Black Thorn for combat in the future."

...

The Emerald City landed.

Zhou Yi first went to Maria Hospital.

Seeing that the chairman had lost his right arm, Da Vinci immediately performed a targeted examination on him.

But the results caused the electromechanical doctor's display screen to flash continuously.

"This situation... is somewhat abnormal."

"Chairman, your right forearm was burned and melted by high-intensity energy, and your upper arm, shoulder, chest, and abdomen also suffered varying degrees of impact and burns. But the internal cells are repairing at an extremely fast rate, and have greatly improved."

"The damaged muscles, blood vessels, and bones at the break have all completed cell-level regeneration, and this unreasonable situation is really... inconsistent with any existing flesh and blood life form."

"According to this ultra-fast regeneration, it won't be long before your right arm completes natural growth and repair. However, this will consume a lot of energy, so please remember to replenish it, Chairman."

Zhou Yi suddenly understood.

No wonder his right hand felt a little itchy.

If he didn't treat it, it would grow back on its own.

The White Suanni was indeed a family heirloom.

This was the first time Zhou Yi's body had been so badly damaged. In the past, he had always been stable and hadn't even shed blood.

Zhou Yi simply decided, "Then I don't need to install a prosthetic limb, don't waste resources."

He declined Da Vinci's request to stay in the hospital for observation.

A day later, the pest control team led by Nemo and Red Falcon also completed their mission and were sent back to the company by the Overtopping public ship.

Red Falcon was very surprised by Zhou Yi's severed arm.

"Zhou, did you fight with Overtopping?"

"No, the situation is a bit complicated..."

He explained it in general.

Red Falcon flew to the rooftop and repeatedly irradiated Black Thorn with electronic eyes.

"Its outer shell has interference capabilities, making it difficult to capture its accurate wavelength and confirm the details."

"The [Thorn Body Man] is actually a living fruit... this biological technology system is truly unbelievable."

"You can take your time to look at it later."

Zhou Yi said, "First help me contact Tree Husbandry Duke."

A moment later.

The voice of the big cat came from the controller tablet: "Mr. Zhou, are you looking for me?"

"A-Shu, there's a situation now. I've obtained some special and precious tree seeds that I want to use to plant trees. The tree monster leader is experienced in this area, so bring a tree-planting expert over to take a look."

"I'll be right over."

Three hours later.

Tree Husbandry Duke arrived downstairs at Emerald City with a tree about ten meters tall.

It introduced, "Mr. Zhou, this is the tree monster in our Tree Monster Territory who is best at planting trees, Ye Qing."

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Ye Qing shook its branches, rustling.

It wore a set of translators, with transceivers wrapped around the entire trunk to collect its movements and vibrations, emitting a synthesized mechanical voice: "Hello, Mr. Zhou."

This was the first time Zhou Yi had seen a tree monster.

The tree monster also had winding roots, like some kind of strong exoskeleton attached to the bark. The higher up, the more shrubs and tender leaves grew, like a sweater woven from branches and leaves on the tree.

Zhou Yi's alert perspective saw that the white light was emitted by the shrubs on the tree.

He was a little surprised: "Is the tree monster an outer parasite?"

"Yes."

Tree Husbandry Duke said, "Tree monsters are light-nano species that parasitize trees, and the electromechanical city's academic name is [Multi-leaf Mistletoe]. They combine and coexist with trees."

"They absorb dead light from the outside and draw water from the tree, then transfer some of the energy to the tree, allowing the tree to continue to grow quickly, so they are usually stronger and not afraid of external impact. However, in order to reduce consumption, they also control the height of the tree to avoid excessive height leading to energy dispersion and waste."

"For many years, tree monsters have been helping me cultivate various trees. With their cultivation, the growth rate and health of fruit trees are far better than outside. Different tree monsters have different focuses. Some are good at growing fruits, some are good at improving branches and leaves, some can strengthen wood production... Ye Qing is the best at screening tree species for planting."

The basic situation was clear.

Zhou Yi took out the seeds he had taken from the large clay tablet.

It was shaped like a small gourd, divided into upper and lower sections, one finger long. According to the depiction on the clay tablet, it could grow into a giant tree.

"Ye Qing, how should this seed be planted?"

The tree monster stretched out a long vine and rolled up the seed to examine it.

"Mr. Zhou, it can absorb dead light, it's not an ordinary plant."

"However, it cannot store dead light. It absorbs it and then releases it, like ineffective breathing without lungs."

"But this is not because the seed itself is damaged or invalid. It still has vitality, but it is in a state of atrophied self-protection. It can grow quickly as long as it is activated."

"If it is conventional soil, energy packs, or even light seeds, it should not be able to compensate for this. Some specific catalysts are needed to ensure that the energy can stimulate the seed's own vitality."

Zhou Yi thought, as expected of a tree-planting expert.

All correct.

Giant tree seeds are planted in the Dead Sea.

The guidance drawing on the clay tablet is very simple, just plant the seeds in the Dead Sea, cover them with a lot of mud, and they will grow.

Missing key details.

It should be a problem with the mud.

"However, it is, after all, a plant, and still has a growth mechanism. I think it can still be tried for planting."

"It's just that its growth rate may be very slow. I can try to cultivate it, but it needs to be observed for a long time."

Zhou Yi nodded and then looked at the Tree Husbandry Duke next to him: "A-Shu, I'll borrow Ye Qing for now."

"It's okay, it's Ye Qing's ability to help you."

The lord, shaped like a big cat, handed over the person very readily, and it also told the tree monster: "Listen to Mr. Zhou's arrangements, work hard here, be honest, understand?"

"Yes, sir."

Tree Husbandry Duke left knowingly.

Then Zhou Yi told Ye Qing: "As far as I know, this seed grows in the Dead Sea. Can you enter the Dead Sea?"

The tree monster was shocked: "There are trees in the Dead Sea?"

It said: "I can enter the Dead Sea, but not for too long. Even with my enhancement, the bark will still be burned and damaged by the dead light, so I can only go to observe the situation of the tree species once a day."

"Okay, do it your way."

"Yes, I will do my best."

In this way, the first giant tree seed was planted in the Dead Sea next to Yalong Bay.

From then on, there was an additional tree demon that would occasionally pull up its roots and enter the Dead Sea, and after a while, it would return to the land and re-root in the soil.

So the Emerald City spread the story of the swimming tree demon.

People believed that it had been challenging the Dead Sea, wanting to be able to survive in the Dead Sea for a long time, so it kept trying this process.