Wasteland Development Diary

The addition of Mushroom Forest is like icing on the cake.

Zhou Yi's focus returned to Emerald City.

It has now become the physical entity of the Wasteland Development Company. No longer needing to worry about the company being attacked by monsters and falling into danger, repairing and charging it has become a top priority.

His long-term goal is to buy up all the houses in Emerald City, monopolize them, and then thoroughly develop this architectural lifeform.

This building costs as much as 80,000 Light Seeds in total.

It's really hard to gather that much in a short time.

Zhou Yi decided to take it slowly.

Currently, he needs to go to the seabed to collect semi-finished raw materials, including concrete, steel, plastic, bricks, cement, asphalt, etc., all of which Emerald City has confirmed can directly repair its body and restore its strength as high-quality building materials.

If it lacks sufficient materials, it will have to collect and obtain them from the surrounding natural environment, which consumes a lot of energy and greatly delays the repair time.

Under the precise positioning of the Kestrel, the Samurai Crabs carried out partial demolition of the nearest old residential area. They carried concrete blocks, bricks, prefabricated panels, and steel bars, and transported them one by one to the side of Emerald City.

A large amount of building materials was piled up into a small mountain.

Emerald City's daytime charging could not keep up with the energy consumption required for repairs, affecting the progress.

Even so, the company's high-rise building was still changing visibly every day.

Emerald City gradually changed from a dilapidated abandoned building full of holes to a building with a smooth and symmetrical surface, and the larger gaps were basically repaired, evolving from an unfinished building into an old and small one.

Zhou Yi basically went to the sea during the day and rested at night, continuing the traditions of the older generation of humans. The company's new humans still worked at night and slept during the day.

After another busy half month, the Kestrel reported an unusual situation.

The number of Bone Fish in the nearby shallow sea area of the Dead Sea is decreasing.

This is a bit abnormal.

Although Zhou Yi catches fish, he goes to the far end away from the company. He only hunts once in a sea area, and then changes to the next place. He basically hasn't touched the near-end shallow sea area, but the Bone Fish have disappeared without a trace.

Bone Fish are not very intelligent, and they will only escape their living area if there is a huge threat.

Under the Kestrel's continuous and extensive search, the clues were finally discovered.

The culprit is a Long-Necked Crocodile, hiding in the north of the Dead Sea outside the company's base. After Zhou Yi and his party left, it secretly came out and entered this water area to hunt Bone Fish in large numbers.

Zhou Yi was furious.

He was being robbed right under his nose!

The fish here are being raised for the future; it's my ecological fish pond. Who are you to come and pick the fruit?

A heavy blow must be struck to eliminate the evil.

Kestrel reminded: "The Long-Necked Crocodile is a C-level monster, a cunning lifeform. It is not a Light Nano species that is good at strength, but its skills are very malleable. Its [Stretch] can make many changes in various terrains, and [Alertness] can detect danger through energy traces."

"I recorded a video of it."

On the remote control screen, the Long-Necked Crocodile moved along the ground like a snake in the underwater ruins. Its body could change flexibly, like water, and drill into those narrow holes.

Its dark horny layer blended with the environment, and its eyes were also a cloudy gray.

This underwater hunter suddenly stopped and plunged its head into a hidden hole in the ground. Its soft body also drilled down violently, stirring up a lot of dust.

Before long, the Long-Necked Crocodile dragged the skull of a large Bone Fish out of the ground. It bit off the head and then began to absorb the Light Seeds escaping from its bones.

Zhou Yi had dealt with this kind of monster in the past.

The Long-Necked Crocodile can stretch and contract its body significantly. It is a clever predator and always carefully observes the surrounding environment, specializing in attacking weaker prey.

If other high-level monsters appear, it will not hesitate to abandon the prey it has obtained and choose to escape safely.

When Zhou Yi's Samurai Crab army was first formed, it tried to hunt a Long-Necked Crocodile, but was taken by that guy to a place where high-level monsters were piled up, which caused him a lot of suffering that time.

But something is strange.

Under normal circumstances, with my current body strength, it would be enough for the Long-Necked Crocodile to keep a safe distance, and it would not take the risk.

Why is this Long-Necked Crocodile still dancing in a minefield?

"Kestrel, turn on [Bird's Eye View]."

"[Bird's Eye View] will probably trigger its [Alertness], which is likely to startle the snake." The tiltrotor drone reminded, "The approach of the Samurai Crabs will also be discovered by it, making it difficult to cross its alert perception line."

Zhou Yi said: "Then zoom in on the lens. Will that be noticed?"

"The lens recording alone will not. This is just the camera's magnification and clarification of the field of vision."

Zhou Yi patiently observed this Long-Necked Crocodile.

After it hunted the Bone Fish, it did not rush to leave but hid in the ruins on the spot.

More than half an hour later, the Long-Necked Crocodile slowly crawled out of the ground. Confirming that there were no ambushes or being followed, it changed direction and continued to hunt Bone Fish.

Zhou Yi said: "Zoom in on the position of its back."

The lens on the screen immediately zoomed in further, aiming at the Long-Necked Crocodile's spine.

"Stop."

Zhou Yi stared at the electronic screen.

There was a charred wound on the Long-Necked Crocodile's spine below its neck. The wound was everted, revealing the dark brown flesh inside, but the bone was missing, making it appear collapsed.

It was injured by something and was healing nearby, so it set its sights on the natural fishing ground I reserved in the near sea.

The Long-Necked Crocodile's athletic ability has now greatly declined.

There is an opportunity.

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Zhou Yi decided to give it a try.

……

Two hours later.

On the screen.

The Long-Necked Crocodile once again sneaked into the near-sea fishing area.

This monster, which was more than 3 meters long and had a lithe figure, strolled slowly in the distant marginal zone. It inspected back and forth and repeatedly probed to make sure that there were no threatening forces nearby.

Then the Long-Necked Crocodile transformed into a soft-bodied monster and slowly drilled in all the way from the seabed.

It accelerated towards a Bone Fish.

The next moment, two Samurai Crabs suddenly drilled out of the ground. They clamped the Long-Necked Crocodile's wound with their pincers. The Long-Necked Crocodile, driven mad by the pain, bit off their crab pincers in two bites, but this moment was enough.

More Samurai Crabs rushed forward with guns in formation, hindering its second round of escape.

Then came the encirclement of the Black Samurai.

The Weapon Master used a steel bar sharpened into a spear to pierce the Long-Necked Crocodile, the Hammer Soldiers swarmed up and used brute force to suppress its head, and the Dual-Blade Hand's sharp blades constantly added wounds to the enemy's body.

Faced with the well-trained siege of many Samurai Crabs, the Long-Necked Crocodile struggled desperately for a few minutes and finally died of exhaustion after losing a lot of blood.

Zhou Yi finally relaxed.

In order to paralyze the enemy, he had to use ordinary Samurai Crabs to participate in the most dangerous first ambush.

Because only a small number of ordinary Samurai Crabs would not be considered a threat by the Long-Necked Crocodile - to it, wild Samurai Crabs are just food that is a little harder to chew than Bone Fish.

Most importantly, with the Kestrel's vision and positioning, he would no longer be led by the nose by the Long-Necked Crocodile.

Zhou Yi felt a little calmer.

He finally killed this fish thief.

This is also the first time he has successfully killed a C-level creature.

At this time, light spots slowly exuded from the Long-Necked Crocodile's corpse, and they gradually condensed into a small light cluster.

However, this Light Seed was different from the ones he had encountered before; it was green.

Zhou Yi held it in his hand, his gaze slightly changed.

……

[Light Seed ★☆☆]

Damage: 1-3

Cooldown: 2.3

Range: 7

"Stretch": Consumes 10 energy to extend or contract local body structures for a short time.

……

It is different from all the Light Seeds harvested before.

It shows clear combat characteristics and comes with the Long-Necked Crocodile's skills.

Zhou Yi clenched his fist.

The Light Seed merged into his body.