Wasteland Development Diary

Zhou Yi immediately sent several Grade A employees to the field to see who was better at capturing plankton.

The focusing body possessed extremely precise measurement capabilities, but it couldn't touch other life forms, only act as radar, providing information on the distribution of plankton.

It said, "These simple life forms are evenly distributed in the Dead Sea, but they also have obvious high-density areas of enrichment. Near Sandport, the highest density is in the Plate Tree area, followed by around Snake Island and Wyvern Bay."

"They like life, obtaining energy from the dead skin and leaves that fall from the Plate Trees."

Bone Man Wu Yi emphasized brute force.

He built a closed space on the spot using mud and sand, enclosing the nearby Dead Sea to trap them all. However, this approach still required further extraction of the plankton inside, ensuring a sufficient density of plankton in the relatively small space.

Yuan Xiao also wanted to help, but her ability was purely destructive, not suitable, so she had no choice.

The Mud Tree Man did the best job among them.

His [Exploration Vine] could absorb and capture plankton, but the number per capture was also small. According to the focusing body's measurements, each capture could obtain about 120,000 plankton.

But to gather 2 billion, he would have to hunt 16,667 times, which was still too inefficient.

It still couldn't achieve real application.

Zhou Yi immediately had Red Falcon notify all departments of the company, soliciting effective methods for capturing Dead Sea plankton.

However, most of the proposed solutions were not feasible.

The only helpful suggestion came from Octopus Biggie from the Bone Laboratory.

It said, "You can add a refrigeration box to it. The low-temperature environment will reduce the activity of the Dead Sea plankton, slowing down their escape. If you create a low-temperature capture container, it will be more beneficial for capturing the plankton inside."

The key problem still couldn't be solved.

Zhou Yi then found Shi Gandang, asking this light imprint expert if he had any solutions.

"This is not difficult."

"Conventional methods are indeed very cumbersome and time-consuming, but the Xenomorph is the best container and capture device."

"In the past, when we conducted a comprehensive test of the Xenomorph, we found a large number of plankton gathered near the Xenomorph, with extremely high density."

"In the past, we always found it difficult to understand. Plankton needs to capture substances that can carry life, turning them into part of their bodies after feeding. Why would they attach to the Xenomorph? But this was a minor matter, so we didn't pay much attention to it."

"Since becoming an energy state, I have finally understood the reason."

Shi Gandang said, "It's consciousness fragments. Plankton needs matter, and it also needs consciousness. The simpler the life, the more directly it can achieve a direct connection with matter and consciousness. Complex and precise life forms have instead lost this ability to directly absorb and combine."

"The Xenomorph has a special physiological structure that can adsorb and gather consciousness fragments, gradually combining them into an internal consciousness body. The fragments stripped from the entire process will be captured by plankton."

"It's like small fish like to surround whales. The scraps and fragments that fall from the mouths of these giant beasts are already delicious food for these simple life forms."

"If Emerald City or Wyvern Bay were to handle it, absorbing a large amount of plankton would be very simple."

Zhou Yi was overjoyed.

He immediately contacted Wyvern Bay to confirm.

"This is indeed no problem."

The submarine base stated, "If you need these little lives, I can gather them together, even enclose them in the cave."

"Then let's do it!"

The building life once again demonstrated its advantages.

Two old engineers came to the outside of the cave, shining a flashlight inside, reflecting a strong light as bright as day.

"So much plankton! This density is amazing!"

"Good, great!"

"This is useful, useful, I said it was useful!!! It's not garbage, it's a treasure! You have no vision to look down on my things!"

"Hahahaha, sure enough, change is a good thing! A tree dies when moved, a person lives when moved!"

The two old men waved their fists happily, yelling strangely.

As a result, Liu Fusheng strained his back due to excessive excitement, and Chen Ruixiang twisted his neck and fell while shouting, limping for a while.

But these were just minor episodes.

Because the plankton had a reliable supply, the [Plankton Heart], an original conceptual research device, became available for mass production and manufacturing.

"The mechanical shell itself is not difficult."

Liu Fusheng took out several rolls of blueprints, which were magnified diagrams of various mechanical structures.

"I carry this with me, even if it's lost, it's all in my head, I'll never forget it."

Chen Ruixiang worked on the energy and power direction.

He not only designed the core bioenergy conversion and storage to energy pack structure, but also manufactured several supporting transmission devices. It can be directly connected to a water pump for pumping water, or it can be used to drive a grinder to grind flour, with a wide range of uses.

This is a new type of bio-battery technology.

With the key core plankton problem solved, everything else was easily resolved.

The charging material for the [Plankton Heart] itself is natural food.

According to the experiments of Liu and Chen, oil and sugar are the best. Oil can form a stable high-energy reaction, while sugar is less stable and creates a stronger burst of energy. Different raw materials can be adopted according to different application scenarios.

Chen Ruixiang said, "For stable and long-term operation, oil is used as energy fuel. As food for plankton, our test results show that animal fats and vegetable oils are similar."

"A 4.5 kg bucket of oil, after full reaction, can store the energy of 12 energy packs."

"The cost of 12 energy packs is 1.2 million Mushroom Coins."

"And 4.5 kg of vegetable oil, according to the flat price algorithm of 1g oil = 3g beans, 1g oil is 30 Mushroom Coins, and 4.5 kg is 135,000 Mushroom Coins."

"The cost is only 11.25% of traditional energy packs, which can reduce the cost by nearly 90%."

The old engineer said with a beaming face: "Many current equipment cannot be widely popularized and cannot be mass-produced. On the one hand, the cost is expensive, but more importantly, the energy consumption is too large, whether it is vehicle transportation, mining, iron smelting, firing bricks and tiles ceramics... fuel consumption is the main cost."

"If you switch to a plankton heart, the energy consumption will be greatly reduced, and many things can be done!"

Zhou Yi was also excited when he heard it.

He never expected that he would get new energy technology in such an environment.

He immediately convened a meeting of the heads of various departments of the company.

Because the significance of this technology itself was too great, Zhou Yi himself was not sure how to treat it.

Red Falcon, who rarely spoke, was the first to speak this time.

"My opinion is to increase the intensity and resource tilt as soon as possible, and mass-produce the [Plankton Heart] as early as possible."

"The new cheap energy it provides will completely rewrite the face of the entire world. Whether it is for electromechanical cities, photonano cities, or human cities, it will play a huge catalytic and promoting role."

"Especially for electromechanical life."

Red Falcon's voice was particularly loud: "Every electromechanical life, in its long life, is constantly working to obtain energy. However, the more they work, the poorer they become, running around in exhaustion, unemployed and dying in the end. I don't comment on the system, but the high energy prices and costs are one of the most important constraints."

"If more electromechanical life forms can be equipped with the [Plankton Heart], they will immediately reduce their energy expenditure by 90%. The significance of this for electromechanical life is like the Goblet of Fire for poor humans."

"Whether as an electromechanical life or as a member of the company, I sincerely and wholeheartedly hope that this technology will be promoted and matured as soon as possible. It will completely liberate electromechanical life from the cycle of working to death!"

Zhou Yi nodded: "Today is to discuss how to do this."

Da Vinci also spoke remotely through Feng Ying: "If the electromechanical knights' program is to liberate the bound minds of electromechanical life, then the [Plankton Heart] is able to maintain the powerful and fragile body of electromechanical life."

"Medically speaking, a healthy body is always the first priority."

"From a doctor's point of view, the value of the [Plankton Heart] is more important than the breakthrough of program data. It will greatly extend the lifespan of electromechanical life and liberate them from heavy labor. As long as this is installed, it will end the fate of electromechanical life dying from fatigue."

"Very agree!"

Minister of Agriculture Zheng Tao also said happily: "Plankton heart technology is highly bound to our agriculture. If the plankton heart starts to spread on a large scale, the demand for agricultural products will skyrocket. Beans are needed to extract oil, and beets and sugar cane are needed to make sugar. The entire agriculture will usher in an unprecedented historical peak!"

"A large amount of land will be opened up, agriculture will be rapidly developed, and more people can be supported. More population can promote the rapid change of each region!"

Everyone is very optimistic about this.

"Everyone is too optimistic, so let me be the annoying person who says cool words."

Qian Su poured a basin of cold water at this moment.

"The plankton heart is a new technology with great value, but the current living conditions of electromechanical life are not just a technical problem, but also deeper levels of oppression and exploitation..."

"The improvement of production efficiency will only make exploitation more ruthless. This is a historical convention. Please think about it, the price of energy packs is constantly decreasing now, but the price of electromechanical life's parts and upgrades is continuing to rise."

"If you want to rely on it to completely change the existing electromechanical society, I suggest not to have too high expectations. It is more likely that it will be used by those in power to better squeeze the value of electromechanical life."

703 echoed: "Miss Qian Su is right, I am also very worried about this."

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"So I am very contradictory now. New technology is of course good and can reduce everyone's expenses, but if this technology is used by some groups, it will become a sharper weapon."

"It is still reliable to have experience in struggle."

Qian Su showed a slight smile to the machine dog, and then looked at Zhou Yi seriously: "Chairman, this technology is too groundbreaking, so that it is now an extremely sharp double-edged sword."

"If it is not used well, it may harm ourselves."

"I have a suggestion."

She paused for a moment: "We need to keep this technology completely secret until it is mature and can be mass-produced, and then sell it to various regions of the world."

"This must be spread on a large scale in a short period of time to avoid technical blockade or theft and seizure of standards. Because this technology may subvert the entire electromechanical society, at that time, we will be seen as a more dangerous group than the electromechanical knights... We monopolize low-cost energy technology and indirectly have the ability to control electromechanical cities."

"This will not only attract pressure from the electromechanical city groups, but the Heavenly Kingdom will not give up this power, and Xing Shu is the same."

"Honestly speaking, the plankton heart itself is a super weapon that is enough to destroy the current order and pattern, which is thousands of times stronger than the previous Xenomorph explosion! Everyone wants to take it as their own. This may be a scepter enough to rule electromechanical life."

"Leading a small step will be considered to be leading the advanced direction, and leading too much will be considered a huge danger and madness."

The iron-headed girl said with a solemn expression: "If not handled properly, we may be attacked by a siege network composed of various parties and be enemies on all sides."

Her in-depth explanation and deduction made everyone silent, not as happy as before.

Even the two old engineers were full of sorrow and sighed deeply.

Zhou Yi asked the two inventors: "What do you two think?"

"We... honestly, we don't know what to do."

Liu Fusheng touched his injured old waist: "Blessings and misfortunes depend on each other. The technology itself is good, but it will lead to possible disasters."

"Like this situation, Qian Su is right. We have also seen many geniuses who suffered misfortune because the technology they invented was too strong... because there are always powerful people who want to seize and monopolize it."

Chen Ruixiang said with his head held high: "The plankton heart must be released to the world. It can help many people. Even if I don't get anything, I want everyone to see and use it."

Zhou Yi said: "Are you sure? Even if you can't make a lot of profits, it's okay?"

The two old men smiled at each other.

"At our age, money is no longer important. What is important is to see that our hard work can be liked and passed on by everyone, which is already satisfying."

"I just hope that everyone can suffer less. We don't want young people now to be as miserable as we used to be."

Zhou Yi nodded seriously: "Please rest assured, since you agree, there is no problem."

He glanced at the employees with heavy faces: "I know everyone is very worried, worried that this technology will bring more danger than benefits."

"But don't worry, I have always adhered to an open attitude towards new technologies. Since we have finally developed them, we have to use them well, otherwise wouldn't it be a waste of the inventors' hard work and intelligence?"

"In fact, the solution to this matter is simple."

Zhou Yi smiled slightly: "I have decided to make the basic technology and principles of the plankton heart available to the world for free."

As soon as he said this, there was silence in the meeting, and everyone's eyes widened.

"Since all parties may covet this, it is better to let every electromechanical life see it directly. They will know that the era has changed. They can explore and manufacture new hearts according to the principles themselves, or they can come to us to seek our manufacturing and installation."

"But in that case, I believe that both the Mecha-Life forms and various organizations will join in the manufacturing and pursuit of the Floating Heart."

Qian Su was the first to react, her eyes lighting up: "That's right, a great idea!! This way, no one will have any reason to target us. On the contrary, they will try to win us over because we hold the core technical details."

"We've thrown out an answer, but the specific steps to solve the problem are in our hands. We will maintain a leading position, but we won't make them feel like it's impossible to catch up. We will also make them compete with each other."

"Whether they want to or not, they must join this technical race. The one who runs slowly will lose the opportunity and the dividends, and even be abandoned by the new wave!"

Her mind raced, and she said with a burning gaze: "The Mecha-Life forms will also conduct experiments overtly and covertly, which will greatly accelerate the advancement and iteration of the technology."

"It's just a pity that we have to give up the monopoly… But taking a step back to move forward is indeed the best solution at the moment." The girl hit her palm with her fist, making a metallic clang.

The two old engineers nodded repeatedly.

"This is good."

"Indeed a safe approach."

Seeing that they understood his meaning, Zhou Yi immediately said: "This approach is to promote the rapid spread of the technology everywhere, but our research and experiments cannot be neglected."

"Please continue to lead, and while manufacturing the Floating Heart, develop the next generation of hearts."

"Please rest assured about this."

Both craftsmen indicated that they would never slack off.

"Then, please serve as technical consultants in the manufacturing department. If you need anything, go directly to Minister Yuan Tong."

"Okay!"

The meeting ended.

After everyone had left, Red Falcon flew to Zhou Yi's side alone: "Zhou, you could have chosen another path entirely. I know you can."

"As long as you share this technology with a few allies, such as the United City, the Recursive City, and the Yin Shang Corporation, you can maintain a stable technological monopoly."

"Why did you choose a path that isn't the most beneficial to you?"

Zhou Yi smiled: "Didn't I say? Our company's goal is to transform this wasteland world, restore its vitality, and recreate the glory of the Divine Era. Since the Mecha-Knights are already loosening the soil everywhere, let me sprinkle some water on this world to see if any seedlings can grow."

"Another reason is that the Mecha-Cities are using various methods to sanction our company, right? They sanction, we open up. Let all Mecha-Life forms see clearly who is promoting the progress of civilization and who is going against everyone."

He waved his hand: "Let them see what the hell civilization and development are!"

To avoid drawing too much attention from the Celestials, it's more stable to tie everyone together. Don't be a leader; be a bulldozer, pushing everyone forward.

After a long while, the drone responded: "I really don't know whether to say you're too confident or too willful…"

"That's just my personality; I don't like to be bullied."

Red Falcon was silent for a while.

"Thank you… Your approach can save the most Mecha-Life forms."

"It's nothing."