Wasteland Development Diary

This was the company's first official mission to the Heavenly Kingdom.

Nightclaw felt a bit uneasy.

Although he had never left Sandport in his life, he knew that the Heavenly Kingdom was the strongest power on the surface of the world.

He went to Red隼 for help.

"Minister, you have to help me. I don't know anything, I don't know what to do..."

The drone said, "Just do your job."

"Zhou values you because you are quick-witted and adaptable, and you have handled the local Claw Boar autonomy well."

"This time, we are going through formal channels to pick someone up. The Heavenly Kingdom will not prevent its own citizens from seeking medical treatment abroad. However, Tuo Zhu's identity is special. After all, the panda people are royalty, so you may encounter some unexpected situations."

"You will need to rely on your own flexibility to deal with it."

Five days later.

Nightclaw and Tuo Zhu boarded a medium-sized manned glider and took off from the Sandport apron. This long-haul flight would pass through the Twin Rivers region, then head north all the way to Pearl Island on the border of the Heavenly Kingdom, and from Pearl Island take a Heavenly Kingdom business jet to the Panda Autonomous Region.

On the way, Nightclaw and Tuo Zhu gradually became familiar with each other.

It is usually easier to communicate between light-Na species.

However, Nightclaw felt that Tuo Zhu was a bit impatient. The Electric Cat Breeding Program was proceeding secretly, and further development was under intense experimentation.

As one of the most critical cat-raising experts, Tuo Zhu's departure at this time placed the burden entirely on electrical engineer You Ai.

"I know this isn't good."

The panda man also admitted, "The most stable approach is to wait until the technology related to electric cats is completely mature before considering other things. This would also avoid technology leaks."

"However, he is my father... My father is getting dumber and dumber."

"Brother Nightclaw, you don't know. Although he is in a sanatorium built by the Empire and was once an A-level life, his brain is now broken, and he is no different from other dementia patients."

The panda man looked melancholy: "I don't have any official position, and the sanatorium is strictly hierarchical."

"If relatives are high-ranking officials and nobles, and people visit regularly, the patient will be taken care of better. If not, it's another matter. It's very normal for patients to be fed rotten food and dirty water, punched a few times to vent their anger, and not be given changes of clothes or baths..."

"No one cares about such a group of dementia patients... but he is my father, and I care."

Nightclaw immediately understood Tuo Zhu's feelings: "That's true. It's better to transfer him to the company as soon as possible. Even if he can't be cured, our medical services here will be more stable and reliable."

"Yes, that's what I think."

Tuo Zhu raised his paw and slammed it **** on the table: "My father used to be strong, a head taller than me, but after arriving at the sanatorium, he is now as thin as a bamboo."

"I know what they did, and they know what they did, but there is nothing I can do about them. This group of worms! The Empire is getting worse and worse because of them!"

Nightclaw could only comfort him: "It will be better to transfer him to the company. Everything will be fine."

Pearl Island, although called an island, is actually a sizable piece of land.

The place is full of sentry towers and fortresses, and most areas are under military control. Only a small area is a civilian residential area.

The soldiers are all human, wearing uniform black military uniforms, brown-red leather belts around their waists, and carrying standard knight muskets and marching knapsacks, patrolling everywhere in twos and threes.

After entering the Heavenly Kingdom, Nightclaw's biggest feeling was that the degree of mechanization here was very high.

Steel equipment, blast furnaces, and pipelines were laid all over the place, as well as boiler-structured heating platforms that could dry wet clothes and obtain hot water.

"This is normal."

Tuo Zhu told it: "Since the Heavenly Kingdom stopped expanding, it has used its funds for mechanical transformation. The mixed light-Na species legions of the past have been split up and have received more mechanical equipment to assist them, allowing them to maintain combat power while reducing the number of conventional troops."

"Many outsiders believe that the Heavenly Kingdom only has extremely strong combat power, but in fact, the Heavenly Kingdom's logistics are not bad at all. Wars are fought on logistical capabilities."

From Pearl Island to the Autonomous Region, you need to take a special line business jet.

Nightclaw followed Tuo Zhu and arrived at the Panda Autonomous Region in the heart of the Heavenly Kingdom without any obstacles along the way.

Since the vehicle route needed to go directly to the sanatorium, Nightclaw could only observe this area through the car window.

He found that the natural environment of the Autonomous Region was very good, with dense vegetation and bamboo forests, surrounded by mountains and rivers, with a suitable temperature, and he could see pandas walking, practicing martial arts, and sunbathing in the wild.

The sanatorium was very large and almost full of patients.

Those with dementia and those who were completely unable to take care of themselves lived on the top floor. In order to prevent the patients here from affecting other floors and running around, this place was closed all year round, prohibiting going out, and the activity area was limited to indoors.

Tuo Zhu arrived here and received his father.

In fact, the sanatorium welcomed the patient's family and friends to take people back, which could also reduce their expenses and manpower pressure.

Tuo Hai was a gaunt panda man, half a head taller than Tuo Zhu, wearing an old white patient's uniform. Because he was too thin, the clothes looked loose and baggy, like a large cloth bag.

The panda man in a demented state was covered in messy and dirty fur, drool flowing from the corners of his mouth, and his eyes were unfocused. Sometimes his upper and lower jaws moved, as if he was mumbling, but his voice was too low to hear what he was saying.

Nightclaw noticed that Tuo Hai's right paw was tightly clenched, not knowing what he was holding.

It was not until they took him on the departing business jet that Tuo Hai unfolded his paw, inside which was a small, irregular piece of nut.

He stretched out his paw and handed it to Tuo Zhu.

It seemed to be specially reserved for his son.

The panda man took it and chewed it loudly, crunching, his eyes red.

"It's not a walnut, it's a stone... Damn it, they even want to steal the walnuts my dad left me, a bunch of worms!"

Tuo Zhu crushed the stone and swallowed it.

Because Tuo Hai was looking at him—although he was still drooling foolishly.

Most of the time, Tuo Hai sat quietly. Although his eyes were dull, he did not do anything out of the ordinary.

It took Nightclaw a long time to understand that Tuo Hai was repeatedly saying a sentence.

"Go home... go home..."

Nightclaw envied Tuo Zhu.

At least he still had a father.

His father never returned after going out hunting once. It was said that he was beaten to death and eaten by a passing red-haired monster.

However, after taking off from Pearl Island, Nightclaw felt that something was wrong.

First of all, the Dead Sea suddenly became foggy. This abnormality continued all the way, and the glider seemed to be caught in a cloud maze.

Secondly, the air station service failed, and it was impossible to contact the outside world.

The situation became very tense for a time.

The pilot in front said: "You two, we have now lost direction, and the guiding reconnaissance plane has also lost contact. Now we can only wait for rescue from behind, please remain calm."

But why?

Did someone want to get rid of Tuo Hai?

It didn't seem like it.

It seemed more like they were after Tuo Zhu.

Nightclaw immediately asked the panda man: "Did you mention this trip to anyone else?"

"I only told Gu Si Te, he is an old friend of mine, and he is considered half of our own."

Tuo Zhu recalled: "And I don't have anything..."

"Electric cat, did you bring an electric cat?"

"This... I brought Thunderbolt No. 5, but I haven't taken it out once."

Nightclaw immediately said: "They must be after the electric cat!"

The panda man's face was ugly: "Are you saying that they have a way to detect electric cats?"

"Most likely."

Nightclaw was particularly calm at this time: "You are a panda man, so they only dared to attack outside the Heavenly Kingdom. After picking up your father, we will be the easiest to control. This time, the other party came prepared."

"Give me the electric cat."

"Ah?"

"Give it to me!"

"Oh, oh, okay..."

Nightclaw opened his mouth and swallowed the entire glass cat house, and the glass inside shattered immediately, and the metal coils also slipped into his throat.

The cat house must be destroyed to avoid leaving a reproducible sample for the enemy.

He only felt a burst of colic and stinging pain in his stomach, making it almost impossible for him to breathe, as if several sharp blades were cutting him open in his body.

A strong sense of numbness and burning rushed into every pore of his body, scurrying up and down in his body. Nightclaw felt like he was about to die.

In a daze, he heard someone arguing.

"...Hand it over!"

"I don't have it."

"Do you want to lose your father?"

"No means no! Search as you please! You are provoking the Wasteland Company and the Heavenly Kingdom!"

"Pa pa!"

Then came a scream.

"If you talk nonsense again, I'll kill you! Come with us!"

Then Nightclaw felt himself being thrown down from the air, accelerating all the way into the misty sea.

When he touched the cold mist of the Dead Sea, his body, which had been burned and paralyzed, suddenly became extremely hot, and his body seemed to collapse rapidly.

I want to live, live...

I don't want to die!

A strong desire to survive made Nightclaw struggle desperately.

In that instant, something in his mind was suddenly opened, and it seemed that a hole was opened in his body, and something was connected to him.

The hot wreckage began to tremble violently, and some grotesque thoughts scurried around in his mind.

Coming back to his senses.

Nightclaw found himself turned into a ball of lightning.

Ah?

What's going on.

His whole body was made up of lightning and sparks, turning into an electric arc-shaped Claw Boar.

Nightclaw found himself light and sensitive, full of unprecedented surging power.

He instantly returned to the sky and quickly found the glider.

After rushing in, Nightclaw found Tuo Zhu unconscious, and Tuo Hai still foolishly stupid.

Three strangely shaped light-Na species were searching everywhere inside.

They had wide wings and long tentacles, and their bodies were light and slender.

Nightclaw's appearance shocked the three light-Na species.

"What is this thing?"

"Elec, electric ball?"

Nightclaw directly waved his claws and penetrated two of the light-Na species, and they were electrocuted to death on the spot. Only the last one, Nightclaw left alive, which was also convenient for taking back to report.

When he interrogated him, the other party was already scared out of his wits and stuttered to confess the process of the crime.

After a while, Tuo Zhu woke up in a daze.

"Ah? Nightclaw, weren't you thrown into the Dead Sea by them? You're okay! That's great."

The panda man was overjoyed.

"Are we...safe? The company's reinforcements are so fast? Huh, I didn't see them either. You solved them?!"

Nightclaw said, "Sort of."

"What exactly is this..."

The panda man noticed that the only survivor was curled up in the corner, looking at Nightclaw with fear in his eyes.

"This is a C-level light-Na species, a psychedelic butterfly. Their ability is to cause hallucinations and weave illusions. They belong to consciousness attacks... It seems that they have been watching us for a long time and ambushed us in this area."

Tuo Zhu was surprised: "How did you do it? Not only did you break the illusion, but you also solved three of them!"

"I don't know about this, but... look."

Nightclaw said, transforming again into a flashing lightning form.

Tuo Zhu suddenly widened his eyes: "This, this... this is... what's going on?"

"Right, you swallowed the cat house and Thunderbolt No. 5."

"Could it be..."

"Can you become a swordsman? Is it to change your current flash form?"

"This is not difficult."

Nightclaw adjusted the lightning structure and turned into a humanoid electric light swordsman.

The panda man was shocked: "Spark... swordsman!"

"You have become a spark swordsman!"