Wasteland Development Diary

As soon as they arrived at Sandport, A Jin immediately called for backup, summoning the Samurai Crabs to carry Xie Tu and rush him to Maria Hospital for emergency treatment.

About two hours later.

The operating room doors opened.

Doctor Da Vinci emerged and said, "The excision and suturing surgeries were both successful. Weapon Master Xie Tu has a strong resistance to blows and a high recovery ability. He can be discharged from the hospital after one to two months of recuperation."

A Jin was completely relieved.

In Xie Tu's hospital room, he saw a familiar face.

A Jin was stunned: "Captain, you're here too? What happened to you?"

Xie Xun was lying in bed, wrapped head to toe in bandages, with thick casts on his arms and claws, while the refrigerator nurse Lily took his temperature.

"A Jin? Is that... Xie Tu? What happened to you guys?"

A Jin explained the situation to him.

"Xie Tu is a keen warrior; this is indeed something he would do."

Speaking of himself, Xie Xun was somewhat bitter: "I look like this... because of the Electric Cat."

"Why would the Electric Cat injure you like this? Our Scavenger Team isn't responsible for training cats, is it? Captain, did you fight with the Electric Cat?"

A Jin was puzzled.

It turned out that Xie Xun had applied for a working Electric Cat to try and practice becoming a Spark Swordsman.

He imitated Nightclaw, calling upon an Electric Cat to possess him in the Dead Sea. The result was just getting electrocuted with burns all over his body, completely failing to achieve fusion.

"I consulted Nightclaw beforehand, used an Electric Cat transcoder to ask several Electric Cats, including Thunderclap 5 and Pikachu, and also inquired about the failed experiences."

Xie Xun said from the bed, "One of the prerequisites is that the Electric Cat and the holder must trust each other. This is no longer a problem for us. The company's working Electric Cats, guided and taught by Pikachu and Thunderclap 5, have a high degree of recognition for their own people."

"The second condition is to have a conductive connection with the Cat House. This process is somewhat dangerous, equivalent to connecting electricity to the body. I was electrocuted into this state during this process."

"The third is to have a strong physique, preferably a Grade E life form or better."

"The fourth, which is also my personal speculation, is a near-death experience."

The Scavenger Captain solemnly said, "The most difficult is the fourth point. It's extremely difficult to grasp; carelessness can lead to real death."

"Nightclaw initially completed the activation and fusion in a near-death state. He swallowed the Cat House into his body, causing a large number of glass shards and metal coils to pierce his internal organs. The Electric Cat also lost its stable carrier and darted out, causing Nightclaw to bleed heavily and suffer organ rupture."

"Fortunately, he forcibly stabilized the injuries in Spark Swordsman form. The hospital performed surgery on him, removed the remaining fragments from his body, and allowed him to recuperate for quite some time."

"I believe the key is that both he and the Electric Cat, under their instinctual desire to survive, completed the most likely choice for survival. A near-death experience is a crucial external condition."

A Jin listened with admiration.

The Captain was indeed the smartest brain in the Scavenger Team.

"So I'm in a dilemma, not knowing how to test the fourth point. That degree is very difficult to control."

Xie Xun suddenly said, "A Jin, help me. Stab me twice, then I'll crush the Cat House and see if it works."

A Jin waved his hands in a panic: "No, no, a slight mistake and you'll die. Absolutely not!"

"Alas..."

The Scavenger Captain sighed: "If we don't take risks, we'll never get past this hurdle. We won't be able to find the true transformation method of the Spark Swordsman. Human-cat symbiosis is of great significance for the further development of Electric Cats."

"Our Scavenger Team hasn't had any remarkable achievements in recent years. Although we've collected a lot of materials from the Divine Relic sites and completed partial mapping of the Dead Sea seabed, all departments are changing rapidly, but we're still spinning in circles... I'm really an incompetent captain."

A Jin looked at Xie Tu, who was sleeping soundly in the next bed.

The Weapon Masters were all daring and imaginative, even their disregard for life felt the same.

A thought suddenly occurred to him: "Captain, if you want to test, I do have a good candidate."

"It meets all four conditions you mentioned."

"Trustworthy, conductive connection, strong physique, and also in a near-death state."

"Are you serious!?"

A Jin led the Captain to the northwestern hills, far away from the company.

The dilapidated and crumbling Building 7 shocked and puzzled Xie Xun: "It's so severely damaged, why not go to Primary Building for treatment?"

"It refuses."

A Jin patted the wall, and dust and plaster immediately shook down from the wall.

"Don't let it fool you; Building 7 is very stubborn. It doesn't want to go over and be seen by Primary Building in such a disheveled and miserable state; it probably thinks it's too embarrassing. It hasn't even self-repaired; it's sulking, considering it a way to punish itself."

"After all, it was beaten almost into dormancy by a group of Red Haired Monsters... It's very frustrated with its failure."

After several years of getting along, A Jin had gained a lot of understanding of this Architectural Life.

Although it wasn't a combat type like Building 5, its personality was very strong, brave, and daring, so it went to help the White Mushroom Brothers get revenge, and couldn't stand the provocations and attacks of the Red Haired Monsters, fighting them to the death.

This Architectural Life's personality was actually quite vivid, the kind of loyal friend you could completely trust.

"It perfectly meets the four conditions you mentioned, Captain."

A Jin said, "Want to try it? Architectural Life has high strength, isn't afraid of electricity, and it's also from the Emerald City lineage, with a structure almost identical to Primary Building. Electric Cats should be naturally compatible."

"It's currently in a near-death state; it won't even eat the Light Seeds I feed it... I'm really worried."

Xie Xun thought for a moment: "Then... let's try."

The two of them carried over the Scavenger Team's Electric Cat and related equipment.

This Electric Cat was originally named Lightning Spirit 27, but after a team vote, it was now named [Electric Treasure].

Connecting to Building 7 was simple; the building's foundation and exterior had exposed steel bars, so they just had to fix the electric ball to them with wire.

The other end of the electric ball was connected to the enhancement controller through an Electric Cat transcoder.

Xie Xun's three claws skillfully tapped on the keyboard.

A glowing cat head appeared on the screen.

Xie Xun typed in the dialogue box below its head.

[Electric Treasure, we're going to do another test, targeting Emerald City's Building 7. It's also part of Emerald City. Can you try?]

Then a text box popped up above the cat's head.

[Okay.]

[But I don't know if it'll work.]

[I'll try my best.]

A Jin was shocked: "Captain, you can actually use the common language and type... Aren't they supposed to not be very smart?"

"A Jin, your information is outdated."

A burst of laughter came from Xie Xun's signal transceiver: "The Electric Cats cultivated by the Electricity Department all have above-average intelligence. Working Electric Cats like Electric Treasure have all undergone a series of specific training."

"After the transcoder was invented, humans and Electric Cats can directly communicate. They learn very quickly in this process. With the help of the [Electric Cat Compendium] developed by the Programming Department, they grow rapidly. Their speed of accepting information is too fast, like lightning."

"Electric Cat Compendium?"

A Jin looked confused: "What's that?"

"[Electric Cat Compendium] was originally an operating manual, describing how to properly use Electric Cats, for employees who partner with Electric Cats."

"This database records everyone's experiences using Electric Cats, the names, personalities, and deeds of Electric Cats in various departments."

"Later, the Programming Department and the Electricity Department discussed that Electric Cats also needed a place for self-learning. So they directly used the Electric Cat Compendium, continuously updating a large amount of content in it, and remotely connected to the Recursive City's database."

"As long as they are working Electric Cats, they can access all kinds of data inside. They are also company employees, so they are our colleagues, so to speak."

"The first time I came into contact with Electric Treasure, it could only say hello, thank you, and I don't know. Now it's completely different."

Xie Xun's voice was filled with pride: "Electric Cats are the company's unique technology system, from the simplest basic electric balls, cat houses, electric cat staffs, floating heart motors to the current electrolysis towers, heavenly nets, and electric cat transcoders, all completely self-developed in just one spring! The explosion in this field came quickly and fiercely."

"A Jin, you have to learn in this area, otherwise it will be easy to fall behind."

A Jin felt a chill in his heart and said seriously: "In recent years, I have basically recognized all the common language characters of the East Continent, but I still use the controller less often. I really need to study hard."

I'm a dignified employee number 001; I can't become someone who doesn't know how to do this or that. It's really embarrassing to say it out loud.

The two were chatting.

Text appeared again on the cat's head on the screen.

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[It's very big and empty inside, I'm scared.]

Xie Xun typed.

[It's okay, Electric Treasure. If you feel dangerous, hide back in the Cat House, but let's try first.]

[Okay.]

Xie Xun said to A Jin: "Electric Cats in the Lightning Spirit series are just like this, generally timid. But their advantage is that they are stable and won't do anything out of line."

A Jin nodded.

After a moment.

The Electric Cat sent another message through the controller.

[I've contacted Building 7. It's asking what I'm doing? How should I answer?]

[Xie Xun: Just tell the truth.]

[Okay.]

[Xie Xun: Wait, you can talk directly to Building 7?]

[Yes. It's very angry, telling me that it was defeated by a group of not-very-strong monsters, and can't figure out why it lost. I'm comforting it.]

[Xie Xun: You guys chat first.]

A Jin watched the screen nervously and attentively.

Xie Xun also stared at the controller with both eyes.

About two minutes later.

[We're friends now (ΦωΦ)]

A Jin breathed a slight sigh of relief.

[It knows about the Spark Swordsman and said it wants to try it with me.]

[For safety's sake, you'd better leave the building and go somewhere further away.]

So A Jin and Xie Xun disconnected the connecting wires and the controller and went fifty meters away from the building.

Soon.

Currents traveled throughout Building 7, with thick and thin arcs spreading and twisting across its surface.

Then the building suddenly emitted a burst of strong light, completely turning into an electrical light form, giving a very unreal, ethereal feeling.

"Suc... succeeded?"

Xie Xun looked up at the lightning skyscraper, his voice still very uncertain.

"It's a success! Captain, your judgment was very accurate!"

A Jin vigorously patted Xie Xun's shoulder blade.

"Hiss!"

"Sorry, Captain... Forgot you're still recovering from your injuries."

This state only lasted for a few seconds and then disappeared, immediately returning to normal.

Xie Xun immediately ran over and used the controller to connect to the Cat House.

[Xie Xun: Did it succeed?]

[It should have succeeded, right? Anyway, I can move around in its body. It can be my Cat House, and we can switch places.]

[Building 7 likes this state very much; my energy structure will give it more attack weapons. But the energy consumption is a bit high.]

[Also, it's dying. It used its last bit of energy to transform into a Spark Swordsman, and now it can't even talk back to me. You guys better hurry up and rescue it!]

A Jin immediately began to feed Light Seeds to Building 7.

This time, it finally accepted them all, continuously absorbing external energy supplies, and the originally fragmented and constantly peeling machine body gradually stabilized.

"Captain, let's report to the Chairman; this news is of utmost importance!"

"A Jin, you go."

Xie Xun said, "I want to understand more about Electric Treasure and the process to confirm the entire procedure."

...

"That's how it is."

A Jin finished speaking in one breath.

The Chairman listened very carefully throughout, then looked at Xie Xun: "Is there anything else to add?"

"There is one thing."

Xie Xun said, "Chairman, I asked Electric Treasure. Actually, Electric Cats don't like attaching themselves to flesh and blood life forms."

"The electrical balance in flesh and blood bodies is difficult to maintain. The distribution and flow of positive and negative charges must be kept in a relatively stable state, requiring a high degree of precision, which is prone to imbalance. People like Nightclaw are extreme cases, and also require a long time to adapt."

"In a near-death state, the electrical potential of flesh and blood life will continue to weaken until it disappears. This low-potential environment allows high-potential Electric Cats to enter directly."

The Scavenger Team Captain spoke methodically: "When life is active, the electrical potential is higher. Because of the electrical balance, it is difficult for Electric Cats to enter. Only in the extreme low potential of near-death can Electric Cats fully enter."

"On the other hand, Architectural Life has extremely high electrical balance thresholds. When not moving, the electrical potential can almost tend to disappear, extremely stable. Even if Electric Cats run around in their bodies at full power, there will be no impact."

"So I think the previous direction may need to be adjusted."

"The best Spark Swordsman carrier is Architectural Life. Secondly, it is Mechanical Life."

Xie Xun paused for a moment: "I have another bold idea. The [Breathing] installed in Mechanical Life can trigger a near-death experience. As long as this process is triggered through programming means, the Electric Cat can be installed to become a Spark Swordsman!"

The Chairman's eyes were full of praise: "Very good, very good! You guys did very well. Thank you for your hard work."

A Jin couldn't help but clench his fists.

It's a success!

This time, our Scavenger Team has finally come into our own!