Wasteland Development Diary

Zhou Yi looked at the screen of the control panel.

Under the satellite view, the black long bridge on the east coast of Emerald City crossed the Dead Sea all the way, connecting to the lunar landing area like a black spot, passing through the newly built lunar landing new area (the petal-shaped area created by the space cave) all the way north.

The long bridge continued to extend in the Dead Sea, and then from north to west, reaching the port of Steel Refinery City.

The cross-sea black bridge connecting the two places drew a 7 on the Dead Sea.

From an overlooking perspective, this unprecedented large-scale long-distance infrastructure connection looked quite shocking.

The more Zhou Yi looked at it, the more he liked it.

This was a big step in breaking the blockade of the Dead Sea.

The overpass side gave real-time feedback: "Chairman, the bridge body has only reached grade B strength, which is relatively weak, and it will take time to stabilize and strengthen it. According to the current volume, it will take about 6 months to reinforce it to grade A strength."

"Next, I will gradually widen the bridge area so that the bridge can accommodate more life between the two places."

"When this side is stable and the test results are okay, I will further expand the connection towards Shell City."

Steel Refinery Duke quickly ran to Sandport and knocked on the door of the unit building with his mechanical arm.

"Mr. Zhou, Mr. Zhou!"

"It's too sudden! I thought it was some kind of projection when I saw it! Is it real? Can it operate for a long time? Can people walk on it…?"

"Such a long-distance cross-Dead Sea bridge connection, this is a feat that has never happened in history!"

"How was this done?!"

Zhou Yi briefly explained the overpass's advancement.

The other party was even more astonished: "Light-core body-level alien… has never existed in the database… This, this is really amazing!"

It immediately turned to ecstasy and made a strange cackling laugh. It's just that the laughter was a bit harsh and mechanical, sounding a bit like a villain.

"No wonder Mr. Zhou, you have been investing in aliens without regard to returns. Once they break through the light-core body, they will not only completely overcome the Dead Sea, but also use the power of the Dead Sea for their own use."

"Then all the previous investment and cultivation are worth it! You are indeed thoughtful and visionary! Chairman, your vision is high!"

Zhou Yi felt a little strange in his heart: "Where did you learn this flattery from?"

"I upgraded the database and added a social mode collected from the data of local officials in various cities—this mode is the latest achievement jointly developed by the program department and Recursive City."

Steel Refinery Duke said: "According to data statistics, the success rate of mechatronic life that is good at using social mode to obtain positive feedback and benefits during negotiations is 33% higher than when social mode is not used."

"This is a very practical mode, and I am currently studying and training it in depth."

"How do you think my flattery skills and strength are?"

Zhou Yi: "…"

He originally wanted to say that there was no need to engage in these things in the alliance.

But Zhou Yi thought again that Steel Refinery Duke and the others still needed to further cooperate with other cities and have various dealings with the outside world. If there is a social mode, it is not a bad thing to praise the other party a few more times.

It's not good to hit someone with a smiling face, and the data also supports this.

So Zhou Yi said: "It's a bit stiff and needs to be polished further."

"Understood. Sure enough, social interaction is not a simple matter. I will continue to improve it. I'm sorry for the bad experience."

"It's okay… let's get down to business."

Steel Refinery Duke immediately talked about some of its ideas.

"With this long bridge connecting Steel Refinery City and Sandport, electric cats can go directly through the bridge, and reinforced vehicles can carry people between the two places, which will greatly increase the mobility of personnel."

"In the past, the transportation of metal appliances, parts, refrigerant, and frozen drinks from our place took at least a few days to reach here. Because whether it is a glider or an airship, you need to make an appointment, schedule, and transfer and carry it to the cabin."

"Now, things can be delivered from the Steel Refinery City factory to Emerald City or Sandport City within a day."

It spoke extremely fast: "This greatly shortens the transportation cycle and can greatly reduce our inventory pressure, especially since it is summer and the demand for refrigerant and frozen drinks is extremely high."

"You may not know, Emerald City purchases a large number of these two commodities, accounting for 15% of Steel Refinery City's sales… also because the employees here have high incomes and high requirements for quality of life."

"Now we can also do what Sandport is doing, what's it called? Delivery, yes, we can do it too!"

Speaking of its own territory's output, this mechatronic lord knew it like the back of its hand.

"Chairman, some of the employees of the Wasteland Development Company have invested a lot of money in our Steel Refinery City."

Zhou Yi asked: "Invest?"

"Yes."

Steel Refinery Duke said: "Most company employees are happy when they earn money and save it well. But there are also a few employees who invest abroad."

"In Steel Refinery City, four bone engineer from the manufacturing department invested in building a small metal products factory, specializing in the production of metal products such as bolts, nuts, and screws. Now, a large number of related supporting parts are needed for power infrastructure, and these are exactly what is lacking. They have hired dozens of workers from our side and have been working for half a year."

"There is also a wire and cable factory, which was built by Awei from the express delivery center and his friend, the bone man Jacob."

"Because the company is promoting the construction of electric cats, a large number of wires and guide nets need to be laid everywhere, and the demand for copper wire is very high. After collecting the copper, it is also a good business to draw it into wire and wrap it with an insulating layer… Of course, we also have a large wire and cable factory in Steel Refinery City that is producing."

Zhou Yi listened with interest.

The bone people are smart and have a broad vision, and they are already investing in future industries.

This is considered the growth of employees in their personal fields.

"So, if the two places are connected, I think more company employees should invest in Steel Refinery City."

Steel Refinery Duke said confidently: "We have unique metal processing, smelting experience, and industrial technology here, and the company's employees have funds. As long as we bring the funds to our side, it can make Steel Refinery City develop faster and more immigrants get employment. The income of workers has always been not low."

Zhou Yi nodded: "That's good. But you have to do a good job of supervision. Although they are company employees, they must abide by the rules of Steel Refinery City in your place and restrain them equally."

"Understood."

Lord Apex also attached great importance to this cross-sea connection.

The Shuanghe area is thousands of kilometers away from Sandport, and it arrived in Emerald City only half an hour later than Steel Refinery Duke.

"When will you connect our Shuanghe side?"

"No matter the economic, security, or political interests, our side is not comparable to Steel Refinery City."

"Shouldn't it be our turn next?"

Zhou Yi told it: "Don't even think about it in a short time."

The puppet was furious and clenched its fists and said: "Why! According to strength and influence, Shuanghe should be the most favored object in this alliance! It's not fair! Our Shuanghe area has also made a huge contribution to the alliance!"

Zhou Yi was amused.

Your Shuanghe area is 840 kilometers away from Shell City, and Shell City is 340 kilometers away from Sandport, adding up to at least 1200 kilometers.

It must be starting with the nearby Steel Refinery City and Shell City first.

Then gradually expand outward.

Zhou Yi immediately explained the principle to it.

The Wuhu Overpass has only just advanced and also needs to be gradually promoted.

The puppet governor insisted again and again: "I think it's meaningless to do small things, we should do big things."

"Our Shuanghe is very suitable as this model."

"Directly connecting the core Emerald City and the Shuanghe area, just this ultra-long-distance cross-Dead Sea bridge is enough to form a technical deterrence to the outside world and make our customers more confident and loyal… There are many benefits."

Zhou Yi's face twitched as he listened.

It's easy to pull your balls if you take too big steps.

In the end, he had to say with a cold face: "Then let me ask you. Has the power infrastructure construction in Shuanghe been completed? Has the electric cat information network been built?"

"…"

Lord Apex immediately lowered its head and said nothing.

In the end, it left dejectedly.

The completion of the cross-sea bridge made the lords of the alliance's various territories call to congratulate and discuss enthusiastically. However, this did not attract a lot of external discussion, which made Zhou Yi feel strange.

Logically speaking, this kind of super infrastructure project that breaks the Dead Sea blockade should be a top hot spot and explosive news. Even if the mechatronic cities deliberately downplay it, other places should not have no discussion at all.

He felt deeply confused about this.

Red Falcon gave an answer to this.

"Zhou, many areas have tried various methods to break through the Dead Sea before."

"Among them, the most famous are the Heavenly Kingdom's [Artificial Floating Island] and the Mechatronic City's [Dead Sea Transformation Project]."

Zhou Yi knew about the latter, but it was the first time he had heard of the former.

"The Heavenly Kingdom tried to breed a huge number of bubble fish, so that they could produce a large amount of feces to form a floating island. After artificial intervention and transformation, a large enough floating island group was paved to expand and increase the land area."

Red Falcon said: "Theoretically this is feasible, but in practice, it encountered many obstacles."

"Bubble fish cannot survive in large numbers in the same area. They are very sensitive to their survival territory, and if they are too dense, they will weaken, go crazy, mutate, or even die."

"The load-bearing capacity of the floating island is weak. If it is to be enough to carry heavy-weight houses, steel, stone and other materials, the cultivation cycle needs more than 50 years."

"Another problem is pollution. The feces of bubble fish are not harmless. Those feces will release toxic substances that are harmful to people. Over time, it will cause people on the island to have severe hallucinations, unable to distinguish between reality and illusion, and accompanied by severe physiological bleeding."

"So the [Artificial Floating Island] project was carried out for 20 years and was eventually abolished, which in effect declared its failure. The Heavenly Kingdom spent more than 18 million light seeds for this, and has not started a similar project since then."

"The [Dead Sea Transformation Project] has long studied the Dead Sea and has also developed some new technologies and data. But whether it is cleaning up the Dead Sea, purifying the Dead Sea, or building underwater cities, these attempts ultimately failed, with a total expenditure of more than 23 million light seeds."

"The two largest groups on the surface have ended in failure."

"So, the outside world basically has no hope for transforming the Dead Sea and artificial land. Even if the company is currently in the limelight, most people will still be skeptical and wait-and-see."

"The artificial floating island was also a sensation at first, but a few years later, residents began to die frequently, entering the Dead Sea in hallucinations and their bodies were never found. The number of deaths exceeded 200,000… The Dead Sea transformation was the same, collapse, leakage, consciousness pollution, high pressure, impact, caused the death of more than 1,044 mechatronic life."

"There are too many lessons from the past, and all parties will be extremely cautious about this kind of experimental project."

Zhou Yi understood when it said that.

Similar super projects need time to test, which is the consensus of all parties.

In the wasteland world, there has never been a building life at the light-core body level.

Naturally, no one has seen the infrastructure strength at the light-core body level.

Zhou Yi thought about it.

This is even more beneficial to him. Most people are skeptical and wait-and-see. He will use the overpass to make a fortune in silence first, and they will have to wait a few years to recover.

So Zhou Yi immediately changed his strategy, requiring all parties not to actively publicize this matter, and only said that it was still a technical project under testing when asked.

…

At this juncture.

Xiaofu suddenly said: "Da Zhou, it's time to create a fire seed civilization. The sooner this step is taken, the better."

"Now the conditions are ripe, and electric cats are excellent basic fire seed life units."

"Once the fire seed civilization is built, you will have your own conceptual object—or conceptual life."

"It will not only become our external extension of consciousness, but also form resonance and power association with all electric cats…"

Zhou Yi listened with excitement.

He can create a conceptual life?

He immediately rubbed his hands and prepared.

"How to do it?"