Wasteland Development Diary

Outside the window, snow was falling heavily, and the cold wind howled.

Inside, however, it remained bright and warm.

Zhou Yi sat on the soft leather sofa, flipping to the latest page of his notebook.

—Establish a base camp and reclaim the nearby area (crossed out).

—Plant rice and wheat after finding them to achieve self-sufficiency in rice and noodles.

The first goal is basically achieved.

The second goal still requires gradual progress. Currently, planting sweet potatoes and peanuts is underway.

He marked a new goal on the next line with a pen.

—Conquer Snake Island Hospital.

However, this matter needs to be approached gradually.

Winter in the wasteland is a turbulent season. Zhou Yi doesn't yet know enough about the land after landing, so the current focus is on defense and observation.

The main focus in the coming period is the assessment of the young Spine Hunter.

Zhou Yi had a brief chat with Hunter Sea and even asked about its mother.

It said, "Perhaps she went to explore or conquer other worlds."

However, what the Spine Hunter thought was:

—〇×, I can't reveal Mom's matter. If it knows Mom is dead, it probably won't take me in.

Zhou Yi simply told it, "You must tell me the truth."

"I love telling the truth."

"How did your mother die?"

Hunter Sea froze.

It immediately became dejected: "So Chairman, you already knew..."

"Mom was eaten."

"Two years ago, in winter, Mom took me hunting in the eastern Dead Sea. Usually, we would dive into the middle and lower layers of the sea, which is the hunting ground for Spine Hunters, but that day, I don't know what happened, a big hole appeared in the sea."

"That hole was like it appeared out of nowhere in the Dead Sea. It was like tearing space apart. From above and below, you could only see a black hole."

"Mom seemed to recognize it and told me to run immediately."

"A huge black monster crawled out of the hole and grabbed at us directly. I was scared and ran for my life, running far away... When I came to my senses, I couldn't find Mom anymore."

"I waited for a long time, but Mom didn't come to find me. So I went back, back to that hole."

"The hole was still there, but I couldn't feel Mom's aura anymore."

"Only in the mist near the Dead Sea did I find some of Mom's broken bones and blood... She was eaten."

"I'm useless. I didn't fight. I ran."

The Spine Hunter's light dimmed.

Zhou Yi judged from its inner thoughts that this time it was telling the truth.

In the Dead Sea, even a B-level creature like the Spine Hunter can become food for other monsters.

Zhou Yi thought, "Red Falcon, check what that hole is."

Actually, he had encountered something similar before.

Previously, under an elevated bridge outside an uninhabited residential area, there was also a black hole. However, unlike what Hunter Sea encountered, that hole was calm, and nothing crawled out of it.

A few seconds later.

"According to the Spine Hunter's description, that should be the Dead Sea's 'Dark Zone.' A special high-energy space formed by highly condensed dead light. These spaces use dead light as a medium to connect to other high-energy areas, thereby using the medium of light to complete mutual projection..."

The drone gave a detailed description.

Zhou Yi omitted the obscure and lengthy nouns and summarized it.

The other end of the Dark Zone connects to other worlds. Only those with A-level body strength can safely pass through the Dark Zone and explore after projecting into the other world. It can be said that Dark Zone travel is the exclusive privilege of Skywalkers.

Similarly, powerful life forms from other worlds can also project here through the Dark Zone.

However, there are also differences between these Dark Zones.

Higher Dark Zones only exist in high-density dead light areas, the projection is stable, the coverage area is large, and it is also the choice usually used by powerful life forms.

The dead light density in the seabed area is low, and the one under the overpass belongs to a lower Dark Zone. Due to its instability and narrow projection range, it is rarely chosen.

After listening, the Spine Hunter was silent for a while.

"Dark Zone... Skywalker..."

"I probably won't be able to reach that level in my lifetime, and I'll never be able to avenge Mom. I don't even know what monster from the other world did it..."

Zhou Yi just said, "Take care of the present first, and you may not be able to do it in the future."

Hunter Sea suddenly asked, "Chairman, aren't Dead Sea Aliens unable to communicate? Why can you talk to me and humans? Are you a special type among them?"

"First of all, I am not a Dead Sea Alien."

Zhou Yi corrected, "I am me, Emerald City is Emerald City, and it is I who am talking to you, not it."

The Spine Hunter floated at the height of the 31st floor, maintaining a glass ball shape, and its two red light eyes blinked up and down.

"I understand, Chairman."

"I won't talk nonsense, don't worry."

However, it thought:

—What an amazing secret! This is the secret of the Dead Sea Aliens!

—No wonder other colleagues said that the Chairman is just returning to Emerald City...

—Dead Sea Aliens themselves are incomplete, that is to say, the Dead Sea Aliens found on land are all incomplete shells lacking a brain. In their huge bodies, there is a consciousness core similar to a brain. But the body enters the land, but the brain is lost in the Dead Sea.

—That's it! Dead Sea Aliens are headless living bodies, and they need their heads to return before they can unleash their true power.

—No wonder Mom could talk to the Chairman in the past, because the head was still there at that time. Later, the head should have returned to the Dead Sea, probably to recharge.

Zhou Yi was a little dumbfounded by Hunter Sea's unfounded associations.

Although Hunter Sea is timid, it has a big imagination.

In a way, he is not afraid of it causing trouble, because it doesn't have the guts.

……

Zhou Yi sat on the sofa, thinking that if there were no problems this winter, he could sign a contract with Hunter Sea next winter and let it continue to be a patrol guard.

Having such a B-level creature circling in the sky above the company's industrial area would be a good deterrent to the outside world.

At this moment, a strong light suddenly lit up outside the window.

A shining meteor rushed towards here rapidly.

It stopped immediately after approaching Emerald City.

It's Hunter Sea.

"Chairman, we have a big discovery!"

Akin on Hunter Sea's back shouted excitedly: "Under the Death Dunes, there are a lot of tunnels and storage rooms, like a big tomb!"

Zhou Yi was stunned.

There's really something under the dunes?

He immediately sent out Red Falcon, following Hunter Sea and Akin all the way to their excavation area.

Through the drone's high-definition camera, Zhou Yi found that the dunes were full of large pits, with scattered carapace debris and fragments next to them.

He asked through the Red Falcon, "Did you kill all the Antlion here?"

Hunter Sea's two red eyes slightly contracted into two small dots: "Akin said that Antlions are harmful monsters that destroy the environment anyway... They destroy farmland soil and hinder us from digging for underground treasures, so I killed them and ate them. You won't blame me, will you?"

That's a good thing.

The Death Dunes can be considered passable.

Zhou Yi saw that there was a special cave under the dunes.

The cave was very deep. There were long passages fixed with stones under the sand, and small storage rooms built with stones and soil. Although the craftsmanship was simple and narrow, it was not difficult to see that this was only part of the underground construction.

There were a lot of chicken feathers and bones in the underground works, obviously used to drive away Antlions to avoid being attacked by this kind of monster.

A lot of branches, dry grass, feces, and dried mushrooms were stored in the storage rooms.

Zhou Yi was more and more surprised.

Could it be that another group of new humans lives under the dunes?

"Continue digging deeper."

Zhou Yi transferred 10 Hammerhead Soldiers over. These Samurai Crabs were good at engineering, and they were skilled in demolition, excavation, unloading, and drilling.

With the addition of professional engineers, underground excavation became rapid.

The Samurai Crabs used their crab claws to dig through the sand and snow, revealing the simple buildings buried deep underground bit by bit.

The excavated part alone had 5 underground passages, 17 storage rooms, 2 places filled with dry grass that looked like nurseries, and 1 wide space like an underground conference room, with the tunnel extending all the way to the oasis belt.

However, the residents inside disappeared without a trace.

Some scattered traces were left underground.

The most striking was a small granular black substance, which filled almost 3 storage rooms.

Akin jumped in, grabbed a grain, smelled it, then put it in his mouth and tasted it, and spit it out again.

He raised his head and waved to the Red Falcon: "Chairman, it's sand rat feces. This taste is definitely it. This should be an underground city built by sand rats!"

Zhou Yi felt that something was wrong.

A precise underground city built under the dunes, with dedicated toilets, storage rooms, nurseries, and interconnected underground tunnels, this is a bit too complete.

What kind of background does this rat have?

"Red Falcon, retrieve detailed information on sand rats for me."