Wasteland Development Diary

The electromachinical lives seeking fundraising assistance mostly need extensive replacement of their body components due to various reasons, leading to prohibitively high treatment and repair costs that they cannot afford.

Furthermore, such major surgeries inherently carry significant risks.

Zhou Yi read the relevant prompts on the page.

Generally speaking, replacing more than 40% of the core components of a machine body carries the risk of permanent memory loss, a replacement rate of 50% can lead to the death of the electromechanical life, and 60% is a dangerous red line with a high failure rate.

Even if the surgery is successful, there is no guarantee that the electromechanical life will wake up, and even if it does, it may not retain its previous memories and experiences.

On a physical surgical level, the Theseus's ship paradox does indeed exist for electromechanical lives.

It is also because of the above reasons that large-scale fundraising assistance is difficult.

After severe damage, it is very difficult for electromechanical lives to fully recover. If they die or remain in a long-term coma during treatment, the service projects they promised in their fundraising campaign cannot be fulfilled.

Zhou Yi swiped the screen, his eyes scanning the names below.

«Agricultural Machine Kadiya: 90% severe burns, promising to fully repay treatment costs within 20 years and pay an additional reward of 20% of the total price/7900 Light Seeds»

«Rescue Machine Lix: 45% core component transplant, promising to serve the payer for 100 years/4400 Light Seeds»

«Machine Staff 038: 51% core component transplant, promising to serve the payer for 100 years/6000 Light Seeds»

……

Zhou Yi was initially interested in the machine staff.

He learned through viewing the details that this was also a profession.

Machine staff service is the coverage of external information for Recursive City.

Transmission requires individual machine staff. They act as mobile base stations, transmitting signals to the next machine staff, fixed in a certain area for long-term stationing to ensure that the machine staff of Recursive City can complete coverage.

When the distance is too far, the signal transmission between the Red Falcon and the remote control will be blocked, resulting in only text messages being sent, but accessing the machine staff network platform in Recursive City is completely unaffected, precisely because of the existence of machine staff.

Zhou Yi looked at more than a dozen requesters in a row, but none appealed to him.

He wasn't surprised.

If they were truly high-quality professionals, even if they were seeking fundraising assistance, they would probably be spotted by a backer and taken down directly.

Zhou Yi was about to close the page when a requester suddenly caught his attention.

«Doctor Da Vinci: Repaying debts, promising to serve the payer for 100 years/8542 Light Seeds»

A doctor in debt?

Zhou Yi carefully read the details below.

This Da Vinci only arrived in Recursive City in his 3rd year and has an awakening (or age) of 12 years. Although young, it is an electromechanical life with medical qualifications, capable of not only diagnosing illnesses but also performing surgery.

There was just one small problem.

Due to lack of experience, Da Vinci had already caused one death and one coma after practicing in Recursive City.

The two patients involved in the medical malpractice were both electromechanical, although their specific identities were concealed, they were both patients severely contaminated by death rays with a replacement rate of over 60%.

Da Vinci violated the existing code of medical ethics, took aggressive surgeries with extremely low probability of success, and performed component removal and replacement, resulting in the death of one patient during surgery and the long-term coma of another patient after surgery.

It was therefore stripped of its medical license by Recursive City and prosecuted according to relevant procedures. Due to the adverse effects of its violations, it was both fined and required to provide relevant compensation to the deceased's heirs and the long-term comatose patient.

The total calculated amount is 8542 Light Seeds.

If Da Vinci is unable to pay this compensation within the specified time limit, it will be partially modified and sent to a parts factory to offset the debt by working to process and manufacture various parts.

Although there is no specific indication of how long it will need to work, judging by the amount, it will definitely not be short.

Zhou Yi had a plan in mind after reading this.

Although he is a reckless young doctor, he has at least obtained a medical license and worked in Recursive City for several years.

The company is currently lacking a proper doctor.

Zhou Yi is a Bai Suanni body and has never been sick, but others need it. Not to mention the example of Tie Ma from the Agricultural Machine Brothers nearby, at least for minor illnesses and pains, it is more likely that the company will discover and treat them early with its own doctor.

He contacted Red Falcon to ask for his partner's opinion.

Text popped up on the screen.

—I don't know this doctor, go and find out first and do some field research. Now that we've arrived in Recursive City, wait for my news.

Zhou Yi waited at home for an hour and a half.

Red Falcon finally responded.

—Found it.

—Before the accident, he practiced at the East District Sanatorium in Recursive City, which is a medical institution that receives severely ill patients who cannot take care of themselves, a place to take in electromechanical patients who cannot be treated or have given up treatment at other medical institutions.

—According to Recursive City's medical procedure regulations, surgical evaluations must be performed on patients, and dangerous situations with a replacement rate of over 60% will result in the abandonment of surgery and the adoption of conservative care. According to existing case statistics, the success rate of such surgeries is less than 10%.

—Regarding the penalty, Da Vinci has filed an appeal, presenting the surgical consent forms signed by the two patients and stating that this was the patients' strong desire. Because the destructive power of death ray contamination is very rapid, with the longest being half a year and the shortest being one month, it will cause irreversible mutations in the patient, eventually leading to death in pain…

The consequences of the adventurous surgery were one death and one coma.

Da Vinci was also severely punished.

—In Recursive City, procedure is procedure, and it cannot be violated unless existing procedures are revised through specific procedures. Procedure is more important than results.

Zhou Yi then thought of an old saying.

Rules are dead, but people are alive.

In the past, this was often a kind of self-deprecation or sarcasm, but in Recursive City, where procedure is absolutely just, there is a lack of such power.

It can only be said that different social forms have their own advantages and disadvantages.

Regarding Doctor Da Vinci, Red Falcon commented:

—Several doctors at the East District Sanatorium told me that Da Vinci is interested in difficult and complicated diseases and has excellent surgical skills, preferring surgical treatment over conservative care.

—He is a young medical member, and although he has made a huge mistake, he is highly regarded by colleagues and patients in the sanatorium.

That's fine then.

Zhou Yi said, "Can you find Da Vinci?"

—He is now in the detention center, and can be met through the appropriate procedures.

“Then talk to him, and if there are no problems, tell him that I will handle the debts and let him come here after he comes out. He can also mention what medical equipment and supplies are needed, but the conditions here are relatively difficult, so he should be prepared for resource scarcity.”

"Okay."

Half a day later, Red Falcon returned.

He met with Da Vinci, who was very happy and grateful for Zhou Yi's assistance, but the debt repayment procedures were cumbersome and would take several days. In addition, the Rat King Nemo's physical examination and hardware upgrade have been completed, but according to the rules, he must be observed for one more day before leaving.

Red Falcon took the 8542 Light Seeds given by Zhou Yi and went to Recursive City again.

On the other side, the promotional leaflets and hawking offensive of the Maogu Town residents had already begun to show results.

On a clear day, a team of 3 merchants came outside Emerald City.

Through the floor-to-ceiling windows, Zhou Yi immediately saw a familiar face inside.

Qian Su was mixed in, chatting happily with the other two.