Wasteland Development Diary

The surface of the Linchi Unit showed extensive burn and charring marks, and beneath the cracked outer shell, a silver and black inner bone framework was visible, intertwined with metal cables resembling muscle fibers.

The Kestrel scanned it up close: "Your current mechanical movement ability is severely damaged, energy is continuously overflowing, and the light imprint structure has been partially destroyed. Do not send large data signals; send a code requesting support to reduce consumption and computation."

"What exactly happened?"

This was also what Zhou Yi wanted to ask.

The wing lights of the Linchi Unit flickered: "I came this time for a routine inspection, and also to investigate the actual situation of the Wasteland Development Company on behalf of the Detective Team, to see if it is related to the continuous accidents in this sea area."

"In the past 2 months, two energy storage vessels have gone missing in the area about 30 kilometers east of this area."

"The first ship was the D-class freighter 'Mingji', which lost contact after the last communication with the transportation department two months ago. Until it lost contact, it showed no abnormalities."

"The second ship was the C-class exploration ship 'Dingmao'. Three days ago, it sent back a message saying that there were some anomalies in the sea area where it was located, but further observation was needed. Since then, it has also been missing."

"Two… two… two…"

Electric arcs lit up on the surface of the detective unit, causing the sound to stutter twice.

"The circumstances of the two ships' disappearance are highly consistent, and the straight-line distance between the incident locations is only 3 kilometers. We suspect this is not an accident, but an attack."

"We screened the shared data information of nearby cities and finally found that the 'Organ' of the Seventh Fleet of the Dead Sea Knights, also went missing in the same area."

Zhou Yi's face twitched.

He understood.

This detective unit came to investigate him, suspecting that the Wasteland Development Company was the mastermind behind it.

Zhou Yi asked, "Did the Dead Sea Knights suggest you investigate us?"

"No."

The Linchi Unit said, "They only shared the data with us and did not make any suggestions. The Dead Sea Knights' deduction is that winter is a period of frequent accidents and chaos, so prevention should be the main focus. It is unrealistic to thoroughly investigate the Dead Sea, and timely loss mitigation is better than getting to the bottom of things."

Zhou Yi thought to himself.

The Dead Sea Knights are indeed an old maritime power and pay great attention to practicality. One should not underestimate this maritime organization because of Vice Commander He Jiu and Captain Ji's abuse of power.

"Thro… thro… thro…"

After another stutter, the Linchi Unit said, "Through this investigation, I have confirmed that the Wasteland Development Company's business plan is mainly land-based, even the Dead Sea Dam was only recently completed, and the number of ships is insufficient. Although the Dead Sea aliens are powerful, they will fall into dormancy after entering the Dead Sea, so the correlation with maritime attacks is very low."

"Therefore, I believe there is another reason behind the accident, so I went into the sea to investigate."

Kestrel reminded, "You were not authorized and should not have ventured out alone."

"The authorization process is too cumbersome."

The Linchi Unit emitted a burst of electrical noise: "From the occurrence of the accident until now, whether to start an in-depth investigation and search for the wreckage of the two ships has been in the city's decision-making process. It needs to be evaluated by various departments and decided whether to proceed based on probability and mathematical expectation, and in what form."

"According to the previous experience of the rescue team, this has already missed the best rescue time, and the survival rate of the victims is very low. I must consider whether there is still a unique opportunity now."

Zhou Yi also felt absurd listening to it.

Bureaucracy kills people.

The advantage of electro-mechanical cities is that everything is based on data, and the disadvantage is also in this. If there is not enough accumulated experience and data, it seems a bit slow and difficult to deal with emergencies.

"I avoided dangerous creatures and found anomalies in the seabed area after entering the Dead Sea."

The Linchi Unit projected a dynamic image on the roof of the building.

The picture was hazy, accompanied by occasional flashes, which was the Dead Sea environment Zhou Yi was familiar with.

A strange thing appeared on the seabed. It was dark and shiny, like some kind of rolling sludge or paste, which reminded Zhou Yi of asphalt in a stirred state.

This black mud stretched out in all directions, a huge black hand that was slowly changing.

Could it be Light Perch?

Zhou Yi was pondering when he suddenly felt that the scene was familiar.

The origin of the black mud was a broken overpass, and this thing emerged from the bridge pier.

He remembered that there was a strange hole in the cap beam of the overpass.

However, Zhou Yi did not approach at the time, but only marked the area.

The Linchi Unit said: "This is the 'Breaker', they come from another world. The hollow behind is the 'Dark Domain', which is the cross-border channel."

Zhou Yi suddenly understood.

So the ones that can pass through the Dark Domain are the Breakers.

The remaining light on the left wing of the Linchi Unit flickered twice with red light: "I dived deep into that area and found two black boxes in the seabed ruins, confirming that they were from the Mingji and Dingmao. The black boxes recorded the process of their attack."

"The Breaker has the ability to shield signals in a certain area, which made it impossible for them to call for help. However, because the ships were destroyed in a short period of time, they only had a small amount of text data records."

"The Breaker that attacked them has two attack methods. The first is a wide-range coverage of heavy firepower, the destructive power can reach B+, and the attack interval is about 16 seconds. The second is a high-frequency, short-range burst shot on a single target, the destructive power is relatively weak, and the attack interval is 0.5 seconds."

"However, these two attacks are combined with each other."

The Linchi Unit explained: "The area attack mode will mark the hit target. The single-target high-frequency burst mode can detonate these marks, causing high-temperature detonation, and the power is enough to penetrate the armor layer."

"Fortunately, it is still in the B-level life stage, otherwise I would not have escaped this time."

This was the first time Zhou Yi had heard of a combo skill.

He wanted to further confirm with the other party: "Is its current strength B-level?"

Zhou Yi remembered that only A-level life Skywalkers can cross the Dark Domain to enter the other side.

"Confirmed. At least for now."

The Linchi Unit said: "It is more difficult to deal with than ordinary B-level life, because the Breaker has undead attributes, even if it is destroyed, it will return from the Dark Domain again. Although the initial state will be relatively weak, it can quickly return to its previous state after absorbing the energy of the Dead Sea for a period of time."

The Breaker cannot be completely killed.

But there must be some kind of restriction, otherwise the Dead Sea should have been ruled by these Breakers.

Zhou Yi thought in his heart and said, "Wouldn't that mean many Breakers are coming over?"

"That is impossible. The Dark Domain only opens in winter and closes after it ends. A Dark Domain coordinate can only accommodate one Breaker… Breaker… Breaker…"

The Linchi Unit stuttered again for two seconds.

"Breakers will hunt all visible life around them to obtain light seeds, even if electromechanical life does not produce light seeds, they will still kill. They lack precise identification ability for our world."

"Their existence is also one of the reasons for the frequent chaos and conflicts in winter."

The detective unit added: "The Breaker here has passed the initial weak period. Now, even the B-level territorial lord is difficult to kill it, and the nearby sea area has become its hunting ground."

Zhou Yi frowned.

Doesn't this Breaker sound a bit like… what players would do?

Kill, kill, kill, the sense of sight of exploding equipment.

Zhou Yi immediately sought confirmation: "I once heard of a similar group. They can enter different worlds, kill various lives to obtain equipment and materials, and use combat and special props to improve their levels…"

The Linchi Unit quickly understood the meaning: "What you said can also be understood in this way."

"After entering the Dark Domain, a projection will be created in another world. The projection carries the consciousness and part of the energy of the entrant, but the projection can only move around the Dark Domain coordinate and cannot exceed its coverage."

"The initial projection of the Breaker only has 10% of the body strength, and must use the local environment to obtain energy to supplement, until it reaches the same level as the body."

"Alien life will cross the border through the Dark Domain to plunder light seeds from us. But the powerful life on our side, such as the Skywalker, also enters their world through the Dark Domain."

"It is difficult to get any benefits from killing the Breaker, so except for the Skywalker or powerful territorial lords who compete for a specific Dark Domain, no one is willing to spend a lot of resources to risk destroying them."

Zhou Yi understood.

It turned out that both sides can project in, so it's all about each person's ability.

But since there is a weak period, as long as you can kill it once, you can guard the corpse there in the Dark Domain.

The Breaker in the initial state is the weakest.

Come out once and kill it again.

Zhou Yi immediately asked: "Is there any specific data on this Breaker? The more detailed the better, it can reduce a lot of unnecessary damage for me."

"There are some reference values… but what are you…" The detective unit was a little uncertain.

"Of course, it is to destroy the Breaker."

Zhou Yi moved his shoulders and said as a matter of course: "It is too close to here and will affect the industrial safety of our company."

Not far from the Dark Domain under the bridge is the Nameless Community, which is also Zhou Yi's current collection place for building materials. With such a Breaker blocking the way, his underwater development will become very dangerous.

If you don't fight, you will be blocked here.

Take the initiative while the other party has not gained a firm foothold and is still at the B level!

Whoever wins here this winter has the final say.

Now that there is Hunting Sea, a genuine B-level creature available, plus himself and the Samurai Crab Legion, he will have a go with the other party.

Zhou Yi rubbed his fists.

Let me see what the strength of the territorial lord level is like.