Wasteland Development Diary

As the skyscrapers of Emerald City rose one after another, A Jin scavenged.

As a scavenger aiming to become the chairman, he never abandoned his original aspiration.

A high-level scavenger should be able to find anything.

The appearance of the chairman opened a radiant door for him—this profession is also full of prospects and endless possibilities!

Discovering the secret kingdom beneath the Dunes of Death, and then finding Nemo the Rat King, greatly encouraged A Jin.

I was born to do this!

When he was young, he heard many scavengers say that the Dead Sea's encirclement made land very precious. Even a small island, or a seemingly barren place like Mao Valley Town, had mostly experienced glorious moments.

The past rulers of these lands might have been some powerful life form, a lord of the sea, or even a Sky Walker. In the more ancient age of gods, it might have belonged to a god's territory.

The Mao Valley Town area has been almost completely investigated.

The east is coastal sand, the west is an oasis belt and the Dunes of Death, and the south, beyond the mushroom forest, is mudflat and the Dead Sea. Only the northern area remains undeveloped, and that's the territory of the Claw Boar groups, where you might be able to find something.

A Jin always brought Night Claw with him to help as a translator and guide.

Claw Boars communicate internally through calls, but humans can't understand them.

Although the Emerald City's Building No. 1 is now equipped with a translator, you can talk to Night Claw by wearing a coil-shaped transceiver, but the number and transmission distance of transceivers are limited.

A Jin needs Night Claw with him to check the north.

The latter was very annoyed by him.

"Brother Night, Brother Night, let's go again today, just once. I think that place last time was a bit suspicious."

"There's nothing suspicious! That's just a public latrine, where Claw Boars go to poop! It's just that it piled up too much and was buried, and after the sand rats dug the feces away, it became a hole."

"And that tree, Brother Night, don't you think it's weird? Normal trees don't grow crookedly, there must be something underneath!"

"That's for rubbing their backs... some trees are suitable for rubbing, so Claw Boars will rub against them to get rid of scabs, dead skin, mud, and things like that, and it can also relieve itching. There's nothing underneath."

"Then what about the glowing cave?"

"Made by rhombus stones. It was decorated by the leader of a tribe who liked that feeling of light, to show off. It's the leader of the tribe that attacked Nemo and the others. It's dead, and now it's abandoned. The humans of Mao Valley Town moved to Emerald City, and no one came to pick things up again, so it was left behind."

"..."

Finally, Night Claw said, "Don't go to the north anymore. I grew up there, don't I know? There's nothing there. Further north in the forest, besides trees, grass, and mushrooms, there's nothing else. If you have time now, you might as well go look at the materials area behind Emerald City."

A Jin immediately perked up, "Brother Night, what did you find?"

"There's a Black Warrior over there that's acting strangely. It's reading a Dead Sea document every day, and sometimes it walks around, seemingly confirming locations, looking like it found a treasure location from the Dead Sea document."

Night Claw was just finding an excuse to get him away.

But after careful observation, A Jin discovered that this was indeed not right.

The company's Black Warriors, especially the Weapon Masters, usually either polish their swords and javelins, or run and jump while carrying stones to temper their strength.

In addition, they also spar with each other, often fighting with real swords and spears in the ruins area, with no shortage of bloodshed and injuries. Many workers passing by would stop to watch, and even get some food to eat while watching.

But the one Night Claw mentioned was different.

It often read a Dead Sea document, but clearly couldn't understand it, more like a clumsy imitation of the chairman.

Besides, this Weapon Master always sat alone on the ruins, staring at the sky and the distance in a daze.

A Jin brought the translator's transceiver over.

Fortunately, although Black Warriors are the evolution of Warrior Crabs, they still retain the Warrior Crab's language system—they all communicate by tapping their shells, and the translator includes the Warrior Crab's language.

A Jin asked, "Are you looking for treasure in the document?"

The other party said, "Is that so? Perhaps. I'm thinking that even if we temper our bodies, it only improves our combat abilities, and even if we improve to the limit, it's impossible to confront a behemoth like Emerald City."

"Different individuals are born strong or weak."

"So I thought, the leader is so strong and reads this every day, is it because this kind of book contains the secret to true power."

The Weapon Master raised the Dead Sea document in its three claws, "I picked this up from the Dead Sea. Because it was damaged, the leader didn't want it, so I kept it. Do you know its secret?"

A Jin took it over and looked at it.

It had strange characters and some drawings, but he couldn't read it at all.

In the company, only the chairman can understand the Dead Sea documents.

"You don't know either?"

The Weapon Master looked a little dejected, its head covered in armor looked towards the tall Emerald City Building No. 1, the chairman's location at the top of the building.

A Jin said, "Why don't you ask the chairman?"

"I don't dare."

The Weapon Master shook its head, "The leader's orders only need to be executed, not questioned."

This seems to be the consistent custom of the Warrior Crabs, absolute obedience, no questions asked.

A Jin scratched his head, "Although I don't know what's written in the Dead Sea document... but why don't you learn something readily available? That's what the chairman is asking everyone to do?"

"Like the vast underground tunnels built by the sand rats, and the collection of light soot sand on the dam, these are all things the chairman is encouraging. Why not try it?"

The Weapon Master was suddenly awakened, "What you said makes a lot of sense."

It began to learn from everyone around it.

The Weapon Master had a flexible and strong body, and digging holes and using nets were easy for it. It twisted dry grass into ropes, weaved wooden baskets with branches, made stone slabs to pave roads, and used pottery to cook soup... it seemed like anything that involved using hands, nothing could stump it.

A Jin was shocked.

"You're too strong, how can you know everything!"

"These are not difficult."

The other party raised both claws, "As long as you have hands, you can do it."

"Do you want to be a scavenger?"

A Jin suggested, "The chairman, that is, your leader, is the top-level master scavenger! If you do this, you should be able to approach his direction."

"Really?"

The Weapon Master said, "Then teach me!"

...

Zhou Yi said helplessly after listening, "So you taught it how to be a scavenger?"

"Yes, Chairman, it's very talented! And very humble and eager to learn! It takes you as its goal, just like me!"

A Jin gesticulated excitedly with both hands, "Scavengers pick up on time differences. Everything has its value, just hoard more, and you can always find the day it appreciates."

"It's very sensitive to finding things, it can not only discover danger, but also use various tools to dig. It found a lot of metal and stone tools under the oasis, although they were basically broken, but it's already very impressive. We used to sweep the oasis every day, but we didn't harvest as much as it did..."

Zhou Yi thought about it.

The Warrior Crabs still need to find a new direction after all, and can't just let them be security guards forever. They will only increase casualties when dealing with high-intensity enemies. With the gatekeepers there, weak monsters themselves don't dare to come over.

It's time for the Warrior Crabs to transform.

Now that the Weapon Master has wisdom, letting them independently develop the various resources under the Dead Sea is a way out.

Zhou Yi looked at the Weapon Master, whose height was similar to A Jin's.

After thinking for a moment.

He said, "You are a Warrior Crab clan, humble and eager to learn, then you will be called Xie Xun."

The Weapon Master immediately happily made a fist with three fingers and raised both arms, "I am Xie Xun, I am Xie Xun! Thank you Leader for the name!"

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Now we need to determine one thing first.

Zhou Yi asked it, "When did you start thinking about these things? Other Weapon Masters don't have this situation."

Xie Xun said, "I slowly felt different after trying the medicine."

"Trying the medicine?"

"It's the Sage Mushroom. Mushroom Forest Lord Sun Chonglai asked me to test the Sage Mushroom. Ordinary Warrior Crabs, Hammer Soldiers, and Dual-Blade Hands have also tried it, and they all had some reactions. But my reaction was particularly strong, and the duration of the continuous impact was particularly long. Sun Chonglai asked me to try more, saying it might help me."

Zhou Yi was stunned.

Could it be that the Sage Mushroom also has the effect of enlightening wisdom?

He quickly called the Mushroom Forest Bone Man and contacted Doctor Da Vinci using Red Falcon.

Sun Chonglai said truthfully, "Chairman, unfortunately, this is an accident."

"Xie Xun's reaction after taking the Sage Mushroom was particularly strong. The thinking and self-awakening it showed was also the most thorough. That situation reminded me of the moment I woke up and became a Bone Man, so I used a translator to communicate with it, letting it let it be natural, and not be afraid of its own changes."

"Now that I think about it, Xie Xun has always been thinking about himself and the outside world. The Sage Mushroom played more of a catalytic role for it."

Da Vinci said, "I did a comprehensive check on Xie Xun and found no physiological abnormalities."

"The biggest difference between the company's Warrior Crabs and the wild Warrior Crabs is that the company's Warrior Crabs are well-nourished, full of energy, and are in a stable environment for a long time. This makes them live longer, can continuously accumulate experience, and is beneficial to completing self-transformation."

"Entering the Black Warrior stage, the Warrior Crabs have completed the initial enlightenment. Through group interaction, they have learned how to survive in the group, how to work together to deal with crises, and how to respond differently to different situations."

"Please see the physiological diagrams of the three types of Black Warriors."

Three diagrams appeared on the screen of its imaging vehicle.

The head of the Hammer Pincer Black Warrior on the far left was lit up, and it looked like only a tiny bit.

"Hammer Soldiers cannot execute complex commands and information, and have the smallest brain capacity, only 200ml-300ml."

In the middle was the Dual-Blade Black Warrior lying on the ground, and a small core also lit up in its skull.

"The Dual-Blade Hand has a larger brain capacity than the Hammer Soldier, at 500ml-600ml, in the category of apes."

The brain of the upright Black Warrior on the right was significantly larger, and the light was also the brightest.

Da Vinci said, "The head capacity of the Weapon Master far exceeds the other two types, reaching 1200ml-1600ml, and the difference with humans is already very small. Xie Xun's brain capacity has reached 1750ml, and has a stronger innate ability to think and move."

"The outer armor of this branch provides the strongest protection for the head, and their physiological structure is the easiest way to master tools. I speculate that this evolutionary direction is based on their imitation of you."

"Weapon Masters are born with developed brains, plus they receive a large amount of information for a long time, are good at making tools, and it is not surprising that the Sage Mushroom has an effect on them."

The mechatronic doctor finally emphasized, "But I still have to remind you that the side effects of Sage Mushrooms are still unclear, and there are unpredictable risks."

Zhou Yi closed his eyes and synchronized consciousness with the other 6 Weapon Masters.

--Are you willing to use the Sage Mushroom to further open your wisdom like Xie Xun? The cost is that there may be unknown side effects.

--Willing! Willing!

Their answers were completely consistent.

Although with their large-capacity brain structure, they will complete enlightenment with enough time, Zhou Yi still respects personal wishes.

Then let's get on the technology, there are enough mushrooms to eat.

In this wasteland era, how can you quickly become stronger without taking drugs!

...

Four days later.

Zhou Yi looked at the new team lined up neatly in front of him.

From left to right, the Weapon Masters were Xie Xun, Xie Fei, Xie Tu, Xie Kai, Xie Fa, Xie Gong, Xie Si--for simplicity, Zhou Yi used the company name for the last six.

A Jin stood on the far right, looking a little out of place. But he also held his head high and puffed out his chest.

Each of them carried a travel backpack, with a pickaxe, shovel, and hammer slung across their shoulders, and climbing ropes wrapped around their shoulders.

Zhou Yi said, "Captain Xie Xun."

"Here."

Xie Xun stepped out.

Zhou Yi ordered, "From today, the Wasteland Development Company's scavenging team is officially established. The main goal is to develop the Dead Sea's usable resources, and the secondary goal is to explore land resources."

"Yes, Chairman."

"Start work!"

The Weapon Masters jogged into the Dead Sea one by one.

Only A Jin, who couldn't go into the sea, stayed behind and rushed towards the north on the land side.

Zhou Yi couldn't help but remind him, "Be careful."

"Yes, Chairman!"

The boy turned his head and waved, his face full of high spirits.

"I will find good things for you!"