Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 161 Bone Laboratory

"The exterior of the submarine has been tampered with. The abdominal connection has been cut off, and the optical structure has been modified!"

"No wonder it was such a coincidence... I strongly objected and requested a re-examination, and then my submersible suddenly lost control. Not only was the emergency contact function unusable, but I also couldn't contact the research ship."

Beech was so angry that his whole body turned red.

"Before boarding, a safety inspection of the ship is required. Only then can craftsmen board the research ship. Those guys took advantage of that time to tamper with my ship!"

"Ah, my! These insects! How despicable! I'm going to sue them!"

It yelled indignantly.

Zhou Yi said softly, "Is there any solid evidence?"

"Yes, my submersible vehicle has been maliciously modified. When it enters the pressure zone at the bottom of the Dead Sea, this modification will make the light printing structure unable to operate directly."

"So can it be proved that it was done by the Guangyin School you mentioned?"

"..."

It was speechless for a moment.

Beach got into the water in the bucket to calm down.

When it crawled out again, it had regained its normal green skin.

Beach said, "You're right, there's no way to prove it. But I will never let this go. This is murder!"

Zhou Yi reminded the other party: "Don't rush this matter, you have to protect yourself first. What is that Guangyin School?"

"They were originally a social group that worshipped and studied the death ray, pursued the ultimate power, and were good at making various dangerous devices. It was because of this that they were favored by all parties."

"The Guangyin School believes that prehistoric humans were just slaves of God, and the legends about prehistoric humans moving mountains and filling seas, flying into the sky and hiding underground are pure fiction. The records and history of the Dead Sea Scrolls are the fantasies and self-glorification of prehistoric humans."

After cooling down, Beach regained his sanity: "The opposite of the Guangyin School is the Guangfu Society."

"The Restoration Society firmly believes that prehistoric humans did create a civilization far superior to today's. The evidence is some neutral ancient mechanical life forms that have preserved some data records from the Age of Gods."

"Both the Guangyin School and the Guangfu Society are academic communities composed of supporters of specific theories, and they both have significant influence. It's just that the Guangyin School is much larger, because the Guangfu Society has a poorer application field and is weaker in creating value."

Zhou Yi couldn't help but be curious: "It seems that most of the Guangyin School should be Guangna species, and the Guangfu Society should be mostly humans."

"No, you said it wrong."

Squidward corrected him, "The members of the two groups, the Guangyin School and Guangfu Society, are all Guangna scholars, and they do not accept humans."

"So humans didn't participate at all? But I remember that there were human alchemists in the Alchemist Association, right?"

Zhou Yi felt strange.

This is like two people arguing about whether a white horse is a horse, but the horse next to them cannot participate in its own defense.

It's a bit miserable.

“Humans are in another realm.”

“They have the Church of the Night,” Beach preached.

"The Church of Night worships the night and the unknown. They study the mysticism and worship a god called Night God, who is said to have existed since the Age of Gods. However, most cities do not recognize this church and prohibit public promotion of Night God, so they usually worship secretly in private."

what?
While the scholars of the light-nano species are studying death-ray technology and archaeological history, the scholars of the new human species are worshipping gods.

Zhou Yi clenched his fists.

This bunch of useless wasteland queens!
How can you possibly revive humanity if you continue to do this?

Not angry, not angry...

He calmed himself down.

Beech continued, "After the submersible lost control, I tried various methods to save myself. Since we were already under the sea, there was no way to force open the hatch."

"We octopuses are not known for our strong bodies. If we were exposed at the bottom of the Dead Sea, it would be extremely dangerous even if we encountered a warrior crab. So at that time I shrank into a dehydrated state and fell asleep, waiting for rescue."

"Now that I think about it, if I had tried to escape and floated to the surface of the Dead Sea, I would have been dead. Those guys would never have allowed me to return alive."

It thought for a moment and said, "The surging current will cause the silt under the seabed to move to a certain extent, so the submersible vehicle was pushed all the way to such a far place."

Zhou Yi roughly understood the situation: "What are you going to do now?"

"Originally I wanted to go to the headquarters of the Alchemist Society in Heaven..."

Bi Qi sighed, "But that may not be a good choice. According to the procedures, if the silver medal alchemists in each city of the Alchemy Association do not submit a report for one year, their funding will be stopped. If they do not submit a report for three years, they will be completely disqualified."

"The direction of my research is difficult to generate direct benefits, so funding has been cut. That's why I often dive into the soil at the bottom of the Dead Sea, hoping to find some new results to stabilize funding."

"If I go to the headquarters now, I don't have enough evidence, and I have to explain my situation. The Light Seal School can easily suppress it... I will definitely become a thorn in their side. Sigh, it's really difficult just to do some research."

Zhou Yi asked: "Do you specialize in studying the Age of Gods civilization?"

If it is archaeology, it is indeed easy for funding to be cut.

The main reason is that there is no way to make a direct profit.

In the wasteland era, productivity is already low and land is scarce, so resource allocation will only be more difficult for archaeologists.

According to Squidward, the reason why the Guangyin School has the right to speak is that it has higher productivity and can bring considerable benefits.

Bi Qi corrected: "To be precise, it is to study the social form of prehistoric humans in the Age of Gods based on bone fossils. This is actually a very broad direction. What I am doing now is mainly to use bone fossils as a starting point to compare the differences between ancient humans and modern humans." Zhou Yi immediately grasped the key point: "You also know a lot about bones?"

"Yes. Although I don't have bones, bones are the basic framework of many flesh-and-blood creatures, and this has always been the main sample I observe."

Zhou Yi looked at the other party and asked: "Are you sure what you saw before was the skeleton of a prehistoric human?"

In his personal experience, he had never seen a complete human skeleton. All the buildings were empty. Occasionally, some bones could be seen, but their origin could not be determined.

"Confirmed. Complete skeletons are rare."

Beech said firmly: "The earliest bony fish were born from the skeletal remains left after the decomposition of prehistoric humans. So if a bony fish was born in a ruin from the Age of Gods, it would take all the bones with it. A long time has passed since the Age of Gods, and it is difficult to find a prehistoric human cemetery that has been preserved intact."

"I finally found one, but unfortunately I don't know where it is..."

Zhou Yixin said, "So that's it."

Bone fish are often seen searching the seafloor for bones, some of which may be relics of a bygone era.

Biqi gestured with his octopus and spoke incessantly, "Bone fish are natural bone collectors. They absorb dead light and grow bones, and they also install and fuse the bones of other creatures into their own bodies. The bone fish next to the ruins of the Age of Gods are my main research target. Maybe they have traces of ancient creatures left on them."

"Unfortunately, bony fish undergo reorganization after fusing their bones, and it is very difficult to find intact traces."

Zhou Yi made a decision immediately.

"Biqi, are you willing to continue your bone research here with us?"

"You mean, the Wasteland Development Company?"

Biqi seemed to have concerns: "But I don't understand you. Although you saved my life, if my ability cannot be used in a specific direction..."

The Red Kestrel flew next to it and projected a screen on the crab's back, showing the company's credit rating and various industries, introducing the situation of its wasteland development company to it through images.

Squidward's eyes widened. "So it's actually a B-class organization. I'm probably ignorant. But are you really willing to recruit an alchemist like me who can't create direct value? I'm just born with a multi-brain structure that allows me to use multiple brains better than other life forms. In other aspects, I'm even weaker than E-class creatures."

Zhou Yi also made a request: "We need you to study the growth of bony fish through bones."

"To be honest, I haven't really gotten into this in depth...but I'll try my best."

At the same time, Zhou Yi also obtained the market quotation data of Red Falcon.

"The current average salary for a Silver Medalist is 120 Light Seeds per year. I will hire you according to this standard and give you 100 Light Seeds as start-up funds for scientific research. Can you accept it?"

Squidward was stunned for a moment, then said hurriedly: "Okay, I can, I can accept it!!"

It then said with some trepidation: "But apart from the bone fish... I also want to continue my research on the Age of Gods civilization."

Zhou Yi agreed.

"As long as it does not affect our progress, you can proceed there at the same time, and I will provide corresponding resource support. But please remember that the bone fish project is more important, and the research on the Age of Gods civilization cannot be accomplished overnight, right?"

Squidward looked relieved.

Now that express delivery centers have been gradually rolled out, the training of Bone Fish couriers must be a long-term strategy.

But at present, we know the facts but not the reasons.

Bone fish raised from fry, fed with specific feed and grown up in Zhanjiang Bay No. 1, will become docile and peaceful and can be easily domesticated.

But even Leonardo da Vinci, a doctor, could not explain the changes and development of their bones.

The electromechanical doctor said: "I have never treated a bone fish, nor do I have any bone fish patients."

For these Dead Sea creatures at the bottom of the sea, the public generally thinks they are the background of various scenes. They are either food for the middle and high-level light nano species, or a reference for observing the environment at the bottom of the Dead Sea. Their status is similar to that of gerbils on land.

Having Squidward study the bone growth of bony fish can be considered as a research support for the express delivery center.

……

Beach's identity was quickly confirmed.

Because the Silver Seal Alchemists are registered in the Mechanical and Electrical City, they are also frequent visitors there.

What surprised Zhou Yi was that Squidward turned out to be not that old. He was only 27 years old, and was considered a young scientist of this era.

But Bi Qi said, "My talent is average, because as long as 9 of the octopus tribe have normal brain development, they can basically enter the alchemy association and become bronze alchemists at the age of 5. All our growth is in the brain, and the body itself is only flexible, and the strength itself is not high."

"Then if you continue to develop, you will be qualified to become a silver medalist at the age of 12. I passed the test at the age of 14. However, it is very difficult to obtain the gold medal because it requires groundbreaking achievements."

This is the racial talent of the octopus clan, they are born with a 9-core CPU.

Five days later, the Wasteland Development Company's first research department, the "Bone Laboratory", was officially established, and Emerald City built a two-story building specifically for it.

Laboratory director Beach is currently the only member of the laboratory.

It spent all the funds immediately after receiving them, and even took half of its salary in advance to purchase a series of devices including the sound generator through the Recursive City. Its style of never letting money stay overnight was surprisingly consistent with that of the Red Falcon.

The residents of Emerald City have two impressions of this strange department.

One is that various bones are delivered here regularly, and the other is the mighty mechanical crab standing at the door.

Many warrior crabs would come to pay their respects when passing by - in their unenlightened minds, they thought this was a sleeping big senior.

With the initial results of a series of supporting facilities of the express delivery center, the company's express delivery business has entered a period of rapid development.

Zhou Yi was finally able to relax and return to the Dead Sea to open up new resource areas.

(End of this chapter)