Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 165 Headhunter Buddha
Outside Shagang City, a giant Buddha sits cross-legged on the coast.

The Buddha statue was covered with a halo, which made it particularly eye-catching in the night.

With his square face and kind eyes, his tall and strong physique, and the two equally glowing guardian heavenly kings behind him, he seemed to exude some kind of divinity.

Many new humans gathered around and bowed down to the Buddha.

As soon as Zhou Yi arrived, Lord Sha Hai immediately came running to complain.

"Mr. Zhou, the Leshan Giant Buddha is glowing all over now, and it has been motionless for several days. Its energy intensity is getting higher and higher. Is it undergoing some kind of alienation? Or is it going a step further? It makes me a little unsure, mainly because it is too close to Shagang City..."

Zhou Yi said: "It's not a big problem, I'll go take a look."

After saying that, he flew onto the shoulder of the big Buddha on the Rider.

Zhou Yi did not find the B-level unknown life that Hong Xuan was wary of.

At a close distance, he discerned that the source of the Buddha's light was a light-absorbing monster.

There are so many of these special kinds of life surrounding the Buddha that it seems like the Buddha's light is shining everywhere.

Zhou Yi started to synchronize his consciousness.

"Big Buddha, why are all the light-sucking monsters following you?"

"Buddha Zhou Yi, this is what happened."

The Buddha's voice was gentle and calm: "After coming from United City, the light-sucking monsters in Yalong Bay have been moving towards me. I think it must be my attraction to life that has an effect."

"The light-sucking monsters are very friendly to me. They are a simple and pure life form."

Zhou Yi asked again: "I heard that a B-level life appeared here. Is it also coming for you?"

"I suppose so. But it means no harm."

The Buddha paused.

"I can't describe it, it's special and it comes and goes without a trace."

Zhou Yi couldn't help but frown.

B-level creatures that come and go without a trace... this is an unstable factor.

Even if it is harmless to the Giant Buddha, there are still more than 4 residents in the Shagang area. Light nanoparticles of this intensity may bring unexpected disasters to ordinary people if they do anything.

Zhou Yi first returned to the ground on the Ridgehunter.

He asked the new humans around him: "There is a special kind of light Na here, which once appeared next to the Buddha. Has anyone seen it?"

The locals were talking at once, each with their own story.

The descriptions of the witnesses were basically consistent: this life was glowing all over, suddenly appeared, and disappeared quickly, and its appearance could not be seen at all.

Just as Zhou Yi was further questioning the witnesses, a dazzling ball of light suddenly appeared on the left side of the Buddha's head without any warning.

[Alert] From the perspective, a dangerous red light appears on the opponent.

Zhou Yi recognized it at a glance; it was a concentrator.

He had seen one before in Meizhou Prison. Qin Xie was very excited at the time and said that this was a rare and special life form that evolved from a light-absorbing monster.

The focusing body is suspended next to the Buddha's head.

It projects a strong light outward, which penetrates the sky above the Dead Sea and extends to the distant end.

About three or four minutes later, a spot of light flew along the light bridge, followed by the second, the third... They were like a swarm of fireflies, coming from afar under the guidance of the concentrator and landing on the Buddha.

They are all light-sucking monsters.

We now have a basic understanding of why the Leshan Giant Buddha is bathed in Buddha's light.

Zhou Yixin said: "Hong Jian, give me the information of the focusing body."

The drone responded: "The Concentrators are energy-state life forms that evolved from the dead light environment. They cannot be touched directly, and are difficult to block. They have speeds and penetration close to the limit of light, but their energy consumption is also very huge."

"There are very few of them, and the information we have is limited. The Mechanical and Electrical City has tried to communicate with them through light, but almost all attempts have failed. We are unable to determine their intelligence level. We have only measured that they have a very high rate of conversion of deadly light energy, and there is a certain probability that they will appear in places where light-sucking monsters are concentrated."

There is no ready-made strategy, which is a bit difficult.

Zhou Yi noticed that as the number of light-absorbing monsters coming from afar decreased, the light bridge built by the concentrator also went out, and it seemed that this batch of migration had been declared complete.

The focusing object disappeared on the spot.

About half an hour later, it appeared again and built a light bridge in another direction, guiding another group of light-absorbing monsters to fly towards the Buddha.

A large number of light-absorbing monsters stood shoulder to shoulder and connected together to form a halo covering the Buddha statue.

Zhou Yi tried to get closer to the opponent on the Ridgehunter.

But when it was about to get close to the focusing body, the other party appeared in another area almost instantly.

Its high speed of operation made it impossible for the Red Falcon's electronic eyes to keep up.

As long as the light-concentrating body doesn't want to, other life forms cannot touch it.

Zhou Yi summoned Unit 2: "Do you have any solution?"

The Tracker observed the condenser for a while and said, "Energy-state life... can only be contacted in the form of energy, which is very troublesome. But you can try using the [radio], maybe you can hear something."

Zhou Yi suddenly realized.

Forgot this new ability existed.

He turned on the radio and locked onto the spotlight.

Then Zhou Yi did collect some signal.

"to here."

"to here."

……

But it was just this message that kept repeating.

The concentrator is calling for more light-absorbing monsters to come here.

There is no other expression.

Zhou Yi summoned the microphone master with the intention of giving it a try, and launched the BGM field towards the focusing body.

Then he discovered that the light from the concentrator seemed to be solidified and was no longer changing as slowly as before.

done?

Zhou Yi started to synchronize his consciousness.

In a flash, he came to a foggy world.

Much like the Dead Sea.

But the fog in the Dead Sea is evenly distributed, while the fog here forms columns that spread towards the sky, and even constructs foggy mountains of astonishing height.

Whether it was the pillars or the mountains facing the sky, they were all slowly changing, rising and falling, as if there was some special tide.

A large amount of death light concentrated on the foggy mountain, causing wisps of white light to appear on its surface, like some strange mineral veins.

The sky was dark, with only arcs of light shining over the Dead Sea.

Is this... the atmosphere?

It's the open sea.

Zhou Yi was stunned.

The concentrator comes from the open sea?

He then discovered that the concentrator was floating on a foggy mountain in the open sea.

Zhou Yi also moved to its side instantly. The concentrator could not see his existence, but for some reason it shrank itself and turned into a long and narrow cross of light.

In this fictional world of consciousness, melodious background music echoes.

"Fly me to the moon
And let me play among the stars
Let me see what Spring is like On Jupiter and Mars
In other words, hold my hand
In other words, darling, kiss me..."

"FLY ME TO THE MOON", the record of this song was sent to the moon by the Apollo spacecraft and was also the first human song played on the moon.

The cross-star-shaped concentrator kept moving, turning into a straight beam of light that crossed over the continuous foggy mountains.

But in the world of BGM, Zhou Yi can completely keep up with its speed.

The concentrator made its way over the mountain without encountering any other life.

Only fog and light.

Just when Zhou Yi was about to go over and say hello, suddenly a foggy mountain split open to the left and right, and a mass of darkness inside sucked the concentrator directly in. Its speed exceeded the limit of the electronic eye, but it was impossible to escape.

The foggy mountain slowly closed, and only the focal point completely disappeared.

The surrounding scene changed again.

The light-gathering body reappeared, escaping in the form of a star. It could not leave the Dead Sea and go higher, as if it was being pulled by some force, just like gravity to humans, and could only flash through the Dead Sea at a high speed.

Not long after, another ordinary mist swallowed up the focal point.

The same situation repeats itself over and over again.

It was not until the sixth escape that Zhou Yi officially appeared.

Upon noticing Zhou Yi, the focusing object quickly moved in the opposite direction, but this time it was completely unable to get rid of it.

Zhou Yi grabbed casually and touched the other person easily.

Energy input.

Consciousness is in sync.

"Don't be afraid, I have no ill intentions. I know that you can talk and communicate."

"..."

The concentrator simply emitted an even more dazzling light, transforming into a ray of light that kept drawing various trajectories in an attempt to escape.

Zhou Yi is like a shadow following him everywhere.

After struggling for a while, it was eaten several times by the monster in the fog.

The concentrator finally couldn't help but respond: "You, who."

"My name is Zhou Yi, and I'm a human. What about you?"

"...Jiong."

Both parties told each other their names, which was a good start.

Zhou Yi said: "It seems that you came from the outer sea to the inner sea. What happened over there?"

"Atmospheric creatures, invasion."

Jiong said: "I will leave."

Its expression is extremely concise, without any unnecessary descriptions, so it is not difficult to understand. Although it lacks a lot of details, it does not affect it at the moment.

The former ruler of United City, "Xi", was a Skywalker and also died at the hands of atmospheric creatures.

As a B-level concentrator, facing this kind of enemy is indeed hellish.

Zhou Yi asked: "Why did you come to us? Did you take a fancy to the Leshan Giant Buddha?"

"don't know."

"I mean, it's the building life where you and the light-sucking monsters gathered."

"Safety."

The other party repeated it once, which was rare: "Safe, it."

"You summoned so many light-sucking monsters because they are helpful to you?"

"Protect."

Zhou Yi was puzzled: "They protect you?"

"Protect them."

"Big Buddha, safe."

It turned out to be the case.

Hazard eliminated.

Zhou Yi was relieved: "Since you have no ill intentions, we welcome you to come. But please be careful not to hurt ordinary humans and other light species. This is a peaceful place."

"No, I'm not strong."

Jiong's vocabulary is limited.

It can be seen that it does not have sufficient communication experience.

"You are strong. I am weak."

The other party tried his best to express his meaning: "I have been eaten many times, degenerated, and cannot survive in the open sea."

Zhou Yi was stunned: "You mean, you fell down a level?"

"Degenerate, yes."

In other words, this person was once an A-level life?
It was eaten many times, apparently being hunted by atmospheric creatures like before. However, it seemed to have a special way to escape, and only had part of its body eaten.

Zhou Yi was very curious: "Are you recovering here?"

"Yes."

"That's no problem."

Zhou Yi immediately started recruiting enthusiastically: "Speaking of which, our Wasteland Development Company has no employees in the outer sea yet. Would you like to consider joining us?"

"Our company is rich in assets. We have four buildings alone, and our business projects cover the planting, breeding, mining, and express delivery industries..."

"If you join our company, you will be one of our own. The company will protect you and help you recover as soon as possible and return to the open sea!"

"..."

The other party didn't seem to understand: "Company, what?"

"It's like, you and these light-sucking monsters are together, everyone looks out for each other, we protect you, and you can help us in the future."

"joint."

"Yes, it is a union."

"Unite, we unite!"

The other party expressed his willingness to join.

Zhou Yi was overjoyed and gave a thumbs up.

Regardless of whether it can be used or not, this is a quasi-A-level life form.

Belong to the company's scarce high-end talents!

The Leshan Giant Buddha has its own headhunting properties, which is really useful.

Zhou Yi looked at the Buddha statue surrounded by Buddha's light next to him. The more he looked at it, the more amiable it seemed to him.

(End of this chapter)