Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 17 Are you really human?

Sitting on the sofa, Zhou Yi thought of the TV that kept repeating "Journey to the West".

pity.

If it's not broken, at least there's TV to watch.

Zhou Yi told this to Hong Shun and asked whether long-term exposure to death light would lead to this state of mechanical and electrical life.

"Long-term exposure to the Dead Sea's deadly radiation will indeed cause various abnormalities."

The drone replied, "But what you described is more like it suffered serious damage during its awakening, or was affected by a drastic change in the environment, causing it to fail to complete the awakening process. Such electromechanical life forms are called uncivilized bodies. There are quite a few of them, but they usually cannot communicate."

"If they can evolve and correct their errors over a period of time in a stable and suitable environment, they will have a chance to completely complete the transformation into intelligent entities."

Zhou Yi immediately realized: "You mean, if it was discovered earlier and sent to Recursion City, it could still be saved?"

"Yes, Recursion City has a sound infrastructure, a rescue team, and a repair and maintenance center."

Zhou Yi sighed: "If I had met you earlier, it might still be fine now..."

I can watch TV myself.

The Red Falcon suddenly spoke up: "Are you cultivating farmland here just to satisfy your own appetite?"

"correct."

Zhou Yi nodded.

"But from what I can see, you don't seem to have this survival need. Although I don't have precise surveying capabilities, I can observe that your body is incredibly strong. Whether in the Dead Sea or on land, you can efficiently absorb the free energy of the death ray."

"You are biologically designed to have no need for so-called conventional food."

"In other words, you are just a special kind of light nanolife that looks like a human, but is more like a kind of life between flesh and blood and electromechanical."

Kestrel said: "Therefore, I can't understand why you have a special desire for this natural food with a very low conversion rate."

"Are you really human?"

"I think I am..."

Before this, Drone gave Zhou Yi the impression of being an emotionless workaholic who didn’t talk nonsense and only talked about work, not personal matters.

His relationship with Hong Kun is limited to business partners.

This was the first time the drone showed an interest in learning more about Zhou Yi himself.

Zhou Yi pondered for a while before speaking: "Do you know why I want to go ashore?"

"You said it was for a stable and safe living environment."

"Correct."

Zhou Yi continued his thoughts and said, "I don't know the evolutionary path of electromechanical life, but based on my experience, flesh and blood life is inherently fragile, but because of its fragility, it always races against time. It seizes the time to find food, find a shelter, look for a mate, and accumulate the resources needed for survival."

"On this basis, various desires are derived, including physiological needs, wealth, power, respect needs, and self-worth realization... Desires can accelerate progress."

"Going ashore is to realize your own desires."

"I want to enjoy all kinds of delicious food, I want to find a partner who is interested in me, I will build a rich and powerful city here, and I want people of this era to live in a better way... I want it all!" Zhou Yi clenched his fist.

These strong desires made him feel clearly that he was still alive.

Zhou Yi pinched his fingers and said, "Ultimately, I want to transform the Dead Sea. If I don't want to be unilaterally influenced and transformed by the Dead Sea, I have to learn how to use it."

"crazy."

Kestrel gave his evaluation.

"You have a human-like body, so I have no way of judging what kind of life you are," the drone said, "but you do have human-like arrogance and delusions."

Zhou Yi spread his hands: "Let me put it another way. The Dead Sea has nearly infinite energy. What I ultimately want to do is to develop and utilize it in various ways, and transform this extreme environment."

"This way, both the Light Na species and humans can benefit from it. Of course, I will definitely take the lion's share."

"Transforming and utilizing the Dead Sea is not something that can be done overnight. How was the Dead Sea formed? What are its specific components? How many species of organisms are there in it? These prerequisite questions need to be answered one by one. That's why I came to more stable land, built a solid base on land, conducted long-term observations and experiments on the Dead Sea, and then promoted it step by step."

“So there was the Wasteland Development Corporation.”

"Does this sound more normal?"

"..."

The drone's camera flashed red rapidly, as if it was thinking. It said, "Can this be understood as you want to conquer the Dead Sea?"

"You could say the same thing."

"crazy."

Red Falcon's evaluation remained unchanged: "This is indeed a grand plan, and an almost impossible task. But I understand your idea. Although my individual strength is very small, I will do my best to accompany you."

Zhou Yi clasped his fists and said, "Thank you for your support."

In fact, he had another reason that he didn't mention.

Although we don't know exactly how prehistoric human civilization was destroyed, judging from the current situation and results, it is closely related to the Dead Sea, a special phenomenon that covers the world.

As the only surviving prehistoric human, Zhou Yi has had this strong desire since the day he woke up.

In the last era, mankind was defeated and destroyed.

In this era, I have to get my revenge, damn it!
Let’s start with the Dead Sea!

……

After nightfall, Zhou Yi prepared to lead the team to go fishing again to obtain light seeds.

Because the Red Falcon said that its body was already relatively outdated and needed a certain degree of upgrade to maintain the field of vision and information coverage of this area.

This time he planned to go to a farther area.

Zhou Yi was still getting ready when Gong Zheng came over on crutches.

"Chairman, the businessman Cui Mao has come to Changu Town. He hopes to meet you and do business with our company."

A businessman visiting?

Zhou Yi asked him: "Do you know this person?"

"do not know."

Gong Zheng shook his head. "Merchants' routes pass through many cities and towns, buying and selling along the way, which can last from a few months to a few years. We are the last stop in the east. The profit in Changu Town is very thin, and merchants who come here once never come back."

"Chairman, this Cui Mao has valuable merchandise."

He said: "The first is that he has a copy of the Dead Sea Atlas. Although it is a primary edition, the book is revised and supplemented every year, and the records and descriptions in it are more accurate."

"The other is a medicine bag hood, which can prevent you from inhaling toxins."

"If we have a mask, Ajin and I can enter the outer edge of the mushroom forest. There are a lot of good things there, including edible mushrooms, tools of the hunting group that died inside, and a lot of feces - the clawed pigs like to defecate there. They will chew some mushrooms, which can help them defecate."

Zhou Yi was stunned.

It turns out that mushrooms can relieve constipation. The clawed pig actually treats the mushroom forest as a public toilet.

Merchants' books are indeed an important source of information for understanding ground cities and people.

"Bring him here."

"Yes, Chairman."

What bothered Zhou Yi was that although the bird's-eye view was a magical skill that could directly lower the opponent's psychological price, it would be more obvious when using a remote control.

Suddenly, the voice of Red Falcon came into my mind.

"If it's inconvenient, I can communicate with you directly through consciousness signals."

Zhou Yi's brows suddenly relaxed.

The same thing happened to me and the warrior crabs before. Because a large amount of energy was input into the Red Falcon, it seemed that both sides had successfully synchronized the frequency.

This is much easier.

Soon, the merchant Cui Mao was brought over.

The Red Falcon immediately gave a reminder.

"He is not an ordinary person, he is an enhanced one."

Zhou Yi's eyes became sharp.

This businessman doesn't seem to be a simple person.

(End of this chapter)