Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 215: Warrior Crab's Training Room

Zhou Yi was standing downstairs of Building 6.

This was his first time at the Samurai Crab Apartment, and he couldn't help but look around.

The entrance to the apartment uses a ramp instead of stairs, and the entrance is wide open.

Warrior crabs have broad and flat bodies and usually walk sideways, so even if they walk side by side, they will not get crowded or stuck with each other.

Public areas such as the downstairs of the units and corridors are covered with a thick layer of sand, which feels soft like a beach and allows the warrior crabs to walk on it without wearing out their feet.

These are all very thoughtful details.

Zhou Yi exclaimed: "Building 6 really knows a lot about warrior crabs."

"Yes."

Emerald City said: "The warrior crab is the recognized resident."

Zhou Yi walked into the apartment building and bumped into two warrior crabs who were rushing out.

The two warrior crabs immediately stepped aside and raised their claws in salute to show their respect.

Zhou Yi waved to them in response, and then the warrior crabs stepped sideways and walked past carefully, then quickly ran away.

It's like meeting a student on the principal's inspection.

The layout of the building is also different from that of Emerald City Building 6. The standard for high-rise buildings is 3 units per floor, but there are only units on the left side of the apartment, and the right side is sealed with a wall with a door on top.

Zhou Yi was observing the closed door.

A weapons master came running in from outside.

It tapped its shell with its claws in panic and tried its best to stand straight. A stuttering voice came from the translator transceiver it was wearing: "Chairman Dong, Xie Lian reports to you!"

Zhou Yi smiled and said, "Is this where you completed your transformation?"

"Yes, Chairman!"

"Tell me about your situation."

"Yes, Chairman!"

It looks very tense.

Zhou Yi patted the weapon master's shell and said, "Relax, this is not an interrogation. I came here to understand the details. Take your time, no need to rush."

"Ok."

The other party then relaxed a little.

It walked to the door on the right and knocked, and the door opened automatically inward.

"Please come in."

Zhou Yi discovered that there was a corridor inside, with three households in total, all with their doors open.

Xie Lian said beside him: "Chairman, these three are the training rooms of the apartment."

Each of the three training rooms is different.

The first one contained a metal hollow sphere, a discus, a stone hammer, and a long-handled iron ball. Several warrior crabs were doing push-ups and standing bird-flying exercises to strengthen their bodies.

"This is a strength room where you can keep adding weight and improve your endurance."

In the second training room, the walls and the ground were flowing, like high-speed tracks. A warrior crab was running hard inside, with its claws flying.

Xie Lian said: "Chairman, this is a speed room. Long-term practice can increase movement speed and reaction speed."

In the third training room, parts of various sizes were hung on the wall, including various wooden products, iron shells, iron shafts, copper wires, stone flakes, stone cones, pottery jars, etc.

The room was empty.

Xie Lian tapped his head with his claws and explained, "Chairman, this is the intelligence room, which tests and tempers everyone's intelligence."

"You need to pick up the different parts on the wall and combine them into useful tools to pass the most basic test."

"I first practiced in the weight room next door, but there were too many warrior crabs over there. Then I found it was very quiet here, so I came over to try it."

"But it's difficult here. Combining tools is a difficult challenge for the warrior crab... I was lucky to combine a shovel and pass the first level of the room."

Zhou Yi became interested: "The first level? Is there a sequel?"

"Yes, this is the simplest entry test. There will be higher challenges next."

Xie Lian took a wooden stick from the wall next to him, skillfully combined it with a piece of iron, and after hammering it around a bit, he lifted up the shovel-shaped tool.

A ball of green light shaped like a crab lit up on the wall.

Then, a long metal ladder made of twisted steel bars hung down from the ceiling.

Xie Lian started climbing the ladder.

Zhou Yi followed.

The rooms on the second floor were filled with sand, gravel and wood.

“At this point, we need to use the existing materials and the tools from before to build a simple cave.”

"Digging a burrow is not difficult for a warrior crab, but it needs to pass the test here."

Xie Lian wielded a homemade shovel to dig out a piece of flat ground, used stones as the foundation, and used wood as a support to create a simple cave in the sand.

Then it raised its paws high.

Water suddenly began to drip from the ceiling, and the rainfall inside the room was concentrated above the cave. The amount of water continued to increase, and soon it submerged it.

Then a red crab mark lit up on the wall.

“Like this, it’s a failure.”

Xie Lian explained: "This place will experience various tests, such as rain, strong winds, earthquakes... If the cave cannot withstand the test, it will fail."

It began to be torn down and rebuilt.

This time, Xie Lian first changed the terrain, piled up a higher mound of earth, and then compacted the foundation on the mound.

It uses stone as the base again, wooden boards to support it in the air, and uses branches and strips as raw materials to build a simple bird's nest house in an almost weaving manner.

During a new round of rainfall, water no longer flows back, but flows in all directions along the suspended slabs and slopes.

Then the room began to shake again. Although the Bird's Nest house shook as well, it did not collapse.

This time a green light appeared on the wall, indicating that it passed.

"Then you can enter the third level."

Xie Lian let out a long sigh. On the third floor of the Intelligence Room, a variety of magazines were placed on the racks on the wall.

Zhou Yi moved closer to observe.

There are comics, beauty guides, urban magazines, idol photos, and some books on gardening, repair, hairdressing, etc. on the shelves...but all of them are incomplete and damaged.

“This is the hardest time.”

Xie Lian's voice was heavy as he looked around: "The challenger needs to copy these books, record the various symbols and texts, as well as the pictures on them. You need to copy at least one of them, and you can't make too many mistakes."

It gestured with its claws: "This is really difficult, because the structure of the warrior crab's claws makes it difficult to hold charcoal pencils and branches for writing flexibly."

"Some of these Dead Sea Scrolls have more pictures and fewer words, while others have more words and fewer pictures. Choose according to what you are good at and what you like."

This layer uses the sand layer on the ground as an exercise book, and copies the contents of the book on the sand.

Xie Lian grabbed a thin book.

It turned out to be a children's picture book "Little Red Riding Hood", with the words "For children aged 2-6" written on the side.

Xie Lian, however, looked as if he was facing a formidable enemy, his eyes solemn.

It holds a branch in its hand and draws on the sand with great concentration, and its strokes are a little crooked.

Watching this weapon master painting, Zhou Yi realized firsthand that it was not easy for a warrior crab to learn to write.

It takes a lot of effort and hard practice for them to overcome their physical inconveniences.

It is normal that the birth rate of Weapon Masters is low, this path is really too difficult.

It took Xie Lian an hour to finish a sand painting, and this was the result of a lot of practice.

Zhou Yi felt that it was almost done, so he said, "Okay, let's go to the next floor and take a look."

"Yes, Chairman."

Xie Lian felt relieved and finally put down the branch that he used as a paintbrush.

After receiving the order, Building 6 opened the stairs leading to the fourth floor.

Zhou Yi came to the fourth floor and found a long table inside. On the table were eight common tools, including crowbars, wooden boxes, tin cans, translator transceivers, etc.

“This last one is actually quite simple.”

Xie Lian's tone was much more relaxed: "As long as you can use these tools skillfully and complete their functions within the specified time, you will pass this level."

Zhou Yi pointed to the ceiling: "Is there nothing upstairs?"

"There's more."

"But the above are situations that only a weapon master can handle, including building some small mazes in the sand, making tools according to the map, weaving ropes and armor..."

Xie Lian said: "During this fourth level of training, I evolved into a weapon master."

"According to the company's convention, I also gave myself a name that begins with the word Xie you gave me. I think I'm still very weak, so I remind myself that if I'm weak, I need to practice more. So I'm called Xie Lian."

Zhou Yi praised: "Very good, Xie Lian. You are the first weapon master trained by Warrior Crab Apartment. Any first attempt... any first breakthrough is not easy."

“Is there a department you’d like to work in?”

The other party hesitated for a moment: "Chairman, I want to work in Maria Hospital, is that okay?"

Zhou Yi was a little surprised.

He originally thought that Xie Lian would either join the scavenging team or enter the popular express delivery center, but he didn't expect that he actually wanted to be a medical worker.

"Why do you want to go there?"

It said, "Because... I saw many brothers get hurt. I am not strong, nor am I very smart, but I am patient. I was able to complete the exercises here through a lot of training."

"Currently there is no special treatment for warrior crabs. If I go to the hospital, I can learn while helping everyone deal with simple injuries." Xie Lian said.

"no problem."

Zhou Yi nodded: "I will tell Da Vinci that you will report there tomorrow and start as a trainee nurse. Everything will be arranged by them. But the hospital is very hard, you have to be mentally prepared."

"Yes, Chairman, I am not afraid of hard work!"

Xie Lian immediately became excited.

"Go and do your business."

"Yes, Chairman!"

After watching Xie Lian leave, Zhou Yi went into the strength room and speed room to observe the training.

Three pathways are constructed here.

Lifting weights to build strength can make it easier to become a hammer soldier.

By practicing speed and agility, you will gradually evolve into a dual-blade hand.

If you can complete the trial in the intelligence room, you may become a weapon master if you have enough energy.

However, these growths are not absolute.

Acquired practice only further accelerates the pace of evolution, and the gap in innate talent still objectively exists.

Xie Lian thinks he is stupid, but according to Leonardo da Vinci's physical test on him afterwards, his brain capacity reaches 1700ml, second only to Xie Xun. He is definitely a brain gifted person among warrior crabs.

Emerald City said: "The layout of Building 6 is a mimicry of the behavior of existing warrior crabs."

"It has been observing the warrior crabs since it was built. Hammerheads like to train their strength, dual-blade soldiers value speed, agility, and explosive power, and weapon masters improve their minds by making tools, modifying the environment, and learning characters."

"These are the wisdoms of the warrior crab groups in the past. They continue to practice them only because they have proven to be useful."

"The warrior crab apartments are very spacious, with a lot of vacant houses, so Building 6 came up with this idea to make it more convenient for them to exercise. Unexpectedly, it accelerated the process of evolution."

Zhou Yi's heart moved when he heard this.

It's more like a mutual promotion between the warrior crab and the apartment.

The warrior crab was indeed well rewarded for taking care of Building 6.

Zhou Yi pondered for a moment and told Hong Xun: "Notice to all warrior crabs to encourage the apartment to develop in multiple directions. Any warrior crab employee of the company, regardless of whether he evolves into a hammer soldier, a double blader or a weapon master, will be rewarded with 5 light seeds! Go directly to Gong Zheng to claim this reward."

"Yes."

Drones began to advertise through translators.

In the Wasteland Development Company, the warrior crabs became the first group to have their own school.

(End of this chapter)