Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 24 Mushroom King

For safety reasons, Zhou Yi only left the Red Falcon to continue to monitor the mushroom forest, and took the others back to the company base.

The iron horse was seriously damaged and should have been returned to Recursion City for repair and inspection, but it chose to stay.

"I was hired to come here to cultivate farmland. So far, the damage to the machine is mainly to the loudspeaker, energy auxiliary parts, top and partial side protection layer and fireproof layer... But as long as it is under normal conditions, it will not affect farming."

It said: "With the help of Tongniu, the two of us brothers working together are able to handle most situations. If we were to inspect and repair now, it would take at least a month just to schedule, observe, repair and conduct rehabilitation training... It would take at least a month and a half to go back and forth, which would seriously affect the construction period."

"You can't delay working on the fields. If you miss that golden period, you'll waste several months."

"As long as you lead that guy away, we can resume work."

Zhou Yi advised it that sharpening the knife would not delay the chopping of wood. This was a remote and poor place, and there were no maintenance workers who could carry out emergency repairs.

If a minor illness or pain leads to a big problem, it will be troublesome.

Tie Ma explained: "In fact, we brothers haven't received any work for a while."

"Because of the high cost of farming, many cities have chosen cheaper manual labor for farming and tightened the input ratio, which has led to a decline in the entire industry. Only large cities on the plains that maintain large farms have demand. On larger scales of land, our brothers lack sufficient competitiveness, and are not as efficient and powerful as large agricultural machinery."

"I'm telling you the truth, man. If I go back for repairs now, the work injury insurance I bought previously will become invalid, and I will need to buy it again. Because I was injured, the premium next time will be more expensive, at least 10%."

"Insurance in Recursion City is not cheap. We brothers also need to save money to update old farm tools and replace the broken signal components with newer electromechanical parts. Ours are all old models, and the structure itself is heavy and complicated. To solve the problems of high wear rate and failure rate, we can only replace them with more stable large-scale pure electromechanical groups with fewer parts..."

"Anyway, there are still many places to spend money. Now that nothing has gone wrong, let's save some money."

So Zhou Yi stopped persuading him.

Now he's focusing all his energy on the tall building giant.

Leading them away is a solution that is recognized by all parties.

Generally speaking, this is also the most reliable and effective way to deal with the Dead Sea alien.

Tiema even gave a detailed tutorial: "Tongniu said that when it was serving before, it also encountered a Dead Sea alien once."

"Their solution at the time was to use light seeds. After stimulating the light seeds, the aliens would come closer and absorb the light seeds. At that time, they used light seeds to bring the aliens step by step to some remote areas, or like the Dead Sea here."

"No matter how the mushrooms inside try to stop it, they can't resist the alien's strong instinct to obtain light seeds. As long as the alien is still hungry, it will be driven by instinct."

"It is most effective to enter the Dead Sea. The aliens will fall into a deep sleep and remain motionless in the dead light. Unless the Dead Sea they are in recedes for various reasons, they will resume moving and go out to look for energy and food."

"But the cost will be very high. The Bronze Bulls used 1027 light seeds to lure the alien out 10 kilometers. According to the distance, to lure this guy to the Dead Sea in the east, even if it is a straight-line distance, it is estimated that at least 3000 light seeds will be needed."

Zhou Yi fell into deep thought.

This number of light seeds can be achieved with some effort.

It's just that time is too tight.

It would take ten days or half a month to get this amount by fishing and hunting without regard for the consequences.

Before this, the giant controlled by the black hand mushroom was an unpredictable bomb.

"Actually, there is an easier way."

Seeing that he was silent, Tie Ma gave a new suggestion: "Move. Get away from here and start over somewhere close to the city. Even if this guy shows up, the city will find a solution and the cost will be paid by the city. This is the most cost-effective way, man, move."

After experiencing a great battle of unity against a common enemy, the attitude of this agricultural machinery improved significantly and it felt a bit like one of the family.

Zhou Yi still didn't say anything.

This approach is totally not considered.

The wasteland development company had to be opened in a place far away from the city and close to the Dead Sea. There were a lot of civilization heritages in the seabed adjacent to this place, and it was also the address Zhou Yi selected after a special investigation. Although the architectural life is called the Dead Sea alien, it is still a living body, and it has instinctive desires and certain behavioral laws. The key problem is the inability to communicate.

Zhou Yi said: "Since those black hand mushrooms can enter the giant's body, why can't we?"

Tie Ma was stunned: "Brother, you want to rush in? The alien is unpredictable. What if it suddenly goes crazy and digests you, then there will be nothing left. Don't be impulsive, calm down..."

"I want to try."

Zhou Yi looked at Nightclaw next to him: "How much do you know about black hand mushrooms?"

"The Claw Pig Clan has dealt with them before." Night Claw sneezed on the side of his face: "Master, the mushroom forest is the territory of the black hand mushroom. Although they rarely come outside, they should not be underestimated."

"These guys can change their appearance. Sometimes they turn into a small giant mushroom, sometimes they disguise themselves as humans, or even our claw pigs. They never act alone, they always act in a group and are very united internally."

"The mushroom forest is expanding. In fact, they are constantly growing giant mushrooms. These guys are very smart. Basically, they don't interfere with us."

Zhou Yi asked it: "How is its combat capability?"

"If it's a one-on-one fight, Black Hand Mushroom is no match for Claw Pig."

Night Claw whispered, "But those guys are very good at using the terrain. They bury explosive mushrooms, dig pits, make bayonet traps, and use human weapons. They are very difficult to deal with in the mushroom forest. Now that they have drilled into the giant's body, they must have made arrangements in there to prevent others from sneaking in."

It also thought it was dangerous to enter the giant's body.

Zhou Yi pondered for a moment: "Since the black hand mushrooms are a collective society and there are a lot of them, how do they maintain order internally?"

"They have a leader, and all the black hand mushrooms obey him."

Night Claw said: "But no one has ever seen the Mushroom King. It is very cautious and never shows up."

Zhou Yi's eyes lit up.

As long as we capture this leader, we will have bargaining chips to negotiate with the black hand mushroom.

"Red Falcon, find the Mushroom King for me."

"Yes."

The drone started to take a bird's-eye view and after a long time, it locked onto the target.

Zhou Yi looked at the screen on the remote control, with a puzzled look on his face.

Is this the boss of the black hand mushroom?

Hong Jian was very sure: "I read the signals released by a large number of black hand mushrooms and confirmed that this is their absolute leader and the highest ruler of the mushroom forest."

On the screen, a figure standing by the window appeared.

He had his hands behind his back, wearing a tattered coat and a bright red scarf around his neck that was swaying in the wind.

The only problem is.

This Mushroom King is just an inconspicuous skeleton soldier.

I don’t know what trouble it has encountered, it paces back and forth inside, looking worried.

Red scarf skeleton man?

An alien race rules the mushroom forest?
Zhou Yi frowned, realizing that this matter was not simple.

(End of this chapter)