Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 451 What are you doing?

Zhou Yi was a little puzzled: "The Mechatronic Knights have officially moved into Plastic Island?"

"You misunderstood. It is the residents here who chose to become knights. There are 57 mechatronic knights on Plastic Island who have made their identities public, and there are others who do not want to reveal their knight identities. According to the data center, the total number of knights may have reached 80."

"More than two-thirds of the residents have proposed that the Mecha Knights be the group that maintains the municipal government," the Owl's loudspeaker announced.

"The advantages of this are obvious. The Mecha Knight can use the [Key] to free himself from the constraints of the program and develop various types of new tools. He can also use data tools without any restrictions. He can also come up with more solutions when dealing with various challenges and problems."

“Legal procedures are lacking in this regard.”

“However, everyone also recognizes that the legal theory is excellent and reliable in terms of process management, city data analysis, external market dynamics, and collection of residents’ needs, far surpassing the general protocols of the past.”

"So the residents voted to withdraw from the Legal Front, but retained the localization of the Legal process and amended the city's regulations. The Legal Front will assist the Mechanical Knights of the Municipal Department to continue to operate and maintain the entire city."

Zhou Yi felt a little confused.

Unexpectedly, on the Plastic Island, the two camps that were originally either you or me actually became teammates in a joint government... The mechanical and electrical city may not be good at innovation, but it does have a set of permutations and combinations.

Zhou Yi pondered and said, "What is the core reason for this fundamental change?"

Mechanical and electrical cities are all about data, and this is unchangeable.

There must be some critical data that forces Plastic Island to make drastic changes.

"To be honest, it's a funding issue."

Lin Chihao said bluntly: "Plastic Island has always been short of public funds and has a lot of external debt. After the destruction of the Clockwork City, the legal process introduced external consultants and issued the latest unified policy."

"The main ones include increasing military spending, building underground cities and shelters, and signing up for the Star Hub Mars project."

"Plastic Island requires a minimum 15% increase in public spending to improve the city's defense and security, build enough drones and escape boats, and new data communication equipment."

"We are a small city, so we can just build a shelter. But even so, according to the construction standards, we need to build a fortification with reinforced concrete 100 meters underground, which must be enough to accommodate our 300 residents and withstand Class A strong radiation and energy shocks. The cost will not be less than 10 light seeds."

"In the Mars project, each city must match 1% of its residents. Plastic Island needs to pay for three places, which is equivalent to paying 3 light seeds. There will also be supporting facilities in the future, such as building a satellite signal tower to connect directly with the satellites of the Star Hub Matrix."

"The satellite signal tower needs to be equipped with the Star Hub Light Seal, which can only be purchased from the Star Hub. This is another expense. The actual total expenditure for the Mars project is 1 Light Seeds."

"In this dry summer, the expenses of Plastic Island are already higher than in previous years. Adding such a high burden is already stretching us."

Lin Xiaohao's voice was somewhat heavy: "Even if these additional high expenses are added, the safety problem still cannot be solved."

"Before we withdrew from the Legal Front, according to the data center's calculations, the Legal Front's victory rate in simulated war games was 50.13%, and this number is still falling."

“On the other hand, the support rate for the referendum of residents in various places to leave the legal process is 9.17%, that is, 9% of all mechanical and electrical residents believe that they should leave the legal process.”

"If we raise costs so much but fail to ensure safety, then this series of investments will be an ineffective and one-sided waste."

"Plastic Island is closer to Sand Harbor than Clockwork City. If a war between the Legal Front and the Company begins - no matter which side initiates it, we will be the first to bear the brunt and be strategically attacked and destroyed."

"That's why we all unanimously decided to leave the legal front and choose the Mecha Knights to manage the city. This way, we can save unnecessary extra expenses, without increasing military spending or building shelters. We can just pay the patent royalties from the Wasteland Company and continue living."

"Mr. Zhou, I wonder if our understanding is correct?"

Zhou Yi listened silently.

It seems that after I blew up the Clockwork City, the pressure on the legal front was indeed great.

Objectively speaking, the decision made by the other party was not wrong.

Improving defense capabilities, building underground shelters, and setting up an entire Mars project as an alternative relocation site are all precautions in the face of a high-intensity war.

But it's still the same old problem.

Mechanical and electrical cities are not completely integrated. The economy of large cities is more than enough to do this. Small cities are already struggling to survive, and under high pressure, they are prone to debt. No matter how they are coordinated and integrated, the construction and renovation still have to be paid for by the city itself.

No matter how wealthy a large city is, it will not directly provide aid to other small cities, and the city residents will not agree to this.

Whether it is the era of general agreements or the current legal front.

A mechanical and electrical city is a collection of large factories of different sizes, or production enterprises.

Zhou Yi had all kinds of thoughts flashing through his mind, but he said, "The strategic strike we launched earlier was just an armed defense of rights, and it did not interfere in the internal affairs of the Mechanical and Electrical City."

"But since the plastic island is out of the legal front and is not subject to legal constraints, our trade will not be hindered, which is a good thing."

"There is a huge demand for plastics and rubber in Shagang. Although the products produced by Plastic Island are recycled plastics and rubber, they are cheap and of reliable quality, which is just right for the general public."

He continued, "Airships, floating hearts, and electric cat equipment all need this kind of wear-resistant and lightweight material. It seems that we can have a lot of room for cooperation in the future."

Lin Chihao was overjoyed: "Don't worry, the plastic we produce is definitely the best on the market."

"I believe this. The production standards of the Mechanical and Electrical City have always been very high."

Zhou Yi smiled and said, "I just didn't expect that you also joined the Mechatronic Knights. Now that we've finished talking about business matters, let's talk about personal matters. How did you join?"

Linqi's electronic eyes flashed: "It was an accident. The Energy Storage City was destroyed, and I had nowhere to go. No one wanted to recruit people of my profession. Fortunately, I accidentally met an adventure team composed of several electromechanical life forms." "Adventure team?"

Zhou Yi was a little surprised: "There is such a group of electromechanical life forms?"

"Yes. In fact, this group was born earlier than the mechatronic city. They accept jobs everywhere and complete tasks to get bounties. They are bounty hunters among mechatronic life forms, and some are also listed in the Bounty Knights. In recent years, due to the economic downturn, there are more and more teams."

Lin Zhihao said: "I joined the adventure team at that time, mainly for reconnaissance and exploration. Later I found out that they were all mecha knights, and they all had the [Key] installed."

"They came from Plastic Island and built a [family]. The team's main job is to find the old human city at the bottom of the Dead Sea, search for the large amount of plastic produced by the Age of Gods, transport these materials back to the island for recycling, and take on missions to earn some extra money along the way."

After listening to this, Zhou Yi said, "I see. Hongshun will discuss the specific details of the cooperation with you in detail."

"Okay, Mr. Zhou."

……

The Kestrel and the Owl flew out, and the two old friends began to discuss further cooperation issues.

Zhou Yi called 703.

Hearing that the Mecha Knight had become the ruler of the city on Plastic Island, the robot dog was a little confused: "This... I just found out about this too. There's actually such a thing."

Zhou Yi looked unhappy: "You are the Zhuangzi of the Knights, and one of the two highest leaders in name. Do you still need me to tell you about the Knights? What are you doing?"

"Listen to my explanation..."

703 said helplessly: "The group of mecha knights has always been very loose. It is not a group with strict system and organization. It is more like a technical thought. As long as everyone has the same idea, everyone can join in."

"I focus on the development of technology, while I focus on the survival status of electromechanical life individuals."

"There is no one who manages all the knights..."

"Chairman, this is not about the Mecha Knights entering the city's ruling class, but more and more Mecha residents are choosing to become Mecha Knights."

The robot dog squatted on the ground, the brightness of its electronic eyes suddenly increased, and it seemed a little excited: "We have been continuously developing and updating [Key], [Home] and [Breathing]."

"In addition to 'father and son' and 'bloodline', [family] now also has 'clan', which is a further group connection based on bloodline and father-son relationship."

"Yin Shang Company and Shenwei Company have both developed the patriarch as the highest decision-maker in the family. We are also complying with everyone's needs."

"A clan is a digital bloodline relationship built around the same clan leader. The biggest difference from the past is that the clan has its own clan language, clan rules, and principle of mutual assistance."

"In this way, the basic organizational unit of mechanical life is no longer the city, but rather the bloodline clan. Even without a fixed settlement, cohesion and group cooperation can still be maintained."

When it said this, Zhou Yi remembered that Lin Chihao had just said that the increase in the number of mechatronic adventure teams should also be due to the promotion of the family program.

“Currently only the [breathing] threshold is high.”

703 said: "Based on repeated testing experience, the effect of the electric driver's breathing configuration is the best, and it can continuously trigger the overload state [Inspiration Burst] at a certain frequency. However, this requires a partner with an electric cat and a supporting power infrastructure. Therefore, the number of electromechanical life forms that use breathing is still relatively small."

“So far, it’s mainly the electromechanical professionals in the development league who are gradually completing the configuration.”

"However, as the configuration of electric cats becomes more popular, the number of electric drivers will steadily increase. At that time, the role of breathing will be reflected, which can bring about creative associations and ideas that break common sense."

Zhou Yi nodded: "It takes time for new things to develop, there's no rush."

"In fact... the [breathing] effect has already been demonstrated."

The robot dog said: "Dr. Da Vinci has been using [Breathing] to develop the Mud Tree Civilization's Life-Sustaining Flower for the past two years. After becoming an electric driver, his progress has accelerated a lot."

Zhou Yi remembered.

Previously, he and Nig went together to look for the second Blackthorn in this world, and found the life-extending flower that ate the Mud Tree Scientist. After bringing it back, he gave it to Leonardo da Vinci for research.

I haven't asked about this for a long time.

703 continued, "At first, Dr. Da Vinci wanted to use the roots of the Life-Extending Flower to extract some of the Mud Tree Man's organ cells and conduct biological analysis and medical research."

"But this did not produce any results. This is because these cells are very different from the cells collected from Nigge. After leaving the host, the Life-Extending Flower lost its assimilation function and returned to its original plant state."

"With bursts of inspiration, Dr. Da Vinci used many other unconventional methods."

"Eventually, it took a completely new perspective and considered the Life-Sustaining Flower itself as a special semi-civilized plant, and cultivated and conducted multiple tests on it."

"After repeated tests, under the careful cultivation of Dr. Da Vinci, the Life-Extending Flower has borne fruit."

703 paused and said, "The fruit can be produced sustainably and transplanted for medical purposes. It has already been used in some high-risk surgeries."

Zhou Yi was stunned when he heard this.

The life-extending flower can bear fruit and be transplanted for a long time...

In other words.

Artificial organ breakthrough? ?
(End of this chapter)