Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 66 Biological Weapons
The mechanical mouse was captured by the hunting sea and sent all the way to the Emerald City.

The spine hunter also commented: "Chairman, this guy's body is very weak, and he relies on mobilizing those gerbils. He should have some kind of precise command skills, or the ability to transform gerbils."

Zhou Yi praised: "You did a great job, go and do your own thing."

"Yes."

The Ridgehunter returns to the skies.

Zhou Yi focused his attention on the prisoner in front of him.

This electromechanical mouse is only the size of a palm. Under the white plastic shell, its eyes are two LED bulbs, and its four legs and tail are made very light. In the past, it was just a cheap toy.

It lay on the table motionless.

Zhou Yi pulled out a chair and sat down in front of the mechanical mouse: "Let's chat?"

No response.

"Do you have a voice module?"

No response.

Zhou Yi poked it with his finger.

No response.

Zhou Yi held it in his hand and felt that the mechanical mouse weighed only about 200 grams. It was stiff all over and looked like it was down or broken.

"Red Falcon, scan its information and activate [Bird's Eye View]."

The drone remained suspended, and the five cameras slowly adjusted their viewing angles.

"No registration information was found for this electromechanical life form, and it is not a city citizen."

"Based on its structural and appearance characteristics, it belongs to the small bionic category. Its specific skills and body structure require comprehensive testing to confirm."

"This life has not produced any signal. It should have entered a dormant mode."

Inquiries yielded no results.

Zhou Yi directly inputs energy.
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After inputting 80 points of energy, the eyes of the mecha mouse in his hand began to flash slowly, and it twisted its spine and tail left and right, making a clicking sound.

Zhou Yi sent a message through the same frequency of consciousness: "Can you hear my voice?"

"Hello, thank you very much for charging, I can hear you."

The other party gave a polite response.

Zhou Yi asked again: "Did you run out of energy before?"

"No, I went into hibernation to reduce energy consumption. Excuse me, have you seen the gerbils next to me? How are they now?"

It cares a lot about those small animals.

"The gerbils are fine. The sulfur dust explosion you designed killed a large number of clawed pigs. That tribe shouldn't bother them anymore."

"I hope so."

Zhou Yi crossed his fingers, put his elbows on the table, and looked at the white mouse with interest: "How did you get mixed up with the gerbils? Why don't you look for other electromechanical life?"

"It's a long story."

The robot mouse said, "My full name is NeRmo D017, just call me Nemo. My job is to inspect and repair pipelines. I'm an underground plumber. Click."

"As far as I can remember, I have been in the area between the Dead Sea and today's oasis. It was very desolate at the time, with few animals... Kaka. Later, I surveyed the entire area and found that there had been a volcanic eruption before, and the nearby creatures either died or fled and migrated."

"After several long rainy seasons, this place has regained its vitality, and a lot of vegetation has grown again. They have grown particularly lush under the nourishment of volcanic ash."

"Animals have migrated here from all over the place, and it has gradually taken on a whole new look... Kaka..."

The crackling noise continued when it made the sound, causing Zhou Yi to frown.

"What's that noise?"

"There is a problem with the structure of the machine, which has affected my consciousness." Nemo suddenly said, "Well, do you have any oil? Any oil will do. My body lacks lubricants, and the volcanic area is too dry."

“I only have vegetable oil.”

"That's also fine."

Zhou Yi went to the kitchen and dipped a cotton swab in some oil. He followed the instructions of the mechanical mouse to dismantle the dirty plastic shell and smeared the rusty metal skeleton structure. Then he took out the two small stones stuck inside and cleaned the dust and mouse hair inside.

The mecha-electric mouse moved its spine again and swung its body left and right. This time it was very smooth and there was no more clicking sound as before.

"Thank you for your care. I will continue then."

"All kinds of animals came to this land, but I was worried that the volcano would erupt again, so I started to build emergency passages underground so that they could be evacuated safely in the event of an eruption. At that time, it would definitely be very chaotic on the ground," said Nemo.

"My main job is an underground plumber, so building underground passages is not difficult for me. I dug into the ground and used stones, hay and some clay to build the pipes, trying to make them waterproof, moisture-proof and impact-proof. Unfortunately, my body is too weak, so the whole project progressed very slowly."

"At that time, I found that gerbils had similar behaviors to me. They also dug holes and tunnels. So I started to try to get in touch with them, hoping to work with them, so that I could give them professional guidance, and their labor would make up for my individual shortcomings."

“It took a long time to adjust because I didn’t have a time recorder, so I could only calculate it based on seasons.”

It said: "After 22 winters, I integrated into their group. After another 10 winters, because I was able to survive, I was the longest-lived individual. I watched the other young mice grow up and became the leader of the group."

“Then the underground works could officially start.”

"I originally planned to construct around the volcano because the volcano has high-quality volcanic rocks that have been subjected to high temperatures to remove impurities. They are breathable and heat-insulating, and they are light and strong."

"But then something big happened. A huge creature crawled out of the soil. I later learned it was called the Dead Sea Alien. It first wandered around, then went to the mushroom forest in the southwest. The gerbils were very panicked, so I had to take them away and hide in the northern area."

Nemo witnesses the awakening of the Emerald City.

But Emerald City said, "No attention was paid to the gerbils."

To it, the gerbils were too small and not the focus of attention. At that time, the Emerald City was starving and arrived at the Mushroom Forest to obtain energy. Then, it was absorbed by the impurities and mushrooms in the Death Light Deposition Zone and fell into a deep sleep.

Since it was that era.

Zhou Yi immediately asked: "Have you seen the Angel of Death? It's the human in the mushroom forest that looks like a girl in white?"

"I have seen the ruler of the mushroom forest you mentioned from afar."

Nemo's LED eyes glowed faintly, "She is a very special and powerful life form, born from a large rock that grew out of the surface of the alien... All the gerbils at the time knew it."

Could the birth of the Angel of Death be somehow related to the Emerald City?
Zhou Yi touched his chin.

If there is a chance in the future, I can try something in this direction.

"But our focus is still underground, so we will only observe the external environment and will not get close to those dangerous lives."

Niemöller returned to the subject.

"In order to cope with the new environment, I improved the plan and added storage rooms, rest rooms, excretion areas, nurseries, safe passages, trap houses and other structures in the underground passage."

"I further divided the entire group into breeding mice, responsible for reproduction; nurse mice, responsible for taking care of offspring; forage mice, responsible for finding food and water; soldier mice, responsible for fighting and sacrificing themselves to cover the group's retreat; builder mice, responsible for building nests and passages; and scout mice, responsible for constant observation of the outside world."

"I took the gerbils with me and spent seven winters, through the efforts of three generations of gerbils, to build underground pipelines and dwellings in the northern area. Then we returned to the oasis under the volcano and spent another 7 winters to complete the underground construction of the oasis area."

"Then we pushed the channel in all directions, creating a huge underground pipeline system covering the oasis, the forest in the north, the beach in the east, the mushroom forest in the south, and Jitou Town in the west."

"The entire project took a total of 127 winters, with more than 60 generations of gerbils involved, and the labor consumed is incalculable. Because of the success of this huge project, this place has become the gerbil center of the entire area, including Sand Harbor. Even though the environment continues to deteriorate today, there are still 30 resident underground gerbils."

The light in the mecha mouse's small eyes suddenly became brighter, as if it was also proud of this.

It is the earliest pioneer here.

Zhou Yi was amazed, but also a little confused: "Can this place really support 30 gerbils?"

Although gerbils are small, they consume food every day.

"can."

Nemo said without hesitation: "Gerbils are omnivorous creatures. They can eat insects and grass roots underground, tender leaves, tree fruits, rotten bones and flesh on the ground, aquatic plants near the water, and small fish and shrimp in the water."

"But after humans discovered this place, a large number of trees were cut down for firewood, and wild berries were picked up, resulting in a significant reduction in environmental resources. Although I teach the gerbils to plant grass and trees, the planting speed is simply not as fast as the speed of human destruction..."

"Finally, I thought of a way to prevent more humans from coming."

"I started raising a kind of insect with the gerbils. It will grow bigger and bigger, and eventually transform into a very aggressive monster, the spiny antlion. In the past, we would eat their young to prevent them from growing up to become a threat, but now we need their strength."

"By raising spiny ant lions and placing them on the western road, we can reduce the number of humans approaching this area. Spiny ant lions have violent personalities and will hunt all kinds of creatures. They have played a good role in curbing the number of humans entering here."

Zhou Yi scratched his head.

I am still being conservative.

It turns out that this stinging antlion is a biological weapon raised by Nemo to fight against the new humans.

(End of this chapter)