Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 11: The Man in the Bottle
Zhou Yi tried to load the flintlock with lead bullets, but not only did it fail to ignite, the hammer frequently got stuck, making it very difficult to use.

After fiddling with it for more than an hour without any results, he simply gave up and turned his attention to the stack of papers.

There are densely packed symbols written on the paper with charcoal, many of which look like simple sketches describing specific objects, giving them a hieroglyphic feel.

Zhou Yineng can rely on Bai Suanni to communicate with people of this era without any obstacles, but he cannot understand these words.

It suddenly occurred to him that since the Red Falcon was a rescue drone, it might be able to recognize distress text and might recognize it.

"The text is recognizable."

The drone’s response made Zhou Yi breathe a sigh of relief.

Kestrel translated the new human language into the old human Chinese.

It was now confirmed that the deceased's name was Yang Si.

The notes left by Yang Si include not only text descriptions but also pictures.

His sketching skills were quite solid. He drew the various parts of the pistol and made detailed anatomical cross-sections of the bullets of both colors.

Black circle bullets are ordinary solid lead bullets.

The blue circle bullet is different. It has a layer of special material inside, which can summon a monster painted in shadow after it explodes.

Those monsters will attack the area where the bullets exploded, causing various creatures in the area to fall into a coma and dream.

This is called "dream bomb".

There are also notes in the diagram below, reminding you to cover your mouth and nose when shooting - or wear protective equipment and hold your breath until the monster disappears, otherwise you will fall asleep.

It looks like a copied operating manual.

This bullet must be the weapon of the enhancer.

Zhou Yi looked through the other items in the box again, and the second thing that caught his attention was the badge.

The copper badge has a bottle with a little man carved on the surface, and some unclear symbols on the back. The workmanship is very exquisite. This thing seems to represent some kind of identity.

Zhou Yi called A Jin and asked him if he knew about the badge.

"This... the little man in the bottle is from the Alchemist Society."

Ah Jin showed a surprised expression: "This is the first time I have seen a real badge. But this thing, only the alchemists among the enhancers are qualified to hold it, Master, can you pick it up?"

Zhou Yi asked: "What is the relationship between the Alchemists and the Enhancers?"

"I also heard it from the elders." A Jin scratched his head with his hand: "Enhancers are high-level professionals among humans who can fight against various monsters. They have a variety of abilities and weapons."

"The most common professions are knights, alchemists, and archers."

"Knights have mounts or vehicles that allow them to move very quickly in the wild. They are highly mobile and good at fighting, and they all act in groups organized as knight orders. They first formed groups to fight against bandits. After driving out and exterminating many bandits, the knights took control of many transportation routes between cities."

"As the knights grew larger, they had more functions, including guarding, fighting, extermination, hunting, trade and transportation, etc. They were also the first group of people to fight the Light Na race head-on."

"The Knights themselves have rich combat experience and their own group code of conduct, and are highly respected by everyone. There are Knights stationed in almost every city."

When talking about the Knights, Ajin's eyes lit up.

"Alchemists can read and write, and are knowledgeable scholars. Only those who are recognized by the Alchemist Association and awarded with identity badges are alchemists. Their abilities involve various aspects. Some can change the weather, causing wildfires and rainfall, some can cure diseases and save lives, and some can make monsters crazy and worship them..."

“The final shooter is the long-range attacker.”

A Jin gestured the action of drawing a bow and shooting an arrow: "Legend has it that archers can directly shoot monsters at the foot of the mountain. They have the most sophisticated long-range weapons and are the ace killers against powerful monsters. Archers basically have combat experience in knight groups or hunting groups. They need to hunt a large number of monsters to be trained, and they rarely appear in public."

"There are some other enhancers, but these three are the only ones who have come to Changu Town."

Zhou Yi suddenly realized that the person who killed Yang Si was a Taoist priest.

Non-specialized combat member. To deal with ordinary people, the flintlock pistol in Yang Si's hand was more than enough, but he could hardly think of facing the encirclement and flying knife array of the warrior crabs.

Zhou Yi thought silently.

The bandit gang that rules the town of Changu from the dark must have other enhancers behind them.

If they know what's best for them, we will just leave them alone. If they cause trouble again, we will completely eliminate this evil force.

Zhou Yi took out his diary and crossed out the line about returning to land.

He wrote down two new plans stroke by stroke.

——Build a base camp and open up the surrounding areas.

——Find rice and wheat and plant them to achieve self-sufficiency in rice and noodles.

To rebuild the familiar environment of human civilization, we have to do it step by step.

It is not possible for the warrior crab to farm alone, and people from the valley town must be recruited to do the farm work. However, to do all this, we must first ensure that this area is safe and stable.

It's time for me to raise a banner.

Zhou Yi announced to the employee A Jin next to him: "From today on, our Wasteland Development Company is officially established. You are an employee of our company. From today on, you call me chairman."

"Wasteland... Development Company?"

Ah Jin was a little confused: "Chairman, what is wasteland? What do you want to develop?"

"Wasteland is abandoned land. We need to make use of it, and building houses is one of the development directions."

Zhou Yi explained: "Isn't there a shortage of food in Changu Town? Our next step is to grow crops here so that people nearby can have enough to eat."

"You mean, growing mushrooms?"

Ajin's eyes lit up.

Zhou Yi asked him if he had any other grains, but A Jin just shook his head and said that even in the large market towns in the west, there was no such thing.

Only mushrooms can be grown now.

He then asked, "Ah Jin, do you have any recommendations for mushroom growers? The most important thing is that they are down-to-earth and do their work carefully and conscientiously, and the rest will be easy."

The town boy thought for a moment and said, "I know Uncle Cao and Brother Feng, who are good people who can grow mushrooms."

"Uncle Cao is the best at growing mushrooms, but he has a bad temper. When there is a famine, he always shares his mushrooms with everyone. Brother Feng raises longleaf maggots, but in order to raise the maggots well, he is also good at growing mushrooms, because mushrooms are food for longleaf maggots, and he lives with the maggots every day."

Zhou Yi said: "Bring them here, I'll talk to them, if there's no problem, they'll join us, and the salary will be the same as yours."

"Food and lodging are provided, as well as meat. They will definitely come!"

Ah Jin suddenly remembered something and said, "Chairman, there is another person, Mr. Gong. Although he doesn't know how to grow mushrooms, he can recognize mushrooms, and he is the only person in the town who can read and write."

"He was an apprentice to a Taoist priest for several years. He knows a little bit about everything. He can diagnose illnesses and find medicines, and he can identify monsters and various things. We ask him to identify many of the things we find to see if they are valuable."

"Mr. Gong is a reliable person."

Zhou Yi had some impression: "Is that the person who thought your wound was fine before?"

"Yes...Mr. Gong has saved many people, but he certainly can't compare to you." Although A Jin was misdiagnosed by the other party, he still spoke for Mr. Gong.

Zhou Yi thought about it and thought that it was not easy to have an intellectual in this place, so it would be a good idea to bring him here to have a look.

"Then add him."

(End of this chapter)