Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 25: Solitary Negotiation

Chapter 25: Solitary Negotiation
To this ragged skeleton with a red scarf, the Red Falcon said: "Such physiological characteristics indicate a skeleton."

"It seems that a skeleton was born in the mushroom forest."

Zhou Yi knew about bony fish, but had never encountered a group of bony people.

The drone said: "Bone people and bone fish belong to two different branches of the bone family, just like us electromechanical life forms. The electromechanical family has flight systems and agricultural machinery systems."

"Compared to the huge number of bone fish, the number of bone people is much smaller. Their greatest feature is their extraordinary intelligence. Some people also believe that bone people are enhanced humans with greater adaptability and survival ability."

"The current view of electromechanical scientists is that skeletons can be seen as an alienated branch of humans exposed to the death ray. After the flesh and blood structure was stripped away, the simpler and more transformable bone structure was retained. However, the detailed conversion mechanism is still unclear."

Hong Jian said: "Skeleton people are also social creatures. They were born from the dead light, but they don't live in the Dead Sea. Instead, they live on land or along the coast where the dead light is weaker."

"There are a large number of Lightners living in the Dead Sea, and there are many powerful creatures. It is much safer on the ground, and Skeletons have an advantage on land."

What Zhou Yi was more concerned about was: "It sounds like the skeletons should be able to communicate?"

"of course."

A synthesized voice rang out from the remote control: "Whether it's an electromechanical city or a human city, there are always skeletons in larger places. They also have their own cities and settlements."

"In general, skeletons keep a low profile and stay hidden when traveling. Without any enhancements, their bodies are not as strong as ordinary people, but their advantage is that they can move safely in the Dead Sea and are good at using their brains and technology to enhance the competitiveness of their group."

According to Red Falcon's high-altitude observations, the skeleton inside the giant's body was relatively weak, and its body was not even as strong as the surrounding black hand mushrooms.

But the black hand mushrooms are guarding it.

Zhou Yi looked at the screen on the remote control.

As the bird's eye view unfolds, thoughts emerge above the skeleton's head.

——The alien problem has not been solved yet.

——The number of explosive mushrooms is decreasing. We can only continue to feed them for two more days. These two days are our last deadline. We must find a way to control the alien for a long time during this time. Otherwise, it will be impossible to build a movable castle with it as the framework.

——Is the energy not enough? The biggest problem is that it cannot communicate... Is it possible to just guide it to walk in a specific direction?

——No. There must be a way.

——Unfortunately, those arrogant enhancers could not communicate at all. They just wanted to move the alien away in a simple and rough way. Otherwise, maybe we could get some clues from them... If it really doesn't work, we can only evacuate and abandon the alien. We must ensure the safety of the black hand mushrooms and prevent them from being taken into the Dead Sea.

……

The foreign Mushroom King was calm and rational, and had prepared for the worst.

The most important thing is the tendency shown by the skeleton man, it does not mind cooperating with the outside world.

It's worth a try.

After Zhou Yi announced his decision, Red Falcon, Night Claw and the Agricultural Machinery brothers all expressed strong opposition.

Red Falcon's attitude was the most direct: "If you want to capture this Dead Sea Alien, you can use the Warrior Crab Legion to attack directly. I can lock the position of the Skeleton Man. As long as the Black Warriors break through the defense line and kill or capture it, we can achieve our goal."

Nightclaw also agreed: "Yes, yes, Master, you don't have to take risks at all. Those mushrooms may have ambushed the alien, and if the giant goes berserk, it will be hard to predict."

Tie Ma also thought this was not a good idea: "Brother, I admire your courage, but this is too dangerous."

"Those Enhancers seem to be in control of this place and have awakened the aliens, but in fact they are being played around by the Skeleton Man and are working for him. That guy is not as straightforward as us brothers, and he might have some dangerous methods. It's not worth it."

Zhou Yi went against the majority opinion.

The Black Hand Mushroom Group led by the Skeleton Man could evacuate at any time. Once they leave, without the explosive mushrooms to feed and replenish energy, the giants may lose control and move.

That was the most dangerous moment for the giants.

If we can negotiate cooperation with the Skeletons now, no matter what, it is an attempt to stabilize the giants. If we win, we will make a lot of money, and if we lose, we will not lose anything.

More importantly, the mushroom forest has existed longer than the town of Changu, and the black hand mushroom group is the old indigenous people and local forces here.

Since they have an intelligent leader, Zhou Yi also wants to make contact with him.

Apart from anything else, the mushroom forest is right next to the company's farmland, and dealing with this neighbor in the future is inevitable.

Zhou Yi first tested it outside the mushroom forest.

After he stopped breathing, the toxins here that could cause coma had no effect on him.

In line with speculation.

Strictly speaking, Zhou Yi is now just a humanoid creature, and his body is essentially a white lion, which is closer to the Dead Sea aliens such as the tall building giant. If the poison cannot enter the body in large quantities, it will not affect him. This is also past experience.

At Tiema's request, the bronze bull carried Zhou Yi all the way into the mushroom forest.

Mechanical and electrical life is also unaffected by the poisonous fog here.

Although the Bronze Bull still didn't say a word to Zhou Yi, its two large-caliber machine guns were a deterrent to the Mushroom Forest.

Nightclaw ran in first and connected with the black hand mushroom inside.

Soon, two people came over. They were wearing brown wide-brimmed round hats and clothes, and they were only about 1.3 meters tall, like the size of a ten-year-old child.

It was the first time that Zhou Yi saw the black hand mushroom up close.

The eyes, mouths, and noses of the two mushroom men seemed to be painted on, which reminded Zhou Yi of the beauty makeup of his own era. They looked lifelike. However, since they were not real eyes and mouths, their faces only twisted a little when they spoke, which made them look dull. "Powerful guest from outside, the lord invites you to enter the alien body to discuss matters."

The black hand mushroom speaks as if it has cotton in its mouth. Its pronunciation is sticky and fuzzy, but still understandable.

They led the way in front, walking a little unsteadily, as if they were drunk.

Zhou Yi got out of the car, asked Night Claw to wait there, and followed the Mushroom Man inside alone.

Passing by one straight and tall giant mushroom after another, we got closer and closer to the dilapidated high-rise building.

Suddenly, the two black mushrooms in front stopped.

Zhou Yi also stopped.

After standing there for five or six minutes, the black hand mushroom continued to move forward.

Zhou Yi followed.

One of them said, "We found wild exploding mushrooms on the road ahead, and our people moved them to prevent them from exploding when we passed by, so it took us a little time."

Zhou Yi nodded: "It's hard work."

The two black mushrooms continued to walk unsteadily.

Soon, the road ahead suddenly became clear.

The ground around the Dead Sea Alien was in a mess, with collapsed and broken giant mushrooms everywhere. There was a huge irregular pit remaining on the ground, which was probably caused by it crawling out from the ground.

Rusty steel bars extend from the base of the ruined building, entwining each other and extending in all directions like tree roots, like some kind of towering tree made of reinforced concrete.

The entrance is a building lobby, but the main door is gone, leaving only a large square hole. A lot of the beige exterior wall tiles have fallen off, but the energy-saving light on the top is still on, just flickering.

There are two black hand mushrooms holding crossbows at the door.

Zhou Yi followed the mushroom man all the way inside. As the footsteps sounded, the lights in the corridor were still on.

The two black mushrooms went in and started climbing the stairs, saying that the lord was waiting on the roof.

Zhou Yi couldn't help but ask: "Why don't you take the elevator?"

"Elevator? What is that?"

"This is it."

Zhou Yi pressed the elevator button, and a red down sign appeared on it, followed by the heavy sound of the elevator descending.

The two black hand mushrooms were startled and immediately drew out the knives from their waists and gestured at him in the air.

"What are you doing! Don't touch me! Do you want to kill all of us?!"

"What kind of magic did you use? What are you going to do by awakening the giant's intestines?!"

Zhou Yi opened his hands helplessly: "Let me explain..."

It was not until he took the initiative to enter the elevator, explained for a long time, and conducted repeated experiments with stones and himself that the two black mushrooms believed that the giant's intestines could be used to move up and down.

"It's amazing."

"This is indeed much more convenient... The giant's intestines are really good stuff!"

Zhou Yi taught them the methods they used.

The two black mushrooms were excited about mastering a new skill, and began to press buttons one by one, pausing once for each floor. Then they ran out to verify whether the floor had been changed, and they never tired of it.

This bought Zhou Yi some time.

He placed his hands on the inner wall of the elevator and tried to channel his energy.
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Energy continues to enter the elevator from the body and is then sucked away.

On the wall there is also the community property service phone number, the corridor manager’s WeChat QR code and the name of the building.

This place is called the Emerald City.

Zhou Yi looked at the wall and said silently in his heart: "Emerald City, can you hear me?"

After a few seconds.

A vague voice sounded in my head.

“Are you my landlord?”

Zhou Yi's eyes lit up.

This was the real reason why he came here alone.

As long as you input energy into the light nanoorganism, you can tune into it and communicate with it.