Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 293 Sanctions Upgrade (Please ask for monthly votes from readers at the beginning of the month~)

The joining of two angel investors has greatly expanded the company's reserve of A-level employees.

Sun Hao is a new generation of death angel cultivated and hatched by the company. He has a stable personality and the ability to be a conscious doctor, but he also has the potential risk of being a nightmare demon.

Yuan Xiao, who has traveled thousands of miles to find her relatives, still faces great uncertainty. Although she joined the company due to realistic factors and put forward the condition of defeating the dragon and saving her daughter, she may change her mind and leave.

Zhou Yi remained calm about this.

Risks and opportunities have always coexisted. Employees come and go based on their personal choices and there is no requirement to be tied to the company forever.

He would not be surprised if Yuanxiao suddenly disappeared one day.

Through her, Zhou Yi learned a lot about the Angel of Death, and also learned about the forbidden continent in the far east that was not on the map.

After a period of adjustment, Zhou Yi officially appointed Yuan Xiao as his assistant - since Gong Zheng was now very busy, he had to coordinate with various departments outside every day and manage the salary payment, and he was really too busy to do it.

Compared to Gong Zheng, Yuan Xiao is not good at coordination and communication, but she is good at fighting, has strong experience and sense in combat, and is also a good bodyguard.

This would free up the Concentrator and Wuyi to focus on their respective careers.

For convenience, Zhou Yi allocated a room for Yuanxiao to live in so that he could be called at any time.

Sometimes he would fall asleep on the sofa while reading comics.

Several times at night, Yuanxiao's eyes turned red and he would tiptoe around her, as if he wanted to attack her while she was sleeping, but she finally restrained herself.

All of this was seen clearly by the Emerald City, and was transmitted to Zhou Yi through the same frequency of consciousness, making him cautious and vigilant.

But Zhou Yi was not worried.

Because now when he sleeps, he will switch to Unit 2, and Xiaofu will take the first wave of damage. Now the HP of the Tracker has exceeded 15 and is still recovering.

As long as she dares to make a move, I will transform her into a fire life.

It will be used as an external hard drive in the future.

One night, Yuanxiao finally reached out her hand - and ended up covering Zhou Yi with a quilt. Then she looked around and seemed relieved.

Zhou Yi woke up and asked her what happened.

"I consulted the Red Falcon, and it provided me with several Dead Sea Scrolls about assistants and secretaries. It is the assistant's duty to take care of the chairman."

"Many documents in it are very detailed, from appearance to daily work and life... I am observing and learning carefully."

The image of Lantern Festival is also changing rapidly.

She cut her long hair short, wore a black leather jacket over her white coat, and black short boots on her feet, looking much more capable.

Zhou Yi also gradually realized it.

Although Yuanxiao is already a mother of two children and has been hunting in the Dead Sea for many years, her life is mainly spent on fighting and killing, so she is still very inexperienced in taking care of people and working.

Zhou Yi told her: "You don't have to do that. The assistant is my assistant. I will ask you to do whatever I need. In your free time, you should just study more about what you are interested in."

"No."

But she insisted: "When you do something, you must do your best. In ocean hunting, if you are a little bit off, you may end up with nothing when facing those B-level prey. I never take hunting lightly or indulge myself. I always treat every hunt as my last."

"So, I will also become the best assistant and hold on to this position firmly!"

It's good to give it your all and keep your standards high.

So Zhou Yi went with her.

Besides, I really don’t have time to think about these things.

The new round of sanctions against mechanical and electrical cities is giving Zhou Yi a headache.

……

Two days ago, another special agent from the Mirror City Security Department arrived over Emerald City in a white airship.

It communicated with the Red Falcon and made another request: "Please hand over the semi-civilized bodies that performed illegal operations to us. We will supervise these individuals with major defects and risks to avoid causing more disruptions to order."

"Please also cooperate with our unified review. We will send law enforcement vehicles to confirm whether the company's electromechanical life has been infected, spread, seriously ill, or out of control."

“This is the last chance for your company.”

Zhou Yi didn't bother to be polite this time and just replied directly.

"Get lost."

The airship simply said: "It's a pity that your company will pay a huge price for this decision."

The day.

Several sea lords from the Development Alliance hurried to the outside of Emerald City.

"Mr. Zhou, the situation is not good now. The sanctions have been escalated."

Lord Shahai said with a sad face: "In the Announcement of Agreement No. 412.39, Shell City, Steel Refining City, Tree Monster Territory and Sand Harbor City have all been included."

"We are now prohibited from purchasing medicines and equipment from the Mechanical and Electrical City. In addition, air and sea controls have been activated, prohibiting us from approaching the airspace and sea areas of the Mechanical and Electrical City."

"The cooperation with the Steel Refining Company on the amber mine was also terminated. They said it was due to force majeure and refused to pay the corresponding losses."

The person involved, Gang Liangong, said: "All the mining equipment at Guangbo Mine has been moved away, and everything has to be started from scratch. Moreover, since the blowout site has been specially modified, it will be very difficult for other organizations to take over."

"My initial thought is that Fullmetal Alchemy should develop the city itself, and then slowly look for a suitable partner."

"The Amber Mine is still there. Although there are losses, we can gradually stop the losses. But the steel exports are now a big problem..."

Zhou Yi couldn't help but think: "The main steel exports of Steel Refining City are to United City, right? I haven't heard that United City has stopped trading with us. What exactly is the problem?"

"Transportation." Fullmetal Lord explained, "It's a long way from Fullmetal City to United City. We need to pass through some large ports along the way and sail along the fixed trade routes in the Dead Sea. The most important transit stations along the way, Coral Mouth and Roku-chome, are not accessible and cannot be entered."

"I won't mention Coral Pass. Although Roku-chome is a Kona city, independently operated by the Kona species, they have close economic and technological cooperation with the Mechatronic City, so they have been greatly affected. They also prohibit our ships and goods from entering and docking."

It was quite helpless: "We have to look for other transit points to maintain and supply the ship and let the crew take a rest. The prices of the ports that are willing to accept us are too high, and they are unwilling to sign any agreement, only making verbal promises. Changing the route also risks being robbed by pirates."

Zhou Yi frowned when he heard this.

The sanctions imposed by Mechanical and Electrical City on the company mainly significantly reduced related income, but because the company has many industrial layouts, it is just a matter of how much profit it makes.

But this is a huge blow to other cities in the alliance. The mechanical and electrical city clusters are impacting and squeezing their core industries by tightening in all aspects.

Zhou Yi asked: "Can other human city channels digest steel?"

"Fullmetal City's main sales targets, in addition to the United City, are actually the various mechatronic cities, because mechatronic life has the greatest demand for metals. They continuously consume large amounts of metal and energy."

"Human cities, perhaps the Shuanghe region can absorb some of them. However, they have a fixed supplier, and the price will be cheaper if they buy from the Kingdom of Heaven."

"We have a large surplus of steel and no buyers for it," he said. "In addition, we have been attacked twice at sea, and three transport ships have been looted, one of which was taken away."

No one could do anything about it.

The mechanical and electrical cities controlled the port and had a virtual monopoly on the Dead Sea trade. Both human cities and light cities needed their support and approval in all aspects.

"I have shut down half of the steel plant, leaving only one blast furnace for basic production."

Steel Refining Company also gave its own response: "I diverted nearly half of the workers to the manufacturing of refrigeration boxes."

"Thanks to refrigeration boxes, we can feed a large population. And unlike steel, there is a huge demand for refrigeration boxes."

"Because of our prices and unique technology, sanctions have been ineffective in this area. All parties are buying refrigeration boxes in large quantities, and we don't even have to worry about transportation."

Zhou Yi felt a little relieved.

Finally, there is some good news.

Lord Sand Sea also echoed, "When it comes to exporting specialty products, our Sand Harbor is not bad either. The production of Emerald Soup and the New Flame Goblet has slowly increased, and the purchases from all parties are still large. After all, any city needs high-quality food that is easy to store, as well as tools for heating and making fire."

"Among us, Shell City is the least affected. Shell City has been making transformation plans early on and has made further commercialization of mushroom houses. This is indeed a sharp and unique vision."

Bei Dugong said openly: "This is also thanks to the technology invented by Mushroom Forest. I just discovered this during the war. It can be regarded as a blessing in disguise."

"In fact, we have also been affected to a certain extent. Because Shell City was downgraded, the Mechanical and Electrical City account was frozen, and transactions must be carried out through the Light Box, which has certain risks. I am trying to find a way to solve this problem."

"But the mushroom house does have an interesting situation. Initially, because the summer was too hot and there was little rainfall, the mushroom house ran into difficulties. The lack of water caused slow growth, and the dead light allowed them to absorb power, but it was difficult for them to grow vertically."

"Lack of water makes them insufficient in height, so they expand horizontally. The horizontally expanded mushroom house is more spacious and cooler. Lack of water and sufficient dead light make the outer skin as hard as stone, turning it into a mushroom house specially for summer."

"The special mushroom house has improved resistance to impact and can withstand E-level or even D-level energy explosions. As long as they are connected, they can be used as public buildings."

"Because of this characteristic, there is now a counter-trend increase. The Alchemist Association, the Craftsmen's Guild, and the Knights' Order are all purchasing large quantities of summer special mushroom houses."

Zhou Yi sighed in his heart that nature is indeed magical and can always maintain a subtle dynamic balance for all things.

Finally, he asked the tree keeper who had been silent the whole time, "How is the situation in the tree monster territory?"

This player was sanctioned as soon as he joined the Development League.

I can only say that I am not very lucky.

On the screen, the tree keeper who looked like a big black cat licked his tongue and said, "We mainly export wood, fruit and fish. Now the alliance can already digest them, so we don't feel anything. It's just that Sai Liba, the head of Aquatic Electromechanical, chose to resign, which made it difficult for us to recruit electromechanical professionals..."

What it said is also the situation faced by other cities.

Under the strong sanctions of the Electromechanical City, several cities in the Development Alliance have seen several Electromechanical Life resign and leave. Currently, there are no Electromechanical Lifes, and some Professionals and Enhancers have also quietly left.

Only ordinary humans are less affected, as long as their salaries can be paid.

Mr. Shagang said with a smile: "The company is really great. Now even the angel of death has become an employee. It is really cause for celebration."

It whispered again: "The Mechanical and Electrical City has warned us that if we want to lift the sanctions, we must withdraw from the Development Alliance. But of course we all firmly refused. We all know that this is the future."

Further sanctions against the Mechanical and Electrical City are intended to put pressure on and dismember this alliance group.

Zhou Yi pondered in his heart.

It's so targeted at the company.

The intensity of these sanctions far exceeds that of the other two first-tier cities.

It seems that the pressure on the mechanical and electrical city side is greater than imagined.

The more the enemy opposes us, the more we have done something right.

They fear the restoration of the Time Anchor and more semi-civilized entities.

Zhou Yi became more confident.

The Development Alliance currently has to resist the unilateral sanctions imposed on the Mechanical and Electrical City and insist on independent production and seek breakthroughs in the cracks.

The victory in the War of Honor has given the sea lords more confidence, and everyone is actively looking for countermeasures.

When the video conference ended, Gang Liangong suddenly contacted Zhou Yi.

"Mr. Zhou, if you have time, please come to Fullmetal Alchemy City."

"One of our workers has developed a new generation of refrigeration boxes. I think it's pretty good. I want you to come and take a look and give me some advice."

There is a new invention in Fullmetal Alchemist.

Zhou Yi immediately said: "I'll come over now."

(End of this chapter)