Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 540 The Cat in a Suit

Zhou Yi's first thought was of the Buddha.

It was crushed twice by the Lord of the Dead Sea, but grew rapidly. Meanwhile, the Great Buddha is currently on the moon, working with the White King to build the Sun Eye and learning from the predecessors' technical expertise.

Let it settle down for a while.

To avoid eating energy bars only to end up getting killed and smashed.

Among the company's veteran employees, only Emerald City and Yalong Bay are not yet light cores.

From a personal perspective, Zhou Yi's number one alien is Emerald City.

Emerald City, however, said, "Committee member, Yalong Bay deserves this opportunity even more. Please promote it."

"Currently, the company is focusing its efforts across all departments on transforming the Dead Sea."

"I work in logistics, providing housing for residents. Although the current scale is not large, it is sufficient to meet the living needs of the residents in conjunction with the Mushroom House community."

"Yalong Bay possesses unparalleled talent; it serves as the energy source for our part of the building's life, continuously transferring energy into our bodies through the transformation and absorption of the Dead Sea's energy."

"It would be more beneficial for the company if it first became a light core, and it would be helpful for all building life."

"A Level 5 energy block is enough to bring about a qualitative change in Yalong Bay."

From a profit perspective, that's the case.

Zhou Yi said, "You're right about everything, but I've already decided that it's your turn this time."

Emerald City asked in bewilderment, "Why? Committee member, I don't understand."

Zhou Yi sat on the rooftop, watching the snowflakes fall softly under the umbrella in the courtyard.

"Emerald City, you are the home that all employees of the company want to live in. You represent your home in the company."

"It's also my home."

"No matter how far the company goes, everyone needs a comfortable and relaxing home after get off work, and we will all always yearn for a better house."

Emerald City said, "Committee member, I'm sorry, I couldn't keep up with everyone."

Zhou Yi was a little amused and exasperated: "I'm not criticizing you. Anyway, I've already made up my mind, it's you. Hurry up and absorb the energy block and become a light core!"

"Yes."

Get orders.

Emerald City then absorbed the LV5 light core into its body.

The Cat God began to protect the Emerald City and assist it in transforming its body.

Large amounts of snow froze on the surface of Emerald City, turning it into an ice sculpture building. Other low-rise and high-rise buildings showed the same phenomenon.

Cat God said, "Chairman, please don't worry. Emerald City has concentrated all its energy to create the light core, and the surface heating has stopped. This seems to be related to its element selection, which is different from the existing elements of other building life."

Basic living conditions are not affected, but the built-in heating, water supply and lighting will be temporarily suspended.

Zhou Yi instructed Cao Dayuan to issue a notice informing everyone that Emerald City was undergoing internal facility maintenance to ensure stable daily operations and would soon be able to meet everyone again.

This was the first time the residents had ever seen anything like this, but they remained remarkably calm.

Two days later.

The ice and snow in Emerald City melted, leaving a faint film of light on the building surfaces and slightly altering their shapes.

A red samurai crab logo has been engraved on the wall of the building, next to which is a huge number ①, indicating its serial number as the first building.

The other side transformed into a black glass projection wall, on which "The Great Adventure of the Samurai Crab" began playing, with a significant improvement in both detail and refinement.

On the curtain-like glass wall, there is also a blue electric arc cat head.

The cat's head flew from the upper right corner to the center of the screen and grew larger, transforming into a pink-haired, cat-eared anime girl.

She smiled and said in a girlish voice, "Hello residents, I am Biting Cat."

"We are interrupting with a news report: Emerald City has completed maintenance and been updated with brand new features."

"The new features include: each building is equipped with a projection wall with a resolution that has been increased from 640x480 to 1280×960. The projection wall and the power modem have been connected, and the stack service has also been connected under the network."

"We have added electric intercoms, which will be gradually installed in every household. From now on, each Emerald City will be able to communicate directly with everyone, and everyone's needs and feedback will receive a more timely response."

"Please experience the changes for yourselves."

That's all for today's news. Thank you everyone, see you next time!

Then the biting cat shrank back to a cat, returned to the top right corner, and disappeared without a trace.

The residents were initially stunned by what they saw, but then they immediately started excitedly discussing it among themselves.

"Denminko... this is what Denminko really looks like!"

"I really want to raise one."

"Come on. That's a Grade A power adapter, a senior full-time employee of the company! They'd be more likely to support you!"

"It's not impossible..."

"News Cat! Will it appear again in the future?"

"Biting Cat belongs to the programming department. Let's go to the programming department and ask them about it."

"I'd heard that power banks were pretty good before. I listened to one once, and it had a soft, gentle sound."

"Thunderball is pretty good too. I saw it when I was working at the Mushroom Lab. It's super lively, very polite and calm..."

This information was relayed to Zhou Yi.

He was a little helpless.

The main character is the evolution of Emerald City, but the streamer Electric Cat completely stole the show.

Really miserable.

However, this was actually Zhou Yi's idea. After Emerald City advanced to a Light Core, it underwent a comprehensive upgrade based on its existing structure.

The projection wall can improve the resolution, and the electric cat walkie-talkie is also something that already exists. It has actually passed the internal testing phase and has begun to be rolled out on a large scale within the development alliance.

Building life and electric cats can become integrated.

Zhou Yi, on the other hand, was thinking that he could use the electric cats' characteristics to get them involved in more tasks.

For example.

Be a costumed person.

This is a natural fit for them.

The results now appear to be excellent.

The Electric Cats are a very strong group, with the lowest rank being B, equivalent to a territorial sea lord. However, due to the company's training methods, they all have very stable personalities and appear harmless, often causing people to overlook the fact that they are actually terrifying monsters in the wild.

Zhou Yi's original idea was to provide each person with an electric modem.

But as he came into contact with one electric cat after another, from Pikachu to Power Bank, and now to the popular Cat Dali, he realized that electric cats themselves also have their own preferences and personalities.

They are also employees of the company.

They are no longer in the category of pets or powerful combat monsters.

The plan also needs to be adjusted accordingly.

However, Zhou Yi has yet to find a way to encourage them to further integrate into the lives of the new humans.

After all, electric cats live in vastly different ways from humans. They are creatures that feed on electricity and have no desire or need to interact with people.

It was during this upgrade of Emerald City that Zhou Yicai made his attempt.

The results are good.

He summoned Qianli and told her about his plan.

"Having electric cats appear on the screen in virtual form... to perform various communication and broadcasting tasks... is something that has never been done before."

Chisato is very interested in this, but she also said, "There is no precedent for this, and I don't know if everyone can accept it."

"There have been such examples before."

Zhou Yi stated, "In the past, humans widely used virtual avatars, and many real people used virtual avatars for live streaming, with very good results. This has been proven, so you can rest assured."

In a wasteland era lacking entertainment, the Electric Cat Suit Man is a great supplement.

"I'm going to have you do this."

"me?"

Qianli touched the fur hat on her head: "But Chairman, I only know how to sell weapons and deal in arms, I don't know how to do this kind of live broadcast or make suits. I've never done this kind of thing before."

"It's alright. I've already had Recursive City collect a lot of video material related to the Old Humans. You can study it carefully. After all, this is a kind of service being sold. It's just that customers are consuming their time. As long as they spend their time watching our news and communicating with us, we're making a profit..."

Zhou Yi's understanding of this aspect is not deep either, so he can only talk about what he knows.

Qianli's eyes lit up when she heard this: "So it's about building media! That's right, this way we can break through the existing machine stack services of the mechatronic city. The important thing is that the information is relatively complete and detailed, but it needs to be filtered... and it is very rigid. It only focuses on efficiency and the user experience is not good because it cannot understand the subtle needs of humans."

"If we use the electric modem for video services, the electric modem can maintain a personalized image!"

"Just like the clubs in Huayi, providing more emotional support so that everyone can stay happy and relaxed during conversations... that will be a huge competitive advantage for us!"

"Chairman, I understand what you mean!"

"However, I need to find Xiaotao and the others. They are professionals in this area and can better promote the Dianmao live streamers!"

Zhou Yi said, "No problem, just go for it."

Qianli rushed to the garment factory to find Xiaotao.

Zhou Yi then turned his attention back to Emerald City.

How are you feeling now?

"Committee member, I feel good."

Emerald City said, "After entering the Light Core Body, my consciousness capacity has increased dramatically. Many things that I used to find confusing and incomprehensible are now easy to understand and confirm."

"After the promotion, my sensitivity to the world became much stronger. A lot of information could enter my body through fragments of consciousness, allowing me to emerge from the fog of the past."

"No wonder you wanted to promote me."

"This puts me on a higher mountaintop; the fog is now beneath my feet and is no longer a problem."

Zhou Yi felt a surge of relief: "That's good."

“Committee member, I have been struggling with how to make newborns better than me. Other life forms can attend Mushroom Forest Elementary School, but architectural life forms cannot.”

The alien employee slowly said, "Now I realize that architectural life itself has an inherently different physiological structure. It does not need to grow in the same way as humans. Instead, it should grow freely according to its own advantages."

"As long as a building exists, it will grow; the only difference is how fast or slow it grows."

"We are now in the best era of architecture. We can communicate with each other, move, fly to any place we want to go, and strengthen ourselves..."

Emerald City said, "Committee member, I have decided to make good use of my abilities."

"The light cores have allowed me to break through existing limitations. No longer bound by 12 units, I can expand without limit. However, in order to allow them to maintain a certain level of thinking and growth, I will still appropriately extend the cultivation period."

“From now on, I will continue to nurture new Emerald Cities and support them to expand outward and build their own communities.”

"They will go to every place in this world, to coexist and integrate with other life forms, and to forge their own path."

"Please approve."

Zhou Yi waved his hand and said, "Granted! Go ahead and do it!"

“Thank you for your recognition.”

(End of this chapter)