Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 548 The strong never complain about the environment

The construction of the solar wall is a fully automated project.

Every worker sent here had their instincts altered and was confined to a specific space. They could neither rest nor die; they were like puppets controlled by strings, performing an endless drama on a stage created by the gods.

They live in repetitive loneliness and numbness.

Zhang Zhi, however, came up with a solution: to find amusement in repairing walls.

He uses a homemade gem octopus to juggle and catch pieces of gemstones.

When he was a child, he worked as a gofer in a circus and learned a few tricks from a clown.

The most common three-ball toss and catch pattern, where the ball follows an "∞" shaped trajectory, is called the basic toss.

The ball is thrown and caught at high speed along a unidirectional circular trajectory, suitable for a larger number of balls; this is the shower type.

The most difficult technique is the machine gun style, which involves alternating tossing and catching with crossed arms, a complex and visually stunning movement.

Zhang Zhi used his twelve gemstone arms to perform dazzling multi-ball tossing and catching. The gemstones he tossed up reflected the sunlight, creating a spectacular sight.

This attracted the attention of many other workers.

Besides juggling, Zhang Zhi also developed a method for building amusement parks.

Essentially, it involves using gemstone cells as a base to create shapes such as roller coasters, pirate ships, clouds in the sky, houses, and giant rabbits.

Although these structures are rapidly altered by the gem cells themselves and eventually flatten out once they are connected to the ring of the sun wall, assembling those suspended, free-floating gems and temporarily separating them from the ring of the sun wall allows them to maintain their shape indefinitely.

Zhang Zhi even imitated Emerald City and built his own multi-story flying house.

This did not affect his work, nor was he stopped or destroyed by the celestial beings.

Gradually, the workers began to follow suit.

Everyone is building their own houses in the air above the Sun Wall, some even with their own courtyards. These various buildings and scenes made of gemstones have become a rare source of self-entertainment in the midst of their tedious work.

A small number of sapphires, rubies, and black gemstones were used to make windows, lamps, and decorations.

soon.

Everyone's intelligence and creativity were brought to the fore.

Some people quickly figured out a new way to play, and started making rotating windmills. By rotating, they could also bring warm airflow and create local wind.

Someone has created a gemstone kite that can be flown very far, like a giant whale swimming.

Furthermore, they have devised a complex power device, using gem cells as a base, to construct a vehicle resembling an excavator-boat. Controlled by black gems, its bucket can be manipulated to capture those drifting gems.

Zhang Zhi was also very happy to see the rapid changes.

This is similar to how mutants formed the Free Army.

In fact, everyone has talent and can produce remarkable results, but they lack an opportunity, a catalyst to stir things up.

Wu Gang used to play this role.

Now Zhang Zhi is also learning from him, trying to play this role well.

This job, however, showcased his strengths.

Zhang Zhishi has participated in a lot of frontline work, including mining, so he has a certain understanding of the needs and lives of miners.

They need to find ways to have fun and temporarily forget their fatigue and hardship.

Elsewhere, one could drink, smoke, gamble, or visit prostitutes, but here, with limited resources, one has to make do with what's available.

Zhang Zhi remembers.

When mining and collecting light ice in the open sea, the Skywalkers and Sea Lords, who are miners, are prohibited from using any personal items in order to avoid damaging the high-precision light ice.

Back then, there were two tricks that everyone often played.

The first method is to exhale. Take a deep breath of the thick mist, and then exhale smoke rings as if you were smoking.

The second activity is kicking stones. Mining areas always contain highly impure, smooth ice, which is worthless and can be passed around and kicked for fun. Perhaps the ancient humans had a sport called football, which arose from a similar environment.

Zhang Zhi suddenly had an idea.

This is a place where you can play this trick too.

Aren't those gem cells floating in the air just natural spheres?

With this in mind, Zhang Zhi used the arm he had created to lift a white gemstone and threw it at the worker who was closest to him.

The other party was the guy who built the windmill.

The white gem flew away.

The opponent used a windmill to bounce the white gem to the next person, which landed at the guy next door who had built a huge shield, and then the process continued.

This unspoken understanding, combined with everyone's cooperation, turned into a simple game.

Jewel pinball became a way for everyone to communicate and greet each other.

Soon.

Zhang Zhi had a new idea. Since these free-floating gemstones are unrestricted, could they be used for more complex expressions?
He then thought of the wasteland company.

They developed a special language for the aliens, including alien script and later, the electric cat walkie-talkie.

It is certain that it is untouchable.

However, judging from the pinball, it does not obstruct communication.

They simply cannot make contact with each other through conventional means, either consciously or verbally.

Zhang Zhi began to dedicate himself to creating a brand-new gem tool, working on it while simultaneously attempting to manufacture it. However, not being an engineer or craftsman, building the device proved too difficult for him.

Just when he was failing repeatedly, Zhang Zhi suddenly came to his senses one day.

It doesn't need to be that complicated!

By using a black gemstone that can transmit consciousness, driven by the energy of a sapphire, and projecting it onto a white gemstone, information can be transmitted.

After the experiment proved feasible, he sent his first message to his coworker next door.

Hello friend, my name is Zhang Zhi, and I'm new here.

The other party waited for a long time.

Only after confirming that Zhang Zhi was alright did the person cautiously respond via the black gemstone.

"You're really courting death. No one has ever dared to do this before. My name is Shanyang."

Zhang Zhi felt relieved.

It worked!

—The path is discovered through trial and error; in the past, no one dared to do it this way?

Of course. Nobody dares to start that, or they might get bricked up in the wall. Although the work is painful, it's better than becoming part of the wall and being unable to move.

Zhang Zhi suddenly realized.

It was I, the naive and headstrong one, who set a precedent.

He had a vague feeling that the celestial beings probably didn't have a mechanism to prohibit communication; rather, it was more like a restriction caused by the special environment surrounding the solar wall.

Celestial beings do not care about the light nucleus.

The same applies to workers like myself.

He and Shanyang quickly became acquainted.

The other party was a Skywalker Mountain Dog who was sent here as a laborer because he had no talent.

According to Shanyang, the solar wall is only very sensitive to serious mistakes in the work, and the workers will be fixed as part of the solar wall, that is, to build the wall.

The workers were kept at a specific distance from each other, unable to get close; they were all isolated.

This is an endless form of corvée labor.

Under the terrifying power of the Celestials, the workers had no thought of resistance. They just drifted along, becoming increasingly numb and indifferent, like walking corpses.

Because there are no time references here at the Sun Wall, there is no day or night, and no one knows how much time has passed. Every day is repeated, causing people to become more and more like machines.

Zhang Zhi's dangerous actions, however, are changing this situation.

He gradually became acquainted with several of his fellow workers in the neighborhood.

After everyone started exchanging gems, the previously stagnant water came alive.

Everyone shared their discoveries.

Take Shanyang, for example. He was here before the Kingdom of Heaven was even established; he was a true veteran worker. In that era, becoming a Skywalker was an extraordinary achievement.

It proposed a specific arrangement of gemstones that would cause the gemstones to rotate in a cycle, which is the core technology behind its creation of giant windmills.

The collective wisdom came together, and various experiences and gem-related skills began to flow and converge.

Zhang Zhi and his team also built a floating passageway. Through this passageway, everyone can communicate directly with each other using the white gemstones, and even shake hands with each other using gemstone fibers, which is much more convenient than before.

Although the workers' work is hard and repetitive, there is a large amount of sapphire regularly supplied, so everyone has no shortage of energy and everyone is at least a Skywalker.

Just as Zhang Zhituan rallied the gem workers.

He was suddenly given a message.

……

At this point, Zhang Zhi paused for a moment and said to Zhou Yi in front of him, "The gist of that message is that because I performed exceptionally well in building the wall, I was granted the privilege of becoming an additional surrogate, with the sequence number eight."

"My role is to lead the workers there to continue improving efficiency and speeding up the construction of the solar wall."

Speaking of this, there was a hint of helplessness in his smile.

“I’ve been sent back now to select more workers to go and repair the wall. There’s no limit to the number of workers, but at least 100 people need to be sent to fill the gap over there.”

"In short... that's the situation."

(End of this chapter)