Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 574 Advancement to Light Core Body

Everything is normal at the company.

The Overseas Affairs Department has recently recruited a number of employees and is now officially operational.

Two months ago, Ryoko completed all her training and went to work in Waihai.

During her time living in Emerald City, in addition to catching up on a lot of knowledge, Zhou Yi also gradually involved her in the affairs of various departments.

Let her first understand the company's various industries and future development direction, so that we can find a starting point from overseas.

When Ryoko returned, she reported, "Chairman, the Overseas Affairs Department currently has eight full-time employees, all of whom are 'Death Angels'."

"I have limited knowledge of other people. Although the Death Angels group has many quirks, they are able to live in the open sea for a long time and all have their own skills."

I have worked with all of these people before.

"Among them, six are pure hunters who make a living by hunting atmospheric creatures in the open sea."

Zhou Yi was surprised: "The Angel of Death can deal with atmospheric creatures?"

"You can't win in a one-on-one situation."

When it came to serious matters, Ryoko's face showed no trace of jest as she sat up straight: "We need to team up. Living alone in the Inland Sea is no problem, but it won't work in the Outer Sea. Atmospheric creatures roam everywhere here, and if we're not fully prepared, we'll be dead if we run into them."

"These six hunters are in two teams. They mainly use ambush and sneak attack tactics to target lone atmospheric creatures. They primarily select weak targets, which could be juvenile atmospheric creatures or adults that have suffered serious injuries."

"Even experienced and powerful hunters have a success rate of less than 10%. Because atmospheric creatures have a special structure, they can easily escape in atmospheric form, and they are now very intelligent. Whether you kill or capture them, it is a fierce battle."

Zhou Yi became interested: "How profitable is hunting atmospheric creatures?"

"It's only passable."

Ryoko explained, "The best outcome is capturing a living atmospheric creature, which many groups would buy. Because of the unique structure and properties of atmospheric creatures, they are objects that various parties want to study and even domesticate. Even as experimental samples, they are very valuable."

"If you kill atmospheric creatures, you will only get a lot of light seeds and some debris. The debris is also valuable; it is actually the stone molt used by the company."

Zhou Yi was taken aback: "Atmospheric creatures leave behind stone slough after they die?"

"Yes, Chairman, it's just that not many people know about it."

"Killing an atmospheric creature can yield between 1 and 10 Light Seeds. Stone molts disperse as dust, but experienced Death Angel hunters know the trick: just one Light Seed is enough to gather the dust into a shape, eventually forming a stone molt, which can then be sold for money according to its size."

Ryoko said, "This is also a unique way for hunters to make money."

"Before the Free Army started selling the Stone Shells, the Angel of Death was already selling them, but under the name of 'Skeletons of Atmospheric Creatures.' The Mechanical Knights, Mirror City, and Wing were the main buyers, using these skeletons to research and manufacture flight equipment in the open sea, or to enhance the flight capabilities of the light nano-species."

Zhou Yi touched his chin.

Every industry indeed has its own way of making money.

He asked, "Now that these six hunters aren't hunting anymore, what are they doing?"

"It's still hunting; that's the job and position I assigned to them."

Ryoko then said, "Chairman, their specialty is hunting, and they have extensive experience hunting atmospheric creatures. These are their most valuable talents."

"So I made them the company's hunters. They keep all the Light Seeds they hunt, while the Stone Shells will be bought up by the company at a fixed price."

"In the open sea, atmospheric creatures are extremely dangerous monsters. Even if you try your best to avoid them, you will still be attacked by them. As settlements, the Cirrus Mountains are always under attack by atmospheric creatures from time to time."

"With a company as a backer, company hunters enjoy free medical care, and there are also top doctors like Canghaijun and Sun Hao who can treat our most troublesome problem of consciousness trauma. So it is very attractive to everyone."

She explained in detail: "The education of future generations is also a relatively weak area for the company. The Mushroom Forest Elementary School of the company has a professional teacher named Nian Gao, as well as Sun Hao, who has been nurtured into a successful person, which is enough to prove our strength."

"In addition, the company has several Light Cores who can support everyone and ensure that the Angel of Death will not be bullied by other organizations or become a target of hunting."

"The company's reputation has now surpassed that of heaven, and its benefits are widely recognized as the best."

Zhou Yi nodded in agreement.

Adapting to local conditions is also a good idea; just give them a company position and let them continue doing what they are good at.

The exploration of outer space and the continuation of energy sources also require a large amount of fossil fuels to manufacture reactors.

He then asked, "Are the other two doctors?"

"They are also hunters. There are very few healers, and once they appear, they will be recruited by various parties."

Ryoko said, "These two hunters transitioned into buyers a long time ago, specializing in buying and selling hunting-related items. I used to do that too. They went to each of the rolling clouds to check market demand and find buyers."

Zhou Yi hummed in agreement.

"Chairman, I want to buy all the stone fragments in the inventory of the Death Angels in the outer sea."

She explained, "This way, they can sell directly to the company and become stable suppliers, giving us a more stable source of goods."

"However, the Angels of Death are actually watching and waiting, because there were limited buyers before, and the Mechanical Knights, Mirror City and Wings all pushed the price down to 9 Light Seeds/piece. They have stockpiled a lot of Stone Shells and do not want to sell them at increasingly lower prices. They also have inventory pressure now."

"Based on my investigation and negotiations, the amount of stone fragments that can be acquired at present is approximately 190 million light-seeds. However, they need to buy all of them at a fixed price of 10 light-seeds per piece."

Zhou Yi was overjoyed: "You mean, there are 19 stone fragments?"

"Yes. The remains of atmospheric organisms are very large, with tens of thousands of fossilized remains in a single specimen."

Ryoko resolutely said, "Chairman, I want to apply to buy this batch of goods. This will not only replenish the resources the company needs, but also convince the hunters that we have a long-term acquisition strategy in this field."

"no problem."

Zhou Yi immediately took out the money and made the payment.

"Thank you, Chairman! I will transport this batch of stone fragments back within three days at the latest!"

Ryoko left happily.

In fact, the next day, this large batch of stone molts was transported from the open sea to the outskirts of the Jade City and stored in the warehouse as promised.

The introduction of this important energy source immediately provided a significant boost to all departments of the company.

……

Summer came quickly this year. After two rain showers, the temperature suddenly rose.

The sun became dazzling, and heat waves began to surge across the ground. People in Shagang gradually changed into light shirts and short sleeves, put on hats, and drank the company's latest beverage.

On a hot afternoon, Zhou Yi was taking a nap when a rare visitor knocked on the door of 3101.

— Knock knock knock, knock knock knock.

"Chairman, the consciousness nerve has been detected!"

"A bumper harvest of radish tendons! A truly bumper harvest!"

Radish Monster Robo happily waved his roots.

Zhou Yi immediately woke up: "Are there enough radish tendons?"

"Enough, enough!"

"A total of 29 radish tendons have been harvested! You can use them anytime!"

Zhou Yi felt a surge of excitement.

My consciousness strength is already sufficient; what I lack now is the necessary element. Once I fill this gap, I can officially advance to the Light Core Body level.

He suddenly remembered something: "But I remember, didn't I tell you to come find me after you grew 29000 radish tendons? Why did you only come after you've grown ten times that number?"

"that……"

Rob continued waving his roots: "I miscalculated. You know, I'm not very good at math, I added an extra zero. But a little more is always better than a little less!"

"..."

Zhou Yi wanted to curse it, but this radish monster was an illiterate person who grew out of the soil and only knew how to grow radishes.

He simply pinched the bridge of his nose and said, "Forget it, remember to let professionals do the calculations next time, don't try to do it yourself."

"Yes! You're right! Math is so painful, we have to count them one by one every time!"

"I'm so tired of counting every day!"

The radish monster wholeheartedly agreed.

Zhou Yixin said, "No wonder. They said it would take five months to grow, but it's been a year already."

In reality, the strange radishes appear to be growing well.

"Go and have a look."

Rob arrived at a large warehouse, which turned out to be the original metal shipping container. Later, when the office space expanded, it was used specifically to store radish tendons.

Inside the tin shack, rows of dried radish tendons were neatly arranged.

Zhou Yi reached out and grabbed a handful, absorbing it instantly.

About half an hour later.

More than half has been absorbed.

Zhou Yi had a sudden thought.

Channel 6 is now open!
The world in his eyes became rippled. Everywhere there were surging ripples, each with a different source, but most of them came from the inland sea and the outer sea.

These ripples are the same as what I saw with the broken sun eye back then, only I couldn't see very far, and I couldn't enter the cosmic perspective.

Zhou Yi sensed that a peculiar change was occurring in the memory core within his body.

It slowly deformed.

It gradually transformed into a regular tetrahedron.

Finally, it's a light nucleus.

Zhou Yi now has his own light core within his body.

He suddenly realized.

By observing the ripples across the world through the light core, one can glean fragments of information. However, further deciphering is needed to uncover more details.

It seems to be due to the effects of my phone's features.

According to the rules, the characteristic of a light nucleus is that it converts elemental matter into energy; the more elements accumulate, the higher the intensity.

Zhou Yi tried it and found that converting a single nerve of consciousness into energy could alter certain ripples in the external environment.

The most prominent ripples in the vicinity are people's complaints.

“It’s so hot.”

"So hot……"

Zhou Yi made some minor changes.

The result was that...

"It's so cold, so cold..."

Those who develop this awareness don't feel anything is unusual; they even start putting on more clothes and constantly rubbing their hands together and breathing on them. However, they quickly recover and express their confusion.

"Why am I wearing so many layers? Am I overheating?"

"They say things reach their extreme and then reverse, so it must be because it's too hot that I feel cold instead..."

Zhou Yi's eyes lit up.

This is equivalent to temporarily distorting and altering the other party's consciousness, and even influencing the material side's behavior through the realm of consciousness.

The new ability is great!

(End of this chapter)