Wasteland Development Diary

Inside Emerald City, Room 3101.

Zhou Yi said with a serious face, "Transform once more and let me see."

Nightclaw instantly crackled with electricity, his entire body ethereal, turning into flowing sparks, with a faint outline of a Claw Boar remaining.

Under Zhou Yi's [Alert] vision, Nightclaw in his spark form was entirely red, indicating he was at the B-level lifeform stage.

Yet, he was E-level not long ago.

This state only lasted for about twenty seconds before Nightclaw reverted to his flesh and blood Claw Boar form.

"Huff, Chairman, I can't maintain it for too long, the consumption is too great. Forcing it makes my head spin terribly, and the transformation ends on its own."

Zhou Yi looked at the somewhat weak and drooping Nightclaw: "You're saying this is the result of connecting with Electric Cat No. 5?"

"Yes. Chairman, that Electric Cat is still inside me, it now considers my body its cat house."

"Initially, when it moved, I was paralyzed all over, my teeth chattered, and my limbs trembled uncontrollably. But now, we've adapted to each other a lot more, it moves very carefully, and its impact on me has lessened, and I'm gradually adapting."

Above Nightclaw's head, the snarling face of an electric cat appeared.

"We also gradually understand each other's intentions daily. Although there are sometimes deviations, in dangerous situations, it can quickly understand my intentions and react, fighting alongside me."

Nightclaw sniffed: "It's not that we have a great relationship, it's just that the Electric Cat thinks I'm its house, and if I get damaged, it will also dissipate. It can sense when I'm in danger, so it will deal with external threats with me."

That's not bad either.

Zhou Yi examined this Company Employee No. 002 with interest: "What's the intelligence level of Electric Cat No. 5?"

"Honestly... it's a bit stupid."

Nightclaw raised his paw and pointed to the energy-state lifeform above his head: "It's no different from those solitary small wild beasts in the wild. Apart from being interested in eating electricity, it either sleeps or runs around on me."

"It's hard for me to describe what it's like for it to settle in my body. But I feel like its body is stretched out very large, seemingly evenly covering my flesh, to reduce the intensity of the electricity and avoid damaging my body."

Zhou Yi called Da Vinci and Sun Hao to conduct a comprehensive examination of Nightclaw.

After checking, Sun Hao said, "Father, Nightclaw's consciousness is slightly damaged, but not seriously. There is indeed a second consciousness inside him that belongs to the Electric Cat, but for now, the two consciousnesses are operating separately and are not directly connected."

"Nightclaw needs long-term cooperation with the Electric Cat to become tacit and recognized by each other."

The mechatronic doctor then initiated a series of physical examination procedures.

It first checked Nightclaw's blood pressure, heart rate, and breathing frequency, then performed blood and urine tests, followed by an immune system test.

Afterward, it used X-rays to examine the heart, lungs, and bones, and then used B-ultrasound to examine the liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, and other abdominal organs.

The entire process took more than three hours.

Da Vinci compiled the overall physical examination data and concluded: "Chairman, Nightclaw's physiological functions are within the normal threshold range."

"The Electric Cat's parasitism has significantly increased the electrical phenomena of life activities."

"Nightclaw's membrane potential difference is 3 times its normal average value, the resting potential has broken through the threshold of 100 millivolts of direct current potential, and the polarization phenomenon is serious."

"The depolarization and repolarization of action potentials are further accelerated, causing excitable tissues to maintain a long-term state of hyperexcitability."

"These are all obvious imbalances and disorders of bioelectricity, which can cause functional diseases including inattention, forgetfulness, irritability, insomnia, dreaminess, tinnitus, headache, dizziness, rage, Parkinson's disease, arrhythmia, sudden cardiac death, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease."

Nightclaw was frightened by what he heard: "I do feel a little flustered now, and I get easily agitated... Doctor, is there any hope for me?"

Da Vinci said: "Don't worry. Light-Na species themselves are physiologically strong and can withstand strong shocks and pressures. An ordinary lifeform would probably have suffered severe brain damage by now."

"I need to conduct tests to determine the targeted treatment, please cooperate. However, as long as basic medications are used to control it, this situation will be alleviated."

Nightclaw quickly said: "I'll cooperate, I'll definitely cooperate! Please prescribe more medicine for me."

The best way to fundamentally solve this problem is to capture the Electric Cat and put it back into a new cat house.

Unfortunately, Electric Cat No. 5 simply refuses to come out.

Zhou Yi sent out his own Pikachu to try to communicate with it.

The two electric cats chased each other on Nightclaw's body.

Pikachu returned and said: "It won't leave."

"Unlike the previous kind of house, this is a living body, more comfortable, and it really likes Nightclaw. Nightclaw's various emotional changes are transmitted through electricity, so the Electric Cat can empathize."

"No. 5 won't hurt it. It's already adjusting itself, further reducing the current to avoid hurting Nightclaw. It will return to normal."

"I don't have any other way."

That's how things were.

Zhou Yi had no choice but to settle for the next best thing.

Electrician UAI made special lightweight iron claw plates to be fixed on Nightclaw's four paws. This horseshoe-like metal structure served as a ground wire, which could prevent the Electric Cat's current from harming and disturbing Nightclaw.

In addition, she also had Nightclaw wear a floating heart-modified generator on his back, wrapped with a belt to cover it. This could feed the cat at any time and allow the spark state to be maintained longer.

This electrical engineer told him: "Mr. Nightclaw, since you can't remove the Electric Cat, please learn to raise and tame it."

"Electric Cat No. 5 has a stable and gentle personality. As long as you continuously feed it electricity, it will develop affection and dependence on you. With long-term cooperation and adaptation, it will become your good assistant and most loyal guard."

UAI taught a whole set of cat-raising methods.

Nightclaw later accepted reality, learned to explore a life coexisting with the Electric Cat, and went out to walk the cat every day with a generator on his back.

Zhou Yi then asked about the robbers.

Nightclaw said: "At first, I thought those psychedelic butterflies were after the Electric Cat. So, in a moment of urgency, to avoid leaking secrets, I ate the cat house to destroy it."

"But I killed two of them, and when I interrogated the last one, I found that it wasn't the case. They were just after money."

He explained: "The outside world knows that Panda People are nobles of Heaven, and most of them are quite wealthy. They heard news that Tuozhu was joining our company and was going to take his father away from there to come here for medical treatment and therapy."

"So they ambushed the long-range glider in the air lane area, intending to rob it. Because Panda People are not good at fighting, and Wasteland Development Company is rich, this group of psychedelic butterflies had this idea."

"Psychedelic butterflies can weave illusions, so as long as the ambush is successful, they will hardly be recognized, which also gives them a lot of confidence. They are also experienced robbers and scammers."

The interrogation expert Lieji also interrogated the survivor and came to the same conclusion.

Red Falcon's aerial mind-reading results were also the same.

In short, it was a premeditated aerial robbery, but they chose Tuozhu and his son.

This made Zhou Yi realize that as the scale of the Alliance's civil aviation continues to expand, professional bandits, including Light-Na species, will also target this area. It can be seen that Overlord Kong developed fighter species a long time ago, which was indeed prescient.

He informed the various territorial lords of the Alliance, asking all parties to be vigilant and guard against aerial robbers.

This encounter also revealed a corner of the Spark Swordsman's secret.

Overlord Kong came over to personally confirm that although Nightclaw's strength could only reach B-level, his power structure was consistent with that of the original Spark Swordsman.

This shows that the Spark Swordsmen of Spark Plains are a transformation form obtained by a certain lifeform containing an electric cat within itself.

But that Spark Swordsman's proficiency and strength were very high, and he could even control and connect hundreds of electric cats.

"I didn't expect to find it so quickly."

Overlord Kong's pair of eyeballs glanced at Zhou Yi: "Your progress here is too fast... You were still cultivating electric cats just now, and now you have clues about the path of the Spark Swordsman."

"Now we can raise many electric cats here."

"Based on this, once we can mass-produce Spark Swordsmen... it's equivalent to every company employee being able to reach at least B-level! Hurry up and get it done, and get some for our Twin River area too!"

The puppet couldn't wait.

Zhou Yi smiled wryly: "It's not that easy... Nightclaw is just an individual case."

Following Nightclaw's experience, electrician UAI and Tuozhu tried to find other Claw Boars for experiments, but after swallowing the cat house, they were all electrocuted half to death, and the cats were gone too.

"Why is this happening?"

Overlord Kong asked in confusion: "Is a special environment needed? Like high altitude? And falling into the Dead Sea? Can we reproduce and simulate the whole set?"

Zhou Yi shook his head: "We've tried it all, but it doesn't work."

The first problem is the electric cat.

Electric Cat No. 5 is a well-raised electric cat, with a stable personality, knows not to hurt people, can cooperate, can understand the command of the electric cat staff, and its growth is already quite mature.

Other electric cats have not reached this level, either they are grumpy, or they have not yet established a relationship of trust with people.

After losing the cat house, the electric cat senses the danger of death, and at this time, it will desperately attack everything around it.

Similar to, if I'm going to die, I'll take this world down with me!

The career of taming electric cats still has a long way to go.

After listening, Overlord Kong thought for a long time: "We can use electric cats to lead... The electric cats on Spark Plains are in groups, usually with a leader. I think we can imitate this path."

"With a role model leading the team, other electric cats will follow suit, after all, they are newborn lives, aren't they? They are still in the infant stage."

Zhou Yi's eyes lit up when he heard this: "That makes sense! That's a good idea."

He immediately asked Pikachu if it was feasible.

"This is very tiring, and I might get beaten up, unless you feed me enough electricity, then I'll do it."

"No problem."

"I want an extra floating heart, no, two!!"

"No problem."

So Pikachu took on the role of electric cat instructor and began to influence and guide other electric cats.

Nightclaw also took Electric Cat No. 5 to assist.

Directionally cultivating friendly, stable, and reliable electric cats can be considered a feasible path.

At the same time, Nightclaw is also constantly training and strengthening himself to use the transformation power more skillfully and reasonably.

Half a month passed like this.

The temperature officially warmed up.

The long winter ended, and the fifth spring quietly arrived.