Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 14 The Giant Who Can't Stand Up

When the Red Falcon is far away, it can no longer transmit real-time images or even sounds, and can only receive text messages.

Taking advantage of his free time, Zhou Yi organized the first company barbecue team-building activity.

The location was outdoors, around a campfire, and on the table were large stainless steel plates filled with steaks, which were from a wild sheep hunted by the warrior crabs.

Originally, Zhou Yi wanted to put out bottles of condiments such as cumin, chili powder, and barbecue sauce, but he was not sure if these aged foods had any side effects.

I am not afraid, because there is no difference between the body of Bai Suanni and the Guangna species.

But both employees are humans with normal stomachs.

Still safety first.

However, because the meat is fresh, it is delicious even if you just sprinkle some salt on it.

Ah Jin ate the meat while grilling it, showing his willingness to let loose. Gong Zheng, who was standing next to him, tried to pay attention to his manners and chewed slowly, but he still stuffed pieces of meat into his mouth one after another.

"Today is the company's first dinner party, and it is also your welcome party."

Zhou Yi handed each of them a travel bag: "Here's the gift package for joining us. Open it and take a look."

A Jin wiped the oil off his hands with his clothes, and he turned the bag over and over, but he didn't know how to open it. Gong Zheng was experienced, and he knew how to unzip it after a little thought, so the things inside were revealed.

“This dress is so classy.”

Ajin took out the black windbreaker from inside, put it on, looked at it left and right, and his face was full of satisfaction.

Both gift packages include a windbreaker jacket, a pair of sweatpants, a sports water bottle, a hat, a set of underwear, two pairs of socks, a pair of sneakers, two towels, and an umbrella.

The difference is that Ajin has an extra pair of work gloves, while Gong Zheng has an extra pair of four-legged crutch.

They changed into full costumes, and except for their hair and faces being a little dirty, they looked no different from people of their own era in appearance.

"These shoes are not afraid of rocks at all, they don't hurt my feet at all!"

“It looks really impressive.”

Ajin walked back and forth and couldn't help laughing.

Gong Zheng, who was standing next to him, had a serious expression on his face: "These things cannot be made by a city... They are all creations from the Age of Gods that were sealed in the Dead Sea."

“Such a precious item, I am grateful.”

The trainee alchemist bowed hurriedly.

Seeing this, Ah Jin beside him also quickly bowed: "Thank you, Chairman!"

Zhou Yi said: "Eat meat."

So the meal officially got to the point.

Zhou Yi asked about the group of thieves.

Last time, the trio was killed, but it is better to first clarify whose territory this place belongs to. The wasteland development company is set up here, and it will sooner or later intersect with local forces.

Gong Zheng put down the skewers in his hand and said seriously, "Chairman, the robbers all come from the west, and the only place nearby is Jitou Town. But to travel between Jitou Town and Changu Town, you need to pass through the Death Sand Dunes in the middle. We lack the necessary tools here and can't get through at all. We can only wait for the merchants from Jitou Town to come over there."

"Although the ant lions are brutal, they are very afraid of birds. As long as the people of Jitou Town pave the road with chicken feathers, chicken blood and chicken bones, they will not be attacked by them and will be afraid of them. But we can't do this here."

"So the merchants over there come and they bargain for us, so we have no choice but to sell them what we find, or exchange mushrooms for linen, gloves, and some metal tools at a high price. The things we sell to the town are usually used and already broken."

"If the bandits are not roaming around and looting, they basically have some powerful forces behind them."

He sat on a stone, reminiscing. "When I was an apprentice to the alchemist, I heard from other apprentices that it was an open secret that each city kept thieves. Cities competed with each other through trade economy, technical knowledge, and ideological output. It seemed calm, but in fact they were always trying to swallow up their competitors." "Inside the city, the competition was about economic capacity, living environment, and attractiveness to enhancers. Outside the city, the competition was about combat mobilization capabilities. Thieves belonging to different cities usually roamed around other cities and plundered, which not only hit their competitors but also brought in huge profits."

"As for the robbers here."

Gong Zheng brought the topic back: "I'm not sure how many of them there are, but what is certain is that there are enhancers. Many residents in the town saw the robbers in the mushroom forest. They blocked the area, and there were knights riding monsters patrolling there."

Zhou Yi thought about the thoughts of the alchemist he had killed before.

——It happened to be at a time like this…

The bandits are roaming around in Changu Town, and it seems they have ulterior motives.

"Mushroom Forest... Chairman, I heard something from my father."

A Jin, a young boy who had been listening to the meat-eating, also joined the discussion: "My father said that an old man saw a miracle happen in the mushroom forest. He said there was a giant who couldn't stand up."

"He said that the giant was very tall and very strong, like a sand dune. The giant might be injured or have a broken leg... Anyway, it tried but couldn't stand up straight."

"It's like a person trying to stand up, but in the end he can't get up, so he can only lie down again."

"But he asked me not to tell anyone to avoid getting into trouble."

Zhou Yi asked: "Are there any other rumors about this giant?"

Ajin shook his head.

The clue seems to have been broken again.

The silence lasted for a while.

Gong Zheng spoke again: "Although I don't know this giant, I do know the giant mushroom in the mushroom forest."

"The giant mushroom species takes a long time to grow. It is one of the raw materials that alchemists use to collect toxins."

"This giant mushroom is constantly squeezing the living space of other plants around it. It absorbs a large amount of dead light energy from the surrounding area and has a high energy absorption rate. If you get too close to the giant mushroom, survival will become difficult."

"But in the mushroom forest in the south, a large number of giant mushrooms grow in a concentrated manner, but it does not affect the growth of black hand mushrooms and explosive mushrooms at the bottom. This is very strange."

"According to Ajin, looting groups led by enhancers frequently appear in the mushroom forest, and hunting groups have also tried to enter it many times..."

Gong Zheng paused for a moment and said seriously: "Chairman, let me make a bold guess. The various light-nano mushrooms headed by the giant mushroom may have parasitized the giant and continuously absorbed its energy, causing the originally damaged giant to struggle and now completely unable to move."

"That giant is probably still beneath the surface of the mushroom forest, being further sucked of blood by the mushrooms."

Gong Zheng said solemnly: "If this giant that can't stand up exists and can feed and grow so many mushrooms on its own, its strength must be at least C-level. This level of life has the ability to destroy a city. If you want to go there to investigate and dig, please be careful."

Zhou Yi couldn't help but look at the alchemist apprentice again.

The material conditions in the wasteland era are very difficult, but there is still no shortage of smart and talented people.

Their thinking is just limited by their living environment and vision.

Zhou Yi said: "This inference is very valuable. I'll take note of it."

but.

The most urgent task right now is to build up the farm first. We will have to go to the mushroom forest sooner or later, but it will have to be scheduled for later.

Zhou Yi recorded a new goal in his diary.

——Explore the mushroom forest and find the giant.

(End of this chapter)