Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 16 Sustainable Fishing

The bronze bull said nothing throughout the whole process.

Tie Ma and Zhou Yi were actively negotiating.

The agricultural machinery brothers observed the land and climate conditions along the way and believed that the nearby area was sandy and suitable for growing sweet potatoes and peanuts, and then using beans for nitrogen fixation. However, if they were needed to provide seeds, they would have to pay extra.

Tie Ma said: "I suggest using 100 mu of land as a trial farming area, so that the risks can be controlled and there will be no waste of labor."

"Two kinds of crop seeds, according to the prices in the recursive market, for the first planting, 2 seeds of sweet potatoes and 3 seeds of peanuts. For subsequent planting, seeds and seedlings can be extracted from the first planting."

"In addition to this, a portion of legumes are needed to fix nitrogen and enrich the soil, and 1 light seed is also needed."

"Then there are the issues of water and fertilizer. As for water, there is a water source not far away. We can divert water from the farming area to the water source. This part of the construction is not far away and there is no extra charge."

"But fertilizer is indispensable, and you need to provide a minimum base amount of fertilizer. If you don't have enough fertilizer, the yield will be lower than your worst expectations."

"Finally, it's about farmland safety. No dangerous organisms with strong destructive power were found nearby. It's within the controllable range, so we brothers won't charge any extra fees."

At the same time, a spreadsheet popped up on the remote control screen.

"Pricing Standards for Agricultural Services in Recursive City"

It lists a variety of services in great detail, each with a corresponding detailed price, and there are many items.

After a quick check, Zhou Yi found that Tiema's quotation was indeed in accordance with the rules.

"Everything else is fine, except the fertilizer. Do you think this feces will work?"

The iron horse drove to the container warehouse, and the two spherical cameras on the top cast green light and scanned the raw materials inside.

"Although it is a relatively primitive organic fertilizer, it can be used. Unfortunately, the quantity is far from enough and the land here is not fertile."

It calculated and gave a quote: "Reclaim and deep-plow 100 mu of land, divide 50 mu each for sweet potatoes and peanuts, including beans for nitrogen fixation, this part totals 3 light seeds."

Zhou Yi was more concerned: "What if I buy fertilizer from you?"

"you sure?"

Tie Ma replied: "The current fertilizer price is not cheap. The amount we can get locally is very small. More than 95% of the fertilizer needs to be purchased and transported. Taking 100 mu of land as a unit, the price of fertilizer for one year is 10 seeds, which is very costly."

"wanted."

"you sure?"

Zhou Yi nodded: "As long as it helps the farm take shape better. With the standard fertilizer, you should be able to cultivate this place better, right?"

"Of course, as long as there are sufficient resources and conditions, the land will give matching feedback."

Tie Ma also said: "If you are sure, I will update the supplementary terms of this agreement with Hong Kun. You need to pay this additional expense first, a total of 13 light seeds, before we can purchase fertilizer."

A moment later, Hong Shun showed Zhou Yi the supplementary agreement through the display screen, confirming the fertilizer transaction.

"wait for me."

Zhou Yi entered the Dead Sea and started hunting mode.

……

The Dead Sea is still mottled with light and shadows and filled with heavy mist.

But with the Red Kestrel navigation, these are not obstacles.

After arriving here, Zhou Yi has been very restrained and only killed the monsters that actively attacked him.

Now it's time to withdraw your money.

Through the Red Falcon's vision, he saw a red dot moving slowly not far away.

The camera zooms in.

The outline of the other party gradually became clear, it was a bony fish.

Its body is composed of various bones connected together, and its shape is like the skeletal specimen of some large water snake.

The bone fish was spinning its body at high speed, using its sharp skull to dig into the underground soil, stirring up a lot of dust.

This is the habit of the bony fish, they dig bones from the ground and install them on their bodies to enhance their physiological functions. In this way, they can grow stronger much faster than growing slowly step by step.

The larger the size, the stronger the bone fish. They can change their physical form freely, some are octopus-like, some are like coral, and some even become humanoid.

There are a large number of bony fish on the seabed, which are low-level light-absorbing species and are also old acquaintances on Zhou Yi's hunting list.

The warrior crabs quietly surrounded the target and launched a swift attack, piercing the bone fish with spears and harpoons, causing the bone fish to twist wildly and splash mud and sand.

Zhou Yi waited quietly.

The bony fish's body was still shaking, but its movements were becoming increasingly slow.

Zhou Yi walked over at this time and placed his hand on the snake-shaped fish bone, and a halo gradually appeared on it, gradually condensing into a small light seed.

He took out a small round tin can from his pocket, and when he got close, the light seed was sucked in. A ring of light slowly passed through the top of the can, and the number 1 appeared in the ring, indicating that the light seed had been stored.

This is the light box that Zhou Yi got from the Red Falcon.

Without the strength to sustain them, the bones fell apart and scattered all over the ground.

However, a hole was drilled in the ground, and the bone fish had already been separated from its head and body, with its head missing.

Zhou Yi was not surprised at all.

What we want is sustainable fishing.

In the early days of hunting bone fish, he chose to kill them in the traditional way, which was indeed efficient and fast. However, the "high-pressure mutation phenomenon" caused a large number of mutant bone fish to appear, which also caused him a lot of trouble.

After a lot of battles, confrontations and attempts, Zhou Yi found a path.

Fish, don't hunt.

When faced with a deadly threat, larger, mature bony fish will choose to cut off their tails to survive, abandoning their bodies and allowing the core head to try to escape.

In order to attract and control the enemy, the abandoned body also carries a large amount of energy, which is enough to precipitate light seeds. If the light seeds cannot be collected quickly, this high-purity energy will dissipate and return to the Dead Sea.

By harvesting light seeds from the enemy, the fish head, which retains self-awareness and a lot of experience, has room to escape.

After repeatedly confirming this mechanism, Zhou Yi began to specifically select larger bone fish for fishing, letting their heads escape and only obtaining light seeds from their fallen bodies.

When a bony fish is young, it does not move.

Unfortunately, bone fish are, after all, a low-level monster, at the bottom of the Dead Sea food chain. Their efficiency in collecting energy is very low and their growth rate is extremely limited.

Zhou Yi has specially marked more than a dozen bone fish and found that the whole process from losing their bodies to filling their shells again and condensing the seeds that ensure the existence of light takes at least three months.

Even if bonefish are caught sustainably, at most they can only be harvested four times a year. Considering that bonefish will escape to other places if they are caught many times, it is actually good to be able to harvest twice a year.

But now that he needed money, Zhou Yi immediately started surgery.

He is quite familiar with catching bone fish.

Three hours later.

Zhou Yi rode his bike back to the ground and handed over the light box in his hand.

"This is your annual salary, plus the additional expenses for farming. Do you have any other questions?"

"As long as the salary is sufficient, there will be no problem. We brothers will take care of the rest."

A mechanical claw flew out from the side of the iron carriage and docked with another large light box. Then the number on Zhou Yi's light box was reset to zero, while that of the farm machinery became +13.

Transaction complete.

"Don't worry, we brothers will definitely guarantee the quality and quantity."

"Tongniu, come back and get the fertilizer. I'm going to select a site and do preliminary planning first."

The bronze bull turned the car around and headed north in the direction it came from.

The iron horses also made rumbling sounds and drove towards the oasis in the west.

The Red Falcon lowered its altitude and hovered in front of Zhou Yi.

"Aren't you going to take a look?"

Zhou Yi shook his head: "I can't understand it even if I look at it. I don't understand agricultural technology, so I can only cause trouble if I go there. Since you have determined that there is no problem with the profession, just let them develop on their own."

He looked at the drone and said, "There is one thing I don't understand. With your abilities, like the Iron Horse and the Bronze Bull, it should be easy to hunt low-level light seeds, right? Hunting alone is enough to obtain a large number of light seeds, and it doesn't take so long to operate. Why don't you go directly into the Dead Sea to hunt?"

"Two reasons."

"The first reason is about instinct. Electromechanical life is inherently strong in its order structure."

The Red Falcon replied: "Do what you are good at according to your own functions, create value, gain wealth, and improve your own skills. Labor is the way of survival for normal electromechanical life."

"The order structure allows us to trust and collaborate with each other, reduce unnecessary internal losses, improve the efficiency of survival and evolution, and respond to challenges and crises in more ways. It is also because of this underlying foundation that we have signed an agreement with the city-certified electromechanical life, which is very reliable."

“The second reason is that the Dead Sea is just as dangerous to electromechanical life.”

"If one stays in the Dead Sea for a long time without any isolation and protection equipment, the electromechanical life will be continuously affected by the dead light, resulting in unpredictable alienation and chaos, and ultimately leading to the destruction of order and collapse."

Zhou Yi hissed, "Next time, don't enter the Dead Sea."

"Please don't worry. My shell has a certain isolation protection function. Although it is an old model, it is still usable as long as it does not enter the extremely chaotic area. If the threshold is exceeded, I will issue an alarm."

The Red Falcon explained: "I am a rescue aircraft. I need to go into various dangerous environments to search for those who can be rescued. These enhancements are modifications based on the needs of my functions and are also standard equipment for rescue team members."

Only then did Zhou Yi feel relieved.

(End of this chapter)