Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 240 Mushroom Laboratory

On Jade Avenue, Sun Chonglai drove all the way to Building 5.

Zhou Yi sat in the back seat.

Next to him were two white smoke mushrooms huddled together, not daring to approach him.

They looked uneasy and stiff at this time.

If the black hand mushroom is still in childhood, then the white smoke mushroom has entered adolescence. They have a strong sense of self-awareness, are rebellious, like challenges, and have the attributes of smokers.

Zhou Yi took the initiative to communicate with them: "You are right, I tend to favor humans. Because I am a human myself, I understand humans, and I know that humans can make many outstanding achievements. The prehistoric human civilization buried in the Dead Sea is evidence of this."

"If you think you are better, then just use the facts to speak for yourself. As long as you show enough talent, the company will give you corresponding resources, just like the bone laboratory and express delivery center."

Bai Yi and Bai Er remained silent.

Sun Zhonglai, who was driving in front, said sternly: "The chairman is talking to you, do you understand the rules?"

So Bai Yi spoke up: "We don't actually think that humans are bad or anything... We just want to be able to do other jobs. We are tired of breeding platforms and growing mushrooms."

This seems to be their real appeal.

Zhou Yi asked, "What kind of job do you want to do?"

"Scrap Scavenger Team!"

The two white smoke mushrooms said in unison.

Zhou Yi thought for a moment and said, "I can agree to your application this time. However, the scavenging team must follow the captain's command, because they are a team operation and need to trust and support each other. Can you do it?"

"can!"

Zhou Yi said, "Then you should follow Ajin. Ajin will be in charge of the scavenging team in Building 7. But you must follow his instructions and don't act on your own. If you are kicked out for violating the rules, don't complain. Remember?"

"remember!"

The two white smoke mushrooms immediately became happy: "Thank you, Chairman! Long live the Chairman!"

The car soon arrived at Building 5.

The building is patrolling the harbor in Sand Harbor City.

After getting off the car, Zhou Yi took the skeleton man into the building and went all the way to the top floor along the stone lift.

Sun Chonglai walked to room 3306 and opened the door.

Inside were piled wooden boxes filled with soil, and a type of mushroom was planted in each box.

In the center was a long table with various glass bottles of soil, liquids, and powders, as well as some metal box-like energy packs, and under the table were piles of burlap bags of fertilizer, as well as a variety of shovels and hoes.

It looks like a plant laboratory.

Zhou Yi looked around and asked, "So you were doing mushroom experiments in Building 5?"

The skeleton grinned and said, "Chairman, the mushroom forest is easily disturbed by the natural environment. For example, strong winds and insects will affect it, and the black hand mushrooms will make children curious and come over to touch them."

"It's quiet and stable here, and Building 5 is sealed off, so there's no need to worry about other people breaking in."

"After consulting Mr. Beach and Dr. Da Vinci, I renovated this place based on their suggestions. Baiyi and Baier are my assistants. I originally hoped that they could also take on the mushroom experiments here, but unfortunately they don't like this kind of indoor work."

"Now in this mushroom forest laboratory, there are 34 kinds of mushrooms being further studied and developed. As usual, most of them are useless for various reasons. But as long as there is one that can be useful, it is worth it."

"I have studied mushrooms and related parchment records before they became bone men. Now I feel that everything is familiar and it is easy to know what to do."

Zhou Yi felt relieved.

Mushroom Forest is also actively engaged in independent research and development.

One of the company’s current core competitive advantages is mushrooms.

Sun Chonglai walked to the innermost room. There was an incredibly large stone mushroom on the floor and nothing else around.

"That's it, Chairman."

Zhou Yi observed it.

This stone mushroom is about 1.6 meters tall, with layers of spider-web-like white fiber structures on its surface, and some slight cracks on the surface.

[Alert] From this perspective, the stone mushroom appears green overall.

It's about the level of C-level life.

Life did indeed grow inside it.

Sun Chonglai said, "Chairman, it has grown larger than any other stone mushroom I have ever seen, and there is life moving inside it."

"Initially I just wanted to study the stone capsule mushrooms because they can evolve into explosive mushrooms in sedimentary environments, and I wanted to change the environment to see if I could produce new variants."

"After being transplanted to Building 5, it continued to grow and eventually maintained a height of 160 centimeters, so I called it 160. Although its size did not increase, its energy density continued to increase."

"Its intensity has now exceeded expectations, so I am preparing to report it to you to avoid losses due to my personal misjudgment."

Zhou Yi looked at the large stone capsule mushroom and asked, "Did it grow so fast after it came here?"

"Yes, Chairman."

The bone man said: "The stone capsule mushrooms in the mushroom forest can grow to a maximum diameter of 70 centimeters, which is less than half of this."

"After moving here, it broke through its existing limits and grew from 36 centimeters in height to this size in two months."

"I fed it more than 500 light seeds. Normal stone mushrooms cannot absorb light seeds, but it can, and it slowly became fuller."

"Now I still need 160 pairs of light seeds, but not as urgently as before. Now I feed it one light seed in the morning and one in the evening every day."

Sun Chonglai described his mushroom cultivation strategy: "One day I came and found that it had broken away from the wooden box and was stuck to the floor of Building 5. I couldn't move it away, it seemed to be integrated with the floor."

"I suspect it is absorbing the energy from Building 5. But because it is too small, Building 5 may not care." Zhou Yi's eyes fixed when he heard it.

He remembered something.

"Kestrel, bring Nemo here."

"Yes."

Taking advantage of this time, Zhou Yi asked about the Emerald City again.

Emerald City responded, "Commissioner, it is indeed absorbing energy, just like the parasitic mushrooms in the Mushroom Forest in the past."

"It's very special. It can connect to part of the consciousness of Building 5. It's somewhat similar to the public area."

“It is still uncertain what the exact causes and consequences are.”

“It’s just that because it’s not big, the impact seems to be small at the moment, so Building 5 doesn’t care.”

Various thoughts flashed through Zhou Yi's mind.

Soon, the drone flew here with the mecha mouse.

"Chairman, please find me."

"Nemo, I remember you said before that the angel of death was born from the big stone that grew out of the surface of the alien."

"Yes, Chairman. All the gerbils saw it at that time. But I am the only one who survived until now."

"Then take a look. Does the stone that gave birth to the angel of death look like this?"

The mecha-mouse walked around the large stone mushroom twice, its eyes flashing red.

"That's it. Exactly the same."

"Same stone shell, covered with white mycelium."

"However, I remember that the white mycelium on the stone structure at that time was a very regular large-scale spreading form. Now the mycelium is too small and needs to grow further."

Zhou Yi's eyes lit up when he heard this.

The conditions for the birth of the Angel of Death are not just the mushroom forest as a hatching place.

The core is the life of the building.

They rely on parasitism on architectural life to evolve and be born.

So the angel of death who left believed that new creatures of the same kind would definitely appear here again, but he did not tell Sun Chonglai the real secret.

However, the Emerald City sank underground due to geological changes, and due to insufficient energy, the stone capsule mushrooms growing on the surface lost their normal parasitic host and were unable to complete the most critical step of transformation.

Zhou Yi told this inference to several employees.

The Skeleton Man Sun Chonglai was stunned: "So that's what's going on... No wonder the Stone Capsule Mushroom always seems to be missing something, and will only crack in the end, and cannot complete the reconstruction and evolution of life."

Zhou Yi said: "But it's still in the gestation period, so you should spend more time observing and recording. If there is anything abnormal, tell me immediately."

"Yes!"

"Old Sun, the incubation of the Death Angel is now in your hands. Come to me if you need light seeds. This experiment itself should be quite costly, and the company will reimburse all expenses."

"Chairman, I will definitely complete my mission!"

The skeleton suddenly became excited.

……

The outbreak of war happens in an instant, but the end of war is delayed.

Although Zhou Yi had announced to the entire company through Red Falcon that the war was over.

However, due to the confidentiality of the agreement, the specific content was not disclosed.

The Shahe area, especially Shagang City and several towns, still maintains a sense of tension.

The new humans still fled when they heard a little wind, suspecting that they were attacked from the air. They hid far away when they heard a noise in the snow in the wild, fearing that the exploding puppet would appear again.

This was still the rear area where the damage was relatively light. The damage in Shell City and Fullmetal Alchemy City, which experienced the war on the front line, was even more serious.

The residents generally suffered from post-war syndrome and were extremely sensitive to any noise in the air. They would get nervous when seeing small toys or similar puppets, and the normal glow in the Dead Sea would also make them nervous.

The Lord of Mie Ding has profound attainments in the field of warfare and knows how to instill fear into people's hearts.

It was only after the war that Zhou Yi realized how powerful it was.

But Lord Shahai said: "This situation is already very good."

"In the past, many people would flee after a major war, and a war would set a place back at least ten years... But as long as the city returns to order, continues its previous rapid development, and allows citizens to make money, these problems can be solved."

Its judgment is very accurate.

Half a month later, as the mechanical and electrical cities announced the ceasefire between the Twin Rivers Region and the Development Alliance, the riots subsided.

As Shahaigong started the port expansion, officially built the city’s first dock and expanded the recruitment of farming groups, a large number of job opportunities allowed the residents to immediately find their future direction and they quickly devoted themselves to the new infrastructure work.

Late in the dead of night, two transport ships without flags arrived at the pier in Yalong Bay.

After confirming, Hong Jian said, "Zhou, the cattle-taming tribe was sent over."

Zhou Yi rubbed his hands.

"Let's go check on the cows."

(End of this chapter)