Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 513: Mars Flying Stick
There are light core-level electric souls at the top of the Martian dust storm.

Zhou Yi was a little surprised when he first heard it, but he quickly came to his senses.

Electric souls are naturally suited to living in high-energy environments, and the Martian dust storm, where the energy density is more than a hundred times that of the Earth, is indeed an excellent environment for their birth.

It is normal for some electric cats to evolve into electric souls after a long period of time.

"Chairman, it wasn't until I got there that I realized that electric souls can actually be active outside for a long time."

Mao Dali said: "The electric soul itself has the ability of [adhesion] and [jet]. The company's electric soul employees, like Shalihuo, use it for defense, but the Martian electric souls are different. They use adhesion to capture various energy substances, mainly including energy and particulate matter in dust storms."

"You see, it's like this."

It stretches the arc body into a circular plane, with circles of luminous lines inside, like a large record made up of electric light.

Particles in the indoor air are absorbed into it, forming a structure similar to planetary rings.

"Chairman, that's basically what the electric souls over there look like. I can't learn it completely because they are still very different in structure from electric cats."

Mao Dali continued, "They compress energy and matter to the extreme, store them in their bodies, and then propel themselves to fly in a specific direction through jets. This allows them to have a much longer endurance than electric cats, but their energy consumption is also more than a hundred times ours, with obvious advantages and disadvantages."

"Dust devils are like gas stations to them."

Zhou Yi thought of the escaped electric soul Shaliqing. It was trying to break out of the atmosphere in a similar way, trying to rush into space and obtain more energy.

But even if they break through the earth's gravity and enter low-Earth orbit, there is still the star matrix led by the old king waiting ahead.

That is a forbidden zone that the gods cannot touch, and it will also be shot down or even wiped out there.

Mars, covered in dust storms, is a paradise for them to grow wildly.

Zhou Yi confirmed again: "Mars' electric souls mostly appear near dust storms?"

"Yes, Chairman."

Mao Dali returned to his cat-head swordsman form, and the cat head made of arcs nodded: "They each have their own territory. They can't get too close, because they will entangle and interfere with each other, and then merge into one. That will cause long-term turmoil, just like us."

"The electric spirits over there didn't have names. After discussing with it, I gave it a name called Huochu. It means that it is the first electric spirit I met on Mars."

"Huo Chu was very excited and envious when he heard about our situation. He was even more active than the electric cats and wanted to come live here. However, the energy density here is too low and he feels that he cannot survive here, so he is hesitant."

Zhou Yi couldn't help but feel strange: "That should be the most suitable area for electric souls to survive, right? Why would it want to leave?"

He also plans to send the company's electric soul employees to Mars on a regular basis for accelerated training.

As a result, the locals there wanted to leave.

It seems that there is also a siege phenomenon on Mars, with people inside the city wanting to get out and people outside the city wanting to get in.

"Because of the danger."

Mao Dali's voice became heavier: "Although the dust storm provides the electric souls with the energy and materials they need most, allowing them to maintain their endurance for a very long time, it is not all good news."

"There is a special kind of life form in the area that hunts electric souls."

Zhou Yi was a little stunned.

Energy-state life forms like electric souls actually have corresponding natural enemies in other life forms?
"It is a strange-looking thing, glowing all over, like a stick, with multiple pairs of triangular wings, but its shape is constantly changing. Huochu and the others call it a piercing monster."

Mao Dali's form changed again, becoming a two-meter-long stick made of electric arcs with three layers of wings, looking like a rotating short spiral drill.

Zhou Yi remembered that when he was a child, he saw a flying stick incident that caused a lot of controversy.

This is a mysterious object captured by a camera. In the eyes of the photographer, it appears and disappears without a trace. Later, scientists clarified that the flying stick was caused by a flying insect flying through the lens.

The thing in front of me is a Mars flying stick.

Could this creature really exist?
He wondered in his heart, were there also piercing monsters on Earth back then?
Mao Dali said: "When flying at high speed, the body of the Piercing Monster can penetrate the dust storm, and its body is stretched very long. This thing is extremely fast. I tested it according to the distance that Huo Chu witnessed with his own eyes, and found that the speed of the Piercing Monster is over 14400 kilometers per hour. The speed is completely impossible for the Electric Soul to escape, so there is no escape."

Zhou Yi did some calculation in his mind.

The speed of sound is 1225 km/h, and the Mars Flying Stick can reach 11.755 times the speed of sound, which is 11.76 Mach.

He asked: "Is the Piercer a Transmutator?"

"No."

The electric arc on Mao Dali's body sizzled, and he seemed a little annoyed: "Chairman, this is also the biggest problem. If it is level suppression, then everyone can understand it. There is a whole life level difference, so there is definitely no way to fight."

"But those piercing monsters are only light cores themselves. They just have an innate suppression on electric souls." "Electric souls cannot touch or hurt piercing monsters, but piercing monsters can pierce into the bodies of electric souls, just like blood-sucking worms, constantly absorbing their stored energy. These guys will not leave until the electric souls are too weak to fly."

"They are just a bunch of Martian bandits who wait for the Electric Souls to work hard before coming to rob them! How despicable!"

Zhou Yi frowned when he heard this.

No wonder even a light core-level electric soul wanted to leave the area. It was really unbearable to be treated like this day after day. I couldn't run away, I couldn't fight, I was completely sucked of blood and couldn't resist.

"The flying stick didn't work on the ordinary electric cat?"

"You mean the Piercing Monster... So it's called a Flying Stick... No."

Mao Dali thought for a moment and said, "The energy that electric cats can store is limited. This should be the reason. The energy stored by a hundred light core-level electric cats is not as much as the reserve of a light core-level electric soul. Therefore, the penetration monsters should have planned this in advance. This is more efficient and convenient."

"Chairman, do you know the details of Feigun? Can you tell me a little?"

Zhou Yi said: "I've heard of it before, but I haven't come into direct contact with it... Are you sure that flying sticks are alive?"

"determine."

Mao Dali said confidently: "Huo Chu told me that their electric souls must live separately and cannot get close to each other, but they can also communicate with each other remotely through dust storms."

"They have been bullied and robbed by flying sticks for many years, and they have also been studying these monsters. It's not like they have done nothing."

"There is no pattern to the activities of flying sticks. When their energy is almost used up, they come out to plunder."

"Another thing is that there is a similar principle among flying sticks that they should not see each other."

"There was once a witness by an electric soul that two flying sticks collided for unknown reasons, causing a huge local explosion and radiation. The two flying sticks disappeared instantly. According to the huge energy feedback released at the original location, they should have died. It's just that when two people get too close, an explosion will occur."

"But this is a very rare situation and it only happens once."

Zhou Yi asked: "Anything else?"

Mao Dali continued, "Besides the fact that they cannot meet, flying sticks will not enter the ground. They always stay away from the rock layer on the ground. If they hit a layer of material that is too thick, they may be damaged."

"Although they can absorb a large amount of energy, they are also afraid of extremely high energy. The flying sticks will avoid giant dust storms, where the strength is at least at the level of the Transmutator."

Zhou Yi thought: "Electric Soul can't get close to the giant dust storm?"

"Neither."

The cat-headed swordsman said seriously: "Even if it is an electric soul, if it gets close to a giant dust storm, the high-energy radiation over there will destroy its structure and lead to annihilation."

"Huo Chu has formally requested us to take care of the flying sticks over there."

"It said that if we can deal with the flying sticks over there, the electric souls will help us collect the light seeds in the dust storm. Although there are only a few of them, only a dozen on the entire Mars, their collection speed is incomparable to that of the electric cats. It is very stable and efficient."

Mao Dali said: "I have calculated that Huochu alone can collect 1 million light seeds every month!"

"Chairman, can you help them think of a solution?"

Zhou Yi's breathing quickened after hearing this.

This is the real Martian money printing machine!
He thought after calming down a little.

The mechanism and principle of the flying stick are still unclear, and to solve this problem, we need to proceed step by step and try little by little. Fortunately, the flying stick is just plundering and does not harm the life of the electric soul. It is not a vicious hunter, so time is not urgent.

Zhou Yi pondered for a moment and said, "Well, after Jiong Hecang completes his advancement, I will send him to Mars. With its observation and cutting capabilities, it should be the best candidate for field observation. First, investigate the situation of the flying sticks, and then we will try to deal with this group."

"that would be great!"

Mao Dali's whole body was full of electric arcs: "Chairman, as long as you take action, this will definitely succeed!"

Zhou Yi looked strange: "Boy, are you going to promise to help others again?"

"I am doing this on a personal basis...as a friend, I am trying to help him find a solution."

Mao Dali said cautiously: "It's not that I don't distinguish between public and private. Chairman, you have to believe me... I just think that I rely on the company at home and rely on friends when I go out, so it's good to make more friends..."

Zhou Yi nodded: "That's right, and it's good."

"Go your way, but be careful and don't get chased by others. You may not be able to find a place to hide next time."

"Yes, I promise not to cause any trouble to the company!"

(End of this chapter)