Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 6 Test Strength
Night Claw talked about the distribution of local monsters.

This area is centered on the oasis belt. To the north is the territory of the clawed pigs, to the south is the mushroom forest which is still expanding, to the east is the Dead Sea where all kinds of monsters may appear, and to the west are the death dunes where the spiny ant lions are entrenched.

Unlike clawed pigs that live in groups, spiny antlions live alone. They are huge in size and create sand pits and quicksand terrain in sand dunes to hunt passing creatures.

They sleep in the sand all year round, dividing their hunting areas among themselves.

During the day, the thorny ant lions sometimes come out of the sand to bask in the sun and dead light to gain strength. At night, they rest under the sand, and once they sense that there are creatures approaching on the sand dunes, they will wake up and hunt.

"We, the Claw Pigs, were also hunted by them."

Nightclaw couldn't help but complain, "Compared to the stinging antlions, we are much more disciplined. The claw pigs only defend their territory and attack intruders. Their main goal is to find a place to survive. They don't have any special hatred for humans, but often live in the same area with humans."

"Because humans exist, it proves that there are no super monsters nearby. After all, we are at the bottom of the light nano species group... not much better than ordinary humans."

"But the thorny ant lions are completely different. They will transform the soil, turning any land into a desert to facilitate their hunting. They will make bait and like to hunt humans. When they go crazy, they will even kill their own people. They are dangerous monsters, and their strength can reach D-level when they grow up."

Zhou Yi got on his bike and led the team all the way to the sand dune area in the west.

This is an endless desert.

Under the sunlight, it looks particularly empty and desolate.

Zhou Yi looked around and suddenly found a person slowly crawling out of the sand not far away. The person shook off the sand on his body, looked around, and then staggered slowly into the depths of the desert.

"Master, that is the bait for the stinging antlion."

Night Claw next to him said, "There will always be people who will be fooled."

Zhou Yi looked at the remote control in his hand.

Zooming in, the sand walker was nothing more than a humanoid creature with only bones left.

There were thorns in its skull and chest, and it was wrapped in clothes. The humanoid bait was controlled by the thorns, and it was difficult to identify without close observation.

The thorny antlion has long thorny tentacles on its body, which are its hands and feet. It manipulates bait like a puppeteer to lure other creatures to come here.

From a high-altitude perspective during the day, you can see that there are many such baits in the desert, including walking human-shaped baits, clawed pigs with hollowed-out bodies, carts disguised as being stuck in the sand, and boxes that look like they contain something.

If you get close to these baits, you will fall into the trap of the spiny antlion.

Zhou Yi looked at the human-shaped bait closest to him.

Start with yourself and test your strength.

"Switch to long-range weapons."

At his command, the warrior crabs pulled out kitchen knives from the weapon straps on their abdomens, including traditional chopping knives, square knives, pointed fruit knives, serrated knives, etc.

"Target, human bait."

"Pay attention to the range pull and free throw attack."

After receiving the order, the twelve Shell Warriors immediately formed a battle formation and aimed their pincers at the target.

Whoosh!Whoosh!Whoosh!
All kinds of knives shine brightly in the sun.

Under the brutal force of the warrior crab, the kitchen knives spun and flew to chop the human bone bait thirty meters away, and only one round of volleys chopped it into pieces.

The severed thorny tentacles twisted wildly in pain, and finally pulled out the main body under the sand dune. First, a pair of large pincer-like jaws covered with thorns emerged, and then more thorny tentacles emerged from the sand, rushing towards this side like snakes.

The warrior crabs split into two teams and moved rapidly left and right, continuing to throw all twelve kitchen knives they were carrying, and then moved to the safety area in the rear without looking back.

This is when the stinging antlion's flaws become apparent. It is a good positional warrior, but it can be seen through the trap and enter mobile warfare. Its hard and powerful body, thorny tentacles, and suction to the sand are all of little use.

After chasing angrily for a distance, it finally chose to give up, and its tentacles returned to the desert again.

But soon, the spiny antlion began to twist wildly again, stirring up the yellow sand on the entire dune and causing visibility in the vicinity to decrease.

Nightclaw was stunned: "What's going on?"

"Did you go crazy because of your failed hunt? This state doesn't look right..."

Zhou Yi took out a can of Coke from his backpack. The two warrior crabs immediately opened their umbrellas to block the flying dust.

Zhou Yi opened the can pull ring and took a sip.

"We'll find out later."

The spiny antlion's movements became slower and slower, and after a few minutes it stopped moving completely.

The dust is gradually settling.

The warrior crabs confirmed the death of the dune killer, dug its body out of the sand and placed it on the ground.

So Zhou Yi finally saw the full appearance of this creature.

The thorny antlion is about six meters long, with a broad, yellow-brown layered shell like a shield wall, four hard-shelled legs with trident-shaped hooks on the tips of the legs, a small head with broad pincer-like jaws, and thorny tentacles on both sides of the body. They are more like a flexible limb and natural weapon, with some fragments of white bones hanging on them.

At this time, it was already stiff.

The warrior crabs stabbed the corpse again on the neck, chest and abdomen, confirming that it was completely dead, and then began to retrieve the kitchen knife they had thrown earlier.

"Why did it die suddenly?" Ye Claw's little eyes were full of confusion.

Zhou Yi did not explain, thinking to himself, this is of course because he ate my poisoned kitchen knife.

He placed his hand on the hard shell of the thorny antlion, and then the monster's corpse emitted a faint light, gradually condensing into a ball of white light, which he gently held.

This is the [Light Seed].

By integrating it into one's own body, one can use this highly concentrated energy to directly increase strength.

Among life, defense and energy, Zhou Yi chose to replenish energy.

[Energy +40]

The body's energy has recovered to 1732 points.

Since his health and defense reached a relatively high value, Zhou Yi began to concentrate the harvested light seeds and transform them into energy.

He spent a long time exploring the point-adding mechanism.

The most immediate effect is to increase health. 1 light seed can increase 10 health points, but the part lost after being attacked will not be self-recovered. It can only be replenished by acquiring light seeds later in life, or by waiting for the dead sea power to be naturally absorbed - this is very slow.

In terms of defense, 1 light seed can bring a 0.01 defense value increase. If it cannot cause damage beyond the defense, it will not be able to harm Zhou Yi's body. At least the warrior crabs can no longer break Zhou Yi's defense.

But there are also special ways to cause damage that ignores defense, such as poison.

The kitchen knives that warrior crabs are equipped with are coated with a toxin from a small monster in the Dead Sea called the "jumping snake". It jumps on the ground at the bottom of the Dead Sea like a spring, and it will spray poison when it feels scared and terrified. Large monsters will also be seriously injured if they are accidentally infected with more toxins.

Zhou Yi managed to collect a lot of jumping snake venom and combined it with a kitchen knife into a long-range killing weapon, which has been effective in actual combat.

The last element of the body is energy, which is also the key to maintaining the functioning of the body.

As the commander and doctor of the Warrior Crab Corps, Zhou Yi confirmed through a lot of actual combat that, whether in battle or survival, the energy of the Light Nanos would naturally be consumed to maintain their powerful physiological functions. Especially for Light Nanos with special abilities, such as the Red Falcon, they could not use their skills without enough energy.

Therefore, a certain amount of energy reserves must be maintained at all times in order to treat and replenish the warrior crabs and keep them combat-ready.

If the health value represents the current survival status of the body, the energy bar is the fuel and electricity that maintains high-speed operation, and is the logistical lifeline for maintaining competitiveness.

Even a powerful high-level monster will become food for the bone fish once its energy is exhausted.

……

The warrior crabs began to clean up the spoils of the battlefield, especially dismantling the shells of the stinging antlions, which were materials with good resistance to impact. They disassembled them and carried them away.

After a brief trial run, Zhou Yi also gained a first-hand understanding of the environment near his new home.

The local monster groups from the southeast, northwest, and northeast can withstand it with their own strength, and their safety is basically guaranteed.

Seeing that it was almost dark, he rode his bike to the Dead Sea beach to wait for the young boy Ajin.

(End of this chapter)