Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 607 The Manipulator

After fiddling with the equipment for a while...

Da Vinci responded.

"Chairman, we have inspected the artificial network of consciousness nerves, gem structure, light-printing integrated equipment, and power supply system of the evil brain motor, and extracted the program from the self-test equipment... It has been confirmed that the device is not faulty."

"The problem must be with the evil brain part."

"The cave dwellers are conducting a comprehensive diagnosis of the treacherous insects and the evil brain."

Zhou Yi directly summoned Dong Shi. The Shell Sanctuary emerged from the light core arm armor on his right hand and entered the gem structure of the evil brain core before him.

Soon.

Dong replied, "Mr. Zhou, I checked. It's not a problem with the evil brain; the dream demon actively infiltrated."

“We cave people have tamed the usurper insects, so the evil brain will not directly capture the surrounding consciousnesses. In fact, if a consciousness tries to enter it, it will be rejected and resisted.”

"But those nightmares, for some unknown reason, were desperately trying to squeeze inside. There were many of them, and they were quite powerful. Once inside, they were controlled by the evil brain and locked inside."

“This massive influx of data created intense neural stimulation, activating the brain’s automatic capture of external stimuli… We have intervened manually to stop this function from shutting down.”

"Fortunately, these nightmares did not decompose."

Dong Shi was also somewhat helpless: "It's not our problem, it's the dream demons themselves who can't see things clearly. Could it be that the dream demons actually prefer evil minds?"

Zhou Yi didn't think so.

He sought out Lord Canghai for advice.

Canghai Jun carefully examined the evil brain motor.

Although it absorbed a lot of nightmares, nothing was displayed on the screen because no related visualization module had been designed yet.

He said, "Chairman, it's not clear from the outside. I need to enter the evil mind to determine the situation."

Zhou Yi agreed.

So he crawled inside.

When he returned, Canghai Jun had a wry smile on his face: "No wonder they are so focused on getting into the evil mind, because from the perspective of the dream demon, its first dream has not yet been born."

According to him.

In the eyes of the dream demon, dreamers are like moving copies of a game.

The first dream is equivalent to the first kill, and the reward is the most generous. You can obtain unique fragments, which greatly enhance the growth of the dream demon.

"If you're lucky, there's a chance you'll get a name."

Canghaijun explained, “Every dream demon is pursuing its own name, but more than 99.99% of dream demons do not. This is somewhat similar to the marking of conceptual life. Only by having its own name can one distinguish itself from other beings of the same kind and move closer to immortality, rather than merely being in a state of immortality.”

"Only a dream demon with a name is qualified to become the Weaver."

“My former name was Canghai (Vast Ocean), and the name of Fuyou (Mayfly) was Fuyou (Floating).”

Zhou Yi suddenly realized: "You two must have been friends a long time ago? Even your names are so related."

"Yes, Chairman. We have been friends for many years, from being nobody to having a name, and then to becoming the Weaving Master, we have always had a good relationship."

Canghai Jun readily admitted it.

"Chairman, having your own name is a crucial and extremely difficult step for a dream demon. This name isn't chosen by the demon itself, but rather is the name suggested by the dreamer."

“Like me, I am used to constructing huge oceans and water environments, so the dreams I create all have such environments. Many dreamers will constantly generate fragments of consciousness. The same fragments accumulate and react with each other, eventually forming a connection with me and causing a qualitative change. Many dreamers make the same highly precise expressions, and the name of the dream demon is born from this.”

“A name is an association and a marker of something that already exists. For a nightmare, being exclusively remembered is an extremely important stage.”

"Reaching this point is enough to prove that the Nightmare Demon possesses superb dream-making abilities."

"That's why it's the time when a girl's first dream is most likely to leave behind a unique name."

Zhou Yi finally understood.

Having a name is like a technical title within the Nightmare community. However, these titles are awarded based on customer reviews.

Remembering dreams, describing dreams, and receiving widespread recognition from dreamers.

However, a problem has arisen.

That means a large number of nightmares were locked up by the evil brain motor.

Zhou Yi scratched his head.

Releasing them out would expose my disguise of entering paradise.

Why don't we just pretend nothing happened and lock them up for a while?
Just as he was pondering, Da Vinci said, "Chairman, we have urgently added a new module that can now see the status of captured nightmares. They can be directly controlled with the joystick to release and capture them."

"Please take a look."

Zhou Yixin thought that the electromechanical life efficiency was really high, and it could fix bugs and optimize operations on the spot.

A simple item bar has appeared on the right side of the screen.

The prop box contains a large number of [Nightmare] in the form of small, pointed imps, stacked together, showing a total of 113.

One of the special nightmares is placed separately and is displayed as [Nightmare - Tumbleweed].

This tumbleweed is the only one with a name and a senior professional title.

Zhou Yi asked Leonardo da Vinci, "How do I operate the inventory?"

"Chairman, you can just use your finger to touch it."

Da Vinci explained, "Originally, this was an operation aid that we would gradually implement later, but because of the Nightmare incident, we are now directly activating this module."

"Just swipe them out, and you can release them."

Zhou Yi thought this was pretty good.

He swiped his hand and discovered that he could move the nightmare back and forth. But that was all; there were no more complex operations yet.

At this time.

Mr. Krabs suddenly appeared on the screen.

The large black and white crab waved its pincers and said in unison, "Chairman, there's a bit of trouble. We've attracted the attention of the Weaving Masters."

Zhou Yi noticed that two special figures had appeared on the screen.

One of them was a fat man in a suit, and the other was a thin, white-bearded old man wearing a wizard's hat.

Two weavers appeared. Zhou Yi only recognized the mayfly.

The other old wizard, however, was unknown.

Canghai Jun, who was standing nearby, said, "Chairman, why don't I go and negotiate? It concerns our latest technological secrets, so it's best not to expose them."

Zhou Yi thought for a moment: "No. Just tell Weaver-kun and the other dream demons that we're here to test the new device... and we'll invite them over to take a look."

Hiding things doesn't necessarily keep secrets.

It would be better to demonstrate strength and technical prowess.

"Yes."

Canghaijun immediately disappeared into the screen.

He chatted with the two weavers for a while, but the specific content could not be displayed.

The two people looked visibly surprised and turned to look at the screen.

After obtaining permission, the two weavers entered this side through the screen.

Zhou Yi smiled and looked at them: "Welcome, both of you."

"I apologize for the intrusion."

"I have long admired Mr. Zhou's name."

Both weavers were very polite.

Canghai Jun, standing nearby, introduced, "Chairman, you've already met Fuyou Jun. This is Dingyou Jun, whose student, Fengguncao, is also in the Evil Brain Motor."

Zhou Yi said to Ding Youjun, "Don't worry, it's fine."

"Is this evil brain motor... truly controllable?"

Ding Youjun looked at the arcade-like equipment in front of him.

"of course."

Zhou Yi waved his hand, indicating: "Sit here, and you can activate the evil brain simply by operating the joystick and buttons above."

Ding Youjun immediately took action without any hesitation.

He was very smart; Zhou Yi only introduced the basic functions, and he quickly mastered all the operations of the evil brain motor.

"Interesting, interesting."

"This technology is amazing!"

Ding Youjun muttered to himself, then activated the A key attack mode, grabbing the nearby succubi one by one, his inventory of imps constantly increasing by 1. This enraged the succubi, who then attacked him en masse.

The old man seemed to be having a lot of fun.

"How dare you overestimate yourself and attack me?"

"What level are you in? You think you can compete with me technically?"

"Come on, come on!"

The old nightmare demon started playing a claw machine game against other nightmare demons, and began a one-against-a-hundred-person mode against the nightmare demon horde.

Zhou Yi's face twitched as he watched.

This old man is much more ruthless to his own people than to himself.

They used nightmares directly as experiments.

Canghai Jun said in the same frequency of consciousness: "Chairman, Dingyou Jun is a dream master who specializes in the technology of fragmented consciousness."

“He has always been very obsessed with dream creation, and he has a very high talent in this area... He is a pure technologist, so he would be excited to see a device like the Evil Brain Motor.”

Zhou Yi watched the old nightmare demon's actions from the sidelines.

Don't say it.

Faced with a large number of nightmares attacking, the old nightmare was able to block almost perfectly, creating ripples and capturing the attacking nightmares in a way that was almost like breaking their moves.

He looks old, but he's actually a highly skilled and shrewd player.

"Hahaha, good good!"

"This is fun!"

The old man laughed loudly as he operated the machine.

The mayfly, unable to bear it any longer, coughed twice: "Dingyou, your apprentice is still under your control... That's enough. Mr. Zhou is still watching over things, so keep an eye on him."

Ding Youjun, somewhat annoyed, continued pressing the buttons to catch the nightmare, his eyes never leaving the screen: "Mr. Zhou hasn't said anything, so what are you babbling about?"

After being rebuked like that, Ephemeral King immediately lost his temper.

He could only laugh awkwardly: "Mr. Zhou, that's just how Mr. Ding You is... obsessed with technology, please don't mind."

"I have always had great respect for professionals."

Zhou Yi also laughed.

"The company's progress is too fast. We were just talking about the problem of clearing evil minds, and now the evil mind generator has already been developed."

Mayfly sighed and looked at the Sea Lord beside him: "Your judgment is indeed accurate, no wonder you are so confident."

Canghai Jun said calmly, "The company has already passed the most difficult initial stage, and it has not yet reached its true peak. Therefore, I think the Dream Demon Clan should be able to distinguish what are truly high-quality partners and when to enter the market, and not live in outdated common sense."

"If common sense and old experience could sustain the world, then the Dead Sea would never have been born."

This time, the mayfly didn't refute, but nodded.

He looked at Zhou Yi: "Mr. Zhou, we have confirmed the truth about Number Seven acting as Verne."

"This skeleton is no ordinary creature... It must have sensed something was wrong, because it hasn't appeared outside since. The cosmetic procedures and maintenance that were supposed to be done have stopped. Our small business group doesn't know where it went either."

Mayfly said in a deep voice, "Number Seven has never changed so far... He must have a lot of information about the Celestials, and we need to be careful about his control over City 404."

"Although it is ranked last, because it is tied to 404 City, its danger may be the highest among all the agents."

Zhou Yixin said that was good.

This means that capturing Number Seven would yield a lot of intelligence.

(End of this chapter)