Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 644 I Want to See Rivers of Blood

Even for light nuclei, it is difficult to directly break through Earth's gravity and enter near-Earth orbit.

Therefore, Zhou Yi was able to communicate with the two returning Bonefish employees through satellite images provided by Xingzhu.

Due to signal delay, the audio and video were not perfectly synchronized, but fortunately, Cat God provided supplementary information, and the entire communication still went smoothly.

In satellite images, both bony fish appear different from before.

Quickfoot's entire body turned dark red, and its surface had skin-like wrinkles. Its strength was upgraded from D-level to C-level.

The large mouth was a bright red, and this internal glow, accompanied by a rhythmic interplay of light and dark, made it seem as if it possessed a luminous heart. Its improvement was even greater, directly reaching Grade B.

According to observations from the constellation, they appeared suddenly next to the defunct satellite Noa-3, just as they had disappeared.

As soon as Big Mouth returned, he rattled off, "Chairman, we're back! Sorry, it seems we've exceeded our leave... This time it really wasn't our intentional absence, but an accident. That giant bone fish found us and said it wanted to teach us some skills, so we used our leave to go there... But when we came back, we found out it's been two months already!"

“We didn’t know about this beforehand. There were no timers there, and we couldn’t feel the exact flow of time… It was truly an accident, not something we did on purpose! You must believe us!”

It talks a lot, but too much of it is nonsense.

Zhou Yi immediately said, "Stop for a moment. Hurry up and tell me what happened, start from the beginning."

"Yes, Chairman."

"Initially, it was because of strange sounds coming from Noah-3, but we couldn't tell anyone about those sounds; it was as if some kind of force was blocking them out..."

The sound of his footsteps was neither too fast nor too slow, and was clear and organized.

Zhou Yi then realized that the giant bone fish was now on Europa, ruling over the planet and calling itself the Earth Ghost, completely carving out that planet.

The giant bone fish created bones in the satellite, serving as a special medium for communicating with the bone fish—the transmutators are skilled at converting energy into specific substances.

What Zhou Yi was concerned about was how the giant fish took the two employees away and then sent them back.

Quickfoot said it didn't know either.

“Chairman, we asked Mr. Di Gui, and he said that we are not yet at the level to come into contact with those forces.”

However, the giant bony fish is surprisingly tolerant of the bony fish.

Just from what Kuaijiao repeated, Zhou Yi felt that if he were Di Gui, he would have already smashed Da Zui's dog head to pieces.

The ghost was left speechless and dumbfounded, displaying remarkable composure. Perhaps in its eyes, these were just clueless little brats, and arguing with them would be beneath its own dignity.

The most direct benefit was naturally to the two employees, Quickfoot and Bigmouth, who received special training and enhancement from the giant bone fish, and were also taught a complete set of techniques for strengthening the bone fish.

This is the natural growth path of the giant bony fish, so it is not only reliable in terms of experience, but also of great strategic significance.

Its core is to construct a special heart using subterranean worms.

These special life forms can sustain their survival activities in the universe by constantly absorbing the power of cosmic rays.

Zhou Yi asked, "Were the subterranean worms cultivated by the Earth Ghosts?"

"No. They are creatures from deep underground. Many of the bone fish in the underground use these subterranean worms. It's just that Mr. Earth Ghost collected a large number of these worms in his body and brought them to the ocean beneath Europa for large-scale cultivation and reproduction."

Quickfoot said, "Mr. Earth Ghost said that the reason why the bone fish on the ground are weak is because they do not have the help of the underground worms."

A flash of inspiration struck Zhou Yi.

As Jules Verne once said, there was a criminal in City 404 who specialized in studying the bacteria on bone fish, believing that the underground bone fish were different because of a type of mantle bacteria.

The prisoner was an electromechanical life form named Shafulin, who was also the creator of the A-2 virus.

Zhou Yi immediately sent Hei Fu to City 404.

Soon, Shafulin, whose true form was a biological incubator, was brought to Emerald City.

"Visual perception can be deceiving; a true assessment requires comparison with physical objects. If you're asking me to make a judgment remotely, I'm sorry, I can't do it."

Although he was an antisocial individual, he was exceptionally rigorous in his research.

Zhou Yi was at a loss.

The quickest way would naturally be to use a Gem Transformer, but that would be too high-profile and easily attract attention from all sides. Previously, taking action against the proxy could be considered an internal matter between the supervisor and the proxy, but revealing it too early wouldn't be a good thing… the less of this crucial tactic is used, the better.

Deploying objects from satellite orbit to Earth using conventional methods would take a considerable amount of time.

Upon learning of the situation, Turing immediately suggested, "Chairman, please hand it over to the artificial sun."

"Our operations team can control the sun to accelerate into the designated orbit and bring the two Bonefish employees back to Earth. Because the artificial sun and solar energy are aligned, they have enough strength and explosive power to support the speed to break through and enter the space orbit."

So Zhou Yi handed it over to them.

Half an hour later, the artificial sun lit up again. It accelerated upwards, eventually breaking through the atmosphere and entering the multi-layered orbit where the satellite was located.

After 1 hour and 27 minutes, the company's artificial sun retrieved two bone fish from satellite orbit and delivered them to Emerald City.

The criminal scientist, Shafulin, immediately began scanning, conducting a comprehensive examination of them, and also requested the medical department to perform biological comparisons. Zhou Yi also observed the two modified bone fish.

The surface of the fast-footed creature has a dark red, frosted texture, like a mineral layer formed by sand mixed with salt, and these red microorganisms present a fine network.

With its massive mouth agape, the giant fish revealed a large number of red subterranean worms accumulated on the inner walls of its skeleton, forming a luminous, twisted energy cluster at the very core. This was what the giant fish called the "cosmic heart."

They are healthy in both physical strength and consciousness.

As soon as Big Mouth arrived, he said, "Chairman, this doesn't count as unauthorized absence, does it?"

Zhou Yi also gave a formal reply: "It is due to force majeure. It has nothing to do with you."

The two bony fish then relaxed.

Zhou Yi asked, "Why is the giant bone fish called the Earth Ghost?"

"Because its enemy is the celestial beings, and the celestial beings correspond to the demons of the underworld, that's its explanation."

Quickfoot said, "The giant bone fish believes that the bone fish is another life form of the dead, which is what the old humans called ghosts. So it not only represents the entire bone fish group hunting the celestial beings, but also represents the dead who were killed by the celestial beings, taking revenge in the form of a ghost."

According to its description, the giant bone fish believed that the core problem of the suppression and weakness of the bone fish group was the existence of the celestial beings.

This ghost also revealed a completely new piece of information.

Those are the three calamities of the Dead Sea, which are actually subject to macroscopic control by celestial beings through the solar wall. These celestial beings are like those holding a remote control, activating man-made disasters on the Earth's surface wherever needed.

To avoid large gatherings in the Dead Sea, the system guides the creation of light bursts and torrents, much like using the sun to bombard and evacuate life.

Another rather peculiar phenomenon is the high-pressure zone.

To a large extent, it was to prevent people from getting close, as there seemed to be some kind of information projected by the sun there.

Zhou Yi immediately asked Xiao Fu, "Is there anything special about the consciousness of solar radiation?"

"This is beyond my comprehension."

The Tracer honestly replied, "I don't understand either. But the things the enemy fears and wants to eliminate are most likely substances that threaten them. Da Zhou, you might as well have the Evil Brain Motor focus on collecting them in these areas."

Zhou Yi agreed.

He immediately ordered the Dong clan to send the Evil Brain Fleet to inspect the high-pressure zone.

Not long after.

Shafulin and the medical department obtained the results.

"Subterranean worms are mantle fungi!"

"My deduction is correct! The subterranean bone fish relies on mantle bacteria to absorb various energy rays, and can even directly convert cosmic rays from space into energy for use!"

Shafulin's electronic eyes kept flashing, and there were rattling noises coming from the incubator. He looked a bit crazy.

"This zombie life form is highly compatible with the subterranean bone fish. It can survive in an oxygen-free and low-temperature environment that is even more extreme than that in the mantle, and it can also survive in space and other celestial bodies. The more bacteria there are, the stronger their effect, and they will form a very powerful bacterial network that attaches to the material layer to form a living whole, thereby avoiding external pressure."

"Therefore, it is difficult for Quickfoot to separate the underground worms whose bodies are connected on the surface, because they have this characteristic of highly integrating into other material layers in order to survive."

"As long as the mantle bacteria are cultured in this way and then fused into the body and surface of the bony fish in a targeted manner, a large number of bony fish can easily break through their existing life levels and enter the B or even A level!"

"With this method of using fungi, bone fish will no longer be a supporting character or cannon fodder, but will unleash energy that will make the world tremble!"

"The era of the bone fish has arrived!"

Shafulin was ecstatic: "That's the charm of pathogens. As long as you can have a chemical reaction with them, you can directly change a population, or even the ecological pattern of the whole world!"

"In the future, whoever can manage their relationship with the bonefish well will be able to gain a foothold in the new wave."

"Please mass-produce the mantle bacteria immediately and release them to the bone fish! I want to see rivers of blood... oh no, I want to see the dawn of a new era."

"..."

Zhou Yi looked puzzled: "Didn't you just say there was blood flowing like a river?"

You misheard me.

The electromechanical life scientist said with certainty, "I am a researcher, and I just want to see the underground bony fish population rise on the surface through pathogens... They will rewrite the current ecological situation, increase productivity, and better maintain the stability of the Dead Sea region."

Zhou Yi expressed his doubts about this.

However, Shaflin's suggestion is fine.

Mantle bacteria definitely need to be cultivated in large quantities. When paired with the company's bonefish, it will bring huge improvements to the company and the bonefish employees.

But this needs to be done gradually, and risks must be fully prevented.

(End of this chapter)