Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 646 Lunar Marriage

After Quickfoot and Bigmouth went to Europa, new Bonefish staff filled the vacancy. Fortunately, the two Electric Cat partners were experienced and quickly helped the newcomers get familiar with the process.

Zhou Yi announced at the company that he was selecting giant bone fish for culturing.

However, this is a two-choice question.

It needs to be acceptable to both the Earth Ghosts and the Bone Fish on the track.

The company had a total of 24 bone fish working in satellite orbit, but the giant bone fish ultimately only took away Fastfoot and Big Mouth.

According to Quickfoot, "Chairman, Mr. Earth Ghost uses a very special cosmic ray to select bone fish individuals whose frequency is close to his own."

"It's somewhat like... a screening of personality and inclinations."

"Mr. Earth Ghost said that character is the most important thing. If one lacks strength and talent, one can make up for it later. If one's character is not stable and self-disciplined, then wielding great power will only bring disaster to oneself and others."

in short.

Even giant bony fish need to be chosen by the fish and their frequency needs to match before they can be trained and bred.

Therefore, not just anyone can go to Europa.

Based on the current ratio, even for the company's carefully cultivated "rocket-bone fish" (highly skilled individuals), the selection rate is only 1 in 12. If this is considered a grassroots selection process, then the selection rate is merely 8.3%.

A month later, another rocket bonefish, "Ancient Overlord," was spotted by the Earth Ghost.

It also reported this to the company.

This is the second generation of Rocketbone Fish, younger than the Quickfoots, and with a more lively and outgoing personality. You can actually tell from their names: the first generation gave themselves rather simple names, basically representing some of their specialties, while the second generation is more individualistic.

This generation officially adopted the surname "Gu," a homophone of "Guyu" (骨鱼), followed by a given name.

It sounds much more formal now.

The second-generation bone fish was born during the company's rapid development and expansion.

Influenced by this environment, they are all vying for various resources and slots. The sooner they can evolve into rocket-bone fish, the sooner they can go into space, and the more light-element wages, paid vacations, and available positions they will receive.

Gu Bawang is one of the best among them, having only entered satellite orbit earlier this year.

This second-generation rocket bonefish is larger and stronger than the first generation, with a length of nearly 7 meters. Its body is filled with black, shiny muscles, and its size does live up to its name as a tyrant.

It said frankly, "Chairman, I am already married and have a family."

This was the first time Zhou Yi had heard this question: "You have a partner?"

"Ah."

"If you go to Europa, what will happen to your partner?"

"It went along with it."

Zhou Yi was surprised: "Now the Earth Ghosts even offer a system for accompanying family members?"

"No, Chairman, you see."

The ancient overlord opened his blood-red maw, and a spinning stone top rolled out of his wide cavity.

“This is my family, Tataru.”

Zhou Yi was taken aback.

What's going on? How did the bone fish end up forming a family with the Lunarian?

"Chairman, it's like this."

Gu Bawang said, "I used to work in the Lunar Affairs Department. On the moon, Minister Jacob was further cultivating the Bone People and Bone Fish. Because the lunar environment is very suitable for the survival of Bone People and Bone Fish, the low gravity is beneficial for our wide range of movement, and the high energy allows us to grow rapidly..."

"Many Moon People have settled in Guanghan Palace City, and we have become familiar with them. Most Moon People are very easy to get along with. They are loyal and generous, and we eventually became friends and buddies."

"There are two senior therapists in the affairs department, Teacher An Hong and Teacher Chen Shi. They came from the company headquarters because the number of skeletons on the moon is increasing and they need their help. They discovered that the moon people and skeletons and skeleton fish are very compatible. If they can cooperate and live together, they can perfectly fill each other's shortcomings."

Zhou Yi remembers.

That was a long time ago, in a small mountain town in Diaoyu City, there were two skeletons, An Hong, who was then the local mayor. At her invitation, they both came to work at the company as therapists for the skeletons and skeleton fish.

Later, when the Lunar Affairs Department was established, they also applied for jobs at the Bone Fish and Bone Man Training Center there. Many of the bone fish hatched by the Ministry of Agriculture were sent to the training center for further education.

The training center, learning from the advanced experience of Jules Verne in City 404, and with the help of electromechanical experts, constructed an underground bone tower, the "Bone Hard Drive," to record and back up information about bone fish and bone people. The Bone Hard Drive contains a wealth of essential basic knowledge and experience, allowing new bone fish to skip the most difficult initial stages of imitation, learning, and accumulation. This experience can be acquired simply by installing a standard memory bone into the body.

The second-generation rocket bonefish is a direct beneficiary.

Zhou Yi didn't know much about the follow-up details. On the moon, his focus was on the Celestial Gem and the Little Man in the Bottle.

Gu Bawang immediately began to explain: "The Lunarians have high physical strength and possess three abilities: detonation, marking, and shielding. Their energy conversion and absorption rates are extremely high. However, they cannot leave the ground and rely entirely on the rotation of their bodies for movement."

“We bonefish are agile and can move freely within the range of the death ray, but we lack strength and ability. By working together, we can go to higher and farther places.”

"The first to do this were the corporate skeletons. They are smarter and more perceptive than us, and they invited some of the Lunarians to live inside their chests, and then communicated with them through their consciousness nerves."

"The Lunarians need to absorb the life core to complete their transformation, a process that requires several weeks or even months of slumber. During this time, the Bone People can protect them. The Lunarians are like the newly installed heart of the Bone People, providing a continuous source of energy, and their abilities can also be used."

Based on this, An Hong and Chen Shi also found electromechanical experts to design a metal frame that would allow the Lunarians to continuously rotate inside bone fish and bone humans without damaging their bones. This allowed the Lunarians' Krip Rock gyroscopes to rotate continuously within a metal cage.

As the first to try something new, the Bone People reaped rich rewards thanks to their eloquence and foresight.

Having acquired Lunarian hearts, these skeleton employees of the company experienced a dramatic increase in strength. Operating their wasteland armor became extremely easy, and their speed in collecting fragments of consciousness from the outside world also skyrocketed.

"...Now, this group of skeletons is 80 times more efficient at collecting wasteland armor than before."

Gu Bawang said, "It's still because of the Lunarians. The Lunarians are like an energy vortex, not only absorbing energy, but also absorbing fragments of consciousness, just like a super vacuum cleaner."

Zhou Yi asked in confusion, "The Moon People are willing to maintain a long-term connection with the Bone People just for a stable vessel?"

He couldn't quite understand it.

The company had made considerable efforts, but most of these lunar natives were very conservative, and few were willing to join. Now, they've been directly taken over by the skeletons?
"Chairman, there is actually another, more important reason."

The Ancient Overlord said, "The Bone People discovered that the Moon People, besides their life cores, also have a great fondness for gold, so they promised to provide them with gold."

"...Do the Lunarians like gold?"

Zhou Yi looked completely bewildered.

Although gold is indeed a remnant of the sun and is of immense value, I had never heard of the Lunarians having this hobby before.

"It was a chance discovery."

Gu Bawang opened and closed his mouth wide: "The life core is the most important thing for the Lunarians. It is the life-extending medicine that allows them to escape the death cycle. However, after the company solved this problem, the Lunarians were not so nervous and anxious, and they just worked in the Lunar Affairs Department."

"The Lunarians' love for gold is somewhat like... humans' love for beautiful women, and the Bone People's love for beautiful bones. It's a secondary need. Gold can make them happy and improve their condition."

"They have gold implanted inside, which requires a very high purity level, specifically 6N. This level exceeds that of ordinary gold jewelry and gold bars; it is used in high-precision components and is very expensive."

"Gold in nature is extremely rare on the moon. The metal core is small and less differentiated, resulting in a more dispersed distribution of precious metals. They cannot obtain it on their own."

"But relying on the Light Imprinting Industry on Earth, we can obtain high-purity gold of grade 6N. So the Bone People discovered their love for gold and persuaded them to travel with them."

"After this precedent was set, a large number of Moon People followed the Bone People. Later, the Bone People proposed a family relationship, whereby the Moon People inside the Bone People would become special family members of the Bone People, living together for a long time, helping and supporting each other."

"This led to a situation where skeletons were fought over by moon people as mates, because the company only had 30 skeleton employees on the moon."

Zhou Yi found it difficult to remain calm.

However, the Bone Man is indeed exceptionally gifted in discerning needs; he is a born merchant and craftsman.

The desires of the Moon People were also deciphered by them.

"Later, we bonefish followed their example and established families with the moon people. In order to stabilize the relationship and avoid disputes and conflicts, the Lunar Affairs Department established a special lunar marriage registry office, which is to register every bone person, bonefish and moon person who forms a family."

"Only registered partners are recognized family members. If you want to get a divorce, you also need to go to the registry office. This is to maintain the stability of the relationship and prevent criminal behavior."

Gu Bawang said, "The main problem was the emotional conflict between the Bone People and the Moon People."

"By deceiving people by promising high-grade gold, one skeleton man maintained a relationship with seven Lunarians. In the end, the deception was exposed, and no gold was given. The skeleton man was dismembered by several Lunarians and buried underground on the moon. Although it was discovered, it was still a great pity... Although Lunarians are righteous and pure, they can be very terrifying when they get angry."

Zhou Yi touched his chin.

Marrying a Moon person can be very rewarding, but the consequences of betrayal are dire.

That's reasonable.

High risk, high reward.

(End of this chapter)