Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 86 Clearly marked price
Haluk was craving for the thorn grass.

Zhou Yi thought to himself that he couldn't offer too much, lest he scare others away. It might not be easy to find another boundary breaker who was easy to talk to and willing to bow his head, so he had to take it slow.

So he said, "No fight, no friendship. I'll sell it to you at a lower price. Just 10 will do."

"Okay okay."

Haluk agreed readily, but also explained: "This gate is of very poor quality, and there are very few monsters around. Even if I use all my energy to absorb the circular flow and combine them into fate in my body, I can only produce 8 by the next tide. I need the second tide to come to give you enough fate."

"tidal?"

Zhou Yi asked what it meant.

Haluk explained it, which was basically the way they calculated time.

The Dead Sea on the other side has periodic tides, which is also a reference for their timing. When the tide appears, the entire Dead Sea is turbulent. However, the tide itself has rising and falling periods. The gate is open during the rising period and closed during the falling period.

It was also during this period of rising prices that Haluk crossed over and discovered a black monster floating on the top of the Dead Sea.

After killing it, it gained some fate, but not the life core.

Haluk blew up another similar monster, but also got nothing.

The two that were destroyed were the Energy Storage City's cargo ship "Mingji" and exploration ship "Dingmao".

One tide over there is equivalent to one winter here, and it is the single time limit of the Boundary Breaker's journey to the other world.

If we calculate the winter as 6 months, we can obtain 8 light seeds. The production capacity of Haluk is equivalent to that of two mushroom forests.

Zhou Yi was already very satisfied.

Haluk's method of obtaining the life core was also simple. It scanned the thorny grass through Zhou Yi's body at close range. It lasted for about half an hour and it had completely read it.

"I will send Red Falcon to get the light seeds regularly. I actually have some life cores in stock. We still have a long time to cooperate with each other, so we will clearly mark the price. For example, this type will cost 10 per piece."

"A-Anything more? Okay, okay!"

"One more question, can you still come here if you're dead?"

"Yes. With this life core, I can exchange for a large amount of resources to open the interface again! I will live here for a long time!"

Seeing hope, Haluk became visibly more positive.

It spread out its body, like ink smeared into water, and stretched its shrunk body in all directions, forming a huge trumpet shape. Some dots of light began to appear on its surface. It was already absorbing the energy of the Dead Sea.

Zhou Yi didn't care what Haluk was going to do with the life core or how many resources he could get in exchange.

As long as this boundary breaker can create the necessary profits for himself and ensure the stability of the nearby waters, that is enough.

……

After finishing this side, Zhou Yi returned to his own camp.

He first told Lin Chihao: "The Boundary Breaker has negotiated peace with me through his actions and compensated me with a sum of light seeds. Whatever the Energy Storage City wants to do next is up to you."

The Boundary Breakers are immortal, and those who come here are just projections.

Letting it die once as compensation would be considered fair.

The lights of the damaged detective plane flashed.

"I have reported the relevant information to the detective team."

"The Procedures Department ordered me to return immediately. Regarding the maritime accident caused by the Boundary Breaker, the compensation procedure has been initiated. It has been confirmed that it was caused by the Boundary Breaker. According to relevant regulations, it is a force majeure factor..."

Simply put, there is no follow-up.

Just like the loss of life in a hurricane, earthquake or light burst, there is no way to hold these force majeure factors accountable.

Reason and supernatural powers understood last week that even if the armed forces were mobilized to kill the Boundary Breaker once, it would only be a waste of a lot of manpower and resources.

But emotionally he didn't agree. If it were him, he would have to fight. If he couldn't be killed completely, he would kill as many times as possible to vent his anger on the victims.

Maybe this is the difference between mechatronics and humans.

Lin Chihao added: "In addition, the Program Department expresses its sincere gratitude to your company. The important intelligence shared by the Wasteland Development Company has reduced a lot of unnecessary losses and calculations in the Energy Storage City. The cause of the previous major accident at sea has been confirmed, and the Energy Storage City can make the right choice for the interests of the entire city."

"To express our gratitude, the Energy Storage City has raised your company's credit rating to B, and this standard will be synchronized with external credit."

This is good news.

The Lin Chi returned and left.

Zhou Yi then looked at the Red Falcon next to him: "I always feel that electromechanical life itself is also quite contradictory. There are individuals like you and Lin Chihao who are willing to take risks for low-probability success, but most are very conservative."

Drone said: "Electromechanical life also has different perceptions of risks due to different occupations, which will lead to different judgments of results."

"But if a large number of electromechanical lives gather together and need to make decisions based on unified standards, it is necessary to rely on assessing the risk rate and minimize the losses and risks to each individual, so conservatism is an inevitable trend."

“Large cities like Energy Storage City act conservatively because they need to maintain stability.”

Zhou Yi asked: "How can we innovate in technology and ideas when our style is conservative?" "We rely on small cities and some special institutions."

Hong Jian said: "They are the main force of innovation. Even if they fail, the loss will be small. Once they succeed, their computing model will be purchased by other cities, and they can obtain huge profits."

Zhou Yi asked: "Which type does the recursive city belong to?"

"Recursive City is a small city that mainly provides services to the outside world, and the rescue team is one of its services."

Zhou Yi thought, if you count it this way, Lin Chihao just jumped from a small city to a big city for employment.

If we want to develop a new type of cooperation with the Mechanical and Electrical City in the future, Recursive City will be the first choice.

Although it's a bit far, it's good that we have a lot of contact.

……

After calming down the Boundary Breaker incident, Zhou Yi returned home.

When he arrived outside the Emerald City, he suddenly discovered that there were a number of tents made of branches and straw mats nearby. These tents were connected to form a small shed area, right next to the gated outer wall of the Emerald City.

What's happening here?
Cao Dayuan, wearing a wide-brimmed hat, ran over and said, "Chairman, you're back."

"These are scavengers from Qingcong Town, south of Jitou Town. The wood and fuel they obtain are basically transported to Shagang, and only a small part is left. The residents of the market town don't have enough for themselves, and the scavengers have it even harder. This time, when they heard that our company was promoting trial living and opening up the Death Sand Dunes, they followed our propaganda team all the way here."

Scavengers are always hungry and full, and are particularly sensitive to the environment. If the economy of a market town deteriorates, it will make it difficult for scavengers to sell their goods, and they will move to the next place without hesitation.

For example, in winter, the warmest place in the past was of course Shagang, but the management there was strict, and scavengers were strictly restricted from entering the city and were often driven out.

The next best place to spend the winter is Jitou Town. Because chickens are raised here, they are slaughtered, cleaned and pickled for easy transportation. This process requires boiling water, plucking and singeing the feathers. Although the area near the slaughterhouse stinks, it is still warm.

During the rainy season, they would go to the oasis town north of Sand Harbor, where various mushrooms and berries would grow, and it was also a good time to catch birds and mice.

Scavenging is such a flexible job that needs to change according to the environment.

"Since I don't have your permission and approval, I let them wait outside. There are 61 people in this group. What do you think we should do with them?" Cao Dayuan wiped his face with his hand.

Zhou Yi first checked the latest situation in Emerald City.

The main structure and lighting of Building 4 have been completed, and the only remaining infrastructure is water supply and heating.

Zhou Yi immediately said, "Then let them check in and register one by one. But remember, every resident must register on paper, and let Gong Zheng do a good job of the resident census."

"Okay, I'll do it right away."

Cao Dayuan asked again: "Chairman, another thing is that they heard about the treatment of the company's light soot workers and they all wanted to come and work very much."

Zhou Yi looked towards the dam: "Is there enough space?"

"That's enough! There are still a lot of empty spaces at Guangqi Dam. Also, because we work in two shifts, there are less than a hundred people working at a time. It's actually a bit vacant and a waste of the company's construction space."

"Then let them come too."

Cao Dayuan said excitedly: "Chairman, Brother Yuan has counted the situation of 100 workers."

"Currently, each worker can salvage an average of 22g of soot sand every day. Based on this calculation, one person can produce more than 8000g of soot sand a year. Their salary only accounts for 5% of it, so the company still makes the most money."

"Based on the current 200 people, the annual output of light soot at the Light Soot Dam is at least 1600 kilograms, which means we can earn 160 light seeds!"

Zhou Yi hummed calmly.

Now the mushroom forest in his left hand can produce 5000 light seeds per month, and the boundary breaker Haluk in his right hand can produce 8 light seeds in winter. The light soot is just a drop in the bucket.

The purpose of developing the core of the Guangxu industry is to create jobs and allow new humans to gradually gather here. On the one hand, it will upgrade the Emerald City, and on the other hand, they are also needed to experiment with their own ideas.

Even though I offered an absolutely high salary in the market, I didn't expect the net profit to be so huge.

It's not that I'm so good, it's just that the bosses are too harsh in exploiting me.

It's all set off by peers.

After a busy day, Zhou Yi went back and fell asleep.

However, he was awakened by an alarm while he was drowsy.

The Kestrel's five cameras glowed red and emitted a shrill whistle.

"Doctor Da Vinci requests emergency assistance."

"Snake Island encountered an unexpected accident, resulting in a large number of injured snakes. It is now being rescued and urgently needs a large amount of anesthetic sedatives."

Zhou Yi yawned.

There is no way I can sleep this way.

Then let’s get to work.

(End of this chapter)