Wasteland Development Diary

Zhou Yi went down the iron ladder into the submarine.

After landing, he stepped on the iron plate with anti-slip bumps.

The interior of the Poseidon was narrower than it looked from the outside, only enough for one person to pass through, but it was well-lit with overhead lights and not dim.

There was a musty smell of dust inside.

The most numerous items were large numbers of round metal valves, some red and some white, with many pipes and instruments fixed on both sides of the cabin.

However, the submarine was obviously poorly maintained, with much wear and tear between the passage hatches, paint peeling off the handrails in patches, revealing the black rusted iron underneath, and some old wooden dial devices on the walls.

Zhou Yi guessed that this was an old submarine, quite different from the modern submarines he had seen in news photos.

The clanging sound of his shoes on the iron plate was particularly clear in the cabin.

He went all the way inside.

He passed through an instrument room, and then entered a cabin that he had to duck to get into.

The bone man in front of him said through telepathy, "Chairman, this is where we used to stay."

Zhou Yi looked around.

The cabin had bunk beds on both sides, fixed with iron railings, with iron frames next to the dark red bunks. Simple wooden cabinets were fixed on the frames, as well as a broadcast speaker, presumably to give orders to the resting crew members.

Jacob lay on the ground, turning his skull to the iron frame, and pointed inside: "It's right here."

Zhou Yi removed the baffle under the iron frame and picked it up to take a look. There was indeed a pattern on the bottom wooden board, drawn with scratches, making the whole picture look sharp. The content drawn on it was basically the same as what Jacob said.

The submarine in the picture was a long strip of squares, marking the escape route and how to turn several valves.

The crew cabin area was also divided into two layers, with a total of 24 beds, as well as some soft leather seats.

Zhou Yi continued to walk inside, and came to a place like a communications room. There were dumbbell-shaped microphones, and box-type devices with various instrument panels and many knobs.

There were words on some large instrument panels and complex instruments.

It was not Chinese, but it didn't look like English either.

But now it's the wasteland era, its nationality doesn't matter anymore.

Zhou Yi just wanted to find Kestrel as soon as possible.

But this partner was still out of contact, and the remote control still showed no signal.

After [Alert] was activated, he could see the white light on Jacob's body, but there was no response around him, as if the Poseidon had completely stopped operating.

Jacob said, "Chairman, this is not normal."

"We didn't move those remains. They are scattered everywhere, some under the baffles, some next to the instruments, some outside the hatches... but now I can't even see the fragments. But I found a skull on the iron plate at the entrance, but all the others are gone."

The bone man suddenly trembled: "Bad! This is really a trap, to lure outsiders in and turn them into pets like bone men. The Poseidon is not asleep, it has been observing us in some way... You should get out as soon as possible."

Zhou Yi said, "Now that I'm in, of course I have to find Kestrel and go out together."

If the Poseidon is really a trap, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get out.

Now we have to investigate the situation inside.

Unable to dissuade him, Jacob looked around again: "I remember there is something here, maybe there is something on it."

The bone man rummaged through the boxes and cabinets.

Zhou Yi further observed the surrounding environment, trying to find some clues.

Before long, the bone man said, "Found it, it's this."

He took out a large iron can and skillfully uncovered the rubber cover.

Inside was a pasty substance like adhesive.

After Jacob identified it, he said, "This is what we use to glue our bodies together, because the bones themselves are fragile, and there is a lack of dead light here, and very little energy."

"This shape and dosage are exactly the same as before. This shows that no one has used this since that escape... Everyone should be dead."

Zhou Yi's [Alert] found a little white light. Since the entire Poseidon had no response, that dim white light was particularly conspicuous.

He pointed to the direction of the light: "What's over there?"

"That's the end."

Jacob led the way past the communications room and entered a narrow passage in front. This place was also fixed with many large and small round valves, but it was slightly wider at the end.

In front was a tightly closed round sealed hatch.

The white light was on the door.

Could Kestrel be trapped behind this?

The bone man patted the hatch, making a clanging echo: "This can't be opened. Since I had memory, the end of the Poseidon has been here. At that time, we didn't have enough strength, and we didn't dare to destroy it. Maybe there is something really behind it."

Zhou Yi slowly raised his fist.

Finally, it was time for his telescopic fist to be used.

But during the warm-up, Zhou Yi suddenly noticed something was wrong.

The white light reaction was not behind the door, but in an area on the door.

Zhou Yi took a closer look.

There was a silver "×" symbol on the iron outer shell of the sealed cabin, like a mark made by electroplating. It was the source of the [Alert] reaction.

This reminded him of the silver lines on the samurai crab, and the light-receiving species had similar structures. Kestrel said that it was part of the light-receiving organ, used to absorb the dead light from nature for its own use, and it was also the prototype of light printing.

It's just that this silver fork is too small, what is it used for?

Zhou Yi speculated in his heart.

Could it be that this is an interface, similar to the copper skin connected to the battery.

He put his hand on the silver mark and input energy into it.

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The energy is smooth.

Zhou Yi asked, "Hello? Is this the Poseidon?"

There was a jumble of meaningless information on the other side, as if it was being interfered with.

Then he heard a voice in his head: "Zhou, it's very dangerous here, leave quickly!"

It was Kestrel.

Zhou Yi immediately reacted: "Are you behind this door?"

"I am this mark, encapsulated here by the Poseidon."

Ah?

The Poseidon's ability is a bit heaven-defying.

Zhou Yi scanned left and right with his peripheral vision.

His every move may be under the observation of the Poseidon.

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Can it hear the conversation between himself and Kestrel?

"I don't think so, this is the flow of information carried through energy." The drone responded: "Without energy exchange, this cannot be done."

"Now you are in a very dangerous situation."

Kestrel sent a lot of dense information.

"Listen carefully, Zhou."

"I discovered the anomaly when I entered here to investigate this door, because this door has the ability to shield signals. But I investigated the other cabins inside the Poseidon and found that this machine has a very big problem. There is no trajectory of energy flow between its bodies."

"Even in hibernation, there will be periodic energy flow, which is the movement and consumption required for the existence of consciousness. But it has no related reaction, but maintains the integrity and stability of the physiological structure."

"The Poseidon is not an uncivilized body, its consciousness has been completely erased and controlled by something else."

"That thing is very dangerous."

Zhou Yi understood that it was the thing occupying the Poseidon's body that was reorganizing and controlling the bone men inside.

"Chairman, what's wrong with you..."

The bone man next to him suddenly said.

But Zhou Yi could no longer hear the rest of his words.

It became pitch black all around.

Only Zhou Yi was left alone, with a faint white light around his body.

A figure stood in front of him.

This figure stood opposite him.

Zhou Yi was particularly calm at this time: "You are not the Poseidon."

"Smart."

The other party's voice was indistinguishable between male and female: "Your body is very good, become the spark I collect."

Zhou Yi's eyes narrowed.

So it's coveting my body.

"I know you have many questions, soon you will understand all of this, because we will become one."

The other party let out a pleasant laugh: "It's amazing that a low-level life has such an excellent body, it's really amazing the wonders of the world, but your development of it is still too weak, I will bring out its true power."

The figure suddenly appeared in front of Zhou Yi, wrapped around his body and spun rapidly, turning into countless light and shadows.

After about two minutes of spinning.

The other party returned to human form: "That's not right... why... why can't I use this body?!"

"What the hell are you??"

Zhou Yi interrupted the other party's voice with a right swing punch, hitting it in the head: "Pay attention to your quality when you speak."

"That's not right, that's not right, what's going on here."

"It shouldn't be, this operation is definitely right, higher life should directly replace lower life, my authority priority should be in me... where is the problem? Is it the process? Or the external environment? But this is a stable closed environment, it shouldn't be... Could it be that you are also a higher life?"

The other party was in a state of doubting life at this time, talking to himself.

Zhou Yi also received a strange message in his mind.

……

[Body 2]

Health: 178441

Defense: 0

Energy: 5773

……

Body 2?

Does it mean the guy in front of you?

No.

Zhou Yi was stunned.

Equivalent to this guy merged with himself?

Must not become a Jacob-like schizophrenic patient!

Zhou Yi's anger rose from his heart, grabbing Machine 2 and punching him frantically.

Since there is a health bar, it means it can be killed.

After being beaten by a combo punch, the other party seemed to have come to his senses, turned around and ran away.