Zhou Yi arrived at the bottom of Jade City and found a small tent outside.

An additional ping-pong table was outside the tent, where Qin Xie was playing against a teddy bear. The toy bear, being of limited height, was running back and forth on the table and leaping with powerful smashes, making the game particularly intense.

However, in Zhou Yi's eyes, their play was slow and weak, and the ball bounced too high, truly a novice's game.

"Mr. Zhou, have you come out?"

Qin Xie wiped his sweat with a towel, revealing a refreshing smile, "The push shot you taught is really useful, the basics are still so important. Now I feel that my swing has gotten much faster, not as slow as before."

Zhou Yi told him, "You go wait for me on the ship at Yalong Bay first, I have something to handle."

"Okay."

Qin Xie didn't ask further. He immediately began packing up the table and the tent with the teddy bear, heading towards the submarine base.

Zhou Yi returned to the 31st floor and reconnected with the consciousness of Jade City.

Red Kestrel located the Big Buddha.

The High-rise Giant crossed over tube-shaped buildings and amusement parks, reaching a hill.

At the highest cliff, sat an ancient Big Buddha draped in a chain-covered cassock. On each side stood a protector Heavenly King, and the cliff walls were carved with thousands of stone statues, as if myriad Buddhas were congregating.

Mechanical Knights had yet to give up; Spider Cars were still climbing everywhere as if to find the giant alien's control switch.

Zhou Yi rode the Hunter to the shoulder of the Leshan Buddha.

"Big Buddha, it's time to leave."

The Big Buddha said, "Zhou Yi, Big Buddha, I cannot move. I used my last strength to walk back here and now I can't stand up."

"I'll handle it."

Zhou Yi controlled Jade City, extended a steel finger, and gently tugged on the Buddha's surface. Many chains and Light Blockers cracking and falling to the ground.

The Big Buddha's body slightly shook before standing up again.

Red Kestrel loudly declared to the Mechanical Knights, "The Leshan Buddha has voluntarily become an employee of Wasteland Development Company and will henceforth be under our protection. To avoid any misunderstandings, please cease all improper actions against it."

While the Spider Cars retreated, there were still Mechanical Knights who questioned through a loudspeaker.

"You say it joined you voluntarily, how can you prove it?"

As soon as these words were uttered,

At Zhou Yi's signal, the Big Buddha stretched out its huge palm and pinched the Spider Car.

The Mechanical Knight inside frantically manipulated the vehicle, its eight limbs flailing, but it couldn't break free.

Red Kestrel told everyone, "Architectural life has autonomous consciousness, whether it's true, it will give the answer itself."

The Big Buddha placed the Spider Car back on the ground, and its fingers loosened.

The Spider Car immediately ran back to its group.

The announcement was complete.

Zhou Yi began helping the Leshan Buddha move.

The main body of the Buddha removed one stone carving after another from the cliff, which Jade City then gathered on the top floor before transporting them to Yalong Bay.

An hour later, all the cliff carvings had been relocated.

A Knight couldn't help but ask, "Where are you moving the statue to?"

"Mao Valley Town."

Red Kestrel said, "If anyone is interested in the Leshan Buddha, feel free to visit and sightsee in Mao Valley Town, where it will be practicing for a long time."

To Zhou Yi's slight surprise, the Mechanical Knights didn't continue to obstruct but said, "In that case, we hope you take good care of it."

"It is an incredible alien being, born with a force of order and of great research value. If the mechanisms within it can be deciphered, this power could be replicated to other cities, ensuring the safety of residents in those cities and invisibly eliminating many conflicts."

"We will definitely come visit. We hope to cooperate with you for further research on the Big Buddha."

The styles of Mechanical Knights and Dead Sea Knights were distinctly different.

Red Kestrel explained, "The core of the Mechanical Knights is technology-driven, and they have been studying the mechanisms and processes of aliens. Combined with the military support from the Heavenly Kingdom, they have evolved over the years into a practical scientific research institution."

Zhou Yi thought that made sense.

One is a state-owned research institute; the other is a privately owned overseas militia, of course, they are different.

The Leshan Buddha, facing the amusement park, put its hands together and bid farewell to its kind here.

Then it and Jade City walked towards Yalong Bay.

Next, Zhou Yi found Li Mo through Red Kestrel.

He had hidden in the Dead Sea.

For safety, Zhou Yi asked him to first enter the Sea God, then gave Li Mo two options.

"The first option is to place you in the cave storage at Yalong Bay, which will also prevent outside snooping, not much different from your previous life."

"The second, I'll completely hide you, but you will be in a special energy state where only your consciousness can communicate with me."

The Mutant child said, "I choose the first."

Zhou Yi wasn't surprised.

No one wants to lose their ability to move independently.

Zhou Yi led him to the tunnel where the Yalong was placed, "This is the place."

The cave storage was long and deep, far superior to the previous single-layer tube-shaped buildings in terms of concealment.

Li Mo looked around at his new home, "It's big here, not bad at all."

Zhou Yi said, "Then you stay here for now, we are about to return home, and I'll find you after we get back."

"Yes, boss."

"Don't call me boss, call me chairman."

Zhou Yi corrected, "Now you are also an employee of Wasteland Development Company, you should act like one."

Li Mo asked, "Chairman, what should I do?"

Zhou Yi thought for a moment, "Don't you like making cups? Then make them here. They can become a signature craft product of our company and be sold externally."

"Okay, I am best at this," the Mutant said cheerfully.

"As for materials, I remember you said sand and soil would work, right... I will have the samurai crab deliver it here, you reduce the Radiation."

"Yes, Chairman."

...

After settling the new employee.

Zhou Yi left the tunnel to return to Jade City, instructing Red Kestrel to retrieve Qin Xie and teddy.

As soon as Qin Xie returned, he excitedly said, "Mr. Zhou is truly impressive. He recruited the Big Buddha in such a short time. But why only it? There are several other Aliens worth considering, that amusement park you mentioned was also nice... Why not try again?"

Zhou Yi thought to himself that those had already teamed up to start a business here, creating a city of architectural life forms, which couldn't be simply plucked away.

"Not every Alien is suitable for our company, it's a mutual selection."

He made up an excuse.

"I see."

Qin Xie pondered thoughtfully.

After a while, he suddenly asked, "Mr. Zhou, what is your view on combat-type architectural life?"

"Specific cases, specific analysis."

"Do you have a way to deal with 'Deathmatch Arena'?"

Zhou Yi remained silent.

The voice of Red Kestrel echoed in his mind, "'Deathmatch Arena' is a notorious A-level large-scale architectural life form, extremely dangerous. According to statistics, it has killed 17,000 people."

"It sucks various life forms into its body and forces them to kill each other until only the last survivor is left, and then it allows them to leave."

Zhou Yi picked up the remote control and looked at the image presented.

The Deathmatch Arena looked like a huge silver lotus flower, capable of spinning and moving.

It resembled a sports stadium.

Zhou Yi found it strange.

Sports stadiums are places for competition, so how had it turned into a battleground now?

Qin Xie continued, "Every summer, Deathmatch Arena begins its hunt. It's situated on a sizeable land where four cities have been destroyed due to its presence, turning the entire region into death grounds."

"Mr. Zhou, would you consider recruiting it? Heavenly Kingdom is offering a reward of 100,000 Light Seeds just to move it off that land."

"I don't have that capability."

Zhou Yi waved his hand, "The architectural life forms of our Wasteland Development Company are all orderly, they are inherently good citizens, this requires another expert."

Qin Xie felt regretful, "But that's 100,000..."

Zhou Yi pondered, this sports stadium was even troublesome for Heavenly Kingdom; he wasn't so inflated to invite trouble himself.

His focus was still on Mao Valley Town.

As the two conversed, Yalong Bay had already left the land where United City was located, with the distant islands gradually shrinking.

Suddenly, Red Kestrel with the same frequency said, "There is a foreign satellite signal requesting connection."

"The other party claims to be from Kunming Station of United City."

"Allow the connection."

After connecting with Red Kestrel and the satellite, it said, "Kunming Station proposes to share map information of both locations and open a dedicated signal channel for easier future communication."

Zhou Yi thought for a while.

As United City was an emerging city with enormous potential, strengthening cooperation with the company was advantageous.

He just wondered to what extent the information sharing would be.

Kunming Station sent a text message through Red Kestrel.

——Information obtained through satellite observation is incomplete, sometimes even significantly deviating from reality. As such, we hope to engage in long-term information exchange with you.

——United City will share the vision and services of two satellites with you, one weather satellite and one land satellite, covering 40% of the world's area. The satellite signals can directly interface with your electromechanical life.

——In return, we need you to provide a credit guarantee to facilitate United City's registration in Mechanical City and obtain a credit rating. United City aims to recruit electromechanical life talents to manage and development the city more professionally and standardly.

The primary request was indeed this.

Zhou Yi checked with Red Kestrel.

Credit guarantee was qualified only for B-level organizations.

However, guarantees also bore certain risks; discrepancies with reality or false guarantees could lead to a downgrade in the guarantor's rating.

Zhou Yi calculated, credit guarantee in exchange for the vision of two satellites, able to detect climatic anomalies and perform all-weather ground mapping, was already quite a gain.

Plus, he was optimistic about United City himself.

"I think it's fine, what is your opinion?"

Zhou Yi looked at Red Kestrel.

The drone responded, "I also think it's a good opportunity. According to what you said, architectural life is uniting and awakening here and has a high level of intelligence. The rise here is unstoppable."

The two parties remotely signed the agreement.

An additional satellite icon appeared on the remote control screen.

Upon opening it, Zhou Yi instantly obtained a vast electronic map, which marked dangerous zones in the Dead Sea including rapids, high voltage, Light Bursts, as well as wind direction, rainfall... instantly triggering the full map mode.

In the past, navigation positioning was criticized for consuming too much power and violating privacy, but in the Wasteland Era, it was extremely useful.

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