Wasteland Development Diary

Chapter 37 Maintenance Orders


In the harsh summer days, there was an explosive growth in the export of refrigeration boxes, causing the Steel Refining Lord to monitor the factory's progress and production every day.

One day, Mayor Gang Fu suddenly came to report, "Sir, someone has approached me, wanting to order 13,000 refrigeration boxes, 1.2 million pieces of Type 2 coal, and a custom small-sized cold storage that can accommodate 500 square meters."

"If the performance is good, they will purchase at least two more small cold storages and regularly buy cooling coal from us."

Steel Refining Lord asked, "What's the background of the buyer?"

"He didn't say, but he hopes to have a meeting with you."

Refrigeration boxes are cheap, but custom cold storages consume a lot of cooling coal every day. If more cold storages were added, it would mean a continuous stream of cooling coal orders for Steel Refining City.

Steel Refining Lord immediately agreed.

The buyer was an ordinary-looking bald young man with a scar on the corner of his mouth, dressed in a plain grey robe and cloth shoes.

The young man bowed to the Steel Refining Lord: "Lord Steel Refining Lord, I am Fang Qiao, a Weapon Hunter."

Steel Refining Lord was completely unprepared.

This group often moved in secrecy, and he did not expect them to take the initiative to come forward.

What puzzled him more was that there were no energy reactions on the young man's skin; he was an ordinary person.

Steel Refining Lord puzzled, "Are you really a Weapon Hunter?"

Fang Qiao scratched his head: "Most Weapon Hunters are ordinary people; that way we are not easily discovered and can move around freely."

"But I can prove it."

He lifted his hand, and suddenly strands of black hair emerged from the back of his clothes, which combined into a huge long-haired monster, floating and expanding in the air like aquatic plants.

The Steel Refining Lord's detector found that the energy level of this hair monster reached B-grade.

"Is this your hair?"

"Yes."

The bald young man said, "Weapon Hunters have their own defensive weapons; mine is 'Thousand Threads'—a Guangna Organ, but now separated from me. My hair has become a supplement and material that enhances it. It will protect me, and I can manipulate it for defense and combat."

Steel Refining Lord was very surprised.

Guangna Organs have strong self-consciousness and require Suppressant Pills to suppress them, to prevent backlash against the host.

Once overly developed, Guangna Organs can dominate the host, turning the host into its nourishment and inverting the master-servant relationship, transforming the flesh body into its nourishing organ.

By then, the person would become rotten flesh or a walking corpse.

However, the young man in front of him was as if nothing was wrong, living in harmony with the B-grade Guangna Organ above his head, showing no signs of madness or dementia.

The hairs also did not lose control or go mad, appearing very stable.

Just this ability made the Steel Refining Lord somewhat believe in the visitor's identity.

Such a technological method was unheard of from the outside world.

But if it was the Warlord, achieving this would not be surprising.

Although the Warlord rarely made public appearances in the mundane world, throughout history, it was known for its proficiency in developing and modifying weapons.

"To be honest, proving myself as a Weapon Hunter is indeed troublesome for us."

Fang Qiao pulled open his collar, revealing a black '104' on his left chest.

While observing this number, Steel Refining Lord saw a finger and half a face, difficult to determine whether male or female, the person placed a finger on their lips, making a shushing gesture.

Merely reading this information, Steel Refining Lord instantly felt immense danger.

The numbers on Fang Qiao's body had some kind of immense energy response.

It was a Light Core Body!

Steel Refining Lord quickly severed the connection.

"Do you believe me now?"

Fang Qiao continued: "Here's the thing, we Weapon Hunters collect weapons for collection. However, some of these weapons are living beings."

"I am responsible for the part concerning flesh life."

He pointed to his head, "Like this fellow here, a weapon formed by a Guangna Organ, some of them after separation head towards destruction, but some can survive, even becoming a new type of monster. There are few of them, and I am responsible for collecting this part."

"In order to collect these biological weapons, according to our experience, using a low-temperature environment is better, keeping them in stable hibernation, reducing the risks of going berserk and going mad."

"We have an alien-style cold storage that can accommodate various biological weapons. But it has recently had a small malfunction causing the cooling system to fail, hence I am looking for some alternative containers."

"Not long ago, I tried refrigeration boxes, and they are indeed great."

Fang Qiao said with feeling: "They might look simple, but they are easy to use and very convenient. They are also very affordable, and have helped me a lot."

"I was really worried initially, I thought about asking Mechanical City to build a cold storage but the cost is too high, I simply couldn't afford it... Now with the refrigeration box, even if there's a problem, we can replace it anytime."

Steel Refining City was a bit surprised: "You guys are short on funds?"

"How could we not be short?"

The other party counted on their fingers and said, "This batch of refrigeration boxes I'm purchasing now totals less than 200 Light Seeds to set up, and that's enough for a whole year."

"But if we asked Mechanical City to do it, their previous quote was 4000 Light Seeds, and that was just for building the cold storage, plus it needs a lot of Energy Packs for cooling which would be too expensive. We really can't afford their stuff."

Steel Refining Lord listened with pride: "Our products are known for being good value for the money."

"Right. It's good to have you guys around."

Fang Qiao said with a smile: "So I came here, hoping to purchase from you long-term. Then I can also recommend it to other colleagues who need cold storage and freezing functionalities, like some cooling circulation systems, sample preservation, blood storage, imaging equipment, freezing technology, etc."

Steel Refining Lord recalled, "At that time, I didn't agree directly and said I wanted to ask you; he's still waiting in Steel Refining City."

Zhou Yi readily nodded: "Why not do this business?"

"Weapon Hunter choosing to purchase our refrigeration boxes, means they've tested our equipment and think the cooling effect is very good, equivalent to the expensive cold storages made by Mechanical City."

"Okay."

Steel Refining Lord added, "Mr. Zhou, there's another matter concerning that Alien cold storage. Fang Qiao said currently no one can repair it, knowing that our company is professional in this field of aliens, he hopes I can discuss with you, to see if you're willing to help repair that cold storage, the price is negotiable."

"He said that he has already obtained the permission of the Warlord, saying he could send the cold storage to us, have us repair it, and then he would transport it back."

"They are willing to offer 50,000 Light Seeds for the maintenance."

Quite generous indeed.

Zhou Yi thought for a moment.

Now with the economy being tight, and nothing much to do, earning some extra wouldn't be bad.

"Okay."

Zhou Yi promptly agreed: "But tell them, I need to inspect it first to determine the situation. I can't guarantee it'll be completely fixed, but I'll try."

"Alright, I'll respond with that."

A few minutes later.

Steel Refining Lord conveyed through Red Kestrel: "Fang Qiao will explain the specifics face-to-face when he delivers the cold storage. He'll arrive at Jade City with the Alien as soon as possible."

Zhou Yi said, "Let him come then."

Preliminary intentions for maintenance cooperation were achieved.

While waiting for the delivery of the cold storage, Lie Hai, who had been out for half a month, finally returned to Jade City with the Condenser.

"Chairman, this time I went a bit farther."

Hunter put down a metal case and said tiredly, "I originally planned to let it split 4 times, making 16 Spit Silks, but the Condenser kept using its light blade to push me to the next Light Burst Location."

"We ran to a total of 7 Light Burst Locations and ended up splitting 128 Spit Silks before heading back."

Zhou Yi was overjoyed inside.

The essential material for mass production of gliders was now available.

"But there was one problem we encountered that we didn't anticipate, and I can't really tell what it is…"

Hunter said, "Please have a look."

Zhou Yi thus opened the lid of the metal case.

Inside were strands of worm-like Spit Silks, getting along very well with each other, quietly waiting to be fed inside.

The strange part was that there was an odd one among them.

It was a black Spit Silk, Y-shaped in a gathering of I-shaped peers, standing out awkwardly.

No one seemed to ostracize this odd one.

The black Spit Silk moved slowly, crawling around just like the others.

Zhou Yi initially wanted to ask Xiao Fu but then remembered that Reverse Flow was in the process of making Fire Chamber Plates, and interrupting would mean starting over.

He immediately held off.

There was only one thing to do.

"Call A-Feng over, see what's going on with this."

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