Wasteland Development Diary

Chapter 45 Battle with the Angel of Death


Jade City was in a mad dash, shaking the earth and mountains along the way.

Inside room 3101, however, everything remained calm and stable.

Zhou Yi looked at the black-clothed youth: "Although we just met, can I trust you?"

The youth said: "I was born here, you can trust me. I can feel it, you have a very special connection with this building. Your square blocks react to each other, you and this place… Jade City, have a close relationship."

Zhou Yi asked: "What square blocks?"

"Just the square blocks, can't you see them?"

The youth revealed a puzzled expression.

Zhou Yi shook his head.

The youth was somewhat perplexed, but still gestured with his hands and explained: "I see, many life forms have square blocks, some have many, some have few. Most of those flowers and plants outside don't have any."

"However, moving insects, mice, and birds all have them, it's just that they are very few, mostly only a single square block."

According to his description, animal-category life forms all had square blocks, representing consciousness entities. The number of square blocks represented the strength of the consciousness, acting like a type of health bar.

The longest consciousness health bar belonged to Jade City, dense square blocks formed a long pillar, overlapping with a large quantity of consciousness entities.

"You are strange."

The youth looked at Zhou Yi with a curious gaze: "On top of your head, there are four square blocks forming a long strip. Very special."

However, Zhou Yi immediately understood.

The four strips symbolizing consciousness entities corresponded to himself, Reverse Flow, mic master, and the Transformed Person Tietie.

This visual ability would be very useful against high-level enemies.

As various thoughts flitted through his mind, he again asked the boy: "Can you repair these consciousness entities?"

"Uh-huh."

The youth nodded: "Actually, each square block is different, some are full and symmetrical, some have defects, some are about to shatter and disappear."

"To repair these consciousness entity blocks, it requires energy. I need to find the part that is associated with it... and then compare it with the fragments from the outside to fill them in."

Zhou Yi asked him: "Do you have a name?"

"No."

Zhou Yi thought for a moment and looked at the Bone Man beside him: "You've taken care of him the longest; you name him."

Sun Chonglai scratched his head: "I'm not good at this, how about you, Chairman?"

"Then let's go with your surname, let's call him Sun Hao, hoping that we can cultivate a good Angel of Death."

"Uh-huh."

Whether the youth understood or not, he simply said: "Did you all give birth to me together?"

"Jade City and Sun Chonglai incubated you. I'm sort of like one of your foster fathers..."

Zhou Yi was about to explain the specifics, but Jade City had already entered the battlefield.

There was no time for explanations.

He immediately declared: "Prepare for battle."

Ahead, Condenser blocked the sky, and on the ground, Bone Man Wu Yi erected tall sand walls surrounding the battlefield, to keep the outside world at bay.

In the center of the battlefield, Big Buddha sat cross-legged on the ground, his broad palms still locked onto the half-creature white-clothed girl.

The surface of the Leshan Buddha was slowly shedding large amounts of sand and stone, as if rapidly aging.

Approaching the battlefield, Zhou Yi immediately felt his life force continuously declining.

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His whole body felt uncomfortable, as if being squeezed by some force, with feelings of nausea and vertigo.

This must be the ability of the Angel of Death.

Speed is of the essence in warfare.

Zhou Yi leaped straight down from Jade City, quickly closing the distance with the Angel of Death.

mic master, lock her down for me!

In an instant.

The half-bodied girl who had fiercely confronted the Leshan Buddha suddenly became stagnant in her gaze.

"Locked her down."

mic master gave immediate feedback.

However, the deadly power emanating from her did not subside.

But mic master again said: "Chairman, her strength is very high; I can't lock her down for too long."

Zhou Yi frowned: "How long can you hold?"

"About 24 hours."

He relaxed internally.

He thought it would be only a few minutes.

That's not a problem then.

The strength of Concept Life is still high.

Zhou Yi first synchronized consciousness with the nearby Big Buddha.

"Can you still hold on?"

Big Buddha replied: "Zhou Yi Big Buddha, I've been slightly injured, but it's nothing serious. It possesses strong destructive power and a tendency for destruction. This is the first time I've encountered such a formidable opponent."

"It was the one spying on this area from the Dead Sea, and had been in a long standoff with me."

Zhou Yi frowned.

That is to say, the Angel of Death has been lurking in the Dead Sea for a while now, sensing the birth of the new angel here.

But accounting for the time, it's been nearly a year, a bit earlier than Stone Bag Mushroom's transfer.

He felt there was more to it.

Big Buddha continued: "This is also a rare opportunity for me; my practice needs high-intensity challenges."

"It's a Skywalker-level Destroyer. If I can eliminate its violent impulses and desire for destruction, I can evolve from this. However, currently, it looks impossible to do in a short time. It's very tenacious, with a strong will to kill."

"Luckily, Condenser and the Bone Man joined in; otherwise, I'd find it difficult to hold her off alone."

Zhou Yi said: "You need to be wary of risks."

"Understood. Zhou Yi Big Buddha, but I can feel that my abilities are also taking effect on it, it is gradually becoming calmer and more rational. I can sense it."

The biggest problem was that Big Buddha was still continuously crumbling, with visible deterioration worsening.

Sun Hao flew over and landed lightly beside Zhou Yi.

"Father, I can repair it to some extent, its consciousness entity has sustained significant damage."

Zhou Yi said: "Then you try."

So, the black-robed youth flew next to Big Buddha, suddenly transformed into a black square block – also made of fungus-formed square blocks.

Squares of geometric light appeared, as if some sort of invisibility device had been activated, with beams shooting straight out from its body, connecting with the Big Buddha.

Then, a layer of intermittently visible light film shrouded the surface of the Big Buddha.

"Zhou Yi's Big Buddha, my injuries are being repaired... A marvelous power."

"Even my consciousness, which was on the verge of collapse, is now reassembling, creating a special form of rebirth..."

Zhou Yi felt a bit more settled in his heart.

Next, he turned his attention to this unexpected visitor.

Zhou Yi submerged into the BGM world.

...

In the misty Dead Sea, snowflakes drifted from the sky.

A woman's singing voice echoed through the air.

"We still stand and wait in our own places,

Turning each other into separate worlds,

You never understand my sorrows,

Just like daylight doesn't grasp the darkness of night,

Like the eternal burning sun,

Doesn't comprehend the waxing and waning of the moon..."

Accompanied by the background music of "Day Doesn't Understand the Night".

A girl in white knelt in the snow, her body broken and torn, missing a piece of her neck, bracing her drooping head to one side with her hand.

Her smooth, delicate face was also cracked, showing no signs of healing.

Like a rag doll that had been torn apart and roughly stitched back together.

Zhou Yi was a little curious about how she ended up like this.

The girl was muttering to herself, "Damn Concept Life! Why do I always encounter such disgusting creatures? Why don't you all just die!"

She tried desperately to piece her shattered face back together, but nothing seemed to work.

"Break it for me!"

Then, the girl suddenly transformed into the White-Haired Monster, with a red light shooting from its single eye to all directions, creating layers of shockwaves.

The entire BGM world vibrated and trembled.

Deep chasms broke open in the ground, and the sky itself was collapsing, with fragments large and small tumbling down, revealing the empty darkness behind.

Zhou Yi had never seen anyone trapped in the BGM domain break it open by their own strength.

The girl forcibly broke through the world beneath that English singing.

Then the surroundings changed abruptly.

A sunny day with lush greenery all around arrived, as if spring had come.

The background music shifted suddenly too.

"Let bygones be gone with the wind,

With the wind, my heart follows your lead.

Yesterday's bloomed and withered flowers are not a dream,

Not a dream, not a dream..."

Zhou Yi saw that the girl in white emerged from a large Stone Bag Mushroom, stretching her body like a butterfly.

Below the Stone Bag Mushroom was a collapsed crumbling building.

More than half of Jade City had been buried by soil and dust.

This was the early Mushroom Forest.

The girl quickly regained her bearings and looked around vigilantly and cautiously: "Who exactly are you? Are you reading my memories?"

"If you don't show yourself, neither of us will end well, I will use all my power to destroy your Consciousness, it can even kill me! And you won't get off easy either!!"

Zhou Yi was quite surprised.

Angel of Death held a deep grudge against Concept Life, almost showing an allergic reaction.

Although he wasn't sure if she was bluffing.

Still, Zhou Yi chose to reveal himself.

"Is it you? No, wait..."

The girl's pupils slightly constricted: "Something's off with your Consciousness, what are you exactly? You're not Concept Life! What are you?"

"..."

Zhou Yi's original forced smile also froze: "If you want to talk, it's best to watch your tone."

The girl seemed to come back to her senses as well, her tone softened a bit: "What do you want to talk about?"

"Of course, about cooperation. Our Wasteland Development Company really likes people with special abilities like you. Would you like to join our company? Our benefits are pretty good and we can help you with a lot of things. You know, it's exhausting to struggle in this world alone."

Zhou Yi spoke with a relaxed tone.

The girl was full of wariness: "Don't have any weird ideas about me, I won't join any organization you're part of. I am the Angel of Death, you do know what will happen if I blow myself up with all my might, right?"

Zhou Yi was at a loss for words.

She was completely opposite to Sun Hao, with an excess of vigilance to the point of seeming paranoid.

However, such things are mostly related to personal experiences.

It wasn't surprising that negotiations failed to progress.

Zhou Yi then said: "It should be me asking you what you're up to. Sand Port is a place managed by our company, you barged in without our permission and attacked our employees, it's only natural you ended up like this."

"I don't have any particular agenda."

The girl said: "I'm just here to pick up my son."

"Your son?"

"The newborn Angel of Death, I know you hid him. Just now I saw him near you, what have you done to him?"

Zhou Yi was amused as he lifted his right index finger: "First off, Sun Hao is not your son. Strictly speaking, he is more likely the son of Jade City."

"Then, he is now one of us. You say you're his mother, where's the evidence?"

"He and I are both Angels of Death, and many years ago, I conceived him. I knew he would be born here, it's just that I didn't have time to wait for his birth," the girl claimed forcefully.

Zhou Yi restrained his smile and said coldly: "The so-called birth of Angel of Death is just acquiring a Consciousness from Building Life, which then evolves from the Stone Bag Mushroom. What does it have to do with you?"

"What are you talking about?!"

The girl angrily said: "It's true that we acquire Consciousness, but he is the offspring I conceived. Do you think anything can become an Angel's egg? It's because before I left, I started my own procreation process, scattering and deeply burying my offspring in that land!"

"You really have no shame, trying to steal my son! The one with issues is you!"

Zhou Yi was baffled by her fierce retorts.

Although he was angry, he couldn't immediately find a rebuttal or evidence.

Could it really be true?

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