Wasteland Development Diary

Chapter 117 Hurry Up!


Jade City, Room 3101.

Zhou Yi said seriously, "Transform once again for me to see."

Instantly, Ye Zhao's body shone with electric light, became ethereal, turning into flowing sparks, faintly retaining the outline of a clawed pig.

Under Zhou Yi's Alert perspective, Ye Zhao's spark form was entirely red, indicating it was at the level of a B-class lifeform.

Yet, it was E-class not long ago.

This state only lasted for about twenty seconds before Ye Zhao returned to the flesh and blood form of a clawed pig.

"Phew, Chairman, I can't maintain it for long, the energy consumption is too great. Forcing it causes severe dizziness, and the transformation ends by itself."

Zhou Yi looked at the somewhat weakened Ye Zhao: "You say, this is the result of your connection with Electric Cat Thunderclap No. 5?"

"Yes. Chairman, that electric cat is still inside me, it has now made my body its cat house."

"Initially, every movement it made caused my entire body to paralyze, my teeth to chatter, and my limbs to tremble uncontrollably. Now, however, we have adapted to each other a lot. It moves very carefully to minimize the impact on me, and I have gradually gotten used to it."

Above Ye Zhao's head, an image of a grinning electric cat appeared.

"In our day-to-day, we also gradually understand each other's intentions. Although there are sometimes discrepancies, in dangerous situations, it can quickly understand and react with me to fight against adversaries."

Ye Zhao sniffed, "It's not that we have such a good relationship, but the electric cat thinks of me as its house, and if I'm damaged, it will also vanish. It can sense when I'm in crisis, so it will fight external threats with me."

That's not bad.

Zhou Yi examined this employee numbered 002 of the company with interest: "How intelligent is Thunderclap No. 5?"

"To be honest... it's a bit dumb."

Ye Zhao raised its claw, pointing to the Energy State Life above its head: "It's no different from those solitary small wild animals in the wilderness. Apart from showing interest in consuming electricity, it either sleeps or runs around on me."

"It's hard to describe what it feels like to have it living inside me. But I feel its body has stretched quite a bit, seemingly covering my flesh evenly to reduce the intensity of electricity, in order to avoid damaging my body."

Zhou Yi called Da Vinci and Sun Hao to conduct a comprehensive examination of Ye Zhao.

After examining, Sun Hao said, "Father, Ye Zhao's consciousness has slight damage, but it's not severe. Indeed, there is a secondary consciousness of the electric cat inside it; however, currently, the two consciousnesses operate independently and aren't directly connected."

"Ye Zhao will need a long-term coordination with the electric cat to achieve mutual understanding and acceptance."

The Mechanical Doctor then initiated a series of medical examination procedures.

It first checked Ye Zhao's blood pressure, heart rate, breathing rate; then did blood and urine tests, followed by immune system tests.

Subsequently, it performed X-ray examinations of the heart, lungs, and skeleton, and used an ultrasound to examine the abdominal organs such as the liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen, and kidneys.

The whole process took over three hours.

Da Vinci summarized the medical data and concluded: "Chairman, Ye Zhao's physiological functions are within the normal threshold."

"The inhabitation of the electric cat significantly enhances the bioelectric phenomena of life activities."

"The potential difference in Ye Zhao's membrane potential is three times its normal average value, the resting potential has breached the threshold of 100 millivolts DC, indicating severe polarization."

"The depolarization and repolarization of action potentials have accelerated further, causing excitatory tissues to maintain a prolonged state of high excitability."

"These are all signs of significant bioelectric imbalance, which can lead to a range of functional disorders including lack of concentration, forgetfulness, irritability, insomnia, vivid dreams, tinnitus, headaches, dizziness, rage, Parkinson's, arrhythmia, sudden cardiac death, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, etc."

Ye Zhao listened with increasing fear, "I do feel a bit panicky and irritable indeed... Doctor, is there any hope for me?"

Da Vinci reassured, "Don't worry. As a member of the Guangna Species, you possess a robust physiology capable of enduring strong impacts and stress, ordinary lifeforms would have likely suffered severe brain damage by now."

"For a targeted solution, I need to conduct tests to determine it, please cooperate. But just with basic medication, this condition can be alleviated."

Ye Zhao hastily agreed: "I'll cooperate, I certainly will! Please prescribe more medications for me."

The best way to resolve this issue at its root would be to extract the electric cat and place it into a new cat house.

However, Thunderclap No. 5 absolutely refused to come out.

Zhou Yi then sent his Pikachu to try to communicate.

The two electric cats chased each other on Ye Zhao's body.

Pikachu returned and reported, "It won't leave. Unlike previous houses, it's now a living being which is more comfortable, and it really likes Ye Zhao. The variations in Ye Zhao's emotions get transmitted through electricity, which the electric cat can empathize with."

"Number 5 will not harm it. It's already adjusting itself, further weakening the current to avoid harming Ye Zhao. It will revert back to normal."

"I have no other solutions."

Given the circumstances.

Zhou Yi could only resort to alternative measures.

The Electricity Engineer You Ai crafted a special lightweight iron claw plate, mounted on Ye Zhao's four claws. This horseshoe-like metal structure acts as a ground wire, preventing the electric cat's current from harming or interfering with Ye Zhao.

Additionally, they also strapped a modified generator with a floating heart on Ye Zhao's back, concealed it with a belt. This would allow feeding the cat at any time and help maintain the spark state for longer.

The electricity engineer explained, "Mr. Ye Zhao, since the electric cat cannot be removed, please learn to nurture and tame it."

"Thunderclap No. 5 is stable and mild in nature. As long as you continually feed it electric energy, it will grow fond of and dependent on you. With prolonged harmonization and adaptation, it will become your valuable assistant and most loyal guardian."

You Ai taught a complete set of cat-raising methods.

Ye Zhao later accepted the reality, learned to cope with living alongside electric cats, and carried a generator every day to walk the cat.

Zhou Yi asked about the robber again.

Ye Zhao said, "At first, I thought those Psychedelic Butterflies were after the electric cat. So in a hurry to avoid leaking secrets, I swallowed the cat house to destroy it."

"As a result, I killed two, and when interrogating the last one, I found out that wasn't the case. They were just after money."

It explained, "Everyone knows that Panda People are nobles from Heavenly Kingdom, often worth a lot. They got wind that Tuo Zhu was joining our company to bring his father over here for medical treatment."

"So they ambushed on the flight path, preparing to rob the long-distance gliders. Since Panda People are not good at fighting and the Wasteland Development Company is wealthy, these Psychedelic Butterflies had this idea."

"Psychedelic Butterflies can weave illusions, so as long as the ambush is successful, they won't be recognized. This also gave them confidence. They are also veterans in robbery and fraud."

The interrogation expert's spine also interrogated a survivor and reached the same conclusion.

The results of Red Kestrel's Bird's Eye View mind reading were the same.

In short, it was a premeditated air robbery, and they just chose Tuo Zhu and his son.

This made Zhou Yi realize that as the Alliance's civil aviation scale grows, professional bandits, including the Guangna Species, would also target this sector. It's clear that Duke Destructive had foresight in developing fighter jets.

He informed all the sea lords in the Alliance, asking everyone to be vigilant and guard against air robbers.

This encounter also unveiled a corner of the secret of the Spark Knights.

Duke Destructive came in person to confirm, although the strength of Ye Zhao could only reach Grade B, it has the same power structure as the original Spark Knights.

This indicates that the Spark Knight of Spark Plain is a transformation form obtained by certain life forms accommodating an electric cat.

But that Spark Knight was highly skilled and strong, even capable of controlling and connecting hundreds of electric cats.

"Didn't expect to find this so soon."

Duke Destructive's eyes aimed at Zhou Yi: "Your progress is too fast... you were just cultivating electric cats, and now you have a lead on the path of the Spark Knight."

"Now we can raise many electric cats here."

"Based on this, once we can mass-produce Spark Knights… it means every employee of the company could at least reach Grade B! Speed it up for us in the Shuanghe Region too!"

The mannequin was eager.

Zhou Yi smiled bitterly: "It's not that easy... Ye Zhao is just an exception."

Following Ye Zhao's experience, electrical engineer You Ai and Tuo Zhu tried to experiment with other clawed pigs, but the results were all being half electrocuted after swallowing the cat house, and the cats were gone.

"Why is this?"

Duke Destructive puzzled: "Does it require a special environment? Like high altitude? Or falling into the Dead Sea? Can we reproduce the whole set and simulate it once?"

Zhou Yi shook his head: "We've tried all those, it doesn't work."

The first problem is the electric cat.

Thunderbolt No. 5 is a well-kept electric cat, stable in character, knows not to hurt people, can cooperate, can understand the commands of Electric Cat Stick, and is relatively mature in growth.

Other electric cats haven't reached this level; either they have a volatile personality or they haven't established a trust relationship with people.

Once losing the cat house, electric cats sense the danger of death and will desperately attack all surrounding materials.

It's like, if I'm going down, I'm taking the whole world with me!

The task of taming electric cats remains a long and arduous one.

After hearing this, Duke Destructive thought for a long time: "We could use electric cats to lead... On the Spark Plain, electric cats usually move in groups with a leader; I think we could follow this approach."

"With a role model leading, other electric cats will follow the example. After all, they are newly born life forms, still in their infancy."

Zhou Yi's eyes lit up: "Makes sense! That's a good idea."

He immediately asked Pikachu if it was feasible.

"It's tiring and I might get beaten up, unless you feed me enough electricity, then I'll do it."

"No problem."

"I want an extra Floating Heart, no, two!!"

"No problem."

So, Pikachu took on the role of the electric cat instructor, beginning to influence and guide other electric cats.

Ye Zhao also brought Thunderbolt No. 5 to assist.

Creating a targeted breeding of friendly and reliable electric cats, there was finally a feasible path.

Meanwhile, Ye Zhao continued to train and strengthen himself to use his transformation power more skillfully and reasonably.

Half a month passed like this.

The temperature officially warmed up.

The long winter ended, and the fifth year's spring quietly arrived.

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