Wasteland Development Diary

Chapter 148 Embrace Life in the Face of Death_2


"It's in a dying state now; it won't even eat the Light Seed I feed it... I'm also worried."

Xie Xun thought for a moment: "Then let's... give it a try."

The two carried the electric cat and related equipment of the Scavenger Team over.

This electric cat was originally named Flash Spirit 27, but after a team vote, it was now named [electric treasure].

Connecting to Unit 7 was simple; the building foundation and perimeter had exposed rebar, and all that was needed was to secure the electric ball to it with wire.

The other end of the electric ball was connected to the enhanced controller through an Electric Cat Transcoder.

Xie Xun's three claws tapped proficiently on the keyboard.

A glowing cat head appeared on the screen.

Xie Xun typed in the dialogue box below the cat's head.

[electric treasure, we are going to test again, and the target is the Number 7 Building of Jade City, which is also part of Jade City. Can you give it a try?]

Then, a text box popped up above the cat's head.

[Okay.]

[But I don't know if I can.]

[I'll do my best.]

A Jin was shocked: "Captain, you can actually use the universal script and type..."

"I've spent a lot of effort to learn it in these years."

He then asked, "Captain, how can the electric cat talk, it seems almost the same as humans... I heard they are not that smart, right?"

"A Jin, you're behind on the news."

A burst of laughter came from Xie Xun's signal transmitter: "The electric cats trained by the Electric Department all have average intelligence. Work electric cats like electric treasure go through a series of specialized training."

"After the invention of the transcoder, people and electric cats could dialogue directly. They learn very quickly in this process, quickly growing with the help of the Electric Cat Bible developed by the Program Department. They absorb information much faster than us, just like lightning."

"Electric Cat Bible?"

A Jin looked puzzled: "What's that?"

"The Electric Cat Bible was initially a user manual that described how to use electric cats correctly, intended for employees who partnered with electric cats."

"This database records all the experiences of using electric cats, the names, personalities, and feats of electric cats from various departments."

"Later on, the Program Department and the Electric Department agreed that electric cats also needed a place for self-learning. So they just used the Electric Cat Bible, continuously updated a large amount of content, and remotely accessed the database of Recursive City."

"Any working electric cat can look up all sorts of data inside. They're also company employees, our colleagues, so to speak."

"The first time I encountered electric treasure, it only knew how to say hello, thank you, and I don't know. Now it's completely different."

Xie Xun's voice was filled with pride: "Electric cats are a unique technology system of the company, from the simplest basic electric balls, cat houses, Electric Cat Sticks, and Floating Heart Motors to the current Electrolysis Towers, network of heavens and earth, and Electric Cat Transcoders, all developed by ourselves in just one spring! The field has exploded both rapidly and fiercely."

"A Jin, you have to learn this too, otherwise, you'll fall behind."

A Jin felt a chill in his heart and earnestly said: "In these years, I've almost fully recognized the script of the East Continent, just underused the controllers, indeed need to learn properly."

He himself, being the illustrious 001 employee, couldn't become ignorant in both fields—it would be too embarrassing to mention.

The two were chatting.

Text popped up again on the screen from the cat's head.

[It's very large and empty inside it, I'm scared.]

Xie Xun typed.

[It's alright, electric treasure, if you feel it's dangerous, just hide back in the cat house, but let's try first.]

[Okay.]

Xie Xun said to A Jin: "Electric cats in the Flash Series are like this; they are generally very timid. But their advantage lies in being stable, they won't act out of line."

A Jin nodded his head.

Moments later.

The electric cat sent information through the controller again:

[I've made contact with Building 7, it's asking what I am doing. How should I respond?]

[Xie Xun: Just tell the truth.]

[Okay.]

[Xie Xun: Wait, you can converse directly with Building 7 now?]

[Yes. It's very angry, telling me it was defeated by a group of not-so-strong monsters, it can't understand why it would lose. I'm comforting it.]

[Xie Xun: You guys go ahead and talk.]

A Jin watched the screen with both tension and focus.

Xie Xun was also staring intently at the controller.

About two minutes later.

[We are friends now (ΦωΦ)]

A Jin let out a slight sigh of relief.

[It knows about the Spark Knights, says it wants to try with me.]

[For safety, you'd better leave this place, go further away.]

So A Jin and Xie Xun removed the connection cables and controller and moved fifty meters outside the high-rise.

Soon.

Electric currents shuttled throughout Building No. 7, with arcs of varying thickness spreading and contorting on its surface.

Then the building suddenly emitted a burst of intense light, completely transforming into an electrical light form, giving off an unreal sense of dematerialization.

"Did... did it work?"

Xie Xun looked up at the lightning-struck high-rise, his voice still uncertain.

"It worked! Captain, your judgment was spot on!"

A Jin gave Xie Xun's shoulder a firm pat.

"Ouch!"

"Sorry Captain... I forgot you were still recovering."

This state only lasted a few seconds before vanishing, then everything returned to normal.

Xie Xun immediately went over to connect the controller to the Cat House.

[Xie Xun: Did it work?]

[It should have worked, right? I mean, I can move inside it, and it can act as my Cat House; we can transform into each other.]

[Building No. 7 likes this state, my energy structure provides it with more offensive weapons. It's just that the energy consumption is a bit high.]

[Also, it's dying, used its last bit of energy to transform into a Spark Knight, and now it can't even respond to me, you guys better hurry and rescue it!]

A Jin immediately began to feed Building No. 7 Light Seeds.

This time it accepted everything without reservation, continuously absorbing external energy supply. The originally fragmented and peeling body gradually stabilized.

"Captain, we should report to the chairman, this information is critical!"

"You go, A Jin."

Xie Xun said: "I need to understand and follow up more with the electric treasure to confirm the entire process."

...

"That's the situation."

A Jin explained everything in one breath.

The chairman listened very carefully throughout, then he looked at Xie Xun again: "Is there anything else to add?"

"There is one thing."

Xie Xun said: "Chairman, I asked the electric treasure, and actually, electric cats do not like attaching to flesh and blood lifeforms."

"The electrical balance within a flesh body is hard to maintain, the distribution and flow of positive and negative charges must remain relatively stable, the precision required is too high, and it's easy to get out of balance. Cases like Ye Zhao are extreme examples and also require a long time to adapt."

"In a near-death state, the electric potential of flesh and blood life will continuously weaken until it disappears. This low electric potential environment allows high-potential electric cats to enter directly."

He continued methodically: "When life is vibrant, the electric potential is higher, and because of electrical balance, electric cats struggle to enter. It's only in an extreme low-electric-potential near-death state that electric cats can fully enter."

"On the contrary, architectural beings have an extremely high electrical balance threshold, and their electric potential can nearly vanish when not in motion, highly stable. Even if electric cats run around at full power inside them, there will be no impact."

"So I believe, perhaps our previous direction needs a strategic shift."

"The best carriers for Spark Knights are architectural beings. Next, are electromechanical lifeforms."

Xie Xun paused: "I have another bold idea. Electromechanical lifeforms equipped with [Breathing] can trigger near-death experiences, and by triggering this process through programming, we can install electric cats, transforming them into Spark Knights!"

The chairman's eyes were full of admiration: "Very good, very good! You have done very well, thank you for your hard work."

A Jin couldn't help but clench his fists.

It's a success!

We, the Scavenger Team, have finally raised our eyebrows and exhaled!

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