Wasteland Development Diary

Chapter 160: Make Electricity Great Again!


"Can this really be done?"

Kunming Station raised its doubts: "To connect building life with electric cats requires professionals, doesn't it?"

"Electric Tamers need a conductor as a medium to move. If there's a lack of relevant electrical infrastructure, even if they can complete the connection with electric cats, how would they move?"

Zhou Yi patiently answered each question one by one.

"To become an Electric Tamer indeed follows a whole set of digital standards, requiring the building life's electric potential to be at 3.1415926 microvolts with a frequency of 0.51Hz—then it can form a deep connection with external electric cats."

"However, the actual operation is not complicated."

"Our working electric cats have a stable personality and can recognize various situations. A-grade electric cats with experience connecting to building life can directly connect with other building life forms."

"As long as the other party is not resistant, the whole process can be easily achieved."

This was something Pikachu learned after mingling with the cat crowd and then told Zhou Yi.

A-grade electric cats returning from training on the Spark Plain could all do this.

This is also a work characteristic that sets them apart from B-grade electric cats. They no longer rely on the external electric potential to match their own, but can adjust their electric potential and current to adapt and be compatible with the external environment.

"Then there's the second question."

Zhou Yi continued: "Essentially, an Electric Tamer is led by the electric cat to envelop the connector, temporarily moving in an electric form, indeed requiring a conductor to provide a path for movement. However, short-distance movement in the air is also possible, but it consumes a huge amount, causing the Electric Tamer to quickly disengage."

Ye Zhao, the company's first Electric Tamer, was in such a situation when he annihilated aerial pirates.

Kunming Station asked, "What is the range of short-distance movement? Is there a specific range?"

"It depends on the situation of the electric cat and the Electric Tamer, it varies. But actually, there's no need to worry about that."

"There are high-quality, giant natural conductors in nature."

Zhou Yi smiled and said: "As soon as a thunderstorm appears, lightning streaking across storm clouds or cumulonimbus clouds cover an area of hundreds of kilometers, which is a region where Electric Tamers can move freely. This usually lasts for several hours."

"That's actually possible... Electricity is truly a miraculous form of energy!"

Kunming Station was overjoyed: "I understand. You mean, use A-grade electric cats to drive the electro-mechanical life forms, and then you can bring them over!"

"They are also natural negotiators!"

"I know where I went wrong... I considered your working electric cats as mere company employees, but I misunderstood them as purely tool-like life forms."

"Precisely."

Seeing that the other party was catching up with the thought process, Zhou Yi continued: "I think we can work together on this. United City has been engaged in the search for building life for many years, possessing solid groundwork and information, and our company controls the electric cat technology that allows building life to move freely."

"Now that it's summer, it is the season of frequent thunderstorms, a great opportunity."

The other party immediately understood: "I see what you mean. But do you have enough A-grade electric cats on your side? We have located many building life forms, but are still in the process of making further contact."

"I can allocate two A-grade electric cats, and as soon as the third batch of sea-bound electric cats return, the number of high-level working electric cats will increase."

After discussing, the two sides agreed on a joint operation model.

From the company's side, Building 7 in Jade City would set out, carrying electric cats to begin its journey. Guided by United City's satellites, it would travel through flight and thunderstorms to come into contact with independent and wild building life.

Zhou Yi called A Jin and announced the latest orders to him.

"You and the scavenging team will coordinate with Building 7. You, Xie Tu, Bai Yi, Bai Er, remember to bring sufficient supplies, including food, water, and necessary medicines."

"This mission will consume a lot of time and energy, so you can make any requests you have."

Now a young man, A Jin thought for a moment: "Well, Mr. Chairman, our firepower was a bit lacking. But since you've assigned two A-grade electric cats to accompany us, that's not a problem at all."

"Could we get some beer, cola, and fries?"

Zhou Yi nodded: "Go to the warehouse with Yuan Xiao, take as much as you need."

"Alrighty!"

The young man's face immediately lit up with a broad smile.

In light of the joint operation, Zhou Yi also instructed the Electricity Department to provide guidance on the electric power infrastructure projects launched in Recursive City and sent three B-grade working electric cats there.

One night a week later, the continuous contact signals from Kunming Station kept the enhanced controller beeping.

Zhou Yi, yawning, swiped the screen.

"What's up?"

"Got some good news for you."

The voice from the satellite base was cheerful and didn't hide its delight: "The three working electric cats you sent over have significantly improved endurance, consciousness response speed, and explosive power! Although they can't compare with the A-grade, their growth and progress are very evident."

"Especially Flash Spirit number 47. It told us through the Electric Cat Transcoder that its Penetration ability has strengthened and can achieve 100% penetration."

What?

100% Penetration?

Zhou Yi was startled: "Does that mean its [Penetration] can ignore defenses?"

"Correct."

It seemed the satellite station finally regained a bit of pride, speaking with considerable pleasure: "Mr. Zhou, why don't you guess how this is achieved?"

Zhou Yi pondered briefly.

"Should be... the Olympic Sports Center?"

"Correct."

Actually, this was hardly challenging.

To enhance the strength of electric cats further in just a few days, without United City having the matching electrical equipment, their biggest advantage lies in having several Building Lives, forming a unique infrastructure system of Alien City.

Among them, the Olympic Sports Center comes with the "Competition" ability. Performing high-intensity sports activities in this sports center allows the victor to break through their current limits and is also rewarded with a portion of energy and consciousness, the higher the strength, the higher the rewards.

Previously, Heavenly Kingdom conducted a survival of the fittest by throwing Mutants into the arena, resulting in two Skywalkers.

Zhou Yi immediately thougth of it.

Kunming Station then said: "Now, the Olympic Sports Center has become a popular place in United City, where residents can engage in regular sports competitions, enhancing their physical vitality and delaying aging."

"The Guangna Species would engage in more intense confrontations, competing in pure strength, speed, agility, and so on, including some direct combat contests."

"Moreover, the Olympic Sports Center has a 'Crowd Gathering' trait. The more people watching the competition, the greater the help in its evolution and enhancement. Therefore, we are also promoting and encouraging this lifestyle and empowerment approach."

"When building the electricity infrastructure, I tried to get the electric cats involved too; they participated in the speed contest."

"But due to their electrical nature, their speed was too fast. Other competitors simply couldn't match them, turning it into a competition among the three internal electric cats."

"During these seven days, they were in a constant chase, each taking turns winning and losing with very close margins. However, because they could win energy and consciousness from the Olympic Sports Center, their competitive confrontations became increasingly fierce… Eventually, Flash Spirit Number 47 stood out, accumulated a slight advantage to solidify an absolute dominance."

"And then its [Penetration] was enhanced."

"The audience really enjoys watching their races. The electric cats running on the wires create long trails of electrical arcs, quite beautiful, like racing cars. They dash on the complicated indoor tracks, also needing to penetrate random obstacles, and might even collide with each other, creating a spectacle full of sparks and rotating arcs."

Kunming Station explained: "With more spectators, the Olympic Sports Center also benefits from better enhancement feedback. It's a win-win."

Zhou Yi also felt envious: "These two inherent traits of the Olympic Sports Center are indeed full of potential."

But the Olympic Sports Center had mentioned before, it went over to United City and has a good relationship with them.

Kunming Station said: "I think, why not send your electric cats over here for at least one round of competition, and the winners might have the chance to achieve an ability enhancement like Flash Spirit Number 47."

"That way, we can contribute as well, not shirking our duties in the Electric Cat System. Merely profiting without work does not align with our city's philosophy."

"That would be great! It can push the electric cats to grow further."

Zhou Yi summoned the Minister of Electricity You Ai overnight, and after discussing it with them, revised the electric cat training procedure.

And it was finally determined as follows.

The first training base for electric cats is Tri-Branch Slope. The company's electric cats, with the help of the leading electricity engineers, will enter Spark Plain for a one to two weeks of rapid advancement.

The second training base is set up at the Olympic Sports Center. This place mainly allows further enhancement of all capabilities, continued refinement on the level of ability traits, and also improvement in basic life, damage, and energy fields.

Every working electric cat has to complete at least one training cycle at the two training bases.

For those who excel, special rewards like Light Seed, Floating Heart generator, or even the luxury of an individual Curved House are given.

You Ai also said: "Chairman, discoveries and inventions in the electric cat field are growing explosively. New electricity engineers keep coming on board after training, but we are still desperately short of hands."

"Fortunately, the electric cats also play a significant role. Some smart electric cats have proven capable of performing ordinary electricity engineer duties."

"Tuo Zhu is currently specifically responsible for further selecting and training from among the working electric cats, enabling them to serve as electricity engineers. This way, the electric cats can judge the electricity situation at its roots, giving us direct feedback, which can greatly reduce our manpower."

Zhou Yi agreed as well: "Electric cats are at the core of the Electric Cat System, and the demand for electric cats will continue to grow in various regions. Your efforts are appreciated. If you need more resources or manpower, just ask, and I will find them for you."

"Chairman, rest assured, we have already streamlined the breeding, selection, and training processes, and next, we will speed up considerably. This summer, we expect our working electric cats to exceed 300."

The Minister of Electricity, with their newly replaced high-quality loudspeaker said: "Once the Electric Cat System is fully rolled out, any region, whether they follow us into the fast lane of electrical construction or are left far behind by our speed, will have no choice."

"They have no choice but to embrace the electric wave we lead."

You Ai spoke with cadence and emphasis: "The glory of electricity in the past owes much to the engineers of the Old Humans, a pity that electrical science has declined since the era of gods."

"We, the newer generation of electricity engineers, with the help of electric cats, will reconstruct the entire world, making electricity great once again!"

Only then did Zhou Yi realize that this electricity engineer's past coldness was due to the poor audio equipment.

Their love for electricity was profound, and they were eager for the revival of their profession.

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