Wasteland Development Diary

Chapter 176: Alien Projection


Two days later, Zhou Yi convened a ministerial meeting.

"I have an announcement to make."

He looked at the heads of various departments and slowly said, "Starting today, the alien script will be officially implemented. The company's alien employees will begin communication with everyone."

The crowd was in an uproar.

Cao Dayuan laughed heartily, "This is great news! Chairman, you don't know, many people really like 'Samurai Crab Adventure' being screened in Building 8. It's not just kids; adults love it too."

"Several of the Jade City structures are already alive, with a large number of employees and residents living inside them. If we can communicate directly, many things will be much more convenient. For example, the management of each building's residents could be completely handled by Jade City!"

Zhou Yi knew that Cao Dayuan had always been responsible for various affairs in the residential area, from safety to hygiene, from conflict resolution to maintaining good order in public areas... essentially serving as the community director of Jade City.

People-related issues are always tedious and laborious.

Although Cao Dayuan has now become an external director in charge of the interaction, learning, and training of company employees sent abroad, he is still managing the residential area.

Qian Su asked concernedly, "Chairman, does this mean we are going to build projection walls on a large scale?"

Zhou Yi nodded.

Just a day ago, information came from Shi Gandang stating that the alien script compilation had reached 1400 characters, completing 40% of the total progress.

Although there is still some way to go to the planned full set of 3500 characters, the current internal test results have been very good, enough for alien employees to communicate simply with the outside world.

In the Stone Shedding Reactor project, Jade City communicated with the Program Department, Li Mo, and Heavenly Dog using alien script, with no obstacles in their dialogue.

703 believe that their communication ability is even better than some Weapon Masters, and they are amazed by the simplicity and accuracy of their expressions.

So Zhou Yi decided to roll it out completely.

Words need to be used more to become proficient and accurate.

After the meeting, the Manufacturing Department created Light Soot walls in both residential and work areas.

For the first time, alien employees used the script to start dialogues with the people of Sand Port.

The bulletin boards in every Jade City building displayed the same message in alien script.

——Dear residents, dear friends, hello, I am Building X of Jade City. I am pleased to communicate with you in writing. If you have any suggestions or opinions about me, feel free to write them down.

Having lived in Sand Port for a long time, the residents had significantly improved their acceptance capabilities and quickly began trying out this interaction.

Interacting with Jade City was also simple; writing the alien script with white chalk on the black wall allowed Jade City to read the meaning.

Many residents even bought Light Soot blackboards to have private conversations with Jade City at home.

Jade City happily said, "This direct communication method has greatly enhanced and accelerated the improvement of each building, and we can understand residents' various awareness changes more accurately."

"In just a few days, the consciousness information we've obtained has exceeded the total we naturally acquired over the past few years."

"Commissioner, words are truly powerful!"

Zhou Yi thought to himself, "Indeed."

The old humans built the embryonic form of civilization relying on words.

Jade City was adept at this, and other alien employees also showed their skills.

Maria Hospital displayed various prompts on its walls, provided you could understand the alien script.

It marked different areas on the floor with directional indicators and noted areas like outpatient, check-up, surgery, and physiotherapy.

In case of a sudden emergency, it could notify nurses and doctors immediately, allowing nurses to attend to the neediest patients as quickly as possible.

At Yalong Bay, they erected wide Light Soot towers for real-time monitoring of various electrical and production equipment and Dead Sea conditions.

These monitoring towers had large text prompts like [Safe][Suspicious][Dangerous].

Under normal circumstances, it would display [Safe].

If a [Suspicious] sign appeared, it meant that inspection was needed.

If it showed [Dangerous], it meant that Yalong Bay had determined the energy density in that area to be very high and immediate evacuation was necessary.

There was also a monitoring tower in the pier area specifically responsible for monitoring the energy flow of the Dead Sea, with more detailed displayed items.

One day, while Zhou Yi was taking a walk there, he saw the tower displaying in alien script.

[Temperature: Safe]

[Air Pressure: Safe]

[Dead Sea Flow Rate: Safe]

[Energy Radiation: Suspicious]

This suspicious radiation was caused by a piece of buried, lead-encased pollutant brought to the surface by Bone Fish, causing the radiation anomaly. After an investigation, it was found and dealt with.

The Leshan Buddha was the most carefree.

Currently, it's covered with a layer of black Light Soot Sand, its majestic body walking across Sand Port, the Light Soot Sand on its body swaying like a large black robe.

On the black robe appeared luminous alien scripts.

On its chest was the huge phrase "Don't fight," and on its back "Vent your anger on me." Other phrases like "Lay down the Slaughter Knife," "Work well," and "Have you eaten today, my friend" floated around, making the stone Buddha look like a large moving billboard.

It unexpectedly started liking glowing eyes. Zhou Yi heard that this was the idea of its partner, Condenser [Zhi], who said it looked more majestic and convincing.

With that, it directly transformed into a cyber-trendy Buddha.

With some reggae music, it'd be a West Coast Buddha.

Its new look gained a lot of followers, with many of Sand Port's people loving this trendy and powerful alien form, and many newcomers frequently following in its footsteps.

When the Leshan Buddha sat down, humans could write on its black-robed surface.

The Great Buddha could read the alien script on it and provide responses.

The Jade City Clothing Factory, keenly observing the Great Buddha's large audience, specially tailored a Buddha-styled short sleeve jacket for it. The jacket was large and breathable, printed with alien scripts "Don't fight" and "Vent your anger on me."

This Buddha jacket quickly became a hit throughout Sand Port.

Although the Leshan Buddha had always been the top-popularity alien in Sand Port, its ability to drive sales also astonished Zhou Yi.

However, the most special among all alien employees was the Wuhu Elevated Bridge.

It suddenly went offline.

No matter how Zhou Yi used consciousness synchronization, he could not get a response.

It was as if the bridge consciousness had completely disappeared.

However, under the [Alert] perspective, its entire body appeared pitch black, unable to read its energy response.

Zhou Yi then initiated [Panoramic Reading] on it.

[This unit possesses a certain level of intelligence and strong consciousness, undergoing structural reorganization.]

The Rock Core Clan T provided the assessment, allowing Zhou Yi to breathe a little easier.

No big problems.

It appeared to be in the final stage of evolution.

One night, Zhou Yi was suddenly awakened by a voice intruding in his mind.

"Chairman, I did it, I did it!"

"Wuhu?"

"It's me!"

Zhou Yi immediately rushed to the elevated bridge.

Under the lights, the originally gray concrete structure had turned completely black, covered in a fine layer of Light Soot Sand.

Upon closer inspection, Zhou Yi found that it was not just a coating; the entire elevated bridge had become primarily composed of Light Soot Sand.

"What happened?"

"Chairman, it's the power of the energy blocks in the Space Bubble!"

The elevated bridge cheerfully said, "I absorbed the immense energy from the energy blocks. They contained not only energy but also consciousness information, solidified within."

"The energy block rapidly transformed me in a short time, reconstructing my body into a structure more suited to the Dead Sea. Now I am primarily composed of Light Soot, with Light Amber as the internal fluid circulation system. The crystals that were formed earlier were the impurities of sand and stones stripped away by the transformation at high temperature."

"This thorough structural change is quite unique; I hadn't thought it possible before. The process seemed like energy level changes pressed on material changes, having some relation to the Space Bubbles."

"Now, my power has reached stages previously unimaginable."

"Chairman, thank you for your nurturing and recognition! I never expected to be the company's first to break through current limitations and become a Light Core Body of Building Life!"

Normally grumpy, the Wuhu Elevated Bridge now exhibited unprecedented excitement and enthusiasm.

Though still talkative as ever.

Zhou Yi noticed that the elevated bridge's structure was almost identical to the Moon Landing Area, both composed of Light Soot structure, integrated with Space Tree.

"You connected with the Space Bubble?"

"Yes, Chairman."

The elevated bridge proudly said, "Entering this entirely new stage of life, with comprehensive renewal of structure and material foundation, I now possess two new abilities."

"The first ability is my reactivity and connection with the Space Bubble. Previously, weren't you looking for those undeveloped Space Holes around? I can find them."

"I can also connect directly with them."

"In fact, I've already found one, look, right here."

Zhou Yi was overjoyed.

Ni Ge had said before that this process would take one to two years.

Now with the Light Core Body Wuhu Elevated Bridge, the progress instantly accelerated.

The Wuhu Elevated Bridge marked a spot with Light Soot Sand, just about a hundred meters from the Moon Landing Area on the foggy surface of the Dead Sea.

Zhou Yi immediately called for the Mud Tree People to conduct an overnight survey and confirmation.

After comparing 12 types of boards.

Ni Ge exclaimed, "There is a response! It's Board No.1!!"

The board was actually floating in the Dead Sea, with threads of black mud appearing on it.

"Chairman, I'll seal and construct this area now."

Ni Ge, together with the Black Thorn, brought the already prepared matching board and built a sealed cube.

The cube started expanding, spewing out large amounts of soft black mud, coiling and rising in all directions.

Two hours later.

A small Space Tree was born on the Dead Sea.

It shaped like a large black flower, with six broad, flat structures, smaller in scale compared to the connected Moon Landing Area. It had a wide, flat part above the sea, with multiple column-like structures extending down to the Dead Sea floor.

Zhou Yi called Red Kestrel to measure it.

After a round of drone flying, the red eye flashed, "The size of this Space Tree is about 4 square kilometers, similar to the town area of a god era town, equivalent to two small towns in Sand Port."

Ni Ge patted his chin, "Such a petite Space Tree... more like Space Grass. The environmental difference between here and home seems to be significant, as the Space Bubble and Hole here must be relatively new, with insufficient energy and material absorption, hence the small eruptions."

The Wuhu Elevated Bridge impatiently introduced itself again, "Chairman, I have another ability. You haven't seen it yet; you need to see it."

Zhou Yi watched as a large amount of Light Soot Sand on the elevated bridge began to flow, forming a soft black tentacle that extended into the Dead Sea, solidifying into a long black elevated bridge.

The lower part's bridges and foundations were entirely submerged in the Dead Sea fog.

Zhou Yi's pupils suddenly contracted.

"You're no longer afraid of the Dead Sea?"

"Exactly! Chairman, in my current state, I'm no longer affected by the Dead Sea, wouldn't fall into a coma anymore. Instead, I can now utilize and absorb the energy within the Dead Sea."

The Wuhu Elevated Bridge laughed, "Now, as long as I have enough energy and time, I can build bridges connecting all our areas!"

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