Wasteland Development Diary

Mars Base.

Inside a laboratory built with Heavenly People Gemstone, squatted a large gray-white creature.

It was the size of an adult bull, with skin as rough as rock, and a small and pointed head, somewhat like an oversized armored pangolin.

"Chairman, this is our domesticated Mars Killer Rat."

The Duke Destructive, resembling a young humanoid, introduced from the side: "The electromechanical team named it 'Fire Mouse One'."

"The reason it could be domesticated is still because of its natural temperament. Fire Mouse One has a strong desire and feeding urge for Mars wheat. Its lazy and slow character makes it a rare and high-quality target for domestication."

Zhou Yi asked, "Do the Mars Killer Rats have innate personality differences?"

"Yes, they lack the physiological basis for thinking, relying entirely on instinct. Most are irritable and prone to anger, but there are a minority like Fire Mouse One that can be approached."

Zhou Yi was curious: "Is it inherent, or influenced by the environment?"

Duke Destructive said: "It's mainly due to the living environment."

"The irritable and fierce Killer Rats are usually born near small dust storms. Once they encounter a dust storm, they become extremely excited, as if a hormone switch were turned on, attacking all forms of life."

"A rare few Killer Rats are born near long-running large dust storms, or even massive storm areas. This part is like Fire Mouse One, stable and lazy in character."

"Qin Fu, who studied the Killer Rats for a long time, said that the death rate near large and massive dust storms far exceeds the same group. They might die hundreds of times in a day, and their consciousness fragments can be completely dispersed by the storm's power, equivalent to a complete rebirth."

"Death can correct and change creatures, just like hunger and death threats suppress the instinct to reproduce. So, these Killer Rats actually died too many times in a short period, constantly being reborn, and were forcefully improved by nature's great power."

Zhou Yixin thought.

Nature's beating is necessary.

Though the Seeder makes various life modifications, pirated editions can't defeat official versions, eventually being restored by nature to fit the environmental life form.

Zhou Yi returned his gaze to the Killer Rat.

According to what Duke Destructive said, domestication relied on Mars wheat and Evil Brain Motor.

Mars wheat is easy to understand. As a much-loved food by Martian creatures, it is a rare breed made from the incubator and is both delicious and addictive.

But the Evil Brain Motor is somewhat puzzling.

"It's like this."

Duke Destructive said: "Chairman, please watch."

The young humanoid, facing the crouching Martian creature, moved its wooden lips: "Open the head."

Inside, the Killer Rat's head had a large amount of silicate sand falling away, revealing a transparent skull.

Inside the skull, a white Light Amber Ceramics support frame could be seen, bearing a pink-white biological brain. The brain tissue showed traces of the Usurper Worm, and its surface was covered with some chips and electrode devices.

Duke Destructive gestured: "Chairman, this is the biological external brain we made under Qin Fu's guidance."

"The Mars Killer Rat's consciousness is highly fragmented, relying completely on instinct, unlike the situation on Earth. So, after food domestication, we implanted the Evil Brain Motor, using it to guide and reshape the consciousness, leading its activities."

"However, it only fully takes over the Killer Rat's body during work, mainly collecting data, monitoring its state, and adjusting its emotional impulses at other times."

"And as for the external brain,"

He walked to the transparent skull of the Killer Rat: "It connects to the New World, turning it into a biological carrier. Through the New World, we can project a consciousness to operate the Killer Rat's body, participating in daily work and activities."

Zhou Yi realized.

The New World has become a consciousness library, sending company employees to remote Consciousness Body into the Killer Rat, operating this Light Core Body biological carrier.

"Currently, the person operating this Killer Rat is our Mars Affairs Department's new human employee, Deng Jian."

Duke Destructive introduced: "He was originally a Mutant from the Freedom Army, accompanying Zhang Zhi. Later, he was one of the first to join our Mars Affairs Department."

"Deng Jian has been involved in observing and studying the Killer Rats, being bold and meticulous, with very stable operation."

"Initially, we wanted to observe the Killer Rat with the Evil Brain Motor in control, but Deng Jian volunteered to try direct operation. The Evil Brain Motor itself is a projection device, and since it can project people into the New World, from the mechanism, projecting back into the implemented Killer Rat is no problem."

"He took the risk to personally test, providing a large amount of operational data and feedback, which allowed us to understand this technology in the past couple of months."

Duke Destructive looked at the Killer Rat: "What are you sulking about? Greet the Chairman."

A voice echoed from the transparent skull: "Hello, Chairman, I'm Deng Jian!"

"Hello."

Zhou Yi nodded and smiled: "You've done well, thank you for your hard work."

"How does it feel to operate the Killer Rat?"

"Chairman, it feels quite miraculous, very interesting."

"How old are you?"

"16."

Zhou Yi remarked: "Truly a hero in youth."

"I'm not that young, Chairman, I'm already married... Originally, it was just an idea of mine, discussed privately with colleagues, but Minister Duke Destructive took it seriously and asked me for specifics."

Deng Jian said: "I didn't expect my sudden thought, that the Minister would invest so many resources into me, letting me try... actually, the testing process wasn't smooth."