Wasteland Development Diary-Chapter 462 - 184 Armed Defense

Zhou Yi summoned Red Kestrel: "Mechanical City has switched to Legal Front mode; does that mean there’s no patent protection there anymore?"

"Relevant rights protection remains the same." 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

The drone replied: "However... according to legal regulations, since the electric cat patent hasn’t been registered in Mechanical City, it’s not on the protected patent list there."

"And without an appeal, this matter does not constitute infringement or crime."

Zhou Yi frowned: "So I have to appeal to the Legal Front?"

"Procedurally, that’s the case."

"But we’re under sanctions, will the appeal be accepted?"

Red Kestrel said: "Our company is sanctioned and still on the blacklist, so it likely won’t be accepted."

Zhou Yi laughed out of anger: "So basically, because we’re sanctioned, our rights—like Wise Mushroom authorization—won’t be guaranteed. The Legal Front can just freely use and replicate our technology without following the proper patent fee process, right?"

"That’s correct."

What a procedural bug.

Even Mechanical City bullies the honest folks.

Zhou Yi adjusted his mood.

"Get me in touch with the Legal Front."

"One moment."

Ten seconds later.

Red Kestrel said: "I’ve contacted a Legal Front terminal; you can now switch to the legal procedure conversation mode."

Moments later.

A stern male voice came from the drone’s speaker: "This is the Legal Front."

Zhou Yi explained the current situation.

The other party replied: "According to the current legal regulations, since Wasteland Development Company hasn’t completed the relevant patent registration in any Legal Front approved Mechanical City, and the organization is still on the non-cooperative blacklist, what you described does not constitute infringement."

"If you question or disapprove of my response, you’re welcome to file an offline appeal in any Legal Front Mechanical City. The channel is through the Program Department, submitting patent documentation and following local regulations for scheduled visits."

"Thank you for calling. Goodbye."

The connection was immediately severed.

This time, Zhou Yi was truly boiling.

Originally, he wanted to resolve the matter through negotiation.

Speaking reasonably didn’t work; the Legal Front’s arrogance and confidence meant they had to resort to physical negotiation.

Zhou Yi immediately summoned Jiong Hecang: "Go to the Golden Elephant Valley on the Forbidden Continent and call back Ice Pot."

"Can you communicate with it?"

"Yes. Its consciousness can directly connect with me."

"Then go."

The Condenser disappeared from sight.

By the side, Red Kestrel worriedly said: "Zhou, are you deciding to go to war with the Legal Front?"

"It’s not a war; it’s an armed rights protection."

Zhou Yi opened a bottle of iced cola, took a swig to cool himself down: "What’s the closest big city of the Legal Front to Sand Port?"

Red Kestrel said: "The nearest is Spring City, 1227 kilometers west. It’s a large Mechanical City, with major industries including Light Imprint Device manufacturing, Light Imprint design, and mechanical technology development."

Zhou Yi hit the table: "That’s the one."

Red Kestrel added: "Spring City is a large city, one of only 27 of this scale among all Mechanical Cities. Destroying it might cause unpredictable chain reactions..."

As the Foreign Trade Minister, the drone was extremely cautious about war.

Zhou Yi slowly said: "They’ve stolen our stuff and are acting arrogant about it; there’s no such logic in the world. The Legal Front must think they’re strong enough to ignore our legitimate demands."

"It’s time to give them a hard knock."

An hour later.

Two balls of golden light flew into Jade City one after the other.

In front was the Condenser, followed by a Golden Ball.

"Director, Ice Pot reporting!"

Zhou Yi assessed the Gold Touching form atmosphere creature.

In the Alert view, it was a seven-color flow enshrouded Light Core Body stage.

Panoramic Reading engaged.

On the Golden Ball’s head floated the label Light Core Body LV1·Golden Creature.

Accompanied by a description.

This entity has some intelligence, a certain level of consciousness strength, and a special material structure.

Zhou Yi issued combat directives to Ice Pot.

The atmosphere creature said: "Mission assured!"

Zhou Yi then went to the Dead Sea and took the last energy block from his prosthetic leg.

"Such astonishing energy level..."

Ice Pot was initially shocked, its entire body melting into golden liquid and enveloping it, turning into a large Golden Sphere.

"I’m leaving now, Director."

"Wait a second."

Zhou Yi said: "Two colleagues will join you in action."

"Jiong Hecang will assist you in this operation."

"Understood."

He extended his hand, revealing an upright electric cat in his palm.

"This is the Cat God, capable of connecting with all electric cats in consciousness. Its abilities are comprehensive, and it will work with you."

The Cat God turned into a blue electric ball, emitting Tietie’s voice: "Nice to meet you, please take care of me."

"Hello, I didn’t expect the company to have new Light Core Body so soon... I thought I was the only one. Looks like I’ll have to work harder to advance."

Ice Pot sighed.

Zhou Yi said: "Go, time is of the essence."

The three employees immediately set off.

Golden and electric balls sped westward, leaving long black trails in the sky.

But the fastest was still the near light-speed Condenser.

Zhou Yi switched his view to Cat God’s perspective.

The concept life formed by Spark civilization now served as the frontline camera.

Less than 10 minutes later, Ice Pot and Cat God reached their destination, starting to descend.

The Condenser was already waiting.

Red Kestrel said: "Based on the distance, their speed reached five times the speed of sound. The Light Core Body speed is indeed remarkable."

Approximately 4 Mach.

Zhou Yi remembered, this was already within the speed limit range of old human fighters.

In the past, only rockets could be faster.

Above the city, the atmosphere creature began to transform. Massive white mist spewed from the Golden Sphere, becoming a gigantic cloud house that covered the entire city below.

Mechanical City lost communication with the outside world.

The city’s high walls raised numerous launchers, firing long-range missiles at Ice Pot, but they froze immediately upon entering high altitudes.

Swarms of drones flew around, attempting air attacks, only to become solidified like mosquitoes in congealed amber.

The only thing that seemed somewhat effective was the Death Light Cannon fired from the ground. This potent A-class weapon created holes in Ice Pot’s gaseous body but couldn’t affect the overall situation.

Ice Pot’s voice echoed over the city.

——All residents of Spring City, for your safety, please evacuate this city immediately.

——The Legal Front has, without our authorization or permission, stolen, replicated, and widely used our electric cat technology for profit and warfare, severely infringing on our rights and reputation, arrogantly trampling on our justified requests.

——The Wasteland Development Company never initiates wars or disputes but will not stand by while being slandered, trampled, and infringed upon. With the permission of our Director, we are initiating an armed rights protection action.

——Continuing to infringe on our legitimate rights and patent results will result in the current outcome of Spring City.

——Therefore, everyone please evacuate the city, stay away from this area. If you continue to stay, you’ll be regarded as an interested party in the infringement, and we will show no mercy in the destruction.

——Countdown 20 minutes, starting now.

After issuing the ultimatum, the residents did not scatter; instead, the city raised more long-range missiles and anti-aircraft guns to intensify the shooting.

Zhou Yi watched the whole process.

Unlike the last time in Chuneng City, Spring City, led by the Legal Front, had strong cohesion and organization, practically mobilizing the entire population for combat.

It appeared they believed in a chance of winning the battle?

Zhou Yi was curious.

He didn’t know what they were relying on.

Cat God had activated Forgotten early on, hiding itself.

It contacted the four electric cats in the city.

"Leave immediately, it’s very dangerous here."

The electric cats replied.

"We’re not afraid; there’s powerful strength here!"

"There’s David and Giant Slayer in the city; we will win!"

Zhou Yi knew David, having fought Light Core Body units during the Resistance era, but had never heard of Giant Slayer.

The electric cats couldn’t describe Giant Slayer.

They were just very confident.

"We will win!"

"David is strong!"

"Giant Slayer is stronger!"

"Just hold on, reinforcements will arrive!"

"We fight! We don’t run!"

The nearby airspace already had numerous drones. They conducted remote encirclement without moving close.

From the last battle with atmosphere creatures, they’d learned quite a bit.

The outer drones began spraying red and blue gases.

The gas expanded continuously, forming rings in the sky, turning into a massive black and red whirly lollipop.

The two-colored clouds acted like some strange dye, deeply permeating the atmosphere creature’s body.

Zhou Yi communicated with Cat God through consciousness: "Ask Ice Pot, what’s happening?"

Cat God responded: "Director, Ice Pot said those two substances are specialized weapons."

"The red is an interference material, made of special expanded particles, which paralyze and obstruct its fog structure, hindering energy transmission."

"The blue is highly absorbent dust, dispersing the fog structure, causing the atmosphere creature to shrink and reduce coverage."

Zhou Yi thought, these mechanical lives indeed rapidly learn and adapt.

The Chuneng City battle let them gather atmosphere creature combat data, bringing effective countermeasures in this confrontation.

Fortunately, Ice Pot hadn’t stagnated and had something new.

At that moment.

The city’s center suddenly rose a massive device over a hundred meters tall. At its top was a wide platform, supported by mechanical legs like a mechanical jellyfish.

The platform top radiated deep blue light.

A huge black claw shot out, rushing into the sky, forming black lines that locked the Golden Sphere core of Ice Pot.

The electric cats excitedly shouted: "It’s the Giant Slayer! It’s the Giant Slayer!!"

Zhou Yi was shocked.

Are Mechanical Cities summoning Otherworld monsters instead of developing their own Death Light Weapons?