Zhou Yi's words caused the waveform chart of the Mechanical Doctor to tremble.

Da Vinci's mechanical quadruple arms slowly twisted, "There is no problem with your concept from a physiological structure and mechanism perspective. The Sheng Snakes migrating near the hospital don't resist exchanging labor for resources."

"For them, the most important thing is to have a stable and safe habitat to facilitate the smooth reproduction of the next generation, which is also an instinct of social organisms. They are very satisfied with this place and seem very relaxed."

"When injured or hungry, and during combat, Sheng Snakes secrete a large amount of hormones in their bodies, thereby blocking pain and becoming frenzied. Under normal circumstances, although they cannot be called docile, they are still rational and intelligent normal organisms."

"The biggest problem in the plan you described is communication."

The Sheng Snakes communicate with each other by releasing pheromones; internally, it's like an encrypted chat room, making dialogue with them from the outside quite difficult.

As a Mechanical Doctor, Da Vinci purchased special pheromones and installed the corresponding programs to be able to communicate with the Sheng Snakes.

Even if ordinary people possess pheromones, they find it difficult to use this type of information carrier to precisely express themselves, and reading the intertwined pheromones between the Sheng Snakes is an even more challenging task.

Zhou Yi was originally quite worried that, being C-level organisms and a colony of several hundred individuals, the Sheng Snakes might not be willing to work for him.

Unexpectedly, there was no barrier in this regard.

Communication turned out to be the easiest aspect for him.

"Let me try."

Zhou Yi gently touched the assistant recommended by Da Vinci, a Sheng Snake with a small horn on its nose tip.

The outer skin felt cold and hard, like a block of iron.

Although called snakes, Sheng Snakes, aside from having elongated bodies, more closely resemble metal or stone in other aspects.

Zhou Yi looked at Jiao Tou, which seemed like a real version of a 3D game snake, composed of black metallic regular polyhedra, with only a singular eye having a ring-shaped silver-white pupil on its spherical head.

Living in the Dead Sea for an extended period, the Sheng Snakes' body surfaces absorbed a significant amount of Light Soot and Light Amber, forming a solid external shell.

During group battles, they interconnected in a tenon fashion, attacking enemies while bound together, gradually becoming a somewhat infamous fierce species in the Dead Sea.

Zhou Yi input energy into the Sheng Snake he touched.

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…

He silently said in his mind, "Can you hear me?"

An answer immediately rang in his head.

"You, how did you do that? Can your hands talk with me? No wonder you're Da Vinci's boss…"

The pupil in the Sheng Snake's solitary eye shrank to a pinpoint.

Zhou Yi said, "That's not important. Jiao Tou, if I want to talk to you..."

After listening, Jiao Tou replied, "Communication among Sheng Snakes is very simple because we don't have one-on-one communication. It's just releasing a scent that everyone can smell. To use Da Vinci's words, the pheromone dispersion is uniform."

"You are Da Vinci's boss and our great benefactor. Whatever you want us to do, just say the word. Who has offended you? We'll handle it! That's our specialty!"

Jiao Tou said assertively.

After conversing with it, Zhou Yi generally got the gist.

Flesh and blood life cannot establish a universal communication module like electromechanical life (such as textual information and voice), but they also have their own advantages, which are easier acceptance of change and adaptation to environments.

If you send the Agricultural Machinery Brothers to fight, they'll likely just point their guns at you and ask why you aren't going yourself. We're just farming machines.

But with this group of Sheng Snakes, without Zhou Yi even speaking, they're ready to ask whom to target!

Since precise demands were impossible, he let them handle things flexibly.

After all, the main task was transporting goods or people.

Da Vinci quickly reached an understanding with the Sheng Snakes.

"Chairman, for our company's collaboration invitation, the Sheng Snake community on Snake Island has only one request."

"They hope to regularly acquire some mushrooms."

Zhou Yi immediately snapped back to reality, "Wise Mushrooms?"

"Exactly."

Da Vinci's elongated face showed a slowly changing waveform chart, "As a doctor, I have always advised them not to continue using Wise Mushrooms as long-term use might lead to a certain mental dependency or even addictive reactions."

"However, I must admit, after consuming Wise Mushrooms, the Sheng Snakes' emotions become more stable and rational, and they can propose more ideas, which is beneficial for the order of the entire group. If the intake is controlled, based on existing examples, it indeed has benefits for them."

Zhou Yi hadn't thought that much about it.

Since the Wise Mushrooms were useful to them, they started eating them first and decided to tackle subsequent problems later.

"No problem."

Zhou Yi said, "You decide the quantity."

"Yes, Chairman."

...

After obtaining the desired promise, the Sheng Snakes immediately sprang into action.

Lines of black, gluttonous snakes gathered along the edge of the Dead Sea.

Initially, they observed a nearby enhanced ship, which served as their template.

Then, the first group of Sheng Snakes straightened their bodies and lay flat on the ground, forming the bottom structure like parallel long wooden bars. Each Sheng Snake grasped a tail with its head, establishing linear connections with each other. They then began to layer and interweave, swiftly constructing a black ship.

The shape was largely similar to the enhanced ship but a bit longer.

Jiao Tou propped up his round head, his single eye looking at Zhou Yi, and spoke through synchronized consciousness, "Chairman, everyone has entered the ship state, this was not difficult. Previously, everyone had experience building fortresses."

Zhou Yi looked at the peculiar black ship before him.

Unaware of its origins, it resembled a ship made of numerous black bricks and spherical stones, exuding an odd, low-pixel feel as if an item from a game had mistakenly entered the real world.

The ship slowly drifted in the Dead Sea.

Initially, it was somewhat awkward, pulling up and down, the entire ship frequently showing signs of being out of sync, swaying from left to right.

It looked like a wild ship, adapting to its body for the first time on water.

However, this clumsy navigation quickly became agile, led and taught by the nearby enhanced ship.

The black ship shuttled back and forth in the foggy Dead Sea, turning left and right flexibly, and even diving below the Dead Sea before re-emerging.

The Sheng Snakes exhibited high coordination, evidently drawing from previous similar cooperative experiences.

Jiao Tou said, "Chairman, like this, it's not difficult, just floating on the Dead Sea. Transporting stuff and so forth is a minor issue, if Maria and Doctor Da Vinci need medicine, we can go fetch it!"

"Along the way, if we encounter suspicious enemies, everyone can engage directly in battle, use 'Poison Break' for concentrated attacks, and surround them in combat formation! Our combat capabilities are very strong!"

Zhou Yi stroked his chin; if a ship suddenly started spewing poison liquid, opened numerous eyes, and then transformed into many black snakes for an attack, that image would indeed be striking.

Then came the naming phase.

For ease of addressing, Zhou Yi gave the black ship formed by the Sheng Snakes a classic name, "Black Pearl."

From then on, the Black Pearl began to cruise on the nearby Dead Sea.

...

Aside from the Black Pearl's successful trial, the return of the Agricultural Machinery Brothers also delighted Zhou Yi immensely.

Tie Ma had replaced its tires and headlights, and had also installed an antenna device resembling WIFI. The originally lost front marking "Eastern Red" had been restored to a cast bronze Chinese character, giving it a more qualitative appearance.

"Chairman, we are back."

As soon as Tie Ma returned, it said, "I was startled after seeing the repair list this time. It's expected that the engine would have issues, but the Light Imprint Structure also experienced a short circuit and some local high-temperature scorching..."

"If we don't replace it, it could very likely incur further damage until consciousness is lost. Given that inspection and repair costs are rising and Recursive City nearby is at war, prices for all sorts of things have soared."

"After replacing these parts, there's a 3-year warranty and free repairs, so I can relax and continue working hard!"

"I owe you! 1200 Light Seeds, which I'll pay back by working. As long as you don't drive us brothers away, we'll keep on working."

Zhou Yi patted its hood, "It's good that you're fine."

He then introduced the Agricultural Machinery Brothers to the agricultural consultant Zheng Tao.

Tie Ma was very pleased.

"In this area, we brothers indeed have weaknesses. We know farming, but we don't understand selling grain. If the grain can't be sold to places that need it, that would be a shame."

...

Four days later.

Zhou Yi received a groundbreaking piece of news.

About 1700 kilometers southeast of Jade City in Recursive City, a giant alien was spotted floating on the sea surface, and it had erupted into an intense battle with several warships.

The battling side was also familiar.

It was the Dead Sea Knights, Seventh Fleet.

Zhou Yi decided to send someone to observe the situation at the scene first.