Wasteland Development Diary

The shadow ran, Zhou Yi chased.

Both were surrounded by an aura, not affecting identification in the darkness.

As the two moved, the whole world slowly turned, gradually shrinking into a double helix structure composed of black and white, stretching endlessly into the distance.

Zhou Yi and the shadow sprinted across this massive DNA world.

Strangely, Zhou Yi found that he felt stable when walking on one side, able to move forward quickly. But if he switched to the other side of the helix, he would experience strange stutters and distractions, as if he didn't fit the path, which would only widen the distance between them.

Both advanced on their respective paths, like two parallel lines that could never intersect.

The shadow shouted ahead: "Although I don't know why you can retain your self-awareness, even if we coexist, you can't eliminate me. Now you are me, and I am you, we share the same body!"

"You're wasting everyone's energy, continuing like this will only lead to internal friction! Give up, you can't catch me!"

"Even if you want to cross the consciousness key to enter my side, it's impossible for me to disappear. The pairing process alone is enough to disconnect you. As long as I keep moving forward, you'll never catch up!"

"Stop acting crazy! Calm down!"

Despite these words, it still ran swiftly.

Zhou Yi didn't know if what the other party said was true, but he didn't have the habit of giving up easily.

Besides, a lose-lose situation was better than a single win.

He couldn't help but speed up his pace, running even faster.

Energy consumption also increased sharply.

"Can't you act like a higher life form!"

Seeing this, the other party became anxious and could only speed up: "Consuming energy like this will only waste the body's energy! Are you even a higher life form!? Do you have any basic rational cognition!"

Zhou Yi rushed forward, head down!

At this moment, he suddenly heard a voice.

--Zhou, can you hear me? What's wrong? Answer if you can hear me.

It was Kestrel.

Zhou Yi quickly told her about the situation here while continuing to run.

As the two accelerated, the entire helix structure also accelerated its rotation, making him feel like he was in a giant treadmill.

--I couldn't find any relevant information about the spiral space you mentioned, but since it's a consciousness space composed of information, consciousness information can theoretically enter. Although I can't bring you out, you can connect me in.

Consciousness synchronization was simple.

But how to pull Kestrel over here, Zhou Yi was a bit clueless.

If this place was seen as a chat room, how to invite outside visitors?

Zhou Yi first tried to achieve a miracle with brute force.

--Come on, Kestrel!

--Come in! Come to my consciousness space!

He released this kind of consciousness information continuously and at high frequency, but with no result.

Zhou Yi then remembered a sentence the shadow had said before.

"Even if you want to cross the consciousness key to enter my side, it's impossible for me to disappear..."

Consciousness key.

Was it this under his feet?

Zhou Yi looked down at his feet.

The massive plane of the helix structure was composed of long strips pieced together, alternating in black and white, looking somewhat like a twisted zebra crossing.

This long strip should be the consciousness key, connecting two different consciousnesses.

Zhou Yi stopped and tried to pry it open.

The black long strips couldn't be moved, but the white long strips were movable.

He flipped a white consciousness key on the outermost edge 180 degrees, folding it to the other side, suspending it outwards, turning it into a long strip extending outwards.

Stepping on this direction-changing long strip, Zhou Yi suddenly found that he could really use this thing.

It was like a light source in the darkness, able to react with consciousness synchronization.

Before Zhou Yi could speak, Kestrel suddenly reacted.

--Zhou, I've located you.

A moment later, Kestrel, with a white light outline, hovered on this white consciousness key. It flew slowly, also bringing out a spiral structure extending forward, as if representing Kestrel's consciousness trajectory.

Kestrel said: "I can use my path to intercept it."

A new spiral began to evolve, chasing the shadow on the other side.

Kestrel was a bit slower than Zhou Yi and the shadow, but its spiral was smoother and straighter, so it advanced almost like taking a shortcut, and as a result, it was rapidly approaching the target.

This scene stunned the shadow for a moment: "What is going on... How is it possible to let external consciousness in so easily... What is the situation with this body, is it really okay?"

It could only continue to run desperately forward.

Zhou Yi thought while running.

If Kestrel could come in, does that mean others can too?

He pried open another white consciousness key and stretched it outwards.

A moment later.

On the new consciousness key, the Weapon Master in armor slowly emerged.

Zhou Yi ordered him: "Xie Xun, pursue the enemy ahead and attack it."

"Yes, Chief."

So Xie Xun also began to run, and the consciousness spiral also began to chase the target straight ahead.

Next, black warriors were pulled in here by Zhou Yi one by one.

The dense new spiral structures added many branches and tributaries to the original solitary main spiral. But what they all had in common was that they all eventually connected to the other consciousness side in various angles and ways.

The shadow was now blocked from the front and back, leaving it with nowhere to go, and was being frantically besieged by the black warriors and warrior crabs.

"No, no... Wait, wait!"

"Everyone, we can talk things out, talk things out."

What responded to it were steel claws and iron fists.

Just like the body description, the opponent didn't have any attack methods, only a thick health bar.

Zhou Yi clearly perceived that the consciousness occupying his other side was becoming weaker.

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[Body 2]'s health points were continuously decreasing.

Grandpa said that the white Suanni could ward off evil spirits and protect the home, and this time it really showed its strength.

It seemed that the other party didn't understand what a family heirloom was.

Zhou Yi crossed the consciousness key, looked at the shadow being hammered, slashed, and cut by the warrior crabs in turn, and cracked his knuckles: "What level are you, daring to plot against my body?"

"……"

The shadow seemed to finally realize that something was seriously wrong: "You are definitely not a life form from this world, who are you?"

"Looks like you haven't figured out the situation yet."

Zhou Yi waved his hand.

The warrior crabs gave it another beating, causing the shadow's health bar to drop again.

This time, the other party completely became honest and stopped talking nonsense. It curled up on the ground, hugged its head, and had the awareness of a loser.

Zhou Yi looked down at this attacker: "Now I ask, you answer."

The other party nodded.

"Name."

"Fu Si Ye Nie · Ni Tuo Kai Er De Te Lan · Bi Ke Qiu Qiu Fan · You Ni…"

The other party spoke like reciting a menu for two minutes without stopping.

Zhou Yi was furious: "Are you making fun of me?"

"No."

The other party seemed afraid of angering him and hurriedly defended: "I am a Stream Tracer, entering various worlds through the Huan Stream, and am a collector of civilizations. The name is connected with the name of each inherited fire seed life, my name is their names, each one is very important…"

Stream Tracer?

Zhou Yi looked at Kestrel.

--No relevant records.

Zhou Yi looked at the black shadow person opposite him again: "For convenience, I'll call you Xiao Fu."

"……"

The other party seemed to want to appeal, but ultimately didn't dare to speak out.

Zhou Yi then said: "What is the relationship between Stream Tracers and World Breakers?"

"World Breakers are just a group of... adventurers looking for resources after crossing the border, and cannot be compared with our Stream Tracers at all. The gap between the two is like insects looking for feces and food everywhere, and legendary heroes saving the fire of civilization. Whether from ideals, ranks, or achievements, they are not at the same level at all."

Xiao Fu couldn't help but feel a little proud.

It seemed that on the chain of contempt, Stream Tracers were far superior to World Breakers.

Zhou Yi decided to first get a little understanding: "How many civilizations have you saved?"

"……"

Xiao Fu hesitated for a while: "Still working hard."

The meaning of this sentence was that it hadn't succeeded.

Zhou Yi nodded: "That's right, if you really had that ability. This world wouldn't have entered the wasteland era, and the past civilizations wouldn't have been basically cut off."

"No, we Stream Tracers don't wait until civilizations are on the verge of destruction to save them."

Xiao Fu explained: "Because the destruction of civilizations is mostly very sudden, and Stream Tracers themselves can only arrive at the world where the destroyed civilization is located through the Huan Stream. What we have to do is collect the civilization's fire seed before it is extinguished, and then preserve it and wait for the opportunity to restart it…"

They were more like a group of civilization rescue team members, unable to stop the destruction.

Zhou Yi frowned: "In other words, you enter other worlds through the Huan Stream?"

Xiao Fu was stunned: "Didn't you come here through the Huan Stream?"

"No."

"……"

The other party was stunned: "Your situation is indeed beyond my understanding. But I still have to declare that Stream Tracers can enter various worlds through the Huan Stream, which is already an unparalleled outstanding achievement and advanced technology!"

"For most civilizations, the outbreak of the Huan Stream is a destructive impact that can only be accepted and cannot be resisted. As long as the Huan Stream arrives through light transmission, it will solidify and melt the entire world's civilization foundation."

Zhou Yi suddenly understood.

The Huan Stream was originally the death ray.

Solidification was easy to understand, just like the frozen prehistoric human civilization infrastructure achievements at the bottom of the Dead Sea.

But what was melting all about?

Zhou Yi frowned: "You said melting, are you referring to the destruction of life?"

"Saying destruction is not accurate, it should be the restructuring of life forms."

Xiao Fu said: "The Huan Stream will conduct a natural screening of existing life, and then a new round of life will break out."

"It's just that different worlds have different situations, this outbreak may be full of vitality, or it may be a mass extinction of organisms. But the situation here is still okay, a large number of lives have undergone natural changes, and have continued new appearances."

Zhou Yi asked curiously: "What kind of civilization are Stream Tracers?"

"Stream Tracers... are not considered a civilization."

Xiao Fu thought for a while and said: "Civilizations in the usual sense must develop life social forms with certain norms and create conscious wealth. Although Stream Tracers also have certain group norms, they do not create conscious wealth themselves. We have not created civilizations, but are only collectors and continuers of civilizations."

Zhou Yi completely understood now.

It turned out to be half a colleague.

The other party was a scavenger on a civilization scale.