Wasteland Development Diary

Zhou Yi sized up the ring-shaped sun wall in front of him.

It was difficult to measure its exact height.

The visible area was just the circle around where the red light gathered. The area further away was obscured by some kind of power, making it difficult for Zhou Yi to distinguish which was the darkness itself and which were the black gems.

Here, white gems were the rarest.

They drifted and circulated among gems of various colors, looking more like they were acting as lubricants, preventing excessively strong interactions between different gems.

Zhou Yi also noticed that there was a transparent liquid flowing on this wall, sometimes evaporating into a gaseous state, and sometimes solidifying in certain areas.

It was the kind of bodily fluid that would be found inside a living Celestial.

If the ring-shaped sun wall was ultimately proven to be another form of the Celestial, Zhou Yi wouldn't be surprised.

Except for not being spherical, its structure was consistent with that of a Celestial with vital signs, having four-colored gems, transparent fluids, and an astonishing volume capable of enveloping the universe.

Therefore, Zhou Yi was also very cautious.

After confirming that he couldn't cross the front, he maintained a distance from the gem wall.

Upon further observation, Zhou Yi also noticed that the number of rubies was continuously increasing.

Some of the black gems were gradually transforming into rubies, appearing to have captured and stored enough information from the cosmic flow.

These newly formed rubies would gather towards the center, with a strong attraction between them, eventually condensing at the light source.

Xiao Fu also said, "Our guess is correct. This wall is used to further collect information from the cosmic flow."

"The area inside the wall, filled with energy, is the activity zone for the living, while the energy-deficient area outside the wall is used to house the dead."

Zhou Yi raised a question he had had for a long time.

"In your opinion, did the Celestials outside the wall die of natural causes, or something else?"

The Streamtracer thought for a moment before replying, "The larger and more sophisticated an organization is, the more prone it is to various problems. The same goes for life. Ordinary insects and simple life forms that are invisible to the naked eye only need a little resource to survive, but when it comes to Celestials of such size and structure, they need a lot more."

"In addition to energy, there must also be a specific carrier. Based on the information collected so far, I suspect that Celestials cannot survive independently."

"Just like the memories you read in the rubies, the liquid system that they need when alive has disappeared from the corpses."

"Furthermore, as for the gems that serve as basic life units, you have already tried and found that they cannot be independently manufactured. They need an external supply of this basic life carrier to replenish them."

"I understand... Celestials are actually assembled life forms, that is, constructs."

"Assembled?"

Zhou Yi was confused. "Celestials are assembled?"

"You could say that."

Xiao Fu explained, "A construct is a composite life form made up of two or more basic units."

"They are usually larger and have various abilities, but the biggest drawback is that they cannot self-replicate, that is, they have no ability to continue and reproduce. In addition, they need more external basic units to help maintain their operation and even evolution."

Zhou Yi then thought, "Isn't that how most lives are? Humans are also made up of cells."

"No, that's not right."

Xiao Fu emphasized, "The biggest characteristic of a construct's structure is that it is a planned and directed modification result, rather than natural evolution."

"Take humans for example, humans change by adapting to the environment in order to survive better. But constructs first set a required assembly direction, and then promote evolution along this direction."

"This is the difference between passive and active, and the logic and purpose behind it are completely different."

"I once read some information about constructs. They need a large number of basic units to constantly replenish and exchange in order to maintain the necessary movement, otherwise they will tend to be static, which is tantamount to death. Constructs cannot be born naturally and require secondary units to initiate the assembly process."

Zhou Yi frowned, "Wait. I don't understand one thing, if they are assembled life forms, then who assembles them?"

"Secondary units."

Xiao Fu said, "That is, those Glass People, they specialize in assisting the assembly of the Celestials and are also part of the Celestials."

"So I infer that they are paying attention to the Earth surrounded by the cosmic flow because they have taken a fancy to the diverse species of this world. They want to find new secondary units from them, whether to replace or supplement the Glass People, which can bring more activity and choices."

"In simple terms, they need to find assemblers from the existing wasteland world to perfect their bodies."

Zhou Yi suddenly understood.

In this way, many things can be explained.

The Celestials always choose a large number of life forms as projection bodies, which seems to be not only used to project and observe the wasteland world, but also to test and experiment whether this life itself is suitable as a secondary unit.

"But the Celestial civilization should also have its problems."

Xiao Fu added, "Because under normal circumstances, direct large-scale screening would be enough. But they are acting independently, projecting separately... I suspect that something went wrong internally. Or they themselves are like Streamtracers, doing their own thing and not interfering with each other."

"To figure out the reason, further investigation is needed. Don't be too hasty."

Zhou Yi also agreed.

Investigating the Celestials must be done slowly. If he gets too close to the ring-shaped sun wall, he may expose his impostor status and get into danger.

In short.

Let's pick up corpses first.

Get more gems, just in case.

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During the 11 days of traveling along the way, Zhou Yi basically immersed himself in the Celestial world except for rest, either picking up corpses everywhere or observing the red wall.

Although there was no major progress, he also gained 3 new Celestial corpses.

It was a pity that he still failed to capture a new ruby.

At the same time, the Yalong Bay also bypassed various sea dangers and arrived at Dongji Island.

Zhou Yi's first impression of this place was desolation.

Everywhere was desert and stone, and almost no vegetation was seen. There were very few local creatures. He only saw sand rats and some insects, and even few flying birds.

Zhou Yi couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

If I had known, I would have brought Nemo here. It is a sand rat expert and can talk to the local rat population, maybe he can get some clues from these natives.

The Kunming Station's voice came from the kestrel's speaker: "Mr. Zhou, I have made a satellite signal mark. The Olympic Sports Center is at the marked location."

So Zhou Yi drove Emerald City, following the satellite navigation, and walked slowly on the strange land.

Spring on Dongji Island is still a cold color, with some bare trees inland and large areas of bare land. It is hard to imagine that 200,000 people once lived here.

Kunming Station said: "According to what we know, the island itself is not suitable for farming and is severely desertified. Even during the rule of the Dongji Duke, it needed to import large quantities of food, wood, textiles and other necessary supplies from outside."

"The local industry is mainly divided into two parts. One is the construction of Guangtai Port for collecting Guangtai sand, and the other is that there are some rare metal mines underground, which were once mined intensively."

"But these are all covers for cultivating and training mutants."

Zhou Yi chatted with it about the situation on Dongji Island while observing the local environment through the kestrel's high-altitude lens.

There is a river running from east to west, and you can vaguely see traces of artificial modification. It seems that the Dongji Duke carried out water conservancy projects in the past to facilitate local people's access to drinking water.

The ruins of the four cities are all next to the river.

However, the cities are now only some ruins of walls, and no complete houses can be seen. Most of them are buried by sand and stones.

There are no traces of humans on the entire Dongji Island.

The Olympic Sports Center is located on a highland far from the water source. Next to it are abandoned large mining areas, and you can vaguely see damaged smelting furnaces, collapsed sentry towers, and some stones and rusted iron scattered outside the mine.

After approaching, Emerald City looks like a child in front of the Olympic Sports Center.

This stadium is shaped like a lotus flower, and the steel canopy forms white petals covering the building.

It is more than 300 meters in diameter and about 60 meters high. It is very huge, like an independent small city. Although the top has an open-air structure, it is covered by a layer of white mist, making it impossible to see the situation inside.

The Olympic Sports Center stands quietly on the ground.

Zhou Yi stopped Emerald City and walked to the side of this giant building life.

Kunming Station said: "Please rest assured, the United City has reached an agreement with the Olympic Sports Center. As long as Mr. Zhou confirms with it, it will leave here with you and migrate to the United City."

Zhou Yi suddenly frowned.

At this time, his life was actually declining.

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The red numbers are particularly eye-catching.

He is now the main body, with 425 points of defense.

Defense can offset radiation.

The previous encounter with Li Mo's strong radiation proved this.

But this is completely different.

It's like life damage caused by ignoring defense.

Zhou Yi slowly retreated.

After retreating more than ten steps, the decline stopped.

He walked left and right again.

Finally, Zhou Yi determined that the radiation source was the Olympic Sports Center.

Getting close to it will bring about a forced decline in life.

Moving this building does not seem as easy as imagined.