Wasteland Development Diary

After becoming a Tinder lifeform, the Rock Core Clan, freed from material burdens after exhausting their energy, rapidly recovered.

Zhou Yi communicated with it smoothly.

Like the Stream Tracers, the Rock Core Clan had very long full names.

Their names were like ID numbers + personal files, containing information about when they were born, their major experiences, what work they did, family relationships, whether they had offspring, and so on.

They also contained many specific runes.

Zhou Yi named it after the T-like symbol at the beginning, calling it T.

T said, "Thank you for saving me from the brink of death."

"I am an observer, and my mission is to observe the [Mad Traveler] at all times. I followed it into two worlds, recording its every move and storing this information."

It didn't know why it had to do this, nor had it ever seen the person who gave it orders; it was born with this task.

Xiao Fu said, "That's how the Rock Core Clan is. They are highly praised tool-lifeforms. Instructions can be implanted into them during the lifeform's gestation stage. Once their self-awareness is initially formed, they will carry out this command until the command is terminated."

"It won't know who its commander is. This is a form of protection and can also eliminate interference."

"But converting it into a Tinder lifeform forcibly disconnects the Rock Core Clan's existing rock core computing method, which is an irresistible instruction termination. So now, it is in a free state, and all information is accessible."

Zhou Yi was suspicious: "Sounds like you've done this before?"

"I converted a Rock Core Clan member before."

Xiao Fu said, "But that guy was a warrior, only knew how to fight, useless, so I threw it away to save space."

"Our Stream Tracers' advantage is not combat. We need to travel light and leave space for the Tinder lifeforms I need."

Zhou Yi felt a little depressed.

He wanted to get a Light Core Body combat guard, but instead, he got an observer.

Xiao Fu picked up a warrior and threw it away directly, but he was very optimistic and treasured T.

People's joys and sorrows are not connected.

Zhou Yi quickly adjusted his mentality.

The observer T's consciousness information was very vast.

Just looking at the memory core's appearance.

It was completely different from the surrounding glass tubes, but a multifaceted crystal.

This structure reminded Zhou Yi of the light core that the Lord of War had shown.

He asked Xiao Fu, "Are the Light Core Body's memory cores all like this?"

"Correct. Consciousness and matter will gradually tend to unity, and the memory core is the lifeform's consciousness structure."

Xiao Fu was in high spirits: "This guy's strength is not bad, a regular icosahedron, already reaching the limit of the Light Core Body. It's only one step away from the next stage of the Transmutation. Great, great! This time we got a good thing!"

Zhou Yi couldn't laugh.

Even if the Light Core Body was at its peak, it was still an observer.

This one wouldn't attack, didn't have that attack ability.

Even if Zhou Yi didn't use [Egoless] to enter the space bubble and blatantly took away the prosthetic leg, this one wouldn't launch any attacks; it didn't have this kind of behavior and material support.

This was related to the Rock Core Clan's own characteristics.

The Rock Core Clan's physiological structure matched their instructions.

Like T, it was an observer, so all its material structure was for observation and recording, and all other parts were unnecessary, just a super camera and typist.

Unless it was completely dismantled and rebuilt from scratch, which would be equivalent to washing points and starting to cultivate from scratch.

But on the bright side, T's ability strength and precision were extremely high.

This Rock Core Clan member only had one ability, called [Panoramic Reading].

Zhou Yi synchronized a segment of its recorded footage.

In the panoramic footage, the little prosthetic leg was chasing a large quadrupedal monster without a head.

The Rock Core Clan closely followed the entire process, more like a photography assistant behind the prosthetic leg—as if filming a wildlife documentary.

But its picture had two layers.

The first layer was the visible material side, where the prosthetic leg chased and the monster fled.

The second layer was the consciousness side that Zhou Yi couldn't directly observe.

In this layer, the world became a ruined kingdom composed of black and white bricks, just like when Zhou Yi was mining through the Great Sage Spirit.

The Mad Traveler on the consciousness side became a blurred, giant black shadow. The quadrupedal monster's consciousness outline was very small.

Completely opposite to the material side's proportions, it was the weaker one here.

In addition to being able to see through to the consciousness side.

The panoramic record also provided some text information descriptions.

Like the prosthetic leg, it was marked as [Light Core Body LV4·Mad Traveler] on its head.

The chased monster was [Light Core Body LV1·Unknown]

Zhou Yi looked at the prosthetic leg's marked name.

A large amount of relevant information immediately popped up in his mind.

[This unit possesses extremely strong survivability and can absorb and utilize almost all forms of energy.]

[This unit is difficult to destroy, possesses the ability to avoid obstacles and dangers, has a self-repair mechanism, can camouflage and integrate into the environment, and is extremely difficult to directly identify.]

[This unit possesses a self-strengthening and evolution mechanism and can reach the Transmutation and higher levels.]

[This unit exhibits certain biological characteristics, but cannot be communicated with or deeply analyzed, and it is not yet possible to determine whether it is a lifeform or a non-lifeform.]

But for the other monster, the description was just one line.

[This unit has a certain degree of intelligence, weak consciousness, and it is calling for help.]

The difference in the amount of information between the two was very large.

Zhou Yi turned to ask Xiao Fu, "Are there levels within the Light Core Body?"

"Yes."

The Stream Tracer said, "Light Core Bodies range from LV1 to LV5 from low to high."

"This level is closely related to the light core's own morphological structure. The more faces it has, the more expansibility and stronger transformation ability the light core has."

"The LV1 light core is a tetrahedron."

"LV2 is a hexahedron."

"LV3 is an octahedron."

"LV4 is a dodecahedron."

"The strongest LV5 is an icosahedron."

Xiao Fu emphasized again: "Da Zhou, T's value is enormous. The [Panoramic Reading] ability can minimize information asymmetry. Its core is to read the surrounding material environment and the consciousness side feedback, and the comprehensive judgment result is very accurate."

"Whether it's the changes happening in the environment or the tendencies and desires of the lifeform itself, T can read through both sides of the world and give corresponding information prompts."

"The civilization that created and cultivated T must have spent a lot of effort. To perfect and achieve the LV5 level ability requires high-precision polishing of the light core, which is very difficult. Of course, to observe the Mad Traveler, this preparation is also necessary."

Zhou Yi also listened with a relieved expression.

Panoramic Reading was like that.

That's right.

Strategically, it was more important than a Light Core Body thug.

Because at least for now, it can be determined that there is an Atmospheric Creature Curling—although it is still leveling up on the Forbidden Continent.

And Black Fu, who will complete development within 1 to 3 years.

That's two.

Panoramic Reading can observe the deep changes in the world's material side, as well as the analysis of various substances and lifeforms, equivalent to a teleprompter with its own analysis ability.

The [Alertness] upgrade replacement he had been thinking about was obtained in this way.

Zhou Yi felt relieved.

"However, Da Zhou, a Light Core Body LV5 Rock Core Clan observer is an extremely valuable tool-lifeform. We need to figure out why it was placed in this world," Xiao Fu reminded.

Zhou Yi also remained cautious and continued to read T's memory information.

In this observer's records, it and the Mad Traveler were not originally on Earth.

According to chronological order.

The first planet the prosthetic leg landed on was a star without any life. It jumped around there, searching the entire world, but got nothing.

That was also the longest period of time.

Finally, the prosthetic leg dug open a space bubble on that dead star and arrived at a pristine monster world, which was where it chased the quadrupedal monster.

After arriving there, the prosthetic leg began to collect and capture valuable substances and life, becoming a monstrous alien creature.

Suddenly, the prosthetic leg and T were caught in a white space.

T revived again, which was when it was talking to Zhou Yi.

Xiao Fu said, "That's a world with an owner!"

"It seems they were caught by the local owner and stuffed into a space bubble, then thrown into the Circulation Stream. The local owner probably knew their origins. They couldn't destroy them, so they threw them far away."

"The space bubble followed the Circulation Stream impact, then spatial displacement occurred, and finally it arrived here."

The Mad Traveler was really hated by everyone.

The general situation was clear.

Zhou Yi filled the last slot of the fire hearth plate with [Panoramic Reading] and started testing.

He first looked at an iron plate next to the seabed—T had crashed into this thing before, shattering into a pile of debris.

Only a few words appeared in front of him.

[This substance has no abnormalities.]

Zhou Yi then looked at a turbulent current in the distance, where lightning flashed, and faint thunder could be seen from a distance.

[Energy is flowing, energy level is weak.]

He turned his gaze to the Sea God next to him.

[This unit has a certain degree of intelligence, very weak consciousness, and has two special energy structures.]

The Sea God's Circulation Stream device could also be identified.

The Light Wheel Well and the Circulation Light Instrument were exactly two.

T's ability was very suitable for Zhou Yi. He had already designated it as a permanent guest on the fire hearth plate, sitting at a table with Tie Tie and Microphone Overlord.

The three slots were finally filled.

Zhou Yi immediately boarded the Sea God and returned fully loaded.

...

Returning to Sandport, Zhou Yi called the Mud Tree Man Niger and asked if it could still find the space bubble to enter the Mud Tree Civilization world.

"No problem. That space bubble is very strong, just to the north."

Zhou Yi immediately told about the Mad Traveler and proposed to let the prosthetic leg go there to find treasures and add obstacles to the swarm.

"This is good, this is good!"

The Mud Tree Man rubbed its hands excitedly: "What's that saying? There are devils to grind devils! To deal with those insects, you have to use tough guys, no need to talk to them about rules!"

"Chairman, I'll take you there right away."

It started Blackthorn, carrying Zhou Yi all the way through the Dead Sea at a rapid speed.

Along the way, Niger said, "Chairman, does this Traveler eat everything?"

Zhou Yi himself wasn't sure.

This thing was created by a high-dimensional civilization, and the detailed mechanism was not clear.

But as long as it can go over and capture valuable things and bring them back, it would be a good thing.

Arriving at the target location.

The space bubble here was located in an underwater cave—or rather, a cave in the past.

Zhou Yi thought for a while, set the Mad Traveler to low-end treasure hunting mode, and threw it into the space bubble.

The strange device shaped like a prosthetic leg was swallowed by the black mud and soon disappeared without a trace.

"Let's go."

Just as Zhou Yi turned to leave.

A puff sounded behind him.

He turned his head to look.

The prosthetic leg actually broke free from the space bubble and jumped back to Zhou Yi's side.

What's the situation?

Did the cross-border fail?

Zhou Yi held the handle of the prosthetic leg and decided to throw it again.

He suddenly moved his eyes.

That's not right.

There's something in the prosthetic leg.

Could it be... the treasure hunt is complete?

He turned on the Traveler.

I don't know what this guy can bring back... it would be best to get some Mud Tree Man seeds.

If that doesn't work, grabbing a live Mud Tree Man is also fine.

But the thing that the prosthetic leg spat out made Zhou Yi a little unable to understand for a while.

How did it get a lump of ice back?

The Mud Tree Man next to him suddenly changed his face: "Ch, Chairman, this is the Cave Dweller's energy block!!!"