Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 523 The Human Grave
The White King claimed to be human.

This left Zhou Yi completely baffled.

No matter how you look at it, this person in front of you is closer to the life of architecture than to a person of flesh and blood.

Aside from realizing that he was human, the White King could not draw any further conclusions.

Zhou Yi cared a lot.

So he brought out curling, which is best at detecting consciousness and can capture consciousness.

The golden ball flew and hovered around the White King.

A thick fog spread from the body, covering the white giant and becoming entangled with its consciousness.

After half an hour.

Ice Curling transmitted his voice, saying, "Chairman, the White King is indeed very similar to the Architectural Life, both of which have a large number of consciousness entities within them, but the White King is more orderly and strict than the Architectural Life."

“Each cornerstone contains an independent consciousness. Each cornerstone measures 30×30×30 centimeters. There are a total of 4444 million cornerstones, which means there are 4444 million consciousnesses.”

"These consciousnesses are independent of each other, each storing specific information, and are only fully activated when a specific general behavior occurs."

"In the White King, this common behavior is the creation of sun eyes. Apart from that, each of them has its own internal mechanism, and the White King cannot control them."

"This design is very clear and rigorous. It cannot, like the Emerald City or the Great Buddha, bring together a large number of individual consciousnesses into a unified whole."

"Compared to Emerald City, the White King places greater emphasis on stable, closed structures, making it less likely for them to transform into atmospheric beings, and effectively storing large amounts of information to ensure that consciousnesses do not contaminate each other."

"Even if some consciousness malfunctions, is naturally damaged or even annihilated, it will not affect the overall operation, and specific information will continue to be stored in the core unit itself."

"Stability also brings drawbacks. The White King finds it difficult to change the existing pattern, and his autonomous consciousness and behavior are strongly constrained. Apart from creating the Sun Eye, he cannot obtain a large number of foundational consciousness units to support him, which prevents him from continuing to grow."

Zhou Yi felt a strange sensation: "Why does this sound less like a living being... more like a community? Or a country?"

"You're right."

The curling expert stated, "This is a collective life composed of numerous consciousnesses, and the White King is the embodiment of their collective will."

"I cannot access the depths of the foundational units. Many of the consciousnesses are extremely conservative and refuse my access and interaction, so I have no way to obtain more information."

It suggests that experts in the field of information technology, such as the "Book Eater Demon," give it a try.

"Because a portion of the consciousness within the foundational unit has shattered and annihilated, but fragments still remain, and those fragments can be read."

Zhou Yi followed its advice.

The Book-Eating Demon accepted the challenge, but suggested that Canghai Jun and Sun Hao also come and help.

All three possess conscious abilities and can support each other.

Together, they conducted a comprehensive diagnosis and examination of the White King.

Sun Hao was responsible for repairing the shattered consciousness. Although he couldn't bring the consciousness back to life, he could at least make the information inside more organized and readable.

Because the White King was very cooperative, a conclusion was reached in less than an hour.

The Book Eater said, "Its stability is terrifying... Out of 4444 million foundational units, only 31 units of consciousness naturally shattered. According to the time recorded above, the White King's natural operating time has exceeded 3000 years."

“From these 31 pieces of consciousness that were pieced together, I obtained two definite pieces of information.”

"The first point is that the White King can indeed be considered human."

Zhou Yi listened attentively.

The Book-Eating Demon said softly, "In the summary of the fragmented records, there are humans in that world, who are very similar to the humans in our world. They also have facial features and hands and feet, have high intelligence, and the ability to use various tools and utilize the natural environment and resources."

"The sun of that world was stolen by a group called the Fire Thieves and is moving away at high speed. This has caused a huge energy crisis, and the Circular Stream is disappearing rapidly."

"The locals were unable to fight the fire-stealers, so they created the Sun Eye. When they died, they would seal their bodies and consciousness into the foundation stone to ensure that their consciousness could continue to function and continue with the White King."

"The White King's mission is to find a new, stable sun and plan a space passage route to reach it, so as to upload the consciousness of the humans within him to the new world with a sun."

"The White King used all the remaining resources in the world to create the Sun Eye."

She looked at the silent, crowned giant, a hint of pity flashing in her eyes: "When the White King was officially activated, they destroyed its self-awareness to castrate its self-consciousness. To ensure that it could remain stable and continuous as a tool, without undergoing self-change or other behaviors."

"However, this desire for both caused a series of malfunctions in the White King. He lacked self-awareness, had no sense of right and wrong in the conventional sense, and only had the ultimate command to find the sun."

"The White King lacks the ability to think and acts solely based on orders. To ensure the most efficient use of resources, it turned all 4 million people who were still alive in that world into cornerstone units, making them part of its body."

"It was originally intended as a doomsday shelter to save those humans."

"But ultimately, due to the locals' fear and sabotage, the White King became their tomb." This sounds absurd, but it is indeed something humans would do.

Zhou Yi pondered to himself.

Human history is replete with examples of people courting death and bringing about their own demise.

He couldn't help but ask again, "According to this theory, the White King's original consciousness was not human?"

"Yes."

The Book-Eating Demon nodded: "This is the second discovery."

"The White King's initial consciousness originated from a special substance called 'Shattered Star.'"

"Broken Star?"

Zhou Yi suddenly remembered.

The White King once said that the White Lion, as the fire gatherer, was waiting for the sun to explode so that it could collect the fragments of stars from it.

"However, there are very few records about shattered stars."

The Book-Eating Demon's face also showed a hint of annoyance: "The locals deleted this part of the consciousness information, so it's impossible to restore it. It's all to prevent the White King from knowing that its source is the consciousness born from the shattered star."

"However, this part cannot be completely eliminated. The key information such as the fire thief and the fire collector will still trigger a reaction from the White King, but it cannot reproduce the parts that have been erased."

"This is all I got."

Zhou Yi nodded: "Thank you for your hard work."

"It's alright, this has broadened my horizons... It seems that the sun is an important resource that various parties are vying for on a higher scale."

"For me, information is the most important wealth. The more information I have, the better I can improve my 'Book of All Beings'."

She, on the other hand, acted very positively.

The Book Eater is not a company employee, but a partner.

Therefore, Zhou Yi was very grateful for her tireless help each time.

After the Book-Eating Demon finished speaking, Lord Canghai slowly opened his mouth.

“I created a multi-layered dream, drawing in many different consciousnesses.”

This former weaver, now dressed in modern clothes, wearing a white lab coat and gold-rimmed glasses, speaks slowly and deliberately.

"Unfortunately, they are very wary of dreams. There are no dream demons in that world, making it easy for them to become alert and break free. Moreover, those consciousness entities have high resistance to consciousness, and the foundation itself also has strong protective capabilities..."

"I only got a little bit of information."

"The world they lived in once had two suns."

"The first sun exploded during the Circular Flow, and some debris impacted their world, allowing the local survivors to develop rapidly."

"The most important pieces of those drifting objects are two fragments of stars."

“At that time, a fire gatherer appeared. He exchanged with the locals and took away a piece of the fallen star. He taught the locals how to use another damaged piece of the star, and thus the White King was born. It has a special connection with the sun, so it is also the core of the sun's eye.”

"Unfortunately, they have already discovered me and are now very wary of dreaming. The same trick will not work on them a second time."

Zhou Yi was invigorated upon hearing this: "That's already very good, thank you for your hard work."

In other words.

The Fire Collectors are indeed those who specialize in collecting the corpses of the sun, and the White Suanni should belong to this group.

Perhaps only when the sun is destroyed and fragments are generated will it revive and respond; right now, it is probably either dormant or inactive.

The White King was a flawed piece of broken star, so the passing fire gatherers didn't want it and instead gave it to the locals to use to activate it.

"There's another one."

Canghaijun looked at the silent crowned giant beside him: "The power of the sun will gradually repair the shattered star, but the process will be very slow. The closer to the sun, the better. This part is what I obtained from the initial consciousness fragments of the White King. There are very few traces left, only this little bit."

Zhou Yi thought to himself, "No wonder."

The White King's need for the sun was not only a requirement of its creator, but also an instinctual drive.

This preliminary investigation was a great success!
(End of this chapter)