Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 533 Interrogation on Behalf
After Zhou Yi arrived on the moon at lightning speed, he reunited with Yagami.

Beneath the dazzling cage constructed by the Gem Transmuters, a man sat on the lunar surface.

He was staring blankly at a spinning stone top next to him.

"This guy is Wang Fengwu."

Yagami said, "He didn't resist at all during the entire capture process, so he probably knew that it was a Transformer coming for him, which saved a lot of trouble. No other agents appeared either."

"This was my first time using this gem transmutator, and I made some mistakes at first. Manually controlling it to select only him required a lot of skill because we were so close to that town. Luckily, he didn't resist, which made me a little worried at the time."

"He is now locked in place, his senses blocked by the Transformers, and he cannot see what is happening outside."

Zhou Yi sized up Wang Fengwu.

This fourth agent looked to be in his mid-thirties, dressed in a simple gray work uniform with black arm sleeves, looking just like a car mechanic.

He had a broad forehead, a thick jaw, and a slightly overweight build, but he had a somewhat expressionless face, giving him an air of detachment from worldly affairs, which reminded Zhou Yi of Liu Yida, the master of nocturnal emission in the movie "The God of Cookery".

Yagami waved his small fan and looked at the man in the glowing cage: "This guy seems to know he's going to die, so he didn't argue. He tried to drag the other agents down with him, saying he was going to report the other agents' illegal operations."

Zhou Yi's heart skipped a beat: "Let's interrogate them first."

"Ah."

For safety's sake, he suggested taking Wang Fengwu to the Twin Towers.

The Twin Towers area is more secluded and secure; once Number Four was captured and brought to the moon, he certainly wouldn't be allowed to return.

Besides, maybe he'll learn something from seeing the Gem Pool and the Twin Towers over there.

“That makes sense, then I’ll grab it.”

Night God acted immediately.

The gem transmutator shrunk back to its original double-headed trident shape, resembling a large, luminous butterfly. The captured Wang Fengwu was connected to its light, being led along like a puppet.

Zhou Yi entered the deep pit passage again.

Beneath the Twin Towers.

Wang Fengwu looked up and saw the magnificent black and red twin towers, revealing a hint of curiosity.

When he focused his gaze on the ground, his eyes widened instantly, clearly seeing the celestial corpse beneath the gem pool.

Zhou Yi initiated the interrogation through the gem-transformer: "Do you know where this is?"

"I know, it's the morgue..."

Strictly speaking, that's not wrong either.

"The formal interrogation will now begin."

Zhou Yi said, "Number Four, please introduce yourself clearly and completely, without any omissions or concealments."

The other party sorted out his thoughts: "Two hundred and thirty-one years ago, I was chosen to be the substitute, number four."

"At that time, a close-range light burst destroyed my town, and only a few people, including myself, survived. After that, my body mutated, I lost all my hair, my brain became a light-emitting organ, and I became a naturally occurring mutant."

Zhou Yi then noticed that Wang Fengwu's head was actually wearing a wig.

"I was taken by the Golden Mask to the Gem Kingdom of the Celestials. There, my bones were transformed into gems, and I gained two kinds of light-emitting organs."

"Then I was ordered to have intercourse with a woman and had two children."

"Of the two children, one died during the transformation, and the other was transformed into a completely gem body, which was useful to the Celestials, and was taken away."

Wang Fengwu said blankly, "It was for this reason that I was chosen to act as his proxy."

She actually rose to power by producing high-quality offspring.

This was something Zhou Yi hadn't expected.

"I have two responsibilities."

"The first step is to screen mutants. At least 100 mutants are marked each year and then handed over to Celestial Being by the Overseers."

"Second, they regularly mate with different individuals in order to select suitable individuals from the offspring."

Wang Fengwu remained calm throughout.

Zhou Yi listened and muttered to himself.

He's being used as a stud... No wonder this guy looks so heartbroken and despondent.

I never expected that acting as a proxy would also involve surrogacy.

Really miserable.

“I only select 100 mutants each year. They are mostly people who are about to die and do not meet the criteria for high-quality mutants.”

“I often have difficulty getting into the mood during mating, which often requires my partner to cooperate with me for a long time.”

“These are all areas where I failed in my duties.”

Wang Fengwu described his work.

Zhou Yi said, "Continue." "That's all."

“We received reports that you are secretly disobeying orders and privately massacring and suppressing mutants.”

"That's not true."

Wang Fengwu defended himself, saying, "I did not do it; these are all slanders."

"Do you still remember Wu Gang from Dongji Island?"

"Wu Gang?"

Wang Fengwu paused for a moment, then said, "Wu Gang inside the alien body on Dongji Island was killed by Skywalkers sent by the Heavenly Kingdom. You can verify this. I did have contact with him; because I saw he was very talented, I helped him learn how to better utilize his own 'borrowed power.'"

"This ability has a very high ceiling. It allows one to gain life and energy boosts from others, enabling them to unleash strength far exceeding their own."

"But borrowing power requires repayment. If you can't repay it, your own abilities will atrophy, become ineffective, or even lead to a painful death."

“I found him mainly to remind him to use it with caution. Because he used it too frequently, his physical condition was very bad, and he was on the verge of death. Although he had no choice in that situation, I still wanted to give him a heads-up.”

Zhou Yi frowned.

In this situation, Wang Fengwu neither seemed to be lying nor had any reason to.

This is completely different from what Zhang Zhi said.

"that's it?"

"That's it……"

Wang Fengwu thought for a moment and said, "Also, I asked him if he would be willing to try the modification experiment, since he's about to die anyway. Although most modification experiments are just cannon fodder, there's a chance that he could become a proxy, like me. Once you become a proxy, you can't die, you can't commit suicide, but you can live for a long time."

“Wu Gang asked me about this, and I told him about my experience and responsibilities… After he heard it, he was completely distraught and felt extremely broken and in pain.”

"He thanked me, but asked me not to tell anyone about it. Because Wu Gang believes that mutants need to have a reason and motivation to keep striving."

"I am such an imaginary enemy."

"They need to believe that defeating me will give them the freedom and dignity they desire. That's important for mutants."

“If they knew that even if they defeated me, became me, or even became a mutant who surpassed me, nothing would change, they would only despair and completely collapse, and they would not be able to live.”

"This is the agreement between me and Wu Gang. You can check my consciousness."

He said so.

Zhou Yi asked Ye Shen beside him, "Can you check?"

“I’ll give it a try. It works in terms of mechanism. If it really doesn’t work, I’ll use the methods of the Great Holy Spirit to investigate.”

Yagami first tried it with the Gem Transformer, but it didn't work very well.

"I'm still not very proficient with it. It has many functions, but I'm still having some difficulty operating it precisely. I'll practice with the Lunarian in the future, that should make things much better."

She eventually activated her original form.

The Gem Eye rose once more.

A large amount of light connected to Wang Fengwu, analyzing and penetrating him.

After a while.

The night god's red and black eyes gleamed with an eerie light: "I've checked. It's true."

"He wasn't targeting Wu Gang; instead, he gave him a lot of advice and reminders."

"I have researched Wang Fengwu's life."

"His life was very simple. Apart from performing his duties, he spent most of his time living in Herbaceous Town, leading a solitary life. He didn't like to travel around, never left the Earth, never came to the moon, and never even visited Dawn City, the capital of the Heavenly Kingdom."

"Completely different from the agents I knew before, he had no desires and just drifted along. It was probably because he had been used as a mating tool for a long time, and also because of his personality. He didn't even train any Golden Mask Guards."

"He has two abilities. The first is [Selflessness], which is also a replica of the energy structure of the Nightmare by the Celestial Being. The second is [Divine Travel], which allows him to control his own consciousness to act independently, communicate with other life forms, and even implant consciousness, but he usually uses it for long-distance calls and information retrieval."

Zhou Yi sorted it out in his mind.

The situation is now largely clear.

This person is just a substitute office worker, seeking no merit but avoiding mistakes, a pure example of someone who simply coasts through life.

After learning the truth, Wu Gang, in order to unite the mutants and change the status quo of the group, fabricated Wang Fengwu, the fourth agent, as the mastermind behind the scenes.

He attributed his own death, the tragedy and suffering of the mutants to Wang Fengwu, believing that defeating him would end everything and allow his good brother Zhang Zhi and those who came after him to maintain their courage and motivation.

False hope masked true despair.

Zhou Yi then steered the conversation back on track: "You mean, other agents also engaged in irregular practices?"

"Yes."

Wang Fengwu stated, "Number Three has committed serious violations."

"He conducted live experiments on a large number of humans, especially children, creating a large number of light-organ monsters that have harmed tens of thousands of people. Please punish and stop him!"

(End of this chapter)