Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 587 The Deathly Light
The crab-shaped dragon said, "Although that skull fish has reached the level of a Transformer, it is like a mosquito to the Celestials, posing no threat whatsoever."

"Although Yu did not know why the bone fish appeared on Io, it still followed its existing procedures and destroyed any alien life that approached the area."

"Under normal circumstances, it can easily crush it."

"But the skullfish used a string light, instantly destroying the consciousness of another celestial being. Yu realized something was wrong, separated its body, and a large amount of its consciousness was also annihilated... In the end, it escaped to the nearest Earth and entered the Great Holy Spirit to preserve its consciousness."

Zhou Yi asked, "What is string light?"

Dragon said, "Well... let me send you this part of the information first."

Zhou Yi's perspective shifted, and he found himself in a high-temperature world filled with volcanoes.

The surface is yellow, red, and white, seemingly sedimentary products of different cooled minerals, and is covered with crisscrossing lava channels and volcanic craters.

The high temperature caused the light to be severely distorted and flickering here.

at this time.

Zhou Yi's first-person perspective is that of a unique volcano.

Its topmost area has a transparent, gem-like structure, composed of white, blue, and black colors, and is covered by thick layers of rock and molten cooled material.

The Celestial Being [Yu] is situated on the surface of Io, a planet formed by giant volcanoes.

Zhou Yi paused this segment of consciousness information and carefully observed it frame by frame.

The Tianren Volcano cavity mainly consists of three regions.

The first is the charging zone, which charges each white gemstone into a sapphire.

The second is the processing zone of the gemstone blank. A certain magma-like fluid goes through steps such as impurity removal, mixing, shaping, and polishing. Then, a part of the basic consciousness and instinct is injected into the black gemstone, and finally, gemstones of various shapes are formed.

Thirdly, there is a vortex-like liquid environment in which liquid methane soaks and washes a large amount of crushed ore. The ore is continuously irradiated with a green light and boils and bubbles at high temperatures.

Zhou Yi realized that the third ore vortex was where the Celestials were cultivating the Wisdom Core—the ancestral home of the Cave People.

However, things didn't go smoothly here.

A very small number of intelligent cores will be selected, captured by white gemstone fibers, and placed in a special gemstone space for the next step of the process.

However, this part of the core technology will soon be recycled and recast, obviously because it fails to meet various standards.

I have a general understanding of the internal situation.

Zhou Yi turned his gaze toward the outside of the celestial being.

Another celestial being hovered in the air. It presented an astonishingly large, sheet-like structure, like a vast, extremely smooth mirror, enveloping Io.

The mirror-shaped celestial being is composed of icosahedral basic units, which are in turn composed of pieces of gemstones.

Unlike conventional gemstones, its gemstones have stopped flowing and have become completely fixed and stable.

Inside those icosahedral base stones is a complex three-dimensional structure composed of individual gemstones, each seemingly fulfilling a different function.

Zhou Yi thought of the transparent castle above the Spark Plains.

The same gemstone shape, the same intricate internal structure.

The mirror-shaped celestial being performs a different function than nurturing. It absorbs large amounts of ejecta and dust from volcanoes on the ground, acting like a giant purifier, and then produces pieces of translucent processed ore.

They fell slowly like Tetris blocks, entering the crater of Yu.

In addition, methane rain fell on the other side of the mirror. This liquid landed precisely on the other side of Yu, entered the pocket-shaped gem space below, and then flowed into Yu's body.

This was also the first time Zhou Yi had witnessed the process of how the celestial beings nurtured their offspring.

Unfortunately, the intelligent core is no longer available.

Therefore, these processes cannot proceed to the final step; they are simply stuck in the middle.

Zhou Yi continued playing.

High in the sky, a semi-transparent shadow suddenly stretched out above the mirror-shaped celestial being.

It was an enormous, greyish-white bony fish, like a fallen floating island. Its skeletal structure was net-like, with some unidentified filling material inside.

Its shape could not be clearly seen because its body was surrounded by a halo like a thin veil, and its body was constantly rolling and stretching.

Zhou Yi's heart stirred upon seeing this.

Clockwork.

This is the external appearance of the internal organs of Shi Weng.

Did the giant bone fish obtain the clockwork device and fuse it with itself?

It emitted a purple light that instantly radiated in all directions. The mirror-shaped celestial being, which was directly affected by the purple light, immediately stopped the rotation of the numerous gems inside it, and the purple light traveled through its body.

The celestial beings began to fall apart, and various gems crashed to the ground like meteorites. A large number of sapphires bombarded the surface, causing a series of huge explosions.

On the ground, the volcanic formations are also collapsing.

However, the mirror-shaped celestial being high in the sky blocked its impact, significantly reducing the damage from the purple light. The consciousness ultimately escaped the area via the circular current. The scene ends there.

The entire process, from the giant bone fish attacking to killing the Celestial Being, took only a few seconds.

Zhou Yi looked at the dragon beside him: "Is there any more?"

"Gone."

The other person said, "That's all that's left."

“Under normal circumstances, celestial beings will never enter the Great Holy Spirit on Earth. This is because entering the Great Holy Spirit could lead to the leakage of their privacy. Keeping secrets is the most important first commandment for celestial beings.”

"Celestial beings are highly dependent on their own gemstone structure. When the gemstone body collapses, the consciousness will quickly dissipate. If they want to prolong their lives, there is only one way to go: through the Great Holy Spirit to maintain the existence of the consciousness."

"What's special is that celestial beings with gemstone bodies are also limited by the gemstones and must keep it secret. This is somewhat like electromechanical life, where the material carrier determines the consciousness mechanism."

"However, the gem body was completely corrupted and destroyed by the string light, causing it to lose its body and become a fragmented consciousness that temporarily breaks through all limitations. On the contrary, it is able to break through this limitation."

At this point, Long said, "Yu's escape is a very low-probability event."

"Purple light... what exactly is string light?"

Zhou Yi was most concerned about this point.

"That's not clear."

Long said, "The information about Yu is severely incomplete."

"However, this basically confirms that the String Light is lethal to the Celestials. Even the giant bone fish, which they perceive as insects, can use this substance to almost instantly kill two Celestials."

Zhou Yixin said that was true.

Currently, all we know is that string energy originates from the sun, and to collect this substance or energy, we would need to go to the vicinity of the sun. However, a solar wall has already been built there, firmly controlled by celestial beings, making it an almost impossible task.

Zhou Yi was curious about why this giant bone fish had embarked on the path of hunting celestial beings alone, and how it had installed the clockwork device on itself.

That's all I know.

Long said, "Yu merged with me through 'Deceiving the Heavens,' and it was only during the first rebellion against the Celestials that this was exposed. It seems that there is some special way for the Celestials to sense and locate each other. Now Yu has essentially disappeared, with only a tiny bit of information remaining."

"To deal with the Celestials, you may have to find the Giant Bone Fish. Once you find it, you'll have the String Light available, which is a sure-fire weapon."

Zhou Yi nodded.

"Then I'm going to work."

Now that he's Mr. Krabs' dragon, he waved his pincers and said, "Since I've taken on this new shell, I have to do things befitting this identity."

"Go."

Zhou Yi waved his hand.

The black and white crabs disappeared from sight.

Zhou Yi immediately summoned the Night God and shared the latest information.

"Giant Bone Fish, String Light..."

"Chancer fusion..."

"Heaven and man keep secrets..."

A thoughtful look appeared on her face: "Could it be that the giant bone fish also found a way to enter the body of the Time Elder, so it actually lives inside the Time Elder?"

"If that's the case, it can effectively block the Celestials and give us the confidence to fight against them. However, the fusion with Shi Weng's organs is beyond my understanding and knowledge; I don't understand it at all."

These words reminded Zhou Yi.

A thought popped into his head.

It might be possible to have the prosthetic leg search inside the old man's body; perhaps some clues can be found.

Even if it can't find the giant bony fish, it would be good if it could bring back the missing organs.

The Jupiter Cave People and the Mud Tree Civilization are continuing their development and progress, and it's only a matter of time before they find the record site and the remaining energy blocks (if any). They won't need to go there with the prosthetic leg anymore.

Just do it.

Zhou Yi immediately took the prosthetic leg and rode the black horse to the side of the four-dimensional space cave.

Let's start with a lower-end option to test the waters.

He threw out this experimental tool from a higher-dimensional civilization.

Crazy Traveler.

Use your treasure-hunting abilities on Shi Weng!

(End of this chapter)