Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 680 A Trivial Matter

Zhou Yi discovered.

People who are focused and immersed in a particular field for a long time are prone to behaving erratically in other areas.

As a mud explorer, Mudge demonstrates an amazing insight and accurate judgment in the fields of exploration and [mud], but when you talk to him about love and interpersonal relationships, he just scratches his head.

Yuri Daigen was searching for immortality and had previously acted like a hermit master. However, this time he boarded a high-powered death ray express train and ended up having too much fun outside, crashing directly into the sun.

Blanch!
None of them are worry-free!

But we can't just ignore it.

Zhou Yi then questioned the three old human travelers, asking them to recount the whole story in detail.

"Chairman, let Paul tell you."

Xu Yuhang said, "He has a part of his consciousness that is archived and photographed, so that you can directly see our experience."

Paul Hacker is a chubby Italian man with brown hair. Underneath his oversized coat is a bright orange sweater, a black knit hat, and white trousers. He is very well-dressed.

He bowed politely and said, "Respected Chairman, thank you for rescuing us people from the old era. I wish you good health and a smooth life."

Paul's photography equipment is himself.

He lifted his coat, revealing a black line that connected to the entire record of this trip.

Zhou Yi connects directly with the same frequency of consciousness.

Suddenly everything went black.

When he came to his senses again, he found himself in Paul's perspective.

The Italian man, along with two other ancient human companions, were talking to each other, filled with trepidation and excitement about this cosmic journey.

Before long, a light core crystal appeared before them.

A sound came from inside.

"I am Yuri. Follow me, the path to immortality is about to begin."

Then the three former humans entered one after another.

The light core immediately activated and plunged into the spatial rift ahead.

Visibility was restored after a brief period of darkness.

Ahead was a passageway stretching infinitely into the distance, entirely composed of white light, while the rest of the area was deep, dark black.

The light nucleus is moving at high speed along this straight line.

Yuri said, "From now on, you will gradually learn to leave the outside world of the Light Core Path and learn to synchronize with this place."

"The light core is connected to you. Even if you go out of control, I will find you and take you back, so don't worry."

"The method is very simple. Just empty your mind and enter a meditative state, and you can let your consciousness follow the movement of the outside world and thus achieve synchronization."

"let's start."

Even so.

But all three of them hesitated.

Ultimately, Kobayashi Hina was the first to give it a try.

Upon leaving the light core, her body was instantly stretched into an infinitely long beam of light, merging into the white light channel. Even through the light core, Kobayashi Hina's beam of light form could still be identified.

Xu Yuhang was the second to jump out.

It too turned into light.

Paul was the last to leave the light core.

Once he was in one-dimensional space, his perspective was limited to only two directions: front and back.

Ahead lay a dazzling white light, behind lay endless darkness.

The entire world is a constantly moving stream of energy and light, where all matter is concentrated, moving forward and backward.

That experience was very special.

In this simple yet exquisite environment, all sorts of chaotic thoughts vanish without a trace, and one's mood becomes bright and cheerful.

Even Zhou Yi, the reader, could empathize with it.

Living in a one-dimensional world seems pretty good, simple and pure.

It's a great place to travel and unwind occasionally.

Here, you can escape the overly complexities of the three-dimensional world, and you don't have to think about anything; you can simply follow the world as it unfolds.

The environment has a truly immediate impact on people.

Zhou Yi snapped out of his daze and continued to observe.

The three old human drifters quickly adapted to their environment and gradually synchronized with the one-dimensional space.

Their integration speed surprised even Yuri.

"Humans actually have such a talent for immortality... I thought only the Pandaren could master it so quickly."

"It seems that not all humans are complicated and calculating; some are also simple and pure."

It began carrying three old humans across the space tunnel.

The key is to find other suitable spatial holes, enter them, and then use them as transit points.

There are only two movement modes here: forward and backward.

It is also a rule of one-dimensional space.

Yuri rapidly switched between moving forward and backward at an eerie frequency.

It told the three space pilots: "The frequency of movement is key. By adjusting and continuously changing the frequency, you can find nearby space holes."

“The spatial holes leading from one-dimensional space to the outside world are all along the way, but it takes high-frequency movement to sense their subtle changes and thus find their location.”

"To avoid getting lost, remember to establish a coordinate system. The only known coordinate system that works and is usable within this system is the time coordinate."

Yuri instructed, "If I'm leading the group, just follow my instructions. If you're traveling alone, you'll need to have a timekeeper to keep track of your time."

"This timing is not a description of external motion, but a measurement of your own motion."

"Because in one-dimensional space, as long as you follow its circular flow, you can maintain a constant speed. Based on this constant speed, you can find your way back by calculating the time."

"Once you've mastered the whole process, you'll be able to freely adjust your activity timeframe. You can extend it continuously, even spending the entire month outdoors."

"However, under normal circumstances, there is no such good initial velocity, because the initial velocity is not related to its own strength, but to the density of the external circular flow of light."

"The higher the energy density of a circular current tributary, the faster the initial velocity, allowing you to travel farther in the same amount of time. We are travelers drifting on the circular current ocean, so everything depends on the strength of the source of the circular current itself. The initial velocity is our subsequent velocity, which is something we cannot change."

"If it were another celestial body with a higher energy density, such as Mars, the environment would be very unstable and the risks would be extremely high. You should cherish the customized Dead Sea park that the company has provided for you."

"With this, you can drift so easily."

Next is practice time.

From Zhou Yi's perspective, he couldn't see anything. He was surrounded by light, and his viewpoint kept rotating 360 degrees, as if Paul's eyes were flying around everywhere, making him a little dizzy.

Yuri then led them through a series of spatial caves.

It hopped all the way from Earth to Mercury, and then drifted back to the vicinity of the Sun.

At this moment, Yuri said, "You all stay here and don't wander off. I'm going to take a look at the sun."

"That's the source of the rafting. If you want to go further, you have to go there. If you go there, you won't be fast enough and you'll be pushed back by other strong tributaries along the way, making it impossible to reach the destination."

"We need to find a node over there, and then we can use the sun to fly to a farther place, with a greater speed and a wider drift range."

“If my light core contracts, it means I’m being pulled by the sun’s gravity over there, and you will be pulled back to ask Mr. Zhou for help.” “By increasing the circular current power, we should be able to bring me back from there, breaking through the local traction energy to return. It just might take a long time.”

"If this really happens, please apologize to Mr. Zhou and ask him to allow me to recklessly challenge the sun just this once..."

It rushed towards the sun without hesitation.

And then never came back.

The light core then pulled the three old humans back.

Zhou Yi has finished reading.

He opened his eyes and saw the panda-man Yuri sitting cross-legged on the ground. Streaks of light flowed from its body into the spatial rift, but it did appear to be locked to the sun's side.

However, unlike the Harmony Civilization, it was trapped in a one-dimensional space hole over there.

Yuri's solution is to have the company focus on artificial suns, providing a higher density of circular dead light to free it from gravity.

But it doesn't need to be that complicated at all.

Zhou Yi contacted Golden Tree, explained the situation, and asked it to take a look.

Although it is locked up by the String Civilization, it does not mean that the Golden Tree has completely lost its autonomy. Especially around the sun, it has enough usable energy and control.

After a few seconds.

That person wasn't very lucky.

The spatial rift it entered was a zone of energy pressure compression belonging to my and the String Civilization, so that area was almost stagnant, with the energy inside constantly swirling.

[It's alright, I'll just throw it out now.]

"Thank you."

Just 4 seconds later.

Yuri was momentarily dazed, then slowly opened his eyes, his gaze still somewhat blank and vacant.

It squinted its eyes hard, as if it had finally come to its senses.

How many years have passed?

Yuri suddenly widened his eyes and exclaimed, "Only... 4 seconds? That fast? Holy crap!"

The panda looked like it had seen a ghost.

"How did you do that? You turned on the sun's gravity in just 4 seconds?"

"This is too..."

Yuri looked at Zhou Yi with a blank expression.

"The company on the other side of the sun happened to have a partner, so we asked them to help us."

Zhou Yi briefly said, "However, you should let me know in advance about these kinds of risks, because we can't always cover the risks."

"A collaborator on the sun? Has the company already set up shop on the sun...? I'm so sorry..."

"I'm usually very restrained, but this time I just couldn't resist."

Yuri immediately gestured with a pair of bear paws and explained, "Because the current strength provided by the Dead Sea Park this time is very strong, I found after testing that it is possible to enter the sun."

“This was impossible in the past.”

Zhou Yi exclaimed, "You mean, the Black Emperor has been circling around in the solar system all along?"

"it's not true."

Yuri explained, "The Black Emperor has figured out a way to leave the solar system, but the process is complicated. It requires going through a lot of space holes, repeatedly jumping to the edge of the star system, and then flying outwards."

“We enter the sea of ​​energy through different tributaries, but each tributary has its own limit to its radiation range.”

"Some tributaries can only influence a very small area nearby, while others are very powerful."

“We need to find a strong enough tributary, ride it, and go with it to the limit boundary before transferring.”

"After I explain, you should understand that this method is extremely time-consuming and laborious. Although the speed of entering the circular flow can reach the speed of light, we cannot directly reach the place we want to go. We can only go around in circles and use the energy of each planet to transfer."

"Traveling through the entire galaxy at the speed of light, with Pluto's orbit as the destination, would only take 11 hours, but it would take us at least 90 hours. If we were to enter the outer Oort cloud and then continue to leave and enter the Milky Way, it would take another 70 years. At least as a substitute in service, I cannot do that, because I have a mission entrusted to me by the celestial beings."

"This is also the result of the Black Emperor's test."

Zhou Yi finally understood.

This kind of drifting trip following the current is like taking a bus. Other buses go around in circles, and there's nothing you can do but wait until your stop to get off.

All you can choose is which bus to take.

"However, there is another way to avoid these tedious and roundabout ways of finding the path, which is to go directly to the next star through the sun."

Yuri's eyes gleamed.

"Black Emperor previously speculated that if one could enter the one-dimensional space hole above the sun, one could use the sun's powerful energy beam to enter the strongest circular current, and then directly enter another adjacent solar circular current."

"So I took the opportunity to give it a try this time."

"Although it's somewhat dangerous, the outcome is very close. As long as we can overcome the special high-pressure locking around the sun, we can enter the main current! It's possible!"

Zhou Yi was somewhat surprised.

Yuri's journey through the cosmos was also intended to utilize the sun's stellar passage.

It achieves the same goal as the sun eye and the golden tree, albeit through different paths.

Speaking of which...

Zhou Yi immediately asked Huang Jinshu if it was possible to send the people here into the star channel.

This is fine.

It's a small matter.

[However, I don't know what we'll encounter at the next star. There's been no response from there; it seems the Golden Tree hasn't been born yet. That's what you call Proxima Centauri.]

Zhou Yi felt a strange mix of emotions.

Although we can only look at it, this is still a breakthrough for humanity in setting foot outside the solar system!
After confirming the feasibility of the operation, Zhou Yi said to Yuri, "I discussed it with our partner at Sun. They can provide assistance in this regard, sending our drifters directly into the main stream of the Circular Current and into the nearest star, Proxima Centauri..."

After hearing this, the panda man trembled slightly: "R-really?"

It gripped Zhou Yi's shoulders, repeatedly confirming.

"real……"

Zhou Yi smiled helplessly: "Don't get excited, we have to take it one step at a time."

"Okay, okay, okay!"

The panda tried to calm itself down, but two seconds later it couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Immortality is indeed possible!"

"We can leave here and enter other star systems!"

"Nothing can bind our freedom anymore! No one can lock us up! Anything is possible, anything is possible..."

"We can finally leave this place. There is hope for the future... After years of trying and exploring, our people have finally found a way out..."

"Thank you, thank you."

It gripped Zhou Yi's hand tightly with its two bear paws, its excitement overflowing.

Zhou Yi smiled and said, "This is just the beginning; we will have many more options."

(End of this chapter)