Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 697 Steve Has Done All the Wrong Things

With the intervention of hydrogen flow.

The victims who were lured and abducted by the God of Myriad Machines with his idol were all rescued from the biological television of the Mountain of Flesh, and fortunately, there were no casualties.

This person simply wanted to preserve both the old and new humans by putting them into a television; it was a strong instinctive impulse.

For the direct victims, the company provided compensation for emotional distress. After all, New World is operated by a company, and it is only natural and its responsibility to offer compensation and solace in the event of such a terrorist attack.

A very small number of people, by accumulating evil god coins, became the bodies of killer rats or electric cats. This part, however, cannot be restored—it is also a matter of their own choice.

As for the missionary believers, their numbers reached 31, and they were punished by the company to varying degrees. The lightest punishment was a two-year ban from entering the New World, while the most serious punishment was permanent disqualification from entering the New World and imprisonment.

The consciousness entities in the incubator quickly became obedient under the influence of the hydrogen flow.

After all, it is a tool-like organism that serves hydrogen-based life and seeding ships.

Guided by the hydrogen flow, this "God of All Machines" came to visit 3101.

Its appearance is exactly the same as that of a god statue, with the head of an old-fashioned television set, and its body is made up of various cables, gears, plastics, and sheet metal, just like an electronic waste robot.

However, it is only in the form of consciousness.

On the screen that lit up on its head, a string of text was displayed in a loop.

"I will reform myself, abandon evil and do good, resolutely obey the chairman's command, and serve the company and the people."

Zhou Yi couldn't help but laugh.

This is clearly the work of hydrogen flow.

The God of All Machines knelt down with a thud as soon as he entered the room, his monitor pressed against the floor: "Chairman, you are the greatest of all gods, the master of all gods, the glory and pioneer of the new world. We pay you our highest respect and absolute loyalty!"

"..."

This move completely stumped Zhou Yi.

I always felt that these kinds of lines were something a traitor would say.

However, its humanization and personification are more delicate and intuitive than those of the electromechanical lifeforms.

Zhou Yi said, "Stand up and speak."

"receive."

Only then did the God of All Machines stand up.

Zhou Yi saw that the consciousness entity in the incubator was releasing a large amount of dense consciousness waves, like oil paint, so much so that the entire room became a space radiating its consciousness.

Just observing its flow of consciousness made him feel extremely dizzy.

This guy... is a Transmuter.

Zhou Yi immediately disconnected his consciousness from observation.

At the same time, he suddenly heard the voice of the hydrogen flow: "Cultivator, because its main body is an incubator, it is a polymorphic transmutator, capable of transforming into three substances: water, hydrogen, and carbon. These three substances form the material framework of many life forms. Various organisms formed by hatching and fusion basically have one or more of these three substances."

This time, it wasn't through the cat god that I was talking to myself.

Zhou Yi was surprised: "You're using the God of Myriad Machines as a consciousness transmitter to communicate directly with me?"

"Yes, breeder, that's another use I discovered after my research."

Hydrogen Flow said, "It is a collection of the natural malice and chaotic tendencies of the inhabitants of the forbidden continent, with an innate and keen ability to perceive the destruction of existing order and structure. Therefore, it can find the loopholes in the new world, making it impossible for Ms. Chongqing to find its true form."

"If used to deal with the Celestials, it is indeed a very powerful weapon of invasion."

"But please rest assured, its destructive and plundering behavior is an instinct, but it is not uncontrollable or uncorrectable. Just like other life forms, it can be corrected and adjusted through training. I have carried out a series of repairs on the incubator, and the energy of the material carrier has been restored to a sufficient level, and its operation is returning to normal. Now its consciousness is also much more stable."

“I connected to it with hydrogen, and I know immediately what it does. You can ask it any questions you have, and you can also assign it work.”

"Right now, I want to go back to Mars with Hydrogenfu. The Celestial-Human Breakthrough there is at a critical moment, and it's best not to disconnect."

"Okay. Go ahead and get busy."

Zhou Yi refocused his gaze on the God of Myriad Machines: "The names of gods are their respective code names and professional characteristics. Do you have a name of your own?"

"Chairman, I didn't."

The voice of the God of Machines is different from that of the Hydrogen Flow; it has a very clear human pronunciation, like a male announcer hidden in a monitor.

Zhou Yi thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll name one for you."

"In the New World, you are considered to be a villain. According to the reports we received, in addition to fraud and kidnapping residents, you also polluted other New Currencies, attacked and stole other gods, deliberately damaged public property, set fire to houses, specifically attacked couples, and beat old ladies... However, after our investigation and verification, we found that many things were not actually done by you, but the relevant people deliberately smeared you."

"Since you also have a similar scapegoat characteristic of 'doing all sorts of bad things,' then you shall be called Steve."

The God of Machines thumped his chest: "Chairman, Steve awaits your command!"

Zhou Yi said, "Steve, you can implant consciousness into TVs, electric cats, and killer mice. In other words, you can make consciousness change bodies?"

"Yes, Chairman."

The new employee, who was recruited by the company, said, "It can be done by using a warm nest incubator."

"Can a person on the verge of death have their consciousness implanted into a completely new body?"

"OK."

Steve replied, "But the consciousness itself remains the same. If the consciousness collapses but the body still exists, it will become a chaotic creature that has lost its self-awareness."

"Unless the consciousness itself completes the evolution of the consciousness realm, or further enhances the strength and growth of consciousness, it can break out of its current life cycle."

"Only biological television, due to its special mechanism and design, can prevent the consciousness inside from being damaged and can be maintained for a long time. However, it needs to be kept independent and closed off, cutting off all contact with the outside world, so that the consciousness will not interact with the outside world, and thus there will be no further damage, but there will also be no growth or renewal."

Zhou Yi then realized this.

The method of consciousness implantation is merely a special surgery that grants the user the right to use the body of another species, but the consciousness itself still has a limited lifespan.

No matter how the body is changed, consciousness will wear down over time until the stable structure completely collapses, at which point consciousness dies.

The only way is to evolve in the realm of consciousness and achieve a higher level of life, thus escaping the existing cycle of aging and death. From this perspective, humanity's predicament is the same as that of the Lunarians.

Immortality remains the biggest challenge in the field of life sciences.

Immortality is currently the best known solution.

Seeing the somewhat disappointed look on Zhou Yi's face.

Steve quickly said, “Chairman, if you need, I can put all kinds of life in this world into the televisions, so that you can preserve these collections of life forever. They will never wither, maintaining a vibrant and thriving state. If you need, you can also connect some of these televisions together to form a small ecosystem…”

Zhou Yi: "..." Steve had a deep desire to contain humans with a television; in his mind, this was the most important and precious treasure.

Zhou Yi had to explain to it that he did not have such thoughts.

"So you were lamenting the brevity of your life. You were truly a benevolent ruler."

An exclamation mark appeared on Steve's screen: "Most lives have a time limit. But there is a way to break that limit."

"Oh? Tell me."

"It means making all life a part of me. You could also say that if I eat them, they will be with me forever."

"..."

Zhou Yi said, "This is a good suggestion, but please don't make such suggestions again."

"Chairman, please let me explain."

Steve said, "My form is a special Great Holy Spirit that took shape on the Forbidden Continent due to environmental changes, although it does have some malfunctions and imperfections... Normally, the Great Holy Spirit is actually the collection of all consciousnesses. I've looked this up, and it should be like this, right?"

Zhou Yi said, "That's right."

"So as long as those beings connect with me and circulate their consciousness through me, I can actually fully invoke their consciousness, or in other words, they will become a part of me."

"Even if their consciousness collapses naturally after reaching its limit, they can still be glued back together by collecting all the fragments at the moment of shattering. That key adhesive is none other than myself."

Steve said confidently.

"They can choose to live forever with me, or they can choose to be fragmented and embark on a completely new life journey."

"This way, we have a choice."

Zhou Yi's heart skipped a beat upon hearing this: "The Great Holy Spirit can operate like this?"

“Under normal circumstances, it won’t work, because the Great Holy Spirit itself is the cosmic consciousness gathered on a star, which then gradually evolves into a soup of consciousness, and then evolves into individual life… and finally forms a return and life cycle. The Great Holy Spirit itself does not have a unified consciousness, but is just a collective will in a state of chaos, with the commonality of survival and reproduction.”

Steve said, "But my state is special. I am not a Great Holy Spirit born through the normal process. I had life first, and then I came into being. I was artificially incubated. So I have my own thoughts and am not in a chaotic state."

"Of course, this does not mean that I am superior to the Great Holy Spirit born in the normal universe. On the contrary, I am naturally flawed."

"Because I cannot spontaneously give birth to diverse lives, I can only arrange and combine various lives, and merge existing lives to create new life. If the Holy Spirit is a creator, then I am more like an imitator and modifier."

"Therefore, I feel that calling me the Great Holy Spirit is somewhat presumptuous and inappropriate. I think it would be better to call myself the Lesser Holy Spirit."

Zhou Yi touched his chin as he listened.

The Great Holy Spirit is the original vessel for the birth of cosmic consciousness, evolving into various life forms and groups.

Steve, on the other hand, is a fan fiction writer who reworks existing works.

Talk about it.

Xiao Chongqing and Steve are in the same situation; they both have incomplete creativity and can only reorganize and integrate based on existing conditions, but cannot create something that has never existed before out of thin air.

Even Yagami can be categorized into this type.

What makes her special is that she is an artificial Great Holy Spirit personally created and nurtured by the String Civilization.

Zhou Yi immediately contacted Night God to confirm Steve's statement.

Night Goddess, dressed in a long palace gown and holding a round fan, appeared: "What's wrong?"

She looked like she was on vacation, without the white coat and modern makeup typical of someone at work.

After listening, Yagami sized up the square-headed little Holy Spirit before him, as if examining a rare treasure: "This guy is interesting..."

"What it said is not wrong."

"Actually, aren't there many examples like this around you? You're just blind to what's right under your nose."

Night God laughed.

a lot of?

Zhou Yi was puzzled, but a picture immediately popped into his mind: "Architecture has life!"

Night God nodded: "There's nothing new under the sun, but perhaps there is within it. Building life is also part of our path, constantly gathering and absorbing other consciousnesses, and gradually becoming a collective consciousness. It's actually like a city, just like that heavenly paradise."

"The Great Holy Spirit is the complete form of this. As for us, we are inherently inferior because of the limitations of the environment itself. Our strength and size are vastly different from the Great Holy Spirit nurtured by the consciousness of the universe, and we are also unable to spontaneously create life."

Zhou Yi couldn't help but wonder, "But didn't the Moon People originate on the Moon?"

"That has nothing to do with me. They are based on the formation of Kripple Rock, which is a low-probability event. Because only the Lunarians appeared, and no other life forms appeared."

Yagami waved his small fan and said, "But everything has two sides."

"The Great Holy Spirits possess the characteristic of being directly connected to the consciousness of the universe, and their upper limit is naturally very high. They can evolve into entirely new life forms and are the incubators of life and civilization. However, they do not have self-awareness. It is also because of this chaotic randomness, without observation or human intervention, that all kinds of life can be born."

"We... the name Little Holy Spirit is also good, let's call ourselves that. We Little Holy Spirits have self-awareness, you know, once you have self-awareness, you'll want to do something, whether it's good or bad, you'll always have to do something."

"It's like that experiment. Give me a button, and even if I don't know whether pressing it will cause the world to explode or a flower to bloom, I'll still press it and give it a try."

"However, this initiative also prevents the birth of free life."

"Simply put, the stronger it is, the closer it is to natural laws and unconsciousness, and the closer it is to energy. It's something that we, naturally, cannot achieve."

Zhou Yi understood now.

"Although I don't know if it's a good idea for this thing to absorb those dying consciousnesses, it can be used on the moon for now."

Yagami suggested, "They're doing ecological restoration over there. It can integrate all sorts of plants, which will make it easier for us to quickly expand the ecological community."

Zhou Yi couldn't help but feel a bit of a headache.

This method is good, but it will require another round of demolition. The Forbidden Continent is very special; it has a large population, and demolition is no small undertaking.

Steve, who was standing nearby, suddenly said, "Chairman, there's no need for all that trouble. Just ask the master to split off a part of me and place it on another planet, and it can grow independently. Its basic functions are the same as mine."

The master it refers to is hydrogen flow.

Zhou Yi was shocked: "You can do that?"

"Yes, but it requires a seeding ship to do it."

Zhou Yi was overjoyed.

That makes things easier!

(End of this chapter)