Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 707 The Highest Good is Like Water - Yalong Bay

The continued treatment of the dying Celestials also indicates that the implantation of the "Horse Vanguard" project into them is quietly underway.

This is a crucial step in understanding the properties of stardust particles.

the other side.

Zhou Yi shifted his focus back to Earth in the post-wasteland era.

The support and advancement of building life is still ongoing.

The company's remaining two alien employees successively advanced to the Light Core Body level.

The Buddha is practicing meditation on Europa, Jupiter's moon.

Another employee noted that Yalong Bay became a light core, and the chosen element was water, which has now been transformed into a large lake.

Zhou Yi was curious and asked why this element was chosen.

Yalong Bay said, "Water is a very special substance. It has given birth to the vast majority of life on Earth."

“Over the past few years, through discussions and exchanges with everyone in the public areas, I have gradually realized that I have a blind spot, which is to look inward too much. I only focus on the architectural community itself, but I have neglected the connection with the outside world.”

"Life gains meaning from its interaction with all things in the outside world and from its difference from non-living things. The meaning and direction of life may not lie within ourselves, but outside, in nature."

This long-time thinker shared his insights accumulated over several years.

"Chairman, although I have hardly spoken, I am still concerned about the changes in the outside world, and at the same time, I am reading about the various legacies left by the old human civilization."

Yalong Bay calmly said, "I have discovered that water has nurtured life in this world, and most life forms, like water, are always able to adapt to changes in the external environment."

"There is a book called the Tao Te Ching that says, 'The highest good is like water. Water benefits all things without striving, and dwells in places that others disdain, therefore it is close to the Tao.'"

"It speaks of the highest realm being like water. Water is good at nourishing all things without competing with them, and it stays in places that no one likes, so it is closest to the laws of the universe."

"The company has grown to where it is today in just eleven years. From farming to manufacturing various daily necessities and tools, and then to promoting energy, power, transportation, education, poverty alleviation housing, Dead Sea demolition... almost everything we have done is something that others are unwilling to do."

"But the company's actions benefited everyone else, without engaging in monopolistic exploitation or profiteering in various regions. Instead, it called on everyone to join in. This is the highest virtue, like water."

This man, who once led the largest construction company in the industry, slowly said: "The company's rise and unstoppable momentum, which quickly gained public support and became a wave that no one could refuse, was not accidental or unexpected. Rather, it was because the company's operation was almost in accordance with the Tao and conformed to the laws of the universe itself."

“Like water.”

"It is the key to the long-term prosperity of all things."

Zhou Yi thought to himself, "Wow, that's something."

This man is a true thinker in the life of architecture.

"Water brings life and change."

Yalong Bay continued, "The blood flowing in the bodies of flesh and blood creatures gives them the most diverse and rapid evolutionary capabilities."

"There are far more life forms in aquatic environments than in non-aquatic environments. In particular, those microorganisms that go unnoticed and lack avenues for expression are the silent majority of this world, and almost all of them live in water."

"So I chose water as the element, which is to choose to be in contact with and connect with most life forms."

"This has also given me a very peculiar experience. Water has now become part of my life system. It flows through my body, along with many other life forms, all swimming within me."

"Their curiosity, confusion, instinct, fear, joy, ignorance and fearlessness, the first spark of consciousness... all inspire my thinking. They are a part of me, and I also help them survive better."

Zhou Yi noticed it too.

Today, Yalong Bay, besides the four caves it once had, is now crisscrossed by numerous trickling streams. It is no longer as desolate and barren as it once was; lush grass and many small trees have sprung up along its slopes.

It seemed to possess characteristics of an organic organism.

This posture.

It is no longer the original submarine base.

It is turning into a mountain.

"Chairman, I finally understand you now."

"The highest virtue is like water, which is the reason for the continuation and flourishing of life."

The voice of Yalong Bay was filled with a sense of relief and joy: "Architectural life does not need to be confined, nor does it need to think about completing some ultimate form of connection for our group. We are inseparable from nature. We are part of the world, and the world is also our brother and sister. As long as we become water, we are together with other life."

Its understanding of the world far surpasses that of its peers.

While other architectural lifecycles remain at the level of exploration and professional development, Yalong Bay is already contemplating the ultimate meaning of architectural lifecycles; it already knows where it's headed.

Zhou Yi was also somewhat respectful and said with emotion, "I can't give you any advice or help on the path you've chosen, because your understanding of life has surpassed mine. I can only wish you good luck and a pleasant journey."

"Thank you."

Yalong Bay humbly replied, "Chairman, this is my clumsy imitation of you and the company, and then I've incorporated a few changes that reflect the unique characteristics of Architectural Life."

"However, I also have a little bit of insight."

"Now that water has been incorporated, I can use water as energy and also collect and produce large amounts of water. In the aquatic environment, I have found that cave dwellers are particularly active, especially in areas with suitable temperatures. They have a longer lifespan in the water, which can be extended by about two to three times, and one generation can live for the equivalent of two or three generations."

Zhou Yi asked in surprise, "The aquatic environment has such a significant effect on the cave dwellers? Are you sure?"

"I can be certain of this because my element is water, and I focus my main energy on the dynamics of energy and consciousness within it."

Yalong Bay answered confidently: "But such a huge difference only exists within my body. Ordinary water doesn't seem to work."

"I don't know the specific reason, so please verify it in the scientific field. But it would be beneficial for them to settle in my body, which would extend their lifespan and allow them to accumulate more experience and knowledge."

Zhou Yi immediately contacted the Dong family and asked the medical department to come and conduct on-site testing.

The cave dwellers themselves had short lifespans; under natural circumstances, they lived for only one hour from birth to natural death.

This makes verification very convenient.

After 72 hours of multiple controlled experiments.

Medical Minister Da Vinci concluded: "Chairman, we conducted a total of 1440 control groups and found that under normal circumstances, the average lifespan of the cave dwellers in a water environment would increase by 8.12 seconds. Proportionally, the increase is not significant." "However, in the water circulation environment of Yalong Bay, the average lifespan increased by 127 minutes and 23.21 seconds, which is an astonishing increase. It is equivalent to an increase of nearly 3 times in lifespan."

"We conducted extensive screening of conditions, but were unable to pinpoint the core cause. We can only confirm that it is related to the presence of other microorganisms in the environment with different temperatures in different areas of Yalong Bay, the consciousness radiation of Yalong Bay itself, and the interaction and contact between a large number of different life forms, forming a micro-ecosystem."

"There are too many variables involved. Juemingzi and 703 used 35 electromechanical life computing power, but they still couldn't calculate the chaotic model. This involves a very complex life field. I'm sorry, our current level of technology cannot reach such a deep area."

This result cannot be quantified or quantified.

It can only be applied, but the underlying theory cannot be derived.

The Dong family, on the other hand, recounted their unique experience of living in the aquatic environment of Yalong Bay from the perspective of the Dong people.

"Mr. Jay Chou, the cave people in the water environment of Yalong Bay seem to have unlocked some kind of closed physiological function."

"Returning to a suitable aquatic environment has made everyone very comfortable, allowing them to stretch out from their dehydrated state. In the past, our lifespan was not only 60 minutes, but it was shortened by human intervention. It should be that the string civilization has carried out targeted editing and modification on our original race."

“The string civilization castrated some of our life characteristics, suppressed the growth of some of our tissues, and only retained the growth and corpse plasticity that it needed, turning us into a short-lived tool life through artificial means.”

"Within Yalong Bay, the cave dwellers are gradually revealing and manifesting their original characteristics, and everyone is exploring and growing."

Zhou Yi raised a question: "I've wanted to know for a long time: what do you use as metabolic substances to survive in the dehydrated environment of Jupiter? In the past, you couldn't say because you didn't have a reference point. Now that the Cave People are traveling between Earth and Jupiter and exchanging information, can this be confirmed?"

"It's salt, Jay Chou."

Dong said, "In this respect, we are somewhat similar to the halophilic bacteria on Earth. Our ancestral land also has a special kind of salt crystal, but it also contains elements such as calcium and phosphorus. In a way, it is quite similar to the bones of the life forms here."

"The lower part of Jupiter's cloud layer, or the underground region, is where the cave people were first born, and there is a large amount of salt there."

"However, it's almost all solid over there, unlike the liquid state here on Earth."

"Furthermore, the environment there is a special combination of ammonium and sulfur salts, unlike the sodium chloride environment on Earth. The combination of ammonia and hydrogen sulfide produces a brownish-yellow color, which is also one of the reasons for Jupiter's colorful stripes."

Zhou Yi thought of the salt library on Mars.

"Similar to salt on Mars?"

"Different."

"Mars is mainly composed of mineral salts, primarily sodium chloride and sulfates, so the cavemen could not have remained active in an environment outside of Jupiter," said Dong.

"After arriving on Earth, it was through hybridization and integration with the numerous local microorganisms that we were able to gradually adapt to the local environment."

"But the experiment in Yalong Bay proved that, apart from the special salinity environment, we actually have a high affinity for the aquatic environment that sustains life in buildings, which suggests that we may have been born or lived in a similar environment in the past."

"I request that some of the cave dwellers be relocated to Yalong Bay."

"This will help the cave dwellers to grow further and gradually break through the physiological barriers imposed on us by the string civilization through the environment."

Zhou Yi immediately agreed.

After a month of testing, the Yalong Bay Cave Man exhibited astonishing vitality, displaying a form never before seen.

Large numbers of cave dwellers have gathered in the streams and waterways of Yalong Bay. The corpses of the dead have solidified, and the newborn are connected to the corpses, resembling a grayish-white coral reef. The cave dwellers, like a translucent liquid, flow among the coral reefs.

Dong said mysteriously, "Mr. Jay Chou, let me show you a little magic trick."

"Please look."

The voice just fell.

Zhou Yi discovered that a peculiar ray of light had suddenly emerged from the coral reef. This ray of light traveled back and forth within the coral reef like lightning bolts, but it could not leave the material carrier, as if it had locked the light away.

Upon closer inspection, he noticed that the energy released by the light was unusual.

Even with Zhou Yiguang's core reading and observation, no information could be obtained. Neither the consciousness ripples could be seen, nor could the specific intensity of its energy be read.

If the caveman coral reef hadn't been revealed, he wouldn't even have been aware of the presence of such light.

Zhou Yi suddenly remembered something, and his expression changed slightly: "Is this an energy body from a one-dimensional space?"

"Yes!"

"After being incubated and released in Yalong Bay, we have finally found our original form," said the Dong family member in the palace on the arm.

"We are born with the ability to lock onto one-dimensional energy bodies. This is the true skill of us cave people. We can capture one-dimensional energy bodies and use them to transmit our information. Originally, we used one-dimensional energy bodies as our sensory organs, and our bodies were the natural carriers."

"In other words, under natural conditions, we have a restraint over stardust particles, or life forms of the string lineage. We should be the ones utilizing and capturing them to serve us. But somehow, we have been forcibly modified and domesticated by the string civilization, turning them into its tools, and our positions have been reversed."

"To reduce risks, the String Civilization integrated us into the Modifiers, making us part of the vessel."

"..."

Zhou Yi was shocked.

The Wild Caveman was actually Stardust's natural enemy.

This is like a rabbit taming an eagle, or a mouse raising a cat... Through relatively complex physiological modifications and long-term domestication, it truly reverses the natural order.

"So we are able to intercept string light, and we can also read and interfere with the information of string light - but before we could only read it, but could not delete or modify it."

"But after regaining their original vitality, the Yalong Bay Cave Man lineage is now completely different."

"They can not only capture string light, but also read and edit it!"

Dong Shi paused for a moment, then said, "Mr. Zhou, I am pleased to report to you that we can now use the cave people of Yalong Bay to issue commands in place of the string civilization by rewriting the string light, thus activating the giant structure of Jupiter!"

Zhou Yi was taken aback for a moment, then overjoyed.

What are you waiting for!
He immediately ordered, "In that case, begin attempting to activate Jupiter now."

"Yes!"

Dong said, "Please wait for our good news!"

(End of this chapter)