Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 711 Celestial Being Made-in-Wasteland Development Company

Zhou Yi has been extremely busy lately.

Activating Jupiter will suppress the Celestials, but the next step in the strategy of transforming them will be the most difficult.

The most urgent task is to maintain the stability of the solar wall and prevent the string civilization from taking the opportunity to escape from it.

He immediately contacted Golden Tree.

The voice on the other end said, "Don't worry, that thing can't get out. I've used the power of Proxima Centauri and am currently vying for dominance with it. Right now, all its energy is focused on fighting me here, and the String Light is completely locked onto me, so there won't be any problems."

"Finish your work as soon as possible... I need your help. It's very difficult for me to handle it alone."

"it is good."

Since the String Civilization and the Golden Tree are locked in a fierce battle, things are relatively stable for the time being.

Zhou Yi then had Jupiter send out a signal in a directional manner, which allowed him to contact Zhang Zhi, the No. 8 acting agent, whom he had not seen for a long time.

In the aerial footage, Zhang Zhizheng sits inside a spherical gemstone, controlling it to roll around the solar wall, inspecting and repairing damaged areas along the way.

Other gem workers were also working on various gemstones, busy with repair and maintenance.

Zhou Yi said, "Hello? Can you hear me?"

Zhang Zhi looked around in confusion, as if unsure whether he had misheard.

"Please wait a moment, Chairman. The live video will be projected shortly."

Xiao Chongqing closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, then opened them, his pupils turning red: "All done."

At this moment, Zhou Yi's face appeared inside the spherical gem.

Zhang Zhi trembled with fright: "This...this...Mr. Zhou?"

Zhou Yi waved to him through the gem: "Long time no see, how have you been?"

"I'm okay."

Zhang Zhi cautiously looked around and lowered his voice: "Mr. Zhou, if the Celestials discover that you've infiltrated the Sun Wall like this... it's very dangerous."

"fine."

Zhou Yi laughed and said, "The Celestials have been defeated, we have won."

"what?"

Zhang Zhi's usually expressionless face showed a look of astonishment.

He still couldn't believe it: "You mean the defeat of the celestial beings refers to... a certain field?"

"That's right. We activated Jupiter and suppressed them within a specific spatial region. Although they are currently floating around the sun, they are unable to move and have been remotely locked by Jupiter."

Zhou Yi said solemnly, "The colonial rule of the Celestials over Earth has ended."

"..."

Zhang Zhi looked completely bewildered.

Zhou Yi was helpless.

He had notified several collaborators, including the Lord of War, the Old King, the Black Emperor II, Yuri, and the Nightmare Clan, with the Old King being the only one who remained calm.

It wasn't because it was foreseeable or uneventful, but because the Old King's Nexus Matrix had been continuously observing the entire solar system.

Jupiter's changes, the arrival of the Celestials, and even the final hunting star entering battle mode, indiscriminately targeting and punishing the Celestials... all these scenes were captured by the survey telescope.

The old king was the audience member closest to the scene and witnessed the entire process.

The initial shock has passed, and emotions are relatively stable.

The others found it hard to believe and kept asking questions, filled with endless doubts.

Zhou Yi simply pushed the task to the old kings, letting them watch the live recordings from the sky-surveying telescope.

Zhang Zhi also spent a lot of time observing the celestial beings and conducting on-site inspections around the solar wall.

After a moment's hesitation, he finally dismantled a section of the gemstone wall, a scene that drew the attention of the surrounding gemstone workers, who all appeared astonished and frightened.

Waited for a while.

But nothing changed.

The unease on Zhang Zhi's face subsided, and he revealed a relieved expression: "In the past, when the construction of the solar wall was carried out, if it was damaged by human intervention, whether intentionally or accidentally, the workers operating it would be sealed into the wall by the celestial beings and become part of this place."

"There's absolutely no response now; they really do seem unable to move."

Zhou Yi said, "You're quite bold. Aren't you afraid my information might be inaccurate?"

“Mr. Zhou always plans things out before acting, and I trust you. Besides, if you weren’t bold enough, you wouldn’t be able to accomplish many things.”

Zhang Zhi was quick to learn and immediately asked, "So, what should we do now?"

"Keep everything as usual for now."

Zhou Yi said, "The solar wall itself is a complete and stable stellar-scale project. It can not only gather and utilize string light, but it is also highly efficient in collecting energy and consciousness, and has great production applications..."

He had done research.

Jupiter provides a detailed description of the ring wall around the sun.

This gem device system, whose true name is "Stardust Lock," is linked to its strength and scale. Originally used to modify various celestial bodies, it is also a specialty of the Celestials.

When Zhou Yi first saw it in person, he was truly shocked. He felt a sense of powerlessness and horror in the face of a celestial-sized behemoth.

But now things are calm.

This thing is essentially just a modular scaffold for modifying celestial bodies.

It is highly expandable and has many gemstone devices installed on it.

Zhou Yi had witnessed some of them.

For example, the "Gem Sun" is used to align its energy with that of the sun, allowing for better collection of the high-energy emitted by stars.

The [string surface] that collects, reflects, and converges string light.

There is also the [Star Anchor]. This device uses celestial beings as the unit of measurement, and as the name suggests, it anchors celestial beings to the target planet like a ship's anchor.

In this way, spatial connections and positioning can be achieved through string light, and commands can be transmitted through string light to enable the star anchor to perform various operations and tasks.

404 City is also a star anchor.

In addition, there is the [Spatial Auxiliary Path], which is the ring-shaped hollow device on the solar wall that Zhou Yi had seen before.

It is a space hub that can transmit and launch through auxiliary roads, enter specific space caves, and can locate and plan traffic routes with one click.

The [Tide Generator] is responsible for the red and blue cycles that appear around the solar wall. It regulates the entire system, releasing energy and radiating consciousness periodically in accordance with the sun's rotation.

During energy cycles, it efficiently collects the energy released by the sun.

During the consciousness radiation cycle, the cosmic consciousness received through the refraction of the sun can act as a super radar to observe the deep interior of various celestial bodies.

This is of great significance because the modifiers target various celestial bodies, and solar tidal radar is the most crucial surveying tool.

There is also the [Gem Eye], a high-precision device for observation and scanning, which is paired with the [Tide Generator].

Its main applications are for observing celestial bodies and for the analysis and transformation of life on Earth by celestial beings—the girl Tie Tie was fixed to chains and eventually sent to the Sun Wall as a bricklayer, which was the result of being selected and assigned by the Eye of the Gem.

The physical body of Yagami on the moon is also a "Gem Eye," only smaller in size.

Various gem-encrusted devices were installed and integrated into the solar wall to seal off the string civilization and gain real control over the solar system.

After figuring out the whole story, Zhou Yi felt a sense of感慨 (gan3kai3, deep emotion).

Technically speaking, the Celestials are virtually flawless. However, once their information blockade is breached and their true nature is deciphered, it will be discovered that they also have numerous vulnerabilities and fatal flaws.

The advantages and disadvantages of the cyborgs are both extreme.

……

After listening to Zhou Yi's brief introduction, Zhang Zhi pondered for a moment: "Actually, I've always had this idea. The flesh-and-blood life forms that we build, repair, and maintain around the solar wall are not actually the most suitable workers. At present, it seems that electromechanical life forms are the most suitable."

“In the past, the celestial beings were wary of and guarded against them, so they never allowed electromechanical life forms to participate here. Now, we might as well give it a try.”

Zhou Yi nodded: "That's exactly what I was thinking too."

Looking back now.

The reason why celestial beings are wary of electromechanical life is because electromechanical life is too compatible.

As long as they utilize the electromechanical lifeforms, their highly efficient computing power is sufficient to thoroughly understand the entire system of the modifiers, and even the most crucial stardust particles will be impossible to conceal. The Celestials, who rely heavily on information asymmetry and the concealment of their core, are unacceptable.

Once electromechanical life forms grasp the lifeline of humanity, they will pose a huge threat to humanity simply by leveraging their advantages of mass production, large-scale production, and rapid iteration.

The Celestial Beings themselves were usurpers who sealed away the String Civilization.

They are extremely vigilant to prevent lower life forms from imitating this path.

End the conversation with Zhang Zhi.

Zhou Yi then met with several former Heavenly Emperors who had come from afar and held a short meeting together.

The invited deputies included the former king, Taotie Gong, Black Emperor II, Verne, Yuri, and Neubel. The vacancy for the third deputy has yet to be filled by a new successor.

All six agents arrived at room 3101.

Zhou Yi said to everyone, "Welcome, everyone. I'm glad you're all willing to participate in the post-war order reconstruction. Do you have any questions or thoughts about the role of the Tianren Instructor?"

"I want to confirm again, does the company want to push us to become the new Celestials?"

The old king asked.

"Yes."

Zhou Yi nodded, clapped his hands, and Little Chongqing appeared out of thin air.

She projected an image of Jupiter onto the wall and began her introduction with a self-assured air: "Ladies and gentlemen, I am the administrator on Jupiter's side. You can call me [Jupiter]. Next, I will explain to you in detail the Celestial-Human mechanism and production process..."

Little Chongqing entered Jupiter and became the Great Holy Spirit there, transforming into the operating system of this giant structure.

She also changed her name to fit the new job requirements.

It's like starting over.

"The Celestial Being is a typical assembly, consisting of a three-layer structure."

"The most basic unit is the stardust particle, which is a one-dimensional energy body. Its advantage is that it can use and capture strings. The oldest stardust particles have built a string network model that covers the universe."

"You can think of the string civilization as a one-dimensional spider that collects and connects the spider silk that exists in the universe, and pulls out a huge web."

"Stardust particles, intelligent cores, humans, and silicon crystal gems have been fused together to form the Glass Man, a secondary unit. This is the second layer."

"The glass person is the hub and brain that drives the entire Celestial Gem Body."

"The celestial being, with this gemstone body, is the third level."

Little Chongqing pointed to a small red dot, guiding it across the animated image on the wall. The girl, dressed in Hanfu, spoke calmly, resembling a classroom lecturer.

All the celestial beings and their representatives listened with exceptional seriousness and focus.

"Jupiter is a giant structure called the 'Hunting Planet.' It serves as a base for producing terraformers and drives them to hunt other celestial bodies, civilizations, or high-value life forms."

"We have now fully mastered Jupiter and have begun to create a new type of celestial being."

"Based on the existing foundation, we have further optimized the Modifier system through calculations and simulations by the electromechanical lifeforms—mainly Juemingzi and 703, two experts."

Xiao Chongqing said, "We will add a new part called the Architectural Life Consortium to the Celestial Being's body. It will replace the Stardust Particle and Glass Man parts and serve as the brain and central nervous system of the modifier."

Upon hearing this, the agents all looked bewildered.

Taotie scratched his head: "Architectural life forms can't use string light and strings, right? How would they use the silicon crystal gem mechanism?"

Xiao Chongqing beckoned with his finger, and the image on the wall immediately switched to the surface of Jupiter.

At this moment, four star anchors are rotating and being processed, transforming and optimizing the life of a building.

"The concept of the consortium originated from the United City, which is a combined structure assembled from several architectural and electromechanical life forms."

"Mr. Giant Bone Fish has confirmed that the building life is the superior replacement for the bone fish."

"They can not only connect with a large number of time-based organisms and walk in the time dimension, but also integrate into electromechanical life, mantle fungi, cavemen, gerbils and humans, just like bone fish."

“The Caveman can directly manipulate the String Light, replacing Stardust.”

"The degree of compatibility with various organisms also varies among individual buildings. The St. George's Chapel shown here, which underwent upgrades and renovations, has a relatively average degree of compatibility."

"Although the Leshan Giant Buddha was renovated later, it was superior to St. George and took shape quickly."

Xiao Chongqing explained.

The newly renovated Leshan Giant Buddha appears on the screen.

It had transformed into a colossal statue, its surface covered in dark red mantle fungi. The Buddha sat cross-legged atop an oval-shaped gemstone, resembling some kind of crystalline cloud.

A halo of crystalline clouds swirled around the red Buddha, resembling a white flame, exuding a strange sense of technology and mythology combined.

"Please take a look. We have now adopted a combination of silicon crystal gemstones and building life, using a dual-system model that includes gemstone technology and wasteland technology."

Zhou Yi also only learned about this recently.

Because of their different functions, some architectural life forms are very attractive to other life forms, the most prominent and iconic example being Emerald City.

Given enough time, the Emerald City family members can transform into Celestial beings one by one.

The greatest advantage of becoming a Celestial Being is that it can install and connect various gem devices, which makes it very convenient to move around in the universe.

This is like a motherboard for gemstone technology; it needs this foundation to function properly.

Taotie asked, "If the life of architecture is the subject of this new type of celestial being... then what are we, the instructors, for...?"

“You few will be responsible for guiding and training those who are involved in the transformation of tradition.”

Xiao Chongqing snapped his fingers, and the scene shifted again, this time to the other side of Jupiter's surface.

Above the star anchor here, seven newly created Celestial Gem Bodies float, like giant ultra-low-altitude satellites.

"They are the first batch of traditional Celestials we created, and they are also composed of stardust particles. However, they all come from different parts of the universe and have not yet formed a unified and mature consciousness. You will be in charge of providing specific guidance to them from now on."

“Through our Cavemen, you can communicate with them directly. These Stardust Particles are only one-dimensional energy bodies. Your operation of the Celestials is also a process of nurturing them. After they graduate, they can independently use their own modified bodies.”

"We have only one requirement: to integrate these stardust particles into our solar system's community of life."

The delegates immediately showed joy and nodded in agreement.

"understand!"

However, two of the acting agents chose to withdraw.

First, the old king will continue its own satellite and ossification machine route, focusing on its own strong areas.

Secondly, there was the Black Emperor II, who shifted his focus entirely to the national level, aiming to make the Kingdom of Heaven truly become a vast empire encompassing both the realms of consciousness and matter, just as the Black Emperor I had envisioned.

Energy is limited after all.

The others all joined.

(End of this chapter)