Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 374 The Pleasure of Death
Under the transmission of [Sky Road], Zhou Yi came to a wide complex of buildings.

There are wire mesh and railings on all four sides, and fixed wooden signs on the outside with the names of the lives inside written in the common language of the East and the West.

Each enclosure contains an animal.

Zhou Yi saw many familiar species in it, including thorn birds, red-eyed vultures, clawed pigs, forest sheep, red-haired monsters...even gerbils had their own place.

A lazy voice came from behind.

"Welcome to the Zoo."

The Lord of Soldiers appeared at some point.

He still had that sleepy look, with dark circles under his eyes, and he looked oddly relaxed.

Zhou Yi [alertly] noticed that there was still white light everywhere and he was still on the command platform.

"Come on, I'll show you the golden elephant."

The commander of the army walked slowly beside him.

Zhou Yi followed behind.

In a large field, he saw a golden elephant.

The golden elephant in the Zoo doesn't look very big. Its legs are only slightly thicker than those in the Emerald City. It is definitely still in its infancy.

The little golden elephant's right hind leg was lame and had become a strange, twisted, wrinkled cone shape.

"You have the ability to identify."

The military leader said to Zhou Yi, "Help me see what's going on."

Zhou Yi nodded.

He released atmospheric creatures.

The curling stone stretched out its body and covered the golden elephant's legs, starting a conscious inspection.

Zhou Yi then asked Yuanxiao on his right: "How is its life?"

"There is no danger to his life, he is just injured."

The Angel of Death carefully observed the little golden elephant: "But the injury is still expanding and has not healed naturally. A life of this strength can actually suffer irreversible damage..."

About two minutes later.

Binghu said: "Chairman, it is in extreme pain. I spent a lot of effort to find the source of relevant memories in the consciousness level. This golden elephant is in a very ignorant infant state, and the consciousness information is difficult to understand. I sorted out the parts that can be read and understood."

"The Golden Elephants are injured in their bodies. The world where their upper bodies are located is full of flowing high-temperature metals, which the Golden Elephants can continuously absorb and transform into the gold they need."

"But because they are constantly converting gold and are always in a high-energy state, they have a lot of problems in their bodies."

“There are mainly two symptoms.”

"The first is that some irrelevant metals will be transformed into the body of the Golden Elephant, which can be called impurity disease. Over time, the accumulation of impurity metals will increase, making the purity of the Golden Elephant's gold lower and lower. They become weaker and weaker, gradually losing the ability to control their own bodies, and eventually collapse into metal fragments."

"Almost all golden elephants have this direction, it just depends on how serious it is."

"The second is the situation this young golden elephant is facing, hollowing out. Golden elephants will unconsciously convert their own gold into energy, causing large and small holes to appear inside their bodies, and eventually die in pain. The cause of death of the previous golden elephant was also due to severe hollowing out."

"Now both symptoms have become more common, and many golden elephants are suffering from the disease."

Zhou Yi immediately shared this information with the Chief of Arms.

The soldier pondered for a while: "Impurity disease... is related to the characteristics of the golden elephant golden creature, or the liquid metal world. But the hollowing out is a common problem of light core bodies."

"Normally, it takes a lot of practice to convert one's own elemental matter into energy and release it steadily."

"Golden elephants have very serious energy overflow and out-of-body phenomena. They will engage in very dangerous assimilation behaviors. Their energy control is very poor. Their energy control is even worse than that of some Skywalkers."

Zhou Yi couldn't help but think: "You mean, they will step on the ground to create gold foil and transform other lives into gold?"

"good."

The Lord of Arms looked at the lame little golden elephant and said, "Assimilation and transformation are things that can only be done at a higher level. Using a tail in the water and trying to walk on land will only hurt and torture yourself."

"The characteristic of photonuclear bodies is that they convert matter into energy."

“But on top of that.”

"The core of the Transmutator is to transform energy into matter."

"The golden elephants do not have enough strong enough photonuclear bodies, and they are taking risks before they have built a transmutation system. Even if their golden biological strength is naturally high, it is extremely dangerous... However, the group of golden elephants is not normal."

The military leader turned around and asked: "Do you know how long it takes for a golden elephant to grow from birth to adulthood?"

Zhou Yi hesitated for a moment: "Hundreds of years?"

The soldier smiled and raised a finger: "One year."

"It only takes one year for them to transform from the Skywalker form they are born in to the Light Core form."

Zhou Yi was completely confused.

How many?

"One year?"

Can it grow that big in just one year?
This development speed is too outrageous.

"Senior, do you know about the Golden Elephant herders?"

"Herdsman? Tell me about it."

After listening to Zhou Yi's statement, the military leader stroked his chin and said, "That makes sense."

"The golden elephants are raised by this group of herders who have never shown their faces, so they just need to grow quickly and be harvested. No matter what problems their photonuclear bodies have, it doesn't matter."

"Because it was forced to mature, the golden elephant developed severe deformities and alienation. Its consciousness could not keep up with the growth of its body, and it could not effectively control its body and actions."

"The rate of photon nucleus alienation is getting higher and higher. No wonder the number of deaths of golden elephants is increasing year by year." Zhou Yi asked, "Senior, do you know the origin of this forbidden paradise?"

The commander shook his head.

"There are only two things that can be confirmed at this point."

"First, this place is open to the native life of this world, but it is forbidden for celestial beings to enter."

"Second, the owner of this place left for some unknown reason, resulting in this place becoming an abandoned, unfinished project."

"Semi-finished product?"

"Yes. Think about it, this continent is a carefully planned artificial land. The Meat Mountain, Golden Elephant Valley, and Spark Plains are more like three artificial attractions, just like my zoo, where specific life and natural environment are moved here. But many areas outside are deserted."

“There are guidelines for safe zones, TV campaigns about wild growth, local life mechanisms such as gray whales serving as ferries, but there is a lack of more supporting facilities.”

The soldier leader smiled and said, "It's like an exquisite firearm, with a smooth, finely polished stock, grip, and handguard, but without a barrel or a gun body."

“So I said, this is a semi-finished product, not a complete one.”

Zhou Yi was immediately enlightened.

No wonder the forbidden continent gives people a weird feeling between order and disorder.

The landing ferry, safety zone guides, and boundary markings all demonstrate a clear and explicit order and norms.

However, places like the Golden Elephant Valley and Sparkling Plains don’t have any hints or warnings, and there are killer rats in the wild that can kill people, so visitors have to figure it out on their own.

The coexistence of the two in the forbidden continent is very contradictory.

If the construction is stopped halfway.

That’s easy to understand.

"Another point."

The military leader said: "Raising and harvesting golden elephants should not require human operation."

"That liquid metal world is a giant precision device that integrates breeding, breeding, and harvesting."

"The growth period, weight and harvesting time are set, so the golden elephants don't live long and their numbers are maintained at a fixed level."

"The Golden Elephant herders are most likely the creators of this forbidden paradise."

Zhou Yi sighed.

The celestial beings are already unfathomable, but I never thought there would be a master like the Golden Elephant Herder.

With so many max-level players messing around on Earth, it's no wonder that ordinary locals have a hard time.

"But there is one thing you misunderstood."

The soldier smiled and said, "The joy of death does not mean that this is a hunting ground for visitors to kill these high-intensity lives. On the contrary, this is a place for visitors to die."

"If you die under the trampling of golden elephants, you will turn into solidified gold foil and lead. On the Spark Plains, you will be pierced and burned to death by the terrifying claws. Even if you are besieged by killer rats in the wild, your life will suddenly end in an instant..."

“These are all very carefully designed different death experiences.”

"At the level above the light core body, most things can no longer generate enough stimulation, and the desire will gradually decrease. Only continued strengthening and death can still effectively stimulate strong feedback of life."

"Becoming stronger is very difficult, requires great effort, and has a high failure rate. Death is much easier and is a more attainable goal."

"At the moment of death, life can experience the ultimate excitement."

The soldier looked at Zhou Yi who was stunned. "For example, the stimulation of intercourse is 1, and the stimulation of advanced drugs is 1000. Then theoretically, there is no upper limit to the stimulation of death. Every death has a different new height."

Zhou Yi's lips moved, but his brain seemed to be unable to keep up.

"It's not really death, is it?"

"Of course it's real death. Fake death can't hide the source of physiology and consciousness."

The soldier master said with a serious face: "When you reach a higher level of transmutation, even if you die, you can be resurrected through special methods, but it will consume a lot of resources."

“This is a fast and escalating stimulating experience. You only need to consume resources to experience unparalleled pleasure.”

"Forbidden Paradise is a place that provides such a death experience."

It took Zhou Yi a long time to digest this matter.

Experience the thrill of death.

can only say.

These city folks with advanced civilization really know how to have fun.

Zhou Yi couldn't help but think that the death experience that came with the breathing program had once made Walker in the programming department addicted, and even 703 had to be forced to uninstall it. It can be seen that the stimulus of death also has a certain appeal to electromechanical life.

"..."

Seeing that he remained silent, the military leader said in a relaxed tone: "Don't think too far ahead, just do what you can. In this world, every time you take a step forward, you will find that there are actually people ahead of you."

"You have more important things to focus on right now."

Zhou Yi heard some of the hidden meaning: "Please tell me, senior."

“Mechatronic city.”

The soldier master put away his smile and put his hands in his wide pockets: "You picked the most difficult opponent to defeat. This is a difficult road to take."

"The electromechanical city has never been defeated."

"Even the gods haven't been able to do that."

"So, are you ready for the counterattack from the Mechanical and Electrical City?"

(End of this chapter)