Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 415 Shelter
Zhou Yi made his way to the bottom of the Dead Sea near Yalong Bay.

It is not easy to affect other lives here.

As soon as he took out the newly captured energy block from his prosthetic leg, he immediately felt his life decreasing by the second.
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It seems that as the energy block becomes smaller, its external radiation power also becomes weaker.

Zhou Yi felt a little relieved.

[Alert] There is nothing unusual in the view, only a sea of color.

[Panoramic Reading] however obtained different information.

[This substance has energy close to that of a LV1 photonuclear body, and its structure is in an unstable state.]

It doesn't even count as a photonuclear body.

It seems that this energy block consumes a huge amount of energy.

Zhou Yi focused his attention on the solidified shell inside.

[This unit has a certain level of intelligence, but its consciousness is very weak and its life force is extremely weak.]

Is this shell alive?

And wisdom.

Could it be that... this is an individual from the Zerg civilization of the Mud Tree World?

Zhou Yi immediately called Nige to verify.

"No."

The Mud Tree Man only observed it once and then asserted: "Insects are not like that, Chairman. The insects over there are much weaker than us. They can't withstand the energy blocks at all. If you get close to them, you will die."

So what is this?
Zhou Yi pondered.

Since it is life, and it exists with consciousness.

He tried to touch the energy block with his left hand, and suddenly felt a strong burning sensation in his fingers.

Energy is input and consciousness is activated at the same frequency.

After shouting a few times, he got a response.

"Are you the same kind?" the other party asked.

Zhou Yi said frankly: "We are probably not of the same kind. I found you in the ruins of the caveman. Why are you frozen in the energy block of the caveman?"

"What are cavemen?"

The voice sounded confused: "I am not frozen here. This is the [Solid Cloud Tincture] we created ourselves. But we are very weak. We can only stop regular movements and maintain basic life characteristics in the cloud tincture, waiting for rescue and treatment from our peers."

Zhou Yi was a little surprised.

He originally thought that this shell life was captured by the cave people, like a specimen or collection, and preserved in an energy block.

But the other party actually said that this energy block was made by them?

An idea that he had never thought of before popped up in Zhou Yi's mind.

"The energy block - that is, this [Solid Cloud Tincture], is it all made by you?"

"Yes, I think so. Because this solid energy structure is invented by us based on our own situation. There should be no similar structure in the outside world."

Shell said: "Because the energy-carrying substances in the cloud tincture have been screened and specially manufactured. They fit our physiological structure, so that our energy and consciousness will not evaporate, and we can survive in it for a long time."

"Other life cannot enter it."

Zhou Yi thought. This shell life is roughly similar to the golden elephant, and should be a life domesticated by the cave people. But they are unaware of the existence of the cave people, so just like the golden elephant, they can only survive according to the planned process.

He added: "Your life is in extremely weak condition right now. Is there anything I can do to help you?"

"Really? Can you help me?"

The other party immediately said, "If it's possible, I would be very grateful! This is the first time I have met someone who is not of the same kind! I didn't expect to meet him in such a dangerous and miserable situation... I am really embarrassed."

Shell is very polite.

"The biggest problem we are facing now is that the solid cloud we are in has been consumed for too many years, and its own energy has evaporated and dissipated in large quantities, causing us to be affected as well."

The shell creature continued, "The shelter we are in has also been damaged a lot because it has been too long without our kind to maintain it, and it has also been damaged by nature. Now most of us have fallen into a deep sleep and dare not wake up."

Zhou Yi was stunned and asked uncertainly: "The shelter... is this shell?"

The other party cannot understand the shell.

After Zhou Yi explained, the voice said: "I think maybe. Ah? From your perspective, our shelter is so small? It is already huge to us, able to accommodate billions of our kind."

The other party looked a little shocked: "What a huge life with a huge body you must be! It's incredible, incredible!"

Zhou Yi was a little confused.

According to the other party, the shell is not their true body, but their refuge, and they all hide inside the shell.

"You're not the only one in the shelter?"

"One? Of course not! The power of a single person cannot be expressed in a complex way. There are a total of 1600 surviving people of our kind left in this shelter. I am the collective of my kind in the shelter."

It turned out to be a collective intelligent life form.

Zhou Yi was a little surprised.

According to the other party's description, they should be microscopic life forms, and a shell is enough to accommodate billions of such life forms.

However, such a small group of life can actually create an amazing light nuclear energy source such as an energy block. Zhou Yi was a little confused: "How did you create a solid cloud tincture?"

"I do not know about this."

"what?"

The other party explained: "We have different divisions of labor among our kind. Some of us build shelters or exploration ships, some make solid cloud tinctures, some are responsible for external exploration, and some transform the environment... Because our lives are very fragile and easy to die, it took a long time and many of our kind died before we mastered these abilities."

"Those of our kind who have mastered these abilities will compile and record these methods in our land, which we call the [Record Land]. As long as other of our kind enter this land, they can learn the records left by their kind in the past."

"This shelter is full of individuals who are weak or unable to fully recover due to various reasons. They sleep here for a long time, waiting for others of their kind to find a way to rehabilitate us. We all come from different areas, and we don't have any methods or technologies that can be completed independently, so I'm sorry, we don't know how to make solid cloud tincture."

The more Zhou Yi listened, the weirder it seemed.

"Wait a minute. You said that you left all kinds of technologies and experiences on the land. Did you create something like a huge land layer and then make holes on it one by one?"

The other side said happily: "Is it the same for a giant life like you? We seem to be very similar!"

"But we build the land layer by layer, seal it with a protective energy shell to prevent damage, and put marks and records on each layer. Those records can be read and understood by people of the same kind."

“It looks like there are a lot of huge pits, but they are actually very important markers and starting points. You have to read from those holes to the surrounding areas to form the correct information sequence and understand the entire technology.”

Zhou Yi's head was buzzing.

This microscopic life in the shell shelter is the cave man!

He couldn't help but confirm further: "So, can you move the space bubble? Your life body is so fragile, can you do this?"

"Space bubble, you mean... space channel? We can do that. Although it is technically complicated, it has been used for many years."

The caveman collective said: "As you said, we are indeed a fragile life. Compared to the tools or energy materials we use, we are like dust that can be easily blown away by the wind."

“But we have accumulated a lot.”

"As long as time lasts long enough, all miracles are possible."

"In our heyday, we were everywhere in our world, and there were people like us everywhere. We created the land we wanted and constructed our own space. We relied on accumulation from generation to generation to achieve a level that we could never have imagined before."

It said: "But there is one question that has always troubled us, that is, we have not found any other life in the world. It is as if we are the only one in the world that can be called life."

"So we began to push the space. We entered other unknown spaces through space channels, which you called space bubbles. We wanted to contact other intelligent life forms. This seemed to be an instinct or a long-standing desire."

"It's a pity that we never met."

"To enter other dimensions, we need to rely on solid cloud tincture. Otherwise, our fragile bodies will not be able to withstand the huge distortion force of the space and we will die in an instant."

"But the solid cloud tincture that left has never come back."

“It’s like out there, only in, no out.”

The caveman survivor said: "We can do anything in our world, but we cannot enter the outside world. This is like a fateful curse."

"Today, the curse has been broken! We met you, proving that our impulses and attempts have always been valuable!"

"It's just... we can't find any other kind of people anymore. There are only 1600 of us who are weak. Have you seen the rest of our kind? What happened to our world? It's been too long since we had any kind of people to maintain the shelter. Now, out of the 1600 million of us, only of us are barely alive."

Zhou Yi shared the information he knew with the caveman speaker.

"Trees, mud tree people, insect swarms... There are so many new lives being born. If there are people like us, they will definitely take action, actively communicate, and pass on such important news to the shelter."

It was a little surprised.

But it knew nothing about the complete disappearance of the cave people.

In its words.

"It was like everything changed at a certain moment. Originally, there were regular visits to look after and maintain the shelter, but after that, there was no more."

"We can't get out, and we don't have any tools. We don't know what's happening outside. All we can do is wait and keep waiting..."

This group of surviving caveman refugees were already old, weak, sick and disabled in the past, and now their situation has become even worse.

They had no idea why the cave people disappeared.

Zhou Yi said: "How should I call you? Do you have a name?"

"We don't have the individual codes and marks you mentioned. We are fragile and easy to die, so we act in groups to maintain mutual cooperation and continuity."

"We don't differentiate internally, because there's no need to. Each of us can understand each other, and when we interact with each other, we can understand everything about each other and feel the same way."

The caveman was different from any existing life that Zhou Yi knew of.

They were born small and fragile, but relying on accumulation bit by bit, from quantitative change to qualitative change, they created an era belonging to the cave people with their extraordinary group power, leaving the later mud and tree people far behind.

The cave people proved through their actions that they had a high upper limit.

As long as they can find the remaining caveman clay tablets there, these seemingly old, weak and sick cavemen can also decipher the technology.

Whether it is the space bubble movement technology or the ability to create energy blocks, they are all priceless treasures!
Zhou Yi pondered for a moment and said, "I can find [Solid Cloud Tincture] to recharge you. But when I conduct archaeological research on the caveman civilization in the future, you need to help me interpret it."

"Thank you so much! Of course no problem! You are such a great and kind super being!"

"The 1600 cavemen in the shelter thank you for your kindness!"

The other party became excited.

Zhou Yi said: "For convenience, I will call you Dongshi from now on."

"Okay. Then I'll call you Zhou, is that right?"

Zhou Yi's eyelids twitched: "Just call me Mr. Zhou."

(End of this chapter)