Wasteland Development Diary

A spotlight transformed into a small sun, leading the way.

The luxurious large aircraft [Sandport 001] soared through the clear sky, its golden coating gleaming brilliantly in the sunlight.

Zhou Yi sat on a soft leather sofa, swiping through a tablet in his hand.

His most familiar vehicle was Emerald City, but now that Primary Building was working with Stone Brave to develop the Stone Metamorphosis Reactor, it was obviously not good to disturb them doing their job.

His other vehicle, Blackthorn "Blackie," was still hanging on a tree, evolving.

So Zhou Yi decided to simply take a glider over, which could also serve as a small advertisement for his own brand of aircraft.

Before leaving, Zhou Yi had told the heads of the Development Alliance about his vacation.

As a result, Sandsea Duke immediately said upon hearing that he was going to Flower City, "Mr. Zhou, my brother Taber is there. I'll tell him that if you need anything, just look for him."

Then he brought out the luxury aircraft.

"Mr. Zhou, you are the core of the alliance. If you're going to take a glider, you have to take the best and most expensive one available. The 001 is the most suitable."

"It's dignified enough, has sufficient speed, and is powered by eight floating hearts in unison, reaching a maximum of 220 kilometers per hour. It will still take more than a day to get to Flower City from here, which is 6,000 kilometers away."

"You should take this one. It's best to bring the spotlight with you. When its light shines, wow, it's golden and dazzling, capable and impressive, befitting your status."

He praised it lavishly.

Zhou Yi understood what he meant.

He wanted him to help promote and showcase the luxury aircraft along the way.

There was nothing wrong with that.

What Zhou Yi didn't expect was that there were only two Changer girls as flight attendants on such a large aircraft. He had met these two before.

The Xin Mu and Xin Yuan sisters were wearing uniform work clothes, white fitted short-sleeved shirts on top and blue skirts on the bottom, looking youthful and beautiful.

They skillfully operated this aircraft.

There were no outsiders in the cabin, which made Zhou Yi quite relaxed.

He flipped through the tablet, looking up some information about Flower City from the Recursive City database.

As one of the five major centers, Flower City's biggest feature is its flower production. This famous city uses flowers as its symbol and source of productivity.

It has cultivated a unique type of floral photonanite.

Initially, they maintained the simplest appearance of flowers, placed in pots and flowerbeds. Their functions included releasing a fresh fragrance, attacking enemies, and even transforming into forms that people liked.

With continuous development and technological advancement, Flower City's floral photonanites became diverse and colorful.

In order to gain more people's affection, they were screened and cultivated into human forms, becoming beautiful and able to walk around.

These flower girls and flower boys became a unique sight in Flower City.

They always maintained their youthful beauty, whether enthusiastic, shy, graceful, or hot-tempered, but these all became their charming qualities.

Relying on the beauty economy, this city developed rapidly, its tourism industry advanced by leaps and bounds, and it took the lead in the flower-raising-as-a-tool race, giving it its status as one of the five major centers today.

Zhou Yi stretched lazily. It was still early, and he had a whole day to fly.

How should he pass the time?

He asked Xin Yuan, who was standing next to him, "When Sandsea Duke flies long distances, are there any entertainment programs?"

"Lord Sandsea Duke likes to sleep..."

"Also, he plays with us."

"We can transform into the appearance you want, become the person you need to accompany you to sleep and pass the time,"

The Changer girl said with a smile.

What a substitute play.

Zhou Yi had no need for that.

He realized at this moment that the entertainment field of Wasteland Corporation was indeed too lacking. Currently, production and the economy were developing rapidly, but spiritual needs had not kept up with material needs.

He had to think more about this.

Just right, he could go to the entertainment metropolis Flower City to learn some lessons.

Zhou Yi finally decided to go to the Celestial Domain to take a look.

Over there, they collect corpses, which is basically a VR version of Pac-Man.

...

Projecting himself into the Sea of Gems once again.

It had been a while since he had been here. After Zhou Yi returned, he found that the flow of gems here had become more orderly, stable, and powerful. Unlike before, when there were whirlpools everywhere, with gem waves from different regions impacting and colliding with each other, which was somewhat chaotic and dangerous.

This was a good sign.

It seemed that he had collected enough energy sapphires before, which was helpful to the gem body.

Zhou Yi raised his perspective and looked outside.

The outside was still dark and empty. The surrounding space was controlled by the Celestials, so he couldn't see any stars or meteorite fragments, only endless nothingness.

But what he saw beside him startled him.

Next to his gem body was a large chunk, a huge black sphere, a hundred times larger than Zhou Yi's.

Several gem body corpses were slowly rotating around this giant object.

It seemed that they were subject to the centripetal force generated by its mass and energy, forming different orbital motions.

Zhou Yi carefully observed it.

He quickly determined that this black giant was also a gem body because it emitted the same type of energy fluctuations, just much stronger than any he had seen before.

Its surface was covered with black gems, the function of which was consciousness communication.

Every Celestial has a different structure.

It seemed that this one was using consciousness communication as its first layer of display, covering the entire surface to expand its external connections, most likely a social enthusiast.

Judging from its size and strength, it had not died long ago and should have drifted over from the Sun Wall.

Zhou Yi tried to make further contact.

He began to stretch the gem ocean, creating long pipes that extended outward.

However, due to the distance, even if he stretched it to its limit, he could not directly touch the other party.

Xiao Fu suggested, "Accelerate. Acceleration can reduce your orbital radius."

So Zhou Yi ignited the sapphires to propel the gem body to accelerate.

As the speed increased, he was indeed approaching the black giant gem body in a circular manner.

As he got closer and closer.

Zhou Yi unfolded the gem pipe again.

After many attempts, he finally touched the black giant gem body, completing the connection between the two gem bodies.

Zhou Yi began to absorb the black gems.

He was thinking that this big guy must have a huge amount of sapphires inside, which would be a small fortune!

However, when Zhou Yi penetrated its interior, he found it was empty.

A hollow gem body??

Zhou Yi was furious.

What a坑爹!

He only knew that bra sizes could be faked to increase a few cups, but he didn't expect that the Celestials' gem bodies could also be disguised as big guys!

Tracer comforted, "Don't be angry. This structure is very special. To maintain such a large size, it requires a special internal structure. You can learn from it."

Zhou Yi calmed down and focused his attention on the inside of the hollow gem body.

This gem body was divided into two layers.

The outermost layer was composed of black and blue gems, forming a stable shell. There were many hollow areas in the middle, and some kind of gas supported this part. The innermost core was very small.

It seemed that the key was this gas.

Zhou Yi tried to use white gems to extend fibers to absorb it. The white gems immediately deformed and expanded, and some bubbles were visible in the gems.

He collected a portion and incorporated it into his own body through the gem pipe.

Then he released it in the gem room where the Sky Dog once lived.

If Zhou Yi didn't have the tool of white gems, these colorless gases would be difficult to detect.

The strange thing was that this gas was extremely compatible with the gem structure. It seemed to be pulled by the power of the gems and evenly distributed in the gem room without overflowing.

The hollow gem body used this special gas to enlarge itself and maintain this special structure.

As Zhou Yi continued to absorb the gas, the hollow gem gradually became deflated, a bit like a collapsed sugar-oil fruit.

Suddenly, his heart moved.

Wait.

This gas... in theory, it can also be converted into liquid.

Zhou Yi only remembered that pressurization could do it.

So he began to use white gems to inhale this unknown gas, and then used blue gems to power it, using gem fibers to pressurize it.

Some bubbles gradually shrank and eventually turned into liquid.

Zhou Yi tried again and filled the entire gem room with this liquid.

Then he experienced a smoothness and comfort he had never felt before.

The transparent body fluid of the Celestial gem body was this stuff!

The hollow gem body just turned it into a gaseous state.

As a large amount of gas was converted into liquid and integrated into the Celestial remains controlled by Zhou Yi, he felt that this body had become much more flexible and agile.

In the past, he was like driving a broken car uphill, which could slip at any time and was difficult to turn.

Now, it was like driving on a flat road, with the car full of gas and easy to control.

Xiao Fu deduced, "It should be that after this Celestial died, it could not maintain the low-temperature and high-pressure environment. Under the conditions of rising temperature and decreasing pressure, this liquid turned into a gaseous state. As a result, its remains swelled up."

"Da Zhou, I know this liquid. It is a common substance."

"Tracers call it ice burst cloud. In Earth terms, it is methane."

Zhou Yi thought silently.

So the body fluid of the Celestial gem body is liquid methane.

But this thing, he remembered it was flammable and explosive.

The Celestials used this thing as lubricant... This shows that their control precision over energy is very high.

"The boiling point of methane is very low, about -161.5°C. Above this temperature, it will change from liquid to gas. From this, it is not difficult to infer that the temperature of the Celestial's gem body itself is lower than this value under normal circumstances, which is very cold."

Xiao Fu continued to give his understanding, "I guess they will heat up after they die."

"After the consciousness is broken and dissipated, it will not be able to maintain the precise operation of the body. The energy of those sapphires will gradually escape, causing local heating, that is, turning the methane liquid into gas, and part of it will expand, leading to accelerated detachment."

"Methane is the artificial body fluid they found to reduce the internal wear and tear of their assemblies. It can also be used in gaseous, liquid, or even solid state switching to regulate body temperature, store energy, and perform physical isolation."

"And I have to point out that pure methane does not have other combustibles and cannot be ignited. It is actually very stable."

"From this, it can be determined that the death of the Celestials is not due to the disappearance of methane liquid. Methane is everywhere in the universe and can be collected at will. Methane gasification and dissipation are just the result of death."

He ruled out a wrong answer.

Zhou Yi turned his attention back to the hollow gem body.

Under its core composed of white, black, and blue gems, there was a pure and undamaged ruby.

Zhou Yi touched it with gem fibers and began to read the memory of this Celestial.