Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 102 Forerunner

Zhou Yi's happiness didn't last long, and he started scratching his head and sighing.

Even though we knew this was a submarine base, there was still no way to attack it.

The aliens in the base do not accept commercialization, and it seems that they still adhere to a military-like style and have strict discipline.

No matter what Zhou Yi said, he basically got one sentence in return.

"No comment."

Red Falcon was also unable to offer any effective suggestions.

However, the base alien refused private commercialization and kept its own situation secret, but it did not expel the landers.

This is not a completely blocked area, with three offshore caves and eleven ground entrances as demarcation points. The inside is an inaccessible restricted area, and the outside is a public natural area.

Zhou Yi tried to enter the interior, but was also blocked by the air wall. To be safe, he did not force his way in to avoid worsening the relationship with the base.

At this time, the spine hunter couldn't help but say, "Chairman, this alien is ungrateful. Why don't we dig it through and give it a taste of its own medicine? I see plants in the hole, so it should be stone. Stones are afraid of being dug."

Zhou Yi was stunned for a moment: "You said there are plants?"

"Have."

The Hunting Sea carried him to one of the entrances. A thin layer of moss grew on the inner wall of the tunnel-like cave, and it was indeed a restricted area that no one could enter.

Zhou Yi pulled a handful of grass from the ground and threw it in.

They fell to the ground inside the tunnel without any hindrance.

It seems that ordinary plants can do it, but life forms with dead light energy cannot.

Hong Jian suggested: "You can take down my camera and send it inside, maybe you can see something."

Zhou Yi followed the instructions and removed one of the Red Falcon's electronic eyes, tied a rope to it and threw it inside.

As a result, the air wall immediately bounced it back, indicating that it prevented external prying eyes.

Zhou Yi had to find another way.

An insect in the tunnel caught his attention.

The insects were only as thick as hair, and their legs were so thin that they would break themselves if they took two steps. However, they could walk around in the moss on the inner wall, and seemed to like the damp and cold environment inside.

Kestrel took the photo and checked: "This is a moss louse, just a common insect that lives in mosses and aquatic environments."

In other words.

There are no restrictions on ordinary creatures here.

Zhou Yi ordered Kestrel and Ridgehunter to return to Emerald City immediately.

After nightfall, the entire base coast was lit up by light-absorbing monsters, outlining glowing piers and a crescent-shaped coast, creating a peculiar sense of tranquility and peace.

Zhou Yi sat next to the snake fort.

He tried to talk to the base, but most of the time the other party didn't respond or said they had no comment.

But as long as personal privacy is not discussed, the base aliens will not refuse to communicate.

So, Zhou Yi told it about the definition and cognition of architectural life by the Light Na species, his encounter with the Emerald City, how he later learned about Maria Hospital, and how he met the Victory Snakes.

“Why can’t architectural beings talk to each other directly?”

The other party was silent for a while, and then said: "Different functions and mechanisms lead to differences in closed structures. Open structures can connect with other building life, but that may also cause the complete disappearance of life characteristics."

Zhou Yi expressed his understanding: "No one can bear such a risk. Self-existence and continuation are the most important. Exchange and communication are for better survival."

Architectural life is born with a long lifespan, but ordinary organisms need to stick together to help each other and deal with dangers that are difficult for individuals to handle.

The submarine base suddenly said, "I think we can actually have a conversation, but it will take a long time."

Zhou Yi was a little surprised: "Can you tell me more about it?"

When discussing non-taboo topics, the other party showed an open sharing spirit: "I have seen quite a few of our kind. Because I am quite old, based on the differences in behavior, I simply divide our kind of life into autonomous and instinctive types."

"The instinctive type acts on instinct, which accounts for the majority. Their needs are very clear. Some want to capture movable vehicles, some specialize in capturing life forms such as humans, and some continue to extend themselves and want to cover a wider area..."

"Unlike the instinctive type, the autonomous type will restrain their instinctive impulses, and the number is much smaller. In addition to the instinctive behaviors that still exist, they also have autonomous behaviors that represent their own will."

It said: "For example, the autonomous type will take actions to release information to the outside world. The most common one is to build specific road signs, which represent its traces. If you want to find it, you can follow the road signs and walk with it."

This was the first time Zhou Yi had heard of this, so he immediately asked, "According to what you said, the autonomous type is actually trying to exchange information with the outside world to a certain extent, right?"

"Yes."

The base elaborated: "If it is impossible to express and exchange more clearly and accurately, then use the simplest way to mark yourself. Making special signposts is to leave your own mark."

“There are further expansions on this basis.”

"I know of a similar creature. It is small, with a sharp body and a polygonal structure. It is autonomous and an ancient pioneer. There are landmarks of it in many places, some in the Dead Sea and some on land."

A mark slowly emerged on the seashore. Zhou Yi was stunned.

He had seen this symbol before.

卍。

According to the physical description, this forerunner was a temple or pagoda.

The base continued, "The Forerunner traveled to many places, and finally it did something that went against its instincts. It completely opened up its originally closed body structure, spreading everything about itself on the ground, so that anyone of its kind could touch it and connect to its body."

"This attracted others of its kind, and they connected with the Forerunners and absorbed their energy."

“I am one of them.”

"While absorbing energy, the bodies of both parties will be briefly connected, which allows us to communicate in a real sense. Through the Forerunner, I have gained a lot of experiences and lessons that I have never had before, and it also made me understand why it does this."

"The forerunners tried to break the isolation within our group. They observed and thought, and saw that other life forms had a lot of communication, and the accumulation of group experience continued to evolve, but we have been standing still and falling further and further behind."

"This is an attempt made by the pioneers, which is completely against instinct. It chooses to believe in a future that does not exist first, and then leads the way in order to open up such a path."

Base asked: "You have a similar structure to it, are you my kind?"

Zhou Yi said: "No, I am human."

He described the characteristics of human beings.

After listening to this, the base sighed: "There are individuals like you among humans. It seems that every life has its own secrets."

Zhou Yi thought.

Both he and the pioneer used energy output as a medium to exchange information. However, the other party was much more thorough than him, and directly turned himself into a public router, which could be connected at will.

Zhou Yi asked: "What happened to it later?"

"The life characteristics of the forerunners have disappeared."

The base said calmly: "This attempt is of course a great help to the rapid exchange and promotion of autonomous types like me. But for instinctive types, they don't care whether others die or are damaged."

"The forerunners were eaten by them."

An image of a group of beast-like buildings gnawing at a temple emerged in Zhou Yi's mind. The scene was both weird and a little sad.

The two sides drifted further and further apart as they talked.

The base's experience far exceeds that of Emerald City and Maria Hospital. It has experienced many wars, witnessed the fall and rise of many cities, and was also attacked by the Light Na species and the Enhancers... For Zhou Yi, these are precious first-hand historical materials for understanding the wasteland era.

Zhou Yi also told it about all the things in Changu Town, how people made a living by catching amber sand, and how living in Emerald City was beneficial to the growth of Emerald City.

This surprised the other party.

"It turns out there is such a way... In addition to internal exchange, it can also promote growth through human methods... Incredible, this is really a major discovery."

The base was immediately filled with interest.

While Zhou Yi was chatting with it, he was also paying attention to another important matter.

Just now, the Red Kestrel and the Sea Hunter have returned successfully.

Also coming along were Nemo and the 120 gerbils he led.

"Zhou, they arrived at the entrance to the mountain top."

"The first gerbils are heading down the tunnel."

"Enter successfully!"

……

Zhou Yi's heart was lifted.

My inference was correct.

The submarine base will not block the entry and exit of ordinary natural creatures, and the gerbil group itself is a wild animal.

Zhou Yi waited patiently for the follow-up.

Half an hour later, the voice of Red Falcon sounded in my head.

"The first group of gerbils have completed their partial exploration and returned along the same route. They are using mud to restore the internal structure. Nemo is making a model of the scene and summarizing what they have seen and heard..."

"I found some divine writing inside, which translates to 'deep sea sword, people's defender', 'build a strong navy, defend the motherland's territorial waters'..."

Zhou Yi seemed a little dazed when he heard this.

It really is a genuine naval base.

Hong Shun said: "Nemo and I selected a large number of high-frequency words based on the restoration of text, patterns and carvings, and confirmed that the real name of this place is "Yalong Bay."

(End of this chapter)