Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 109: The Stream Tracer

The shadow ran away, and Zhou Yi chased after him.

There is a halo outline on both sides, which does not affect identification in the dark.

As the two move, the whole world slowly turns over, gradually shrinking into a double helix structure composed of black and white, extending into the distance.

Zhou Yi and the black shadow ran wildly on this huge DNA world.

Weirdly, Zhou Yi found that he felt stable and could move forward quickly when walking on one side. But if he switched to the other side of the spiral structure, he would experience some strange lags and distraction, as if he was not suited to the path on this side, and would be pulled away instead.

Both sides are moving forward on their own paths, like two parallel lines that cannot intersect.

The black shadow shouted in front: "Although I don't know why you can retain your self-awareness, but even if we coexist, you can't destroy me. Now you are me, I am you, we share the same body!"

"You are wasting everyone's energy and efforts. It will only lead to internal friction if you continue like this! Give up. You can't catch up with me!"

"Even if you want to cross the consciousness key and enter my side, you can't make me disappear. The pairing process alone is enough to disconnect you. As long as I keep moving forward, you will never be able to catch up!"

"Don't go crazy anymore! Calm down!"

Having said that, it still moves at a brisk pace.

Although Zhou Yi didn't know whether what the other party said was true, he didn't have the habit of giving up easily.

Besides, a double loss is better than a single win.

He couldn't help but speed up further.

Energy consumption also increases.

"Can you act a little more like a higher life form?"

Seeing this, the other party became anxious and could only speed up: "If you continue to consume energy like this, it will only waste your body's energy! Are you a higher life form? Do you have any basic rational cognition? "

Zhou Yi rushed forward headfirst!

At this moment, he suddenly heard a voice.

——Zhou, can you hear me? What’s wrong with you? If you can, please answer.

It's a kestrel.

Zhou Yi quickly explained the situation here to him while continuing to run.

As the two accelerated, the entire spiral ring structure also spun faster, making him feel like he was entering a giant roller treadmill.

——I haven't found any relevant information about the spiral space you mentioned, but since it is a consciousness space composed of information, then consciousness information can theoretically enter. Although I can't take you out, you can connect me in.

It is simple to synchronize consciousness.

But Zhou Yi had no idea how to pull the Red Falcon over here.

If we regard this place as a chat room, how do we invite outside visitors?
Zhou Yi first tried to use great force to create a miracle.

——Come on, Kestrel!
——Come in! Come into my consciousness space!
Continuously releasing this type of consciousness information at high frequency has no result.

Zhou Yi recalled what the black shadow had said before.

"Even if you want to cross the consciousness key and enter my side, you can't make me disappear..."

Awareness key.

Is this the one under your feet?

Zhou Yi looked down.

The huge plane of the spiral structure is made up of long strips of board, alternating between black and white, and looks a bit like a twisted zebra crossing.

This long strip of board should be the consciousness key, connecting two different consciousnesses.

Zhou Yi stopped and tried to break it.

The black longboard cannot move, but the white longboard is movable.

He flipped the outermost white consciousness key upwards 180 degrees, folded it in half and hung it in the air on the other side, turning it into a long board extending outwards.

Standing on this long board that changes direction, Zhou Yi suddenly discovered that he could really use this thing.

It is like a light source in the darkness, responding in sync with consciousness.

Before Zhou Yi could say anything, Hong Shun suddenly responded.

——Zhou, I have located you.

After a moment, the red kestrel with a white light outline all over its body was suspended on this white consciousness key. It flew slowly, and also brought out a spiral structure extending forward, as if representing the trajectory of the red kestrel's consciousness movement.

"I can intercept it with my path," the Kestrel said.

A new spiral began to evolve, chasing the dark shadow on the other side.

The Red Falcon was slower than Zhou Yi and the black shadow, but its spiral was smoother and straighter, so it was almost like taking a shortcut, and in fact it was quickly approaching its target.

This scene made Black Shadow stunned for a moment: "What is going on... How can they let in external consciousness so easily... What's wrong with this machine? It's fine?"

It can only keep running forward desperately.

Zhou Yi thought as he ran.

If Red Falcon can come in, does that mean others can too?
He broke open another white consciousness key and stretched it outward.

After a while.

On the new consciousness key, a weapons master in armor slowly emerged.

Zhou Yi ordered him: "Xie Xun, chase the enemy in front and attack it."

"Yes, chief."

So Xie Xun also started running, and the spiral of consciousness also began to chase the target in front.

Next, one by one the black warriors were pulled in here by Zhou Yi.

The densely packed new spiral structure adds numerous forks and branches to the originally lonely main spiral. But the same thing is that they all end up connecting to another side of consciousness in various angles and ways.

The black shadow was blocked from front and back and had no way to go, so he was beaten up crazily by the black warrior and the warrior crabs.

"No, no...wait, wait!"

"If you have anything to say, let's talk it out nicely. " It was the steel claws and iron fists that responded.

Just like the machine's description, the opponent has no means of attack and just has a thick health bar.

Zhou Yi clearly felt that the consciousness occupying the other side of his body was becoming weaker.
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The health of [Unit 2] is continuously decreasing.

Grandpa said that Bai Suanni can protect the house and drive away evil spirits, and this time it really showed its strength.

It seems that the other party doesn't know what a family heirloom is.

Zhou Yi stepped over the consciousness key and looked at the black shadow being hammered, chopped, and cut by the warrior crabs. He clenched his fists and said, "Who are you to dare to take advantage of my body?"

"..."

The shadow seemed to finally realize that something was wrong: "You are definitely not a life in this world. Who are you?"

"It seems you haven't figured out the situation yet."

Zhou Yi waved his hand.

The warrior crabs beat up the black shadow again, causing his health bar to drop further.

The other party was completely quiet now and stopped talking nonsense. It was beaten so hard that it curled up on the ground, holding its head with its hands, and felt like a loser.

Zhou Yi looked down at the sneak attacker and said, "Now I ask, and you answer."

The other person nodded.

"Name."

"Fusiyenie, Nitokeldetlan, Picchu Chief, Uni..."

The other party spoke for two minutes without stopping, as if he was reading out the names of dishes.

Zhou Yi was furious: "You're making fun of me, aren't you?"

"No."

The other party seemed to be afraid of angering him, and hurriedly explained: "I am a stream follower. I enter various worlds through the circular flow. I am a collector of civilizations. My name is connected with the names of every fire life I inherited. My name is their name, and each one is very important..."

Current follower?
Zhou Yi looked at Hong Kun.

——No relevant records.

Zhou Yi looked at the shadowy figure opposite him again: "For the sake of convenience, I will call you Xiaofu."

"..."

The other party seemed to want to complain, but in the end he dared not speak.

Zhou Yi then asked: "What is the relationship between the Stream Tracer and the Boundary Breaker?"

"The Boundary Breakers are just a group of... adventurers who cross the boundary in search of resources. They are incomparable to us, the Stream Traversers. The difference between the two is like that between a bug that looks for feces for food and a legendary hero who saves the fire of civilization. Whether in terms of ideals, rank, or achievements, they are simply not on the same level."

Xiaofu couldn't help but feel a little proud.

It seems that in the chain of contempt, those who trace the flow are far superior to those who break the boundary.

Zhou Yi decided to get a rough idea first: "How many civilizations have you saved?"

"..."

Xiaofu hesitated for a moment: "I'm still working on it."

What this sentence means is that it has never succeeded.

Zhou Yi nodded: "Yes, if you really have that ability, this world would not have entered the wasteland era, and the past civilization would not have been basically broken."

"No, we upstreamers don't wait until civilization is on the verge of destruction to save it."

Xiaofu explained: "Because the destruction of civilization is mostly very sudden, and the tracers themselves can only reach the world where the destroyed civilization is located through the circular current. What we have to do is to collect it before the fire of civilization is extinguished, and then preserve it and wait for the opportunity to restart..."

They are more like a group of civilized search and rescue team members, unable to stop destruction.

Zhou Yi frowned: "In other words, you entered other worlds through the circular flow?"

Suneo was stunned: "Didn't you come here through the circular flow?"

"No."

"..."

The other party was stunned: "Your situation is indeed beyond my understanding. But I still have to declare that the upstreamer can enter various worlds through the circular current. This is an unparalleled outstanding achievement and advanced technology!"

"For most civilizations, the explosion of the circular current means that they can only accept an irresistible destructive impact. As long as the circular current arrives through the transmission of light, it will solidify and melt the foundation of civilization of the entire world."

Zhou Yi suddenly realized.

The circular flow turns out to be the death ray.

Solidification is easy to understand, just like the infrastructure achievements of prehistoric human civilization that are frozen at the bottom of the Dead Sea.

But what about melting?

Zhou Yi frowned: "When you say melting, do you mean the destruction of life?"

"It's not accurate to say it's destroyed, it's more like a reconstruction of the life form."

Xiaofu said: "The circular current will naturally select existing life, and then form a new round of life explosion."

"It's just that different worlds have different situations. This explosion may bring vitality or it may lead to mass extinction. But the situation here is not bad. A large number of lives have continued to take on a new look through natural changes."

Zhou Yi asked curiously: "What kind of civilization are the upstreamers?"

"The Upstreamers...are not considered a civilization."

Xiaofu thought for a while and said, "In the usual sense, civilization develops a life and social form with certain norms and creates conscious wealth. Although upstreamers also have certain group norms, they do not create conscious wealth themselves. We have never created civilization. We are just the collectors and continuators of civilization."

Zhou Yi now understood completely.

It turned out to be half of the same profession.

The other party is a scavenger on a civilized scale.

(End of this chapter)