Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 551 He's back, but it seems like he can never go back.
Nig sat inside Heife's core of light, holding his wife Aqi's hand tightly.

Returning to his homeland made him a little nervous.

Previous tests have shown that even life forms from other worlds will not face any danger on Jupiter as long as they remain within the Black Core. Only upon entering the outside world will they be instantly decomposed into dust.

It was for this reason that Nige dared to take Aqi back to his hometown.

Hef said, "We're going through a space tunnel. Hold on tight, it might be a little bumpy."

It burrowed into the black spatial passage, and after a tremor, the darkness vanished.

Through the light core crystal surface, Mudgrip saw that the outside world had become foggy, with visibility much lower than on Earth. The Mudtree World was shrouded in foggy weather year-round.

To Earthlings, the fog always seems to conceal something unknown, but Nig has grown up in this environment since childhood and feels a sense of familiarity and security.

Aqi looked around and asked, "How do you find your way around in a place like this?"

"This is simple."

Nig told his wife, "We live on the towering trees and the coiled trees, which drift slowly in the Dead Sea. They are the most reliable land."

"If we're going to enter the Dead Sea, we'll bring some plant-based equipment. The most basic is the Blackthorn, which helps it find the tree it came from. Then there's the Foglight Fruit, a bright yellow fruit that looks like a large disc. We'll plant a lot of Foglight Fruits on the trees, and they can clear away the surrounding fog, making visibility very high up there."

"There is another plant that we call the 'perspective leaf'."

Nig opened his palm: "It's as big as my hand. It's transparent. If you hold it in front of your eyes, you can see through the fog and see very far away. It's a pity that mine broke a long time ago."

Hei Fu suddenly said, "No need for that trouble, I can do it too."

A layer of white light shone on the crystal surface, instantly dispelling a large amount of haze from the image.

The view from Jupiter suddenly became vast and expansive, with thick clouds forming white, misty concentric circles as far as the eye could see.

The clouds higher up were moving rapidly, like a sea hanging upside down in the sky, with huge ribbon-like trails visible in the air.

Lightning flashed back and forth within it, accompanied by dazzling, sheet-like auroras.

"so beautiful."

Aqi was completely engrossed in watching it.

She suddenly pointed to one of the crystal surfaces and said, "What's that? Do you have two moons here?"

High in the sky, two enormous celestial bodies could be faintly seen hovering. Even amidst the thick, flowing sea of ​​clouds, their massive and majestic outlines remained clearly visible.

Nig said, "Those are the Purple Sun Twins, which are the two children of the Sun. However, on Earth, they are called Io and Europa, the two major moons of Jupiter."

Aqi asked curiously, "Like the moon to the earth?"

"Yeah, almost."

Nig tried asking Haf, "Can you still sense the tree you came from?"

"It can't be sensed, so it probably doesn't exist anymore."

Sure enough.

The mud lattice looks outward through the light core crystal plane.

On the vast, greyish-white Dead Sea, the towering trees were nowhere to be seen. Those towering trees, which could be seen from afar, were like islands growing towards the sky.

Now there is only one huge pale blue pillar connecting the Dead Sea on the ground and the flowing clouds in the sky.

That's a giant whirlpool.

Nig has now learned this from the chairman.

At their core are the celestial beings installed on this planet, who rotate here endlessly.

Hef asked, "Where are we going now? Point me in the right direction."

Nige didn't know how to answer for a moment.

My hometown has become both familiar and strange.

The vortex, the twin purple suns, the flowing clouds and lightning—they all remain unchanged, seemingly forever.

But the tree grove belonging to the Mud Tree People had already disappeared into the fog.

He's back, but it seems like he can never go back.

Nige was somewhat confused for a moment.

“I checked, and there are still trees here.”

Hei Fu suddenly said, "But it's quite far from here. Shall we go take a look?"

Nig's inner fire reignited: "Then let's go take a look."

Black began to flicker.

Soon.

Nig saw the whirlpool ahead growing larger and clearer.

He felt a sudden pang of anxiety: "Don't go near the whirlpool, it's too dangerous."

"It's right over there, no way."

He said.

It crossed the Dead Sea and reached its destination.

Ahead lies a large blue vortex at the center of a columnar storm.

Within the surrounding vortex, there are several peculiar small trees. They appear to be no more than two meters tall, and they grow like crooked vines with a branching structure similar to duckweed.

These strange little trees were not sucked into the vortex, but floated on the outside, turning with the airflow.

Nig felt very strange.

It doesn't recall any plants surviving near the whirlpool. Even towering trees would be swept away and disappear if they got too close.

Even if this massive vortex is the slowest of the slow-moving types, its power is still beyond the resistance of any plant.

"Was that really a tree?"

Nige couldn't help but wonder if it could be something else entirely.

“They are trees,” Haf said. “I’ll bring them over, and you’ll see. They’re the kinds of plants you’ve ever seen.”

Nig asked again, "Is there any danger?"

"It's fine."

It said, "They have a very special structure and have adapted to the pulling here... no, rather than adapting to the pulling, they have learned to live together here."

“Under normal circumstances, given the energy intensity emitted by the Celestial Being, I would be torn to shreds if I got close. But I am still alive and intact. I think it is because the internal mechanism has not been activated. Its energy should be highly internalized and contracted. Fortunately, we are the natives and have not activated its power to exert an outward influence.”

Nige didn't quite understand.

However, he believed that Haf wouldn't risk his life.

soon.

Hei Fu flickered a few times and began to tug at the floating duckweed.

Nig originally thought this matter would be a piece of cake, but it turns out it's not so simple at all.

Heifu was busy running around, rambling on and on.

No matter how you pull it, the duckweed just spins in its own orbit with the whirlpool, like a loyal follower and satellite of the whirlpool.

Is its power really that strong?
How can the light core be made impossible to tear off?

Nige couldn't help but ask.

"Not at all."

Heifu said somewhat dejectedly, "This thing grew on that Celestial Being's body, and its tendrils are directly connected to the Celestial Being's gem cells, which is why it keeps rotating like this, just like the hair that grows out of the Celestial Being."

"However, I'm certain this didn't grow inside a Celestial Being. It's more like a plant from here parasitizing the gem cells; it's quite extraordinary..."

"I dare not increase the intensity, for fear of activating the energy of the Celestial Gem and causing unpredictable dangers."

Nig said, "I have a way."

While the Mudtree People may not excel in other areas, when it comes to mud and trees, even an explorer like Mudger has a wealth of experience.

The Adventure Vine excels at "identifying" life, especially various seeds and plants.

But now we've encountered a completely new problem.

The energy intensity nearby is too high. Haf can withstand it, but even with the addition of the Adventure Vine, Nig is only at the Skywalker level. As soon as they go out, they will be swept away by the vortex.

It's completely unusable.

We have the tools, but we can't use them.

At this point, Aqi, who hadn't said much, suggested, "If all else fails, how about we go back and ask for help? We may not have a solution, but the company does... The chairman definitely has a solution."

Nige slapped his thigh.

Yes.

How could you forget this? You were so focused on using the resources you already had that you forgot about the various abilities that the Wasteland Company and its chairman possessed.

He planned to return by taking the Black Horse.

Aqi added, "But we can try again. According to you, this environment should be relatively safe for native life. If Earth life were to come here and be exposed to the outside world, unpredictable things might happen. After all, there are many Celestials here..."

"Don't you have a blade of grass? Isn't that specifically used for cutting all sorts of plants?"

Nig touched his head.

Having been away from my profession as an explorer for so long, my professional skills and thinking have somewhat deteriorated.

"Oh right, how could I forget this!"

He quickly rummaged through his toolbox and took out a serrated knife that looked like a sharp dagger from its leather sheath: "Blackie, try cutting with this."

Hei Fu asked in disbelief, “I can’t even cut it with my strength, how can this thing be cut?”

"can!"

Nige said, "The 'Knife Grass' is a cutting tool used exclusively by the Mud Tree People. It has been updated and improved over many years and is very sophisticated. It is quite special. There is a substance in the serrated blade that can melt other tough bark. However, the serrations will wear out. As long as this stuff is a local plant, it will definitely work."

"According to the mechanism of the vortex, if it were a natural impact, the normal interaction between plants would not cause interference. Otherwise, we would already be swept away by it now."

He was skeptical.

However, it still fixed the blade to its spikes and attempted to cut.

Heifu exclaimed, "That really works!"

Nige and Aqi were both overjoyed.

After the duckweed was cut, a portion of it was absorbed into the light core by Heifu—only a small portion was collected to avoid triggering a violent reaction in the celestial vortex.

Nige looked at the vines on the duckweed.

The plant itself is very robust and lush, looking like it has a strong vitality, and it even has small flowers.

They immediately used the exploration vines to examine and identify the object.

Then Nig looked on in astonishment.

"This...this is actually an adventure vine."

Aqi exclaimed in surprise, "The Adventure Vine can actually connect with gem cells?"

"I don't know that, and I've never heard of such a thing before."

Nig was somewhat bewildered, but a guess came to his mind.

“We need to check other areas near large whirlpools to see if this is happening as well. This is of utmost importance and must be investigated in detail before being reported to the chairman.”

"Heifu, thank you for your help."

"Hold on tight, we're about to set off."

With a flash, Hei Fu vanished from his spot.

(End of this chapter)