Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 619 Heavenly Beings Don't Care

Verne observed his surroundings.

The crystal walls and ceiling made of gemstones, the black gemstone pillar in the center of the room, and the furniture such as the long white bone table and chairs... all of these are too familiar.

He returned to the Gem Chamber in City 404.

For a moment, Verne's mind went blank.

How is this going?

Wasn't I taken away by the supervisor?
A faint voice came from behind.

"We meet again, Mr. Verne."

It suddenly turned around to look.

The girl in the black and white uniform still smiled, her snow-white teeth beneath her red lips resembling the fangs of a wild beast facing its prey.

The boy beside him remained indifferent and silent.

"You killed us once, we killed you once, it's a tit-for-tat, isn't it fair?"

Kobayashi Haruna said in a relaxed tone.

Verne was struck dumb.

Just as he was about to be taken away by the overseers... they intercepted him and killed his own body!
The girl smiled and said, "The Celestial Projection technology is indeed a good escape method. Number Two gave you a very good suggestion. Would you like to try it again?"

Jules Verne is now as still as a sculpture.

"They're quick on their feet, what an impatient person..."

The girl didn't seem to care. She looked at the boy next to her and said, "Xu Jun, relax. This place is completely covered. They can't escape."

Xu Yuhang scratched his head: "I clearly had the words in mind, but I just stammered at the last minute..."

"It's alright. Sometimes, lack of experience isn't necessarily a bad thing."

Kobayashi Haruna said, "Think about it, this guy definitely knows that we're not professional soldiers or police officers or anything like that. But we can still easily get in here, find it, and it will only be more scared of us."

Xu Yuhang paused for a moment: "That seems to be true."

"Let's go back and get drunk at a bar! By the way, are you old enough to drink? Normally you're only 13, but with so many cycles over the years, you'd be an adult over a thousand years old by now."

The girl was already talking about her vacation after the mission: "It's settled then. We're going back to have a good drink. I've been wanting someone to drink with for ages. Dark beer, whiskey, some gin, and some roasted bird—wow, heavenly!"

Xu Yuhang responded with an "oh".

at this time.

Kobayashi Hina turned to look at the skeleton beside her: "Mr. Verne, have you heard enough? You can ask me anything you want to know. You don't need to act."

“In fact, we know exactly whether you project outside or where you are. We have your location on you. You haven’t projected outside at all; you’re still here.”

The skeleton pretending to be a sculpture was momentarily embarrassed.

Verne had already realized when he was captured and brought back to City 404 that this group of old humans was incredibly powerful and had already deciphered the secret of the Celestial Gem. He knew that if he used the gem projection again, he would be captured by them.

It is simply trying to find the weaknesses of these old humans.

“Mr. Verne, I know you must have many questions right now.”

Kobayashi Haruna said, "For example, how did we get into City 404? Or how did we find you? Or what tricks are we playing? There must be some kind of unseen weakness."

"I advise you to stop having any more inappropriate thoughts. A loser should be prepared to accept defeat. Do whatever we say now; this is your last chance to survive."

Verne broke his silence: "You are not entities, you are projections."

"That's your limitation."

“You cannot control City 404 yourselves, so you need me. Without me, you cannot obtain this city.”

"Perhaps there is another reason... If you kill me, a new Agent Seven will be born, which will not be good news for you."

"So why not keep me around and let me help you take control of the entire 404 city?"

Verne remained calm and began to fight back step by step: "Although I don't know how you got in here, I can assure you that you won't kill me."

"I urge you to pull back from the brink and not make a mistake. The power of the Celestials far exceeds your imagination. If you can surrender now, you might be able to become a substitute like me. The era of the old humans has passed. You perished in the explosion of the Circular Flow. The Celestials are a more advanced civilization than yours."

“If you continue with these suicidal attacks, you will only die again in the end.”

"Stop, old humans, you can't win. Stop doing useless things."

"The heavens and man are right."

The girl gave a strange look: "I never imagined that the skeletons, descendants of our ancient humans, would have a spiritual being like you..."

The boy next to him sneered, "It seems that no era lacks such sycophants."

Verne, however, firmly replied, "You can't win! If you think you're right, then prove me right!"

The girl simply said, "It's almost time."

"The option to surrender has only ten seconds left in the countdown."

"10."

……

"3."

"2."

"1."

"I surrender."

Jules Verne suddenly knelt on the ground, pressing his head to the ground: "Please don't kill me."

The young men and women were both stunned for a moment.

Kobayashi Hina squatted down curiously: "You were so sure before that we wouldn't hurt you at all, why have you suddenly changed your mind now?" Verne didn't dare to look up and explained: "I have done everything I can to hold on and save myself, trying to seek help from the outside world and asking for the descent of the celestial beings, but they still ignore me."

“I am just an agent, and the Celestials don’t care. But I want to live, even if it’s just for a little longer. I surrender, and I will do whatever you say.”

"Please don't kill me."

“I will help you control City 404. You can give me orders from behind the scenes without being discovered by the Celestials… I am very valuable. I will tell you everything I know, and I only hope you will spare my life.”

The skeleton said humbly on behalf of the person.

……

All of this was projected onto Juemingzi's screen on the moon and was seen by Zhou Yi.

He originally thought that Verne was a staunch supporter of the Celestials and Humans, and that it would be very difficult to reform him; perhaps killing him would be the best course of action.

As a result, the opponent made a lightning-fast change of direction, and he was immediately defeated.

Zhou Yi's feelings were somewhat complicated.

It's hard to say whether this kid is outwardly loyal but inwardly treacherous, or outwardly treacherous but inwardly loyal.

but.

Now that it has surrendered voluntarily, it has saved itself a lot of trouble.

Wu Yi's assessment was correct; Verne was indeed very intelligent.

City 404 holds special significance; it is a gemstone structure built from celestial and human gems, tasked with tapping into the power of the underground.

As the manager of this city, it's best for the company for Verne to stay here. It's equivalent to directly placing an inside agent into the Tianren system. Verne has been operating City 404 for many years and knows everything about it best.

Zhou Yi immediately asked Xu Yuhang, "You requested help on my behalf, but the Celestials ignored it?"

"They don't care."

Verne remained kneeling on the ground and honestly said, "The only way for the proxy to communicate with the Celestials is through the Celestial Clock. It keeps a constant time and is the only voice we can communicate with, but it is actually a gem-like device made by the Celestials, like a giant answering machine."

“Only permitted actions will receive a response. For example, when projecting, it will announce the time and the cycle of its actions… Like this time when I requested help, the only response was ‘Fulfilling your mission, inferior being,’ which is the standard reply.”

Zhou Yi asked, "The term of office? Does each term of office have a defined period of function?"

"Yes."

Verne replied, "The term of office for different races varies, a fact most agents probably don't know. It was only through my years of studying gems and clocks that I was able to discover this."

"In the eyes of the celestial beings, the substitute is nothing more than a tool, and tools have their lifespan and limitations. Therefore, if it is used for a long time, it will wear out and need to be replaced with a new one to ensure stable function and normal operation."

"The cycle of substitution is not constant, but rather a continuous process of judgment and evaluation of the substitution itself. This evaluation is conducted through the gemstone portion that has been modified within our bodies, and is synchronized with the celestial clock."

The skeletal figure said, "I will take you to my true form and activate this function, then you will understand."

Zhou Yi asked it to lead the way.

Verne then left the jeweled chamber and once again followed the jeweled passage to the White Bone Castle.

It reached out and pressed its hand against the outer wall, and instantly a large number of bones in the entire fortress contracted into it, slowly transforming into a huge humanoid figure sitting cross-legged on the ground, radiating light from its body.

Zhou Yi saw that it had a large number of gem structures inside its body, but they were wrapped up by layers of bones.

“Under normal circumstances, the cycle of transformation is invisible, but it can be transformed and seen through a slightly complex gemstone transformation.”

After Verne finished speaking...

Suddenly, gems extended from behind the High Fort Bone Man, moving like a gluttonous snake and quickly forming a large, multi-ringed structure, resembling a watch face.

On the jeweled dial, more than 4/5 of the area has turned completely transparent white, with only the bottom 1/5 still emitting a red glow, like a health bar.

Visually, it's very intuitive.

"This is my term of office, and it's almost over."

Verne said, "Although I have used various methods to continuously expand and enlarge my body, in the end, I estimate that it will be replaced in about 50 years."

"So I've been trying to find a new way out, but the gem can't be reversed, the giant bone fish is my last chance... You know the giant bone fish, right?"

Zhou Yi said, "Is it the giant bone fish that killed two Celestials?"

"They killed two Celestials?"

Verne's skull bore a look of horror: "It...it can kill Celestials?"

It seems it is unaware of this.

Zhou Yixin agreed.

That was a top secret known only to celestial beings, and it was because the dragon obtained this information that it has been hunted down by celestial beings ever since.

"Yes. Two of Jupiter's celestial beings on Io were killed by it."

Yu was indirectly killed by the bone fish.

Zhou Yi projected the relevant images provided by the dragon onto the dragon.

Verne stared intently at the recurring scene of celestial beings being killed in the sky, standing there blankly for a long time, unable to come back to his senses.

"So... Celestials aren't immortal... they're not invincible..."

"It can be killed..."

Zhou Yi thought that since he was going to watch anyway, he showed him the scene of the Celestial Graveyard, where the ground was covered with the corpses of celestial beings.

The skeleton's facial bones were contorted, and its body was twitching and trembling incessantly.

It suddenly revealed an extremely terrifying grin: "Liars, pretentious liars! I thought they were omnipotent! They're just a bunch of lives that were also killed!"

"They are just inferior beings who are slightly stronger than us."

"If that's the case, then you can't blame me!"

(End of this chapter)