Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 621 Time-Saving Cavity

Verne encapsulated the remains of the seven glass men in white gemstones and sent them into the unique gemstone tunnel structure of City 404, where they were propelled one by one to the surface.

Haf received it at this end and immediately sent it to the moon.

Having learned from the previous experience, using the alienated four-dimensional organ became much easier this time.

Out of caution, Zhou Yi accepted Lumi's suggestion and recalled Xu Yuhang and Kobayashi Hina, two skilled workers, to handle the glass man.

As for Verne in City 404, there's no need to worry.

Because the entire Gem City has been completely sealed off by 42 evil brain generators, the consciousness cannot escape from inside.

Thanks to the gem passage structure of City 404, the Evil Brain Generator could directly access the city. Throughout the breaching process, under the control of the Nightmares, the Evil Brain Fleet captured the consciousnesses of the investigators responsible for guarding different levels, allowing them to proceed unimpeded.

It's worth mentioning that the deeper they went, the more excited the evil minds became.

The ever-increasing pressure, energy, and temperature, similar to those on Jupiter, actually made them more active, and their ability to capture consciousness was enhanced.

There is absolutely no situation of damage or destruction.

Zhou Yisi ultimately decided to send Wu Yi to continue the talks with Verne.

"Chairman, I don't know if I can do this well."

As the Minister of Land, Wu Yi hesitated somewhat: "Lu Jiu... Verne is not what it used to be. It has changed a lot and has served as acting minister for many years..."

Zhou Yi said, "Don't think too much about it. I just want to try to understand one thing from your perspective: why was Verne so loyal to Celestial Being before? This is different from his other agents."

"Oh! If that's it, I can give it a try."

The skeleton finally breathed a sigh of relief.

As Heifu followed the Gem Pass, he escorted Wu Yi into City 404.

Finally facing his old friend, Verne immediately recognized him: "It's you?"

"So the Wasteland Development Company was created by the old human forces. No wonder it rose to prominence so quickly. Now everything makes sense..."

Wu Yi said, "Lu Jiu, why didn't you come looking for me while you were alive?"

"What do I need you for? To put you in jail with me in this kind of place?" Verne retorted.

"I'm already in jail anyway, so we might as well go together. At least we can chat a bit from time to time."

"..."

These words left Verne momentarily stunned.

Then it cackled: "I always thought I was smart, and everyone used to say I was smart, but a smart bone person like me didn't even think of this."

"Yes... I should have asked you instead of assuming I was right."

Wu Yi then asked, "I've heard that with enough power, it's possible to resurrect those fallen comrades on the island. Can you do that now?"

"No. At least the light cores can't do it. When they die, they are severely fragmented. If I were a light core back then, maybe I could manage... but it's not possible now."

"Then become a Transformer!"

Wu Yi said, "As long as the power continues to increase, we can achieve resurrection. That's what the chairman said."

"Transformers...that's a realm that's far beyond our reach."

Facing his former fellow countrymen, Verne became much more talkative and relaxed.

“In the past, we also thought that it was impossible for a Bone Man to become a Skywalker. Now that you are a Light Core, why can’t you think about becoming a Transformer?”

Wu Yi asked, puzzled, "Why are you getting more timid as you become stronger?"

“You once said that you wanted to build an island that would never sink, covered with bones. People would no longer have to worry about being unable to repair their broken bodies, and their memories could be stored on it.”

"I haven't forgotten that."

Verne pointed to the high fort in the distance: "That's the island I built, constructed from 1000 million bones. Every bone inside can record and store the memories of the skeletons."

"But you're right, I've become stronger, but also more timid. Seeing that there are such terrifying forces in the world has made me less and less confident... But in the end, these are all just excuses."

Verne sighed: "I'm just afraid of death, and I'm getting more and more afraid of death."

“I originally thought that when I was alone, life would become increasingly boring… but the longer I live, the more I feel that life has more meaning, and the less I want to die, the more I want to live forever, even immortality. So I try every means to extend my lifespan and follow the celestial beings…”

The conversation between the two fellow villagers, both from the same hometown, was getting more and more engaging.

The experiments on the moon yielded results, forcing Zhou Yi, who was observing them, to halt his work.

Electromechanical expert Lumi said, "Of the seven emeralds, five have been sampled and have now been restored to white emeralds. The residual material was also consumed along with the information. We plan to keep the remaining two for future testing in other fields."

"However, we have also obtained very important intelligence, which will now be reported to you by two frontline experimenters from the Old Humans." (On the gem screen)

Wearing a high school uniform, Kobayashi Haruna said, "Mr. Zhou, I was wandering in the time maze and had some interaction with the three people inside."

"Judging from their conversations, they are not much different from the old humans, but one of them is rather strange."

“I met him when he was young. He asked me what year it was, and I said that humanity had been destroyed and we were the ghosts of this era. He then asked, ‘Has the Qin Dynasty fallen?’ He seemed to be an ancient Chinese, a person from the Qin Dynasty. He was very saddened after hearing that.”

"The man said that his name was He Zifu. He was originally hiding from the war, but was guided to heaven. He then served as a laborer in heaven, building palaces for the Heavenly Emperor and expanding the territory."

Zhou Yi thought to himself.

In other words, the practice of the Celestials capturing humans to create glass beings has been going on since even earlier times than the Old Humans.

Think about it too.

The terraforming of Jupiter and the Moon involves their deep internal structures, as well as the massive solar wall... none of which can be accomplished overnight.

But why did the Celestials remain hidden behind the scenes of the universe until the Circular Flow erupted before officially appearing in public?

"Anymore?"

Kobayashi Haruna said, "That's all."

"I do know what they're doing."

Xu Yuhang chimed in, "But during the time jump, I heard them saying, 'Find the treasure,' 'Fix it in the gem,' and 'Send it to the sun.' They must be looking for the kind of black hole that Verne mentioned."

"And that's it."

“I saw how they died. They were all torn to pieces after being exposed to the purple light, just like that glass man before.”

Zhou Yi was somewhat surprised to hear this.

Are there string lights underground?

He originally thought that string light was a special power exclusive to the sun, but if it also exists deep in the Earth's core, then perhaps string light does not originate from the sun.

Could it be from Shi Weng?
The giant bony fish merged with the four-dimensional organs of the Time Elder, transforming into the Stringlight Battleship, which used that purple energy to kill the Celestial Being on Io. It also originated from underground... which does indeed make sense.

"I analyzed that large black hole using my own body."

The silent Night God suddenly spoke up: "That's an organ of the Time Elder, called the Time Storage Chamber. It's different from the clockwise and counterclockwise timers; it's a very large organ. To put it in perspective, the clockwise timers are like blood cells, while the Time Storage Chamber is like the heart or lungs—it's about the same size difference."

Zhou Yi was taken aback: "Normal timers are at the Transformer level... So what level is this time-accumulating chamber?"

"Breaking the Dimension".

"This is the energy level above the Transformers, capable of breaking through the spacetime barriers between dimensions, but only higher-dimensional life forms can possess this ability... In other words, it is precisely because they are dimensional breakers that they belong to higher-dimensional life forms. That level can no longer be described by common sense; only dimensional breakers can understand dimensional breaking."

Yagami's expression turned extremely solemn at this moment: "Let's go back to the Time Storage Chamber. This organ structure, just like its name, can pause time almost like storing time, keeping time frozen at a certain moment."

Zhou Yi was shocked.

The time-stopping machine.

Does such an incredible thing really exist?

"As for its mechanism, I only know that this organ can stop the movement of what it covers or engulfs, and then decompose these dimensions of movement into a large amount of energy and matter. It can be understood as the digestive organ of the ancient time machine."

Yagami said, "The Celestials want to capture the Time-Saving Chamber, probably to use this organ to digest or stop something."

"But this has reached the level of breaking through dimensions. Do celestial beings really have the ability to capture and contain it? I have my doubts."

She frowned and said, "Think about it. If a Celestial Being's strength surpasses that of a Time Elder, then they could directly enter the fourth-dimensional space passage. You've been there; a Celestial Being couldn't possibly not know about it. They could just go there and acquire it directly. Why don't they do that? The reason is simple: they can't deal with a Time Elder."

"In other words, they have not yet reached the level of breaking through dimensions."

Zhou Yi asked, "Are the celestial beings still in the stage of transformation?"

"I think so."

Night God said, "But the difference between Evolvers may be even greater than that between humans and insects. The essence of Evolvers is that they can use energy to generate specific substances."

“Under normal circumstances, one can probably only create one’s own basic materials. But if one can generate more and more materials, from stone to soil, from air to water, from metal to magma... this ability is tantamount to creation. It is possible to create a star out of thin air.”

"The Celestials are modifiers, using celestial bodies as their modifiers. Their abilities are far more than just self-circulating gem-making; otherwise, they wouldn't have become important components on Jupiter and the Moon."

“The hierarchy within the Transformers, from bottom to top, is: Monomorphism, Polymorphism, and Creation of All Things.”

"Based on existing information, I believe that the Celestial Beings are at least polymorphic, that is, they possess more than two material creation abilities."

(End of this chapter)