Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 635 Ripples of Light
Considering the safety risks, Zhou Yi ordered the experiment to be conducted far from land.

Fortunately, there is a large area of ​​turbulent waters north of Shagang. When attacking Steel Refinery City and Shell City, which were controlled by Baili Gong, Yalong Bay took a long detour through this area.

The death rays are not active at night, but the light flow in the area is still rapid.

The artificial sun has begun to descend.

Above the Dead Sea.

Zhou Yi sat on a chair on Hei Fu's body, while Bing Zhu stood on a small, floating rock platform.

Both of them observed silently.

The artificial sun, in hibernation mode, stabilized at a distance of about 1000 meters above the Dead Sea. One by one, the gems on its surface were lit up, creating a halo around it.

The Dead Sea below, with its surging torrents, was suddenly pulled by some force, and began to swirl with light and mist.

Soon, a massive wave of light mist formed, coalescing into clusters of luminous lines that looked like reflections of a time-lapse starscape.

Zhou Yi looked down at his feet.

The raging torrents drew circular tracks on the ground, outlined with deadly rays, making it look beautiful and magnificent.

The soldier standing next to him asked, "This seems to be similar to the effect of tides?"

"Yes. The artificial sun amplified the regional death ray, now it's 10 times stronger, which has created a special energy movement phenomenon."

Zhou Yi said, "Things like Jupiter's vortex and Martian dust storms are essentially manifestations of uneven energy distribution, which leads to excessively high local energy concentration."

These are all things that Turing said.

As a wireless WIFI, CatGod can connect to every employee in the company within its radiation range, allowing Zhou Yi to easily communicate with them.

"I see."

The warlord nodded.

Suddenly, a large number of metal wires rose up neatly on the floating ground beneath his feet, with spheres on top of these wires, resembling a strangely structured super air cushion comb.

These small metal spheres began to glow continuously, with red, yellow, and green light flowing around the cross-shaped platform, as if they were performing some kind of calculation.

Zhou Yi couldn't help but wonder: "Are they trying to decipher the Dead Sea rapids?"

The military leader nodded: "This is the Military Strategy Sand Table of the General's Platform, which is specially used for deciphering, deducing and simulating. Jin Xiang also used it repeatedly for deduction before."

"The Dead Sea is complex and ever-changing. We need to filter out the natural and random parts, and only what remains is what we need to focus on. So the whole process takes a long time."

"If we were to attack the Three Calamities of the Dead Sea with ordinary A-grade weapons, the feedback would be extremely weak and almost impossible to analyze. If it weren't for Bai Xue's accidental discovery, I would never have realized that the Lord of the Dead Sea might also be sending out some kind of signal."

"Therefore, we need the power of a light core to continuously change the three calamities of the Dead Sea in order to get a clearer and more definite feedback."

"But this is actually very demanding. Because there are too few light cores in this world, and no one would waste their power on natural disasters. Doing so would also trigger a powerful targeted attack from the Lord of the Dead Sea, putting oneself in extreme danger."

He concluded, "So I think very few people did this in the past, so it was very difficult to discover that there were hidden messages hidden in the three calamities of the Dead Sea."

Zhou Yi deeply agreed.

The Leshan Giant Buddha is a perfect example.

The Buddha withstood the three calamities of the Dead Sea, but ended up being instantly killed by the Lord of the Dead Sea... There are very few people who would do such a thing, and most of those who have done it probably could not escape from the Lord of the Dead Sea.

It's unlikely that anyone would do this with a normal photonucleus.

The artificial sun's power was quickly maxed out at LV5 of the solar core, which is its current limit.

Even the original Gem Sun in City 404 has a peak strength of only this much.

According to the Emerald technical manual, a large-scale Emerald Sun would have greater intensity, but it would require the entire Celestial Being to be transformed into an Emerald Sun, which would render it immobile—estimated to be on par with the giant vortex on Jupiter.

There are no samples or specific technical specifications for the Evolver-level Gem Sun.

Fortunately, the current size is sufficient.

Zhou Yi turned his gaze to the warlord's sand table.

At this moment, some scattered purple specks of light appeared above, jumping back and forth on the metal spheres.

"Sure enough."

The warlord's face showed a hint of joy: "Using this large-scale light core-level weapon to continuously act on the Dead Sea will be more effective than my Command Platform."

"Look, the light spots here, their movement is actually an external manifestation of a certain rhythm, the appearance and disappearance of energy in different spaces."

"If we consider space as a thick city wall made of a large number of bricks, then these string lights are the echoes formed by striking and hitting different bricks."

"In addition, it also contains some special fragments of consciousness. However, these fragments cannot be read individually. I also asked conceptual beings for help, but they were unable to read them either."

"It seems that only by combining the string light with specific clusters of consciousness fragments can meaning be revealed."

Zhou Yi also saw it through the light nucleus.

From the perspective of consciousness, reflected string-like light is appearing on the surface of the Dead Sea below. However, compared to the area beneath the mantle, it is much thinner here, basically at the level of candlelight or firefly light.

It is impossible to determine whether these scattered fragments of string light originated from the sun or from underground.

Zhou Yi ordered the operations team to activate the elimination mode.

The artificial sun in the sky suddenly became brighter, and its surface even turned blue.

The turbulent and ferocious Dead Sea tides gradually calmed down, leaving only a stable and peaceful mist and light. The natural disasters in this area had completely disappeared. Zhou Yi was very satisfied with this.

This is another important use of the artificial sun.

Eliminate the three calamities of the Dead Sea.

Some areas in the Dead Sea face long-term turbulent currents and high pressure, making them inaccessible and impassable. Such areas are numerous. According to the Starlink satellite, they occupy almost 15% to 20% of the entire Dead Sea and were previously considered undevelopable.

If these three disasters can be resolved, not only will more new land be available for development, but disaster-stricken areas will also be able to eliminate natural disasters as soon as possible.

Previously, Shagang experienced heavy fog, leading to large-scale Dead Sea dust pollution of the land and causing numerous illnesses. Shell City was hit by a Category 17 typhoon, resulting in heavy casualties.

In modern times, these disasters could be prevented in the Dead Sea simply by using an artificial sun to absorb and change the direction of wind and fog.

It won't provoke a counterattack from the Lord of the Dead Sea.

This function is also the most practical for each settlement.

Prevention is always better than cure.

"Huh? This reaction is..."

The Lord of War's surprised exclamation interrupted Zhou Yi's thoughts.

Upon hearing the sound, Zhou Yi looked over and discovered that a different kind of string light reaction had suddenly appeared on the sand table of the military lord.

A stable and distinct ripple was generated on the metal sphere, as if an invisible stone had been plunged into the surface of the purple string light water, forming a continuously spreading ripple.

The Lord of War's gaze sharpened: "As expected, the Lord of the Dead Sea possesses a self-consciousness that differs from other conceptual life forms."

"It never communicates because its mode of communication is through these string lights and fragments of consciousness, rather than the Great Holy Spirit system of this world."

"Zhou Yi, can you decipher its meaning?"

Zhou Yi shook his head: "We know too little about the String Light at the moment. We only know that it is lethal to celestial beings, but we still don't know its origin..."

"pity."

The warlord showed a somewhat regretful expression.

"Actually, there is a way."

Zhou Yi said, "There is a celestial technology called 'String Light Curved Surface,' which is used by celestial beings to collect this string light..."

After listening, the Lord of War was overjoyed: "Then hurry up and take it out! You kid, you have a lot of stuff. Quick, let me see, maybe I can read out what the Lord of the Dead Sea is saying."

"...This thing is very complicated and hasn't been built yet."

Zhou Yi said with a hint of helplessness: "The artificial sun alone has consumed a lot of manpower and time. In terms of difficulty and scale, the string-light curved surface is even greater than the sun. It is still hard to say whether it can be replicated."

"It's alright, as long as we have this solution."

The warlord, however, was very optimistic: "The hardest part is finding the right direction."

He stroked his chin: "Once you've finished it, come find me immediately, and I'll come over to continue cracking it."

"The main business is finished, I'm leaving."

He was decisive in coming and going.

However, the warlord suddenly remembered something: "Oh right. I almost forgot something important."

"A major news story has broken on the Forbidden Continent: the Mountain of Flesh has suddenly experienced a series of earthquakes. The mountains have begun to move, as if they have come alive, and no one can figure out what's going on. The entire Mountain of Flesh has become inaccessible."

Zhou Yi was taken aback.

Yang Zhao, the company's expatriate employee, is still there investigating; no wonder he hasn't returned.

"Is it serious?"

"What do you think? The mountain has been automatically closed off, which is the first time in history. I don't know what's going on. In the past, the most developed part of the Flesh Mountain was Sanbianpo, but Madam Mei has been missing for a long time. Rumors are that her disappearance is related to the anomaly of the Flesh Mountain."

The warlord said, "You mentioned going to the Mountain of Flesh before, it's best to postpone that."

As the warlord departed.

Zhou Yi was finally able to go home and rest.

"Even if the Heavenly King himself comes, don't wake me up."

Zhou Yi told Emerald City and Yuanxiao this.

However, in a daze, he was suddenly being pushed around by someone, and it felt more like someone was kicking his arm and forehead.

Zhou Yi was furious.

Who dared to ambush me in the middle of the night?!

Die to me!
He suddenly rolled over, entering a frenzied fighting stance.

Then he discovered.

The prosthetic leg stood on its own blanket.

Oh, it's you... Never mind then.

(End of this chapter)