Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 636 Golden Bonsai
The prosthetic leg was originally sent to the fourth dimension by the user to search for treasures within the body of the old man.

Now it's back.

This means that it contains something good that it found from Shi Weng.

Zhou Yi immediately felt awake.

He first carefully examined the prosthetic leg itself.

There were no signs of damage on the Crazy Traveler's body, except for a peculiar black lightning bolt pattern attached to its wooden legs, which looked rather strange.

Zhou Yi touched it and found no cracks or dents on the material.

This is the first time.

Zhou Yi looked left and right but still couldn't figure it out. He figured there was nothing wrong with the prosthetic leg itself, so he put the matter aside for now.

Then comes his favorite part: the lottery draw and opening of boxes.

Zhou Yi first went to the bathroom to wash his hands before reaching into the prosthetic leg to explore.

The contents of the container brought a hint of confusion to his face.

That was a piece of gold.

It was about the thickness of a forearm and had many cracks on its surface, reminding him of a piece of gilded charcoal.

No.

It ran into the old man's body and ended up bringing me back a piece of gold?
Zhou Yi looked completely bewildered.

He looked at it from left to right, but no matter how he looked at it, what he held in his hand was just an ordinary piece of gold. There was no energy reaction, no radiation, and no life information.

From the perspective of [Alertness], the gold nugget has no color at all, indicating that it does not have any special energy reaction.

[Full View] Expand on it.

The substance shows no abnormalities.

The feedback is exactly the same as that of ordinary metal.

The prosthetic leg was completely empty, with nothing else inside.

The strange thing is that after the gold was taken out, the lightning bolt pattern on the prosthetic leg disappeared—this mark seemed to represent the gold nugget it brought back.

At least the prosthetic leg believed that the gold was very valuable, and it collected and brought it back as a treasure from the fourth dimension.

After calming down, Zhou Yi pondered.

This gold nugget must have some special value. They only use the finest pieces for their prosthetic legs; they're very professional in that area.

It's a pity that we can't talk to the prosthetic leg, so we can't directly determine the value of this unknown object.

Zhou Yi first contacted the programming department and had 703 lead a team to conduct a comprehensive test on the gold nugget.

Two hours later.

703 rushed over to report: "Chairman, the piece of gold you gave us has been verified through micro-cutting and sampling experiments, including weight, shape, density analysis, periodicity testing, and other procedures. It is indeed a very standard piece of gold."

"Its purity is extremely high, reaching over 99.999999%, at least at the 8N level. The limit that our existing technology can refine it to is 7N. Further measurement has exceeded the precision of existing photolithography. In the field of refinement, it has reached the level of a light core."

Zhou Yi raised an eyebrow.

That wasn't entirely without any gains.

This at least indicates that the gold is indeed extraordinary, and that it was refined using a relatively advanced technique to achieve such a high level of purity.

Other information remains unclear.

Therefore, it is possible that it retains some information at a high precision scale, but it is currently impossible to read it from existing optical printing technology.

Who in the company knows the most about gold?

Curling, of course.

Zhou Yi immediately sent Cat God to Mars to summon Ice Curling back to report.

Within the Mars Affairs Department, Cat Dali is currently leading the field mining team. Curling handles internal affairs such as construction and underground excavation, so stopping his work midway isn't a problem for him.

soon.

Golden Ball flew wearily to Emerald City: "Chairman, you wanted to see me?"

Zhou Yi pointed to the charcoal-shaped gold nugget on the table: "This was found in four-dimensional space. Test it and see if there's anything special about it."

"Yes."

Upon receiving the order, the curling stone instantly turned into a liquid and connected with the gold nugget.

The moment the two came into contact, the originally ordinary charcoal gold nugget suddenly began to twist and change, and a large number of gold threads thinner than a hair grew on its surface.

These golden threads intertwine with each other, as if an unseen hand is spinning them into golden branches, which even sprout golden leaves.

Zhou Yi's heart sank: "Curling, curling?"

"Chairman, I'm fine." Only then did the response come from the curling side.

"I'm still figuring out this situation... This piece of gold reacts strongly with the golden elephant flag inside my body, and the two have become one."

"It poses no harm to me; in fact, it greatly enhances me. The value of this gold lies within; it is a fossilized remains left after the death of a gold-bearing organism. The information is recorded in the microscopic realm, an unreplicable microscopic layer that will change and disappear once read."

It said, "In terms of Earth's technological system, it's like recording at the atomic level, and this information cannot be read by the outside world."

"Because to read the inside, you have to go inside. If you use X-ray vision or high-energy penetration, you will change the atomic order and position inside, causing the information to be completely disrupted."

"Only gold-based organisms can read the complete information inside without damaging the material structure."

"Once connected to them, this part becomes part of the golden organism's body, and its internal structures will be completely connected."

Zhou Yi's spirits lifted upon hearing this.

This was indeed no ordinary gold nugget.

"What do you mean by saying it will greatly improve you?"

Ice Curling explained, "Chairman, this piece of golden remnant not only records a lot of secret information, but it has now become a part of my body."

"If I fully develop through it, I can probably reach around Light Core LV5. Actually, it's much more than that; it's at the Transformer level. However, to become a Transformer, one needs to create matter, and this part needs to be completed by oneself to completely achieve a change in life level..."

According to curling.

This piece of gold is the remains of a certain mutated golden creature, whose consciousness has dissipated, leaving only the material remains.

Zhou Yi asked Xiao Fu, "How many kinds of golden creatures are there?"

"Not many. Before this, I only knew about the [Golden Scales], which is the group of remnants of the civilization I took in. They are not strictly speaking golden creatures, but their core is gold."

The tracing the current said, "Their numbers are extremely small. Because the evolution of life from a substance like gold is a low-probability event, they can be said to be life born during the destruction of the sun."

"You can ask the military leader; he has been studying the Golden Elephant and should have some knowledge in this area."

Zhou Yixin agreed.

He immediately turned on the communicator that Bai Xue had given him.

Not long after, the voice of the warlord came from inside: "What?"

Zhou Yi explained the special circumstances surrounding the gold nugget.

"I'll be there soon."

after an hour.

The warlord returned to Emerald City. This time, as soon as he entered, he looked around and asked, "Where is the thing?"

Zhou Yi pointed to the gold-plated bonsai on the table.

At this point, the curling stone, which was originally in the shape of a golden ball, had grown metal tendrils, but it had stopped growing.

The warlord examined the strange golden bonsai from left to right, a solemn expression on his face.

"This might be... I need to do some further confirmation, please wait a moment."

He summoned the military strategy sand table, which floated on the rooftop.

Antennas were erected on the sand table, and the metal spheres on them flashed red, yellow and green lights continuously, scanning the golden bonsai.

After a while.

Large patches of green appeared on it and remained constantly lit.

"really……"

The warlord looked at Zhou Yi and said, "Tell me first, where did this thing come from?"

"Found in four-dimensional space."

"You dare to go to such a dangerous place?"

The other person was taken aback: "Are you out of your mind?"

Zhou Yi chuckled: "It wasn't me who went there; I caught it by fishing from there using some special methods."

The warlord's expression softened slightly, and he continued, "The sand table has verified that this is the remains of the Golden Tree. However, why it appeared in the fourth dimension is unknown."

"However, this golden tree is incredibly old. The older the tree, the higher the purity of the gold. It's already at the level of a Transformer..."

Golden Tree?
The relevant information immediately came to Zhou Yi's mind.

After the Golden Elephant Flag blooms, it will transform into Golden Branch, and the final complete form of Golden Branch is the Golden Tree.

There is actually a golden tree inside Shi Weng's body?
Did it eat the golden tree, or was it already in its body?

Zhou Yi was filled with doubt.

(End of this chapter)