Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 654 The Sower Who Treats Everyone Equally

Zhou Yi didn't understand: "Why put a person inside a television set?"

"In order to mix and combine."

The snowman-shaped hydrogen flow said, "Television is the shell that contains consciousness, and the old human consciousness inside will undergo a death journey under a specific process. To escape death, consciousness will be most active and willing to change. This deep interaction of consciousness is what we call stirring."

"The original designer intended for the old humans to accelerate their fusion during death, ultimately merging a large number of consciousnesses into one. However, the entire process was only half completed; there was only stirring, not merging."

"what reason?"

Hydrogen Channel: "The old humans are a very difficult group to unite, especially in the face of a death race. Their consciousnesses are in conflict with each other, and there are many irreconcilable contradictions. Without a very outstanding leader, it is impossible to connect them."

"Even if they succeeded a few times, the resulting merged old humans either became extremely insane or became like wild beasts, completely unable to achieve the desired results."

"Originally, this cultivation was intended to create advanced humans. By mixing and merging at least 1024 humans through death, they were transformed into a single, highly advanced being, possessing extensive survival and cognitive experience, as well as outstanding intelligence and judgment. Then, using a television set as a shell, the connection and encapsulation of body and consciousness were completed, creating a new human at the light core level."

"In the original plan, the Seeders wanted to make the Television People the managers and maintainers of the Forbidden Paradise."

"But the reality is very difficult. It takes many years of continuous cultivation and guidance to restore the special life of television professionals to a normal working state."

"The sower found it too troublesome and gave up."

Zhou Yixin thought this was in line with the character of a sower.

Previously, I abandoned the cats and ran away because I thought the Martian electric cats were too noisy.

Are television personalities still being created?

"It's still in production. However, the process has changed. They're now placing the old humans into television sets. The mountain of flesh is full of television sets, and each television set houses an old human. Only the earliest batch of television humans can reach the light core level. The rest are considered abandoned projects."

Zhou Yi, however, came up with a use for it.

Television could be used to bring the consciousness of the old humans out of the prison above Spark Plains.

Zhou Yi asked, "If the Flesh Mountain TVs enter the outside world, their consciousness will shatter and they will die. After the link with the Flesh Mountain is severed, is there any way to keep them stable?"

"There is a way."

Hydrogen Flow said, “The cultivator, the television person, needs two kinds of energy: the first is electricity, and the second is consciousness.”

"Television humans need electricity like carnivores need meat; they'll die without it. Previously, mountains of flesh provided the power. There's also the consciousness body, but it doesn't necessarily need to be a complete consciousness body. Just inputting fragments of consciousness, enough to reach the quantity of an old human, will suffice."

In other words.

With electricity and the Heavenly Beads, the old humans who left the Mountain of Flesh can be rescued.

Zhou Yi felt much more at ease.

Suddenly, Hydrogen Flow said, "Cultivator, there is one more important thing I need to report to you."

"Regarding the identity of the sower."

Zhou Yi's gaze sharpened: "Does it contain records of the sowers?"

"There is some content."

"Within the transparent device behind the prototype television, hydrogen recorded some information. This prototype television was originally prepared for me, so that after I developed a stable self-awareness, I could obtain information about the entire Forbidden Continent from it."

The hydrogen-based life form spoke with a slightly somber tone: "It records that the entire Forbidden Continent was created as a culture medium for me."

"The electric cat maintenance equipment in Spark Plains stimulates my activity and movement in the container."

"Killer Rats keep creating killing because death makes the fragments of consciousness extremely active and generate in large numbers, which is beneficial for the collection and recombination of the Mountain of Flesh."

"The reason why the Golden Elephant was specifically placed in the Golden Elephant Valley to be harvested and slaughtered was also for this purpose."

"The long-necked crocodile serves as a carrier for the Forbidden Continent to release harmful fragments of consciousness to the outside world, taking the unwanted parts with it to prevent this place from being contaminated by harmful consciousness."

“Attracting life from the outside world to continuously replenish this place with fresh flesh and consciousness.”

"The entire Forbidden Continent is inhabited by a gigantic creature whose main body is a mountain of flesh. Its core mission is to create as many deaths as possible in order to facilitate my birth and maturation."

"This is all because... I am a descendant of the sower."

Zhou Yi hissed upon hearing this.

The sower was originally a hydrogen-based life form.

Hydrogen Stream is its offspring left on Earth... Forbidden Continent is Hydrogen Stream's private kindergarten.

The many questions that had been troubling him finally found their answers at this moment.

No wonder the celestial beings of the forbidden continent never set foot there.

This is the breeding and incubation ground for the offspring of the sowers.

"So, the Seeders captured 8 million old humans also to cultivate you?"

“No, that’s not it.” Hydrogen Flow waved his hand: “The Seeder isn’t the responsible parenting type. Its help to me was just incidental. Its parenting method is to cast a wide net and then leave it to luck after creating the nursery. Because hydrogen-based life grows very slowly.”

"The Forbidden Continent also has another mission: to serve as a place for cultivating new life. However, for some reason, it was never completed before the Seeders left."

"The prototype television contains a message from the sower, saying that if I can develop self-awareness and see these messages, I should not try to find and contact them, but learn to survive on my own. It says that I am already an adult sower and should learn to live independently. It says that it is going on a short vacation, which will take at least 50 billion years."

A vacation lasting 50 billion years?
Zhou Yi's face twitched upon hearing this.

However, he astutely noticed a crucial point: "Is there only one sower?"

"only one."

Hydrogen Flow said, "It also said that there is a hydrogen-based life form hatching on Mars and Io. If I encounter them, I suggest eating them. However, it doesn't matter who eats whom. The one that develops self-awareness first will eat the weaker ones later. This will be beneficial for growth and rapid evolution."

Zhou Yi frowned.

The sower possesses an absolutely cold rationality towards life, devoid of any pity or empathy, focusing only on the best choice and outcome in its eyes. Even its own offspring are encouraged to devour and merge with each other.

This was the case for the old humans, who were manipulated into a battle royale on television to complete their evolution.

The same applies to their own descendants.

They treat everyone equally, though.

Hydrogen Flow said, "The Seeders also emphasized not to enter Jupiter and the Sun. If you have the ability to travel through space, leave this system immediately, saying that the war here is not over yet."

Zhou Yi quickly asked, "What war?"

"It didn't say."

The hydrogen flow was grasped with both hands and stirred inside the brain, seemingly confirming relevant information.

A moment later it said, "The sower also instructed me that I must never respond to the string light, or I would become unfortunate."

Do not respond to the string light? That is to say, do not open the sun.

Zhou Yi couldn't help but think of it.

It appears that the Celestials are fighting some kind of enemy, and an unseen war is raging in the solar system.

Is the enemy of the Celestials Toki no Okina?

Is it still that voice in the string light?

Or will it be another three-way battle?
pity.

The sower didn't reveal any more information and simply ran away.

It explicitly states that it will not return for at least 50 billion years, which happens to be the remaining lifespan of the sun.

In other words, it will only consider returning after the sun is destroyed.

Is it to come back and collect the shards of starlight from the sun's corpse?
Since the Seeder has run away, it means that no matter what happens to the Forbidden Continent, it won't appear.

With no more reservations, Zhou Yi was now ready to take decisive action.

He ordered Yang Zhao to take the prototype television to the moon to connect with the Bottle Man project team there and begin working on the plan to rescue the old humans.

Two months later.

As spring ends and summer arrives.

The company dispatched 120 Wasteland Armored Troopers to the Forbidden Continent, all of whom were Nightmare Operators—because even if they were killed by Killer Rats, they could be resurrected from the Great Holy Spirit and were not afraid of risks.

The appearance of the armored forces caused quite a stir, with many locals believing that the company was about to send troops to the Forbidden Continent.

However, seeing that they were mainly collecting television sets in the wild, they were all relieved, but also curious about what the company wanted these useless things for.

Because these unauthorized television sets cannot be used to watch programs and have no practical value, they cannot be sold and can only be used to deceive newcomers from other places.

In company operations.

Television sets carry the stories of the old humans as they leave Earth, travel to the moon, and settle in a new world.

However, the television set, which was transformed by the sowers, is a high-quality carrier of consciousness.

The television set became the private space and home of every person in the old world, while entering the new world meant entering the public space. Staying at home and going out are both voluntary.

The number of old humans sent to the moon quickly exceeded 1, and the permanent population of old humans in the new world also exceeded 7000.

There doesn't seem to be any problem here.

Zhou Yi then began his next move.

"Hydrogen Flow, get ready, we're going to Mars."

(End of this chapter)