Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 665 Son of Stardust
Your role has been defined: to provide rear-area life support for the Fengxian War.

The main focus is on extending the lifespan of the modified individuals and searching for new basic life units. We can concentrate on this aspect; we have a clear and defined division of labor, while other areas are handled and supported by other individuals.

[Detailed information has been transmitted to your seeding vessel; you can check it yourself.]

Venus Celestial Being announced the appointment.

They don't answer every question either.

[Functional information is linked to information, which in turn represents power and responsibility. Each person focusing on their specific role effectively reduces errors and malfunctions—a stable approach optimized and tested over hundreds of millions of years.]

You can find all the information about life-related aspects.

[Regarding the irrelevant parts, I don't know more than you do.]

Regarding the method of storing and preserving information about those who have undergone modifications, I do not know and cannot answer.

Qingfu said, "Then may I ask what your name is, and how should I address you?"

[In the past, cyborgs were identified by numbers, but that's the encoding system of the String Civilization. We ourselves don't need names; our coordinates in space are our markers.]

"May I call you 'Maker'? Your role is to create basic gem units, how about that name?"

I have no objection.

"Mr. Zao, what exactly do you mean by Stardust? I can't understand it. The information I received didn't explain it either, only saying that it is the most core life unit of the modifier."

Because the amount of information received was too large, HydrogenFu had not yet been able to synchronize it.

Zhou Yi could only glimpse the whole picture through the dialogue between Qingfu and the Celestial Being.

He listened patiently.

Stardust particles are the most basic life units of the modified beings. You hydrogen-based life forms are typical combinations of matter and consciousness, requiring a stable combination of cosmic consciousness and hydrogen. However, stardust particles are natural energy bodies, being both matter and consciousness.

Zao explained this.

Stardust particles are produced by the collision of giant celestial bodies, generating vast amounts of dust and debris in the process, hence the name "children of stardust," or simply stardust particles. Stardust particles have no mass but exist throughout the universe; they are extremely penetrating and cannot be directly observed. They typically move along with light, so their speed is the same as the speed of light.

In theory, stardust particles can penetrate any matter, whether it be planets or stars, and space holes are no exception.

"So, you are actually Stardust Particles, and then you use gems and secondary units to envelop and stabilize yourselves?"

【Yes. 】

"Since you can even penetrate the sun, why don't you just go straight through and destroy the String Civilization locked inside?"

The question about hydrogen bliss was also Zhou Yi's thought.

That's impossible.

[Objective conditions do not allow it. Penetrating a star requires a huge amount of energy, and the various high-energy reactions within the star will affect and alter our trajectory. In addition, there are energy flows generated between stars, so eventually we would be spinning inside them.]

[Theoretically, it involves passing through a single star, but in reality, it might involve dealing with the energy surges generated by several or even hundreds of stars. Achieving core energy alignment is extremely difficult and cannot be calculated precisely.]

The String Civilization is a life form evolved from Stardust particles to a higher stage. Its utilization of light and energy surpasses that of the Modifiers. In terms of energy and light usage, we are like primitive life forms in its presence.

Hydrogenfoe then said, "So we need to seal it off until the sun is destroyed?"

【Yes. 】

[Until the day the sun naturally dies, all energy and matter will be ejected, and the most fundamental energy state will be reshaped into a fragmented star. This is a natural cosmic reactor that will completely destroy the string civilization and regenerate it into a fragmented star.]

[During this process, even if dimensions are broken, they will be reshaped and completely transformed into a new chaotic state. At that time, the danger will be eliminated.]

Zhou Yi raised an eyebrow upon hearing this.

I've heard about Shattered Star again. The White King who's working on a project on the moon is a life form evolved from Shattered Star.

The Celestials originally intended to use the sun to directly refine the String Civilization into elixirs.

[Another alternative was proposed: to transform Jupiter into a second sun and collide it with the existing natural sun. The impact would disintegrate the string civilization back into stardust particles, scattering them throughout the universe. This was another possible solution.]

[Unfortunately, the Jupiter conquest failed; it requires the String Civilization to activate. We, the Cyborgs, you, the Seeders, and even other dormant vassals, are forbidden from entering; anyone who gets close will be captured and turned into a plug-in to the megastructure.]

These words from Zao made Zhou Yi understand again.

So this is another reason why the Celestials launched their attack on Jupiter.

The idea is to transform this megastructure into a small star and use it as a high-energy weapon to destroy the string civilization.

Therefore, we need your abilities and technology to help our Stardust Particles find a new vessel that can support everyone in continuing to use their current physical bodies.

The War of the Sealed Strings must be fought on a material level, a domain entirely entrusted to the Modifiers by the String Civilization. It lacks any mastery in this area, which is the key factor restraining it.

Zhou Yi touched his chin as he listened.

In other words.

The key is to maintain the number and scale of the modified assembly form, not that the Celestials' fundamental Stardust particles cannot survive.

If we consider Stardust as a person, then the cyborgs are like people operating wasteland armor.

Now they need to use their armor to blockade, suppress, and destroy the String Civilization.

The fact that these "glass people," as a basic unit, are difficult to regenerate, causes them anxiety and panic. Zhou Yi secretly felt fortunate.

Fortunately, I managed to maintain my composure in terms of overall strategy and did not take the risk of directly attacking the Celestial Gem Body.

Otherwise, I would have sent it.

This time, Hydrogen Fu joined the Celestial Alliance and gained his own role in the Sealed String War.

Besides its information domain being greatly expanded, gaining access to secrets unknown to the outside world, it also received experimental materials and resources from the Celestial Beings.

The Celestials also provided a special passageway, crafted from gemstones and shaped like a slowly flowing, flat gemstone vortex, which was installed in the middle of the circular seeding ship.

This device, called the "Circular Flow Harbor," can instantly deliver large quantities of celestial gems.

White, blue, and black gemstones are in ample supply.

The Celestial Beings also provided three intact rubies for research in the field of life.

Unfortunately, these three rubies were either formatted or newly created, and contained no memory records.

The most important gain was that Hydrogenfu obtained a near-death celestial being.

The celestial being's gemstone body was severely decayed and eroded, and its size was smaller than that of the seed ship, resembling a large, pitted meteorite.

Of the original seven people inside, only one is still alive, but he is in a coma and could die at any time.

The task that the celestial beings gave to Hydrogen Blessing was...

[Strive to prolong the life of this cyborg.]

[Searching for new building blocks of life to accommodate stardust particles.]

After the negotiations were completed.

The seed ship carried the dying Celestial through the space tunnel and back to the Martian base.

The arrival of this enormous gemstone has sparked much discussion among the residents of the Mars base.

Zhou Yi then told the former king the truth about joining the Fengxian War.

Because, from an official standpoint, this matter has made him a true partner of the enemy... infiltrating their ranks.

The old king remained silent for two minutes.

"We are really getting old... We don't even dare to think in that direction."

"Not at all. Without you developing Mars and laying the foundation here, I would never have gotten to where I am today. The predecessors paved the way so that the successors could drive the car," Zhou Yi said with a smile.

"I don't feel that what I did was meaningless, but I found that my ideas were too narrow and idealistic."

The old king lamented, "I thought that by leaving Earth and exploring other planets, I could avoid the blockade and pressure from the Celestials. I never imagined that war had already spread throughout the entire galaxy. There is nowhere to hide, nowhere to go."

“Currently, mining on Mars has initially solved the economic crisis. So, the next step is to delve deeper into the interior of this planet, where the salt contains a lot of information.”

It steered the conversation back on track: "How do you need me to cooperate with you?"

Zhou Yi thought for a moment: "Just keep everything as usual. As for the seriously injured Celestial Being next to the Seed Ship, just tell the people at the base the truth. After all, this matter probably can't be kept secret. One lie always requires more lies to cover it up, and the loopholes will only increase, which will affect our credibility and reputation."

"To put it simply, the space stations in the sky above Mars are celestial health resorts for the celestial beings. No need for further explanation... What do you think?"

"That's it."

The Old King agreed: "However, I have a question. How do the Celestials view us? I mean, all life on Earth?"

Zhou Yi said, "They've basically never mentioned it. In their eyes, there's a very clear division of civilizations into classes. String civilization and Time Elder are higher-level forms, Seeders are equals who can have dialogues with each other, and Earth life is a lower life form, just biological material."

The original words were as follows:

If you are interested in those lower life forms, please feel free to catch them, as long as you maintain a sustainable population. They once resisted, but have now been domesticated and are very docile, making them excellent biological material.

When faced with life on Earth, the Celestials are no different from the string civilizations they so deeply despise.

Only the strong despise and enslave the weak.

"As arrogant as ever."

The old king commented: "However, in terms of power, they do have the right to be arrogant. The gap between us and them is still too great."

Zhou Yi said softly, "It won't be like that for long."

"You have a new strategy?"

The old king was surprised.

"We'll have to try it to be sure."

Zhou Yi raised his head and looked at the silver, ring-shaped seeding ship high in the sky. It was conducting experiments on the unconscious Celestial Being's gem body beside it.

Hydrogenflow and HydrogenFu have already given feedback, saying that progress is going very smoothly.

The final result will be available soon.

(End of this chapter)