On the deck of the Sea God, Zhou Yi and the entire Scavenger Team sat.

After a four-hour journey under the sea, the submarine arrived at the street that Xie Xun had discovered.

One could vaguely see that only the rooftops of some shorter buildings were exposed, with many structures buried under dust and dirt.

Xie Xun pointed his claw at a semi-buried shop nearby and said, "Chairman, this is where we found the gold and silver."

Zhou Yi looked carefully to the left and right. Although the outside was piled with dust, the interior decorations were still familiar to him, with long glass showcases connected in sequence, and the words "China Gold" were still visible on the rear wall.

The various gold and silver items inside had been taken out, and the Scavenger Team had maintained the original condition of the interior as much as possible, causing no additional damage.

Zhou Yi found two mobile phones in the gold jewelry shop, both of which he fed to the fighting species.

There was also a business license hanging on the wall further inside.

The address was written on it.

[Chongqing City Hechuan District Jiaotong Street Darunfa First Floor]

Darunfa.

A department store!

Zhou Yi's spirits immediately rose.

There were many shops here, and perhaps he could find the Rolex that Wu Yi needed.

Zhou Yi led the Scavenger Team in a careful search and indeed found an entrance to a large building nearby.

Many areas within Darunfa were blocked by sand and dust, making it very difficult to move in and out, but fortunately, the Scavenger Team was experienced, adept in both simple cleaning and digging.

Zhou Yi felt a strange sensation in his heart.

Based on his experience, buildings at the bottom of the Dead Sea would typically be covered by the Death Light with a protective film, keeping external dust from entering and at most, accumulating on the surface.

But this Darunfa was not like that.

The only possibility was that someone had been here before, damaged the light film, and must have frequently moved in and out, otherwise, the dust accumulation could not have been so extensive.

Red Kestrel also agreed with his viewpoint, "There are multiple traces of violent damage here, including the main doors, windows, and ventilation ducts. The friction marks are very clear, and the dust entered through these passages."

Zhou Yi went further inside and found the first and second floors of the mall a complete mess.

The computer store inside was in disarray with parts scattered all over the floor, over half of the appliances in the home appliance area had vanished, and the clothing store, maternity store, and food court had been looted clean, with clear dragging marks and many broken pieces left on the ground.

He went down to the basement level.

This spot was usually the busiest in the past, but now the food area's vegetables and meats had long been eradicated by the Death Light, leaving only some well-packaged ready-to-eat foods.

Many items had disappeared from the shelves.

Zhou Yi figured out from the remaining stickers that these items included hammers, scissors, knives, screwdrivers, wire cutters, wrenches, and tool sets, most of which were tools.

Although he hadn't found the Rolex, there were boxes of various drinks, including beer, which the Scavenger Team was particularly fond of. They moved them with extra effort, visibly excited one by one.

Additionally, there was a large quantity of instant noodles and rice, biscuits, candied fruits, cereals, and other easy-to-store and consume foods, and in a pharmacy, they also acquired a number of common medicines.

For Zhou Yi personally, the biggest find was still the mobile phones.

In Darunfa's digital store, he found many unopened mobile phones, which he fed one by one to the fighting species.

He fed a total of 256 phones.

[Radio]The number after changed to (4/4).

Zhou Yi took out the Stress Source he carried with him and used the radio to collect from it.

A voice appeared in his mind.

"17, 16…"

It was that crisp voice again.

"Return initiated."

Channel 4 seemed no different, just with slightly better sound quality.

"1."

The countdown ended.

Zhou Yi suddenly felt dazed.

When his senses returned, he found himself in a strange scene he had never seen before.

Countless uniquely shaped shimmering gemstones undulated slowly on the ground like flowing waterwaves. They were square, triangular, round, spiral, conical, gourd-shaped, bug-shaped... glinting with blue and white radial brilliance.

The entire world was a palish cold hue, void of anything else, with only the ocean of gemstones moving.

Zhou Yi found he could turn his point of view.

Looking down, he too was made up of gemstones, turned into a pillar of gemstones.

Zhou Yi tried to form a hand out of the gemstone composite, which could also spread its fingers, clench into a fist, and deftly move each finger.

The Sea of Gems was intimately connected to him.

It was a part of his own body.

Zhou Yi struggled to elevate himself, lifting his perspective even higher. He saw that he was standing on a giant sphere composed of numerous gems, with countless stones flowing ceaselessly like an ocean, glittering and sparkling.

The outside world was shrouded in darkness.

Besides himself, there were other gem spheres, but they varied in individual luster and size. The Gemstone World that Zhou Yi found himself in was relatively small on the inside.

Just as he was about to make further attempts, a sudden sharp pain struck his head.

It was like eating too much ice cream in one go; the stabbing pain in his temple made it utterly impossible to think.

He could only grit his teeth and endure.

After a good while, the numbing pain gradually faded.

Zhou Yi found himself back in the Da Run Fa supermarket.

Xie Xun and the other Scavenger Team members were looking at him with great tension.

He waved his hand, his voice somewhat dry, "I'm fine, continue with your work."

The Weapon Masters then resumed their tasks.

Zhou Yi looked at the Stress Source fixed in gel in his hand. Upon closer examination, it appeared to be a fragment peeled off from a gem.

He thought to himself.

Channel 4 could not only collect signals but also directly connect with the Heavenly People's signal, which is why he was synchronized with the countdown to return, entering the space where the Heavenly People resided.

Therefore.

The bizarre spherical world made up of gems could very likely be the true form of the Heavenly People.

The Stress Source was part of the Heavenly People's gemstone mechanism, implanted into an external body in the Wasteland, thus resulting in a frequency match of consciousness.

Things were getting clearer.

Zhou Yi activated [Radio] once again, prepared to test his hypothesis.

But he found he couldn't deploy his ability.

His [Radio] was temporarily unusable, and the physiological exhaustion brought on by the combat species transmitted to Zhou Yi, making him feel as though he had been through a significant battle, with massive energy depletion.

This was when Zhou Yi calmed down.

If he had just temporarily entered the body of the Heavenly People, that is, the body of Li Mo's former leader "Cup," the other party for some reason did not use the body, and he might not be so lucky next time.

Channel 4 needed to be used with caution.

Perhaps the Reverse Flow knew something.

To articulate accurately, Zhou Yi shared this segment of information directly with Xiao Fu.

"After reading it, the Reverse Flow said, "This situation is because you formed a synchronization of consciousness information through your [Radio], so you were returned to the other end of the sync."

"It seems that 'Heavenly People' is just their disguise to avoid being discovered in their true form. Strange gem structures... I don't know what they originate from either."

"However, this channel can continue to be used."

Xiao Fu explained, "Da Zhou, that kind of body is not a house; as long as the owner is absent, others can sneak in. Any involuntary change to the mechanism will be immediately noticed by the consciousness."

"You weren't rejected; there can only be one reason. The original owner's consciousness has perished, leaving behind a masterless mechanism without conscious control. Just like the previous Sea God."

"So don't worry, use it boldly."

Only then did Zhou Yi confirm that the countdown corresponded to a call for the Stress Source's affiliated Heavenly People.

Li Mo's predecessor had died for some reason.

This reassured Zhou Yi.

He could now glimpse the collective Heavenly People through this method.

Then, Zhou Yi revisited the increasing resource requirements for the [Radio] ability for mobile phones.

Channel 1 was the simplest, needing just one mobile phone as an element to activate.

Channel 2 required four mobile phones to open.

Channel 3 consumed a total of sixteen mobile phones.

The recently activated Channel 4 had a total of two hundred fifty-six mobile phones fed into it.

That is to say, the next channel's requirements were the squared number of the previous channel's consumption.

Channel 5 would need sixty-five thousand five hundred thirty-six mobile phones to activate, which was feasible with some effort; but Channel 6 would need 4.3 billion mobile phones... already an impossible task.

Red Kestrel suddenly issued an alarm.

"More than ten Guangna Species are rapidly approaching from underground!"

Zhou Yi immediately ordered, "Everyone, take cover on the spot, prepare for battle."

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