On the way back, Zhou Yi requested to access the memory information of the Wuhu Elevated Bridge.

It had initially refused.

"What are you up to?"

"No way, absolutely no way, you can stop thinking about it. I won't give you the chance to learn from those bastards."

Zhou Yi told it, "If you're willing to work for our company handling intercity transport, I will restore you to your peak condition and will not limit your energy supply."

"But before that, I need to confirm that there's nothing wrong with your structure. For instance, whether the radiation from the Dead Light has caused any structural abnormalities, a tendency for self-destruction, or potential hidden explosion risks—things like that."

"I'm perfectly normal! I'm a normal elevated bridge, it's them that have problems!"

"..."

There was silence for a while.

"Fine, have a look then."

Then it laid all of itself out.

For the first time, Zhou Yi saw all the memory information of an architectural life form.

Through the perspective of the elevated bridge, the world was blurry, with only the immediate vicinity clear.

Later, when Zhou Yi asked those from Jade City about it, he found out that this was a common trait—all architectural life forms were basically highly nearsighted due to their extremely sealed bodies, which could only perceive themselves, Dead Light energy, and life forms that contacted them.

The bridge's memories were like an old silent movie.

Most of the time, it just stood still on the ground. Only through rainfall and changes in sunlight could you tell time was passing.

Zhou Yi sped up the footage.

This part accounted for nearly 95% of the memories.

Since it was on land, the energy it naturally accumulated from the Dead Light was insufficient, and the elevated bridge gradually became dilapidated and decayed.

The first to make contact with the elevated bridge was a human, with thick hair and wearing animal skins, looking like a wild man. In his hand was a torch, and it seemed like he had lost his way and stumbled here in the darkness.

The man initially acted somewhat scared and surprised, as if he couldn't comprehend how such a structure had appeared.

After ensuring there was no danger, the wild man first hid under the bridge. But seemingly feeling unsafe, he then climbed all the way up to the top of the elevated bridge, only calming down once he reached the deck.

Curling up under the wall-like railing, he rested for a while.

At this time, both ends of the elevated bridge had collapsed, making it look like a high platform. With the wild man lying on top, he resembled a bird resting on a tree.

Not long after, the wild man left.

But soon, he brought a considerable number of new humans dressed like him to this place. They lit bonfires around the elevated bridge, dug out holes in the ground, and lived using the dilapidated bridge as a shield.

After some time, a group of humans wearing leather armor appeared. They conquered the settled village.

Following that, a large flock of thorny birds and Red-eyed Vultures arrived.

Leading them was a golden owl with peculiar ear-like tufts on its head and piercing eyes.

The armored humans knelt before it non-stop.

Clearly, the owl was the leader of this group.

It released several Light Seeds which the bridge absorbed one after another. The once decaying and dilapidated bridge began to gradually repair its cracks, and the road surface became smooth again.

The owl grabbed a wild man and threw him onto the partially repaired bridge.

Suddenly, the wild man ran frantically on the deck. He kept running until he reached the broken edge of the bridge; his legs acted as if they had a mind of their own, carrying him forward with the momentum off the edge.

He fell from a great height to the ground and only after a while managed to struggle up, limping.

Zhou Yi asked, "Can your powers make objects on the bridge's surface speed up?"

"It's 'speed limit.'"

The elevated bridge said, "As long as there is sufficient energy to operate, I maintain the vehicles on the road deck within a safe traveling speed of 50-80 kilometers per hour."

"What if it's less than 50 kilometers per hour?"

"I will help it accelerate to this minimum speed."

Zhou Yi asked again for confirmation, "So as long as there are moving objects, you will help speed them up?"

It replied, "In the past, it always worked with vehicles. But some life forms are like vehicles, and some vehicles are like life forms; I can no longer tell the difference."

"So as long as moving objects are trying to get from one end of the bridge to the other, I will engage the speed limit on them."

"Later, I discovered that some life forms don't even understand what it means to get on the bridge. They are fragile, and my helping them to speed up would instead cause them to fall apart quickly…"

"So I also feel annoyed, not being able to discern what they come onto the bridge for. If they want to walk, why not walk faster, and if they want to stop, why get on the bridge at all."

Zhou Yi thought to himself.

There were too many such cases.

He could only say, "Actually, you just need to manage the vehicles with wheels."

"I spent a lot of time learning this point. It's very troublesome to filter the various life forms that come onto the bridge."

The Wuhu Bridge complained.

Zhou Yi continued to immerse himself in observing the memories.

The golden owl destroyed and severed the new mechanisms that the elevated bridge had grown. It ordered the humans to create specific circular track molds out of wood, securing them onto the bridge. Any part that did not grow in the designated direction was smashed by the owl.

This made the elevated bridge like a little tree bound by a tight hoop, eventually growing into the shape it wanted.

Zhou Yi couldn't help but ask, "You didn't resist even as your body was being destroyed like that?"

"Why resist?"

This time, it was the Wuhu Bridge that didn't understand, "My function is to improve transportation efficiency. Transforming into the corresponding shape according to actual needs is also very normal; my body is designed to do just that."

Zhou Yi was somewhat confused.

"Didn't you explode before? They attack and destroy you, and you just don't care?"

"Oh, that. I do not accept being transformed into something other than a transport function, so I will detonate myself. That way, they won't be able to use me."

The elevated bridge stated, "You will be the same, I won't compromise!"

"..."

Zhou Yi didn't know what to say.

Sure.

Fine then.

This one was a self-destructive resistor.

Zhou Yi thought carefully.

Architectural life itself is indeed quite simple; most are only concerned with their own function. Even military constructions like Yalong Bay don't possess the thought or subjective intention to harm external life.

He continued to immerse himself in the memories.

The owl had transformed the elevated bridge into a completely enclosed circular structure and then had people inject a black substance into the circular roadway.

This black substance began to spin and run rapidly inside.

Zhou Yi saw clearly, it was Light Soot Sand.

A large amount of Light Soot Sand began to connect as it spun at high speed, casting out various impurities and debris.

Due to continuous friction with the ground, parts of it started to heat up and smoke.

The Light Soot Sand inside turned into a crystal-clear black, shining like pearls.

The acceleration continued.

The shining Light Soot Sand began to stretch into strings, turning into strands of black fibers, intertwining and expanding fluffily.

This reminded Zhou Yi of a cotton candy machine.

Finally, the bridge's energy was depleted.

The owl had humans remove the Light Soot Cable in sections to sell to the trucks waiting outside.

Then it fed it Energy Packs and started the next round of spinning.

Zhou Yi then asked Red Kestrel,

"It's Light Soot Cable."

The drone replied, "This is a high-value refined product of Light Soot, worth much more than the raw Light Soot material, used in high-precision coatings, Light Imprint Structure connections, and surgical repairs. It is priced according to length and diameter, the finer, the more expensive."

"However, this process requires very high purity of Light Soot and must maintain a stable, long-term, uniform grinding to allow it to naturally draw into threads, eventually producing stable cable."

Zhou Yi fully understood now.

The golden owl had turned the elevated bridge into a refining device.

Not long after, the bridge exploded itself in rebellion against its modified role.

The bridge voiced from the side, "How about that? Scared now? If you're the same, I'll explode you too!"

"..."

Zhou Yi ignored it and continued to read on.

The owl didn't give up immediately; it repaired the bridge, but after several attempts at repairs, the bridge continued to self-destruct, making the owl realize that something might be wrong with this alien.

Finally, it chose to take people and leave.

Many seasons passed.

A human squad dug the bridge out from the sand.

The two leading humans were dressed in black uniforms resembling sportswear, unmistakably belonging to Duke Destructive's camp, much like Liu Zhaoshan's attire.

Then a Water Octopus with eight appendages arrived.

Under the Water Octopus's command, the bridge reemerged and was restored.

It extended the bridge straight ahead, lining the bottom and sides of the bridge with a thick layer of Light Soot, covered with white Light Spine and metal structures, and fitted with large cannon installations.

As they charged with light, these cannons fired one after another with astonishing power.

Zhou Yi asked, "Don't you have a speed limit? Surely the cannonball speeds aren't just that slow?"

"It was the last asshole."

The bridge said angrily, "It tampered with my body, extending the 'limit speed' onto those artificial bodies outside, breaking through the area I could control."

"As long as I'm in operation, it's a constant acceleration... It stole my power, twisted my function!"

No wonder they call it Sea Crossbow.

Zhou Yi also grew cautious in his heart.

Duke Destructive seemed to have made strides in the field of scientific research, actually cracking and applying a part of the bridge's capabilities.

Red Kestrel said, "Within Duke Destructive's camp, there is only one Water Octopus among the leader rank, named Lin Qin, and it's also one of the most important earth officials in the Shuanghe Region. "

Lin Qin.

Zhou Yi quietly remembered this name.

Although Lin Qin's modifications were effective, they still couldn't withstand the bridge's self-destructive resistance movement.

Eventually, the bridge sank into the Dead Sea after several self-destructions.

Zhou Yi said, "Don't worry, our company wouldn't do such things. Just focus on being a traffic connection."

"Remember your words," you said.

The other party warned.

"How big is your complete form?"

"I'm 1300 meters long, with a bridge width of 17.5 meters, and dual carriageways with four lanes in each direction, these are the basic data."

The bridge said, "But since you're not limiting energy supply, my true complete form is limitless."

"What does that mean?"

"It means, I can extend indefinitely!"

The bridge said proudly, "No matter how far the city is, as long as there is sufficient energy and basic materials, I can continuously extend the bridge body until it connects there!"

"It's just that those two guys in front were afraid of my size being too massive, never giving me enough energy."

Zhou Yi couldn't help but curse in astonishment.

Unlimited Bridge.

The owl and Lin Qin had completely misunderstood its direction.

The bridge alone could connect many towns, creating an entire transportation system for the Sand Port Region.

This was its true strategic value!

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