Zhou Yi was immersed in the shared memory of the cleaning robot.

Standing on the prairie was a white windmill with a conical black top, featuring windows that made it resemble a Dutch windmill.

Shi Gandang was accompanied by two other electromechanical lives.

One was a white drone floating in the air, fully enclosed in a protective shield.

The other was a large signal vehicle, equipped with a pot-lid-style radar and signal antenna.

All three electromechanical lives were observing the windmill.

Zhou Yi saw that the surface of the windmill was fixed with many white Light Spines, marked with various symbols and numbers, resembling strange veins protruding from the body.

The windmill moved in a peculiar way, extending and constructing two stone tracks in front of it, then sliding itself forward.

This somewhat sluggish movement reminded Zhou Yi of an elderly person using a wheelchair.

"It's carrying too much load."

Shi Gandang said, "The load has overloaded with more than 32 Light Imprints. After all, it is only a small type B architectural life; the previous 16 were more suitable for it."

"If the high-intensity experiments continue, it will break down. If it causes irreversible damage to the cognitive domain, it would be too dangerous for it."

It proposed, "We need to remove the excess Light Imprints and revert to the previous version!"

The white drone said, "It can handle it. Don't underestimate architectural lives, they are among the oldest life forms in this world. I think we can further increase the number of imprints, up to 64 to see."

"What is your basis!?"

Shi Gandang was angry.

"The basis is that it has not yet lost control due to a threat to its survival."

"If it exceeds its limits, although architectural lives cannot communicate with the outside world, they express themselves through actions and become abnormal, heading towards the Dead Sea. If that's the case, there's no need to worry, as this island testing ground is surrounded by the Dead Sea on all sides."

With that said by the drone, Zhou Yi then noticed that the hillside they were on was adjacent to the foggy Dead Sea.

"We can continue with the addition."

The signal vehicle also expressed its opinion: "Look, the Experimental Angel is rotating the windmill at a constant speed."

"This has always been its way of expressing stability, although we can't interpret the specific expressions represented by the frequency changes. But it is still operating stably."

"Its basic condition is good; it can continue."

Shi Gandang fell silent.

In the distance, some small four-wheeled vehicles appeared, each carrying square metal boxes, with orange-yellow articulated metal arms mounted on top.

These metal boxes quickly set up, adhered to the surface of the windmill, and then the metal arms began to work.

After determining the position, they first polished the wall and degreased it, then ejected a finished Light Soot coating from the lower box, aligning it on the surface of the building.

Next, they filled Light Amber into the fixed tracks, the mechanical arms heated it up, and finally, they sealed it with a gel to complete the Light Spine.

Six robotic arms worked in coordination, in an orderly manner.

However, these were just the working divisions at the front, the real operation was conducted by the three Light Seal Experts behind.

From Zhou Yi's point of view, Shi Gandang simultaneously operated two mechanical arms.

One arm installed new Light Imprints, while the other conducted secondary inspections and interconnected with other Light Imprints.

After the installation was completed, the windmill became even more agile.

It slid back and forth on the island along the tracks, and the rotation frequency of the windmill noticeably increased, giving it a very light appearance.

Soon it began to rise up, transforming the stone tracks into legs that consumed more energy and offered greater freedom, initiating an upright walking mode.

The windmill even attempted to free its legs from the ground and began jumping, each leap only rising about two to three meters high, but the impact upon landing caused strong vibrations.

It bounced and ran around the island, causing the windmill to buzz loudly.

"Not good! The overload is causing it to behave abnormally."

Shi Gandang was the first to react, "We have to remove the excess Light Imprints!"

"No, its behavior is erratic, the working machines can't get close."

The drone said, "This has never happened before, its behavioral program is beyond our calculations. We need to ensure our safety first and let it naturally deplete its energy."

The signal vehicle agreed, "Evacuate for safety first."

As a result, the three Light Seal Experts took cover in an underground shelter and requested backup.

Suddenly, the shelter began to shake violently, the ceiling shedding large amounts of dust and debris, enough to disrupt and disable the internal lighting.

In the darkness, the underground shelter slowly returned to calm.

The cleaning robot, with its lights on, made its way out, only to find the outside enveloped in fog.

The drone hovered above it, "I'll share my vision; you wait here, and I'll go up for a closer observation."

It gained altitude.

In front of Zhou Yi was now the drone's camera view.

The entire island was shrouded in a slowly shifting layer of thick fog.

The drone maneuvered through, circled around, then said, "Something isn't right. My electronic eye should be able to penetrate the fog zone of the Dead Sea, but I can't see far here. I need to go down for a closer look."

Suddenly, the camera view started spinning wildly, then went completely dark.

The drone lost contact.

The view returned to the cleaning robot's own vision.

The signal vehicle said, "We can't reach it, and the emergency signal can't be transmitted either. This island has been enveloped by a special shielding force, probably related to the recent explosion."

"We currently should not act rashly."

Shi Gandang, however, saw through the vast fog a silhouette of a windmill.

It became exceptionally gigantic, towering into the clouds, appearing in shades between gray and black, with swirling clouds all around.

Shi Gandang exclaimed in surprise, "What is this?"

"Signal cannot be identified."

The signal car said, "It's not safe inside the shelter anymore, we can only wait for assistance from Heavenly Kingdom."

But the reinforcements were nowhere to be seen.

The fog-shaped windmill was slowly changing form, it turned into a massive human figure.

The Fog Giant bent down, gazing at the signal car and the cleaning robot, its face a revolving windmill, looking quite bizarre.

Shi Gandang felt no fear, only confusion and perplexity.

"Has the Experimental Angel transformed into this shape?"

"It appears so."

The signal car deduced, "My signal test shows that the previous explosion was of magnitude A, which could only be caused by the self-explosion of the Experimental Angel's body."

"I can't find anything similar in the local database, unable to connect to the machine stack."

The cleaning robot said, "It's still changing."

The Fog Giant overhead turned into a wrapped-style drone, but because of its immense size, it appeared as if a battleship was floating at a low altitude.

Just like the previously missing drone.

However, suddenly, the dense fog soared into the air.

Through the viewpoint of the cleaning robot, Zhou Yi saw massive amounts of fog twirling upwards in the sky, condensing into a huge and loose Cloud Mountain.

Like a giant jellyfish, Cloud Mountain dragged a long tail upward into higher skies, quickly vanishing without a trace, hidden in the mist.

"Signal restored, machine stack reconnected."

"Database matching found."

"Atmospheric creature… it is an atmospheric creature…"

The radar on top of the signal car rotated at a steady pace, "Atmospheric creatures are powerful beings active in Outer Sea, how could it appear in Inner Sea... No, no... the Experimental Angel has transformed into an atmospheric creature."

"The next stage of architectural life is, amazingly, an atmospheric creature."

"Are they still only in their juvenile stage? This… is truly astonishing."

While the signal car was performing data matching, the cleaning robot rushed to the explosion site.

At the center of the explosion was a large crater filled with numerous rocks and twisted rebar, as well as fragments of Light Soot and Light Amber that had been burned by high temperatures.

Smoke was still rising from the crater.

The cleaning robot found its fallen drone companion there.

However, no matter how it and the signal car tried to rescue it, the drone showed no response.

"Its consciousness has completely vanished, the program itself is intact, but the data has been entirely wiped clean... it must have been devoured by the atmospheric creature. Atmospheric creatures are predators that feed on the consciousness of various life forms."

The cleaning robot puzzled, "Why didn't it eat us?"

"To eat or not to eat is significant for us, but for atmospheric creatures, it is but a trifle. It probably found that we are not higher-level life forms worth its interest," so deduced the signal car.

After the atmospheric creature departed, the rescue from Heavenly Kingdom arrived belatedly.

In fact, they had detected the anomaly early on but had no means to deal with the atmospheric creature, coming here would have only led to their deaths, so they could only wait at the periphery.

This accidental overloading explosion had all related information completely sealed.

Shi Gandang and the signal car were required to sign a permanent confidentiality agreement, not to disclose any related information to anyone not authorized by Black Emperor.

Subsequently, Shi Gandang participated in three more experiments.

Unlike this accidental occurrence, the other three times involved deliberately detonating architectural lives using experience, similarly resulting in the birth of atmospheric creatures.

...

Shi Gandang said, "Later, Heavenly Kingdom conducted numerous experiments, resulting in over 60 architectural lives perishing, ultimately confirming that the bodies of architectural lives limited their further growth."

"By detonating them through specific methods, they transformed into atmospheric creatures, gaining vastly superior conscious coverage and mobility, capable of absorbing massive amounts of energy and directly entering Outer Sea."

"In other words, the architectural bodies are more like a restraint and shell for this life form. They struggle to break free using their own abilities, while we possess the core technology to help them metamorphose."

Zhou Yi shuddered internally, "Heavenly Kingdom wants to incubate and control atmospheric creatures?"

"Yes, if they could control atmospheric creatures, they would be able to rule Outer Sea."

Shi Gandang added, "Unfortunately, atmospheric creatures cannot be bound or commanded... the experiment resulted in an influx and surge in the number of atmospheric creatures."

"The atmospheric creatures that transformed from architectural lives grow exceptionally fast, it's heard that they even disguise themselves as Fog Mountains or Energy Bodies to lure Skywalkers close for hunting, their intelligence far surpasses their peers."

Zhou Yi remembered, a Condenser once was devoured by an atmospheric creature in the form of Fog Mountain.

"What does the Light Burst Angel have to do with this?"

"Because architectural lives are too strong, the incubated atmospheric creatures are difficult to control, turning into stronger disasters, making the situation in Outer Sea even more dangerous. Thus, Heavenly Kingdom changed their strategy, seeking alternatives… and then we were forcibly transformed into the first batch of Light Burst Angels."

The cleaning robot said, "The purpose of doing this is twofold: one is to completely seal the secret, and two, our bodies are indeed stable and of theoretically high-quality replacement."

Ironically.

It was the electromechanical experts who proposed finding replacements, and they themselves also became the new experimental subjects.

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