On the return voyage, Zhou Yi was bombarded with a barrage of messages.

The controller screen kept popping up with new prompts.

[Recursive City: Hearty congratulations to your company on the tremendous technological breakthrough.]

[Coral Port: Congratulations on the perfect success of your company's long-distance flight test.]

[Chuneng City: Congratulations...]

Zhou Yi opened the Recursive City page to take a look.

Well done.

At the very top of the page was a huge headline: "Breaking News! Jade City Completes First Flight of Building Life!"

There were not only photos but also a 15-second video.

The video indistinctly showed the Jade Twin Cities flying in the night sky, with many brightly lit windows easily identifiable, seemingly shot from a distant airplane.

Several Mechanical Cities have released similar headlines, reporting the flight of Jade City to the Shuanghe Region.

Among them, United City had been repeatedly requesting a dialogue.

Zhou Yi clicked to connect and immediately heard the voice of Kunming Station.

"Mr. Zhou, your company has shattered the conventional impression of building life; a flying building life is a historic moment!"

"I would like to inquire about this with your company."

Zhou Yi said: "No problem."

Kunming Station immediately asked: "Is this flying ability a one-time thing or is it sustainable?"

"Sustainable."

"Is it only Jade City that can use it, or..."

"This is a universally applicable technological transformation."

The other side then sped up their speech: "In other words, as long as they are equipped with this flying capability, theoretically, any building life can fly, crossing the Dead Sea—is that what you mean?"

"Yes."

"What about the influence of day and night then? I mean, during the day the concentration of Death Light is higher, while at night it is very low. Considering that Jade City chose to fly at night, is there a certain relationship with such environmental conditions?"

Zhou Yi informed them: "It doesn't matter. Day flights would be more effortless because the concentration of Death Light is higher; we can opt for gliding mode. At night, we need to consume our own energy, which is a tad more energy-intensive. The night journey was meant to be more covert, but we ended up being watched by everyone anyway..."

A synthesized laugh came from the other side.

"It's only natural; there has never been a flying alien in history. As the two Jade Cities took to the sky, I watched the entire course via satellite; the ascent and stratospheric flight were both very stable."

Kunming Station said: "Your company's development and cultivation of building life showed astonishing results. In the field of enhancing body faculties, United City has been far outpaced by your company."

Zhou Yi modestly replied: "It's mostly luck."

The other side continued: "We hope to exchange our consciousness projection technology in building life for your alien flight technology."

"At the moment, the core technology for building life is only mastered by our two entities. We believe if we could further collaborate, we will hold an even greater future advantage. May I know what Mr. Zhou thinks?"

The main course has arrived.

Zhou Yi first sought the opinions of Red Kestrel and Shi Gandang.

Red Kestrel said: "I think it's worth considering."

"The core of the flight technology, based on your unique capabilities, naturally creates a technological barrier for our side."

"Exchanging it for a special technology that the company lacks is a favorable choice."

Shi Gandang was also very interested.

"The consciousness field is a forbidden area for Mechanical life. Modifications and experiments on our core programming go against principles of order, so explorations at the level of consciousness have remained in theoretical deduction and hypothetical experimentation."

"If we can gain successful experience in this aspect, I believe it would be of great significance."

"Alien Light Imprint Transformation Technology essentially needs a Light Seal Expert like me and requires connection through an Energy State. This in itself has a very high technological threshold, and I think it's feasible."

They all expressed agreement.

So Zhou Yi also agreed to the exchange.

Kunming Station immediately said: "Our technology is based on my satellite ground station body. Through the public zone, part of the consciousness of the Water Factory Dormitory is uploaded to the satellite. Then the consciousness reaches the target building life location via satellite for unidirectional consciousness projection."

"The core of this technical mechanism requires, first, a satellite, and second, building life like the Water Factory Dormitory—capable of constantly dividing and segmenting its individual consciousnesses. The cost is that its consciousness becomes very unstable."

So that was it.

No wonder United City valued satellites so highly.

The self-consciousness division of the Water Factory Dormitory is a type of self-destructive splitting.

Zhou Yi heard from the Big Buddha about this.

The building life contains a multitude of consciousness bodies, which together form a single consciousness entity, but each with its own behavior and thoughts.

With the assistance of the Condenser 'Zhi', Big Buddha was gradually restraining and gathering them to form a complete and orderly unity.

From this perspective, Leshan Buddha and Water Factory Dormitory have followed two divergent paths.

Zhou Yi also disclosed the flight mechanism to the other party, but he described Shi Gandang as an Energy State Life that understands Light Imprint Technology, the result of his own projection connection.

"What a pity."

Kunming Station immediately understood everything: "Although it's a replicable internal Light Imprint transformation of the body, the structural differences in different building life are clear, presenting numerous challenges to finding such a connection threshold... Looks like only your company can utilize this."

Zhou Yi's side also couldn't replicate the self-destructive practice of the Water Factory Dormitory.

There was no matching satellite or satellite station available.

The company and United City take different directions in the development of architectural lifeforms, both with high entry barriers.

Each has their own unique expertise.

"Once again, heartfelt congratulations and best wishes to you. See you next spring!"

"Thank you, and best of luck to you too."

...

When Zhou Yi returned to the coast on the Jade City, it was just getting light, and the seal-like Lord Sand Sea had been waiting there early.

He took the elevator all the way up, rushed to the door, and couldn't hide his excitement: "Mr. Zhou, it's incredible! Mechanical City's front page is all about you and Jade City!"

"Technology that changes the era and the world, the flying Alien!"

"That... Can all Jade Cities fly?"

Zhou Yi covered his mouth with his hand and yawned: "All of them, just need some practice after assembly. But still, it requires frequent flights to be proficient."

Lord Sand Sea listened with shining eyes, beaming with joy: "That's wonderful! Really great!"

"But you went to Shuanghe Region all by yourself without a word. The pressure there must be enormous. With this altitude and speed, we have completely dominated! Thunder Beast is no match in front of a flying Alien!"

"Do we need to take the chance to counterattack now?"

"No need."

Zhou Yi waved his hand: "It's just a visit, don't overthink it."

"Yes, yes."

Lord Sand Sea calmed down a bit: "There's been another strange thing lately. It's very odd at Big Buddha. Big Buddha has moved from its original place and seated itself further away from Sand Port City, closer to the coast. I don't know what's going on."

Zhou Yi immediately synchronized consciousness with Jade City.

It responded, "I haven't heard anything about it from Big Buddha."

Nowadays, the building lifeforms meet every so often to communicate through shared public spaces and keep in constant contact.

If there is an issue, Big Buddha would speak up.

It's peculiar in ability but not at all stupid.

So Zhou Yi reassured Lord Sand Sea: "Don't worry, it's fine."

"That's good to hear."

The sea lord took his leave.

...

The impact of the Alien's launch into the sky continued to spread and ferment.

Recursive City, a relatively flexible small city, had the fastest approval process and soon reached out through Red Krestel.

"Mr. Zhou, since the Alien can fly, I wonder if you're interested in having your Alien employees transport some heavy cargo? Bulk goods are heavy, but the transportation cost is also high. Starting from 100 Light Seeds based on weight, there's no cap."

"With your high-speed flight technology, the speed and efficiency far exceed land and sea. Recursive City hopes that your company can undertake the air shipping of some of our bulk goods and also transport some high-end important products."

This reminded Zhou Yi.

Indeed.

He was thinking about how to leverage the advantage after the Aliens took off.

Delivery is an existing business track for the company.

Wasteland Express has already been established, with Bone Fish deliverymen handling small packages in the sea, and now building lifeforms could take on large cargo transportation by air. The profit for this trip alone starts at 100 Light Seeds, which is considerable.

Zhou Yi first asked for Jade City's opinion.

It said, "Commissioner, building 7 can be responsible for air transport. It enjoys flying and is well-suited for this job. It can also travel to increase its experience, satisfying its desire for exploration."

Zhou Yi thought that made sense.

There was just one problem. Building lifeforms can currently only communicate through internal public spaces or synchronize their consciousness for communication, while other staff can't interact with them.

However, Zhou Yi quickly thought of a corresponding solution.

During the initial phase of air transportation, first, have the goods sent back to the company, then confirm and fly towards the destination. This would also allow for recharging at Yalong Bay.

Once the fixed route is familiar, markers could guide back and forth between destinations.

Then, equip building 7 with some staff for mobile offices.

In this way, not only would it avoid leaving the buildings unoccupied, but it would also allow the employees to collaborate with building 7.

He brought Qian Su and Xie Xun together for a discussion.

The Express Center dispatched three veteran employees, with Wei taking charge of the team.

The Scavenger Team sent Xie Tu and A Jin as partners.

These two departments moved into building 7 for joint office operations.

Zhou Yi also took a hands-on approach, teaching them how to handle shipments—the experience from his past part-time job at Cainiao Station now came in handy.

Currently, flights run to four locations: Recursive City, Coral Port, Chuneng City, and Mass Production City.

Air flight encounters few obstacles, and with the strong bodies of building lifeforms, the round trip is fast; the most time-consuming part is the loading and unloading process.

In just four days, building 7 managed to deliver an entire month's backlog of bulk goods from Recursive City to the buyers, earning the company 2500 Light Seeds, with daily profits exceeding 600 Light Seeds.

While the air express was in full swing, a special guest arrived outside Jade City.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Zhou. I am Duke Destructive. Thank you for the warm invitation. I'm now taking the liberty of visiting."

In front of the Red Kestrel camera, the doll-like youth bowed politely, taking off his hat.

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