Zhou Yi was sizing up the Ring Solar Wall that lay before him.

It was difficult to measure its precise height.

The visible area was just the circle around which the red light was congregated. Some form of force obscured the regions farther away, making it hard for Zhou Yi to distinguish between the darkness itself and the black gemstones.

Here, the White Gemstones were the least common.

They floated and moved among the other gemstones, seemingly acting as lubricants to prevent excessively strong reactions between different gemstones.

Zhou Yi also noticed a transparent liquid flowing on this wall, which would sometimes evaporate into a gaseous state and sometimes solidify locally.

It was the body fluid that would be found inside a living Heavenly Person.

If the Ring Solar Wall was ultimately proven to be another form of Heavenly People, Zhou Yi would not be surprised.

Setting aside its non-spherical shape, its structure was consistent with the Heavenly People possessing life signs, featuring four-colored gemstones, transparent body fluid, and a vast size that could envelop cosmic space.

Thus, Zhou Yi was extremely cautious.

Confirming that it was impossible to cross what was ahead, he maintained a distance from the gemstone wall.

Continuing his observation, Zhou Yi noticed that the number of Rubies was still increasing.

Some Black Gemstones were gradually transforming into Rubies, seemingly capturing and storing enough Circular Flow information.

These newly formed Rubies would gather towards the center, possessing strong adhesive forces among them, eventually congregating at the source of light.

Xiao Fu also said, "Our guess was not wrong; this wall is used to further collect information from the Circular Flow."

"The interior of the energetically filled wall is the activity area for the living, while the energy-deprived exterior is for placing the dead."

Zhou Yi posed a long-standing query.

"In your view, did the Heavenly People outside the wall die of natural causes, or was it for some other reason?"

After contemplating, the Reverse Flow replied, "The larger and more intricate the system, the more prone it is to various issues. It's the same with life; common insects and simple life forms invisible to the naked eye can survive with just a minimal amount of resources. However, for entities the size and structure of Heavenly People, a lot more is needed."

"Besides energy, they also require a specific carrier. From the intelligence we've gathered so far, I suspect that Heavenly People cannot survive independently as individuals."

"Just as you read from the memories in the Ruby, the type of liquid system they need for living has already disappeared from the corpses."

"Furthermore, as the basic life unit of gemstones, you have already tried; they cannot produce themselves independently. They require external supply of these basic life carriers for replenishment."

"I understand... Heavenly People are actually a type of assembled life, or Assembly."

"Assembly?"

Zhou Yi listened, perplexed: "Are the Heavenly People assembled?"

"It could be said so."

Xiao Fu explained: "An Assembly is a composite life form constituted from two or more basic units."

"They are typically larger, possessing various abilities, but their biggest flaw is the inability to replicate themselves, meaning they lack the capability to continue and propagate. Besides, they require more external basic units to assist in maintaining their operation and even evolution."

Zhou Yi thought, "Isn't that true for most life forms? Humans are also composed of cells."

"That's not the case."

Xiao Fu emphasized, "The biggest characteristic of an Assembly's structure is that it is a deliberately planned transformation outcome, not a result of natural evolution."

"To take humans, for example, they adapt to the environment to better survive. But for an Assembly, a specific assembly direction is set first, and then evolution is propelled along this direction."

"It's the difference between being passive and active. The underlying logic and purposes are entirely different."

"I once accessed information about Assemblies. They require a large number of basic units to constantly replenish and exchange, thus maintaining necessary movement; otherwise, they will tend towards a standstill, which is akin to death. Assemblies cannot naturally arise; they require a secondary unit to start the assembly process."

Zhou Yi frowned, "Hold on. There's something I don't understand. If they are assembled beings, then who performs the assembly?"

"Secondary units."

Xiao Fu said, "That would be those glass men, who specifically assist in assembling the Heavenly People and are also part of the Heavenly People."

"So, I deduce that they are interested in Earth surrounded by Circular Flow, probably because they are attracted to the diverse species of this world. They want to find new secondary units from it, whether it's to replace or supplement the glass men, this can bring more activity and choices."

"Simply put, they need to find assemblers from the existing Wasteland World to perfect their bodies."

Zhou Yi suddenly understood.

That made many things clear.

Heavenly People always chose life forms with larger populations as projection bodies; it seems not only to project and observe the Wasteland World but also to test and experiment if such life forms are suitable as secondary units.

"But the civilization of the Heavenly People must also have their problems."

Xiao Fu continued, "Because under normal conditions, they would just select on a large scale. But they act independently, each projecting... I suspect there is some internal problem. Or perhaps they are like the Reverse Flow, each acting independently without interfering with each other."

"To clarify the reasons, further investigation is necessary. We shouldn't rush this."

Zhou Yi agreed.

Investigating Heavenly People must be approached gradually. If one gets too close to the Ring Solar Wall, it might expose oneself as a counterfeit Heavenly Person and lead to danger.

Anyway.

First, collect the corpses.

Gather more gemstones, better safe than sorry.

...

During the 11 days of travel, Zhou Yi spent most of his time, apart from resting, immersed in the Heavenly Person World, either collecting corpses or observing the red walls.

Although there was no significant progress, he did manage to collect 3 new Heavenly People corpses.

Regrettably, he still couldn't capture any new Rubies.

At the same time, Yalong Bay also bypassed various maritime dangers and arrived at East Pole Island.

The first impression this place left on Zhou Yi was desolation.

Everywhere there were deserts and stones, almost no vegetation, and very few local creatures. He only saw sand rats and some insects, hardly even birds.

Zhou Yi couldn't help but feel regretful.

Had he known, he would have brought Nemo along. Nemo is an expert on sand rats and could communicate with the local rat populations, possibly getting some clues from these indigenous inhabitants.

From the Red Kestrel's speaker came the voice from Kunming Station: "Mr. Zhou, I have set the satellite signal marker; the Olympic Sports Center is at the marked location."

So, Zhou Yi drove Jade City, walking slowly across unfamiliar lands following the satellite navigation.

Spring on East Pole Island still maintained a cold hue, with some bare inland trees and large patches of bare land, making it hard to imagine that 200,000 people had once settled here.

Kunming Station said, "According to what we know, this island itself is not suitable for cultivation, with severe desertification. Even under the rule of Dongji Duke, there was a need for large-scale importation of food, timber, replicas, and other essential materials from outside."

"The local industries mainly consist of two parts. One is the creation of Guangtai Port for collecting Light Soot Sand, and the other includes some underground rare metal mines that were once heavily mined."

"However, these were all covers for the training of Mutants."

While Zhou Yi discussed the situation of East Pole Island, he observed the local environment through Red Kestrel's high-altitude camera.

There is a river running east-west, and one can faintly make out signs of human-made modifications, presumably the waterworks project undertaken by Dongji Duke in the past, to facilitate local water access.

The ruins of four cities are all beside the river.

However, the cities now only have some remaining broken walls, no intact buildings in sight, mostly buried under sand and stones.

There are no traces of human life on the whole of East Pole Island.

The Olympic Sports Center is located on high ground away from the water source. Nearby, there are abandoned large mining areas, where one can faintly see damaged smelters, collapsed watchtowers, and some scattered stones and rusty iron around the mine entrances.

As they approached, Jade City seemed like a child in front of the Olympic Sports Center.

The sports stadium resembles a lotus flower, with steel coverings forming white petals that envelop the structure.

It has a diameter of over 300 meters and a height of about 60 meters, a very large volume, almost like an isolated small city. Although it has an open-air structure at the top, it is obscured by a layer of white mist, obscuring the view inside.

The Olympic Sports Center stands quietly on the land.

Zhou Yi stopped Jade City and walked towards this huge Building Life.

Kunming Station said, "Please rest assured, United City has already reached an agreement with the Olympic Sports Center. Mr. Zhou just needs to confirm with it, and it will leave this place with you, moving to United City."

Zhou Yi suddenly frowned.

At this moment, his life was declining.

-1

-1

...

The red numbers were particularly striking.

Currently, as the main body, he possessed 425 defense points.

Defense can offset radiation.

The powerful radiation encountered previously from Li Mo had proven this.

But this place was completely different.

It was like the damage to life was caused ignoring the defense.

Zhou Yi slowly retreated.

After retreating more than ten steps, the decay stopped.

He walked around a bit more to the left and right.

Finally, Zhou Yi confirmed that the source of the radiation was the Olympic Sports Center.

Approaching it brought about a forced decline in life.

Moving this building, it seems, was not going to be as easy as imagined.

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