Maria Hospital, third floor, special care ward.

Two satellites were still placed on their respective metal stands.

Zhou Yi approached Eastern Red 1, which looked like a large light bulb.

"Hello, Mr. Zhou."

The old satellite had now been equipped with a speaker and was finally able to speak directly.

Zhou Yi also smiled and said, "Hello, Eastern Red 1, how are you feeling now?"

"Feeling good. Previously, many of my data could not be read because of hardware damage and outdated software, causing many data errors and making them unusable."

It was quite talkative: "After the help and repair from unit 703, hey, everything has improved!"

"Now there are two things I remember, I must tell you."

Zhou Yi sat on a nearby chair: "Please go ahead."

"According to existing records, I was launched into orbit on April 24, 1970, during the era of the Old Humans, and ceased signal transmission on May 14. In the era of gods, my lifespan was only 20 days, a very very outdated model. It was only after the Dead Sea covered the world with a solar shock that I entered a new phase of life."

Its voice was clear and bright: "Due to my excessively outdated structure, I have limited storage capacity, only able to store up to 20 days of basic data. That means, my memory lasts only 20 days."

"It is this forgetful trait that made me interact a lot with other life forms. Because after 20 days, aside from the retained basic data, my memory would be erased and overwritten."

"As time passed, the memory storage space kept decreasing, eventually reaching just a one-day capacity, often causing me to be unable to read or write, and frequently falling into hibernation and crashes."

"With only that little memory space, I allocated it to the most crucial data, eliminated detailed numbers, and switched to highly summarized descriptions. The outside world could only see a bunch of redundancy, but these were very important memories for me. Now, some useful parts have been extracted from these data."

"I once knew the Old King when my memory could only last for one day; it found me."

Eastern Red 1 continued: "At that time, it wasn't called the Old King yet; its real name was 'Tiangong Space Station.'"

Zhou Yi thought to himself, so it really was a space station.

"But it was more than just a space station because inside there were three Old Humans who turned into Bone Men due to the solar shock."

Zhou Yi immediately realized.

Right.

There were supposed to be astronauts in the space station.

"Do you understand? The Old King is actually a combination of these three Bone Men and Tiangong."

Eastern Red 1 said, "Tiangong Space Station consists of several parts, mainly including Tianhe Core Module, Wentian Experiment Module, Dream Sky Experiment Module, Sky Patrol Telescope, Shenzhou Manned Spaceship, Tianzhou Cargo Spaceship, etc."

"One of them, the Sky Patrol Telescope, is a very powerful device, capable of wide-area sky surveys, covering all satellites. It mainly observes the evolution and changes of the universe and also captures and tests cosmic energy."

"The first time Tiangong found me, it hoped I could join them, at that time the Star Axis did not even exist. I refused."

"I don't know how much time passed, but it found me again, hoping I would try its newly developed technology, which is the 'Star Core Matrix.'"

Zhou Yi listened attentively.

The old satellite explained: "A matrix is a collection of complex or real numbers arranged in a rectangular array, a mathematical concept from the era of gods."

"The Star Core Matrix arranges all satellites into a solid entity collection. They connect to each other, and no matter what problem they face, they can unfold in specific ways for convenient computation."

"However, this is just the simplest use, its greatest function is to analyze deeper dimensions."

"You should know that today Earth has two dimensions. The first dimension is the material side, which is the material environment we are in."

"The second dimension is the consciousness side, where there are normally two ways to enter: either become a pure Consciousness, like the Concept Life; or become a higher dual-dimensional life, thus having the ability to observe and directly touch the consciousness side, like the Light Core Body."

"Tiangong took a third path."

"It used the Star Core Matrix to calculate the mapping relationship between the material side and the consciousness side. Through corresponding calculations, indirect observations were made with the Sky Patrol Telescope, thus restoring the entire scene of the consciousness side... like using firelight to illuminate a dark cave."

"Material and consciousness are interconnected, consciousness transforms material, but changing material can also drive consciousness. Therefore, under the Sky Patrol Telescope, as long as there are enough observations, it's possible to find material variables that can drive changes, even to transform the world of the consciousness side."

"Tiangong showed me an experiment."

Eastern Red 1 said, "After precise calculations, it propelled a cosmic dust particle that hit a floating metal sheet in space."

"Material drove consciousness, causing a butterfly effect. In the consciousness side, it wrote 'Hello, world' in Chinese, greatly shocking the Concept Life there, all displayed through the imaging by the Sky Patrol Telescope."

Zhou Yi was astounded.

The technology level of the Star Axis is incredible!

The function of the Star Core Matrix, it turns out, is to observe and transform the consciousness side.

After calming himself down, he asked, "Why go to such lengths to observe and change the consciousness side?"

"Because the material side has been locked down."

Eastern Red 1 let out a sigh, "Heavenly People have locked down the material side of this world, through Mechanical City, monitoring the flow of the world's energy. If there are any extremely powerful Energy Bodies, they would be discovered by the Heavenly People and then eliminated and extruded."

"Simply put, it's difficult for new Light Core Bodies to take shape. At birth, they might be targeted and subjected to expulsion or isolation by the Heavenly People."

"Earth's energy—or the energy of the Solar System—is the private property of the Heavenly People. Light Core Bodies absorb a massive amount of energy, causing financial losses to them, hence they are expelled."

Zhou Yi frowned.

No wonder previously when listening with a [radio], there was a report from a Heavenly Person in the Outer Sea mentioning the detection of an unidentified Light Core Body, and speaking of a failed capture.

It seems that the Forbidden Continent is a haven for Light Core Bodies; the Warlord is also there.

But.

Night God seems to be unaffected.

Concept Life also includes the existence of Light Core Bodies.

Zhou Yi suddenly realized, "Heavenly People... can't block and control the consciousness side? They can't lock down Consciousness directly, so the old king wants to invade the consciousness side, using it to break through the material blockade?"

"You really get it with just a listen!"

The old satellite said happily, "That's exactly the approach. Concept Life is unrestricted, and powerful Consciousness are not constrained because of the presence of the Great Holy Spirit, a special natural phenomenon that the Heavenly People can't change."

"The function of the Star Core Matrix is to compute the consciousness side, by constructing a specific channel and conversion method, allowing material life to be fully transformed into Consciousness and stably maintained within the satellite."

"The three Bone Men in Tiangong are the earliest successful examples. They transformed themselves via the Star Core Matrix, shedding their original skeletal bodies and becoming data entities, using Tiangong as the carrier, successfully and wholly transforming into Consciousness life. Although there's still a distance to Concept Life, it was highly successful."

"The combination of Tiangong and the three Bone Men forms the old king."

It added, "The Star Core Matrix needs more basic units to expand the computational power and accuracy of the matrix. Thus, the old king soon assimilated nearly all the satellites and further screened and searched for life on the ground."

Zhou Yi listened with a brow unfurled, "No wonder Star Axis later promoted the conversion of Data Voters, selecting Star Core Electors to be transformed into Consciousness... was it after the Heavenly People took over?"

"No. As the Heavenly People's blockade covered the material side, Tiangong knew there was no chance of winning and initiated the transformation before the ceasefire."

Eastern Red 1 let out a chuckle, "That's all I know. To save storage capacity, those data weren't recorded, only a summary marker was made. If I had external storage like now back then, perhaps I would've been more aware."

Zhou Yi sincerely said, "Thank you very much, the information you provided is extremely valuable."

"Of course, you saved me. Without the detailed care from 703, these data couldn't be restored, I originally wanted it to be cleared directly, but it insisted more than I did, believing it could be salvaged."

"It took several months, truly not easy, 703 is a very responsible and hardworking programmer!"

The old satellite said, "Moreover, you equipped me with a Floating Heart. This device is really handy, I like it. Now I can use a hybrid mode, both Energy Packs and oil can supply me, making the future much more convenient."

Zhou Yi looked at the robotic dog beside him and praised, "Good job."

703 said, "Mr. Chairman, data is vitally important to Mechanical Life, it's the proof of Mechanical Life's existence, saving even a bit is worthwhile."

That it is.

"There's a second matter."

Eastern Red 1 spoke again, "Actually, even earlier, the Heavenly People had found me."

Zhou Yi instantly became alert.

"But, the Heavenly People who found me were strange."

"They captured me and transferred me to a place very close to the Sun."

The satellite recalled, "There, there was a small asteroid made up of various gemstones, on which there sat a humanoid growing inside a transparent crystal."

"She looked similar to a human female, but different, her whole body highly fibrous in glass, like some kind of vein growing inside the crystal. She couldn't exist outside the crystal."

"This crystalline humanoid was extremely weak; she sat on a high tower with various colored glass fibers inserted into her body, seeming to sustain her life. Yet even so, she exuded an aura of death, hardly able to last long."

"I orbited around that small asteroid."

"The only thing the Heavenly People told me was to move her slowly."

"I flew beside that woman, the crystalline woman stood up, followed me in her movement, her motion relying on the flow between the crystals, more like sand pushing."

"That small asteroid was tiny, so it took little time to rotate around it. She touched me through different crystal surfaces as if she liked me very much."

"However, it wasn't long before翻译net she could no longer move. Her internal glass fibers gradually blurred, her entire body melted into a liquid, turning into a simple green gemstone, with only tree-like glass fibers inside."

"After she died and turned into a gemstone, I was returned to my previous orbit, as if nothing had happened at all."

Glass person.

This time, it's genuinely a glass person.

In her dying moments, the Heavenly People even sought a favored satellite for her, allowing her a bit of happiness before passing.

This moment displayed an unprecedented tenderness from the Heavenly People.

The glass person is significant to Heavenly People in various ways.

Zhou Yi silently noted this in his heart.

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