"You are a Heavenly People?"

"More precisely, I used to be."

The Dragon corrected: "Because I've been killed repeatedly, almost all of the Heavenly People's consciousness has shattered and peeled away."

"Each death causes me to lose some accumulated memories and experiences. Each time I'm reborn, I'm actually a completely different Dragon."

According to its description, Concept Life is like a huge puzzle.

The markers are the individual pieces of the puzzle.

Killing a Concept Life allows you to obtain a large number of pieces inside it; once these pieces reach a certain amount, more than half, you can control the Concept Life.

Zhou Yi asked, "They have killed you forty-nine times... and that's still fine?"

"Fine? At my peak, I was just one step away from becoming a Transformer. After merging with the Heavenly People, I already was a Transformer. Being killed consecutively, now I am only at the level of a Skywalker. Not to mention falling two tiers, I've also lost a great deal of consciousness-associated memories and abilities."

A sigh came through the dragon pattern.

"I shouldn't have agreed to let that thing merge with me in the first place. Now I'm confined to the Forbidden Continent and can't step foot outside."

What Zhou Yi was more concerned about was, "Forty-nine times and they still couldn't completely control you?"

"My 'Holy Spirit Substitute' can create substitute consciousnesses, allowing me to escape at the moment of death and return to the Great Holy Spirit."

Although the Dragon didn't elaborate,

it sounded like this ability was a life-saving technique for Concept Life.

The Dragon showed full confidence: "After all, I once roamed the Eastern and Western Continents for many years, worshipped as a deity by countless people, I didn't come unprepared."

"However, if they further take more of my markers, it will also be very unfavorable for me. They're unsure of how much I still know. That's why I stayed in the Forbidden Continent and didn't go out."

"Ever since I stopped appearing, the outside world mentions me less and less, and my power is also gradually fading. That's why I cultivate the Dragon's Inheritors through the Dragon Palace. They will carry my name, enter the outer world, and gain more reputation and influence for me."

Zhou Yi listened in silence, looking at the dragon pattern mark: "Why tell me so much?"

"Why?"

The ancient Concept Life said, "I am the Dragon, I speak if I wish to, and keep silent if I do not, it depends on my mood."

Zhou Yi felt it strange: "I killed you, and you're still in a good mood?"

"Combat is a matter of ability, life and death are destined. But that sentence you said, that dragons shouldn't be like this... I didn't expect that in this day and age, there are still people who see dragons as gods."

A voice from the dragon pattern mark said, "It reminds me of the past... when there is no hope for the future, you can only live on the past."

It emitted an air of somber senescence.

Zhou Yi said, "As long as you're still alive, there's hope, there's a chance."

"A chance?"

The Dragon laughed scornfully: "Have you ever faced the Heavenly People? Do you know what level they are? Your Humans, the most powerful enemies you've encountered, are merely Skywalkers!"

"To them, Skywalkers are just insects!"

"Light Core Bodies are also insects!"

"I was once a Transformer, do you know how long I lasted against the Heavenly People? 7 seconds, I was completely destroyed in 7 seconds!"

Zhou Yi was silent for a moment: "Sorry, I spoke too lightly."

The Dragon said somberly, "Do you think I've been killed forty-nine times, and do not want revenge? I want to get even every moment... but I can't, it's unwinnable."

Zhou Yi spoke calmly, "But as far as I know, the true bodies of the Heavenly People cannot descend to this world. Could the Golden-faced Guard really be as powerful as a Transformer?"

"Golden-faced Guard? They are just some Skywalker minions, not enough to count."

"But you're right; Heavenly People cannot come here."

The voice from the dragon pattern became emotionally stable again: "You know about the Heavenly People."

Zhou Yi thought of a possibility: "Light Core Giant?"

"It seems you do know quite a bit."

The Dragon said, "I don't want to talk about these uninteresting matters... tell me more stories about dragons from the age of gods."

So Zhou Yi recalled what he knew, telling ancient myths about both Chinese dragons and Western dragons as best as he could.

"How wonderful... the Old Humans era... even though they were so powerful, they still wanted to believe in dragons."

"The dragons from that era were probably at their peak."

In the voice of the Dragon, there was a hint of longing.

"Next spring, come to the Dragon Palace, and I'll help you advertise recruitment for advanced learners."

"Thank you."

The dragon pattern mark served more as a communication device for the consciousness, enabling remote conversation with the Dragon.

No other functions seemed to be present.

Zhou Yi spent a few days finalizing the details of the future cooperation between the company and Tri-Branch Slope. An office for the Wasteland Development Company would be set up here, with permanent staff, to facilitate business cooperation with Tri-Branch Slope, as well as training for electric cats.

During this time, a minor incident occurred.

The Ice Pot had absorbed a large amount of lead and unstable Gold in the Golden Elephant Valley, purifying water sources on one hand and continuously transforming stable gold structures on the other.

It was at a critical juncture to impact the Light Core Body.

Zhou Yi decided to temporarily leave the atmosphere creature here, utilizing the unique environment of the Golden Elephant Valley for further growth.

When needed, they would let the Condenser come to recall it.

...

Zhou Yi, accompanied by Yuan Xiao, once again arrived at Spark Plain, wearing a heavy rubber outfit.

When he took out the electric orbs,

a sudden bolt of thunder struck less than three meters away from him, the lightning forming a blurry monster made of electric arcs. It thrashed around with electricity, appearing wild and dangerous.

"Chairman, you're finally here to pick me up!"

It was Pikachu.

Under Zhou Yi's [Alert] perspective, he realized that it had already reached A-grade, emanating a dangerous and dense purple glow.

The growth rate of Energy State Life forms is truly astonishing.

"Improved this fast?"

Pikachu said, "My pace isn't quick, after they're born, the electric cats here grasp the natural laws of the environment, they know to fly up into the sky to absorb the endless electric energy from the clouds."

"Newly born electric cats are B-grade, and it doesn't take long for them to reach A-grade, but it's very difficult to become a Light Core Body."

Zhou Yi thought of the neighboring Golden Elephant Valley.

The situation there was even more absurd, with elephants growing from Skywalkers into Light Core Bodies within a year.

The situation in the Forbidden Continent defies common understanding.

Pikachu immediately sought recognition, saying, "Chairman, I've been hunting B-grade electric cats in the clouds and gained a lot of their electric energy. These guys aren't too clever, just act on instinct, there is no way to communicate, can only brutally subdue them."

"The transmission efficiency of electric energy is very high, the best spots in the clouds are occupied by some powerful electric cats, but nearby you can still gain a large amount of electric energy."

"Another thing is that, in their natural state, these electric cats here operate solo. They lack the consciousness for group actions, and they are highly aggressive towards each other."

"So I think, doesn't our company have several brothers? If we all come over together, we can claim an area with our numbers advantage, continue to expand, and thus grow stronger."

Zhou Yi listened with a strange expression: "Where did you learn all this from?"

"From you, sir. You said at home rely on parents, outside rely on friends; we're brothers in number, and reliable. Wild electric cats aren't up to the mark in this respect."

"Our company's cat squad would overpower them, it's always many against few. They're so dumb, only know to brute force with electric shocks, just haphazardly fight."

Although Pikachu was not a warrior, its sharp wit was a great asset in observing the local environment.

Zhou Yi thought for a moment, "No problems with the electric cats from our company coming over later?"

"No problem at all. This place is very comfortable for electric cats, they will grow very fast and will also save the company a lot of energy consumption."

"Also, Chairman, there's another thing."

"I've discovered a secret in the clouds here."

Pikachu climbed onto Zhou Yi's shoulder, its body reverting to the shape of an electric arc cat head: "Deep within the clouds, there are palaces made of transparent crystals, just like cat houses."

"However, you can't approach the cat houses in the clouds, electric cats are born inside and run out, but afterward, you cannot get close."

Zhou Yi pondered in his mind.

It seems that the prototypes of the Curved House are these crystal palaces in the clouds.

He immediately asked, "Is there anything else in the clouds?"

"I don't know yet. You can't get close; there's a boundary, touch it and you'll be decomposed into electric energy, you can't see the inside, it's terrifying."

Electric arcs crackled on Pikachu.

From its description, the crystal palace wasn't made of glass or crystal but was an extremely frightening energy density Rule Crystal that could convert various energies into electrical energy for release—almost certainly Photokernel Structures.

This information was sufficient for the company to utilize.

"Additionally, I haven't seen any Spark Knights, but there are electric cats that are Light Core Bodies. They are nearly all around the border of the clouds, continuously absorbing electricity there, unconcerned with the outside."

Pikachu said, "But if there appears abnormal energy fluctuations on the ground, one has to go and solve the source of the abnormality. There's a special force that drives us. It's like some kind of natural law here, other than that it's fine."

It went on to list several precautionary points.

Time waits for no one.

Zhou Yi decided to return to Sand Port immediately, sending the first batch of electric cats over for advanced training as soon as possible.

...

Duke Destructive, after learning about it, volunteered proactively: "I'll stay here to receive and assist in the training of the electric cats."

"You want to pick an electric cat, don't you?"

"That's one way to put it."

Zhou Yi set three rules with it.

First, not to interfere with the specific training process of the electric cats.

Second, to follow the cat cultivator's guidance and arrangements throughout the process.

Third, whether or not they could adopt an electric cat depended on the cat cultivator's judgment.

Duke Destructive readily agreed: "All good. I know not to mess with professionals in their field, I'll just observe and learn."

Qin Xie also said, "I'll stay to learn about cat cultivation. This time I'm finally ahead of the game."

Zhou Yi let them be.

After arranging these specific matters, he immediately took several new employees, purchased tickets at the port, and returned to Sand Port on the Gray Whale.

He had only one thought in mind.

To breed a large number of electric cats as quickly as possible, so everyone in the company can have one.

Then everyone would have the protection of a B-grade or A-grade being! Even ordinary people would be very safe when venturing outdoors.

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