The Condenser turned into a miniature sun, leading the way.

The luxurious large aircraft, Sand Port 001, soared through the clear sky, its gold coating dazzling under the sunlight.

Zhou Yi sat on the leather sofa, sliding his fingertips across the tablet he held.

His most frequently used vehicle was Jade City, but now Building A was working on a Stone Shedding Reactor with Shi Gandang, so it obviously wasn't good to disturb it from doing serious work.

Another vehicle, Black Thorn "Hei Fu," was still hanging on a tree evolving.

Therefore, Zhou Yi decided to simply take a glider there, which also served as a little advertisement for his own brand of aircraft.

Before leaving, Zhou Yi informed several key members of the Development Alliance that he was taking a vacation.

Lord Sand Sea immediately said upon hearing that he was going to Flower Town, "Mr. Zhou, my brother Tabo is over there. I'll tell him, should you need anything, just look for him."

Then it dispatched the luxurious aircraft for him.

"Mr. Zhou, you are a core member of the Alliance. If you are to take a glider, you must take the current best and most expensive one. 001 is the most suitable."

"It's dignified, speed is sufficient, powered by eight Floating Hearts in tandem, capable of reaching speeds up to 220 kilometers per hour. From our location to Flower Town, which is 6000 kilometers away, it will also take more than a day to arrive."

"You should take this one, and better yet, bring the Condenser. Once its light shines, woah, glittering in gold, impressive and prestigious, befitting of your status."

It extolled at length.

Zhou Yi understood its intention.

To have him help showcase the luxurious aircraft en route.

And that wasn't a bad thing.

What Zhou Yi found a bit unexpected was that on the large aircraft, there were only two Transforming Monster girls as crew members, both of whom he had seen before.

Sisters Xin Mu and Xin Yuan wore standardized uniforms: tight-fitting white shirts on the top and blue miniskirts at the bottom, which made them look youthful and attractive.

They piloted the aircraft proficiently.

With no strangers inside the cabin, Zhou Yi felt quite relaxed.

He browsed the tablet, pulling up some information about Flower Town from the Recursive City database.

As one of the Five Great Centers, Flower Town's most significant feature is flower production; this widely acclaimed large city uses flowers as both its symbol and its driving economic force.

Here, they cultivated the unique flower-based Guangna Species.

Initially, they retained the simplicity of flowers, placed in pots and flower beds with functions including emitting a fresh fragrance, attacking enemies, and even transforming into appearances that people liked.

With continuous development and technological advancement, the flower-based Guangna Species of Flower Town became richer and more colorful.

In order to gain more popularity, they were selected and cultivated into humanoid forms, becoming beautiful and capable of walking around.

These flower girls and boys became the unique scenery of Flower Town.

They always maintained their youthful beauty, be it enthusiasm, shyness, nonchalance, or a fiery temper – all of which became their charming attributes.

With the economy of beauty, this city developed rapidly, its tourism industry advancing by leaps and bounds, leading in the flower-raising industry and achieving today's status among the Five Great Centers.

Zhou Yi stretched lazily; there was still plenty of time ahead, a whole day of flight.

How to pass the time?

He asked Xin Yuan who was standing beside him, "What entertainment is available for Lord Sand Sea during long flights?"

"Lord Sand Sea likes to sleep..."

"And also, he plays with us."

"We can transform into the appearance you desire, become the person you need to accompany you to sleep and pass the time."

The Transforming Monster girl said with a smile.

Some kind of substitute play.

Zhou Yi had no need for that.

At this moment, he realized how lacking Wasteland Company was in the entertainment sector. While production and the economy were developing rapidly, the spiritual needs had yet to catch up with material demands.

He would need to give this more thought.

Perfect, a trip to the entertainment megacity, Flower Town, would be a learning experience.

In the end, Zhou Yi decided to wander around the Heavenly Person Domain.

Collecting corpses there, it was akin to a VR version of Pac-Man.

...

Returning once more to the Sea of Gems.

He had not been there in a while, and upon returning, Zhou Yi discovered that the flow of gemstones had become more orderly, stable, and powerful. Unlike before, when there were whirlpools everywhere and gemstone waves from different regions clashing against each other, causing some chaos and danger.

It was a good sign.

It seemed that he had collected enough Energy Blue Gemstones before, which was helpful to the Gemstone Body.

Zhou Yi raised his viewpoint, looking outward.

The exterior was still dark and vast, with nearby cosmic space regulated by the Heavenly People, making it impossible to see stars or any meteor fragments, only endless nothingness.

But looking close by gave Zhou Yi quite a start.

Next to the Gemstone Body he occupied was a huge mass, a colossal sphere-like form, over a hundred times larger than Zhou Yi himself.

Several gemstone body carcasses were orbiting this giant, slowly revolving around it.

It seemed as if they were drawn by the gravitational and energetic pull, forming different orbital motions.

Zhou Yi observed carefully.

He quickly determined that this black giant was also a Gemstone Body because it emitted the same type of energy fluctuations, only the intensity was far greater than any he had seen before.

Its surface was entirely Black Gemstone, a gemstone whose function was consciousness communication.

Each Heavenly Person had a different structure.

It seemed that this one displayed consciousness communication as its primary display, covering the surface to expand its external connections and possibly it was a social enthusiast.

Based on the size and strength, it can be determined that it didn't die long ago, it must have just drifted over from the Ring Solar Wall.

Zhou Yi tried to make further contact.

He began stretching the Sea of Gems, creating a long pipeline extending outward.

However, the distance was too far, and even when stretched to its limit, he couldn't directly touch the other.

Xiao Fu suggested, "Accelerate, acceleration will make your orbital radius smaller."

So Zhou Yi ignited the Blue Gemstone, propelling the Gemstone Body to accelerate.

As the speed increased, he indeed started closing the distance around the black giant Gemstone Body in an orbital fashion.

Getting closer bit by bit.

Zhou Yi once again expanded the gemstone pipeline.

After many attempts, he finally touched the black giant Gemstone Body, completing the link between the two Gemstone Bodies.

Zhou Yi began to absorb from the Black Gemstone.

He mused to himself that this big head should contain a huge amount of Blue Gemstones, and this could have been a small fortune!

However, when Zhou Yi delved deeper into its interior, he discovered it was hollow.

A Hollow Gemstone Body??

Zhou Yi was furious.

What a scam this is!

Previously, he only knew that bra sizes could be artificially increased, he never expected a Heavenly Person's Gemstone Body to also pretend to be bulkier!

Reverse Flow consoled, "Don't be angry, this structure is quite special. To maintain such a large volume, it requires a special internal construction, which you can learn from."

Zhou Yi calmed down and focused his attention on the inside of the Hollow Gemstone Body.

This Gemstone Body was divided into two layers.

The outermost layer consisted of Black and Blue Gemstones, forming a stable shell with a large number of hollow areas in between, supported by some kind of gas, with a very small core at the innermost part.

It seems that the key was this gas.

Zhou Yi tried to use the White Gemstone to extend fibers to absorb it, and the White Gemstone immediately deformed and expanded, visible bubbles forming inside.

He collected some and brought it into his own body through the gemstone pipeline.

Then released it in the Heavenly Dog's former Gem Room.

If not for Zhou Yi having the White Gemstone as a tool, this colorless gas would have been difficult to notice.

What's peculiar is, this gas fits perfectly with the gemstone structure. It seemed to be pulled by the force of each gemstone, evenly distributed in the Gem Room without spilling out.

The Hollow Gemstone Body used this special gas to enlarge itself, maintaining a unique structure.

As Zhou Yi continued to absorb the gas, the Hollow Gemstone began to deflate, looking a bit like a collapsed sugar-oiled snack.

Suddenly an idea struck him.

Hold on.

This gas... theoretically, it could also be turned into a liquid.

Zhou Yi only remembered that compressing it could do the trick.

Thus, he began to use the White Gemstone to inhale the unknown gas, then provided energy with the Blue Gemstone to pressurize it through the gemstone fibers.

Some bubbles gradually shrank and eventually turned into liquid.

Zhou Yi, after more experimentation, filled the entire Gem Room with this liquid.

Then he experienced a smoothness and comfort he had never felt before.

The transparent body fluid of the Heavenly Person's Gem Body, that's what this stuff was!

Only, the Hollow Gemstone Body had turned it into a gas.

As a large amount of gas transformed into liquid and merged with the Heavenly Person's remains under Zhou Yi's control, he could feel the body becoming much more flexible and agile.

In the past, he felt like he was driving an old car uphill, always at risk of sliding back and with difficult steering.

Now it was like driving on a smooth road with a full tank, the car handled with ease.

Xiao Fu deducted, "It must be that after this Heavenly Person died, it couldn't maintain a low temperature and low-pressure environment. The temperature and pressure rose, turning the liquid methane into a gas state. That caused its remains to swell up."

"Da Zhou, I know this liquid; it's a common substance."

"Reverse Flow calls it Ice Burst Cloud, in terrestrial terms, it's methane."

Zhou Yi thought quietly to himself.

So the bodily fluids of a Heavenly Person's Gem Body are liquid methane.

But this stuff, as he recalled, is flammable and explosive.

The fact that Heavenly People use it as a lubricant... shows they have a very high control precision over energy.

"Methane has a very low boiling point, about -161.5°C. Above this temperature, it turns from a liquid to a gas. From this, it's not hard to deduce that under normal conditions, the body temperature of a Heavenly Person's Gem Body is below this value, very cold."

Xiao Fu continued with his understanding, "I guess after their death, the temperature actually rises."

"Once the consciousness fractures and dissipates, they can no longer maintain precise operation of the body. The energy from those Blue Gemstones gradually leaks out, causing localized temperature rise, which turns the methane liquid into a gas, some of it expanding, leading to an accelerated departure."

"Methane is an artificial body fluid they have found to reduce internal wear and tear of their own Assemblies. It can also be used to adjust body temperature, store energy, and provide physical isolation by switching between gas, liquid, or even solid states."

"Moreover, I must point out that pure methane, without other combustibles, cannot be ignited; it is actually quite stable."

"From this, it can be confirmed that the death of Heavenly People is not because of the disappearance of methane liquid. Methane is ubiquitous in the universe, easy to collect anywhere. The vaporization and dissipation of methane are just a result of their death."

Eliminating a wrong answer.

Zhou Yi returned his focus to the Hollow Gemstone Body.

Below the core composed of its White Gemstone, Black Gemstone, and Blue Gemstone, there was a pure and undamaged Ruby.

Zhou Yi touched it with gemstone fibers and began to read this Heavenly Person's memories.

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