Zhou Yi put all his effort into grabbing the wooden leg of the prosthetic limb.

It carried Zhou Yi leaping around like a wild horse, racing back and forth in the white space.

It simply couldn't come to a halt.

There were no switches or buttons on the wooden leg, leaving Zhou Yi clueless about how to operate it.

Before coming, Xiao Fu had emphasized repeatedly.

"Other than the 'Forgotten' ability, do not use any other powers."

"Using any ability, whether it's synchronizing consciousness or something else, may break the effect caused by 'Forgotten' and wake up the endlessly forgetting guards."

"Just grab the item in the simplest way and leave."

The problem was.

This thing was strong as a bull; even though Zhou Yi was at the Skywalker level, now connected with two electric cats, he couldn't hold it back.

Zhou Yi felt numb.

He felt like he had become a child riding on a carousel for the first time, but this was a wild wooden horse version.

The question was how to take this thing out?

He could only patiently observe.

Gradually, Zhou Yi started to see a pattern.

Although the prosthetic leg was continuously leaping forward, it followed a predictable path; it was circling the guard by the stone ball.

At first, it maintained a distance from the guard, but the radius gradually narrowed, seemingly inching closer.

A thought crossed Zhou Yi's mind.

Could it be that this thing is actually a living lifeform?

Seizing an opportunity, did it want to escape from prison?

This place is not a treasury... but a special cage?

Various thoughts flashed by.

After watching on the side for some time, Zhou Yi noticed that the prosthetic leg's leaps became more and more unrestrained. It started to gently brush against the guard, testing the limits on the edge of danger, while the white stone ball remained still.

This caused Zhou Yi to break out in a cold sweat, and he quickly jumped off the prosthetic limb, keeping his distance from it.

It would be troublesome if the stone ball guard considered him an accomplice.

What followed was even more bizarre.

The prosthetic limb began to kick at the stone ball with its large stone foot, unceasingly.

The kicks made a banging noise.

Zhou Yi almost couldn't help but want to flee.

But remembering the 1 million Light Seeds he spent to get in, he decided to grit his teeth and bear it a little longer.

He tried to grab the prosthetic limb, attempting to stop its suicidal behavior.

But the prosthetic limb became even more excited.

Suddenly, the strange stone foot lifted sharply.

A large hole appeared in its sole, and it bit down directly at the stone ball guard.

The white stone ball still did not move an inch.

Then, like a snake swallowing an egg, the prosthetic limb sucked the stationary guard into the hole, and the hole in the sole disappeared.

At that moment, the prosthetic leg reverted to calm, standing on the ground as if it had never moved.

Zhou Yi was somewhat baffled.

This thing wanted to swallow the guard, so why didn't it eat it before he came in? Was it because his presence activated it?

Without giving it further thought.

Zhou Yi picked up the heavy prosthetic leg and crawled out through the entrance.

Back at the Dead Sea, he felt a little safer.

The space hole that was forcibly opened was now shrinking rapidly and vanishing.

A voice came to mind.

"Da Zhou, it's done, it's done!!!"

Xiao Fu was beyond excited.

"This proves my judgments and plans are correct! With the power of 'Forgotten,' as long as we can eliminate external obstructions, we can safely retrieve the items inside!"

Zhou Yi examined the prosthetic leg in his hand: "What is this? What's its purpose?"

"I've never seen this..."

It was a while before Reverse Flow spoke: "But that guard in the space hole is a well-known artificial life form, called the 'Rock Core Clan.'"

"Their bodies are made up of various high-density, high-purity minerals, and they replenish their energy through minerals, geothermal heat, and other methods. They are capable of absorbing heat from the surrounding environment and converting it into the energy they need to sustain life. Additionally, they can break down and reorganize mineral crystals to acquire energy and nutrients."

"The Rock Core Clan obtain information through temperature, pressure, vibration. They are very strong, generally being Light Core Bodies, and typically exist as labor forces for high-level civilizations. They can adapt to a variety of tasks including exploration, observation, construction, maintenance, and combat."

After his journey through the Forbidden Continent, Zhou Yi's horizons had expanded significantly.

The golden elephant was just a gold collector bred by high-level civilizations.

Light Core Body workers were also normal.

Xiao Fu continued: "Who created the Rock Core Clan is impossible to trace. However, they have existed in the universe for a very long time; in some ways, they may be even more long-lived and immortal than the civilization that created them."

"They are very powerful, and many high-level civilizations will try to acquire them, whether by plunder, purchase, or warfare enslavement."

"The most defining feature of the Rock Core Clan is that they all possess a Rock Core."

"This Rock Core is composed of high-density, high-purity crystalline minerals. It is the energy source and information processing center of the Stone Tracer, akin to the brain and heart of carbon-based life."

"They communicate and exchange information through complex crystal structures and energy fluctuations, with an information processing speed far surpassing that of flesh-and-blood life."

This led Zhou Yi to think: "It's a bit like electromechanical life."

"Right."

Xiao Fu said, "Compared to the electromechanical life in this world, the strength of the Rock Core Clan is much higher. Of course, their Rock Cores are essentially just transformed Light Cores..."

"They can adapt to the complex and dangerous environments of various celestial bodies, high temperatures, low temperatures, storms, combustion... As long as there are minerals present, they can survive and work."

"Using the Rock Core Clan as guards, whatever they are guarding must be extraordinary. I suspect this item is also a tool, and it should be a set with the Rock Core Clan."

Zhou Yi helplessly replied, "But the prosthetic leg just ate the guard."

Xiao Fu said, "Now, try synchronizing your consciousness?"

Zhou Yi also had this in mind.

He held the handle of the prosthetic leg.

Before he could even synchronize his consciousness, Zhou Yi received a lot of information in his head.

After a while.

Zhou Yi looked at the bizarre device in his hand.

This thing, translated, is called the "Mad Traveler".

It could replace its owner and search for treasures all over the place, and when encountering high-energy substances or high-information objects, its fake legs would begin the chase to capture them, incorporating them into itself before bringing them back to the owner.

It's like a high-level traveling frog.

But its level was unclear—or rather, there was no description of it.

The usage was simple too.

You just needed to connect with its consciousness to complete a one-on-one binding.

But there was no information on how to unbind it.

Its level of intelligence was very high, with high, medium, and low settings.

Different settings indicated different standards for determining treasures.

The Traveler bound itself to Zhou Yi as soon as it emerged from the space hole, recognizing him as its sole owner, and as long as it was activated and found treasures, it would bring them to him.

The reason it swallowed the guard was also that the Traveler determined that the guard's energy and information quantity were high and pursued to capture it.

Having shared this information, Reverse Flow paled in shock: "It's this damned thing!!! Doomed! Bad luck!"

Zhou Yi was puzzled: "What's going on?"

Xiao Fu hesitated for a moment: "This thing has appeared in many worlds, causing many disasters. In one of the level two civilization ruins I've found, the remaining records described that the civilization was destroyed by it…"

Level two civilization?

A civilization stronger than the Old Humans destroyed by this thing?

Zhou Yi was astonished: "Is it that powerful?"

"This thing, as long as it determines something is a treasure, will tirelessly chase after it, and it is almost indestructible."

Reverse Flow explained: "Once it starts its treasure hunting mode, it will continuously and efficiently absorb energy from the world."

"Because it is very sensitive to energy, it can quickly enhance itself, to keep expanding and increasing its strength."

"The destroyed level two iron-based civilization faced not such a small traveler, but a fully developed Traveler, whose strength was incalculable."

"In the records from that civilization's ruins, the Mad Traveler had already covered the entire world. Everywhere were tall columnar structures, they were connected and collecting energy and material from the entire world."

"It seemed to have malfunctioned and went crazy in absorbing everything and seizing energy, monopolizing information. It resulted in that iron-based civilization, which was already in decline, accelerating towards destruction, with no way to contain it… Ultimately, the survivors had to migrate to avoid its frenzied capture."

"..."

Zhou Yi looked at the fake leg in his hand, feeling somewhat dismayed for a moment.

This meant that he had spent 1 million Light Seeds, and after all the effort and wits battling with the guard, together with Xiao Fu, he ended up with a professional destroyer.

The problem was he didn't plan to take revenge on the Wasteland World; this thing didn't prove useful.

Zhou Yi was puzzled: "What is the origin of this thing?"

Reverse Flow said: "The Mad Traveler is a failed experiment. It's something that drifted from a high-dimensional civilization, incomplete, hence its great destructive power on environments. What we see is just its projection in this world; its true body cannot be directly observed."

"It is also because of the dimension difference, causing us to only understand a part of it."

"Da Zhou, don't use this thing... the risk is too high. To let it operate in this world would only accelerate the world's destruction. Speaking of destruction, it's even more ferocious than the Heavenly People..."

However, Zhou Yi had a different idea.

Certainly not here.

But.

What about other worlds?

Like cast it on the Moon.

He even thought that since he had some connection with the Night God, perhaps he could try something else.

The Mud Tree Civilization!

That would be great.

The place was already destroyed, becoming the world of the Insect Swarm civilization. For Zhou Yi, who had inherited a part of the Mud Tree Civilization's legacy, that was a natural enemy.

"…If you put it that way, you're right."

Xiao Fu also came to a realization: "Yes! You could cause whatever disaster there, and it wouldn't matter. Plus, you're the owner. If it can truly hunt treasures, maybe it could unearth something from the world of the Mud Tree Civilization."

"Even if it only destroys the place after absorbing energy, you will have gained a strong enforcer!"

"This is good! We can do this! Hahaha! Let's do it!"

Reverse Flow became excited.

This was also Zhou Yi's plan.

Even if he couldn't find any treasures, it would at least cause trouble for the Insect Swarm, a contribution to the Mud Tree Civilization.

But before that, there was something more urgent.

Zhou Yi held the handle of the fake leg.

His consciousness twisted.

The Mad Traveler shook violently, and its large stone footplate rose sharply, spitting out an object.

A White Stone Ball rolled straight to the ground, rolling a couple of times before hitting a propped-up iron plate.

Crack.

A large piece broke off.

Zhou Yi was stunned.

Was the Rock Core Clan dead?

He activated [Alert] but saw no light.

"It's not dead."

Xiao Fu said: "The Rock Core Clan are tough to kill. Unless the Rock Core is destroyed, it won't die completely. It's probably energy-depleted, either from natural consumption or drained by the Traveler. Once transformed, we can read its information."

Zhou Yi immediately had the accompanying Sea God start the Fire Seed Life transformation.

It took a full 500,000 Light Seeds to complete the transformation of the fragmented stone ball.

A silver ring appeared on his left shoulder, and within it was a square.

Zhou Yi felt like crying but had no tears.

Setting out treasure hunting, and Light Seeds -1.5 million.

He gritted his teeth inwardly.

You better be of some use!

Zhou Yi immediately connected to his left shoulder.

Moments later, the worry disappeared from his face, and he smiled broadly.

The money was well spent!

Expensive things had their reasons for being expensive!

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