"Not the Heavenly People."

Xiao Fu asserted, "The style of the Heavenly People is not like this. When they appear, they make no effort to conceal themselves. Facing all beings on Earth, they directly send the Light Core Giants to assert domination."

"Although the Big Buddha has grown to a certain extent, it is still just a Light Core Body. In the eyes of the Heavenly People, there is no difference between a Light Core Body and a Skywalker."

Zhou Yi thought to himself, that makes sense too.

His other guess was the ancient rulers who controlled the Great Holy Spirit.

The Jade City flew all the way back to Sand Port, and Sha Lang was sent to the hospital by Da Vinci for emergency surgery.

Zhou Yi then contacted the Book-eating Demon.

The Book-eating Demon responded decisively, "Not those guys."

"Their characteristic is to remain hidden and control from behind the scenes, indirectly controlling the consciousness side through the Great Holy Spirit. Changes on the material side are irrelevant to them."

"The Big Buddha does not affect their interests."

"But I know who did it."

Zhou Yi quickly asked, "Who?"

"The Dead Sea Master."

The Book-eating Demon explained, "The Big Buddha eliminated the three disasters of the Dead Sea over there, which is a good thing for nearby life but a damage to the Dead Sea itself. Because of this, the local activity of the Dead Sea is reduced, and movement and changes decrease. The prototype is the conceptual life 'Dead Sea' formed by the Circular Flow impact, which we more often call the 'Dead Sea Master'. It will be triggered to appear."

"It is the strongest consciousness in this world and a very special conceptual life. The Dead Sea Master has never shown self-awareness and does not converse with any conceptual life, more like the embodiment of rule power."

"Light Burst, high pressure, and rapids are all manifestations of its abilities."

"Because the whole world is surrounded by the Circular Flow, even if all the conceptual lives here joined forces, they probably couldn't confront it head-on."

Zhou Yi mused inwardly.

This Big Buddha had just left the company's beginner village, only to crash into the world's strongest boss head-on.

No wonder it was instantly shattered.

Zhou Yi suddenly thought, "The ancient rulers occupy more than half of the world's consciousness bodies, so can they also influence the Dead Sea Master through the Great Holy Spirit?"

"Impossible."

The Book-eating Demon stated, "The Dead Sea Master is not connected to the Great Holy Spirit."

"The greatest advantage of the Great Holy Spirit is its ability to connect to any consciousness body in the world, providing instant links and obtaining consciousness fragments from each area to supply to the consciousness bodies for excavation and collection."

"The Dead Sea Master has no such need."

"Since the Circular Flow impact started, it has been the strongest being on this Earth. Even if it does nothing, the power of the Dead Sea will still continue to grow... so it stands independently outside the Great Holy Spirit system."

Zhou Yi listened with a tinge of envy in his heart.

This one is indeed heavyweight.

It doesn't care about anyone.

He switched his thoughts.

On the bright side, the Dead Sea Master isn't swayed by any party.

On the downside, the Big Buddha's cultivation clashed directly with it... this path moving forward would be of nightmare difficulty.

"Actually, there's no need to worry."

The Book-eating Demon said, "Although the Dead Sea Master's strength surpasses all consciousness bodies, its actions are very clear. As long as you don't interfere significantly with the operations and activities of the Dead Sea, it won't make a move."

Zhou Yi took the opportunity to ask, "Our Wuhu Elevated Bridge and the suspended layer, do they have any impact?"

"No impact."

The Book-eating Demon said, "In the past, the Heavenly Kingdom and Mechanical City tried to reclaim land from the sea, you should know that, right? It didn't react at all."

"Consider the Dead Sea as a giant organism, with the high-pressure areas as its organs, the rapids as its vessels and blood, and the Light Burst as its metabolism and chemical reactions. When these reactions were interfered with and eliminated by the Big Buddha, it naturally provoked an attack from the Dead Sea Master."

Zhou Yi thought, as long as infrastructure construction is not affected, then there's no problem.

The key to not triggering the Dead Sea Master's appearance is not to interfere with the internal movements of the Dead Sea itself. Building land based on the Dead Sea is not an issue. If we view the Dead Sea as a macro lifeform covering the Earth, humans using its energy and materials does not cause it substantial harm, similar to bacteria within a human body.

The Big Buddha, on the other hand, became a super large mutated cell that started affecting its organs' local operations, and was then directly targeted and blasted by the Dead Sea Master.

...

The Big Buddha attack incident was figured out.

Next was the healing session.

Zhou Yi gritted his teeth and finally took out the last energy block stored in his prosthetic leg to heal the Big Buddha. At present, this alien employee couldn't even speak, the damage was severe.

Once the energy block made contact with the broken Light Core, the two began to slowly merge.

The damaged Light Core was gradually surrounded by massive light streams, extracting a large amount of dust and gravel from the Dead Sea, gradually gathering and repairing.

Slowly, the stone Buddha's structure began to reappear in the Dead Sea.

This time, its body was covered in cracks, its eyes closed, as if sleeping or meditating in Zen.

The protector and caretaker Cat God beside it said, "Chairman, it will take some time before it is fully repaired because the Light Core has been severely damaged."

"Most of the consciousness within its body is in forced dormancy and needs to be gradually awakened and repaired by it."

Then, merely two days later.

The Big Buddha made a full recovery.

"Zhou Yi Big Buddha, I am fully recovered and feeling well."

The stone Buddha before him had returned to its pure white jade-like appearance, with a halo of Buddha light emanating from its head. But unlike before, its eyes remained closed and could not open.

At first, Zhou Yi worried whether this was some kind of aftereffect.

"Zhou Yi Big Buddha, through this life-and-death cultivation, my 'Lay down the Slaughter Knife' ability has been extremely stimulated in an unprecedented way. Now this ability is undergoing a transformation that I cannot fully describe, requiring me to inject most of my consciousness and energy into it."

"The contraction of external perception is to better facilitate this stage of cultivation."

The Leshan Buddha said, "Thanks to your care and aid, with the energy block's replenishment, my consciousness has been completely restored, and has undergone some changes."

A shimmering translucent Light Core appeared on its forehead.

The Light Core slowly turned.

Zhou Yi's eyes widened in astonishment.

It was... a perfect hexahedral Light Core!

The Big Buddha had entered the LV2 Light Core Body stage.

Zhou Yi gasped in amazement; how fast it had leveled up!

He also felt puzzled inside.

Just how did it do it?

"It's because of the Dead Sea Master."

The Big Buddha said, "The cleansing of the Dead Sea's three disasters brought me substantial consciousness feedback, obtaining numerous consciousness fragments and connections with consciousness bodies."

"Briefly constructing the Firewood Mound, allowing various consciousness bodies to approach me."

"The most crucial part was the Dead Sea Master. Bearing and digesting the Light Core level Light Burst and the Dead Sea Master's attack consciousness severely injured me, yet it also allowed the 'Lay down the Slaughter Knife' ability to undergo significant evolution in the consciousness domain, even causing a qualitative change..."

"The Dead Sea Master is an excellent teacher. The consciousness and power it displayed benefited me greatly."

Zhou Yi was astonished.

Truly using the top-tier boss, the Dead Sea Master, to level up?

The Big Buddha added, "At present, with all matters settled, I, Zhou Yi Big Buddha, request to continue my westward cultivation."

"...."

Zhou Yi felt at a loss for words.

The Big Buddha's fearlessness in challenging the highest-level boss and its fighting spirit were truly admirable.

However.

Zhou Yi sighed, "If you encounter the Dead Sea Master again next time, you might not survive, and I might not be able to save you in time. Its strength is unfathomable; it's rumored to be the strongest being on Earth."

The Big Buddha simply said, "Zhou Yi Big Buddha, please don't worry about this."

"The Dead Sea Master did not intend to kill me, otherwise I would have died on the spot."

"In fact, the power it exerted just happened to exceed my current limit... although I don't know why, its consciousness did not exhibit a threat of death but rather a rather peculiar inclination..."

After hesitating for a while, the Big Buddha described, "It seemed to want to absorb me."

"After shattering me to pieces, my ability activated, reducing its desire to attack, and that's when I sensed that subtle consciousness inclination."

"A vast flood of consciousness fragments invaded my consciousness body. Those fragments would cause immense pain and disturbance to a consciousness body, much like dumping a lot of mud and stones into a clean water pipeline."

"Under normal circumstances, I would eventually become part of the Dead Sea consciousness."

"I was fortunate that, thanks to your help, I managed to retain my sense of self."

"It wanted to absorb and transform me, while I used it as a mirror to hone myself. It is the strongest being I have encountered so far... The 'Lay down the Slaughter Knife' ability displayed incredible effects against it, leading to a spontaneous mutation and evolution."

"If we wish to transform the Dead Sea in the future, we must overcome the Dead Sea Master."

Zhou Yi could only react helplessly, "To give you some inside info, I am completely out of energy blocks. If you need to be rescued again next time, timely rescue might not be possible. Do you still want to go?"

"I will strive to survive to my best ability, Zhou Yi Big Buddha."

Zhou Yi grabbed his head in frustration and waved his hand, "Go ahead then."

"Before I leave, I wish to visit and thank Sha Lang Big Buddha, who saved me."

The Big Buddha slowly headed towards the hospital from the Dead Sea.

Zhou Yi rubbed his temples.

The Building Lifes indeed have extraordinary talents, but the consumption is very hard to bear. Previously the expenses were small, but now they need to consume energy blocks.

Zhou Yi grabbed his prosthetic leg and called Ni Ge to head to the Space Bubble of the Mud Tree World together.

This time, as usual.

Low gear.

Prosthetic leg, forward!

Go dig up energy blocks for me!

The Mad Traveler jumped into the pitch-black space passage and disappeared without a trace.

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