Wasteland Development Diary

Chapter 246 Four-dimensional Fish


Zhou Yi raised his Light Core Right Arm and looked at the thing held between his fingers.

The object in his hand was predominantly grayish-brown, with a rough texture, hard and irregular in shape, about the size of a fingertip.

It had most of the characteristics of a stone.

Unlike local stones, its shape was not fixed; it was constantly changing its structural form. Sometimes it would scatter and break apart, and at other times it would gather into a smooth whole.

This Otherworld stone was continuously flipping inside and out, nesting, just like the four-dimensional Light Amber that had emerged earlier.

The only fixed parameter was its size range.

It reduced dimensions much faster than Light Amber, and the transformation lasted less than 10 minutes before suddenly stabilizing into an ordinary stone under the observation of researchers like Da Vinci, 703, and Turing.

Tests confirmed that it was still a mineral concretion, but the substances it contained were very different from those on Earth.

Turing had been collecting geological and material data to compare with the Heavenly People Gem and was quite authoritative in this area.

He said, "The speed of dimensional reduction seems directly related to energy and mass."

"Using a space passage to create a Light Amber Mine, the entire four-dimensional form lasted 71 hours, 11 minutes, and 19 seconds before synchronizing to our three-dimensional state. This piece of rock only maintained for 9 minutes and 37 seconds."

Employees continued to analyze and observe the stone with various devices.

Zhou Yi inserted his Light Core Arm into the Space Bubble again, entering the other side.

A burning sensation came from his hand once more.

This time, he was much more composed and grabbed another stone.

It was also a four-dimensional form of rock, though slightly larger and lighter in color than the previous one.

He continued.

Zhou Yi grabbed six times in a row; all were stones.

It seemed this four-dimensional world was a desolate place, at least around the Space Bubble, only stones existed.

Zhou Yi asked the Dong: "Have you observed anything on the other side through the Corridor Palace?"

"That's not possible."

Dong said, "We rely entirely on the Corridor Palace for external capture. The Cave People themselves are fragile. Among the tools the Corridor Palace can connect to, there is a facility called the 'Observation Platform.' Connecting the two allows for recording and observation on the other side."

"Currently, without the tools, there's no way; we can only perform single capture."

The role of the Corridor Palace is to connect the two worlds, a cross-border excavator built by the Cave People.

Suddenly, Zhou Yi had a thought.

The Cave People's device didn't have this capability, but he did.

The "Endless Ejection" he had just obtained from Crazy Dave perfectly matched this situation—it was made for this!

A few minutes later, Zhou Yi smiled bitterly.

This ability couldn't be used in four-dimensional space.

Not just Endless Ejection, but any ability from this side couldn't be projected to the other side.

Zhou Yi realized that there was indeed a reason the Cave People developed specialized equipment. They must have tested it and found that a material carrier was needed for capturing; it was the most practical method.

Experience summarized by the older generation was still something to learn from.

He began to honestly rely on his hand to explore the other side.

He grabbed around for a while.

The easily graspable stones were almost all captured by him.

The remaining area was a hard surface; digging deeper became more laborious and strenuous.

After some single-handed excavation,

Zhou Yi had grabbed a large amount of sand, which also constantly changed shape but stabilized faster than the stones.

He dug like this for 2 hours.

Zhou Yi became more and more enthusiastic as he dug.

Because during this process, he gradually mastered the subtle uses of the Light Core Arm.

This arm could change shape. Based on the excavation site environment on the other side, it would gradually self-adjust, forming a drill-like structure with six equal-length fingers coiled together as long as he didn't deliberately maintain a finger shape, drilling downward.

It became much more convenient after that.

He felt the simple joy of drilling through the earth.

He dug all the way down.

The path was full of large amounts of sand and stones.

But the deeper he went, the softer the touch. Beneath the thin sediment layer was a sticky substance, and further down, it felt like being submerged in water.

The surface was scorching.

The liquid ice-cold.

The region, where even the Light Core Body would be frozen and paralyzed, had fluid motion, exceeding Zhou Yi's understanding.

But he didn't think too much about it; the important thing was to see if he could get something useful.

The Light Core Arm, originally only two meters long, was now further extended, turning into a thin Light Core Line, relying on a drill hook at the bottom to delve deeper.

Zhou Yi suddenly felt the front end of his arm grab something.

It seemed to be a living creature.

The thing was soft and light, moving slowly.

A life form in the four-dimensional space water?

Zhou Yi was delighted.

He tried to pull it upwards.

The moment he pulled, the arm instantly fed back a tremendous pressure to Zhou Yi. The thing was soft and thin, but moving it required combating the huge gravitational force in the liquid.

Zhou Yi could only lift it bit by bit.

The whole process was somewhat like fishing.

The thing would sometimes dart around. It's best to wait for it to settle down before pulling again.

Let me see what a fish in a four-dimensional world looks like!

With this in mind, Zhou Yi engaged in a tug-of-war with the creature from the other side.

After four hours, he finally hauled it out of the liquid environment with his nearly numb right arm, pulling it into the sand layer.

Dong anxiously said, "Mr. Zhou, please retract the Corridor Palace as soon as possible."

"Our Cave People population, inside the Corridor Palace, has dropped to less than 10 million. The environment inside is difficult for producing enough offspring. With less than a million, we won't be able to operate this equipment, and it will come to a complete halt. We need to replenish the population in time."

Fortunately, it became much easier after that.

Zhou Yi dragged the creature out of the Space Bubble bit by bit.

The entire process was a tremendous physical and mental drain, making his whole body stiff and cold, taking half a day to recover.

The originally clear and transparent Light Core Right Arm had now become dark and murky.

Dong said, "The energy consumption is too great. The Solid Cloud Elixir equipped inside has already depleted by 70%. Please use it carefully. You'll need to replenish it with another Solid Cloud Elixir next time."

Zhou Yi was startled.

What the hell.

Just to fish, and it consumed an energy block.

The cost was too high.

He turned his attention back to the creature he caught.

The four-dimensional fish had a strange shape, transparent and soft, its body constantly stretching and folding, like a thin veil blown by the wind.

[Panoramic Reading] display.

This strange fish was labeled [Transformer·Unknown].

[This unit exhibits certain biological characteristics but cannot be communicated with or deeply analyzed. It is impossible to determine if it belongs to a living or non-living entity.]

The strange fish was actually a Transformer!

Zhou Yi was instantly drenched in sweat.

If this thing went berserk, they would be done for.

Luckily, it just floated and transformed in place, seemingly having lost the desire to move on this side.

How should this fish be handled?

Zhou Yi attempted to activate Consciousness Synchronization, but it was like a stone sinking into the sea.

He also brought in the [Consciousness Nerve], which was still being tested internally, but there was no feedback either.

Its strength was too high; neither the Cat God nor Hei Fu could analyze it.

So Zhou Yi called Night God over.

She observed it carefully, showing a serious expression: "This thing has a significant background... It's best to take it to the Moon, where I can fully utilize my abilities."

Hei Fu pulled the four-dimensional fish to the Moon's surface, and Zhou Yi headed straight to the Night God's House.

Night God stood on the glass floor, and the two gemstone eyes below her began to rotate slowly. The light they projected entered her body, causing black and red glowing stripes to appear on her skin.

Her left pupil turned red, while her right pupil turned pitch black.

Her whole demeanor became cold and indifferent.

Like some kind of cold machine.

She stared at the four-dimensional fish, and black and red rays began to construct a massive stereoscopic space around her, like some special optical device.

Numerous rays shuttled back and forth, refracting on the target surface.

The four-dimensional fish just floated in place and transformed.

It seemed unconcerned.

The process lasted for an hour.

Suddenly, the light on Night God's body disappeared, and she looked exhausted.

"It's just an organ, part of a massive four-dimensional being."

"But its ability is very special."

Zhou Yi immediately asked, "What ability?"

Night God hesitated for a moment: "To alter time. Or rather, to accelerate it."

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