"Start Earth? So, Earth is an artificial star with an internal startup program?"

"Is it not in startup mode yet?"

"Where do the Heavenly People intend to take Earth eventually?"

Zhou Yi raised a series of questions.

The sea lord responded, "Our knowledge is quite limited. We only know that 404 City is excavating and transforming Earth, but we don't understand the specifics or the progress."

"Another mission of 404 City is to supervise the mechanical lifeforms in this world, as they have vast production potential. If fully stimulated, they will bring huge changes to the material side of the world. They are also considered the most dangerous and capable of changing the current world order."

"The evolution of individual lifeforms poses no threat in the eyes of the Heavenly People. Only large-scale group evolution needs focused attention."

"Of course, these analyses and judgments also come from the representatives of the Heavenly People. The Heavenly People have only two goals for this world: selecting suitable life forms for transformation tests and finding ways to take away the entire star."

Zhou Yi's mind raced: "So, when 404 City arrested Pangu and Shangyang, the fundamental reason was not their disruption of order or their crimes, but the changes they brought, which might lead to another evolution of the mechanical lifeform group?"

The sea lord nodded: "404 City is a place to detain those who shouldn't exist. They built the 403 Protocol to make Mechanical City serve the Heavenly People, lock down Firewood Mound, and guide all Skywalkers to the Outer Sea."

"There are a large number of atmosphere creatures over there, all bred by them, prepared for these Skywalkers."

Zhou Yi frowned: "Are atmosphere creatures artificially cultivated by the representatives of the Heavenly People?"

"Not exactly."

The other party waved off his question: "Atmosphere creatures are life forms that originally existed and evolved from aliens under high-pressure and high-energy environments. However, the representatives found a way to make them reproduce massively."

"They split the atmosphere creatures, reducing the number of consciousnesses within them, lowering the density of consciousness, and implanting destruction consciousness fragments, thereby driving them to hunt the life forms entering the Outer Sea."

"This is a typical control strategy."

"Skywalkers and sea lords are guided into the Outer Sea to obtain Firewood Mound. They are naturally attacked and devoured by atmosphere creatures, then made into new atmosphere creatures."

"This can stabilize the number of upper-level life forms, preventing them from becoming too many, which risks uncontrollable qualitative changes, while also not too few, offering a visible hope for the lower levels. They firmly block the passage to becoming Light Core Bodies."

Zhou Yi felt a sinking feeling in his heart.

The Outer Sea is a death trap designed by the representatives of the Heavenly People.

Without going there, one cannot advance further; entering it is a life-or-death situation.

Zhou Yi thought to himself: "These should not be orders from the Heavenly People."

The sea lord nodded: "The Heavenly People don't care. But the representatives are very concerned about the upper-level life forms of this world because it affects their own interests."

"In Earth's orbit, there are 16 fixed transformers of Heavenly People, who would select powerful life forms to leave the star and fly outward."

"These life forms are captured and scanned by transformers, and compared with existing representatives to update and replace them... There are only seven positions for representatives."

"If a new Light Core Body breaks through the Outer Sea and enters space, it may become a new representative, squeezing out an existing representative."

"The displaced representative will be scrapped and dismembered into parts, becoming experimental transformation materials for the Heavenly People."

Zhou Yi suddenly understood.

No wonder.

The mechanism of representatives is that to maintain their status and survival, no new representatives can appear.

It doesn't matter if this world produces Light Core Bodies, but it's crucial that they don't break out of earthly space.

As long as they enter other worlds through space bubbles, it's acceptable.

But if they try to forcibly break into satellite orbit, that's not allowed.

Once losing their position, the representatives will be like Shangyang in the past, repeatedly tortured in gemstone experiments, unable to live or die.

Zhou Yi suddenly thought: "But on the orbit, I remember there is an old king, part of its Sky Patrol Telescope is also a Light Core Body..."

"It is precisely one of the representatives."

The sea lord said: "The Star Core Matrix forms the last layer of defense blocking outer space."

"If any Light Core Body attempts to break through the orbit, it will be locked by the Star Core, causing the consciousness to lose itself. They had used this trick on the Light Core Giant before, and it's very effective on ordinary Light Core Bodies."

Zhou Yi felt a chill in his heart.

The old king is actually one of the seven representatives.

He couldn't help but ask: "Is the Black Emperor and the Warlord a representative?"

"No."

The sea lord said: "During the second resistance war against the Heavenly People, the Black Emperor fought Light Core Giants, who were controlled by the representatives."

"It led the Dawn Guard to negotiate with the representatives and established the Heavenly Kingdom, focusing on the ground empire. The Black Emperor committed to developing the consciousness side, using 'Heavenly Kingdom Paradise' to assimilate and incorporate the concept life forms."

"Some of these concept life forms are natural Light Core Bodies, posing a threat to the representatives. The consciousness side is a domain difficult for the representatives to control, so they always try to obstruct it."

"The last three representatives therefore destroyed 'Heavenly Kingdom Paradise' and assassinated the Black Emperor."

"However, the Black Emperor was not entirely unaware of this; it had long designed a trap, and together with the hidden Warlord, killed the three representatives on the spot. But the Black Emperor was also severely injured and near death."

"Before this, the Black Emperor had reached an agreement with us, foreseeing its death. After its death, we would repair the fragments of its consciousness and continue operating the Heavenly Kingdom under its name and identity."

"But this matter is unknown to the outside world. We used the Great Holy Spirit to block detection."

"Each of the eighteen weaving lords plays the role of the Black Emperor for five years, rotating shifts, while the others serve as advisors, continuing the existing policies of the Black Emperor."

Zhou Yi faintly felt that the Warlord should be aware.

Although the Warlord spoke somewhat sarcastically about the Black Emperor, at critical moments, it dared to directly take lethal action against the representatives. This shows that the Warlord and the Black Emperor share a bond of life and death.

The evil brain that started all these insider sources was deliberately left by the Warlord to itself.

It seems to be guiding him to understand all of this.

"So, is the current Black Emperor about to choose a successor?"

"Indeed. The selection of successors has been ongoing, focusing on the younger generation. The successor must meet the standards set by the Black Emperor; up to my time, the Slaughter Duke is the most suitable candidate."

The sea lord continued.

Zhou Yi thought, it seems that when the sea lord had an accident, he had not yet emerged.

He said: "Are the weaving lords the decision-making layer among the Dream Demons?"

The sea lord nodded: "The dream realm woven by the Dream Demons is managed by us, the eighteen weaving lords. I was responsible for the fourth layer of the dream realm in the past, so I'm skilled in managing that layer."

Zhou Yi exclaimed: "Do you mean all the dream realms are connected?"

"Indeed."

The sea lord introduced: "The so-called dream realm is a layered consciousness box developed on the consciousness side, which can contain dreamers' consciousnesses connected to the dream realm. The weaving lords can enter each layer they manage, and only we can open the passages between the dream realms..."

"I tried to use the evil brain to create a dream realm, escape through the dream realm passages, but was completely trapped, unable to leave. These creatures have bizarre abilities to lock deep dream realms on the material side, with strong destruction and invasion capacity in the consciousness domain."

According to his explanation, the dream realm is a series of consciousness copies created by the Dream Demons; ordinary Dream Demons act as designers within it, occasionally serving as NPCs, while the weaving lords are the administrators.

The sea lord explained: "Weaving lords need to maintain the dream realm, closing it off and isolating it timely in case of danger or abnormal conditions, ensuring all Dream Demons are safe."

"The maintenance of the Great Holy Spirit is also mainly our responsibility."

"We are fundamentally opposite to the representatives, who worry about being replaced. We focus on nurturing new weaving lords, which allows us to rest. Becoming a weaving lord itself is not an easy task but a responsibility and duty for every Dream Demon."

Zhou Yi asked: "Is the Spirit Interface of the Great Holy Spirit also a Dream Demon?"

"Indeed."

The sea lord acknowledged: "The Spirit Interface is played by Dream Demons; we developed a paid mechanism for excavating consciousness fragments using the Great Holy Spirit, to obtain enough light seeds, which nourishes the birth of the new generation of Dream Demons."

This mechanism allows the Dream Demons to control the Great Holy Spirit, charging external visiting consciousnesses, and making Skywalkers serve them in mining.

Zhou Yi speculated, this monopoly on the Great Holy Spirit's information trade might be the most profitable business on Earth.

"Although we can obtain energy through the consciousness side, acting on the material side without light seeds as currency is impossible."

"We funded the Black Emperor's kingdom creation, invested in the establishment of the Star Core Matrix, and promoted the birth of three representatives, ensuring they could advocate for us... Unfortunately, mechanical life doesn't dream, and we cannot influence them. They are indeed special."

"Although I don't like this phrase."

The sea lord paused briefly and said confidently and firmly: "Even in this world ruled by the Heavenly People, enough light seeds can still carry out our will."

Zhou Yi felt a surge of emotion.

These ancient rulers are indeed hidden super patrons behind the world.

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