Zhou Yi attempted to communicate with the White King through his mind.

"What is a Fire Gatherer?"

"...Fire Gatherer... Is the sun of this world going to be destroyed too..."

It merely repeated the phrase.

The latter part sounded less like a response and more like contemplation or a sigh.

Ignoring the discomfort from the disorientation of his senses, Zhou Yi inquired about the White King's origins from Xiao Fu.

"Fire Gatherer? I haven't heard of that name."

"I found the White King's remnant in a world that had been destroyed, just as you see it now. The top had a sharp horn-like structure, resembling a crown, and its entire body was white, so I called it the White King."

Xiao Fu said: "At that time it was severely damaged, with only one of its three arms still functional, yet it continued to build a special stone tower. Those stone towers covered the surface of that world, and they looked very similar to the White King, made of the same white material, crowned yet immobile."

Zhou Yi asked: "Are the White King and those towers made of Light Amber material?"

The places where the Reverse Flow goes would certainly experience the impact of the Circular Flow, and Light Amber, which is easy to obtain and possesses strong energetic properties, would naturally be found there.

The white square stones looked very much like the Light Amber ceramic bones of the Wasteland Armor.

"Yes."

Xiao Fu continued: "Initially, I couldn't discern the purpose of those towers because they looked like replicas of the White King, just missing some critical structures, making them nothing more than stationary structures. They were evenly distributed on the surface and maintained a specific distance from one another, but beyond that, there were no further distinctions."

"I named it the White King because it built these watchtowers everywhere, as if guarding and patrolling its kingdom."

"It took me a lot of time to find a way to transform the White King into a Fire Seed Life form. It is a very unique life form, somewhat similar to the Building Life here."

"Every cornerstone of the White King contains a consciousness. These consciousnesses and the cornerstones form the entire body, and they can unite in specific environments. For instance, when building the watchtowers, they work in complete unison, tightly cooperating with each other."

The Reverse Flow said: "But those consciousnesses are incomplete. I don't know what happened to that world, because the Great Holy Spirit was completely obliterated. Perhaps only these consciousnesses are left, resulting in only one White King being able to be born, unable to replicate itself."

"The strength of the White King was at a level 4 Light Core Body, but the energy over there was extremely scarce. Coupled with continuous consumption, when I encountered it, it had already fallen to the level of an A-grade Skywalker. When facing my transformation efforts, most of those simple consciousnesses did not respond. I had to use the Circumference Light Device to individually test each one, confirming they were not opposed to avoid issues during the transformation."

"Even so, it took a very long time. It took me about two hundred years to completely transform the White King over there."

"It was then that I realized."

"It built watchtowers to measure and search for the sun."

"That world no longer had a sun."

By this time, Zhou Yi's senses had become very disordered. He saw buzzing sounds and heard vibrant colors... His whole perception felt mashed and twisted.

He struggled to suppress the strong discomfort: "Why is there no sun in that place? Without the sun, can the Circular Flow still exist?"

"That place was in a retreat period. If the Circular Flow is considered as tides, during an outbreak it would be a high tide, covering the entire world, forming a stable connection with the transmitting solar source. If the sun itself disappears or is destroyed, the Circular Flow enters a volatile retreat period, its energy gradually diminishing."

"The entire world would lose external energy supply, slowly plunging into complete desolation and coldness."

"That's how it was over there."

Xiao Fu said: "When I first went over, I was startled. Places in the retreat period are usually swiftly abandoned by Reverse Flow. But due to various reasons, it was hard for me to open a space passage over there, and it was heavily sealed before. Hence, I thought there must be something special or some power present."

"In the White King's world, it was the only one left. The local civilization had seemingly perished years ago. The White King carried the final mission of that civilization, to find the nearest sun and look for a passage to it... Unfortunately, it never found one."

Xiao Fu paused.

"Later, I transformed it into a Fire Seed Life, and took it traveling. Only then did the White King slowly recover."

"Wait a moment."

Zhou Yi asked: "Isn't the White King a Light Core Body? How did it become a Transformer?"

"Because of the Molding Fire Platform."

Xiao Fu said: "The Molding Fire Platform greatly amplifies it, or rather, any Fire Seed Life."

"Something is wrong... something is wrong..."

"Logically by now, it should have lit the Molding Fire Platform... What exactly is going on?"

The Reverse Flow suddenly murmured.

Zhou Yi managed to contact Cat God.

The response came from the other side.

"Chairman, the situation here is very strange. I have been trying to ignite it, but it feels like some force is suppressing it, preventing a complete ignition."

"I will continue to try!"

Xiao Fu suddenly snapped back to reality: "It's the White King! That bastard! Damn!!! It's refusing us to retrieve and ignite the Molding Fire Platform!"

This was the first time Zhou Yi heard it curse.

"It's over, it's over..."

"Retreat, Da Zhou, retreat first!"

"This guy is acting strange now!"

But Zhou Yi advised: "Don't be hasty. It holds no malice towards me. Otherwise, as a Transformer, I wouldn't be able to escape."

He had a sense that it didn't seem like the White King was causing trouble.

The White King exhibited behaviors that felt heavily incomplete.

If it were a life form, it would suffer from severe memory and intelligence impairments, only maintaining strong autonomy and work processes in its designated field of research and construction.

"Are there any other Fire Seed Lives at the Molding Fire Platform?"

"No."

Xiao Fu said resolutely: "Because after the Fire Seed civilization defected, I became very cautious. It's also due to the White King's incomplete and stable traits that I let it guard the Molding Fire Platform."

"The Fire Seed civilization defected?"

Zhou Yi was shocked: "There's such a thing?"

"We can talk about that later, for now let's get through this."

Xiao Fu gradually calmed down: "Da Zhou, you're right. It's probably not the White King. It's not that intelligent. I need to think about what could have gone wrong..."

Zhou Yi redirected his attention back to the White King.

At this moment, this peculiar life form with its huge crown had already restored his senses.

Instead.

It began studying Zhou Yi's hair.

The White King plucked clumps of hair with follicles, feeding them into a sort of rolling device. The hair would be broken down into tiny particles, rotating and swirling inside the device.

Xiao Fu mentioned that the device was called the [High-speed Grinding Device], analyzing the composition of the material through grinding.

The White King continued to grind his hair.

At this moment, Zhou Yi was genuinely panicking.

This was going to turn him bald!

Punch me twice and drain my energy, I can accept that, but I can't accept being bald!

He made every effort to synchronize his consciousness.

"White King, I am the Fire Gatherer, stop, I command you to stop!"

"..."

"I, Fire Gatherer, you understand?"

"..."

The White King was silent, just plucking hair.

God damn it!

Zhou Yi was truly anxious.

In a flash of inspiration, he shouted: "I will take you to find the sun. I will help you find the sun. The sun is here."

The rotating device stopped abruptly.

The five eyes on the White King's gigantic crown focused on Zhou Yi.

"Fire Gatherer..."

"Sun, sun..."

A reaction!

Zhou Yi felt relieved, realizing that the keyword was the sun, which the White King desperately craved.

"The sun."

"The sun exists in this world."

Zhou Yi continued probing with new trigger words: "Build watchtowers, I will guide you to the sun."

"Sun, sun..."

But soon, the White King fell back into its rigid and mechanical response.

Feeling another hopeless moment, Zhou Yi urgently exclaimed: "Do you know the White Suanni?"

The White King's eyes shone brightly red.

"White Suanni, White Suanni!"

"White Suanni!"

"The White Suanni that took the sun!!!"

"Fire Gatherer! White Suanni!"

It seemed to go mad, its entire form engulfed in fierce flames.

Zhou Yi was astonished.

Could White Suanni be its real name?

No.

What was that about taking the sun?

"Fire Gatherer!!!"

The White King's five pupils stared intensely at Zhou Yi, sending shivers down his spine.

Could it have a grudge with the White Suanni... or did the destruction of that world have something to do with the White Suanni...

"Reshape the sun."

"Reshape the sun, Fire Gatherer!"

The White King said: "Please, reshape the sun."

Zhou Yi was taken aback.

"Me, reshape the sun?"

"Please."

Huh.

The situation seemed to have turned around.

"Molding Fire Platform."

Zhou Yi tried saying: "Help me ignite the Molding Fire Platform, and I will help you reshape the sun."

"Please."

It still responded in the same manner, making it uncertain if it understood the intention.

The White King's body transformed, returning to its original tower shape, retracting its three arms inside. A beam of light shot up from its surface, filling the stone platform with a scattering of stars.

Cat God suddenly said: "Chairman, it's lit, it's lit! The Circular Flow structure on the Molding Fire Platform has finally stabilized! I have entered and activated the complex structures within!"

Simultaneously.

Zhou Yi saw the ring-shaped ash cloud overhead transform into a massive ring of fire. Now, blazing flames burned brightly and rotated slowly, completely different from its previous decayed state.

The White King simply gazed at Zhou Yi.

"Please."

"Reshape the sun."

Zhou Yi knew the White King had played a significant role in resolving the issue of igniting the Molding Fire Platform.

He earnestly promised: "I will reshape the sun."

Although he didn't know exactly what happened to the White King's world, if it believed he could do it, he would do his best to try.

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