The Book-eating Demon said, "This matter has to start with the Bottle Imp technology."

"The essence of Bottle Imp technology is to combine several abilities, much like assembling mechanical equipment with various components, to project specific Consciousness over here."

"Initially, this was entirely operated by Alchemists, and the effect was very unstable, like a lottery. It could trigger a consciousness shock or project some deformed polluted Consciousness. Summoning a Bottle Imp was a very low-probability event, and the cost was extremely high."

"Later, to reduce the risks, the Alchemist Association collaborated with Mirror City to integrate Mirror Cutting Technology. Through numerous experiments, they found quantifiable parameters and technical data, gradually enabling the summoning of Bottle Imps with a certain probability."

"I checked, and there are no Light Core Bodies among the Alchemists. The fact that Bottle Imps could be summoned in the past indicates that the power needed for projection consciousness doesn't require Light Core Level; these imps should originally be on Earth. Otherwise, cross-space projection isn't something a Skywalker could accomplish."

"To travel to Mars or the Moon, the energy required for a Bottle Imp to be born would skyrocket, and only the advanced equipment of Mechanical City could achieve this."

She paused for a moment, a hint of a smile appearing on her face: "Then I investigated along this direction, and sure enough, I obtained two crucial pieces of intelligence."

"The core laboratory of the Bottle Imps is on the Forbidden Continent. Because they found through testing that the success rate there far exceeds other places, I suspect that the Bottle Imps might be local."

"But that's a very special place, even the Great Holy Spirit cannot reach there. So, I asked Night God for help, and she readily agreed."

"Night God observed the Bottle Imps and said they are special Breakers, tracing them in reverse confirmed that their final location is indeed on the Forbidden Continent! Their holding place is the Spark Plains."

Zhou Yi couldn't help feeling regretful.

How did he forget about Night God, the super Identification master?

He immediately found Night God to ask for detailed information.

"I can't say much more."

Night God fiddled with several Heavenly People Gems in her hand: "Like Breakers, they are merely projections into the bottle, not the bodies themselves."

"To figure out the reason, one might need to take a look at the Forbidden Continent."

In Zhou Yi's mind appeared the scene of Xu Yuhang and Hina interacting but unable to take off their clothes.

Because they are also projections.

Just like Haruk projecting over to Earth.

He decided to take a trip to the Spark Plains.

...

Zhou Yi and the Canghai Jun team rushed all the way to the Forbidden Continent.

Upon arrival, Zhou Yi didn't hurry to the destination, but first visited the Warlord at Golden Elephant Valley.

He was received again by Bai Bi.

"Mr. Zhou, you're here. I thought you wouldn't come until next winter."

This energetic and enthusiastic Weapon Princess, with rabbit-like ears, carried an Iron Coffin and waved from afar.

As she led the way, she said, "Recently, two more Golden Elephants died, and the Golden Elephant Flag was born. Fortunately, it was promptly dealt with; otherwise, it would almost sprout into a Golden Branch."

Zhou Yi asked her, "Is the number of Golden Elephants always constant?"

"Yes, at least in Golden Elephant Valley, it is. This valley appears small but is actually vast, with a very special space. The number of Golden Elephants simultaneously appearing is always 37, no more, no less."

"Lord of Soldiers says it's a magic number representing the uniqueness of life. The human body temperature is 37 degrees Celsius, and when multiplied by 3, it produces repeating numbers: 37×3=111, 37×6=222, 37×9=333, like that…"

Zhou Yi thought, I didn't expect the Warlord to have explored mathematics.

"It seems related to the number 3?"

"Yes, you noticed too, right?"

Bai Bi raised her right hand, showing her index, middle, and ring fingers: "The Forbidden Continent only has three true local lifeforms: electric cats, killer rats, and Golden Elephants."

"The exact number of electric cats is unknown, but there are always 333 killer rats, precisely nine times the number of Golden Elephants. There are three great wonders here: Meat Mountain, Golden Elephant Valley, and Spark Plains… This is a place composed of threes."

"Lord of Soldiers believes this is a result of deliberate design, perhaps maintaining some kind of special ecological balance."

Zhou Yi thought.

This place, crafted by the Golden Elephant herders—or Seeders, is naturally skilled in sowing life and creating ecological environments, having sophisticated calculation abilities seems perfectly normal.

"Bai Bi, I've always had a question. Why do you stay in Golden Elephant Valley, is there something special about the Golden Elephants?"

"Golden Elephants are indeed special..."

Bai Bi said, "They can grow rapidly and could mature into Transformers. The Warlord is working on transforming them to create Golden Elephant Weapons. This could lead to the creation of Transformer-level weapons, and if successful, it would be an unprecedented breakthrough in the history of weaponry."

"Oh, didn't you know?"

"I didn't know."

Zhou Yi immediately thought.

The Warlord's development of Transformer-level weapons is likely to counteract the Heavenly People.

However.

Personally, he felt that if it were a conventional face-off against the Heavenly People, the success rate would be nearly zero.

The last two resistance wars have already proven that.

As a Transformer, strength and muscles are the Heavenly People's comfort zone.

Zhou Yi's strategy is, a massive Empire always collapses from within, infiltrating internally is a more effective approach.

In this regard, he and Mechanical City are on the same path: first, attempt to decipher the secrets of the Heavenly People themselves, then strike precisely based on their weaknesses.

However, there's still a long way to go for now.

At this moment, the Warlord was surveying beside a huge golden footprint.

The armored Weapon Princess Lan Liao stood near, having set up a barbecue stand, grilling corn and meat skewers on charcoal fire.

The Warlord motioned Zhou Yi to come over with a gesture.

"Take a look at this footprint, is there anything special about it?"

Zhou Yi examined it carefully.

The footprint in front of him was about eighty centimeters deep, its surface coated with a layer of glowing gold foil, clearly caused by the Golden Elephant.

However, there were some white fibrous substances in the imprint, resembling mycelium or feathers.

Zhou Yi recalled that Bai Bi had once taken him to see a peculiar footprint where the land had turned into white fluffy foam board.

It was left by a Transformer Golden Elephant.

"Is this Golden Elephant transforming into a Transformer?"

"Yes."

The Warlord squatted down, pointing at the white substances on the ground: "When a Golden Elephant evolves from a Light Core Body to a Transformer, it begins to spontaneously convert energy into this golden substance, as gold is their natural element."

"Upon reaching the Transformer stage, their power can affect external materials. Here, it is no longer about overflowing and converting gold, but about integrating with soil, stone, and plants in a micro-precise form at a very small scale, combining with external materials to form this white structure, which can be considered semi-finished gold."

"Golden Elephants are an exceptionally talented species, naturally growing into Light Core Bodies as Skywalkers. If, like this one, they have a slightly smarter mind, they can find a way to further advance and become Transformers."

He showed a hint of regret on his face: "It's a pity, an incredibly powerful group, yet undeveloped in intelligence."

Zhou Yi said: "That might not be the case; it could also be that their thinking is intentionally restricted."

The Warlord raised an eyebrow: "What do you mean?"

Zhou Yi shared the conclusions he had reached with the Old King, along with the matter regarding the little man in the bottle.

The Warlord remained silent for a long time after listening.

After a few minutes,

His tightly closed lips moved slightly: "Seeder... that old fellow never told me this part."

"I've studied the Golden Elephant for many years and know clearly that their intelligence level is indeed very low. They cannot recognize their surroundings, find it difficult to accumulate experience, and struggle to communicate and coordinate within the group..."

"Yet they have a mutual understanding of burial rituals, show compassion towards their kind, and have a deep attachment to their birthplace... They express their emotions in incredibly subtle ways."

"Do you understand what I mean?"

"It's like a group of animals that only knows how to run around, but suddenly at times, they demonstrate a level of civilization that far exceeds the norm, in funerals, birth, death, pain, despair, memorials... these expressions seem to be innate."

Zhou Yi recalled witnessing the death of a Golden Elephant.

Many Golden Elephants came over to mourn and participate in sending off; the scene was restrained and solemn, completely different from their usual behavior of chaotic running and crashing into one another.

"I never used to understand why such a contradictory situation existed."

"In their muddled ignorance, they occasionally display an intelligence that shouldn't exist; these two scenarios alternate in every Golden Elephant."

"They live short lives, only a few years, forever confined to this valley. They know nothing of the outside, can't see the outside, and can only sense by walking."

The Warlord spoke slowly: "But what you said about the little man in the bottle, that the consciousness of the Old Humans is trapped here, gave me a hypothesis."

"Just now, I did a verification."

"My Commanding Platform has decoding abilities, capable of analyzing various abilities."

"However, this decoding doesn't always succeed; constant adjustments are needed. The more information and key trigger mechanisms are obtained, the higher the success rate."

"Over the years, I have been using the Commanding Platform to decode the Golden Elephants, hoping to find a way to use them and thereby transform them into a new generation of Weapon Princesses."

"This is a special weaponized life form created by combining weapons and humans, which is also my core capability."

The Warlord pointed to the two Weapon Princesses beside him: "Like Bai Bi and Lan Liao, they were originally normal human girls. They were initially Weapon Hunters, volunteered to become Weapon Princesses through my tests and selections."

Zhou Yi listened quietly.

"In the past, I've been deducing the possibilities for Golden Elephants, but I found it never succeeded. Just now, your words gave me an idea."

"So I conducted a test."

"And successfully hatched the third generation of Weapon Princess."

The Warlord snapped his fingers, and suddenly a figure appeared beside him, holding a chicken leg, looking bewildered.

Zhou Yi focused his eyes.

It was the bald Weapon Hunter, Fang Qiao.

Zhou Yi was shocked: "Can a man also become a Weapon Princess?"

"Wrong. It's not him."

The Warlord snapped his fingers again.

Fang Qiao disappeared, replaced by a blonde girl.

She had a serene expression, clad in a sleek and sophisticated white shirt and a long black skirt, exuding the dangerous aura of a Light Core Body.

"This is the third generation of Weapon Princess transformed from a Golden Elephant."

The Warlord wore a faintly smug expression.

Although this was indeed an extraordinary achievement,

Zhou Yi was more concerned about another matter: "Um... what was the hypothesis you mentioned, senior?"

"Haven't figured it out yet?"

The Warlord spoke slowly: "The so-called Golden Elephants are life forms similarly transformed and modified, akin to Weapon Princesses, a life composed of both beasts and humans..."

"Golden Elephants are life forms created from the consciousness of the Old Humans."

Zhou Yi listened, his expression changing slightly.

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