The Warlord took the roasted corn handed over by Lan Liao and passed it to Zhou Yi: "Have one."

"Thank you, Senior."

Zhou Yi took it and took a bite.

But he couldn't taste anything at the moment, as all his attention was on the Warlord's words.

"Don't rush, young man."

The Warlord chuckled, "The more critical the moment, the more you need to keep calm. Aren't you usually very steady? Always progressing steadily, neither anxious nor impatient, so why are you so eager now?"

Zhou Yi said, "The little man in the bottle is related to the whereabouts of the old humans and is connected to the secrets of the Heavenly People and the Seeder. This means a lot to me."

"More haste, less speed."

The Warlord said slowly, "This is a lesson learned at the cost of blood."

"The more you want to go fast, the slower you should go."

He took a roasted corn and chewed slowly.

"The incubation of the Golden Elephant here involves integrating the old human Consciousness into the existing Golden Life."

"Most of the time, the Golden Elephant is muddled, with intelligence even inferior to a sand rat. Their bodies are too stable and without survival pressure, so they grow extremely slowly."

"The lifecycle of sand rats is very short, so they must make the most of their brief lifespan to go to secret chambers, build nests, and reproduce. Humans are actually part of the sand rat lineage."

"Fragile but full of vitality."

"The Golden Elephant is in another direction, powerful but chaotic."

The Warlord ate slowly, chewing each kernel of corn without waste, picking them off one by one.

Zhou Yi sought confirmation from Xiao Fu in his heart.

The Reverse Flow said: "Basically correct. It's unexpected that living in such a dilapidated world, he can come to these conclusions from limited information, truly a character of significance."

The Warlord suddenly turned to face him: "Have you ever encountered a Killer Rat?"

"No, I've only seen images of them."

"Hmm. The sand rats are filled with a desire for attack and destruction, but they never attack each other, as if it's an unbreakable instinctual rule."

"But you probably didn't know that Killer Rats cry, did you?"

Zhou Yi was stunned: "This is the first I've heard of it."

"Not many have witnessed it."

The Warlord smiled: "They usually act like bandits or highwaymen, attacking all kinds of life forms, only calming down slightly when fed Light Seeds."

"When swallowing Light Seeds, they're actually crying in pain, their eyes turning red."

"I also have Killer Rats in my Hundred Beasts Garden."

He put down the bare corn cob: "When given a large amount of Light Seeds, they cry intensely, even with tears of blood."

"Bai Bi is skilled in Consciousness Ability, she can insight into the state of Killer Rats when they are feeding on Light Seeds. You tell him."

"Yes, my lord."

Upon being named, the Rabbit-eared Weapon Girl finally spoke: "Killer Rats are actually very pitiable, driven by instinct to keep attacking, much like a ravenously hungry person constantly searching for food."

"Only when feeding on Light Seeds can they temporarily escape their violent instincts. At this moment, they become very sad, crying continuously…"

The Warlord said: "Forget it, bring a Killer Rat over and let Zhou Yi recognize it. He has abilities in consciousness communication."

"Yes, my lord."

Bai Bi instantly disappeared from her place.

Seconds later.

She returned, carrying an iron cage. Inside was a small creature crashing around, looking somewhat hysterical.

The Killer Rat's eyes were white, without pupils. Its entire coat was a dirty gray-brown, frantically struggling and biting, making scratching noises, giving Zhou Yi the impression of a mutated species.

Bai Bi began to feed Light Seeds into the cage.

As it continued feeding.

The Killer Rat swallowed the Light Seeds whole, quickly calming down.

After being fed 30,000 Light Seeds.

The Killer Rat's body started trembling, eyes seeping blood. Its fur drooped, claws grasping the iron cage, a stark contrast to its previous frenzy, now exuding a face of sorrow and pain like a small beast.

Bai Bi said: "Mr. Zhou, now you can go touch it. As long as I keep feeding it, it's fine for a short time."

She poked the Killer Rat with her finger.

The Killer Rat remained motionless, just holding the cage and shedding tears.

For safety's sake, Zhou Yi initiated Xiao Fu's system before reaching out to touch the Killer Rat's fur.

Energy input.

Consciousness resonance, activated.

"Can you hear me?"

"Who… are you?"

There was indeed a response.

Zhou Yi couldn't help but feel a lift in spirits and seized the opportunity to ask, "Are you human?"

"Human… I…"

The other seemed confused, as if trying to affirm this: "I… I think I'm human… I'm human… I come from… where did I come from again?"

"Right. I remember now, I'm from Cyprus, I live there, my son and daughter are there too, my wife is there, I have a bakery… I'm called…"

"What is my name?"

The Killer Rat struggled to search for itself.

"My name... is Haralambos, yes, that's my name."

"I don't know why I became like this. I feel like I've turned into a monster, and I can only be somewhat clear-headed for a short time. Are you a doctor? Am I sick?"

Zhou Yi didn't know where to begin for a moment.

He briefly explained the situation to the other party.

"The world is destroyed... I've really become a monster..."

"Oh my God, God..."

"My wife and child... are they all dead?"

"Why am I still alive, suffering this torment!"

The Killer Rat's pale, eyeless eyes seemed to become dull and lost.

Zhou Yi took some time to calm it down.

"Haralambos, I need to know your specific situation to help you out of this state."

The Killer Rat seemed to know this was its only chance and tried hard to calm its emotions, its body gradually stabilizing from the violent trembling.

"I don't know, the last memory I have is being in a bakery, suddenly feeling a very bright light, and then it was as if I fell asleep... When I came to my senses again, I had become like this."

"Right. When I was asleep, I was in a cave."

"Please describe it in detail."

"It was a cave, very dark, with only a bonfire burning brightly. If I left the bonfire, I would be cold all over, and my consciousness would become blurry; I couldn't leave there."

Haralambos recalled, "There was only me there, I didn't encounter any other humans. At first, I was worried about monsters, but there were none. Only darkness and the bonfire, I kept waking and sleeping, sleeping and waking, feeling numb."

"Later, after an unknown amount of time, it started snowing inside the cave."

Zhou Yi asked, "Are you sure it was snowing inside the cave?"

"I'm sure. When it snowed, it was cold, so cold that my brain froze; my vision was very blurry at that time."

The Killer Rat said, "A snow monster appeared in the cave... It grabbed me and took me outside, and when I came to my senses, I was the monster I am now. My mind is always unclear, with only brief moments of slight clarity."

Snow monster?

Zhou Yi's gaze focused: "What are the characteristics of the snow monster?"

"It's kind of like... you know the Himalayan Yeti? It's like that, but strange, its body isn't covered in white fur, rather it's made of snow."

He said, "I heard stories of snow monsters when I was a child. It's the first time I've seen one; that snow monster didn't have a face, just like it was completely made of chunks of snow. It was the same height as me, its body proportions were remarkably identical to mine, just without facial features. It didn't speak to me. I asked it to let me go, and it completely ignored me."

"That's all I know."

Zhou Yi immediately synced his consciousness and displayed the appearance of Qing Liu to the other party: "Does it look similar?"

"Just like it! The one that found me was more intricate, like it was cast from my mold."

The Killer Rat said expectantly: "Do you have a way to get me out?"

"I'll try."

Zhou Yi asked again: "Can you communicate with other Killer Rats?"

"No, we can't get close to each other, we'll be bounced away by some force, and we can't communicate."

This situation of not being able to touch each other is just like the workers at the Ring Solar Wall.

Unexpectedly, hydrogen-based life actually takes on a role similar to a prison guard.

Zhou Yi looked at the Warlord beside him with concern and shared the information with him.

After listening, the Warlord's eyes lit up: "So that's it. Killer Rats and Golden Elephants are all life forms created through a similar process, all that's left is the electric cat. You know electric cats best, what's their situation?"

Zhou Yi had been training electric cat employees but hadn't delved deeply into it, so he didn't know how the intelligence of electric cats was generated. Some electric cats were born smart, others very dumb.

He immediately called Cat God.

"Chairman, I'll go inquire about the local Light Core Body electric cats."

Cat God responded: "They might know something."

"Go ahead."

In less than five minutes, Cat God flew back: "Chairman, I figured it out!"

Zhou Yi was a bit surprised: "How did you get them to help?"

"Through the connection with the Molding Fire Platform, I'm now a Level 3 Light Core Body. The highest level of electric cats on the Spark Plain is Level 2. I told them I could take them to Mars, where they could upgrade to Transformers. So now they're very polite to me."

Strength still determines treatment.

Zhou Yi nodded: "Continue."

Cat God explained, "They said there are many consciousnesses above the Spark Plain. Those consciousnesses are all prisoners."

"The internal prisoners are transformed outside, lessening their punishment, capable of working on the periphery, and they turn into the form of electric cats."

"But once they leave the prison and go outside, they lose their past memories, at least that's the case with electric cats."

Listening to this, Zhou Yi had mixed feelings.

Be it Golden Elephants, Killer Rats, or electric cats, they were all made by the Seeder by fusing human consciousness with other life forms.

In other words, they are all modified former humans.

The Forbidden Continent is the Seer's biological laboratory.

A vast number of former human consciousnesses are imprisoned here.

Although the Seer's actions may seem reckless, in essence, they are no different from the Heavenly People, both are extremely dangerous enemies.

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