Zhou Yi shifted his focus back to his abilities.

A B-level life form facing an A-level one still has a chance to fight back, and there is even a possibility of victory in a cross-level challenge.

But the abilities evolved from the Light Core Body are completely different, imposing a mechanistic suppression on lower-level life forms.

As long as he has enough Consciousness Nerve as consumables, he can even alter and distort the thoughts of billions.

This ability to rewrite others' consciousness was named "Consciousness Writing" by Zhou Yi.

In terms of ability development, Xiao Fu provided many suggestions.

It first corrected Zhou Yi's misunderstanding of this trait.

"Da Zhou, the consciousness you rewrite can only last for a short time because it is too simplistic and fragile."

"As you old humans say, a lie requires a hundred more lies to maintain."

"You need to construct a complete set of fictional consciousness for the target to believe that all of this is their own inner thoughts and deep desires, rather than an anomaly influenced by external factors."

"Whether one can perfectly implant fiction and combine it with the target's existing behavior to construct common sense and consensus determines the strength of the consciousness shaping system."

"You old humans are quite adept at this. Cities, nations, and religious beliefs are excellent applications of this system."

According to Xiao Fu's understanding and experience, it is like programming and scriptwriting, finding associations within existing consciousness, then fabricating a series of connections to finally arrive at a result the practitioner wants to guide to.

It's somewhat like Dream Creation.

Zhou Yi immediately consulted Cang Hai Jun without concealing his ability's traits.

"The Chairman is quite similar to us."

"Please demonstrate your ability's effects."

After experiencing it, Cang Hai Jun fell into deep thought.

For a long time.

He finally spoke: "If you write a consciousness trail that is precise and hard to find flaws in, the written cannot easily escape it."

"Creating dreams is about connecting in fragments, finding gaps in the dreamer's subconscious, filling those gaps, which are their intrinsic desires, impulses, and regrets."

"We attempt to fill them, meeting their own needs, thus they are unwilling to wake from the dream… Your ability is similar, the key is fragmented connection, finding the target gaps."

"As long as the technology is strong enough, it creates a continuous loop. Those in it can only wander in modified consciousness mazes, unable to distinguish what is real from fake."

"There's just one problem."

"The more powerful the mechanism, the higher the demands for controlling it. You might need a long time to become adept and hone this ability to reach a stage where reality and illusion are indistinguishable… According to our case, a Dream Demon requires at least decades to learn complete Dream Creation."

"Due to your ability's mechanism, it takes longer time, but of course, the effect and ceiling are even more astonishing. Even for a Light Core Body, being affected by this ability would make it unable to discern between reality and fiction, becoming a puppet on the user's string."

Zhou Yi asked: "How long to practice for it to work on Light Core Body?"

"In my view."

Cang Hai Jun adjusted his glasses: "It would take about 300 years before this ability can come to fruition."

"..."

Zhou Yi's eyelids twitched.

Three hundred years to sharpen a sword.

This apprenticeship period is a bit too long.

As the company's chairman, it's challenging for him to dedicate so much time like a professional warrior focusing energy and time in honing a specific ability.

It's a bit difficult.

Suddenly, a spark of inspiration lit up in Zhou Yi's mind.

Right.

There is a guy, not sure if it works.

Half an hour later.

Zhou Yi began his test in the Double Tower Area under the Moon's surface.

The Heavenly People Gem Body indeed emitted waves of ripples.

But there were no words in these ripples.

Because its own consciousness had died, devoid of self-awareness, it was only being controlled by the Night God through specific column-like structures within.

Zhou Yi tried to write on it using his Consciousness Nerve.

"I am a pool of water, spreading, flowing, flowing."

"Flowing is…"

The originally floating Gemstone Body splashed apart, slowly flowing on the rocky ground, turning into a shining moving lake.

The nearby Night God watched in astonishment: "What are you doing? This isn't right, I clearly hold control, what did you do to it, how did it become like this…"

Zhou Yi said: "Don't rush, let me test and confirm first, then I'll explain to you."

He continued writing.

"I am a ball, rolling, rolling."

"A sphere's orthogonal projection on any plane is an equal-sized circle…"

The previously spread gemstone flow quickly gathered again, forming a sphere, rolling aimlessly on the ground.

"I am a tree, a growing tree."

"A tree is a kind of upward-reaching life…"

The giant gemstone sphere immediately stopped, starting to grow upwards and transforming into a radiant tree, quickly surpassing a thousand meters in height, resembling a gemstone version of the Sky-reaching Tree.

Zhou Yi consecutively tested over a dozen consciousness scripting results, most of which were successful.

It works.

He then said to Night God, who was watching intently, "This is the effect of my [Consciousness Scripting]."

Because the Heavenly Corpse lacks autonomous consciousness, Zhou Yi wondered if he could script a consciousness for it himself.

Like writing a program, allowing the gemstone hardware, which has lost its conscious support, to activate.

The experimental results were quite impressive.

However, scripting consciousness for the Heavenly Corpse requires detailed descriptions—the more detailed and precise the descriptions and definitions, the more accurate the behavior driven by the consciousness scripting.

Gem Cells cannot comprehend complex expressions, so every concept, like circle, tree, and water, needs to be defined and described.

For more complex behaviors or instructions, testing and research are needed continuously to ensure accurate execution.

Zhou Yi looked at Night God: "You're an expert in Gem Cells manipulation; what do you think of this approach?"

"A very good direction for development!"

Night God listened with excitement: "I just observed that under your influence, the Gem Cells started some operations spontaneously. With the 42 structural prototypes provided by Zhang Zhi, I can optimize and experiment on this basis..."

"This is akin to turning the previously passively controlled, puppet-like Heavenly Corpse into something with a degree of autonomous behavior. Could it work automatically? Like mining... when there are more corpses in the future, this will be very useful."

She exclaimed: "By what you're saying, it's essentially like code writing, isn't it? Just through scripting descriptions, which is where Mechanical Life excels."

"Why not have them help you complete this step?"

Zhou Yi had the same intention.

However, he needed to confirm with Night God whether the Gem Cells' operations could retain the consciousness scripting in the long term.

Subsequent steps involve information code writing.

"No problem with that."

Night God's eyes switched to black and red pupils, staring at the tree-like gemstone body: "It lacks autonomous consciousness. The instructions you implanted are all being executed without being spontaneously erased — they can be considered as shallow information codes. However, if the instructions themselves conflict, it will be unable to decide which to choose, leading to a state similar to a freeze."

Zhou Yi asked, "Should we add a layer of security password? Like a firewall, to prevent other Light Core Bodies from controlling the Heavenly Corpse through this route?"

"No need for that."

Night God waved her hand: "Because its structure and I are synchronized, it actually acts as a dual verification between you and me. If anyone else wants to alter consciousness, I can immediately detect, correct, and capture it."

According to her explanation.

The modified Heavenly Corpse, gemstone hardware verification resides with Night God, while the consciousness program verification is with Zhou Yi.

The two of them are sufficient to ensure that the operation of the Heavenly Corpse is not affected by external influences.

"However, more Heavenly Corpses are needed for comparison and testing in this area."

"Shall we go find some corpses now?"

Night God proposed.

Zhou Yi nodded.

...

Switching back to the Heavenly People perspective.

Zhou Yi returned to the pitch-black void.

Only this time, different from before, there was a pumpkin-shaped gemstone body by his side.

"Hey, hey? Can you hear me? I am Night God, please respond if you hear."

"I can hear..."

"There are indeed corpses everywhere here; we need to bring them all back!"

"The best is if there's a Ruby; if not, just connect the entire corpse to me and take it. So many Gem Cells can be greatly utilized."

Night God, visiting here for the first time, was extremely excited.

Impatient for the corpse-collecting activity.

However, as an experienced hand in this line, Zhou Yi still reminded her, "Caution ensures the longevity of a boat; let's move cautiously and steadily, safety first."

"You're the expert here, I'll listen to you," said Night God.

Zhou Yi glanced around, locking onto a target.

"This is it."

The target he pointed to with the gemstone body was a large corpse, approximately 30 times the size of Brother Pumpkin.

Based on past experience, even if such a large figure doesn't have a Ruby, it would have a notable number of Blue Gemstones.

Zhou Yi had intended to take action on it before, but it was somewhat challenging to handle alone.

Night God joined him to surround and connect to this large skeleton.

While examining it, Night God suddenly exclaimed, "Isn't this gemstone quite rare? Look at this!"

Zhou Yi turned his view to her side and immediately froze.

Night God had dug out a Green Gemstone from within the large figure.

Although the color was very dim.

But it was definitely a Green Gemstone!

This was the core of the glass man replication.

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