Wasteland Development Diary

Chapter 77 The Death of the Glass Man


Zhou Yi was encountering the physical form of the Green Gemstone for the first time.

This was the key to the Heavenly People's attempts to transform life forms, trying to use it to create an alternative to the glass man. However, it doesn't seem to have been very successful so far.

He had only seen it once before inside the Heavenly Corpse, extremely rare.

Zhou Yi examined it carefully.

The fibers inside the Green Gemstone were severely fragmented, like broken feathers, dim and scarce, seemingly having lost their function.

"This thing... is a bit strange."

Night God said, "It's damaged very thoroughly and evenly, let me try to restore it and piece it together."

Zhou Yi quietly observed.

Night God demonstrated unparalleled skill in manipulating gemstones.

The scattered fiber fragments within the Green Gemstone were painstakingly pieced together with the White Gemstone by her, just like restoring torn paper scraps into a smooth sheet.

After a while of busy work.

"Done!"

With Night God's announcement.

A faint, incomplete human face emerged within the Green Gemstone, features barely discernible, the missing parts filled in with White Gemstone fibers. It was like an ancient incomplete mummified corpse, restored with plaster.

Its limbs were highly fibered, resembling the chaotic strokes of a sketching pencil.

The glass man's eyes were wide open, fear was clearly etched on its face, as if it had encountered something terrifying.

"It should have been suddenly killed by some force, causing the body to shatter completely."

Night God speculated, "Surely it couldn't have died of fright?"

Zhou Yi asked, "Can the cause of death be confirmed?"

"How could such a thing be done..."

Despite saying so.

Night God still tried her best to perform an autopsy. She used the white, blue, black, and red four-color gemstones to extend a dense array of fibers, fussing over the glass man back and forth.

After a good while.

"Still can't do it, there are too few remnants to work with, and these existing green fibers are gradually losing activity, reverting to ordinary White Gemstone fibers."

Night God suddenly said, "Wait a minute, I seem to have found some information on the Moon itself!"

"Give me a moment."

While waiting, Zhou Yi examined the Heavenly Corpse again. Inside were only the white, blue, and black three-colored gemstones, no Ruby was seen.

According to Zhou Yi's years of experience in corpse collection.

The larger the Heavenly Corpse, the higher the intensity it signifies.

The terrified shattered glass man.

The large Heavenly Corpse.

No records of Ruby.

Zhou Yi suddenly had a thought.

Could it be possible that...

"I know now!"

Night God suddenly interrupted his thoughts, "This Green Gemstone itself has autonomous agency and thinking ability, it's an organ for reproduction and growth in Heavenly People, representing their growth and activity. There are records in my own body."

"These things are, in fact, also brains for the Heavenly People."

"When the volume of a Heavenly Person reaches a certain level, it starts to gradually divide with the drive of the glass man, giving birth to a brand new Heavenly Person."

"The glass man is very fragile, so they are usually protected inside the Heavenly Person, and they can only survive in high temperatures and water-free environments."

"However, having more glass men is not necessarily better; they need to be paired with other gemstones in a certain ratio. Because when their numbers increase, it can cause a lot of disagreements among them, affecting the efficiency of the Heavenly Person's actions."

"But generally speaking, every healthy Heavenly Person has at least 7 glass men as their brains and reproductive organs, otherwise, it would be difficult to change and evolve."

Zhou Yi wondered, "I've seen a situation in Ruby where a large number of glass men used gemstone pipes to feed a significant amount of Blue Gemstone and liquid Methane into a small Heavenly Person. That was at least a dozen glass men."

He directly shared the Ruby with Night God for reading.

After a while.

Night God responded, "What's recorded inside is the birth of a new Heavenly Person, which can also be seen as the delivery of the Heavenly Person."

"It's difficult for Heavenly People to give birth to offspring on their own, so they need external assistance and help. Usually, when a Heavenly Person is about to split and reproduce, other Heavenly People will also help, sending a large amount of Blue Gemstone and bodily fluids into the newborn."

"So that's why there are so many glass men appearing."

Zhou Yi finally understood.

"Then how did the glass men come about? Do you have that information?"

"That I don't know."

Night God said, "The information within my body is not detailed, only a very simple overview. But I sense that there's actually a lot of information to be verified... The source lies in the Double Towers, perhaps they need to be activated to know more about the condition of the Heavenly People."

"However, activating them carries unforeseeable risks."

"Moreover, we don't have 151 Heavenly Corpse bodies at our disposal..."

She sounded somewhat helpless, then said, "Do you seem to have made a discovery over there?"

"Can't call it a discovery."

Zhou Yi said, "It should be considered an inference."

"The glass man should have died from ultraviolet radiation."

"You mean, the kind from the Sun?"

"Mm."

Zhou Yi said, "You might want to carefully read the Ruby of the body movers of the Heavenly Corpse again."

"Oh, okay."

After a while.

Night God reacted, "No wonder you say that... Those two transported bodies had areas inside them flashing with ultraviolet, and they were all Green Gemstones, the glass man was pierced and destroyed by the ultraviolet... which means that the role of the Ring Solar Wall is not only in absorbing and acquiring solar energy but also in blocking ultraviolet."

"Yes."

Zhou Yi explained, "Now it can be confirmed that ultraviolet is deadly to the glass man. This poses a great threat to the Heavenly People. Hence, the need to build walls."

"Zhou Yi. I feel like ultraviolet seems to be something familiar..."

Night God frowned, "But I don't know what it is, because as soon as I touch the ultraviolet light or think about it, I'm forcibly blocked, as if there's a setting in my own body prohibiting me from accessing and visiting anything related to ultraviolet."

She felt somewhat frustrated, "In hindsight, I should have kept the information code rewritten back then, this ultraviolet must have a very significant relationship with me and the Heavenly People."

Zhou Yi consoled, "It's okay. Take it slow, we'll find clues eventually."

"Oh, I have an idea!"

Night God suddenly announced, "Isn't there a Time Flow Device? If I use that on my main body, wouldn't it be able to quickly get through a 100-year dormancy period?"

"The main body has been left there, and nothing has changed over the years, this should work."

Zhou Yi was stunned.

This was indeed a method.

However, since they're already here.

Zhou Yi still brought Night God along and first collected and packed the Heavenly Corpse with the Green Gemstone, spending quite a bit of effort to extract all the gemstones from its body.

Originally, Night God intended to collect a large amount, but was stopped by Zhou Yi.

"Take it slow, if too many corpses from this area suddenly disappear, it might draw attention."

The two left thereafter.

...

Underground on the Moon, in the Double Tower Area.

Night God began sorting and storing the newly acquired large number of gemstones, as too many could affect Brother Pumpkin's sensitivity. Different Heavenly Corpse bodies had different volumes and scales.

These were also trophies she caught with her own hands.

Zhou Yi handed the Green Gemstone to the electromechanical expert Lumi and asked Turing of the company to lead a team of electromechanical experts there for research and analysis.

Under Zhou Yi's authorization, Night God borrowed a Time Flow Device from the medical department for use.

According to a 4500-fold acceleration, a 100-year period actually takes only 8 days to complete.

The Time Flow Device has a wide range of applications.

The Cave People have already proven that the Time Flow Device can be used to accelerate the pace of evolution and make trials and corrections on the path of life.

Adventure vine symbiosis type one also requires accelerated cultivation and experimentation with the Time Flow Device.

Zhou Yixin thought.

We better get a couple more.

After all, they are dysfunctional organs, even a behemoth like the Time Master wouldn't mind.

If it's gone, consider it part of a metabolic process.

Zhou Yi immediately returned to Earth and boarded the Black Thorn to reach the four-dimensional Space Hole.

He took off his arm brace on his right arm, revealing a Light Core Arm structured like a diamond.

Just as he was about to start probing forward, he suddenly thought.

Wait a minute.

I'm already a Light Core Body, and my arm should be able to regenerate now.

Zhou Yi immediately dismantled the Corridor Palace.

He aligned his internal Light Core with his right arm, the previously scorched and broken area on his arm, those long-congealed sealing forces immediately melted rapidly.

The right hand regrew at an astonishing speed.

He swung the newly grown arm, moved his fingers a bit.

Feels good.

Although the Corridor Palace served as a pretty sensitive prosthesis,

the original arm still felt more comfortable, with that sense of perfect fit.

Zhou Yi asked Dong, "Now that I want to use the Corridor Palace to capture the Time Flow Device, if I let it fully enter over there, would there be any danger?"

Such an advantage lies in the fact that it can allow the Corridor Palace to extend greatly.

Although it would certainly be more effective if I went directly, I'm unsure if it would provoke the Time Master, better to stick with the old ways for safety.

"It's possible, Mr. Zhou."

"With your increased volume, the Corridor Palace can also extend further, providing longer endurance."

Zhou Yi immediately grasped the Corridor Palace, which turned into a thin thread and was thrown into Space Hole.

Four-dimensional space fishing begins!

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