Cave Refuge

Zachary had initially planned to retrieve the Fake Yamata no Orochi that had been stolen from him on this trip. However, once he actually arrived here, not only did he fail to find the stolen creature, but Zachary did find some other giant beings.

He had thought this place was the main base of the Life Foundation, but only upon arrival did he realize that it was actually just an important branch for building the Giant God Soldiers.

Besides this location, the Life Foundation also had two different research centers: the Life Research Institute and the Life Evolution Center. The Life Research Institute was dedicated to the research and creation of Awakened Potions for the Pioneer Evolver branch, while the Life Evolution Center, under the Mechanical Eternity division, was responsible for mechanical modifications.

This place also bore a name prefixed with 'Life': the Life Transformation Center. It was only from reading the deputy's memories that Zachary discovered that the Giant God Soldiers created by the Life Foundation were not just giant war machines; the ultimate goal here was actually to enable humans to occupy the bodies of Giant God Soldiers and eventually become one with them.

According to the deputy's memories, as a Giant God Soldier Pilot operated the Giant God Soldier for long durations, the spiritual frequency of the pilot and the Giant God Soldier would gradually align. This change was not just within the pilot's Spiritual Fluctuation; the Giant God Soldier's own Spiritual Fluctuation would also change.

Since the original soul of the Giant God Soldier was shattered and integrated into its flesh, normally, due to the self-healing property of souls, the fragmented soul embedded within the flesh would eventually reunite over time, potentially allowing the Giant God Soldier to regain its senses. Although theoretically, it would take a very long time for a soul to fully recover on its own, this was still a hidden risk.

However, when a pilot entered the Giant God Soldier, over time, not only would the Giant God Soldier's Spiritual Fluctuation affect the pilot, but the Giant God Soldier's inherent Spiritual Fluctuation would also be influenced by the pilot. Because of the changes in Spiritual Fluctuation within the Giant God Soldier, it made the scattered soul fragments within its body difficult to congregate again.

According to the research of the branch leader, precisely due to the long-term intervention of the pilot's spiritual power, by the time the soul inside the Giant God Soldier fully gathered and recovered, it was highly probable that the Giant God Soldier would lose its original memories.

And because this soul's Spiritual Fluctuation would be fully aligned with the pilot's, the reemergent soul would likely fuse perfectly with the pilot's soul, possibly resulting in the pilot becoming an existence of dual entities within a single soul.

This meant that these Giant God Soldier pilots could manipulate the Giant God Soldiers at will without relying on existing equipment, solely by instinct, since the Giant God Soldier had effectively become an extension of the pilot's own body.

If one were to be more radical, one could attempt to completely destroy the human body, leaving the pilot as the Giant God Soldier, which would allow for a perfect fusion of the two.

Before seeing this intelligence, Dong Tianyu had thought that this branch was merely creating giant war machines. However, after gaining a deeper understanding, he realized why the branch of Giant God Soldiers had become one of the three pillars of the Life Foundation - their idea was as mad as those of the other two branches.

But after Dong Tianyu's raid, this branch of Giant God Soldiers was essentially ruined. However, since the core leader of the Giant God Soldier was not present, even if Dong Tianyu took away the entire construction center, the Life Foundation would only suffer a material loss; their core scientific research achievements were not damaged, so there is still potential for them to rebuild in the future.

After ransacking the place, Dong Tianyu, prepared to leave, suddenly hesitated about where he should go next. It wasn't that he had nowhere to go, but that all three options were very important to him.

The first was what he had initially decided on: to reclaim his plundered prize and return to China. After all, he had been away for such a long time, it was about time to check on his family's situation, wondering whether his parents were lacking in life resources and if he should supplement them with more.

It was only after coming here that a curious thought suddenly emerged in Dong Tianyu's heart. Given that he was now on the periphery of the Arctic Circle, a place he, a former ordinary person before the cataclysm, had never imagined he'd be able to visit during his lifetime.

Moreover, a particularly odd idea occurred to him: if, as in the past, the glaciers in the center of the Arctic Circle still existed, then the Arctic could possibly become the most suitable living environment for most people.

One must remember that even before the cataclysm, aside from scientific expeditions, there were indigenous people who had been living in the Arctic Circle for generations. If ordinary natives could survive here, then for Martial Artists, the low-temperature climate would have minimal impact.

Disregarding the cold temperatures, this place still had incomparable advantages in the face of recurring cataclysms.

Firstly, the glaciers at the center of the Arctic Circle are actually floating ice, which, although it could be several tens or even hundreds of meters deep, ultimately does not make direct contact with the seabed - there is sea water separating the glaciers from the ocean floor.