Wasteland Development Diary

"Since you are a Reverse Flow, you should be clear about how the Circular Flow is generated, right?"

Zhou Yi expressed the long-standing confusion he had.

Death Light had created the Dead Sea, but how this phenomenon had descended upon Earth, he was clueless.

"The eruption of Circular Flow is a kind of apocalyptic natural disaster; we don't know how it originated, nor have we traced its source."

Xiao Fu still maintained the posture of a captured criminal, hands clasping his head, as he continued, "We only know that it uses the Light Creation Star as a channel and uses light as a medium to transmit and spread. This high-energy radiation shock combines with gas, solid, or liquid to form a moving turbid flow, which manifests as the Circular Flow."

"In the face of Circular Flow, even many mid-to-high-level civilizations can only flee, otherwise they will be obliterated and destroyed. However, to detect a Circular Flow eruption in advance requires very high comprehensive capabilities of a civilization; it needs early detection along with a corresponding knowledge base and technological reserves, but in fact, most extinctions happen suddenly..."

Zhou Yi interrupted, "Light Creation Star, is it a celestial body that radiates light and heat externally?"

"It could be said that way. Although they vary widely inside, and their colors differ, the basic external characteristics match."

The speaker described some cases he knew.

After some confirmation, some of the fog in Zhou Yi's mind cleared.

Light Creation Star refers to Constant Stars.

Death Light spread and radiated through stars like the Sun, thus it was able to instantly cover the entire Earth, making the Dead Sea appear out of nowhere. It combined with Earth's atmosphere to form the Outer Sea, and with the surface air currents, moisture, and dust to create the Inner Sea.

"However, not all Circular Flows are purely destructive; at least as a Reverse Flow, we believe it also has a positive side."

Xiao Fu said, "Because such drastic changes can also bring new opportunities, especially for most worlds of civilization. The energy and information contained within the Circular Flow are almost infinite; if we could utilize even a small part of it, it might be possible to break through the existing stages in a short time, pushing civilization to an extremely high level."

Zhou Yi coldly asked, "How many civilizations that have achieved that have you seen?"

The speaker was momentarily stuck and could only force out, "Theoretically, theoretically it's possible, I've heard other Reverse Flows say so."

"So you've never seen it."

"..."

Theories and reality sometimes differ.

Zhou Yi thought, I used to think this place could be farmed just by having a lot of people, if it weren't for the Agricultural Machinery Brothers, I'm afraid not even a single seedling would sprout now.

His doubts about the Reverse Flows increased even further: "It seems, you enter different worlds through Circular Flows, yet you know very little about it."

Xiao Fu was slightly resentful, "Although I don't know what kind of higher being you are, no one understands Circular Flows better than Reverse Flows."

"The value of Circular Flow lies there, indifferent to the will of its knowledge. If it can be used, it is a powerful resource, if not, it of course becomes an apocalyptic disaster."

"Though lacking evidence, we also have a hypothesis. The Great Reverse Streamers believe that the eruption of Circular Flow is due to the destruction of high-dimensional civilizations."

Zhou Yi immediately focused on listening.

Black shadow Xiao Fu paused then said, "When a high-dimensional civilization is destroyed, it ignites all the Light Creation Stars it possesses. Numerous Light Creation Stars simultaneously Detonate, creating energy that can illuminate billions of worlds, thus vigorously driving the existing Circular Flow to erupt and reach, via light, many new worlds."

It sounded a bit like the man-made waves in a sea park.

Only, these waves used Constant Stars as fuel.

Zhou Yi puzzled, "Why would they do that?"

"Cannot determine."

Xiao Fu said, "High-dimensional civilizations themselves are unreachable, and their actions are difficult to comprehend from our perspective, yet this inference is also supported."

"Like the information streams contained in the Circular Flow, sometimes they become very massive, but they are not evenly distributed, implying obvious signs of artificial interference."

"Another is the pores within the Circular Flow, which originally should not exist. Yet they emerge in forms we cannot comprehend and connect different worlds covered by the Circular Flow, creating very peculiar spatial bubbles."

These pores are the Dark Domains used by the Breakers.

The Reverse Flow continued to elaborate: "Behind those pores, things unobservable are moving and connecting."

"The unobservable materials or energy stabilize coordinate connections. During strong periods of Circular Flow they become temporarily unusable, and during weak periods, they are the most stable."

"If we say these aren't naturally formed spatial bubbles, but engineered bridges, then it should be easier to understand."

"Before the destruction of high-dimensional civilizations, they secretly transferred parts of their civilization's heritage—whether spiritual, material, or preserved life information—via Circular Flow to other worlds."

"During the strong periods of Circular Flow, they use spatial bubbles to travel between worlds; during weak periods, for safety, they cease their use, hence becoming the temporary natural tool for Breakers."

"Those massive information flows that occasionally appear in the Circular Flow, they appear quickly and disappear quickly, because they are caused by the external radiation and partial leakage created using spatial bubbles."

This explanation cleared Zhou Yi's sudden realization.

It was because during the winter, the Breakers only appeared; it was because at that time the spatial bubbles were in a dormant state.

The Reverse Flow stressed, "The Great Reverse Streamers once traced the spatial bubbles and information flows all the way, ultimately finding definite evidence of high-dimensional civilizations. As they followed up, it directly entered a bizarre bubble world after entering a spatial bubble, spinning in place regardless of which spatial bubble it entered, and took many years to escape. That's a pretty direct warning."

Zhou Yi couldn't help but say with a strange expression, "You followed behind someone, watching where they hid their treasures, not killing them was already being lenient."

After a short silence, Xiao Fu then said, "In short, although this inference lacks direct evidence from face-to-face interactions with high-dimensional beings, it is still a highly credible conclusion. We, the Reverse Flow, might be mediocre in terms of creation, but speaking of research in the Circular Flow domain, you certainly can't overlook us, because we live within the Circular Flow!"

Zhou Yi also expressed his respect, "The Reverse Flow indeed possess high expertise in this area. I take back my previous words, you indeed have deep understanding and extensive experience."

"Clearing up the misunderstanding is good."

Xiao Fu's tone also relaxed.

He seemed to value the honor of the Reverse Flow.

Zhou Yi sized up the dark figure before him.

The Reverse Flow had human forms, but they lacked facial features and distinct outlines, resembling a mass of slowly rising black smoke.

Zhou Yi asked, "Now that we've talked about the Circular Flow, let's talk about you. What were you doing on the Sea God?"

The other party righteously replied, "The Reverse Flow need to use the local lifeforms as a basis; different worlds have different environmental structures, so different bodies are needed."

"I needed a shell. Too weak, it's hard to move; too strong, it's hard to obtain, so I chose this lifeform. However, when I found it, its consciousness structure was severely damaged, with barely one tenth of its Conscious Key remaining. Without me, its body would have quickly perished."

"So, I took over its identity and collected it. It and I are actually one now, and my name also includes 'Sea God.'"

Xiao Fu couldn't help saying, "But… you can significantly modify your own Conscious Key, directly integrating external life consciousness. Won't this cause your consciousness structure to become unstable and collapse?"

"No."

Zhou Yi, over the years, had almost daily used consciousness synchronization and hadn't felt any discomfort; on the contrary, the more he used it, the more adept he became. This confrontation with Xiao Fu was the first time he had entered the consciousness Spiral Space.

Zhou Yi immediately sought advice.

"You don't know?" The Reverse Flow seemed a bit confused, "This is mainly constructed by the 'Conscious Key' forming a 'Memory Core,' which is an information space composed of consciousness."

"Inside, there are 'Inner Track' and 'Outer Track.' The Inner Track represents the extension and motion of self-consciousness, while the Outer Track represents the recording of external information not transferred by self-consciousness—normally, both are in motion and change."

"Self-consciousness always moves faster on the Inner Track. When it enters the Outer Track to receive external information, it becomes very slow and sluggish, and may even follow a wrong Conscious Key path. Thus, your Inner Track is my Outer Track, and my Inner Track is your Outer Track; we each operate on different trajectories."

"A large number of Conscious Keys connect the Inner and Outer Tracks together, forming an interaction of consciousness and information, constituting a constantly moving and adjusting complete consciousness."

Zhou Yi nodded, "So, letting other consciousnesses in shouldn't be a problem, this is my Memory Core."

"There is a big problem…"

Xiao Fu's voice had just raised slightly, but under the intimidation of the surrounding samurai crabs, it immediately lowered: "The entrance of external consciousness, if connected to the self-consciousness, will cause bodily disorders. Because it cannot recognize the situation inside the Memory Core, it can only move according to the commands of the Memory Core as a whole."

"The result of this, is chaos in the Memory Core, various consciousnesses intermingling inside, and the external body also receiving disordered commands, quickly leading to destruction."

Zhou Yi understood.

It can only be said that the White Suanni body is indeed useful.

Consciousness synchronization is an inherent skill of it.

Zhou Yi said, "Alright, you can go out now."

"But I can't get out now, I've been locked in the Memory Core, completely cut off from the outside world."

Xiao Fu sounded somewhat helpless.

Zhou Yi raised an eyebrow; then, he had no choice but to kill.

He made a discreet throat-slitting gesture to the samurai crabs and then turned around.

"Wait, wait!"

Xiao Fu seemed to sharply sense the danger, quickly saying, "I don't want to, but the key is that your body is wrong; it locked me up first, it was the one that acted first! Of course, my problem is the biggest... You can kill me at any time, but right now I can still help you, I can find the 'Spark'! You will definitely need them."

Zhou Yi glanced sideways, "What is the Spark?"

"Individuals with higher consciousness wealth, we Reverse Flow call them Sparks. We absorb them to become Fire Seed Life—just like that flying electromechanical life before, after absorption it can be stored integrated on the body, making life immortal."

"I can obtain a large amount of civilization information, which is consciousness wealth, from them! Once I touch certain information, I can also get feedback and verification through them!!"

"If the number of Fire Seed Lives is enough, they can be connected to form a Fire Civilization, thereby able to mobilize the capabilities of each life inside for one's own use! This is a unique ability of the Reverse Flow!"

Zhou Yi was impressed.

There was such a thing?

Directly compressing life into electronic component-like imprints, becoming a highly condensed integrated civilization?

Zhou Yi looked at the other, "Explain this in detail."