Wasteland Development Diary

Chapter 23: Artificial Evolution (Part 2)



"In the operation experiments, I damaged six Evil Brain Motors. At that time, I wanted to give up, but the minister kept encouraging me, saying that you, Chairman, did not have a smooth journey either..."

"The minister said that when you first invested in and cultivated Building Life, you also encountered many failures and setbacks. Initially introducing retired enhancers failed, and due to opposing promiscuity and money worship, unwilling to abandon civilians and the poor, you refused the commercialization of high-end luxury apartments for quick profits..."

"Later, through numerous attempts and trial and error, you found the value of Building Life and its deep development, leading the company into its golden era."

"The company was built upon the support of Building Life, and all its rise and rapid development were based on the unique use and propulsion of Building Life... The minister told me many stories about your past, which helped me stay calm and persevere."

He possessed a kind of straightforwardness unique to young people.

These words made Zhou Yi feel a bit lost.

Seeing the company's unstoppable momentum now, few could imagine that ten years ago, the company operated and accommodated in just two shabby containers, with daily water supplies being an issue.

Back then, the company's important assets included excrement piled outside and a large amount of straw and branches, at one point needing to catch Bone Fish in the Dead Sea to supplement household finances.

When encountering Jade City, Zhou Yi barely managed to scrape together the down payment for 3101…

The tough and impoverished life seemed like it was just yesterday.

Zhou Yi gathered his thoughts and looked at the transparent skull of the Killer Rat: "What are your main duties now?"

"Mainly conducting surveys outside the base."

Deng Jian said: "Dust storms cover over 45% of Mars' surface, this area is also known as the Dark Zone, which satellites cannot view at all. Coupled with the fact that wild Killer Rats are Light Core Bodies, they attack any form of life and are extremely dangerous. In the past, surveying the exterior was very difficult, often encountering natural disasters and Killer Rat attacks."

"Now when I operate Fire Mouse One, there are no such issues. As long as I avoid the dust storm's destructive range, I can go to most areas. Killer Rats do not attack each other, so as long as they maintain a distance, it is quite safe."

"The only troublesome area is underground, where there are subterranean salt lakes and ice layers. In some places, Killer Rats might also be hibernating, so it requires careful excavation and avoidance upon discovery of these groups."

"But now, I've mastered the basics of recording a Mars mineral map gradually. Using Mechanical Life's calculations and recovery, I can obtain a relatively detailed 3D map."

"Another aspect is real-time tracking and viewing of dust storms. In the past, we could only focus on small and medium dust storms, because a large dust storm itself radiated too wide an area, without a Light Core Level intensity, you couldn't get close. Now, we can focus and track them."

"That's about... it."

Duke Destructive added: "Deng Jian discovered something while observing large and giant dust storms."

Prompted by the minister, the Killer Rat operator snapped back: "Oh right, the minister is correct. Chairman, through Fire Mouse One, I've discovered a geological layer entirely made of silicate in Mars' mantle."

"No matter how geological movements occur, that layer of salt rock remains closely connected, like a massive sponge net, enveloping a large underground area."

"But we don't know what that layer ultimately represents. We suspect it is the main body of the Salt Library, a record left by the Seeder on Mars."

"Later, it was handed over to Qing Liu to analyze that layer."

Zhou Yi immediately contacted Qing Liu in the Seeder Ship to inquire about the details.

"Cultivator, we've already partially deciphered it with the Seeder Ship. However, to fully decode it, besides the Seeder Ship, an Incubator is also needed, which is a restriction set by the Seeder."

"The integration of Earth's, Mars', and Venus' power is required, acquiring the domestication method of the Killer Rat, having access to an Incubator, and control over this area to access this information. According to the Seeder's plan, it's about completing peer devouring to inherit this legacy."

Qing Liu paused: "That layer called Salt Brain records the methods of raising and cultivating Killer Rats and electric cats on Mars, life characteristics and advantages and disadvantages."

"The salt layer also records in detail the growth methods of Hydrogen-based Life, this information is especially valuable."

"In simple terms, it's about cultivating various life forms to significantly shorten growth cycles."

"Hydrogen will flow and change among different life forms, evolution and continuation of life can be significantly enriched with hydrogen's exotic isotopes. These isotopes include common deuterium and tritium, hydrogen-4, hydrogen-5... and the rarest hydrogen-11 as mentioned by the Seeder."

"The Seeder cultivates seeded life on various planets, allowing these life forms to flourish constantly, to collect those rare hydrogen isotopes which are extremely scant in the universe."

"By using this method, the Seeder harvests needed isotopes from various seeding grounds, and by absorbing them, can shorten the growth process significantly, only taking millions of years to grow into a Transformer."

For Hydrogen-based Life, this was a rapid evolutionary speed by any measure.

Under natural conditions, their growth was measured in billions of years.

But this scale of several million years...

Zhou Yi couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed.

Distant water cannot quench present thirst, this timespan was overly long for him.

"Cultivator, this is incredible information!"

Qing Liu was extremely excited: "It means that as long as we artificially produce a large number of hydrogen isotopes, we can rapidly shorten this process, quite literally conducting artificial evolution."

"According to the Seeder's evolution quantity chart, it's entirely possible to produce these isotopes at this magnitude within a few years!"

"Because currently, we lack no energy sources, life forms are abundant in both numbers and types, with several planets available for use, and we can even utilize the Artificial Sun for collection!"

Zhou Yi slapped his thigh.

Exactly.

This is how technological tree differences create a subtle intersection and blind area.

As planet Transformers, the Heavenly People are brothers of civil engineering and warriors on the cosmic scale, but when it comes to the Consciousness Domain, in biology they could be considered semi-illiterate.

The Seeder follows a biological incubation technology pathway, using the Heavenly People Gem as auxiliary peripherals. Due to the characteristics of its route, it lacks the concept of industrial production and element processing, instead using planets as pastures for scattering seed across the cosmos, following an extensive cosmic farm layout and biological engineering approach.

Wasteland Earth's industrialization's absolute core is undoubtedly the Mechanical Life group.

Large scale production and manufacturing fall into their comfort zone.

Zhou Yi immediately called Jue Mingzi and 703 for a discussion.

Upon hearing about the production of isotopes.

Both Light Core Level Mechanical Life expressed that there were no issues whatsoever.

Jue Mingzi said: "In the old human era, taking the most common deuterium and tritium industrialization as examples, the annual production of deuterium was about 500 to 600 tons, mainly adopting heavy water and electrolysis methods. The annual production of tritium was about 400 to 500 grams, primarily using reactors and accelerators."

"However, currently we don't have the limitations that existed during the old human era, because of Circular Flow's controlled energy use and the Sun Eye System's energy collection... If these two productions are initiated, production can be entirely started within a month."

"Using Dead Sea Park as an exclusive production site, it is conservatively estimated that annual deuterium production can reach 800 tons, and tritium production can at least reach over 1000 grams. After a year, with abundant production data and experience support, this number can be improved by at least 10%."

Qing Liu was delighted upon hearing this: "Enough, enough!! To just evolve into a Light Core Body, one type of isotope is sufficient, the data provided by the Seeder indicates about 3700 tons is needed! It can be reached in just 5 years!"

"Becoming a Transformer requires a second type of isotope!"

Zhou Yi immediately made the decision.

Begin setting up factories for producing hydrogen isotopes to push the two hydrogen-based lives into the Light Core Body stage.

Once they reach the Light Core Body stage.

They would no longer need to stay aboard the Seeder Ship all the time; it's like transitioning from a swaddling infant to a little person who can run around!

Most importantly.

With hydrogen-based life forms composed of hydrogen, they can easily and safely pass through various Space Holes (since they are composed of hydrogen and helium), unrestricted in entering and exiting high-dimensional worlds.

By then, they can be sent into Jupiter or even inside the Time Master bodies without any problem.

To further understand the Heavenly People, String Civilization, and time creatures, reliance on Qing Liu and Qin Fu is necessary!


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