Wasteland Development Diary

"Streamwalkers use the power of the Huan Flow to encapsulate and compress target life forms, connecting them to their own bodies, allowing them to call upon the information of the Fireseed life."

Xiao Fu was a little flustered at this point, speaking rapidly, "But the prerequisite is that the Fireseed life itself is willing. If the other party's consciousness resists, the connection cannot be completed through the consciousness key."

"The consciousness key is the medium for connecting different consciousness bodies. If either side is not aligned—that is, not completely connected—it cannot take effect."

Zhou Yi looked at the piano key-like black and white structure under his feet.

The Streamwalker also explained the difference between these two colors.

Black represents consciousness output, and white represents consciousness input, with input and output forming a basic cycle.

Xiao Fu said, "Streamwalkers pay special attention to individuals whose consciousness wealth—or rather, the amount of accumulated consciousness information—far exceeds that of their peers. Sometimes, even if they can't get the other party's consent, they will first transform them and then slowly try to persuade them..."

Zhou Yi sneered, "What a 'slowly persuade.' It seems there are quite a few cases like Red Falcon's."

The Streamwalker didn't dare to retort, only striving to explain its perspective: "From an individual perspective, this is indeed an act of violence that forcibly restricts freedom of will, but on a civilization scale, all individuals are the basic units of civilization. Streamwalkers drift and survive on a civilization scale, and collecting as many high-quality civilization units as possible offers a chance to preserve fragments of civilization."

"What they lose is only freedom; what they gain is eternal continuation alongside civilization."

This phrasing sounded a bit familiar.

Although the Streamwalker was trying to beautify and downplay the entire so-called collection process, its core was still the strong dominating the weak.

Zhou Yi went up and slapped it hard across the face, rendering the Streamwalker speechless.

"Then I'm doing the same thing. On a civilization scale, every Streamwalker is a cornerstone for me to transform this world, so you better listen well. Wherever I tell you to move, you move."

The other party nodded: "Of course."

"So you want to completely transform this Huan Flow world, then your ability and significance are above us."

"That's great!"

"It seems your level is higher than ours. We collect and continue civilizations, while you are directly rebuilding on the spot. I feel very honored to be able to participate in a higher-level great process!"

This surprised Zhou Yi.

He didn't know if the Streamwalker was being consistent in its words and actions or just conforming to the situation.

Xiao Fu added, "Although we coexist in the same body, my authority is inferior to yours, and I cannot bypass you to connect to this body. You can directly shield me or temporarily close my consciousness key connection. You can directly call upon me when needed; this is more valuable than destroying me. I can exert the unique functions of a Streamwalker."

Zhou Yi tried it and found it was as it said.

Although he couldn't control Xiao Fu's every move, he could read vast amounts of information from it.

It was like opening a small account.

Zhou Yi finally felt relieved.

When the consciousness key is connected, information is transmitted extremely quickly between the two consciousness bodies. Except for a small portion of individual self-memory that cannot be called upon, all other information is clear at a glance.

"That is the life core."

Xiao Fu also explained this situation: "The 'life core' is a component of the 'memory core.' It records the individual's unique life information, which cannot be disassembled and is the basis for maintaining the self. Forcibly disassembling and reading it will cause the consciousness body to lose its self-structure and completely turn into a scattered stream of information."

In other words, the life core is each individual's self-marker, containing some private information.

This is what the Boundary Breakers want to collect.

Zhou Yi understood.

Even if you share an account and rent a room together, you still need some privacy.

Zhou Yi's focus was that he searched a large amount of the Streamwalker's information and found that over 90% of the recorded content was either descriptions of drifting in the Huan Flow or phases of dormancy resembling a black screen... There was very little useful information.

He frowned as he looked: "You said you were collecting Fireseeds and continuing civilization? How come I haven't seen a single one?"

"I succeeded before; the life core has basic records, but it was later besieged by some high-intensity life forms."

Xiao Fu said, "So I had to abandon the previous body and enter the Huan Flow again. That part of the recorded Fireseed life was also lost with the body..."

Zhou Yi used the consciousness key to read again.

Indeed, he found relevant records, although very few.

However, due to the beginning and end being cut off, a large amount of information was lost.

The enemies were marked as 'Celestials,' a total of 3.

From the images, two of them were human.

The first was covered from head to toe in a layer of white cloth, with two round eyes and a protruding tongue painted on it, like a classic Halloween ghost costume.

The second man had large areas of black tattoos on his body and a fierce face.

The last was a fat panda wearing a bamboo hat and walking upright.

The entire record only showed the moment they appeared.

After that, Xiao Fu had already drifted in the Dead Sea again.

Finding the Poseidon was after this.

"When severing the consciousness key and stripping the body, the Streamwalker will completely erase the previous traces to avoid being further tracked. So I can't know anything now about what happened before or the Fireseeds I collected."

Xiao Fu said, "But after such a danger, I became more cautious. At least the Celestial group is paying attention to me. Even after finding the Poseidon, I rarely left the safe zone. In the end, I chose a local life form here: the Bone Men."

The Bone Men's bodies are fragile, and their consciousness can easily be tampered with. They also possess decent intelligence and cognition, so they were chosen by the Streamwalker as spokesmen.

If it really doesn't work, the information recorded in their skulls can be erased, allowing them to start over.

However, the number of times the consciousness can be deleted is also limited.

Most of the Bone Men inside the Poseidon died due to repeated deletions and modifications.

The Streamwalker tried to educate them in a closed environment, allowing the Bone Men to serve it. The Bone Men would initially remain stable and obedient until they became familiar with the environment, at which point they would slowly begin to question and explore.

Eventually, the Bone Men would try to escape.

After many failures, the Streamwalker changed its approach. It used the Bone Men as bait to the outside world, giving them opportunities to escape by feigning dormancy, creating gaps, or even pretending to have internal malfunctions.

However, these baits would be more or less modified by it, concealing key parts, just like Jacob's skull, which it deliberately left behind.

The Bone Men who left spread the legend of the Sea God, which in turn could attract new life individuals, making it easier for the Streamwalker to screen them and see if it could find a Fireseed.

The Yalong Bay base was the natural haven it found.

After figuring out the mechanism, Xiao Fu created the unresponsive state of the Poseidon, occupying a cave in Yalong Bay for a long time.

"This kind of architectural life is a collective of consciousnesses. It is composed of many incomplete consciousnesses but lacks an absolute core and has a strong instinct for docking and adhesion."

The Streamwalker said, "If I rashly transform and connect, my memory core may be disrupted by them and become divergent... They are a very dangerous group."

Zhou Yi's communication with Emerald City, Maria, and Yalong Bay was limited to consciousness synchronization, unlike the Streamwalker's complete connection.

Compared to the frantic information exchange produced by consciousness key docking, consciousness synchronization is much slower but also safer.

Making friends should be done slowly.

Zhou Yi turned to examine his new panel.

...

[Body 2]

Health Points: 102507

Defense: 0

Energy: 4033

...

Putting aside everything else, Xiao Fu can be used as a meat shield in critical moments.

After all, with 100,000 health points, it can take some damage.

What Zhou Yi found strange was: "What about your skills? Why is there no information displayed?"

The Streamwalker explained: "This requires building a running environment and installing a specific energy structure to deploy. I had already completed the construction and installation on the previous Poseidon, but unfortunately, I can't go back. I have to start all over again with this new body..."

"To create the [Halo Well], one must be able to distinguish Fireseeds, and to install the [Huan Light Instrument], one must be able to encapsulate the target life and transform it into a Fireseed life."

Zhou Yi was shocked.

He originally thought it came with skills, but it turned out to be Huan Flow technology devices.

Zhou Yi thought for a moment: "That means the Poseidon still has these two devices and can still take effect?"

Xiao Fu said: "Yes, but we need to operate them. Because this is Streamwalker-exclusive technology, only Streamwalkers can use this system."

Then there's no problem.

Next is the practical operation session.