This is destined to be a sleepless night.

Until four or five in the middle of the night, many rooms in Jade City were still brightly lit.

Everyone couldn't help but look up at the Artificial Sun hanging in the dark sky, tirelessly fascinated by it. Even though after an hour of debut, it already entered a dim mode — this was the company's way of preventing it from affecting everyone's normal routine.

Yet within that pale and cold artificial star, the figure of the samurai crab was very real.

Jade City, No. 3101.

Zhou Yi slept his most restful sleep.

Finally, he had sent off Black Emperor II.

Even though the Heavenly Emperor did not stay in his room, he would come over every day and follow him. Given his low stance in seeking advice, it wasn't appropriate to say anything, but it made him very uncomfortable.

But in the middle of the night, his sleep was interrupted.

"Chairman, wake up, the Warlord is here to visit."

As he opened his eyes, he saw Yuan Xiao's face.

Zhou Yi yawned, originally intending to say not to meet. But thinking of the help the Warlord had given, and being a veteran in resisting the Heavenly People camp, he couldn't refuse.

He forced himself to get up and revive his spirit.

The Warlord still had that look of a man with severe dark circles and kidney deficiency, although he had changed into a white robe, his long hair was still tied at the back. Accompanying him were Bai Bi, the rabbit-eared girl carrying an Iron Coffin, and Lan Liao, the Heavy Armor Female Warrior.

This time, the Warlord got straight to the point: "What's with this Artificial Sun you created? Have you mastered the core technology of the Heavenly People Gem?"

His eyes fixed firmly on Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi asked Yuan Xiao to pour water and tea, then succinctly said, "The company merged with 404 City, and the related technology was acquired from 404."

The Warlord was taken aback: "You really took it down?"

"Yes, really took it down."

"Good, good, good!"

The Warlord happily slapped his thigh: "Well done, very well done."

"Faster than I estimated. 404 is the most important stronghold of the Heavenly People on this ground. Capturing this stronghold can avoid many risks and further obtain their deep-level information..."

He shifted the subject: "I used the Commanding Platform to observe and analyze that Artificial Sun, and found it reached the Light Core Level. It is in the high altitude, directly focusing and redirecting the sun's energy as a Death Light source, like a Light Core Level Death Light magnifier."

"Essentially, it's a direct utilization of Death Light. This high-level and scaled Death Light Weapon is the first since the birth of the Light Imprint Technique."

Zhou Yi thought, after all, the Warlord specializes in weapon development and decryption, just by observing, he's almost spot on.

"Such a Light Core Level device lacks exterior protective encryption and anti-spying mechanisms. You need to immediately supplement this to prevent others from long-term observation and decryption, obtaining the gemstone structure and internal sequencing."

The Warlord pointed to the Artificial Sun in the dark night, seriously reminding: "If such a weapon falls into other hands, it will pose a huge danger to the whole world, with incalculable destructive power."

Zhou Yi said lightly, "Understood. But senior, replicating the Artificial Sun is not an easy task, its structure is far more complex than it appears."

He immediately began to explain the five types of gemstone fibers and the gemstone parameter indices.

The Mechanical Lifeforms on the Moon had evaluated the gemstone technology.

Without a detailed and complete operational manual, the use of gems could only remain at the most fundamental type of fiber, making it impossible to construct a truly meaningful gemstone device.

Even if the company acquired detailed parameters, and with guidance from the Night God, a large number of failures occurred in the process of manufacturing the Artificial Sun, resulting in gemstone losses reaching tens of millions.

Let alone other groups exploring from scratch, just the gemstone consumption is something they cannot afford.

The Warlord frowned: "I don't understand gemstones, but I understand weapons."

"I've made many Grade A weapons, yet even those I don't use much can accumulate inventory, but I will not allow them to flow into the market. Do you know why?"

Zhou Yi thought for a moment: "Would they sell poorly if too many were in the market?"

"..."

The Warlord gave him a stern look: "It's because of the lack of effective anti-theft mechanisms! My profit relies on the bullets, maintenance, and upgrades associated with the weapons. Those are the main long-term profitability projects."

"As long as there's a lack of adequate anti-theft mechanisms, every weapon is at risk of being cracked. And as long as time is extended, any technology will eventually be cracked, it's only a matter of time."

"What the manufacturer can do is establish anti-theft and self-destruct mechanisms, and then impose control over particularly dangerous weapons to find suitable users."

He coldly stated: "In the first and second wars resisting the Heavenly People, the Light Core Giant also got cracked by the Mechanical Life. At those times, our gap with the Heavenly People was far larger than now. Your Artificial Sun, although strong, is still some distance from the Transformers level."

"Those lurking observers don't need to replicate a complete Artificial Sun. If they can learn just a bit, they can come up with many things..."

The Warlord casually mentioned: "For example, they might create a device that uses the Intercepting Mirror to refract the energy of the Artificial Sun, producing an artificial Light Burst near the edge territories, capable of destroying a town. Can you monitor every corner illuminated by the sun?"

Zhou Yi was left speechless.

The senior, with heartfelt words, said: "Do not harbor lucky thoughts, don't underestimate the talented people in the world."

Zhou Yi was instantly awakened.

He had recently become a bit too relaxed.

The Heavenly People are very wary of the Mechanical Life. In terms of life level, they are Polymorphic Transformers; when the Mechanical Life hadn't even developed a Light Core Body — the difference was like heaven and earth.

But they, too, control the amount of gemstones flowing to the ground. Heavenly People are planet Transformers and high-level technical engineers, their judgment in this regard is undoubtedly professional.

Even a lion hunting a rabbit should exert full strength; never underestimate any group.

"I've learned."

Zhou Yi nodded seriously: "I will immediately start patching up these vulnerabilities."

"Being cautious is always good."

The Warlord sat upright with a stern expression: "Many things go wrong when you're riding high on success. We've made such mistakes in the past and paid a heavy price. I don't want you to fall into the same trap again. You are the hope of this era, and I sincerely wish for you to reach the furthest end and completely change the world."

Zhou Yi said, "I will do my utmost."

After issuing a cold warning, the Warlord suddenly smiled again: "But this artificial sun you've come up with this time is truly remarkable. What do you plan to use it for? High-altitude energy? Or as the centerpiece of your power system?"

Upon hearing Zhou Yi's answer, he appeared somewhat surprised: "Directly acting on the Dead Sea to perform localized flow transformation? Interesting."

The Warlord pondered for a while.

"So... does it mean that high-pressure fields, Death Light bursts, and rapids surges can all be generated by the artificial sun? Have you tested its feasibility?"

"Yes."

Zhou Yi nodded.

The artificial sun was completed a month ago. During this period, it has been undergoing closed internal testing. Initially, three trial flights and operations were conducted on the Moon with excellent results before it proceeded to trial on Earth.

To ensure secrecy and safety, the initial tests were secretly conducted in the Dead Sea and compared with the Gem Sun of 404 City to confirm that they were identical.

Based on the main body of the Gem Sun, a series of improvements were made by the technicians.

First, they installed a series of gemstone columns on the exterior. These columns control the operational height and flight of the artificial sun, enabling it to independently rise, fall, hover in the high atmosphere, and even emit light in specific forms.

Additionally, an operator team was equipped.

This team includes Mechanical Lifeforms, Bone Men, and electric cats. There are a total of 22 operators in the No. 1 artificial sun, with Turing serving as the chief commander.

It also has some Light Imprint Devices connected to gemstone technology to a certain extent.

Thanks to these improvements and accessories, the artificial sun became sufficiently stable and controllable.

Thus, Zhou Yi could release the sun directly on New Year's Eve.

"Can you show it now?"

The Warlord said: "If the artificial sun can replicate the three disasters of the Dead Sea, it might prove something."

"What is it?"

"I've observed and tested the Dead Sea for many years, and I have a hypothesis. The consciousness-side Dead Sea Master is not merely a pure embodiment of laws without self-desire."

Zhou Yi was taken aback.

This viewpoint was completely different from the understanding of the Dream Demon Clan and even Concept Life.

"Why do you say that?"

"I use the Dead Sea to test the various weapons I developed."

The Warlord said in a deep voice: "To test the intensity, I would conduct test firings against the rapids and high-pressure fields."

"When testing weapons with consciousness attacks, I would use the Commanding Platform to track it all and felt a kind of feedback. That feedback has a special rhythm and beat. Although highly fragmented, it resembles some sort of melody or a type of code."

The Warlord directed the Weapon Princess next to him: "Bai Bi, show Zhou Yi the scene records you've collected."

"Yes, my lord."

The rabbit-eared Weapon Girl bowed her head: "Mr. Zhou, please take hold of my antenna."

"Any one of them will do?"

"Any will do."

Zhou Yi then grasped her long left ear with his right hand.

Images unfolded before his eyes instantly.

Just as the Warlord described.

Bai Bi collected numerous consciousness fragments on site, and although these fragments are meaningless with chaotic information, their eruptions have distinct special patterns.

When the Warlord used weapons to attack the three disasters of the Dead Sea, such feedback would be directly transmitted.

However, all of these are still relatively vague.

Until the Warlord bombarded the Dead Sea with the Commanding Platform's main body from the sky, and within the powerful rapids of the Dead Sea, through numerous dense attacks, some consciousness fragments connected by purple light rays were obtained.

Yet, this purple light flickered briefly and disappeared directly once it reached the Commanding Platform.

No energy impact, and no feedback of any information.

But Zhou Yi could see clearly.

That purple light is the string light.

Could the Dead Sea actually reflect or emit string light directly?

Zhou Yi slowly released his grip on the ear he was holding.

He immediately decided: "So let's conduct the test now."