Fast Feet was still thinking, and Big Mouth's mouth began to spew words: "So you're that Giant Bone Fish, huh? I heard you're the first Bone Fish to ascend from Earth into the cosmos. Weren't you captured by the Gemstone Transformers of the Heavenly People?"

"So you're working for the Heavenly People now?"

"Working for them? Are they even worthy?"

The voice of the Giant Bone Fish beneath the ice was a bit cold: "Where did you hear such rumors?"

Big Mouth replied: "The representatives of the Heavenly People said so."

"Their representatives are just dogs of the Heavenly People. Slandering me to this extent is quite expected."

The tone of the Giant Bone Fish softened slightly: "After all, if I let you know that Bone Fish can resist and even kill the Heavenly People, it might turn the entire Earth World upside down."

"How can Bone Fish kill Heavenly People?"

Big Mouth rattled on: "It's not that I don't believe you; we just want to see it for ourselves. How do you kill them? Do you ram into the Heavenly People? Or do you pierce them with bones? Are Heavenly People afraid of bones? Or do Heavenly People have bones inside them, and you snuck in to take them away?"

"..."

The Giant Bone Fish was rendered silent.

"Say something, will you? Why aren't you talking?"

Big Mouth continued shooting from the hip, its mouth always acting faster than its brain.

Fast Feet finally couldn't hold back and nudged it: "Shut up, will you!"

If he stayed silent any longer, Big Mouth would just talk them into trouble, making the Giant Bone Fish angry enough to kill.

"I'm very sorry, Big Mouth didn't mean to offend. It just always speaks first and thinks later... Please forgive it, it meant no harm."

Fast Feet desperately tried to make amends: "You brought us directly from satellite orbit to Jupiter's moon Europa, your power is undeniable. At the very least, you're at the Light Core Level, but we're just not familiar with everything."

"Oh? You know this is Europa?"

The Giant Bone Fish seemed intrigued.

"We are employees of the Wasteland Development Company, working on satellite maintenance in orbit. Our company provided training on the basics of our neighboring Solar System, so we know some general knowledge."

Fast Feet explained.

"Wasteland Development Company... was it an organization created by Bone Fish?"

"No, it was established eight years ago in Sand Port by our chairman, Mr. Zhou Yi, who is a powerful and upright man..."

After Fast Feet's introduction, the Giant Bone Fish scoffed: "That human Zhou Yi is just using you to work for him. Offering you seemingly decent benefits and vacations only to deceive and buy you off. Don't be fooled by his fake facade."

"The so-called Wasteland Development Company is just a means for him to seize control of the world."

"Humans, as a species, lack sufficient power on their own, so they can only try to win over and curry favor with other Guangna Species, using stronger forces to achieve what they want. They themselves are insignificant; since the Circular Flow erupted on Earth, they have become a lower form of life."

"If Zhou Yi really had substantial power, he wouldn't need you to join and help; he could achieve everything he wanted by himself. Getting you involved is just to use you as cannon fodder at critical moments."

Fast Feet originally thought that with the Giant Bone Fish being so formidable, it's best not to offend or contradict it.

But these words—the ridicule of the company and the harsh critique of the chairman—made Fast Feet a bit angry.

However, given the situation, Fast Feet had to swallow its pride.

Yet Big Mouth, standing nearby, already started to utter: "But you're so strong, yet you haven't helped us Bone Fish either."

"The same things are said about us Bone Fish outside: foolish, unable to cooperate as a group, called us a lower species, a disgrace to the Guangna Species... Yet only the chairman never despised us. He even nurtured us, seeing us and Mechanical Life as employees of the same standard."

"The chairman has truly helped us, step by step, from a state of being bewildered beasts into having a clear sense of self, providing us with Light Soot Muscle Suits that protect the memories and experiences recorded on our bones. Then he gave us lots of Light Seeds, taught us how to work, and imparted a lot of knowledge."

"More and more Bone Fish are joining our company, being trained at ground-level Sand Port and working in different places, delivering parcels, moving things between departments, participating in frontline experiments, and even going to the Moon."

"The chairman started the company thanks to samurai crabs. Do you know samurai crabs?"

"Similar to us Bone Fish, they are also a very low-grade E-level Guangna Species. Now the samurai crabs have gradually completed their evolution and have become the company's emblem. Even our company's Artificial Sun bears the samurai crab mark..."

"Now we Bone Fish can fly into space, move around on other planets, show up in various cities. Of course, the recognition comes from the hard work of everyone, but it wouldn't have been possible without the chairman's strong push, which changed our image in the world."

"You're the strongest Bone Fish in history, yet you've done nothing. All you do is ridicule us, mock our earnest company, and belittle our step-by-step chairman."

"Truly capable people are always more admirable and respectable than those who just stand aside and criticize!"

This fervent rebuke made Fast Feet feel a sense of satisfaction.

But Fast Feet quickly tried to smooth things over: "Please don't be angry, Big Mouth is just like that, its mouth... hurry up and shut it and apologize to the Earth Ghost gentleman!"

Big Mouth finally became aware and hurriedly opened its giant jaw to say: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I accidentally spoke my mind..."

"..."

The Giant Bone Fish was once again rendered silent.

After a long moment.

The ice sheet shook again.

"I haven't done nothing."

The Giant Bone Fish began, "The dilemma faced by the Bone Fish groups—internal and external threats—is not primarily about survival itself. As long as other life forms exist and bones continue to form, Bone Fish will keep emerging from the Dead Sea. The real issue is the external pressure. The pressure is transmitted from above."

"The root cause why Bone Fish cannot grow and form schools is that the Dead Sea has been specially modified."

"The Heavenly People—more accurately referred to as Transformers—have performed targeted modifications on Earth's Dead Sea, using special technology from the sun's end to adjust it. This has resulted in two characteristics on Earth's Dead Sea surface."

"First, in areas where life forms concentrate too densely, frequent Light Bursts and rapids occur to disperse them and reduce the density of habitation. This is the Transformers' intervention, intended to suppress the massive interactions within the Dead Sea's life forms and prevent rapid evolution from getting out of control."

"Second is the artificial high pressure. These high-pressure zones actually originate from large consciousness regions projected by the sun, much like sunlight casting shadows on the ground from the treetops. These light spots contain a significant amount of consciousness, which the Heavenly People need to process as fragmented regions. Directed high pressure continuously fragments and disperses them."

"Both types of modifications directly harm the Bone Fish. The former disperses groups, preventing Bone Fish from gathering en masse and completing the summation of experiences and the continuation of knowledge."

"The latter, artificial high pressure, attracts Bone Fish instinctively, as the consciousness fragments are rare elements they lack. But approaching them causes their bodies to continuously strip and shatter, akin to a natural bait trap, drawing them closer only to die quickly."

"It all stems from the Heavenly People."

The Giant Bone Fish said, "Without resolving the Heavenly People, Bone Fish can never truly lift their limitations and break free of their chains. So they must be dealt with."

Fast Feet felt a wave of shock.

They had never heard of such things; the three calamities of the Dead Sea were controlled by the Heavenly People.

Big Mouth said, "We can also solve this! The company has already developed an Artificial Sun, capable of modifying and dispersing high pressure, rapids, and Light Bursts!"

"The chairman surely knew all this, which is why this technology was introduced."

The Giant Bone Fish declared, "Absolutely impossible!"

"The source is the sun. The Transformers performed targeted modifications on the sun's periphery, which caused these changes projected onto Earth. Light alone on the surface can't change this fundamental source."

"But that's a fact, everyone in the company knows it, and we've all seen the videos."

Big Mouth continued.

"Show me!"

The Giant Bone Fish commanded.

Fast Feet felt as though something had been added to their brain, like it was constantly flowing out.

A moment passed.

"...It actually is true."

"How is this possible? How could this be done? What exactly..."

The Giant Bone Fish's voice showed uncertainty and astonishment for the first time.

Fast Feet tried to communicate with it: "The company has been developing various technologies. We are not sure about the core technology in this area, but mechanical life is involved. It's said that even the Heavenly People fear mechanical life, so it's normal to have such results, isn't it?"

"Normal? How could that be normal!"

The Giant Bone Fish interrupted, "You have no idea what this represents. If this Artificial Sun can directly modify the Dead Sea on the surface, then it is not just an artificial sun but a true sun!"

"..."

Fast Feet was not a technical person, nor did they understand why the opponent was so agitated.

As the master of Jupiter's moon Europa, the so-called Master of the World being so surprised seemed a bit odd.

The Giant Bone Fish didn't appear as exaggerated as the rumors... It didn't understand the company's technology at all.

The Artificial Sun was the company's latest confidential technology; neither Fast Feet nor Big Mouth could explain it, so the matter couldn't continue.

The Giant Bone Fish instructed them to do something first.

"First, enter beneath the ice layer, follow me."

They entered beneath the ice surface from an opening.

Fast Feet discovered that beneath the thick ice lay a vast and expansive ocean with a lot of liquid water.

Different from the cold on the surface, the deeper they went, the warmer the water became.

Many undersea hot springs were gushing.

In these hot springs was something very special, a membranous, small organism resembling leaves, dark red, floating slowly in the ocean.

The Giant Bone Fish said, "Ingest these Underground Worms into your body."

"This is your first lesson, learn to coexist with them and borrow their power."

Big Mouth asked, "What power do they have?"

The Giant Bone Fish calmly replied, "Only by making them part of your body can you travel the universe. Even in places without Death Light and the Sun, you won't lack energy and die. They can efficiently harness energy from Cosmic Rays, which are omnipresent."

"Simply put, they are your Cosmic Heart."

"Install the heart first, withstand the limit temperature underwater, then come back to me."

With that,

The Giant Bone Fish's massive body vanished into the darkness.