Zhou Yi didn't understand: "Why must people be placed inside televisions?"

"For stirring and merging."

The Qing Liu, shaped like a Snowman, said: "The television is a vessel for the Consciousness. Inside, the Consciousness of the old humanity undergoes a death journey according to a specific process. To escape death, the Consciousness becomes most active and willing to change. This deep interactivity of consciousnesses is stirring."

"Originally, this design was meant for the old humanity to accelerate fusion in death, ultimately fusing a large number of consciousnesses into one. But the entire process only completed halfway, with stirring but no merging."

"What's the reason?"

Qing Liu said: "The old humanity is a group that is very difficult to unite, especially in the face of a death race. Their consciousnesses conflict with each other, and there are numerous irreconcilable contradictions. Without an exceptionally outstanding leader, it's impossible to link them together."

"Even when successful a few times, the merged old humans either became extremely deranged or as muddle-headed as beasts, completely unable to achieve the anticipated results."

"Originally, this cultivation was to create advanced humans. By stirring and merging at least 1024 humans through death, transforming them into a high-level person, combining numerous survival and cognitive experiences with exceptional intelligence and judgment. Then using the television as a shell to complete the body and consciousness connection encapsulation, becoming Light Core Level new humans."

"In the original plan, the Seeder intended to make the TV People the managers and maintainers of the Taboo Paradise."

"But in reality, it was very difficult. It would take years of cultivation and guidance to possibly restore the special life of the TV People to a normal working mental state."

"The Seeder found it troublesome and simply gave up."

Zhou Yixin thought to himself that this indeed fits the Seeders' character.

Previously, it was also because the Mars Electric Cats were constantly noisy that they simply ignored them and abandoned the cats.

"Are TV People still being produced now?"

"They are still being produced. However, the process has changed, with old humans being placed inside televisions, and the Meat Mountain is filled with televisions, each housing an old human. Only the very first batch of TV People could reach the Light Core Level; the subsequent ones are a failed project."

Zhou Yi then thought of a potential use for this.

Through this method of television, it could transport the consciousnesses of old humans out from the prison above the Spark Plain.

Zhou Yi asked: "When a Meat Mountain TV enters the outside world, its consciousness shatters and dies. Is there a way to keep them stable after disconnecting from the Meat Mountain?"

"There is a way."

Qing Liu said: "Cultivator, TV People need two types of energy: the first is electricity, the second is Consciousness."

"TV People need electricity just like Carnivores need meat; without electricity, they'll die, previously supplied by the Meat Mountain. As for Consciousness, it doesn't necessarily need a complete Consciousness; only inputting enough Consciousness Fragments to reach the quantity of one old human will suffice."

That is to say.

As long as there's electricity and the Heavenly Pearl, old humans leaving the Meat Mountain can be rescued.

Zhou Yixin was reassured.

Qing Liu suddenly said: "Cultivator, there's another important matter to report to you."

"Regarding the identity of the Seeder."

Zhou Yi's gaze sharpened: "Is there a record of the Seeder's situation inside?"

"There's some content."

"Inside the transparent device behind the prototype TV, information was recorded. The prototype TV was originally prepared for me, so that after achieving stable self-consciousness, I could obtain information about the entire Forbidden Continent from it."

The hydrogen-based lifeform spoke with a slightly grave tone: "Inside, it records that the entire Forbidden Continent was designed as a culture medium for me."

"The Spark Plain's Electric Cat maintenance device stimulates my activity and movement within the container."

"The Killer Rat continually creates carnage because death makes Consciousness Fragments extremely active and abundant, aiding the Meat Mountain in collection and recombination."

"The Golden Elephant deliberately placed in Golden Elephant Valley to be harvested and slaughtered was also for this reason."

"The long-necked crocodile acts as a carrier to expel harmful Consciousness Fragments from the Forbidden Continent, taking unwanted parts to the outside to prevent harmful consciousness pollution here."

"From the outside, attracting life to enter here, continually supplementing fresh flesh and consciousness."

"The entire Forbidden Continent is a gigantic organism centered around the Meat Mountain. Its core mission is to create as much death as possible to facilitate my birth and mature incubation."

"This is because... I am the descendant left by the Seeder."

Zhou Yi took a sharp breath.

The Seeder turns out to be a hydrogen-based lifeform.

Qing Liu is its descendant left on Earth... The Forbidden Continent is Qing Liu's private nursery.

Many things that confused him finally had answers at this moment.

No wonder the Heavenly People wouldn't set foot on the Forbidden Continent.

This is the nurturing and incubating place for the Seeder's descendants.

"So, capturing 800 million old humans was also for your cultivation?"

"Not really."

Qing Liu waved his hand: "The Seeder isn't the responsible parenting type; helping me was incidental. Its parenting style is casting a wide net; after creating a nursery, it relies on luck. Because hydrogen-based lifeforms grow very slowly."

"The Forbidden Continent has another mission as a place for nurturing new life. But for some reason, it was unfinished when the Seeder left."

"There's a message from the Seeder in this prototype TV, saying if I develop self-consciousness and see this information, I shouldn't attempt to find or contact it, but should learn to live independently. Saying I've matured as a Seeder and should learn to live on my own. It's said to be taking a long holiday, at least 5 billion years."

A 5 billion-year holiday?

Zhou Yi felt his face twitch.

But he keenly noticed a key point: "Is there only one Seeder?"

"Only one."

Qing Liu said: "It also says there are hydrogen-based lifeforms incubating on Mars and Jupiter's moon, and if I encounter them, it's suggested to eat them. However, it doesn't matter who eats whom, as whoever first gains self-awareness will benefit from consuming the weaker newcomers for growth and rapid evolution."

Zhou Yi frowned.

The Seeder has an absolutely cold rationality toward life, lacking any pity or empathy, only focusing on what it sees as the optimal choice and outcome. Even with its descendants, it encourages them to consume each other and merge.

The same was applied to old humans, manipulating them into a grand battle royale within the TVs for evolution.

The same goes for its offspring.

Treating them equally.

Qing Liu said: "The Seeder also emphasized not to enter Jupiter and the Sun. If acquiring the ability for space travel, leave this star system immediately; it said the war here isn't over."

Zhou Yi asked quickly: "What war?"

"It didn't elaborate."

Qing Liu dug its hands into its brain as if confirming related information.

A while later, it also said: "The Seeder also warned to never respond to the String Light, or else it would lead to misfortune."

Not to respond to the String Light? Meaning, not to activate the Sun.

Zhou Yi couldn't help thinking.

It seems the Heavenly People are at war with some kind of enemy, with an ongoing invisible war in the Solar System.

Is the Heavenly People's enemy the Time Master?

Or is it the voice in the String Light?

Or is it yet another three-way war?

Unfortunately.

The Seeder didn't reveal more before leaving.

It clearly indicated that it wouldn't return for at least 5 billion years, which precisely matches the remaining life span of the Sun.

Meaning when the Sun is destroyed, it may consider returning.

Is it to collect Shattered Stars from the Sun's remains?

Since the Seeder fled, it meant that no matter how the Forbidden Continent was handled, it would not emerge.

Lacking concerns, Zhou Yi was now prepared to take bold actions.

He ordered for Yang Zhao to first take the prototype TV to the Moon.

... to coordinate with the project group of the little people in the bottle on the Moon and start the plan to rescue the old humanity.

As spring ended and summer came two months later.

The company dispatched 120 Wasteland Armors to land on the Forbidden Continent and caused quite a stir, with many locals thinking the company was about to send troops to the Forbidden Continent.

Their main goal was to collect the wild televisions outside, and seeing each one being collected put their minds at ease. At the same time, they were curious, unsure of what the company wanted with these useless things.

Because these wild televisions couldn't be used to watch shows nor served any practical purpose.

Carrying each old human, the televisions gradually left Earth, entered the Moon, and were placed in the New World.

Each television, modified by the Seeder as a carrier, turned out to be an optimal Consciousness carrier.

The television became each old human's private space and home within which they entered the New World, which was their public space. Staying home and venturing out.

The New World's permanent population of old humans even exceeded 7,000.

Seeing that everything was fine here.

Zhou Yi began the next phase of actions.

"Qing Liu, prepare yourself to make a trip to Mars."