The situation was a bit bizarre.

Communicating with the Sun essentially involves a fixed star channel; the White King found energy through the Artificial Sun and conducted mutual observation and interaction using the Sun Eye.

And the White King asserted definitively: "Fire Gatherer, no one else uses the Sun Eye; I can identify the connector."

Zhou Yi fell into deep thought.

Firstly, exclude normal individual life forms.

The Night God was busy transforming the lunar atmosphere using the Gemstone Transformer. When contacted, she was completely unaware of what was going on here. Excluded.

The twin towers on the Moon, due to a lack of batteries and components, have been dormant for many years before the Moon God awoke. Without the 151 new Heavenly People, it couldn't operate. Excluded.

Initially, Zhou Yi thought of the Earth Great Saint Spirit as this silent fourth party. However, this idea was immediately dispelled, as it couldn't enter the fixed star channel.

Could it be that some distant Sun connected to this local area network?

Zhou Yi asked the Golden Tree, "What is its form and appearance?"

[I only know it exists, but I'm unable to discern it clearly due to the constraints of the strings.]

"When did it appear?"

[It has always been beside us since our first conversation.]

Zhou Yi was utterly puzzled.

Could the White Suanni have been recognized by the Golden Tree?

He immediately discussed this matter with Xiao Fu, seeking advice from this Reverse Flow.

"Da Zhou, what it said... it might be me."

"We are two consciousnesses within the same mechanism. So when you accessed the fixed star channel through the Sun Eye, I was also there, but I wasn't activated, so I wasn't able to receive information in this respect."

Zhou Yi attempted to bring Xiao Fu into the group chat.

"Is it him?"

"I am Reverse Flow Xiao Fu, also Da Zhou's companion, hello everyone."

[That's him.]

Zhou Yi immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

It's good that it wasn't some other unknowable entity.

Since that's the case...

Zhou Yi decided to let Xiao Fu participate in the discussion.

Xiao Fu joining the group chat had an immediate effect; it was proficient in technical analysis, capable of describing phenomena observed from different perspectives using common universal technologies.

Previously, discussions were limited to casual chat.

With Xiao Fu, conversations shifted towards work, developing many actionable collaborative directions.

Like Zhou Yi's primary concern: the Dead Sea transformation.

The Golden Tree's description of this was very vague.

[The strings are locked.]

[Unable to control movement.]

[The strings dictate direction.]

Xiao Fu immediately grasped the meaning: "Are you saying that the String Civilization has directionally controlled your energy through 'strings,' rendering you unable to move as you will?"

[Correct.]

"Currently, our technology cannot separate the String Civilization from the Sun source. The achievable technology is to purify the circular flow projected by the Sun onto other celestial bodies through the 'String Light Surface', intercepting and separating strings from the atmosphere as much as possible."

The Reverse Flow said: "But there's another application method: consciousness export."

"The White King's original civilization used this method to export the consciousness of 44.44 million indigenous individuals into its foundation, thus escaping the destruction of the existing world."

"We can use the Artificial Sun to export your consciousness in batches, depending mainly on whether you value intensity or freedom more."

"Once the Golden Tree leaves the source, the energy you can call upon will be much less, but you will have greater freedom and will not be locked in place."

Zhou Yi followed up, "If needed, we can create more Artificial Suns as carriers for your avatars. You can travel to any star or wander through space, just like the Sun radiating vast regions of the universe. This might be more suitable for you."

"If Da Zhou said it, then it must count."

Xiao Fu immediately assisted: "As long as it's within the area that this star system's Sun can radiate, it's within your range of activity. Your connection and use of the Sun's energy would undoubtedly be top-level, as it is your own to begin with."

"This is like a locked planet projecting itself out to continue activities and external interactions. Even if it's only partially you, such growth is beneficial for your self-awareness — something you should be aware of yourself."

[...]

The Golden Tree remained silent for a long time.

[Can you help me find other similar entities? Whether stars or Golden Trees.]

Regarding this aspect, Zhou Yi designated the professional White King to respond.

"Yes."

The White King said: "The closest star to the Solar System is Proxima Centauri, approximately 4.246 light-years away, part of the Alpha Centauri Star System, a triple star system."

It immediately explained many definitions and concepts within, including light-year, star system, and other terminologies from the old human scientific framework.

[That's quite close.]

[Can you send me there? Using the small box you created?]

Zhou Yi affirmed: "Of course."

However, the speed of the Artificial Sun is much less than the speed of light.

In traditional flight, the Artificial Sun can reach up to nearly 1% of the speed of light, which is also the limit of a Light Core Body — or rather, the nuclear fusion stage at this energy level.

It takes 430 years to fly near Proxima Centauri.

That's just in theory.

In reality, the situation is not so ideal. It is impossible to maintain the ultimate high-load state along the way. Considering the unknowns of space travel, there is always a possibility of encountering meteoroids, high-energy radiation impacts, or even micro black holes. The actual time will be more than three times the theoretical duration.

[Your form of life is quite troublesome...]

Zhou Yi said, "There's another way, which is to gradually survey through the Sun Eye and shuttle through space holes all the way."

At his signal, the White King took over and said, "The Sun Eye can locate the sun and find the nearest route to it. However, the further the observation point, the higher the required precision of the Sun Eye, and the higher the energy consumption."

"Within the current observation of this star system's sun, a basic 640-unit Pupil-shaped Body is already enough to scan the space holes around the sun. But observing Proxima Centauri and the channels from here to there would require at least a 1920-unit Sun Eye to observe neighboring star systems."

[I don't understand.]

"Simply put, my Sun Eye here still needs further upgrading. Each upgrade will drastically increase the complexity and precision of the Sun Eye, and the upgrade project is very time-consuming."

"A 640-unit is a Level 1 Sun Eye, while a 1920-unit is a Level 3 Sun Eye. It will take about ten years if built and calibrated in the conventional way."

[It sounds like the time is shortened, so let's go with this method.]

[What do you need me to do?]

Previously, Zhou Yi felt that this forcibly awakened and matured Golden Tree seemed a bit dull, communicating with a kind of childlike manner.

But at this moment, it showed a kind of keenness, recognizing that it also needed to contribute its strength for mutual exchange.

Its growth speed was astonishing.

Truly worthy of a cosmic consciousness conglomerate.

Zhou Yi straightforwardly stated: "We need your strength to help us transform the Dead Sea, stabilize the Dead Sea Master, and ultimately win the comprehensive war against the invasion and colonization of the Heavenly People."

[The first part is easy. But if the Heavenly People are dealt with, wouldn't the String Civilization emerge from within me? That's not something you want to see, right?]

[Or do you have other plans?]

Zhou Yixin pondered internally.

This creature suddenly became astute.

It seemed its previously exhibited clumsiness was more about not finding a way to communicate with us. As a Golden Tree, it indeed didn't require such dialogue with the external world.

It was rapidly assimilating this social communication skill.

It only took a few hours.

Now it was already becoming proficient.

It was as if connected to the Wasteland era's channel database... Based on the core life birthed by the sun, it indeed has innate exceptional talents and advantages.

Zhou Yi explained: "Our goal is not to destroy the Heavenly People but to transform them, eliminating their colonial rule over Earth's Wasteland era. The specific strategy is to integrate them into us, instead of their current lofty slave owner form."

[No problem.]

[Understand what you need to do, and it will be easier to cooperate.]

Preliminary cooperation has been established.

The first joint effort began with the transformation of the Dead Sea.

The company's original plan to transform and elevate the Dead Sea required gradual trial and error, using the Artificial Sun to elevate the Dead Sea and evenly cover the sky above Earth's surface.

However, the Golden Tree provided a more direct and effective method.

[No need for that.]

[Just expand the energy orbit.]

[Gather your artificial objects, fly them between the sun and Earth, form a line with three points, and synchronize. This way, energy interception in the Circular Flow will cover over 30 times the current area.]

Under the positioning of the Sun Eye, the second Artificial Sun attempted this. It flew into space and, under the joint adjustment of the Golden Tree and the White King, found and stabilized the space coordinates.

As expected, just one Artificial Sun was enough to achieve what previously required 32 to do and covered 39.5% of Earth's area, refracting and gathering more Dead Light.

Unfortunately, the Artificial Sun's capacity for Hard Light Energy is limited; the cost of expanding coverage is the weakening of the Circular Flow's intensity.

However, with the addition of the third and fourth suns, through a three-star conjunction, mutual relay, layer by layer of Dead Light refraction and reflection, ultimately only these three Artificial Suns covered nearly 40% of Earth's surface.

After calculating and adjusting angles, directional refraction can be performed on certain ground areas, eliminating surface Dead Light, which is even simpler and more thorough than previous Dead Light elevations.

Additionally, Dead Light can be directionally projected onto a certain area, an area with Artificial Circulation. This energy orbit interception and diversion can freely control the reset layout in Earth's Circular Flow field.

This project is inseparable from the support of the Golden Tree.

Under normal circumstances, the vigorous energy tide in Circular Flow would instantly destroy and collapse even Light Core Level Artificial Suns.

It was also because the source Golden Tree, according to its energy cycle, chose the weakest cycle and space coordinates, and used two one-dimensional Space Holes to bend and share the pressure. Everyone inside and out made a precise collaboration to finally succeed.

...

The reconstruction project of the Dead Sea has now entered a mature stage.

The previous Light Mist Circular Flow has completely faded around the Sand Port, leaving only some Dead Sea depressions, where unwilling Guangna species can settle.

Zhou Yi sat on the sofa, flipping through his notebook.

The entry for transforming the Dead Sea.

Completed.

Crossed out.

Next, only one last task remains.

—Transform the Heavenly People.

Zhou Yi looked out the window.

That day is not far away.

[End of this volume]

PS: The next volume is the last one; the book is entering the countdown to completion~