Wasteland Development Diary
Chapter 730 - 7: The Little Rusty Ship Sailing to Proxima Centauri
On the Moon.
Artificial Sun No. 101 is suspended in mid-air.
It maintains a large spherical gemstone body shape, with a smooth surface supported by gemstone pillars used as energy sails, looking like a solid 3D sketch of the Sun.
The difference from before is that it now has two large wings. These wings are made purely of Heavenly People Gem, resembling two giant tridents, somewhat like an oversized Magneton from Pokémon.
Night God looked at the gem device in mid-air and said to Zhou Yi, "I checked the gemstone body. The Gemstone Transformer connected inside is exactly the same model as the one I captured before, the Supervisor should be a standard device crafted by the Heavenly People."
"It and the Artificial Sun can be split or combined into one."
"I read the information code, the duty of this Supervisor is to connect with the Gem Sun and other gem devices as a repairman. It is a fully automatic repairman, repairing the worn-out Gem Sun, supplementing consumed gems, and injecting liquid methane and helium for maintenance."
She pointed at the two wings from afar with her finger: "Its existing task is to repair when the Gem Sun emerges from underground. It was actually a dedicated repair station for 404 City, but now it's put to good use."
"It can repair not only the Gem Sun but also many gem devices, including the String Light Surface. However, due to its special structure, it needs to acquire enough hydrogen and energy in space to support its operation, with power far exceeding normal Transformers, usually remaining in a dormant state."
The previous Supervisor was a guardian, but this one is a repairman.
Zhou Yi asked, "What about now that they're combined?"
"You have to ask the Golden Tree about that."
Night God looked towards the distant Sun in the high sky: "Hey, hey, hey? Could you say something?"
Everyone's internal private chat is now conducted through the Fixed Star Channel.
The Golden Tree finally spoke up.
[They are very compatible.]
[The only problem is energy.]
[This Supervisor, once activated, consumes energy 1700 times the limit of the Artificial Sun, the highest power and intensity among all Supervisors, but still within the range of a single Transformer.]
[But this energy consumption is no different from the Artificial Sun for me. I just directly connected them, and now the Artificial Sun has acquired the mechanism of a Transformer with this connection.]
[Currently, the strength of Artificial Sun No. 101 has increased sevenfold. It can project to Earth's Circular Flow region, increasing from the previous limit of 160 times to 1120 times, similar to a medium-sized Martian dust storm.]
[Now it can also generate hydrogen, releasing high-energy reactions. In space, it's no longer a broken flotsam, and has the resistance against meteorites and high-energy radiation, barely qualifying as a small dugout canoe.]
To the Golden Tree, even a Transformer is just a small broken boat.
Zhou Yi said, "As long as it helps you, you should enjoy flying around with it."
Although he really wanted to keep this Transformer-level Artificial Sun, using it as a device to create a super Dead Sea Park. But everyone had agreed beforehand that it was dedicated as a travel vehicle for the Golden Tree, its personal aircraft.
A promise is a promise.
That's the principle.
[Although it's simple, it's now at least at the Transformer level, capable of withstanding the energy tides in the Fixed Star Channel.]
[I'm planning to use it to visit the neighboring Proxima Centauri. Isn't there a trinary star system there? I've checked, Proxima Centauri's mass is about 1/10 of mine, its energy radiation is only 1/600 of mine, much weaker, but it is free.]
[So the decision is made.]
[Normally, the Golden Tree doesn't separate its consciousness from its carrier, sharing both success and distress. But due to my special circumstance, being prematurely awakened and anomalous due to the String Civilization, I'm deviating from the original evolutionary cycle. For now, I'm planning to give it a try, directly going to Proxima Centauri and seeing how it works with a different body.]
Zhou Yi was shocked, "Will that work?"
[Let's give it a try.]
[The essence of the universe is energy, at the energy level, I am compatible with them.]
Since merging into the company environment, the Golden Tree's thoughts have become quite active.
[The String Civilization and I are entangled together, unsolvable within the Solar System, so I'll seek solutions outside. At least for now, before Proxima Centauri has nurtured a Golden Tree, I'll borrow its body.]
[Your approach against the Heavenly People gave me a hint, breaking the impasse sometimes isn't about what's within but finding a way outside.]
Zhou Yi was taken aback.
It seems to be a possible approach.
Reinforcements from a neighboring star system could indeed be sufficient at the stellar level.
Zhou Yi immediately expressed support and asked if there was any help needed.
[Get me more Artificial Suns, I need to further upgrade this thing. Currently, at the Transformer level, it can simultaneously form seven Suns to create a larger gemstone body.]
[A larger volume can carry more of my consciousness. I want to use this to enter Proxima Centauri, serving as my transit station and connection vessel.]
According to the Golden Tree's description.
The Fixed Star Channel allows for instantaneous energy-level communication, but it doesn't directly connect consciousness, somewhat like a phone; you can speak here, but the other side might not respond.
It's different with an Artificial Sun; it turns into a camera + microphone + internet cable shoved in the face of another star.
Speak, speak!
What's going on?
Although it's a bit impolite, it is indeed useful.
Zhou Yi thought: "There are three stars over there... don't you think you might get ganged up on?"