Zhou Yi has been a bit troubled recently.

The first issue is the demolition and settlement problem in the Dead Sea Zone.

Initially, everything went smoothly. Over the years, the Guangna Species near the Sand Port in the Dead Sea Zone have developed a tacit understanding with the company. The number of groups with intelligence and self-awareness is not many, and there are only a few Sea People and Bone Men.

Zhou Yi provided two compensation plans.

Plan one is to receive a local resettlement house or go to an artificial Inner Sea in the sky.

Plan two is a one-time buyout through a demolition subsidy.

Many local Guangna Species chose the resettlement houses. With the well-developed infrastructure of the Sand Port, the nearby conveniences, and their accustomed long-term stability maintained by the company, most of them find it difficult to adapt to other simpler environments.

Some opted to cash out and leave.

Then a group engaged in fraudulently obtaining demolition funds emerged, including Sea People, Bone Men, and long-necked crocodiles.

Cao Dayuan, responsible for the Dead Sea demolition, was very angry about this: "Chairman, this matter needs to be dealt with seriously. This is just the company's pilot for the partial demolition of the Dead Sea, which affects whether the large-scale rollout afterward will be successful."

"If those fraudsters enjoy the benefits and do not receive sufficient punishment, they will become more brazen, and it will attract more imitators, making subsequent work difficult to carry out."

Zhou Yi deeply agreed and assigned the task of review and investigation to the Security Department.

The Security Department is headed by Lie Hai from the Hunter group. It has patrolled over the Sand Port for years and has rich hunting experience in the Dead Sea, with a full understanding of various Guangna Species.

This department was established two years ago.

As the company's attractiveness increased, the number of immigrants moving to Sand Port grew continuously. This year, the local permanent population has exceeded 100,000. The mix of humans, Guangna Species, and mechanical life has also caused many conflicts and frictions.

Relying solely on consciousness and coordination is no longer enough to maintain order, and a stronger law enforcement agency needs to intervene.

The Security Department was thus born.

The responsibility of this department is to defend the company's interests and achievements and to protect every law-abiding resident in the Jade City area.

The Security Department's law enforcement officers include humans, Sea People, Bone Men, mechanical life forms, electric cats, and even the recently joined Mars Electric Souls.

With multi-species law enforcement officers, it is easier to understand the conflicts among various groups, making it more convenient to intervene and resolve disputes. However, when going out now, there is a unified requirement to use Law Enforcement Armor and wear Law Enforcement Recorders throughout.

Lie Hai quickly came to a conclusion.

It reported: "Chairman, the five members engaged in fraud have all been confirmed by the Security Department."

"Of these, two long-necked crocodiles were hired by two cadres of the Sea People Gang's Friendship Association. However, this matter is unrelated to the Friendship Association itself; it was their private action, using the Association as a guise. We have confirmed this through informants, capital flow tracking, consciousness auditing, and a series of methods."

Consciousness auditing is a deep utilization of the Wasteland Armor's Jade Eye technology by the Security Department. The high-power Jade Eye is used during the interrogation of suspects.

Because the Jade Eye can read the consciousness released by the other party.

So as long as a large number of inquiries continue, and the time is extended in the end, it becomes difficult for the other party to completely hide their true thoughts, which will be read. It resembles a special device version of the Mind Reading Technique.

Zhou Yi has also visited the site to observe, and through the consciousness ripples, the effect is clearly visible and very effective.

Nowadays, professional hypnotists are equipped as well.

The Security Department has five Psychedelic Butterflies, whose ability is hallucination. They can weave Illusion Realms and, through these realms, cooperate with the Jade Eye, making it even harder for the interrogated suspects to guard against.

Speaking of Psychedelic Butterflies, the chief hypnotist was also a prisoner of the company for several years in the past—it was the only survivor of the gang that participated in the mission with the Panda Man Tuo Zhu to pick up Tuo Hai on the glider, and was later held by the company for a long time.

Lie Hai later applied for its release to allow it to redeem its sins by working for the Security Department.

Its hallucination ability proved very useful, so the Security Department later recruited four more Psychedelic Butterfly employees.

"...The other three fraudsters acted independently, two of whom are Bone Men. One is a bankrupt merchant, and the other had a criminal record in the Heavenly Kingdom; they hid in nearby areas, seizing the opportunity to make a profit."

The Hunter narrated: "The last one is a professional fraud Sea Person, also acting individually."

After the strong actions and arrests by the Security Department, the malpractice was quickly dispelled, and the subsequent demolition work became much smoother, with the Dead Sea around the Sand Port visibly receding.

Actually, at the speed of the artificial sun, it could be completely eliminated within a day, but to avoid unforeseen risks, the operations team still proceeded with gradual clearing.

On the other hand, issues were also encountered with the expansion of artificial sun production.

Over the span of two months, the third and fourth suns were completed consecutively, but when it came to the fifth sun, a major explosion incident occurred, casting a shadow over the mass production of artificial suns.

Zhou Yi immediately rushed to the Moon, arriving at the scene of the incident to examine the situation.

The explosion site suffered severe damage, and although the explosion occurred in mid-air, the ground was still struck by a LV5 Light Core Level shock wave, forming a large sunken area.

A Pupil-shaped Body, which was charging the artificial sun, was completely destroyed below, and the White King is currently rebuilding it.

The core area was littered with broken gemstones, many of which had melted in the high temperatures, and over 90% were unrecoverable.

Zhou Yi frowned as he witnessed it: "What happened?"

Turing, who was in charge of the artificial sun project, said: "Chairman, based on the remnants of the artificial sun and the reactions at the scene, after takeoff, it was supposed to gradually release energy, raising the energy level from LV1 to LV5. But for some reason, it went out of control after reaching LV5 and continued to increase its intensity... ultimately resulting in an energy explosion."

"Fortunately, this time, a fully remote control method was used, and there were no operators inside, which is a kind of technological upgrade. Fortunately, this method was used, or the operators would not have survived."

Zhou Yi was puzzled: "You're saying the Light Core Body kept increasing after reaching LV5 strength, continued to rise in Light Core Level, and then exploded on its own?"

"From data analysis, it seems to be the case, but I don't understand why it evolved into such an abnormal result."

"I'm sorry, Chairman. We will identify the cause as soon as possible."

The mechanical life here conducted data analysis and continuous simulation of the entire process based on the explosion site.

Meanwhile, here testing the Artificial Sun, 703 made a discovery.

"Chairman, before the explosion on No. 5, the rapid energy level spike wasn't an internal issue, nor was there an anomaly on the Moon's surface, but rather, the energy connection saw a sudden surge from the Sun's energy."

Zhou Yi asked, "Was it only No. 5 like this?"

"Yes."

"What's special about it?"

703 replied, "I invited Ice Pot to help, having it test this No. 5 machine."

Ice Pot?

Zhou Yi was puzzled, "Why bring Ice Pot over?"

"Ultrahigh purity gold, reaching the level of a Golden Elephant, causes a special reaction with the Sun's energy, increasing the energy level, which can reduce the number of Artificial Suns and save costs. That's the result of my survey. It should be due to Ice Pot's own Golden Tree remnants in the body."

"Unexpectedly, with Ice Pot here, it directly exploded the energy level... raising No. 5's energy level by 150 times within seconds, breaking 150 cores, and directly causing a super explosion. Fortunately, Ice Pot itself was unaffected."

703 explained the cause.

Zhou Yi immediately summoned Ice Pot.

The Golden Ball arrived instantaneously, usually active in this form, only fully unfurling into the golden pot shape.

Upon inquiry, Ice Pot said, "Chairman, I'm unsure myself, but could only feel the massive waves of energy directly transmitted from the Sun."

"It must be some energy connection made by the Artificial Sun, and I received a large energy supply from the Sun."

"This body can withstand limited amounts, but gold itself won't annihilate, so more energy turned into light and heat dissipating. However, the Gemstone Body highly compressed energy, resulting in an uncontrollable explosion."

It merely sensed the energy-level connection.

The general situation of the explosion case became clear.

703 attempted to escalate the Artificial Sun's energy level using Ice Pot, resulting in an explosion, making this path currently uncontrollable.

In short, keeping Ice Pot out makes it safe.

A new No. 5 Artificial Sun went back into production.

Zhou Yi approached the quietly repairing Pupil-shaped Body, White King: "Can it be salvaged?"

"Fire Gatherer, no major concerns. Clean up and rebuild it."

"That's good. Is the Sun Eye already completed now?"

"Finished."

The massive white three-arm giant replied while working.

"The 640 Pupil-shaped Bodies needed for the Sun Eye were completed last year. Currently being upgraded, targeting 1280 dual eye mode this year."

"At that time, clarity and precision will greatly improve."

Zhou Yi said, "Great, I'll experience it then."

"Alright."

"Fire Gatherer, one more thing."

"You speak."

White King remarked, "After initial completion of Sun Eye, persistent solar observation revealed strong energy fluctuations inside, peering back at me as I observed it."

"It?"

Zhou Yi's gaze sharpened, "String civilization?"

"No. This Sun."

White King noted, "I used Sun Eye to observe it, and it was observing me."

"When the No. 5 Artificial Sun exploded, it transmitted an information through the energy directly to the Sun Eye."

"What information?"

"A unique energy channel."

"Only through Sun Eye, one can observe the channel, inside which lies a gigantic Golden Tree, sitting within the Sun."

Zhou Yi seemed somewhat stunned.

The Sun already grew a Golden Tree inside?