PDLP Chapter 81 [Closed Beta Test and the Chosen Ones]
Chapter 81 [Closed Beta Test and the Chosen Ones]
Sanctuary of Civilization: Anthill
That was the first civilization he personally destroyed, and also the most precious and dangerous legacy he possessed.
Slowly rising, I walked towards that glass sanctuary frozen in time.
Xu also immersed his consciousness into the network of primordial spores.
The seal encasing the Anthill Ecosystem Box quietly loosened a crack.
Just a trace.
Xu Ye's goal was clear: he didn't need to disturb the sleeping wise king, nor did he want to awaken that crazy history that was enough to kill gods.
All he wanted was the pure technology left behind by the Kaz civilization.
That pure knowledge.
With the assistance of the Heavenly Dao System, this technical information was "copied" from frozen time, like a photocopy of a document.
Throughout the entire process, not a single speck of dust was disturbed within the nest.
Once the extraction was complete, Xu Ye immediately closed the gap and added an even thicker seal.
After doing all this, Xu Ye finally breathed a slight sigh of relief.
Having obtained the key, the next step is to open the door to a new world.
Following the manufacturing process of the Kaz civilization, several Decomposer and Builder units, which had been modified by Xu Ye and were completely obedient to him, floated into the air.
Like the most loyal worker ants, they begin to carry out the sole command given by the Creator.
[Target: Mass production of mind-stealth devices]
The high-purity silicon ingots, rare metal targets, superconducting coils, and other high-end industrial raw materials that Xu ordered online were lifted into the air by an invisible force field.
The light from the decomposition of matter flickered.
The entire workshop is a terrifyingly efficient, fully automated production line that exists for a single purpose.
Xu Ye leisurely enjoyed the scene.
No blueprints, no lathes, and not even an understanding of the principles are required.
He only needs to propose a concept, and the legacy of the Kaz civilization will fill in all the details and realize it in the most optimized way.
Soon, the first finished product was printed.
It was a stealth helmet with a minimalist sci-fi style.
It is made entirely of an unknown matte black alloy, with a warm and smooth feel, and the surface has no unnecessary lines or joints.
There is only a blue light strip in the very center of the helmet that lights up when it is activated.
It also comes with a square array host.
It also has no interfaces, and when it runs, it floats quietly at a height of half a meter above the ground, emitting a faint blue glow.
perfect.
Xu Ye's will issued the order to "continue production," and the builders immediately began assembly line operations.
He, on the other hand, turned his attention to the more core part—software encapsulation.
He didn't want those soon-to-be chosen ones to be scared away by the cruel reality of this world on their very first day in Ashem.
We must coat them with a thick layer of sugar called "game".
Under the control of the Heavenly Dao System, a beautiful UI interface was created.
On the login screen, against a dark cosmic background, a mysterious emblem composed of the brilliance of countless stars slowly rotates.
Below the emblem is the true name of this world.
【Assam】.
Once you enter the game, a light blue, futuristic, semi-transparent interface will appear in the lower left corner of your view.
It has everything they know best: HP bar, energy bar, a minimalist minimap, and a quest tracking bar.
Behind these data lies the terrifying real-time computing power resulting from the combination of the Heavenly Dao System and the legacy of the Kaz civilization.
When a player's calf is slashed by a wild boar's tusks, what he truly feels is a simulated pain that has been reduced by 90% by the Heavenly Dao system and has been enhanced with a slight numbness.
What he saw in his field of vision was that his HP bar had dropped by one bar, and a "Bleeding Debuff" icon had popped up.
The flowing blood will be rendered as harmless red particle effects.
The core of this system is a super translator.
It can translate the primitive and ambiguous language of the tribal people into the player's native language in real time and display it as subtitles above the NPCs' heads.
It will translate a real, cruel, dog-eat-dog world into a surreal game with rules, logic, and patterns.
Everything is ready.
Now, it's time to find the first natural disasters willing to bring chaos and energy to the world.
Xu returned to his bedroom and turned on his computer.
Using a small portion of the information technology left behind by the Kaz civilization, he easily built a mysterious, encrypted website that could not be physically traced at any network level globally.
The website's page design follows that minimalist aesthetic.
A pitch-black background, a rotating star emblem, and nothing else.
After doing all this, he anonymously logged into a dark web forum hidden in the deepest part of the internet.
This place is home to some of the world's top tech geeks, anarchist hackers, and hardcore enthusiasts who are extremely bored with the current gaming market.
They pursue the ultimate and novel, and scoff at the so-called "rules".
They are the perfect potential customers.
Xu Ye's fingertips tapped on the keyboard, and a highly inflammatory and provocative post was published.
[Title: Asem Online, the first game with 100% stealth realism, closed beta test with data wipe, limited global recruitment open.]
Are you tired of the same old MMORPGs?
Do you feel that the so-called open world is just a giant, meticulously designed cage filled with invisible walls?
Do you yearn for a true adventure? A journey where every choice you make has real consequences, and could even permanently change the course of the world?
"Here, there are no main quests, no system prompts, and no respawn points. We don't provide tutorials; we only offer a breathing, evolving, and realistic world."
"This is more than just a game."
"This is another chapter in my life."
At the end of the post, a link to the official application website was attached, along with a line of small text in bold, blood-red font.
"We only invite true explorers; cowards and immature adults, please do not attempt this."
After posting the message, Xu didn't stop.
Using the application link on the official website, he designed a bizarre "psychological profiling questionnaire" to screen out the group of real "madmen" he needed.
If a world lacks a universal standard of "good and evil," what would be your code of conduct?
Would you be willing to pay the price of permanently losing a leg in order to explore an unknown area?
If a native NPC kills your companion, will you choose to forgive him or slaughter his entire village?
……
The purpose of this questionnaire is not to find noble heroes.
Instead, they seek out chosen "sources of chaos"—those who are willing to stop at nothing to achieve their goals and turn the world upside down.
However, this is not enough.
Xu also needs to personally select the most important main characters in his script.
【Soul Vision】Activated.
Looking down at the entire Earth from high above, it is no longer blue, but entirely dim and yellow, like the old world after the gods have faded away.
With the support of their abilities, most of their brilliance appears dim and ordinary.
However, a very small number of these beacons of the soul emit an unusually bright light.
Xu Ye's consciousness wandered among these beacons, searching for prey that matched his ideal of being the perfect actor.
He quickly identified four targets.
One, that spiritual beacon, is profound and deep, possessing a thirst for historical research and exploration.
Xu also smiled.
A perfect historian.
One, in another city on the same land.
The beacon was calm and precise, shining with the pure brilliance of reason and logic, and possessing a curiosity and fascination with the structure of life.
A perfect scholar.
One, in the war-torn Middle East.
The beacon was imbued with a fighting spirit and control over the limits of the body; it was sharp and dangerous.
A perfect warrior.
The last one, he had been searching for a long time.
Finally, he found it in a clean white hospital room.
The light was very faint, almost extinguished.
But at the core of that flickering light, like a candle burning in the wind, lies an incredibly pure and unwavering desire to live.
It is not dazzling, but it is more tenacious than the sun.
The actors are in place.
Based on the approximate locations of these four beacons, Xu easily hacked into the nearby public network and located their email addresses.
Four anonymous, untraceable "special invitations" were quietly sent out.
After finishing all this, Xu stretched and leaned back in the rattan chair.
The builders in the workshop have already packaged the first batch of one hundred stealth devices.
He knew that on a distant Earth, a storm of destiny was about to be unleashed among those chosen souls.
All he had to do was brew a cup of hot tea and wait quietly.
His natural disasters await.