ccnovels Chapter 177 - 164: Be Grateful, Mortals!
Chapter 177 - 164: Be Grateful, Mortals!
Chapter 177: Chapter 164: Be Grateful, Mortals!The Black-clothed Guards were conducting an experiment that was tense, anxious, yet exhilarating.
This experiment was related to the future of all humanity!
They had just used the "Transmission Watch" to successfully dispatch five Special Investigators into the Game Training Camp!
"Success..."
"We’ve successfully entered!"
Number 24 from the Great Science Academy, Professor Jin, was leading the other four Investigators, standing before the massive Dimensional Transfer Gate, their hearts racing.
Taking several deep breaths, they calmed their tense emotions.
His backpack was laden with a significant "re
It had a high-and-mighty air.
Number 24 said, "Take out your stuff. If it doesn’t respond, it should be okay to use."
"Really? We won’t get chopped up, right?" Another young man joked with a smile, "It might want to slice our kidneys."
"Don’t worry, in the last investigation, Number 12, Old Lu, kept using his own things. It didn’t say much."
Due to the hypoglycemic effect of the transmission, the five-member investigation team sat on the smooth jade stone ground, eating some compressed biscuits and taking a brief rest.
They then released an unmanned drone and carefully surveyed the surroundings.
The massive Game Training Camp, with its variety of bizarre buildings, formed a large urban complex.
This place would be a key research site in the future. The thought of collaborating with a real "Demon God" in the coming decades, centuries, or millennia stirred an unbelievable feeling in everyone.
If one had suggested this idea a year ago, everyone would have thought the plan was insane, suicidal.
But now... the most luxurious training platform in the world stood before them.
If you don’t use it, someone else will.
If you refuse, in the tide of global competition, you will fall behind and perhaps even disappear.
"The future... truly provokes a myriad of thoughts."
Of course, no matter how ample the budget, it was finite; the exploration team had to plan and budget carefully.
"Let’s set off," Number 24 said, feeling exhilarated by what the drone had scouted, "Bring out the vehicle."
"Yes."
For this journey, the team brought along a Dimension Pocket filled with a considerable amount of living supplies, including a solar-powered electric vehicle that could charge whenever there was sunlight.
As a result, they wouldn’t have to suffer the "Game’s" crazy exploitation!
Soon, the group was driving the electric car, circling the enormous plaza.
The sensation of driving at high speeds felt as if they had arrived in a desolate, uninhabited Parallel World.
The entire world belonged to the mere 5 members of the scientific research team.
One of the Investigators remarked, "A 20% boost in training speed isn’t very noticeable, but with a 15-fold increase in learning speed, it would probably be very apparent."
"Just be grateful for the free boost we got."
In fact, the instruments carried by humans were unable to detect any etheric fluctuations.
"Shall we give it a try?"
On the 24th, Professor Jin Bowen exchanged money for one hour of advanced training time.
He didn’t even spend all the money.
He started reading a high-level mathematical book— "p-adic Teichmüller Theory."
The difficulty of the book was extreme, and the mathematical concepts were incredibly abstract. Not being a professional in mathematics, he would have struggled for a long time to understand it in the past.
But this time... there was a refreshing sense like guzzling Sprite on a hot day; he simply couldn’t stop.
He just couldn’t stop!
Jin Bowen became immersed in the ocean of knowledge, entering a mysterious state, with key pieces of knowledge pulsing in his mind!
Only after an hour did he slowly exhale, "I suppose this is what they call an epiphany. I’ve finally cleared up a difficult point."
The feeling was fantastic!
So good that he was reminded of the "NZT-48" from a certain science-fiction movie, but in essence, "NZT-48" was a kind of drug... with sever headaches and vomiting among withdrawal symptoms, as well as gaps forming in one’s memory.
But now... number 24 blinked away from their research, seemingly without any aftereffects.
It was just too exhilarating!
Only those who truly experienced it understood what a 15-fold increase in training speed meant for humanity.
Abundant Energy, clear thinking, quick action, and even the ability to instantly recombine and rearrange subtle details and information normally overlooked, leading to inferences and a touch of delightful pleasure.
Under such enhancement, everyone became a peerless genius.
Number 24 was already smart, but having tasted that mysterious feeling, even now felt as dumb as a pig’s brain in comparison.
"Higher concentration, endless inspiration, and terrifying memory speed!" exclaimed the colleagues excitedly around him.
"How do they do it?"
"What a shame, it’s too expensive!"
"It’s not bad getting a free 20% boost. If we accumulate it quietly, it’ll amount to a lot."
Some thought it was related to time, while others believed it might be an ability of the Spiritual system.
Yet, their instruments detected no etheric fluctuations.
Or perhaps, the fluctuations were too complex or too simple to measure.
"Stop discussing this, we have plenty of unsolved mysteries; look ahead!" the electric car’s driver suddenly shouted out loud.
The Game Training Camp was very quiet, occupied only by them.
But the surrounding infrastructure was extremely luxurious.
Thus, it was speculated that not all of this infrastructure was intended for the humans of the real world.
To the west, there were several extremely thick trees with diameters reaching 100 meters and soaring heights of 1000 meters, their branching resembling the World Tree.
[Your faction, the Black-clothed Guard, do you wish to purchase the ownership of "World Tree No. 1," valued at 8000 points?]
Not buying!
Not buying!
Just a slightly larger tree... and it cost 8000 points? What a rip-off!
To the south, there was an intense geothermal presence, with red-hot lava flowing in a large pit!
[Your faction, the Black-clothed Guard, do you wish to purchase the ownership of "Underground Lava Base No. 12," valued at 6000 points?]
Not buying, not buying!
Just some lava, and it costs money?
To the north were several hillocks, with marble, granite, gold, silver, copper, iron, and other minerals nearly of every kind.
Even Earth’s rare Mysterious Elements like Mountain Copper, Mithril, Refined Gold, Iron Wood, Glazed Crystal, Cinnabar, and so on were present.
Of course, as usual, if you want to mine minerals, you have to pay!
Creating fun takes effort; without money, you’re out of luck.
These scientists, including the Black-clothed Guard’s Intelligent Group, salivated at the richness of the training camp.
Many Strange Objects’ creation required these Mysterious Elements, which were also a focus of international trade.
They excitedly discussed, "These Mysterious Elements, they’re all rich mines, how did the ’Game’ manage to obtain them?"
"Mysterious Elements are produced by the resonance of the Etheric Abyss with ordinary material. I’m not surprised that the ’Game’ could get some..."