Chapter 33: Weapons R&D Division

Chapter 33: Weapons R&D Division

Elemental bombs, toxic gas bombs, sonic resonance bombs, gravity bombs… By combining these with different Life Soul traits, Qin Ye grew increasingly confident in developing Psi-Blast Charges as his core growth path.

Yet he couldn’t resolve how to prevent explosions from harming himself. The Life Soul database in the test tower offered no answers.

When in doubt, ask Guide. Qin Ye promptly sought solutions from them.

As he asked, Guide’s water orb shimmered with a distinctly humanlike expression of contemplation. Their ethereal hand stroked its chin repeatedly before responding:

“The Life Soul database in the test tower only records fragments of Primordial Abilities. Countless unknown ones still scatter across Monster World. Spatial teleportation-type Primordial Abilities certainly exist. If you acquire such an ability, you could achieve cross-dimensional teleportation.”

“For example, by opening a spatial portal in front of you, you could hurl your Psi-Blast Charges inside and detonate them at distant, precise locations.”

Hearing this, Qin Ye’s eyes lit up.

“Where can I hunt Primordial Monsters with spatial abilities?”

“This I cannot answer. Monster World is vast and infinite. After the Black Tide’s devastation reshaped the world’s geography, locating Primordial Monsters with specific abilities has become a matter of pure chance. Luck might place them in the Dizhong Mountain Range, or misfortune could send them to the remote Great Northern Expanse.”

Qin Ye fell silent.

“Don’t you have any function to track Primordial Abilities?”

“Perhaps in the future—provided you reclaim the node domains that can locate them.”

“So where exactly are these node domains?”

“I don’t know.”

Qin Ye: …

Just then, a system prompt echoed in his mind:

[Challenger Notice: A critical alert has arrived at your Virtual Game Pod. Exit and view now?]

Without hesitation, Qin Ye logged out of the game.

…

Meanwhile, the Celestial Research Center had convened an emergency meeting due to an email Qin Ye had sent.

Upon reading the message and realizing the attached link allowed downloading a cracked version of Darklands, the staff immediately escalated the information to the Celestial Research Center’s top leadership.

However, the leadership was stunned to find the download link locked with permissions.

They swiftly reported the issue to the Cybersecurity Center, requesting technical bypasses.

But the response was bleak—the AI system at the security center lacked clearance to override the restrictions. They could only wait for the permissions to lift voluntarily.

Frustrated, the staff contacted Qin Ye directly, requesting him to transfer the downloaded files to the Celestial Research Center.

Qin Ye’s reply disappointed them again.

The downloaded game files were permission-locked and couldn’t be transmitted outside the system.

Ultimately, the leadership decided to monitor the link relentlessly, waiting for the permissions to reset.

When this news reached the Weapons R&D Division of the Celestial Research Center, the researchers lost their composure.

If the game truly achieved 100% virtual reality immersion, it would be the perfect testing ground for hazardous weapons.

At 11:50 PM that night, the Darklands official site prepared to release its latest round of purchase eligibility—Human Federation had 1 million slots up for grabs.

In the Weapons R&D Division’s office, a group of elderly researchers with silver hair gathered around monitors, blue-clad and ready.

At precisely midnight, the countdown timer hit zero.

The eligibility vanished in less than a second.

Back in Weapons Lab A1, an older man sat at his desk, eyes locked on the screen. His hair was thinning and disheveled, but his gaze burned with intensity.

Yang Tianxuan sighed bitterly at the failed purchase prompt.

The sheer difficulty of securing eligibility gnawed at him.

He’d tried every script and workaround, but the site’s security blocked all external access.

Thinking back to Qin Ye’s email—confirming the game’s flawless simulation of reality, a perfect sandbox for dangerous weapon experiments—he practically squirmed with frustration.

A risk-free testing environment? This was the Weapons R&D Division’s holy grail.

Nano-viruses, weather manipulation weapons, celestial armaments… Alien technologies provided by other races remained dormant due to testing risks.

Take the Weather Weapon—uncontrolled meteorological manipulation could devastate Earth’s ecosystem. But in a 100% simulation, they could test these weapons freely, refining them until perfection before applying them in reality.

No ecological disasters. No collateral damage.

Yet Darklands’ eligibility was maddeningly scarce. Yang had petitioned the Human Federation repeatedly for diplomatic intervention, but silence answered every request.

As he grumbled over another failure, an idea struck him—Qin Ye’s mysterious email link.

He reopened his inbox, clicking the attached address.

The webpage was starkly minimalist—only a compressed file download at the center.

The moment Yang clicked “download,” Qi Sheng received an alert. Starnet’s IP tracking traced the activity to the Weapons R&D Division at the Celestial Research Center.

Recalling Qin Ye’s memories of their existence, he swiftly unlocked additional slots.

Ding!

A crisp download notification startled Yang.

Previously, the file had been locked. Now, the permissions were open.

He hadn’t dared hope—but here it was.

Without hesitation, he launched the group chat software in his lower right corner.

Yang Tianxuan (Weapons R&D Division Director): @Everyone! Click the link from Qin Ye and download the game immediately!

Tripling tagging the group chat, Yang laughed heartily.

His earlier despair evaporated.

As for whether the cracked file would run smoothly, he felt no concern.

The security center had noted this leak likely originated from the Lunar Eclipse Clan’s internal network, fully compatible with Starnet’s online integration.

Watching the loading bar advance, a bold idea formed in his mind.

Experiments would consume massive in-game resources. There were only two paths to acquire them:

Either secure funding from headquarters—tedious paperwork and endless explanations.

Or build a powerful faction in-game to seize resource hubs.

The former was a bureaucratic nightmare. The latter? Effortless.

Glancing at his team—a cadre of genius weapon engineers—Yang envisioned creating an unstoppable force within Darklands.

Let other players play their games.

For them, Darklands would become a proving ground to forge a technological weapon empire, claiming resources and testing experimental arms in real combat.

(End of Chapter)

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