“Chairwoman Chu, you’re here!” Long Zhantian walked over and continued, “You said this rift was strange even before the update. I never expected it to actually appear in the game after the version update.”
“But it doesn’t matter. It’s the perfect chance to test out some of Longxiang Jiuzhou’s new technology. We can give it a try without taking any risks.”
“Oh? What kind of new technology?”
Chu Fu’s curiosity was piqued as well.
With a wave of his hand, Long Zhantian summoned a massive crystal.
The crystal looked extremely familiar. Chu Fu recognized it at a glance.
[Copy Crystal]
“After researching it, Longxiang Jiuzhou finally managed to reorder and cleanse the energy inside the Copy Crystal, transforming it into something humans can use.
“Once the Copy Crystal is activated, it can create a copy of a player. Of course, the copy only possesses one percent of the original’s strength.
“An ordinary player naturally wouldn’t be able to use it. However, after the God-Making Project is completed, every player who takes part in it will have at least 10,000 points in every attribute. Even one percent of that would still amount to 100 points.
“Based on a total of 400 attribute points, that’s the equivalent of an level-80 player’s stats.
“Now imagine releasing a hundred, a thousand, or ten thousand beings of that level—and having them fear neither death nor sacrifice.
“How terrifying would that be?”
“Heh heh. The young people at the Analysis Bureau say this plan should be called the ‘Fourth Calamity’ Project. And now, the first batch of players is ready to give it a try! Chairwoman Chu, your attributes are the highest, so why don’t you go first?”
Long Zhantian gestured for her to proceed.
Chu Fu had never imagined that Longxiang Jiuzhou would have developed something like this.
It was yet another thing that had never appeared in the original storyline, yet it made perfect sense.
After all, the Dark Gold Project had caused a large number of Copy Crystals to fall into Huaxia’s hands.
The Analysis Bureau and the Research Institute had begun studying them, eventually creating this item that was somewhat similar to a magical formation or an alchemical artifact.
A player Copy Crystal.
And now, they were using these crystals to create copies as well.
However, this Copy Crystal could only copy a player’s own attributes. It could not copy the attributes of their equipment.
Chu Fu glanced at her basic attributes.
[Constitution: 20,581
Strength: 13,026
Agility: 13,026
Spirit: 23,581]
In addition to the God-Making Project, Chu Fu had also been absorbing toxins. Every 100 points of toxins she absorbed increased her Constitution and Spirit by one point.
As a result, her Spirit was 10,000 points higher than the base attributes granted by the project.
If she created a whole army of copies with attributes like these…
How powerful would they be?
Following Long Zhantian’s instructions, Chu Fu began the copying process.
Before even a second had passed, a new “Who Wants to Be a Vegetable?” appeared.
Not only that, but Chu Fu and her copy seemed to share a faint connection. She could at least view its status panel and issue it commands.
Only at that moment did Chu Fu truly feel as though she was playing a game.
A 3D role-playing game.
[ID: Who Wants to Be a Vegetable? (Copy)
Class: Seed of Calamity (Hidden Class), Seed of Nature Spirit (Hidden Class)
Talents: Vegetable Person (SS), Poison Person (SS), Green Giant (S)
Attributes:
Constitution: 206, Strength: 130, Agility: 130, Spirit: 236]
Hiss!
Although the attributes looked rather pathetic, they were still equivalent to those of a level-40 player.
And the copy’s talents and classes were unbelievably powerful.
Before the God-Making Project, this would have been an exceptionally impressive status panel.
What was more, creating these copies did not consume Chu Fu’s own energy. It only used the energy stored in the crystal.
As long as she wanted, she could create as many copies as she liked.
“Incredible!” Chu Fu couldn’t help exclaiming.
Long Zhantian also struggled to contain his delight. His aged face wore the smug, almost childlike expression of someone showing off a prized toy.
He was terrible at playing games. He had relied entirely on his talent and combat instincts to become the leader of the future. Only now did he finally feel that he was better at gaming than these young people.
“Moreover, characters like this can equip items, which will raise their attributes even further. With your stats, you could completely overwhelm a level-60 mechanical monster.”
“As for the strength of the monsters in the Primordial-tier dungeon, we can go and investigate.”
“Fine! Then let’s start by making ten thousand copies!”
Long Zhantian threw his head back and laughed. “Come on, let’s put together a ten-billion-strong army!”
As long as one million players each created ten thousand copies, they could form an army of ten billion.
Once the decision was made, they acted immediately.
Longxiang Jiuzhou set up countless Copy Crystal towers in the four cities of Dragon Capital, as well as in the four guild headquarters belonging to Longxiang Jiuzhou.
However, only players with SSS-rank talents or hidden classes were allowed to create copies.
Otherwise, anyone who went there would merely become cannon fodder.
This finally put Chu Fu at ease.
No matter what dangers awaited them inside the Primordial-tier dungeon, Mechanical Star, what would it matter if the copies were killed?
Without another word, they charged in.
Chu Fu, Shen Chi, Xie Lin, and even Chu Feng joined in. Each of them created ten thousand copies, forming a massive team.
Shen Chi was especially formidable. His copies were equipped with mechs—one hundred thousand mechs in total. Their combat power was explosive.
Chu Fu refused to be outdone. She equipped her copies with gear, using the surplus equipment stored in the Thorn Guild’s warehouse to arm them all.
She also had a huge number of plants in her Spirit Plant Pouch. She had each copy contract with plants and transform them into Nature Spirits. Even if each copy could only contract with one hundred plant spirits after accounting for its equipment, that still amounted to an army of one million plant spirits.
The entire army set out!
At once, countless players streamed out of the four major cities and the cities established by Longxiang Jiuzhou. They converged into a force that looked like a beast tide.
Counterattack!
Counterattack!
The machines poured out of the rift, but they were gradually forced back and wiped out. In the end, they were driven all the way into the rift.
The copied players began entering the rift.
They crossed the hundred-meter-wide rift in no time.
Through the eyes of one of her copies, Chu Fu saw the world beyond the rift.
It was a city made entirely of metal. Countless machines rumbled and thundered as enormous machine platforms produced mechanical life-forms, which were then sent endlessly into the rift.
Even those enormous machine platforms were actually Primordial-tier monsters.
The Mechanical Race!
The moment Chu Fu saw this scene, she immediately ordered her copies to unleash a barrage of attacks.
At the same time…
The Mechanical God had finally received the prey he had been waiting for.
“They’re here!”
“Drain the elements and seal the rift. Trap them all in here!”
The next moment, an invisible wave erupted. It seemed to sweep across the entire world.
At that moment, none of the magic classes could cast spells.
A greatsword knight with the ID No Talking in Class shouted, “It’s an Anti-Magic Domain! Mages, be careful!”
Her own talent was Sealing Magic, and the environment around her was exactly the same as when she activated it.
As expected, the Mechanical Race had set a trap.
This move alone had rendered at least half of the players who came here useless.
If they had come in person, they would have been trapped after their magic was sealed. And once the spatial passage was shut down, they would have no choice but to die here.
But the ones who had come this time were all copies!
