Chapter 80-3: Gene Modification Division (3) |
“Extraction of plant essence?”
Suddenly, he realized why Cheng Ye had reached out to him.
The Primordial trait of the Extraction soul imprint made him think of a special division within the Skyvault Technology Research Center, the Gene Modification Division.
This department was established after the Lunar Eclipse race gifted gene editing technology to the Human Federation.
Its original purpose was to create a group of super gene warriors for the Human Federation through genetic editing, while also pursuing the grand goal of exploring the mysteries of life and advancing biological science.
To date, the Gene Modification Division had produced one hundred thousand super gene warriors and made numerous contributions to agricultural biotechnology and healthcare.
Currently, gene modification experiments were divided into two types.
The first was gene editing, optimizing gene sequences to grant warriors enhanced physiques and strength.
The second was spiritual seed implantation.
Unlike the wild spirit plants in Monster World, spiritual plants in the real world were cultivated indoors, accelerated through continuous energy infusion.
Whether in potency or growth speed, they were far inferior to those in Monster World.
The enhancement process involved extracting spiritual plant essence into gene-altering serum that stimulated and strengthened human genes, promoting evolution.
This represented the cutting edge of current modification technology.
However, the process carried considerable risk. The success rate for creating gene warriors was under 30%. Most participants in the experiments would suffer rapid genetic collapse, leading to physiological dysfunction, immune system failure, neurological disorders, and ultimately death.
He had previously discussed these issues with old friends from the Gene Research Division and learned that resolving the problems required improvements in two areas.
First was the quality of the spirit plants.
The Human Federation’s cultivation technology was limited, unable to produce high-grade spirit plants. If high-quality plants could be obtained and their essences extracted for gene modification serum, it would lower the mortality risk during modification.
Second was the physical condition of the test subjects.
The stronger the body, the better it could withstand the genetic modifications.
Both of these problems now had potential solutions in Monster World thanks to the Extraction soul imprint.
For serum extraction, advanced instruments were necessary in the real world to precisely retain plant essence while removing impurities.
But in Monster World, the Extraction trait could accomplish this in a short time.
More importantly, Monster World contained vast quantities of high-grade spirit plants to choose from.
As for the physical condition of participants.
Monster World was, at its core, a game. If test subjects died during experimentation, they merely had to wait an hour for the cooldown before reviving. There was no actual casualty risk.
His heart pounded. What players on the forum considered a bottom-tier ‘Extraction’ trait would be viewed as a god-tier skill by the folks in the Gene Modification Division.
This meant they could conduct risk-free gene modification experiments inside the game.
As long as they had enough sacrificial power, they could buy as many spirit plants as they needed.
Once the Cloud Field Territory Node was contained in the future, the player faction could even mass-produce spirit plants.
As for the effects of the modification, he suspected it would likely relate to improving Body Tempering experience.
If that was the case, the Gene Modification Division might even generate enormous sacrificial power profits by selling gene serums that boosted Body Tempering, using those funds to build gene labs and purchase more spirit plants.
With this thought, Yang Tianxuan immediately decided to inform his old friend.
Summoning his function panel, he selected to log out.
As the 30-second countdown appeared before his eyes, invisible spiritual runes rapidly formed inside his body, linking together.
When the countdown hit zero, the internal consciousness teleportation array activated.
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Skyvault Technology Research Center.
“Old Yang, so you’ve already started doing weapons research inside the game?”
Staring at the surprised face of his old friend on the video call, Yang Tianxuan nodded without hesitation.
“This game’s virtual environment perfectly simulates real-world physics, making it ideal for weapons development and power testing. Of course I wouldn’t miss the opportunity. Your gene modification technology can also advance there…”
After listening to Yang Tianxuan’s explanation, Yu Ze showed a helpless expression.
“Your idea is great. But the problem is we can’t even get access to the Dark Land game. Including the brother who handled procurement from the trading center last time… Qin Ye, right? The cracked version download link he sent us always says ‘slots full’ when we try to download.”
Hearing this, Yang Tianxuan fell silent.
He too had faced this issue, but didn’t expect his old friend still hadn’t managed to get cracked access.
“Alright, I hear you. I’ll find a solution to the access problem. I’ll submit another request soon to have higher-ups acquire some Dark Land slots through diplomatic channels.”
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Ending the video call, Yu Ze sat in his office, looking helpless.
Of course he had thought of Old Yang’s suggestion.
But the official release slots from the Lunar Eclipse race were extremely limited, basically impossible to obtain. Even the cracked version was difficult to access, which was just absurd.
Sighing, he looked toward his virtual desktop and clicked the shortcut link in the bottom right corner.
The webpage redirected to the cracked Dark Land download page.
With no expectations, Yu Ze clicked to download once more.
[Ding~ Download initiated. Progress: 0.01%]
“What the…?!”