After returning to his human form, Lan Mu transformed into a Vampire and left Shadow Island.
His destination was Area 51 of America, which was currently the newest research base of the Vampires.
Due to CANC's forceful withdrawal, Area 51 had lost its previous meaning.
Combined with the Vampires' control over America, that area was temporarily used as the location of the Vampires' research facility.
For the past 5 days, the Antarctic World Conference had been carried out without a hitch, and the International Space Team had already been established. This was due to the fact that anomalies were causing too much of a ruckus. In the past 6 months, there had been quite a few anomalies that hadn't been caught, but now, an anomaly that even CANC couldn't do anything about had appeared. Sensing the crisis, with America's approval, the other countries finally agreed to establish the Space Team.
To share the world's technology, all of America's public research institutes had joined. Top scholars and researchers from all over the world had also brought their families to Antarctica.
Naturally, the Vampires had also joined in. Researchers in the fields of aerospace, materials, biotechnology, and weaponry were all recruited.
Fortunately, before they left for Antarctica, the Nano Hypnosis technology had already matured and been put into practice.
Lan Mu hurried to Area 51's underground base and impatiently brought out a sample eyepatch.
The eyepatch's design was quite ingenious. It was made from a soft alloy with a seamless, glossy surface that gave off a sci-fi vibe.
Although it was an eyepatch, the true focus of the technology wasn't on the eyes, but rather on the temples. The nanomachines would enter the human brain from there and interfere with the nerves.
The nanomachines would carry microorganisms that could introduce dreamthreads into the human consciousness. This way, even if Lan Mu didn't turn into a Nightmare, the Eternal Dream would still automatically accept humans.
"Very good! Let's find a group of Vampires to test it on "
With Lan Mu's order, a large number of Vampires came to act as guinea pigs. They put on the eyepatch and either sat or lay down.
With a light press of a button, a relaxing lullaby began to play in their ears. As Vampires, they were still sensitive enough to allow nanomachines to sneak into the brain.
"True Ancestor, the Vampires' skulls are very hard, so the nanomachines' consumption is quite high. After using it 7-8 times in a row, the nanomachines inside the eyepatch need to be replenished" a professor reported.
Lan Mu nodded and asked: "Is the cost of the nanomachines high?"
"Quite high, 300 USD, that's almost the same as buying a new one. You should know that the entire eyepatch only costs 310 USD. The blindfold itself doesn't have any technical content. It only has a clock mechanism that can wake the user up at certain times. It also has an MP3 function, "the professor explained.
Lan Mu smiled and said, "How often does a normal person need to change?"
The professor said, "For an ordinary person, the nanomachines will be depleted by about one-thousandth of the nanomachines every time they use it. In other words, they'll have to replenish the nanomachines after using it 1,000 times."
Lan Mu thought about it and felt that it was acceptable. A thousand times was enough to last him two to three years. It was good enough that he could use such a high-end game client for two to three years.
"To put it bluntly, I want to create a virtual game. I've already told you the general requirements. Go in and experience it for yourself and see if there are any drawbacks."
Under Lan Mu's request, a hundred Blood Breeds entered the dreamscape.
When the vampires who had just entered opened their eyes, they found themselves in front of a steel building. They were wearing tight-fitting clothes, as if they had already changed into human bodies.
"It's so real! How did the True Ancestor do it? "The Blood Race also praised this wonderful world. They didn't know that this was Lan Mu's eternal dream.
There was a burst of brilliant light in the sky, and a six-winged seraph appeared in the sky above the dreamscape.
The Blood Race was shocked. It was too real. They thought that the seraph had come to destroy them.
Fortunately, the True Ancestor with black bat wings appeared on the other side, which was Lan Mu. Thus, the Blood Race and the holy seraph stood opposite each other like a demon god.
He pointed at the seraph image and said, "This is all virtual. In this game, we have to preach for him. The belief system of the Angel of Supremacy will be a major class faction in the game."
"Why?" one of the Blood Race mumbled. Ever since they became Blood Race, they no longer believed in God.
"No reason, this is an order!" Lan Mu said indifferently.
"Yes!" The Blood Race didn't dare to have any objections.
Then, Lan Mu began to familiarize them with the game's settings, background, and map.
When they learned that Lan Mu didn't plan to show the player's stats in this game, they were all shocked.
A super lazy game with no levels, no stats, and no equipment bar. Wouldn't the players be extremely uncomfortable?
Of course, Lan Mu wouldn't create a data stream. This was a dreamscape, not a real virtual game. How could he create so many stats for the players? Real-time updates?
He might as well not do anything at all. What they wanted was a sense of realism and freedom!
This group of Blood Race was the first batch of testers. When they tried out this game, they had a lot of discomfort. First of all, they didn't even know what they had. When they played, they were at a loss. There were no guides or mission NPCs.
"True … True Ancestor … You're not going to let the players play casually, are you? Come to a brand new world and wander around? "one of the Blood Race couldn't help but ask.
Lan Mu smiled. "Of course not. The game's setting is for the players to be interstellar explorers. Their spaceship crashed in a foreign world. The steel building in front of you is the player's novice village. It was also modified from a human spaceship that crashed.
"After the humans decided to stay and develop here, they requested a large number of reinforcements from Earth. The so-called Earth's reinforcements are Earthlings who possess the bodies of clones through special equipment. This is the reason why players can appear continuously and can be resurrected after death. It's because their bodies are artificially synthesized. Therefore, thousands of Earthlings appear in this world and compete with the native world for survival. "
Next, Lan Mu introduced the game's setting to them and continued.
"It's not that there are no NPCs, but that all native creatures can be the players' enemy. Of course, in order to let the players play the game better in the early stages, I've decided to let you play the role of mission NPCs in the human novice village to guide the players through the early stages. "
With Lan Mu's explanation, the Blood Race finally understood.
In the game, the players came to the foreign world through the artificial bodies synthesized in the exploration base. The Blood Race played the role of the first batch of explorers that crashed in the foreign world. In the background, they created the exploration base, which was actually the novice village. They also asked for help from Earth, which resulted in countless players coming to the foreign world.
The Blood Race looked at each other. They understood, but the number of people needed was too large. One base was enough, but the problem was that there were too many bases.
Although they could not eat or drink, they could not do that every day, right?
Lan Mu said, "I have other NPCs, but their intelligence is much lower than that of the players, so I'll just let you be high-level NPCs."
"The most important thing is that the NPCs of the Church of Angels from Earth must be played by you. The mission must be flexible and varied. Don't be fooled by the players."
In the end, the Blood Race finally understood. Lan Mu was afraid that his NPCs were not smart enough and would be deceived by the players.
But to let a group of vampires play the role of clergy NPCs in the game was simply a pain in the ass.
For the whole day, the Blood Race was immersed in the game world and only adventured near the exploration base. The exploration base was the novice village. It was almost impossible for the players to go too far in the early stages.
Because this was a half-mountain, half-grassland area, it belonged to the edge of the native human civilization and was located in the crevice of many races.
In the native world, it was called the Sky Gap Land. It was a buffer zone for the various races.
Just this area alone was one million square kilometers. It would take at least ten days to find the native human country. This did not include the difficulties encountered along the way. One monster after another blocked the way.
Judging by the monsters near the novice village, they provided many useful suggestions.
Lan Mu worked with them and gradually perfected the details of the game.
One by one, divine skills were set. Through the ability of the Lord of Nightmares, they were given to the corresponding NPCs. They had the ability to give divine skills to the players. This was the so-called learning skill.
The church and the base were the two main sources of skills in the early stages of the game. Faith could be exchanged for divine skills, and merit could be exchanged for technology.
The base also had skills that could be learned. Lan Mu set up a [Learning Machine] in the exploration base. It allowed the players to quickly 'download' and 'copy' skills. There were life skills such as swimming, making fires, cooking, skinning, tailoring, smithing, engineering, and so on. There were also combat skills such as boxing, martial arts, sword arts, gun arts, and so on.
The skills that could be learned in the base were all real skills that existed on Earth. Lan Mu directly gave them to the players' consciousness. Although they would forget most of them when they woke up, if they were skilled enough, they could use them in real life because they had really learned them.
Of course, these real skills that existed on Earth were not very useful in the game. This was because the players could not use martial arts to kill a Tyrannosaurus Rex with their bare hands …
But after all, they were the foundation of the technological system. In the later stages of the game, the players could climb the technological tree. In theory, in the game world, the players could create nuclear bombs.
In order to balance the two major systems, the technological stream could not only have real skills. There had to be sci-fi skills. For example, genetic enhancement potions, all kinds of high-tech equipment, and even robot minions. Of course, the more sci-fi it was, the harder it was to get. After all, this was essentially a heart-wrenching game.
The game did not have a strict class requirement. The players could match their skills and equipment according to their own ideas. There was no traditional combat, mage, or priest.
This situation would be maintained until the players came into contact with the native civilization of the game. By then, they could learn all kinds of magic.
By then, the third major skill system would be born, magic and martial arts.
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