Chapter 1349: 441. Copy Player_2

The electronic synthesized voice of the latter was cold and merciless, revealing a hint of cruelty:

“You are all Undying, no need to worry about adverse reactions.”

As soon as these words came out, a bad thought flashed through the Players’ minds.

Undying?

What about being Undying?

Did we consume your family’s rice?

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Just because we are Undying, doesn’t mean we don’t have to worry about adverse reactions.

When we resurrect after dying, we still lose Experience points!

Several Players’ eyes drifted toward the Laboratory’s Great Gate through which they had entered, obviously starting to consider an escape route.

“I suddenly feel like Angel Enterprise Alliance is somewhat unreliable…”

“Shall we just bolt…”

“Let’s just try one Injection, if we don’t die, isn’t that a win.”

As the Players hesitated, a “ding-dong” sounded, and a Task appeared.

In the Task details, it said that to filter out Players suitable for intensive body modification, Angel Enterprise Alliance had arranged three rounds of injections for the Players.

For surviving each round, a third of the Reward would be unlocked.

If all three rounds were survived, the entire Task Reward would be unlocked, and Players would gain the opportunity for deep modification.

However, if one were to die during these three rounds, apart from losing Experience, there would be no other losses. noveldrama

Whatever portion of the Task Reward that was unlocked would be kept; there would be no case of Rewards being retracted.

As for what the Task Rewards were, that was for the Players to explore after the injection of Potions.

Honestly speaking, Players were not afraid of death, only of dying meaninglessly.

If this Task had been issued earlier, there would be no hesitation, just self-Injecting needle and done.

The Players rolled up their sleeves, without saying a second word, aimed the nanoneedle at their forearms and stabbed down.

Seeing others suddenly so proactive, the trio Cucumber Slice didn’t hesitate any longer.

“How about we stab each other,” Winter Melon brother suggested:

“I’ll stab the Captain, the Captain stabs Kelp, and Kelp stabs me.”

Kelp chuckled:

“If you put it that way, I feel it’s somewhat suggestive. After we’re done stabbing, what’s our relationship?”

Cucumber Slice’s mouth twitched slightly at the comment.

Winter Melon and Kelp brothers had only graduated from university last year; the aura of naivety and simplicity had not entirely dissipated, occasionally making some quirky remarks.

Forget it, let them be.

Cucumber Slice raised his hand and with a swoosh, inserted the needle into Kelp’s forearm.

The three of them happily started stabbing each other.

Inside the nano Injector was a miniature pressure pump.

After the nanoneedle penetrated the skin, the mini pressure pump activated automatically, starting to push the liquid from the needle barrel into the Players’ bodies.

With the liquid’s penetration, a chilly sensation rapidly spread under the skin, quickly covering the entire arm and beginning to advance throughout the body.

Once the liquid was fully pressed into the body, the miniature pressure pump stopped working, the nanoneedle retracted into the barrel, detached from the Players’ skin, and stopped Injecting.

Every Player felt like they were walking in a blizzard, their bodies shivering coldly.

“Chatter, chatter…” Players’ teeth clattered, bodies shivering, hands on shoulders, rubbing vigorously for warmth.

The Cucumber Slice trio was no better off.

Winter Melon brother, who specialized in the “Telekinetic Master,” had naturally weak physical constitution and soon curled up, squatting down into a ball.

Kelp, who dabbled in “Sharp-eyed Marksman,” had a inclination towards perception, with a physique not much better, so before long, he too squatted down, curling up like a turtle.

Cucumber Slice was in a slightly better condition, barely able to stand firmly, yet still clenched his fists tightly, his body taut in an effort to resist.

“Clang…”

A crisp sound rang out as one Player’s body stiffened, falling to the Floor at an angle.

The moment his body collided with the metal Floor, it actually made a sound as if iron had clashed with gold.

Upon closer inspection, this Player’s body was emanating an ice-blue hue from inside out, looking just like an ice sculpture freshly hauled from an Ice Cave.

“Is he, he, he… dead, dead, dead…” a nearby Player stammered, shivering as they asked.

Another person vigorously nodded his head up and down:

“Yes, yes, yes… He’s definitely dead… I just got his message, he’s already resurrected inside the ship cabin…”

The players felt a chill in their hearts, their expressions solemn, without a trace of joking around.

Cucumber Slice glanced at the stiff corpse several times, feeling that something was off but couldn’t quite put his finger on it at the moment, so he could only turn to the brothers Winter Melon and Kelp, who were huddling together for warmth, and asked:

“Hey, do you guys feel something’s not right?”

“Where, where’s off?” x2

Cucumber Slice nudged his chin toward the corpse, signaling his companions to look carefully.

Winter Melon and Kelp had a hard time turning their heads, staring at the corpse, but couldn’t make sense of it.

The three communicated through the chat window without speaking out loud.

Their communication was being spied on by Noland Lee from behind the scenes.

Through Magic Vision, Noland Lee observed the corpse for a moment, then slapped his forehead and said:

“That’s right, aren’t players’ corpses supposed to disappear after they die? Why is this corpse still here?”

From the game setting’s perspective, the automatic disappearance of players’ corpses was to prevent them from using their ability to resurrect after death to quickly create corpses and gather flesh materials.

From the viewpoint of Extraordinary Abilities, player characters are Soul Constructs, and wherever a player resurrects, their Soul Construct moves there. The so-called corpse disappears into nothingness and dissipates on its own at the moment of a player’s resurrection.

But now, although the player had clearly been resurrected after death, why was his corpse still here?

Noland Lee felt increasingly uneasy.

After pondering for a while, he called up the Game Interface and sent a message to the Order Plane’s Core.

Before long, the reply from the Order Plane’s Core came.

After reading it, Noland Lee understood and looked at the corpse again, his eyes wary.

The reason the corpse didn’t disappear was not complex; it was due to the effect of Gilenz’s space abilities at play.

The potions injected into the players contained a trace of Gilenz’s essence.

This slight trace of essence wasn’t enough to grant the players the Extraordinary Ability “Space Erasure,” but it was sufficient to leave behind their corpses without hindering the players’ resurrection after death.

Before the essence in the corpse dissipates, the same player would possess two bodies.

One is occupied by the player after resurrection.

The other is the frozen stiff corpse.

The former comes from the features of Soul Constructs, while the latter is a “replica” created by Angel Enterprise Alliance using Gilenz’s space abilities.

“Space Copying,” another signature Extraordinary Power of Gilenz, was used by Angel Enterprise Alliance to copy players’ Soul Constructs.

What is Angel Enterprise Alliance trying to do?

The Order Plane’s Core offered its speculation.

“Angel Enterprise Alliance intends to create their own players. They plan to use Gilenz’s ‘Space Copying’ ability to acquire a large number of player replicas and take control of them.”

Noland Lee frowned slightly and asked:

“How soon do you estimate that players created by Angel Enterprise Alliance will appear?”

The Order Plane’s Core typed back:

“At least not within ten years will the Alliance’s created players appear. Replicas of Soul Constructs are extremely difficult to control. The essence of Gilenz on the replicas will slowly dissipate and eventually vanish. When the essence fades, the replicas will be released from their bonds, and I will immediately disperse these replicas, preventing them from falling into the hands of the Alliance.”

Noland Lee felt slightly relieved.

Looking through Magic Vision once more, he was doubtful whether these players would survive the first round of injections.

If Angel Enterprise Alliance was determined to use potions to obtain player replicas, then none of the players, including the trio comprising Cucumber Slice, would be able to resist the erosion of Gilenz’s essence.

To die from the cold, to fall frozen stiff to the ground, would be the end of every player.

But, was this really the case?

Noland Lee waited patiently, and soon the situation began to change.

After struggling through ten tough minutes, the chill within the players’ bodies gradually dissipated, and their bodies slowly regained sensation.

Some of the higher-level Interstellar Warriors recovered noticeably faster; while others could only huddle their shoulders for warmth, they were already able to look around and observe others.

After a while, even the trio including Cucumber Slice had recovered and no longer shivered uncontrollably from the cold.

Noland Lee glanced at the corpse on the floor and quickly calculated.

With this round of injections, the number of players on the scene had just decreased by one-third.

Fifteen fallen, thirty survived.