The end of the world is approaching, I'm handing myself over to the country.

The following week.

Lin Mo's life became extremely regular, almost a routine between two points.

He was either in the pharmaceutical factory mixing medicines or in the forging room of the weapons factory hammering and tinkering.

Once you get the hang of something, progress becomes extremely rapid.

With the accumulation of massive resources, proficiency skyrockets.

[Note: Your proficiency in Intermediate Gene Agent Explanation has reached 100%!]

[Note: Your proficiency in the beginner-level Origin Soldier guide has reached 100%!]

Two notification sounds rang in my mind one after the other.

Lin Mo finally stopped what he was doing.

Reaching 100% proficiency means he can finally get rid of tedious manual production and start mass production.

However, the source soldiers are a bit more complicated.

For different Origin Soldiers to achieve mass production, they must first be able to successfully create a sample by hand as a blueprint for the production line to replicate.

But compared to having to do everything personally, this is undoubtedly a hundred times simpler.

Lin Mo did not rush to put all the new products on the shelves at once.

He simply selected a few of the highest quality Blackthorn Daggers as the first batch of trial products and listed them in a small quantity on the remote store.

This can be considered a warm-up before the official launch.

However, these few daggers instantly ignited the entire player community.

The term "Yuanbing" has practically flooded all major short video apps and gaming forums.

A frenzy swept in.

"Holy crap! Holy crap! What did I just see? New weapons? Source soldiers?!"

"A dagger adds over 50 points to combat power! Isn't that stat ridiculously strong? That's almost equivalent to a quarter of the boost from a basic gene awakening!"

"The key is the price! Did you see the price? Even the best cyan-black dagger only costs 1500 Source Crystals!"

"I can't even imagine it, I really can't imagine it. If there were a hundred-person squad, each armed with a Blackthorn Dagger, and a hundred 'Rock Spike Swamps' activated simultaneously, what a cataclysmic scene that would be! Even elite monsters would be instantly killed!"

"The person upstairs is really audacious! Do you know what's going on right now? As soon as the Source Soldiers appeared, the ratio of Source Crystals to real-world currency skyrocketed by two hundred, directly reaching its peak of 1:5000!"

"Friendly reminder: A Blackthorn Dagger, when converted to real estate, is almost equivalent to an apartment in a second- or third-tier city! If the price doesn't drop, who can afford it except for the super-rich and top-tier guilds?"

"Don't lower the price! Please don't lower the price! I just fired my boss. I've staked everything on Wasteland Era, hoping to make a fortune during the open beta!"

"Yes! Yes! Yes! Don't lower the price! Let those people who called us deadbeats who only know how to play games see what it means to go from someone who used to ignore me to someone you can't afford now!"

"Oh~ You're already dreaming so early. Do you even have a beta test qualification? How much investment do you have? Even if you get into 'Wasteland Era,' with your strength, can you even take on the weakest servant monster in a one-on-one fight?"

"Please stop cursing, please stop..."

"I've said the same thing a million times, and I want to say it again today!"

"Let me count down from three!"

"Three, two, one, start the public beta test now!"

......

Inside the safe zone, a former abandoned heavy industrial factory has now been completely renovated.

The cold steel structure was reinforced, and the broken glass was not replaced but simply removed.

This place has become an exclusive gathering place for official soldiers.

Today, thousands of soldiers have gathered in the factory's massive main workshop.

They were arranged in neat square formations, completely silent.

Chen Feng, and the members of his Spark Squad, were also included.

Everyone present held their breath, a mixture of anticipation and tension brewing in the enclosed space.

Everyone felt a little uneasy.

At the very front of the group, Chi Zhengyang stood alone.

He wasn't particularly tall or muscular, but just by standing there, he exuded an invisible pressure that enveloped the entire room.

Before him, on a simple metal table, lay two fist-sized black stones.

The stone's surface was unusually smooth, yet it did not reflect light, as if it could absorb all the surrounding light, exuding an eerie depth.

Chi Zhengyang's gaze slowly swept over everyone present. He spoke calmly, and every word clearly reached everyone's ears.

"Now, everyone come forward in order."

"Touch these two black stones."

"The one on the left that reacted, stand on the left, which is to my right."

"The one on the right that reacted, stand on the right, which is to my left."

"If both of them react, stand in the middle."

This is a screening of talent.

The three paths to intermediate-level gene awakening will be determined with this simple touch.

Elements, spirit, or alienation.

These two black stones are the key items used to test elemental affinity and spiritual affinity.

If neither of the two black stones reacts, then only one path awaits them—the path of alienation.

Although the path of mutation can also produce strong individuals, no matter what, they are inherently inferior.

"start!"

At Chi Zhengyang's command, a burly soldier at the front of the line stepped forward.

He took a deep breath, as if trying to calm himself down, and then carefully stretched out his hands and placed them on the two black stones.

one second.

two seconds.

Five seconds passed.

Black Stone remained motionless, still looking lifeless.

The expectation on the soldier's face visibly faded.

He reluctantly increased the pressure on his hands, and you could even see the veins bulging on his arms.

However, the stone remained cold.

"No response, return to the team." Chi Zhengyang's voice was completely calm.

The soldier dejectedly let go of his grip, silently retreated to the back of the column, and lowered his head.

The first person's failure was like a bucket of cold water poured over everyone's burning hearts.

"Next."

The second person stepped forward.

failure.

"Next."

The third, the fourth, the tenth...

One warrior after another stepped forward, touching the black stone with hope, only to retreat in disappointment.

In the vast workshop, only Chi Zhengyang's cold commands and the heavy, uniform footsteps of the soldiers remained.

Time passed by, second by second.

In the blink of an eye, more than two hundred people have touched the Black Stone.

As a result, no one could elicit a response from Blackstone.

The atmosphere in the team had shifted from initial anticipation to heavy depression.

Even Chi Zhengyang, who was standing in front, showed a subtle change in his originally calm demeanor.

He pursed his lips tightly, and his brows had unconsciously furrowed into a deep frown.

Although he had long anticipated that those who could follow the elemental path and the spiritual path would be extremely rare.

However, he did not expect it to be this rare.

Of the more than two hundred elite warriors selected from the entire safe zone, not a single one possessed even the most basic level of friendliness.

The probability is ridiculously low.