Legend of the Planet Builder-Chapter 83 - Prey and Prey

Chapter 83: Chapter 83: Prey and Prey

Chapter 83 -83: Prey and Prey

“We’re going to succeed? Old Zhang, we’re really going to make it!” Jiang Yuanshan shook Zhang Zhijian frantically. Although Zhang Zhijian was also excited, he was more composed.

Because he was in on the Xuanwu Plan, his biggest wish in life had been, just like Jiang Yuanshan, to create a world-renowned, high-quality game.

But now, as his dream was about to come true, he found that his ambitions had changed.

“Perhaps, completing the Xuanwu Plan with Mr. He is my true life’s goal!” thought Zhang Zhijian.

He patted Jiang Yuanshan on the shoulder and said to everyone, “Folks, today is a great start.”

“But our work is just beginning! Continue developing and maintaining the game ‘God and Demon Wukong’, and starting from today, we’ll begin researching VR game technology to create future war simulation games!”

“Do we need to be in such a hurry?” Jiang Yuanshan was still immersed in joy, saying, “‘God and Demon Wukong’ has just started!”

“Yes!” Zhang Zhijian said seriously, unable to disclose that this was related to the progress of the Xuanwu Plan, “The game’s a hit, we have money now. I’ll take charge of the new project myself!”

…

The popularity of ‘God and Demon Wukong’ continued to soar just with its promotional CG, which brought cheers from players all over the internet.

At first, some doubted if the game could really live up to its CG, but once they purchased and tried the game, they realized they were too naive!

“The ‘Qiankun’ physics engine is absolutely the strongest in the world!” Tianjin Games’ reviewers swore, “Graphics, physics animation, the feel of combat, the controls – all aspects of the experience get full marks!”

“It’s foreseeable that ‘God and Demon Wukong’ will be the hottest game in the country, even worldwide, for some time to come!”

Data analysts also said, “According to our analysis, their sales in just ten minutes are expected to exceed 500 million! It could be over 10 billion in a single day!”

“What are we waiting for? Hurry up and contact He Xingzhou’s team, we must acquire the license for the ‘Qiankun’ physics engine!” The president of Tencent Games hurriedly ordered.

Along with him, major domestic game developers and international companies reached out to He Xingzhou’s team, hoping to get licensing for the physics engine.

To this, He Xingzhou turned no one away; given that the core technology was in his hands, he wasn’t worried about theft, and was ready to make as much money as possible!

…

The next day, He Xingzhou was on his way to the Beijing National Science Academy of Jing City, specifically the Microelectronics Research Institute.

His goal for this trip was to develop AI tactical glasses, as an intelligent device carrier for AI instructors. The Microelectronics Research Institute under the Academy of Sciences was one of the core institutions for semiconductor and intelligent device research.

“Mr. He, our game is a huge hit! I’ve already kicked off research on VR and AR technologies!” Zhang Zhijian sent him a message.

“Congratulations, contact me if you need anything.” He Xingzhou replied to the message.

“There’s also news from the team.” Xu Zhilan spoke to him, “Hundreds of companies are asking about using the license for the ‘Qiankun’ physics engine. If handled well, this technology could bring in tens of billions.”

“Tens of billions?” He Xingzhou showed a slight smile and said, “Time to build a few more power stations.”

“Power stations?” Xu Zhilan was somewhat puzzled; He Xingzhou seemed to be insistent on building power stations regularly. Why not directly build an iron wall instead?

“How much longer until we arrive?” He Xingzhou asked Ding Yue.

“We should get there in about an hour.” Ding Yue was piloting the helicopter.

“Mm, wake me up when we’re close, I’m going to take a nap.” He Xingzhou pretended to rest his eyes while actually summoning the Quantum Light Computer, preparing to unlock technology.

“To unlock semiconductor fundamentals, you need 10000 energy units.”

“Unlocking the basic knowledge of optics requires 7000 energy units.”

“Unlocking the manufacturing principles of a hundred basic optical instruments requires 50000 energy units.”

“Unlocking basic augmented reality technology requires 30000 energy units.”

“Unlocking virtual reality technology requires 50000 energy units.”

…

A simple pair of smart glasses required a host of prerequisite technologies. He Xingzhou spent nearly all the energy he had accumulated over days to unlock half of them, and he still needed to continue unlocking more.

He closed his eyes, assimilating the information in his mind.

Just as He Xingzhou was about to embark on the first research project of the new year, a tragedy was unfolding in a certain part of Blue Star!

In Japan, near the Pacific Ocean, in the waters around F Island, a mid-sized fishing boat was hauling in its nets.

The captain, Tanaka Tarou, was praying to the gods, hoping this catch would be a bountiful one.

“The fish near F Island are getting scarcer, and because of pollution, even fewer are willing to buy them,” Tanaka Tarou prayed softly, “We have to go further to fish. Gods bless us, I still need to feed my family and crew, let us have a bigger catch!”

“Big brother, the net is coming up!” His younger brother, Tanaka Jiro, was directing the hauling of the nets.

The diesel winch on the boat was spinning rapidly. A bad premonition surfaced in the minds of the crew. The net was coming up so quickly—could it be that there was no catch again?

Soon, the net was hauled aboard. As it surfaced, Tanaka Jiro cursed loudly, “Damn it, there’s nothing! It’s an empty net!”

There wasn’t a single fish in their net, just a large hole. Some sea creature had bitten through the net!

“How can there be a hole?” Tanaka Tarou exclaimed angrily, “Didn’t anyone check before we cast the net?”

In theory, the material of their net, even if it caught a tiger whale, shouldn’t be possible to bite through!

“Captain, we checked it before casting!” A crew member quickly defended, “With such a big hole, there’s no way we could have missed it!”

Tanaka Tarou’s brows furrowed deeply, he muttered in confusion, “Then how did it get torn?”

He had just finished speaking when the boat suddenly shook. It seemed something was striking the hull! Everyone staggered, and the quick-reacting crew members grabbed onto the mast and the railings, while both Tanaka Tarou and Tanaka Jiro took a hard fall.

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“What’s going on?” Tanaka Tarou shouted. His head had been hit, and now he felt dizzy.

“Cap… Captain, a monster! It’s a sea monster!” A crew member screamed.

Following the direction of his scream, everyone looked over, only to see a spiky creature climbing aboard the boat, clinging to the railing!

It was about the same size as a tiger whale, with a pair of claws about three meters long, no eyes, but teeth like a great white shark, its body pitch black, unrecognizable to anyone what species it was! The screaming crew member didn’t have time to escape, was grabbed by its claws, and bitten in half, leaving the rest of his body bloodied and mutilated, blood splattered all over the deck, terrifying everyone out of their wits!

“It’s a sea monster! Quick, kill it!” Tanaka Tarou’s voice trembled as he shouted. Tanaka Jiro had already picked up a gun and started shooting at it.

Bullets hit its tough body, leaving only a few white marks on its turtle-like shell, and other body parts showed bullet holes, but they neither killed nor severely wounded it.

The monster, enraged, charged aboard, and began a massacre!

“Quick, call the Maritime Security Hall! Request rescue!” This was the last command Tanaka Tarou issued, because the very next second, he was entirely swallowed by the monster!

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