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Chapter 304: Chapter 195 New DLC_2

On Game Inn, many players have been making predictions about what the next DLC for “Space Navigator” will be like.

[I have to say, Fang Cheng Studio has a knack for showmanship, even teasing about an upcoming DLC through an NPC, making the whole thing seem perfectly reasonable.]

[Since it’s about traveling beyond the Shadows, it must involve finding other areas to join forces against the Shadows, right?]

[That’s very likely. I really want to know what the outside world is like. But having just planets might be a bit monotonous. Since we’re already dealing with gods and interstellar settings, how about adding an emperor?]

[Aren’t you afraid of copyright issues? In my opinion, the outside has probably become a Zombie Universe, where numerous powerful civilizations have fallen to zombies, and the whole world order has collapsed, and we are the only spark left!]

[Sounds quite exciting, to be honest.]

Fang Cheng read these comments and was left speechless.

He hasn’t even got a clear picture of the situation yet, and they’re already planning out the DLC.

I’ll give you “Immortal Spell 2.0,” so you can go ahead and make the game.

However, he was also curious about the “Sliding Rail” technology and had come here after it appeared.

This technology wasn’t just about traversing the Shadows directly.

It’s more like a technology for tracking someone’s trail, which allows one to use traces left in time to find the direction in which someone has left, and exit the Shadows along that trajectory.

This technology utilizes the record-keeping function of the Shadows and can only be cast here. Over the millennia, the only being that had left this place was the Far Traveler, who was born alongside the gods and even held a higher status than they did.

The Far Traveler left this place as soon as he was born, showing no sentimentality towards his peers, which made Fang Cheng suspect that he knew something, or else he wouldn’t have left so decisively.

And with the Sliding Rail technology, they could follow in the footsteps of the Far Traveler, ultimately uncovering his final destination.

After understanding the principle behind this technology, Fang Cheng felt somewhat moved.

History from a thousand years ago had long since dissipated due to various reasons, but there was always a way to recover that buried history, which in itself was a kind of romance brought about by technology.

The birthplace of this technology was the home planet of the squirrels, Songta Planet.

Now that the ancient device had been restored, the space here had finally returned to normal, and everything was back on track. Players on “Squirrel Spaceship” had even started to play PVP out of boredom.

Even though their home planet had returned, the squirrels that had switched to scientists didn’t switch back.

They had a large number of Plague Chickens, they had the Great Heavenly Lord backing them up, and they had Car Star to provide food.

Now, apart from research, they didn’t have to care about anything else.

When Fang Cheng arrived, the chief scientist immediately welcomed him and expressed his deep respect for Fang Cheng.

It was a snow-white mutant squirrel, whose white appearance gave it a wise look, and its scholarly tone sounded quite elder-like.

After bowing respectfully to Fang Cheng, the chief scientist led him to the laboratory while explaining, “The discovery of Sliding Rail technology can only be described as accidental, and what’s fascinating is that it’s not very difficult to master. With just a slight tweak to the tech tree, we can uncover it. The reason we hadn’t found it before is that the technology was hidden too cleverly.”

“Indeed.” Fang Cheng nodded in agreement, “A while back, I encountered something similar. Some places could actually be reached by flying, but I always teleported instead. Thinking about it now, it was quite amusing.”

The white squirrel looked at Fang Cheng, feeling like they might not be talking about the same thing.

Following the white squirrel into the laboratory, Fang Cheng saw a hive of activity. A pitch-black black hole was restrained by a force field, numerous specialized drones were sent into the black hole, and only a few minutes later would any drone emerge from the opposite side of the black hole.

Pointing inside, the white squirrel said, “Currently, we have a bidirectional technology, but since the success rate is low, we haven’t conducted any manned experiments yet.”

“How low is the success rate?” Fang Cheng asked.

“0.03 percent. For every ten thousand drones we send in, only three return. And those three… they don’t seem to be ours anymore.”

“What do you mean?”

“It means that while they are made from our materials, the objects they turn into are completely different from drones. They can only be understood as having been modified by something on the other side, then thrown back here.”

“May I take a look?”

“Right this way.”

Walking into the adjacent room, Fang Cheng noticed that security levels here were noticeably higher.

Layers of force fields surrounded the room, with three machines firmly trapped within.

Even though the machines were now motionless, the force fields didn’t relax and continued to bind them.

All three machines were black, made of similar materials to those of the unmanned drones that the Squirrel had thrown in, but the final products were completely different.

One of them looked like a microwave oven. However, as soon as it detected Fang Cheng’s approach, it immediately opened its door and instantly released 2 million roentgens of nuclear radiation, the effect of which was equivalent to forty thousand times that of the Little Boy bomb.

If it weren’t for the force field, the Squirrels present would have instantly dropped dead, leaving nothing behind.

The second machine resembled a refrigerator. The temperature gauge nearby indicated that the temperature around it had slipped below absolute zero, a figure that was basically impossible to achieve, yet there it was.

The third one appeared most ordinary, just a typical paper shredder.

However, when paper was fed into it, the output wasn’t shredded paper but rather a strip of paper marked “Energy.”

Studies showed that this paper strip could release an amount of energy equivalent to what could be converted from the inserted paper; its principle was unknown.

Tens of thousands of drones were stuffed in, yet the outcome was three odd machines. This led Fang Cheng to believe there must be something extraordinary on the other side.

But just as he was about to extend his Divine Sense to inspect what was there, on a whim, he couldn’t help but do a divination.

The divinatory signs were complex, roughly indicating that the other side wasn’t dangerous, but if he went there personally, it would become dangerous.

If the other side sensed danger, it would certainly self-destruct on the spot, erasing all traces. It would take another year or two to recover them.

However, if he slowly strategized, allowing the players to proceed, everything would be simple and efficient without having to lift a finger himself.

So, it seemed that he still needed the players’ help.

Having realized this, Fang Cheng wasn’t too surprised.

Moreover, the game “Space Navigator” was already a complete mess, and he didn’t mind how the players caused more chaos, as long as they didn’t blow up this place. Then everything was fine.

After protecting the area with Mana, he recorded the current situation and then found Huang Ping.

When Huang Ping learned it was DLC, he got excited.

He always felt that “Space Navigator” had great potential. There were still many details to delve into, and it was too wasteful to discard the world after only one use with so many mysteries left to explore.

Lin Nan was also thrilled.

Just hearing the descriptions of the three items made Lin Nan think that a lot of gameplay could be involved. Even though she couldn’t design the specific mechanics of the items, she was eager to complete the interaction methods between them.

Thinking of all the fun interactive gameplay that could be created with these items, her game-soul ignited fiercely.

In this way, with the full support of a team, the new DLC “Squirrel Laboratory” was successfully completed within seven days.

Now, every player could get their own exclusive laboratory on the Squirrels’ home planet, Songta Planet!

In the laboratory, they had to throw massive amounts of materials into a black hole and then run various experiments to understand the specific uses of the gifts from the black hole, as well as the secrets behind it.

Seeing the content of the new DLC, the players became very curious.

They had thought that what followed would be battles in the outer worlds, but instead, it turned out to be this “Laboratory” mini-game.

However, when they really started to play this “mini-game,” thinking it was just a small sideshow, they found out they were wildly mistaken.

This “mini-game” had something special, indeed.