Wild Assault Dev Log #58: Black Market Transaction Records & Anonymous Testimony

[p]Hello Wild Ones![/p][p]File ID: RAVEN-23-00213[/p][p]Archivist: Fang Wen · Intelligence Analysis Department, Mose Corps[/p][p]Classification Level: Requires "Silver Key" clearance for decryption[/p][hr][/hr][p]Last time, I presented to you the complete log of RAVEN-07's encounter with the "Crystal Husk" in the far north. That was a tragedy of energy backlash—a retribution triggered by our over-exploitation of the Beast Bone Core.[/p][p]But today's file is different. It points toward something darker than mere backlash—a clear, calculated malice with intent.[/p][p]The following content is corroborated by three independent sources: an encrypted transaction record from a black-market informant; an anonymous testimony from a former junior technician of the Huli Research Institute; and a fragment of an unsent personal letter I discovered among the late Dr. Lotus's effects, written in her lifetime.[/p][p]I have arranged them in chronological order. The truth may lie in the silences between the lines.[/p][hr][/hr][p]Document 1: Black Market Transaction Record (Excerpt)[/p][p]Location: Backroom of an underground bar[/p]

[p]Parties: Codename "Raven" (our informant) and Codename "Apothecary" (seller)
Raven: The last batch of "Clarity Agents" worked well. Do you have anything... stronger? The client demands "breaking physiological limits." Side effects are negotiable.
Apothecary: (Long silence) Yes. But it's not on the list. We call it "Dark Tide."
Raven: Effects?
Apothecary: Within 72 hours of injection: muscle density, neural reaction speed, pain suppression rate—every metric you can think of, tripled or more. But the cost is permanent. Skin blackens, like charred leather. Veins bulge, glowing dark purple. Energy... leaks from the pores. Unstoppable.
Raven: Controllable?
Apothecary: (Cold laugh) That's why it's expensive. Not the serum—the "Controller." A chip implanted in the back of each subject's neck, corresponding to different colored signal receivers—red for frenzied assault mode, blue for calm潜伏 mode, gold... rumored to trigger some kind of "unstable evolution." Without the Controller, the subject won't last a week. They'll burn themselves to ash from the inside.
Raven: Source?
Apothecary: Don't ask. Only know it comes from the north. A place that should have been forgotten long ago. The seller calls himself... "The Professor." A madman.[/p]

[hr][/hr][p]Document 2: Anonymous Testimony (Audio Transcription)[/p][p]Provider: Former assistant, Laboratory 3, Huli Research Institute (identity verified)[/p][p]Recording Location: Safehouse in a neutral country[/p]

[p]"...I was in charge of cleaning test tubes and disposing of failed samples. So I saw things they didn't want others to see."
"The disputes between Dr. Lian Hua and Dr. Marquez were never just academic. Marquez wanted 'breakthroughs.' Lian Hua wanted 'limits.' But there was a third person... we all called him 'The Professor.'"
"He wasn't on the official roster but had the highest lab clearance. His project was called 'Life Remodeling'—went further than Marquez's 'Super Soldiers.' He didn't want to enhance the human body. He wanted... 'to fully fuse the life properties of the Beast Bone Core with organic matter, to create programmable bio-weapons.'"
"I saw a test subject once. A lab mouse, injected with an early serum. Its eyes turned crystalline. Muscles swelled until the skin tore. But it sat quietly in its cage because of a small, glowing device on the back of its neck. The Professor said to the monitor: 'See? Controlled evolution. This is the future.'"
"Three months before the institute explosion, The Professor and Marquez had a huge fight. I caught fragments through the door. Marquez roared: 'You're creating monsters!' The Professor's voice was calm: 'No. I'm saving them. Giving them a perfect form, beyond fragility.'"
"After the explosion, The Professor vanished. Official reports said he died in the accident. But two months later, I saw the initial description of 'Dark Tide' on the black-market intel network... identical to the symptoms of that lab mouse."[/p]

[hr][/hr][p]Document 3: Dr. Lian Hua's Unsent Letter (Fragment)[/p][p]Discovered: Hidden compartment in her study[/p][p]To: Unknown recipient (or perhaps just a diary)[/p][p]Excerpt:[/p]

[p]"...Reviewed the 'Life Remodeling' project proposal again today. A chill to the bone. They call the Beast Bone Core the 'Cornerstone of Life,' yet seek to use it to code programs of death. Marquez is at least obsessed within the framework of 'humanity.' But The Professor... he has discarded all ethical shackles."
"He writes in the proposal: 'When life can be designed, pain can be suppressed, loyalty can be implanted—why fear war? We need only create more perfect soldiers.' I annotated: 'What you will create are not soldiers, but shadows that will inevitably backfire. The essential nature of Beast Bone Core energy is 'growth' and 'adaptation,' not 'obedience.' Forced control will only breed monsters that break all chains.'"
"He did not reply. Only, at the next meeting, a small, golden Controller prototype appeared on the back of his neck. He smiled and said, 'Lian Hua, fear stems from ignorance. And I... am becoming knowledge itself.'"
"I have a Foreboding. Some doors, once opened, can never be closed again. And all of us will live in the shadow of what lies beyond."[/p]

[hr][/hr][p]Three documents, pointing to the same dark core.[/p][p]The "Crystal Husk" may be a natural backlash, but "Dark Tide" and those creatures with Controllers are man-made, meticulously crafted tragedies. They are not products of loss of control—they are the extreme product of the very desire for control.[/p][p]"The Professor"—or, "The Mad Scientist"—never left. He merely moved from the sunlit laboratories into deeper shadows. He uses Dark Tide serum to forge weapons, uses Controllers to code loyalty, and perhaps... is even using the Crystal Husk phenomenon for some larger "experiment."[/p][p]What unsettles me most is Dr. Lian Hua's prophecy in her letter: "The essential nature of Beast Bone Core energy is 'growth' and 'adaptation,' not 'obedience.'"[/p][p]When the instinct for "growth" meets the shackles of "obedience," what will ultimately be born?[/p][p]When those Controllers fail, will the modified creatures simply break down... or will they evolve into something even more terrifying?[/p][p]What we face may no longer be merely a war.[/p][p]It is a cruel experiment on the very nature of life, orchestrated by a madman.[/p][p]And all of us... may already be part of the experiment.[/p][hr][/hr][p]File sealed.[/p][p]Awaiting next decryption.[/p][p]— Fang Wen, in dim light, the typewriter keys have just fallen silent.[/p][hr][/hr][hr][/hr][p]That concludes this week's Wild Assault Dev Log. Thank you once again for your support and understanding regarding Wild Assault. During the game, please report any issues promptly through our social media channels[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Combat Cat Studio[/p][p][/p][p]X：https://x.com/WildAssaultGame[/p][p]Discord：https://discord.gg/WildAssault[/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]Follow us on social media ⤵️[/h3]