Primer for the Apocalypse: Book One by Braided Sky

Author:Braided Sky [Sky, Braided]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-11-16T16:00:00+00:00

“That was not fun,” Bell pouted as we took a break from firing the military-grade weapons a while later. “I don’t know why they have us shooting guns in a magical world. It makes no sense.”

“Sure it does,” one of the other testers commented snidely from his seat nearby. “I bet they're going to make a big deal about how to use all of these weapons and then show us that none of it matters when magic comes into play.”

One of the other testers scoffed. “That’s stupid. Everyone knows the military is involved with Atlas. I suspected this was all some secret government program to start with. I was probably right, and they are going to train us to be spies or something while pretending to make it part of ‘game testing.’”

“You’re stupid,” the first tester replied before continuing the back-and-forth bantering about what the testing was actually meant to accomplish. A few other players chimed in with their theories, but it was clear nobody really knew.

Based on my brother’s text this morning, I suspected he knew what the first day involved, even if the purpose was unclear.

We’d tested several types of weapons, all of which had been mundane at this point. However, several variants of manatech weapons were neatly stored in racks along the wall next to their ordinary counterparts.

“All right, that’s enough break. Now, I want you to try those weapons again,” the drill sergeant-looking man said with a knowing look. Given how he acted, I suspected it wouldn’t be as easy this time.

The first few players who attempted to shoot the weapons looked at each other in confusion when the guns failed to fire. It seemed game shenanigans were in effect.

“Well? What are you waiting for?” our overseer asked the testers lined up with their weapons. “Fire the weapons.”

“Um, Sir?” one of the females said meekly as she raised her hand. “The weapons aren’t working.”

“Oh, they’re not working now? Well, I guess you’ll have to figure out how to make them work. Do whatever you need to, but make them functional. You have two hours.” With that, the intimidating man turned and exited through a side door, leaving the new beta testers looking around in confusion.

“Thank goodness they left snacks,” Ger grumbled as he walked back over to the refreshment table that had been set up. It struck me as odd that the company would bother with virtual snacks during testing, but they were known to take care of their employees.

I considered the issue. Weapons that used to work had suddenly stopped, and we needed to figure out how to make them work again. It sounded much like what would happen after the mana density reached a certain point. Gunpowder and other explosive powders were some of the first things to stop working properly, by pre-reintegration standards, at least.

Mana changed how a lot of things worked, though.

Maybe this was to teach us how to work around that problem when the time came. If the issue was non-functioning

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