Chapter 110: Plot photo, [Moscow Defense Medal] challenge successful (4.2k monthly ticket bonus 1)

Following the click to settle.

Prompts began to pop up on the game screen before Zhao Ming.

[Battle of Moscow]

[Settlement beginning.]

[Congratulations, you have triggered the "To: Everyone has gone to the front line" plot.]

[Obtained one exclusive plot photo. Please fill in your address and wait for the gift to be mailed.]

[Congratulations, you have triggered the "Red Square Parade" plot.]

[Obtained one exclusive plot photo. Please fill in your address and wait for the gift to be mailed.]

[Congratulations, you have obtained the "Red Star Medal."]

[Introduction: A medal for excellent Soviet soldiers who have shown bravery in battle, military command talent, national defense technology research and development, or long-term service.]

[Note: By wearing it, you will become a Captain in the Soviet Federation, commanding a company of troops.]

After a series of reward settlements, a smile appeared on Zhao Ming's face, though he was still somewhat puzzled:

"I know about this 'Red Square Parade,' but what is this 'To: Everyone has gone to the front line' plot? When did I trigger it?"

The friends in the live stream were also full of confusion, clearly trying to recall the plot Zhao Ming had experienced during this time.

None of them seemed to match.

Unable to figure out which plot it could be, they could only wait for the gift to arrive. Zhao Ming followed the game's prompts, filled in his address and information, submitted it, and said to the live stream:

"Done."

"Next, I just have to wait for the Polar Star Company to mail it."

"I remember another streamer received it the same day."

"They said the Polar Star Company is right here in Donghai City."

"We are only two hours away from Donghai City, so if nothing goes wrong, it should arrive tomorrow."

"Brothers, I'm going to start another round."

Saying this, Zhao Ming clicked on [Battle of Moscow].

This time, no settlement button popped up; instead, he entered the game directly, appearing on the front line in the suburbs of Moscow where the fighting with the Empire was taking place. Moreover, the battlefield effects caused the effects of the medal to double.

Originally, the rank of Captain could earn the position of Company Commander.

Now, with the bonus from the [Battle of Moscow] battlefield, Zhao Ming was instantly transformed into a Regiment Commander.

Upon entering the battlefield, he was inside a regimental command post, and Zhao Ming was somewhat surprised:

"Can early settlement do this?"

Previously, becoming a soldier in the militia phalanx was because he hadn't obtained a rank in the earlier plot, nor had he fought to the death in the [Normandy Battlefield], so he was randomly assigned as a grunt in the militia phalanx.

This time, he had actually been promoted directly to Regiment Commander.

It wasn't just Zhao Ming who discovered this; many players who settled early and entered the battlefield to obtain ranks had them all doubled due to the battlefield effects. Suddenly, there were many more Regiment Commanders and Brigade Commanders in the game.

It was just that most of these people were office workers, so even if they obtained positions, they had less time to play.

There were quite a few people showing off their settlement rewards online.

Many players had also triggered "hidden plots" and were just waiting for the exclusive plot photos from the Polar Star official website to arrive.

The next day.

Early morning, in Zhao Ming's live stream.

Watching the screen fade into darkness, Zhao Ming rubbed his face. The difficulty of this game had risen sharply as the front line against the Imperial NPCs opened up. This wasn't fighting anymore; this was queuing up to be shot...

A whole regiment of people was wiped out in one night; the intensity had multiplied several times over.

If this wasn't queuing up to be shot, what was it?

Zhao Ming had also been blown to death by an Imperial shell and took a moment to recover.

Scattered bullet comments drifted through the live stream, clearly from the friends who had persisted in watching all night.

Zhao Ming got up, preparing to get something to eat.

At this moment.

The doorbell rang. Zhao Ming walked to the door and opened the video feed.

Seeing that it was a delivery robot at the door, he opened the door. The delivery robot at the entrance paused, and then a mechanical voice sounded:

"Scan successful. Please sign for it personally, Mr. Zhao Ming."

The delivery robot handed over a package and presented a panel.

Zhao Ming signed it casually, took the package into the room, and closed the door.

He then took out the external camera in the room, adjusted the time, and the screen in the live stream changed from the main game interface to Zhao Ming's room, with the lens pointed directly at a package.

Zhao Ming walked over, sat down to the side, and said:

"Brothers."

"The Polar Star game package has arrived. Let's do an unboxing."

The few scattered bullet comments in the live stream suddenly jolted, spamming question marks.

[???]

[So fast?!]

He only filled in the information last night, and it arrived this morning.

Zhao Ming said with a smile:

"I told you, we are only two hours away from Donghai City, so overnight delivery is normal."

"And Polar Star sends things out very quickly."

"Express delivery is usually handled by robots or drones, delivering directly from nearby. If we waited for regular human delivery, it definitely wouldn't be this fast."

As he spoke, he had already opened the package:

"Let me see... Hmm?"

"Red Star Medal!"

Saying this, he took out a souvenir Red Star Medal from inside, and the name on it was exactly the NPC name Zhao Ming used when participating in the militia phalanx.

Next were some series products with the "Earth" IP.

"Vodka, this is good."

"Rum, haven't had it before, I'll try it in a bit."

"Canned foie gras?"

"Tushanka stewed meat cans... so many cans."

"One of each. It looks like they are all products from the 'Earth' IP series. I just don't know when they'll be on the shelves. I'll taste them in a bit."

He then took out all the food, revealing two small boxes at the bottom.

Zhao Ming took out the two small boxes, which were printed with "To: Everyone has gone to the front line" and "Red Square Parade" respectively. Zhao Ming showed the words on these two boxes to the live stream:

"These should be the two exclusive plot photos."

"Let's look at the Red Square Parade one first."

The friends in the live stream watched curiously.

Zhao Ming opened the "Red Square Parade" box first. After opening it, it revealed the photo inside, which was exactly the photo of Zhao Ming smiling and waving at the photo studio owner while in the militia phalanx.

Zhao Ming took the photo out and showed it to the live stream:

"The angle of this photo is quite good. It must have been captured directly from the backend data by Polar Star Games."

Then, following the note inside the box, Zhao Ming took out his phone and scanned the photo. He then placed the phone flat on the table, and a virtual projected short video appeared above the table.

Zhao Ming adjusted the camera's perspective and watched the short video playing.

The short video started from the parade, to him waving at the photo studio owner at the end, and then rushing to the front line. Several quick scene cuts showed he had been fighting for days and nights, until he was the only one left in the trench.

He calmly lit a cigarette, smoked it to the end, and then used the cigarette to ignite two bottles, charging toward a tank.

Especially the last scene, the calm expression after lighting the cigarette, made even Zhao Ming widen his eyes:

"Was I that cool at the time???"

That puff of smoke was amazing.

The live stream was also spamming 666, and bullet comments saying "I'll join you for one" drifted by.

Then the video ended, and Zhao Ming took out the "Everyone has gone to the front line" box:

"Let's take a look at this one."

"?"

The box opened, and what came into view was the photo Zhao Ming took at the photo studio.

Could that photo studio be some hidden plot?

This thought flashed through Zhao Ming's mind. He then picked up his phone, scanned the photo, and placed the phone flat on the table.

The next second.

A virtual short video projection appeared.

However, it didn't start with Zhao Ming, but rather... the young girl he met that day and her newlywed husband.

Zhao Ming and the friends in the live stream sat up straight unconsciously, leaning in closer to watch. This was a plot they hadn't seen before.

In the projection.

The figure of the photo studio owner appeared, looking at the expressionless man, and said:

"Can you smile?"

The young soldier opposite said expressionlessly:

"No."

Seeing this, the photo studio owner was helpless and could only take the photo like that.

"Click!"

At this moment, the young girl, wearing a dress and dressed up beautifully, ran in from outside. Looking at the young soldier, her voice trembled:

"Why?"

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"You have a military exemption certificate, you..."

The young soldier looked straight ahead, his voice firm:

"The motherland needs me."

The girl's tone was full of worry:

"Your health is not good."

The young soldier paused and said:

"I will write to you."

The girl fell silent and said:

"Don't you love me anymore?"

The young soldier turned his head abruptly, his eyes looking straight at the girl, as if he had a thousand words to say, but in the end, he only said dryly:

"I will definitely write to you."

Seeing this, the girl just wiped her tears, said nothing more, and turned to look at the camera.

"Click!"

The young soldier and his wife took a photo together.

After that, the scene switched to the scene familiar to Zhao Ming and the friends in the live stream.

Because Zhao Ming was in the photo studio at the time.

The girl had now taken off her beautiful dress and jewelry, standing in front of the camera in a winter military uniform. The Soviet uncle rushed into the photo studio to stop the girl, and only the girl's answer echoed in the photo studio:

"This is war, Dad."

"Click!"

The young daughter and her father took a photo together.

The scene switched again.

It wasn't over yet?

Zhao Ming and the friends in the live stream felt a tremor in their hearts.

They saw the figure of the Soviet uncle slowly appear in the scene, wearing a thick military overcoat, holding a rifle, standing straight in front of the camera.

Suddenly.

A woman rushed out from the side and hugged the Soviet uncle:

"You are no longer young!"

The Soviet uncle looked straight at the camera:

"You must have heard about the situation at the front. Everyone who can hold a weapon must go to the battlefield."

The woman was weeping uncontrollably:

"You have already served!"

"Your age doesn't need to go to the battlefield anymore!"

However.

The only response to her was the Soviet uncle's firm gaze.

"Click!"

An elderly couple took a photo together.

The scene switched and slowly lit up again.

This time.

There was no one else, only the figure of the woman who had previously hugged the Soviet uncle, looking ahead with a firm gaze.

"Click!"

The photo slowly froze.

Zhao Ming and the friends in the live stream only felt a tightness in their chests.

And the scene hadn't ended yet.

As this mother also headed to the battlefield, the scene shifted to the photo studio owner, the photographer.

After cleaning up the photo studio, the photographer also put on a thick military uniform.

Standing in front of the camera, after taking a photo of himself, the photographer looked around the photo studio, then picked up the cotton hat on the table, put it on, pushed open the door of the photo studio, and a loud Soviet song rang out.

The cheerful tune seemed to be celebrating something, boosting morale.

The roar of a Stuka passed through the sky, and the photographer walked out of the photo studio and into the heavy snow.

The screen gradually darkened, and a few large characters appeared.

To: Everyone has gone to the front line. The playback ended. Zhao Ming's room was silent, and it took a long time for him to recover. The friends in the live stream were the same.

The husband went to the battlefield because the motherland needed him and died in battle.

The wife joined the field nurses because of her husband and died in battle.

The elderly father responded to the call, joined the battlefield again, and died in battle.

The mother, left alone, also stepped onto the battlefield and died in battle.

Until the last photo studio owner, looking at the heavy snow, walked toward the battlefield amidst the roar of Stukas threatening the motherland...

Although the scene was very short.

It fully embodied the tragic history of the entire nation participating in the war.

Zhao Ming had only experienced a plot segment before and hadn't felt much, but now, after seeing the entirety of this hidden plot, he felt extremely uncomfortable and couldn't describe the feeling.

He hadn't expected such a follow-up at all at the time.

He thought it was just an ordinary plot interlude.

Now, looking at it again, it felt completely different, and as the scene in the short video progressed.

It was clear what state Moscow was in at that time. The introduction on the [Moscow Defense Medal],

didn't seem to be written blindly.

Just this battle of Moscow resulted in hundreds of thousands of casualties for the Soviet Federation, which was enough to reveal how tragic this battle to defend the heart of the motherland was, to the point that the entire nation participated.

After a long silence, Zhao Ming uploaded this plot segment.

Then, he cleaned up everything on the table, returned to the live stream, and stayed on the main game interface, dazed for a moment.

Zhao Ming shook his head, came back to his senses, and said to the live stream:

"This plot was very hard to watch."

"Brothers, I'm going to start another round and see what the end of this war is like."

"Look at the change in cotton clothes."

"This war feels like it will take at least another two or three months (in-game time)."

"It feels so long. I have to die less often. Maybe I can even meet that photographer."

Saying this, he wanted to click into the game, but sleepiness surged. Zhao Ming thought for a moment and said:

"No, I still have to sleep first. Anyway, the unboxing is done."

"Let the video fly for a while. The streamer is going to catch up on sleep!"

After saying this, he went offline at light speed and collapsed onto the bed next to him.

Before long, the sound of deep breathing could be heard.

Zhao Ming was still completely unaware that the hidden plot video he uploaded had already spread online, causing quite a stir, and he was still fast asleep.

On the other side.

There were also many streamers and players fighting through the night in the game.

For example, one of the representatives... Fang Ming.

In Fang Ming's live stream, after a night of fierce fighting, the bullet comments from the friends kept scrolling. The lively scene in the live stream didn't feel like an all-nighter at all; instead, many friends were extremely excited.

Fang Ming himself was equally excited.

Although he was in a sorry state after a night of fighting, the last two Soviet soldiers had also died.

And he himself, having been shot several times, had no strength to crawl up and could only lean against a large tree, waiting for the last moments of his life to pass.

But!!!

As the sun in the sky rose, the condition [15/15 (days)] had also been completed, and a prompt popped up, representing that he had obtained the [Moscow Defense Medal].

Adding the [Normandy Landing Medal] obtained from previously conquering the [Normandy Landing] battlefield.

Three medals for entering the Hall of Fame.

He was now only one [Stalingrad Medal] away, and from the real-time map, the Imperial offensive,

Fang Ming felt that the Battle of Stalingrad didn't seem far off either.