Chapter 116: Anti-war competition award ceremony, [WWI] sneak peek data (6.4k two-in-one)

The Blue Star players and those military experts also couldn't figure out the situation and didn't dare to make rash comments.

After all, this game has too many illogical places. What if the Imperial head's operation of changing generals has some deep meaning?

If they guessed wrong, they would be mocked.

So for a time, there was quite a bit of discussion, but no one came out to express an opinion.

They just waited for the progress in the game to see if there were any changes.

Until a week later in the game.

The Blue Star players and experts realized that they seemed to have thought too much... this has no deep meaning at all.

Changing it didn't stop the Soviet counterattack.

The Empire's troops kept retreating. The front line, which had already reached the suburbs of Moscow and could even see the dome of the Kremlin, was pushed back by the Soviet side by one or two hundred kilometers.

It had been pushed to the range of the defense line conceived by the Imperial Army Commander, Field Marshal Bock.

Originally, Bock planned to survive the winter here and then counterattack.

However, before the troops were all withdrawn, news came out that Bock resigned, followed by the Imperial head's order to replace him.

And after the replacement, it didn't seem to change anything.

It still pushed to the defense line Bock planned, and didn't show any momentum for a counterattack.

The Blue Star players couldn't help but have toothaches.

This damn... so they guessed for more than a week for nothing?

But thinking about it, in this situation, what else could be done?

And in the game.

With the continuous transfer of troops from the Soviet Far East, the Empire had already given up the offensive and changed to full defense. This war of attrition seemed to be coming to an end.

At this time.

Tian Sha live stream, game section.

In the live stream of Cheng Yu, a streamer on the Imperial side,

Cheng Yu was sitting in front of the stove in the command post, warming his hands on the stove. At this time, the temperature in Moscow had reached 40 degrees below zero, and even in the room, he still felt cold next to the stove.

The unit Cheng Yu was in had already retreated to the defense line conceived by the Imperial Command.

Next, they would turn from offense to defense and stabilize the entire defense line.

Cheng Yu was warming his hands while saying to the live stream:

"Why is this Soviet Union so cold."

"Outrageous."

"Colder than the Slavic side on our Blue Star."

"The inside of the tank is frozen and cracked, can you believe it? The oil is frozen, and the tank armor and everything have completely become a pile of scrap iron."

"When will this end?"

The time in the game compared to reality has been accelerated. One day in reality, it might be two days in the game,

and sometimes it even jumps four or five days.

But even so, Cheng Yu still felt that time passed slowly.

This winter is too long.

So long that even with constant acceleration, he couldn't stand it.

He didn't dare to think how desperate it would be if it were at normal time speed.

Cheng Yu complained.

On the other side, in Mo Xiaomo's live stream.

Some friends posted Cheng Yu's complaints. Mo Xiaomo was also in a simple command post, the kind built with temporary civilian houses. Looking at the bullet comments, she couldn't help but complain:

"40 degrees below zero, as if it only freezes them and not us!"

"Do you think Soviet soldiers are no different in 40 degrees below zero than in midsummer?!"

"We are cold too!!!"

Saying this, Mo Xiaomo took off her shoes, revealing what was padded inside. The shoes were stuffed with straw for cold protection.

"See, the conditions are not even as good as the Empire's side."

"Here, we stuff some straw into our shoes, which counts as an extra layer of protection."

"The conditions are very difficult."

Saying this, she put on her shoes and huddled next to the stove.

"We don't have fighting here, but those 'Earth NPCs' are still fighting."

"It's freezing to death in this cold weather."

"I don't know when it will end."

The duration of this [Battle of Moscow] dungeon was so long that it made Blue Star players feel annoyed, causing war-weariness. So while the "Earth NPCs" were fighting fiercely.

The Blue Star players, whether on the Imperial side or the Federation side, were all warming themselves in their command posts.

Anyway, because of the Polar Star company's arrangement, they were all pecking at each other on the edge of the battlefield, and whether they fought or not didn't affect the overall war situation.

It was those Blue Star players who were randomly assigned as NPC commanders, and players challenging the [Moscow Defense] medal, who were suffering now.

Mo Xiaomo chatted with the live stream about the war situation and found that she couldn't analyze the current situation either. It was basically a war of attrition. Mo Xiaomo opened the game section of Tian Sha live stream.

Wanted to see the content of other live streams.

Just entered the game section.

She saw the popular Duan Yu live stream [Leningrad Survival Challenge, 47/100 days]. Mo Xiaomo clicked in, curious about why the popularity was so high.

Just opened Duan Yu's live stream, and saw Duan Yu holding a hunting rifle, shouting "Die," "Die!!!" and other words with all his might.

Mo Xiaomo pulled out Duan Yu's live stream and placed it on the other side of her live stream.

Watching it with the friends in the live stream.

At this time.

Duan Yu in the game had bloodshot eyes.

He was firing his hunting rifle at several burly men in the distance who were cursing and had flushed faces.

Bang!

Bang!

The sudden gunshot in the silent city stimulated the nerves of many people.

But more were some sallow and thin figures, looking numbly through the windows at everything outside. Faintly, they could feel the fragrance spreading in the air, but this fragrance made many people retch.

Bang!

Watching the few burly men with flushed faces disappear, Duan Yu, holding the hunting rifle, slumped to the ground.

The cold snow stimulated his skin. Duan Yu struggled to get up. He couldn't stay here long; the city defense army would come over soon.

Expecting the city defense army to make decisions was clearly impossible, and they might even find it troublesome and solve him directly.

Duan Yu supported himself with the hunting rifle and got up, swaying toward the alley next to him.

He had been captured by those burly men with flushed faces. Perhaps they saw he was relatively thin, so after capturing him, they threw him in the alley.

The hunting rifle in Duan Yu's hand was snatched after he woke up and exploded with all his strength.

That was how the scene just now happened.

Those burly men with flushed faces were too late to pick up the guns and were scared away by his continuous shooting. And there were two more hunting rifles in the alley, which Duan Yu prepared to take all as weapons for self-defense.

Thinking about what he had almost experienced just now, Duan Yu felt a burst of suspicion and fear. And the fragrance faintly coming from the air.

Made Duan Yu, who hadn't walked into the alley yet, stop and lean against the wall.

Ugh... he couldn't help but retch. The feeling of his stomach churning almost made him vomit his internal organs.

Duan Yu hurriedly bent down, grabbed the snow on the ground, and stuffed it into his mouth.

Until the ice and snow numbed his mouth, he calmed down, his eyes red, panting constantly, and looked into the alley.

Following Duan Yu's gaze, there was a large pot deep in the alley.

Several dilapidated shacks, covered with some scattered clothes, seemed to be for cold protection.

Duan Yu, who had just calmed down, retched again.

But knowing he couldn't stay here long, Duan Yu bit his teeth hard, closed his eyes, rushed into the alley, picked up the scattered two hunting rifles and some bullets, and rushed out of here on his knees.

Running forward without stopping for a moment, not knowing where the destination was.

Watching this scene.

Many new friends didn't understand the situation, nor did they understand why this live stream was so popular.

The old friends were silent for a long time before recovering, explaining to the new friends.

[The live stream is popular because Duan Yu was just tied up by a few NPCs.]

[Some curious friends posted it online, and many people came to watch the fun, so it became popular.]

[But what happened later...]

[No, I can't say it. Just thinking about it makes me physically nauseous.]

[Let me put it this way.]

[Now in Leningrad, let alone food, there isn't even bread mixed with sawdust. Photon supercomputers collected video statistics online, and 7,000 to 10,000 people are starving to death in Leningrad every day.]

[At first, watching Duan Yu being tied up by a few NPCs was watching the fun, but think about why those burly men were flushed in this situation?]

[Why did they capture Duan Yu, why did Duan Yu retch just now...]

[No, I can't say it.]

[Thinking of the scene just now, I'm nauseous too, damn!!!]

After the old friend finished speaking, he also exited the live stream, not knowing if he went to vomit or what he went to do.

Some who reacted slowly hadn't reacted yet, but some who reacted quickly had already started spamming question marks and shocking profanities.

[????]

[Is it what I think it is? Damn! I shouldn't have clicked in?!]

[Outrageous! Too outrageous!]

[What's the situation? Why are you being vague?]

[You still don't understand? I'm...]

[Ah ah ah ah ah, help, I can't eat the meal I made.]

[Large pot, various scattered clothes, burly men with flushed faces, just think about it...]

Mo Xiaomo looked at those comments, and at this time, no matter how slow she reacted, she reacted:

"Ugh—"

Couldn't help but cover her mouth.

Escaped from the live stream quickly, rushed into the bathroom, the sound of the faucet turning on could be heard, as well as the sound of rinsing her mouth.

A moment later, she returned to the live stream. Mo Xiaomo was still in a messy state:

"Brothers, let me recover..."

Clearly, she hadn't recovered yet, and it took a long time to recover a little:

"This, this, this, this."

Wanted to say something, but didn't know what to say, and in the end, could only stifle one sentence:

"Is it this outrageous?"

The Blue Star friends in the live stream had better acceptance, sending bullet comments.

[How should I put it... although outrageous, it's also normal.]

[Analyze the situation in Leningrad, and you'll understand. It's January 1941 now, and Leningrad has been besieged for four months, and the supply warehouse was bombed before.]

[By the end of November 1940, supplies were already insufficient. Each person could only be allocated 125 grams of bread mixed with sawdust and glue every day.]

[The calories provided were only a little over 100 kcal, barely enough to maintain life.]

[This was still November. By December, supplies were basically cut off, and even the sawdust bread to maintain life wasn't issued.]

[By now, January 1941, an average of 7,000 to 10,000 people starve to death in Leningrad every day. This number is sometimes even higher than the daily casualties in Moscow.]

[In this situation, what crazy things people do... it's all possible.]

[Including what was seen in the live stream just now, after all, there are such records on Blue Star. Although many historical records are incomplete, the classics dug up before also recorded 'In that year of great drought, people exchanged children to eat'.]

[So...]

This friend's analysis made many people in the live stream agree.

But agreeing is agreeing, many friends still couldn't accept it. This is already inhumane...

The things that happened in Duan Yu's live stream also had various recorded videos spreading everywhere.

The comments online were also divided into two extremes. Some felt it was reasonable, it was just a plot, don't take it too seriously. Some felt it was too inhumane, harmful to the physical and mental health of the public, and demanded a strict investigation of the Polar Star company and a ban on this game.

For a time.

The Polar Star company was pushed to the forefront of the storm because of this plot.

However, Zhao Ming sat in the company, watching the comments unhurriedly. This kind of public opinion storm wasn't the first time.

Most of them were water armies, or a small number of people who really felt it damaged their physical and mental health...

Zhao Ming searched, and in these plots.

The large pot in the alley in the video, from Duan Yu's various perspectives, was just a large pot... without revealing any uncomfortable or bloody scenes.

The reason for a strict investigation and ban was also fundamentally untenable.

It was just that public opinion was very large at the moment, but it was also normal.

Because the "Anti-war Competition" was only one day away from ending, and "Second World War: Rise of the Empire" was currently leading in the game sections of other federations.

And because of the Golden Moon Federation prince.

He himself was a hot topic, and also the guild leader of a large myth-type game, but was pierced through the main city by a player called "Disciple of Guderian" with a "Blitzkrieg," and then the Golden Moon Federation prince went to play "Second World War: Rise of the Empire" to learn military strategy.

It also triggered quite a craze in the Golden Moon Federation. Those local tyrants or civilians who admired the prince flooded into the game.

It's just that "Second World War: Rise of the Empire" didn't have a recharge button, which ruined these local tyrants, but it also made these local tyrants feel that this game really had something... after all, it didn't circle money, it must be made with heart.

Many local tyrants in the Golden Moon Federation had already brain-supplemented that the boss of this game company was a person who used all his life's learning to create the game he wanted!

Not those guys who just made games to make money, like ordinary people.

Zhao Ming didn't know that his image had inexplicably become much taller in the hearts of those local tyrants in the Golden Moon Federation.

At this time.

Shen Qinghan also came to the Polar Star company.

Walked into the office, looked at Zhao Ming leaning on the boss chair, holding a teacup in one hand, and looking at the hot search on the virtual projection panel, calm and unhurried, Shen Qinghan said:

"You are quite leisurely."

"Don't you want to control the public opinion online?"

Zhao Ming put down the cup and said:

"No need."

"Although the plot was designed like that."

"But I watched those videos, except for a pot, you can't see anything at all."

"Those so-called damage to physical and mental health are completely brain-supplemented."

"Let them make a fuss."

"It just so happens that the 'Anti-war Competition' is about to end, so treat it as advance publicity."

Shen Qinghan nodded and then said:

"Currently it looks stable, and after that is this year's 'Anti-war Competition' award ceremony."

"It is usually held seven days after the online statistics results come out."

"This year's award gala is in the Golden Moon Federation, so we can go out and walk around."

"Are there any arrangements for the game?"

"For example, new versions, or new national war dungeons, can all be promoted at the award gala."

Then Shen Qinghan took out her phone and sent the organized documents over:

"These are the award ceremonies of the past few years."

"You can take a look at what they promote, and the effects are quite good."

Zhao Ming received the virtual projection document from Shen Qinghan and clicked to take a look.

They were all short speeches at the gala, followed by the introduction of several game follow-up versions or CGs. Although the time was short, it was clear and made the anticipation full.

Zhao Ming looked at it for a few times and then said:

"Okay, I understand."

"Prepare a few CGs for the gala."

"It just so happens that in a few days, the [Battle of Moscow] in the game will be almost over."

"Take advantage of the award ceremony to launch the [WWI], [Cold War], [Modern War] these three version CGs."

Data.

"After that... it's the 'Earth' IP series products."

"Wait for the Federation's support to come down, and the 'Earth' IP series products can be launched."

"During this time, according to player feedback."

"I asked the factory to make twice as much vodka, and we'll see the effect then."

Shen Qinghan had no objection, but looking at Zhao Ming's office, she said:

"The company address also needs to be changed."

"After the awards end, the 'Earth' IP series products are launched, not just videos, alcohol and beverages, but also some peripheral products, game culture products, etc. This small company of a dozen people definitely can't handle it."

"Especially since it mainly relies on you updating the game, those dozen people maintaining 'Cyber Blue Star: 2077' can almost be said to have no effect."

"We must expand the scale and recruit people."

Hearing this, Zhao Ming's head felt a bit big:

"It sounds so troublesome."

"How about this..."

Zhao Ming transferred the 300 million agency fee from the Antarctic Federation and the 500 million agency fee from the Golden Moon Federation to Shen Qinghan:

"I'll leave the recruitment to you, Senior Sister."

"And the company building."

"Anyway, there are 800 million. You can see where the land in the suburbs of Donghai City is better, and we will buy it directly."

"Build a Polar Star company park directly, and divide several different areas for future use."

"The decoration of the entrance area should be some decorations from the WWII period in the game."

"As for other departments, you see if you want to arrange recruitment directly, or should I use the photon supercomputer to plan it before recruiting?"

Shen Qinghan rolled her eyes at Zhao Ming:

"You... want to tire me to death."

"Forget it, I'll arrange it."

Letting the photon supercomputer plan it once is not as good as her arranging it directly, why waste the second effort.

But thinking about the huge company to be built, Shen Qinghan also had a headache.

There are too many departments needed, and after the "Anti-war Competition," it is no longer just a game company, but also designs food, alcohol, game culture, peripherals, etc. It will be busy for a while.

Shen Qinghan rubbed her temples, start from scratch, then looked at Zhao Ming:

"You prepare the CG."

"It will be used at the 'Anti-war Competition' award gala in a few days."

"By the way, is the complete historical CG of the [Republic] done?"

"The Northern Army is still asking."

Zhao Ming picked up the cup and took a sip of tea, smiling and saying:

"It's already done."

"But wait until the 'Anti-war Competition' ends."

"This CG data is too long, not suitable for showing at the award gala."

"Wait until the gala ends, and then hold a press conference when we get back."

"The kind that lasts for several hours."

"Put out all the follow-up series [WWI], [Cold War], [Modern War] and [Republic History], etc., sneak peek data."

"Hook the players hard."

Saying this, Zhao Ming's mouth revealed a "kind" smile.

Shen Qinghan's mouth twitched, looking at the evil smile on Zhao Ming's face.

That's enough...

You are definitely thinking about how to torture the players, right?

Shen Qinghan couldn't help but hold her forehead:

"Okay, stop."

"It looks like a completely evil smile."

"By the way, you said the [Republic] dungeon in the game was exclusively for the Great Xia Federation, why is it open again."

Zhao Ming said:

"It's different."

"What is open to our Blue Star Great Xia Federation is the plot of the [Republic] modern era and 70 years after the founding of the [Republic]."

"And the tactics involved in this are far beyond the current Blue Star level."

"Let's digest it internally first. Although there won't be any fighting on Blue Star, it's better for us to know these strategies and tactics."

"And the 'Earth' [Republic] history open to players."

"It's from ancient times to the modern era of the [Republic]. You can treat it as a complete CG movie, and the main content on this timeline is the various dynasties of China in the 'Earth' in the game."

"Didn't you say before that history is missing on our Blue Star because of the meteor shower?"

"I thought about it and felt it was true."

"So I made these historical theme CG data to warm up first."

"Wait until the [WWII], [WWI], [Modern War] series of modern wars are fought, and then let the players experience how ancient wars were fought."

"They learned modern tactics like 'Blitzkrieg' and 'Deep Operations,' so they must be given a chance to display them. After all, they have been beaten in modern wars for so long, as smart modern people, fighting ancient people shouldn't be a problem, right?"

At the end, Zhao Ming's face revealed a "kind" smile again.

Shen Qinghan nodded, understanding.

Torturing players again, modern torture finished, ancient torture... you really have it.

Shen Qinghan got up:

"Okay, that's it."

"You hurry up and research, I'll go arrange for people to find a temporary building to use as a workplace."

Saying this, she walked outside, and Zhao Ming sent Shen Qinghan out.

Then he returned to his boss chair and sat down, opened the game's database, and looked at the current time in the game.

There are only seven days left until the [Battle of Moscow] ends.

But the time flow in the game is faster than in reality, so the [Battle of Moscow] will end about three days before the "Anti-war Competition."

Zhao Ming just happened to launch the [WWI], [Cold War], [Modern War] and other follow-up data packs at the "Anti-war Competition" award ceremony three days later.

Then Zhao Ming thought for a moment, ready to make the [WWI] data concept CG first.

Different from the

Zhao Ming then pondered for a moment, preparing to first create the conceptual CG for the [World War I] data.

It would be different from the various expansion packs of [World War II].

The CG for [World War I] needed an explosive opening.

Otherwise, players who had already experienced the various ways to die in [World War II] would have no reason to go and re-experience them in [World War I]; it had to have an attractive hook.

Thinking this, Zhao Ming opened the [Earth Database] and searched for the time period surrounding [World War I].

After a moment of thought, he searched for a person's name.

A large amount of data popped up. Zhao Ming clicked on one, and a photo appeared. Looking at that photo,

A smile appeared on the corners of Zhao Ming's mouth.

If Blue Star players saw this CG opening, it would absolutely blow their minds.

Because...

If this shot were fired, it might change the entire world.