Chapter 33: Hidden Plot in the Dead of Night

Looking at the Empire’s complete plan, Shen Yan felt there was no need to wait for the so-called Nation War instance dungeon.

He should be able to win even if he entered the game now.

Isn't this thing just a second chance for ordinary players to get revenge?

Now that he knew the entire plan, where was the need to wait so long?

Thinking of this.

Shen Yan got up directly, returned to his room, lay into the virtual sensory pod, and entered the game.

He wanted to see what this Empire was all about.

Two hours later...

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[Summary: Under your command, the Polish Federation successfully resisted for fifty-seven days. You truly are a capable Prime Minister.]

Inside the room.

Shen Yan climbed out of the virtual sensory pod, cursing and swearing, his head throbbing with anger:

"What kind of garbage is this?"

"Do the soldiers of the Polish Federation have any combat effectiveness?"

"Orders were clearly given."

"How did they still let the Empire's armored army flank them?"

"If these were my soldiers, I would really..."

Shen Yan gritted his teeth, but there was no way to vent his frustration on the game.

No!

Damn it... I can't be the only one who can't sleep.

He had to push this game out, so he immediately grabbed his phone:

"Hello?"

"Old Wu! Get on the game, quick!"

"I found something fun..."

——

On the other side.

Tian Sha Live, Gaming Section.

It was already late at night.

Many live streams had already ended; compared to the clamor of the day.

The streamers and viewers at night were much quieter.

In many streams, there was only the scene of the streamer playing the game while the viewers watched quietly.

There were also many streamers playing "World War II: Rise of the Empire," most of whom were progressing through the story.

Horror game streamer.

In Lu Ran's stream.

As a lukewarm streamer in the horror game section, seeing the popularity of "World War II: Rise of the Empire" today.

He also started playing "World War II: Rise of the Empire" at the suggestion of his viewers.

It was just that while the [Normandy Landing] battle was indeed exciting, it was simply too difficult to pass. Although a few simpler beaches were updated in the evening, Lu Ran had lost interest and was instead going through the story.

At this moment, Lu Ran was roleplaying as a Federation soldier, fighting against other Federations.

Compared to the harmony of the six major Federations.

The fact that Federations could fight each other in this game gave many people a sense of novelty.

Swish, swish, swish, swish——

The bullets constantly whizzing over his scalp made Lu Ran, even knowing it was a game, feel incredibly tense and stimulated.

BOOM!!!

A shell smashed into the neighboring house, and a massive explosion swept through.

Half of the neighboring house collapsed instantly.

Lu Ran, hiding under the window, felt his palms go numb and his bones rattle from the shock, but he couldn't care about anything else; the enemy army was pressing in, so he quickly got up, preparing to flee.

While running, Lu Ran said to the few hundred viewers in his stream:

"This game is truly scarier than horror games."

"You never know when you'll be hit by a shell..."

BANG!

Before he could finish his sentence, Lu Ran felt a massive force impact his head, and his vision went black.

He had been headshot by a stray bullet from who knows where.

The game screen went black, and a prompt popped up.

[Alexander Ivanovich Ivanov]

[1919.02.08-1939.12.18]

"Holy crap!!!"

"Dead again."

"I'm really done."

"This game is beating me so hard, I feel like if I really went to the battlefield, I wouldn't last two days."

"If this is the way to make players oppose war."

"I have to say..."

"It's really too devious."

"It's completely torturing players to the point where they don't even dare to think about war."

The comments in the stream jumped out one by one:

[Laughing to death, who knows if you'd die on the battlefield, it's already 2 AM, if you don't sleep, you'll die of sudden cardiac arrest.]

[The streamer has ruined another NPC.]

[Interact more with other NPCs, didn't the boss of Polar Star Games say there are hidden plots?]

[Just joined, what's the situation here, did the streamer trigger a hidden plot?]

Looking at the comments, Lu Ran scratched his head:

"Hidden plot?"

"Haven't encountered that yet."

"I have interacted and communicated with some NPCs; they are made quite realistically. No matter what you ask, they can answer, and their personalities are all different."

"But I still haven't encountered this hidden plot."

"There's no walkthrough either; it might be because the game just launched."

"Maybe someone will trigger it in a few days."

"We'll see then."

As he spoke, he looked at the death notification that popped up.

Lu Ran was about to click it when he suddenly noticed something:

"Hmm?"

"This name?"

[Alexander Ivanovich Ivanov]

[1919.02.08-1939.12.18]

"Let me check."

Saying this, he clicked to continue the game.

He changed to another identity.

Then he opened the in-game backpack, which contained a name tag.

Written on it was [Dmitri Ivanovich Ivanov], along with his unit.

This was automatically left in the backpack when he died the first time.

Looking at this name, then comparing it to the name of the character who just died.

[Dmitri Ivanovich Ivanov]

[Alexander Ivanovich Ivanov]

Lu Ran was a bit surprised:

"The arrangement of the names looks like that of the Slavic Energy Federation."

"It should be a faction based on the Slavic Federation."

"If we go by their naming customs, these two should be brothers, right?"

"Is it such a coincidence?"

"Two of the NPCs I roleplayed are brothers."

"Is it a game Easter egg?"

The viewers also noticed and started discussing it.

[Don't say, it's really possible.]

[The Slavic Energy Federation uses Name + Patronymic + Surname, you actually roleplayed a pair of brothers, they probably have the same father.]

[But not necessarily, the rate of duplicate names in Slavic regions is too high.]

[There could be hundreds of thousands of people named Ivanov.]

[By the way, is it not a military camp this time?]

As they chatted, someone noticed that the streamer was not in a military camp this time.

But in a small town.

Lu Ran looked up at his surroundings; indeed, he was not in a military camp. He looked down at himself and looked like a postman, with a badge on his clothes.

[Andrei Pavlovich Popov]

There were many envelopes in the bag he was carrying:

"Eh, it's really not."

"Did I start as a civilian this time?"

"That makes sense."

"The game Polar Star was originally going to release was a large-scale survival game."

"It makes sense to add daily survival plots to this game."

"As of now, this game is quite good in all aspects."

"It's just that the plot is a bit lackluster."

"I'll walk around for a bit, then it's time to log off; I've played too long today."

Just as he was talking to the viewers, a middle-aged man with a full beard walked out of the post office behind Lu Ran, with a heavy expression on his face:

"Andrei, come over here with me."

He turned and walked into the post office. Lu Ran was stunned, then realized that Andrei was calling him.

Did this trigger a hidden plot?

He quickly followed the bearded man into the post office.

After entering the post office.

The bearded man walked into the office, told Lu Ran to wait outside, and a moment later, he took out two letters and handed them to Lu Ran:

"Andrei."

"Go deliver these two letters to the Ivanov family at the grocery store on the corner."

"Give them to Mrs. Ivanova."

Lu Ran looked curious and took the letters:

"Uh, okay."

"Are there any other requirements?"

It seemed like a hidden plot had been triggered, Lu Ran asked, following the trail.

The bearded man was silent for a moment:

"Tell Mrs. Ivanova that her sons are heroes of the motherland."

Lu Ran felt a bit confused, looked at the letters in his hand, and said:

"Good..."

Before he could finish, his expression suddenly stiffened, and his breathing hitched.

[Death Notification]

[Dmitri Ivanovich Ivanov]

[Death Notification]

[Alexander Ivanovich Ivanov]

No way...