[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-was-supposed-to-develop-a-match-3-game-so-why-":3,"chapter-i-was-supposed-to-develop-a-match-3-game-so-why--i-was-supposed-to-develop-a-match-3-game-so-why--chapter-33":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","I Was Supposed to Make a Match-3 Game, Why Is This Earth War?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2215700,3915,"Chapter 33: Hidden Plot in the Dead of Night","i-was-supposed-to-develop-a-match-3-game-so-why--chapter-33",33,"\u003Cp>Looking at the Empire’s complete plan, Shen Yan felt there was no need to wait for the so-called Nation War instance dungeon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He should be able to win even if he entered the game now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isn't this thing just a second chance for ordinary players to get revenge?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that he knew the entire plan, where was the need to wait so long?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Yan got up directly, returned to his room, lay into the virtual sensory pod, and entered the game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted to see what this Empire was all about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two hours later...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Summary: Under your command, the Polish Federation successfully resisted for fifty-seven days. You truly are a capable Prime Minister.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Yan climbed out of the virtual sensory pod, cursing and swearing, his head throbbing with anger:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What kind of garbage is this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do the soldiers of the Polish Federation have any combat effectiveness?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Orders were clearly given.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How did they still let the Empire's armored army flank them?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If these were my soldiers, I would really...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Yan gritted his teeth, but there was no way to vent his frustration on the game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn it... I can't be the only one who can't sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to push this game out, so he immediately grabbed his phone:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hello?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old Wu! Get on the game, quick!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I found something fun...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tian Sha Live, Gaming Section.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was already late at night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many live streams had already ended; compared to the clamor of the day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The streamers and viewers at night were much quieter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In many streams, there was only the scene of the streamer playing the game while the viewers watched quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were also many streamers playing \"World War II: Rise of the Empire,\" most of whom were progressing through the story.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Horror game streamer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Lu Ran's stream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a lukewarm streamer in the horror game section, seeing the popularity of \"World War II: Rise of the Empire\" today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also started playing \"World War II: Rise of the Empire\" at the suggestion of his viewers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>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.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Lu Ran was roleplaying as a Federation soldier, fighting against other Federations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to the harmony of the six major Federations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fact that Federations could fight each other in this game gave many people a sense of novelty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swish, swish, swish, swish——\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bullets constantly whizzing over his scalp made Lu Ran, even knowing it was a game, feel incredibly tense and stimulated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A shell smashed into the neighboring house, and a massive explosion swept through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half of the neighboring house collapsed instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>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.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While running, Lu Ran said to the few hundred viewers in his stream:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This game is truly scarier than horror games.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You never know when you'll be hit by a shell...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could finish his sentence, Lu Ran felt a massive force impact his head, and his vision went black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been headshot by a stray bullet from who knows where.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The game screen went black, and a prompt popped up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Alexander Ivanovich Ivanov]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[1919.02.08-1939.12.18]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Holy crap!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dead again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm really done.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This game is beating me so hard, I feel like if I really went to the battlefield, I wouldn't last two days.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If this is the way to make players oppose war.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have to say...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's really too devious.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's completely torturing players to the point where they don't even dare to think about war.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The comments in the stream jumped out one by one:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[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.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The streamer has ruined another NPC.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Interact more with other NPCs, didn't the boss of Polar Star Games say there are hidden plots?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Just joined, what's the situation here, did the streamer trigger a hidden plot?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the comments, Lu Ran scratched his head:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hidden plot?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haven't encountered that yet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"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.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But I still haven't encountered this hidden plot.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There's no walkthrough either; it might be because the game just launched.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Maybe someone will trigger it in a few days.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We'll see then.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, he looked at the death notification that popped up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ran was about to click it when he suddenly noticed something:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This name?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Alexander Ivanovich Ivanov]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[1919.02.08-1939.12.18]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let me check.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this, he clicked to continue the game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He changed to another identity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he opened the in-game backpack, which contained a name tag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Written on it was [Dmitri Ivanovich Ivanov], along with his unit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was automatically left in the backpack when he died the first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at this name, then comparing it to the name of the character who just died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Dmitri Ivanovich Ivanov]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Alexander Ivanovich Ivanov]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ran was a bit surprised:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The arrangement of the names looks like that of the Slavic Energy Federation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It should be a faction based on the Slavic Federation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If we go by their naming customs, these two should be brothers, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it such a coincidence?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Two of the NPCs I roleplayed are brothers.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it a game Easter egg?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The viewers also noticed and started discussing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Don't say, it's really possible.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The Slavic Energy Federation uses Name + Patronymic + Surname, you actually roleplayed a pair of brothers, they probably have the same father.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[But not necessarily, the rate of duplicate names in Slavic regions is too high.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[There could be hundreds of thousands of people named Ivanov.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[By the way, is it not a military camp this time?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they chatted, someone noticed that the streamer was not in a military camp this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in a small town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>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.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Andrei Pavlovich Popov]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were many envelopes in the bag he was carrying:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eh, it's really not.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did I start as a civilian this time?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That makes sense.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The game Polar Star was originally going to release was a large-scale survival game.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It makes sense to add daily survival plots to this game.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As of now, this game is quite good in all aspects.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's just that the plot is a bit lackluster.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll walk around for a bit, then it's time to log off; I've played too long today.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>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:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Andrei, come over here with me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned and walked into the post office. Lu Ran was stunned, then realized that Andrei was calling him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did this trigger a hidden plot?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He quickly followed the bearded man into the post office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After entering the post office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>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:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Andrei.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go deliver these two letters to the Ivanov family at the grocery store on the corner.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Give them to Mrs. Ivanova.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ran looked curious and took the letters:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uh, okay.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are there any other requirements?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed like a hidden plot had been triggered, Lu Ran asked, following the trail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bearded man was silent for a moment:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tell Mrs. Ivanova that her sons are heroes of the motherland.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ran felt a bit confused, looked at the letters in his hand, and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could finish, his expression suddenly stiffened, and his breathing hitched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Death Notification]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Dmitri Ivanovich Ivanov]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Death Notification]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Alexander Ivanovich Ivanov]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No way...\u003C\u002Fp>",1404,"2026-06-17T09:58:26.921Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","b08552bb70058b228f89b43a4247057d45fd3b68d2ccfa8a6630be1d0d2a2285","i-was-supposed-to-develop-a-match-3-game-so-why--chapter-34","i-was-supposed-to-develop-a-match-3-game-so-why--chapter-32",301,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-was-supposed-to-make-a-match-3-game-why-is-thi-cover.jpg"]