[{"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-35":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},2215702,3915,"Chapter 35","i-was-supposed-to-develop-a-match-3-game-so-why--chapter-35",35,"\u003Cp>Upon hearing this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ran only felt his scalp go numb, and he forced himself to stay calm:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Their... father?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tavern owner was a bit surprised:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don't know?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, right, you came from out of town.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's normal not to know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The father of those two bad boys was a veteran who participated in the First World War.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's just that not long after the First World War ended, Ivanov had just returned home when he rushed to the border to protect Motherland, and not long after, news of his death in battle came.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At that time, Alexander had just been conceived by Mrs. Ivanova.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was truly not easy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"While raising three-year-old Dmitri, she was pregnant with Alexander and running the grocery store Ivanov left behind.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's how she barely got by.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was hard enough raising these two little guys.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At the beginning of the year, Mrs. Ivanova was even thinking of using her savings to find wives for these two bad boys, who would have thought these two bad boys would run off to join the army without a word.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the blink of an eye, it's been over three months, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Time really flies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ran was already numb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Father died defending the motherland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twenty years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Single mother, raised two children.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three months in the army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet under his control, they both died in less than two hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ran discovered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He actually didn't know how to face an NPC.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying goodbye to the tavern owner here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ran ran out in a hurry, running to the outskirts of the town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stopped in a deserted corner to stare blankly, taking out the two death notifications.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brothers, what should I do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This complete experience was as if the NPCs he had played had truly existed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now he had to personally deliver the death notifications to their mother...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this is just a game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earth is also fictional, it doesn't exist at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whatever the Second World War is, it's all fictional; these are just plot settings by Polar Star Games.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What is he afraid of?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ran gathered his courage and stood up, wanting to walk into the town and give the letters to Mrs. Ivanova.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But although he stood up, he couldn't move his feet no matter what.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The livestream was also silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ah, this... why don't you log off, to be honest, it's too cruel.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I don't even dare to imagine how a mother would break down if she really received such a letter.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[No wonder this game can participate in the \"Anti-War Competition,\" this plot...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Whoever looks forward to war is an idiot; war only makes mothers lose their children.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The child a mother raised for twenty years lived for only half an hour in the streamer's hands; streamer, you really are a newborn.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Not going to deliver it? Are you not going to advance the plot?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Why don't you just commit suicide, streamer, and start over.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Is it possible that this NPC also has parents and family, or that the NPC you restart with also has parents and family?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Didn't the boss of Polar Star Games say that every NPC is independent and might have a story? If the streamer commits suicide now, how sad will this NPC's parents be.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Then there's no way out???]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ran looked at the barrage, his heart conflicted, and finally gritted his teeth:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Plot, this is all just plot.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll deliver it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[66666, well done, streamer is really a newborn.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Stop with the sarcastic remarks, what can you do with this kind of plot?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I'm logging off first, I don't want to see a mother crying.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Streamer, if I were you, I wouldn't be able to sleep.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[That's easy to say... who the hell can sleep?!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ran took a deep breath and headed toward the town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's just a plot!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, inside the post office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ran still didn't gather the courage to deliver it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, he returned to the post office and gave the letters back to Director Ogley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Director Ogley didn't say anything, just took the letters and walked out...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ran stood blankly in the post office, at a loss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sound of something falling came from outside; it wasn't loud, but it startled Lu Ran, who was lost in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ran came to his senses, gritted his teeth, and walked to the door to look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Director Ogley had already arrived in front of the grocery store, saying something to Mrs. Ivanova and handing over the two death notifications.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The basin in Ivanova’s hand had already fallen to the ground, and she reached out with trembling hands to take the death notifications.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ran closed his eyes and stopped looking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned around and went back into the room, sitting on a chair, not daring to think about the following plot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Creak—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The door of the post office was opened, and the bearded uncle with a heavy expression, who was also the director of the post office, Ogley, walked in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ran quickly stood up, not knowing what to say:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Director, Mrs. Ivanova...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Lu Ran’s pained expression, Ogley didn't say anything:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't worry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mrs. Ivanova is very strong; her sons sacrificed themselves for Motherland.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She is very proud.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She even asked if the letter mentioned her sons' heroic performance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These calm words made Lu Ran even more at a loss, especially Ogley’s last sentence, about Ivanova asking about her sons' heroic performance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It made Lu Ran and the netizens in the livestream silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Ogley comforted Lu Ran:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cheer up, Andrei.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This kind of thing...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You'll get used to it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When I was young, what I encountered was much worse than this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ran didn't know what to say, and could only speak dryly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Has it happened before?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ogley was silent for a moment, then said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That was more than twenty years ago, during the World War.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At that time, I had just joined the post office and became a postman.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But... that time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I delivered 217 death notifications.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silence lasted for a while, very quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ogley cursed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This damn war.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he patted Lu Ran on the shoulder and turned to walk into the director’s office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Lu Ran was left sitting there for a long time before he came to his senses:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it! This damn war!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ran slumped decadently on the chair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The livestream was also silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was clearly just a game plot, but why was it so painful?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn war...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was already late at night in the Federation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the story in Lu Ran’s livestream had already been edited by netizens and posted online.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the video, Lu Ran controlled the NPC to charge recklessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dying once meant restarting, dying once meant restarting, there was no pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until the identity switched to a postman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to deliver the death notifications of two sons to a mother, and his careless death was the entire life of an NPC.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A father who died in battle, a single mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The child she raised for twenty years with great hardship lived for only three months on the battlefield, and the streamer ended his life in half an hour; the mother silently asked about his heroism, impacting the hearts of the netizens watching the video.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because there had been no war for hundreds of years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Understanding of war could only be gained through film and television works, novels, games, etc., but these works were usually beautified, and the impact they brought could not be compared to \"Second World War.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one knew that the reason the impact was so strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was because this was a war that had truly happened in another world... and it was the cruelest war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at this moment, just facing a mother who had lost her child in the war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was enough to make many people silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though it was already late at night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The trending searches were constantly changing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>#What will war bring? It will make mothers lose their children#\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>#The best anti-war game, the anti-war core of \"Second World War: Rise of the Empire\"...#\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>#Your carelessness is an NPC's entire life.#\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>#Where is the headquarters of Polar Star Games?#\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>#What does Zhao Ming, the boss of Polar Star Games, look like?#\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>#Zhao Ming, are you asleep?#\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>#Zhao Ming, how can you sleep?#\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>#Zhao Ming has no heart!#\u003C\u002Fp>",1416,"2026-06-17T09:58:26.921Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","e90805821faadad175d9cc9bff74b8b217fd9fb53eae385ba2b6065456324ff4","i-was-supposed-to-develop-a-match-3-game-so-why--chapter-36","i-was-supposed-to-develop-a-match-3-game-so-why--chapter-34",301,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-was-supposed-to-make-a-match-3-game-why-is-thi-cover.jpg"]