Chapter 111

Looking at the war situation on the real-time map, it wasn't just Mo Xiaomo who started to get curious about the subsequent developments.

Many netizens online were also analyzing it there, and many military experts were forced to come out and work, treating all of this as a real war.

Analyzing what the Axis powers were going to do next?

Why did the Empire, this ally, have to open a new battlefield at this time?

Because looking at the division of power color regions.

The American Freedom Federation, as a neutral power, had strength on the current "Earth" that could not be underestimated. If they really made a move against the American Freedom Federation at this time.

Wouldn't that be giving a huge boost to the Allied side?

Or did Japan have some deeper thoughts?

However, the military experts online, this expert and that expert, analyzed it for a while, but still didn't understand Japan's operation of gathering troops in the Pacific now.

They are neutral there; you wouldn't really be planning a sneak attack, would you?

Creating an enemy for no reason?

Are you complaining that the Axis powers don't have enough enemies already?

But precisely because this game has no logic, no military expert dared to easily draw a conclusion. Where was the logic in the previous "Dunkirk Evacuation," "London Bombing," or "Berlin Bombing"?

Plus there was the precedent of Shi Jun, so even if they felt that this operation by Japan was somewhat absurd, these military experts didn't dare to easily draw a conclusion.

After all, there had been no logic so many times before; if they guessed wrong this time, they would lose face big time.

However, some people found other angles to analyze.

Because with the lighting up of the 【Pacific Battlefield】, players from the Imperial camp and the Federation camp discovered,

That after restarting, they could be randomized to the American Freedom Federation and Southeast Asia regions.

From the information collected by players on both sides, the situation of the Axis powers wasn't very good.

And players randomized to the American Freedom Federation discovered that some newspapers reported that the American Freedom Federation and the British Federation were jointly blockading some material shipments (oil embargo, etc.) of the Axis powers.

Under these circumstances, launching an attack on the American Freedom Federation could be considered reasonable.

After all, in the background of "Earth," oil is an important strategic resource. If oil is blockaded, warships, aircraft, armor, and the like would likely all be paralyzed.

Of course.

These were just analyses by Blue Star players based on limited information.

To really study it in depth, one would have to wait until Japan actually attacked the American Freedom Federation. After all, it hadn't started yet, and it was just unclear whether it would have an impact on the European battlefield.

But looking at the distance on the map, it didn't seem like it could affect much.

Just as the Blue Star players were guessing in full swing.

Donghai City.

The Polar Star game company was currently holding a team-building event.

At this time, the company's dozen or so employees, along with Zhao Ming and Shen Qinghan, had arrived at a resort by the sea in Donghai City.

The entire resort floated on the sea surface, rising and falling faintly with the tides.

Beneath the transparent floor of the resort were projections of various deep-sea creatures swimming; these projections would even chase each other and feed, exactly the same as the real thing.

Zhao Ming was lying on a lounge chair looking at the night view of Donghai City, while the company employees below the resort island were lying on floating devices with half their bodies submerged in the sea, surfing.

Listening to the sound of the sea breeze blowing past his ears, Zhao Ming rubbed his eyes and put on sunglasses:

"I always feel like the light pollution is a bit severe; wouldn't it be bad for the eyes if you look at it for too long?"

Shen Qinghan was lying on the lounge chair next to him and rolled her eyes at Zhao Ming:

"You spend all day in that office looking at the screen, why don't you say that's bad for your eyes? Coming out to look at the scenery is suddenly bad for your eyes."

"Don't worry, if your eyes break, just replace them."

"Current artificial eye technology is very advanced; even if you were born blind, you could be made to see the light again."

Zhao Ming picked up the juice next to him and said:

"Let's forget about that."

"I still prefer the original ones."

"What's the current situation with the agents in other federations? Haven't they been negotiated yet?"

Regarding the agents in other federations, currently only the South Pole Star Federation had finished negotiations, and the server setup had been completed,

Operating by relying on the main server here in the Great Xia Federation.

That was why Zhao Ming had brought people out for team building.

In reality, even if they didn't care about it here, it would be fine to operate normally according to current technology, but he was still worried.

Shen Qinghan said:

"The conditions of other federations are still average at the moment; mainly because having only a conceptual CG cannot move them, and imitation products have already started to appear on the market."

"Many clever game creators or companies have already started to imitate 'World War II: Rise of the Empire' to independently create a game background."

"And they all have photonic supercomputers to deduce complete background stories."

"They even support customization, so although the game's reputation is very high now, the conditions are still a bit lacking compared to their customizable ones."

Seeing that Zhao Ming just nodded without any reaction, Shen Qinghan asked:

"You don't seem nervous at all."

Zhao Ming's expression was strange:

"Nervous about what?"

"'Earth' is unique; it's not like a few dozen or hundreds of them can use photonic supercomputers to deduce something similar."

"The things they deduce with photonic supercomputers definitely cannot compare to the stories that happen inside 'Earth'."

These people really think "Earth" was made by him using a photonic supercomputer; you have to have that memory to do it.

But it looks like the disguise was successful.

He fooled a whole bunch of "genius" producers, and they all fell into the pit...

He had also tried using a photonic supercomputer to deduce things, but there were too many limitations. Just take the situation of 【Bloody Battle of Triangle Hill】 which transcended the limits of human will.

Even if you gave the photonic supercomputer the command, it would refuse to create it on the grounds that it was illogical.

Because such a thing had never happened on Blue Star. If it were placed in a mythological game, it might be created in another way that fits the logic.

But starting from a realistic perspective, the photonic supercomputer simply couldn't deduce it.

Because there was no precedent for it having happened.

Unless you provided detailed data down to the brainwaves like Zhao Ming did, it could be created according to the data, but the problem is, do others have that?

Obviously not...

Shen Qinghan nodded:

"As long as you have confidence."

"By the way, the products for the 'Earth' series IP, the contract manufacturers have already been found; just waiting for your order,"

"and they can be launched for promotion."

"About when?"

Zhao Ming thought for a moment and said:

"Wait until the Battle of Moscow ends."

"It's almost there."

"The seven-day 'Morning Star Day' holiday is about to end. At that time, we'll settle a batch first, and the settlement rewards given to players will use those products and commemorative photos."

Although the food, alcohol, and beverages from Earth don't have an advantage on Blue Star.

But this stuff is mainly linked to the game; as long as people play the game, there won't be a shortage of buyers. And last time, a streamer was knocked out by a small glass of vodka.

This led to vodka not even being on sale yet, but the search volume had already gone up.

As for the commemorative photos, they were some moments selected through searching the data of players in the game. These photos could trigger segments of plot CGs through scanning.

These plot CGs might be the player's own, or they might be the follow-up of another NPC.

Zhao Ming and Shen Qinghan chatted about the company's development for the next two months, as well as the subsequent dungeons to be launched in the game:

"The Battle of Stalingrad will be launched at the end of next month. This dungeon belongs to brutal street fighting, suitable for testing individual soldier quality."

"This can be mentioned to other federations to see if there's any interest; at that time, it can be livestreamed across the entire network..."

On the other side.

Compared to the fierce fighting everywhere on the Moscow battlefield.

Leningrad was much quieter.

Although the Imperial attacks were still constant, with the sweeping of the heavy snow, the Empire had relaxed its offensive over the past two days.

At this time.

In Duan Yu's livestream room.

【Leningrad Survival Challenge, 29/100 days.】

Up to now, he had persisted for almost a month.

A month of time had also allowed Duan Yu to gradually become familiar with Leningrad at this time. Duan Yu was currently hiding in a makeshift shed on the edge of the city.

There was a fire in front of him, burning a few pieces of wood to keep warm. Gnawing on a piece of hardened bread, Duan Yu introduced it to the new friends in the livestream:

"The situation in Leningrad isn't too good right now."

"A large material storage point in the city was bombed by Imperial bombers."

"The food distributed daily is no longer enough to eat."

"This small piece of bread was distributed yesterday. If you finish eating it and lie down without moving, you can hold out for a day, but even if you get up to go to the bathroom, you will quickly consume the little energy from the bread."

"But fortunately... just eating this stuff almost doesn't require going to the bathroom."

Duan Yu smiled bitterly, gnawing on a piece of bread the size of a palm, and it crumbled as soon as he took a bite.

Barrages from friends in the livestream room floated by, teasing him.

【Streamer, I came here by reputation; I heard you know the thirteen ways to eat a bear~?】

【The one above is right, the streamer is a survival master; not only does he know the thirteen ways to eat a bear, but he can also teach you how to stay at home and eat one piece of bread for two days!】

【One bread for two days, a year... only a hundred or so pieces of bread, how much food money can you save?!】

【Why doesn't the streamer go hunting? You have hands and feet, go catch some game to eat.】

【Laughing to death, don't let the wild beasts eat this small frame.】

【Wild Wolf: Thanks to the streamer for sending over a hundred pounds of bones without meat~】

【Damn the bones without meat!】

Duan Yu shook his head and ignored the teasing in the livestream room.

It was mainly because he had no strength left.

Suddenly.

A burst of cursing suddenly came from outside the alley, along with the crying of a child.

Duan Yu originally didn't want to meddle in other people's business.

But as the sound got closer and closer, the friends in the livestream room kept egging him on.

Duan Yu could only put down the hard bread in his hand and fished out a wooden stick with a dagger tied to the front from inside the shed.

He stood up and walked out of the shed.

A gust of cold air suddenly struck. Duan Yu shrank his body; fortunately, he had bought clothes with that little bit of money earlier, otherwise he might have frozen to death directly.

Duan Yu walked out of the alley.

What came into view was a big man who looked to be in his forties, holding a crying child in his left hand,

And constantly kicking a child who was rushing toward him with his right foot.

"Damn things, get the hell away from me."