Chapter 157

In Ding Rui's stream.

In the American Free Federation, above the natural rock walls of the New Mexico desert, the American Free Federation's observation equipment was placed flat on the rocks; more than a dozen scientists and high-ranking officials of the American Federation military had gathered here.

The Blue Star friends in the stream, looking at the equipment whose names they couldn't call out, asked questions one after another.

Ding Rui stood on the edge, wearing a protective suit, and introduced:

"That is a spectrometer, that is a radiation measuring instrument, and that one is..."

He said the names of a bunch of instruments and equipment.

This was the first nuclear test on "Earth," and although it could be seen that the American Federation's preparations were as sufficient as possible.

But Ding Rui, who had checked a lot of information on Blue Star during this time, knew,

These things were not enough, and the protective measures were far from sufficient; everyone at the scene might have physical problems later, but after all, this was just a "game," so it didn't matter whether he reminded them or not.

Whatever the plot was supposed to be for other players, it would remain so, so Ding Rui didn't offer any reminders.

Furthermore, he wasn't even core personnel in the laboratory.

These core personnel didn't even know the effects and hazards produced after a "nuclear explosion," so what would it mean if he said it? Did God in "Earth" tell him?

However, having watched that thing being manufactured bit by bit during this time.

At this moment, Ding Rui was also a bit nervous.

He had seen quite a few disaster movies, and it wasn't as if there hadn't been world-ending ones, but this was his first time observing a "nuclear bomb" at such close range, and he had never heard of this thing before.

The results given by querying the photon supercomputer were also not suitable for close-range observation.

And there were descriptions of its power.

Everything aroused Ding Rui's and the Blue Star netizens' curiosity and fear.

As time passed bit by bit,

After all the preparations were completed, the scientists present all put on goggles, put on protective suits, lay behind the thick rock wall, and stretched their heads out a little to look into the distance.

Ding Rui's stream perspective was also lying there, and the friends in the stream followed Ding Rui's perspective to watch together.

At this moment.

A countdown began on the broadcast.

"3... 2... 1..."

As the last "1" fell.

In an instant.

The world seemed to stand still at this moment.

Everywhere he looked.

Everything instantly turned white.

Ding Rui thought his goggles had failed, but the sudden stinging pain in his eyes reminded him that it wasn't that the goggles had failed, but that the intense light had penetrated them.

Even through the heavy protection of the goggles, it stung his eyes painfully, and he subconsciously closed them.

However.

The perspective wasn't dark.

But a stinging red, like the feeling of facing the sun with your eyes closed, and the stinging pain in his eyes still hadn't diminished at all.

He blinked his eyes hard.

Ding Rui barely opened his eyes, looked at the scene in the distance, and couldn't help but hold his breath.

On the ground.

Where the steel tower once stood, a sun was rising at this moment; if it weren't rising and expanding, it would be hard not to suspect if the sun had fallen down.

The next second.

A violent tremor struck, and the shockwave arrived.

Boom—!!!

Accompanied by a heaven-shaking roar, Ding Rui's brain went blank.

Even at a distance of twenty kilometers.

But that heaven-shaking roar seemed to be right in his ears, making his eardrums ache violently; Ding Rui, lying on the rock wall, only felt an earthquake, feeling the constant shaking.

When the aftershocks passed.

Ding Rui struggled to lift his head and looked into the distance.

The huge fireball dissipated.

But the mushroom cloud that was still expanding, even at a distance of twenty kilometers, could be felt to be huge, and an inexplicable fear of humans facing giant objects surged into Ding Rui's heart.

This was technology that had already been phased out by Blue Star in the photon supercomputer, so what about the technology currently existing on Blue Star?

Hiss—!

Ding Rui didn't even dare to imagine what it would be like if the six major federations really fought with their current technology, after all, a "nuclear weapon" was already something phased out on Blue Star.

The photon supercomputer could find a lot of information, otherwise he wouldn't be able to conduct the explanatory stream.

But if even this was phased out... then what had the six major federations developed into?

No wonder they had been restraining each other for so many years.

Long live peace!

And the Blue Star players in the stream felt exceptionally shocked.

After all, experiencing it personally and watching a live stream were somewhat different.

Only Ding Rui, who was in the middle of it, could feel the fear brought by the nuclear explosion, while the Blue Star netizens in the stream were just watching a spectacular special effect.

After all, that feeling through the screen couldn't be transmitted to themselves.

However, Zhao Ming was already working on designing a "plot dungeon."

Soon.

# "Earth" Nuclear Explosion Experiment #

This trending search hit the Federation headlines; many people didn't know why, clicked to watch, and just sighed at the power of such a weapon.

After all, there were plenty of movies and games on Blue Star, and there were even more exaggerated ones than this.

It was just that what sparked discussion among players was that Polaris Company released a "Plot Experience Announcement," as long as you downloaded the game, any player who participated in the "Experience Nuclear Explosion Plot."

Could receive a one-month 30% off coupon for the "Chinese Delicacies" restaurant series.

This even got some Blue Star people who hadn't played it interested.

After all, there were thousands of dishes in the "Chinese Delicacies" restaurant series, and anyway, this game didn't cost money.

Download!

With this headline and announcement, the download count for "World War II: Rise of the Empire" rose in a straight line.

It was just that in the player forum...

The veteran players discussing under various posts saw through everything.

【Old Thief Zhao is digging a hole again, laughing to death.】

【My second aunt just shared it in the family group, asking the whole family to download this game; Old Thief Zhao, take it easy, my grandfather is already 86.】

【It's fine, according to Old Thief Zhao's nature, it should be to trick these people into experiencing a "nuclear explosion," after all, the core is still anti-war.】

【That may be true, but I'm also a bit curious about what it feels like to be "nuked."】

【That's a one-month 30% off coupon, too ruthless, even if you don't want to be blown up, you have to go experience it.】

At the same time, they were also discussing.

"Earthlings" are still ruthless.

Just watching the video of this thing, you could feel its power, and those radiations, after this period of popularization, Blue Star also knew about this "backward" technology.

And the hazards of those nuclear radiations.

Just looking at it was scary, but the "Earthlings" really dared to throw it all over the world.

And the Blue Star netizens here were also curious.

If this thing is thrown at Japan, will Japan surrender or not?

On the other side.

Inside Polaris Company.

Zhao Ming was busy with the equipment; the announcement was released at noon, and the dungeon was made in an afternoon.

Fortunately, with various materials for assistance, Zhao Ming quickly constructed the Japan of WWII in this separate dungeon based on Japanese data.

Then Zhao Ming set up several batches of "Nuclear Explosion Observers."

That's right, nuclear explosion observers!

And there were several types, for example...

【Zero-Distance Nuclear Explosion Observer】

【Close-Range Nuclear Explosion Observer】

【Long-Range Nuclear Explosion Observer】

Depending on the type of observer, the distance from the nuclear bomb was also different.

For example, the 【Zero-Distance】 one, as the name implies... right in the face.

However, in order to give the "Blue Star players" a deeper feeling, Zhao Ming set the diffusion and death process to be slowed down by 10 times after the explosion.

The virtual simulation cabin could achieve almost 100% simulation.

So the moment the nuclear explosion rose.

Facing this kind of terrifying pressure, the human brain would subconsciously feel the world stand still, which was actually caused by a surge of adrenaline.

But when the nuclear explosion arrived, people would die instantly, the game screen would plunge into darkness, and it would return to the main interface.

The whole process was not even 1 second.

However, because Zhao Ming deliberately slowed it down by 10 times, 1 second was extended to 10 seconds.

So the close-range Blue Star players would feel that the 1 second of "nuclear explosion" diffusion was particularly long, and they wouldn't suspect that some dog-thing had adjusted the time...

1 second becomes 10 seconds.

For Blue Star players to savor the taste of "being nuked" to death.

And the players in the distance wouldn't discover it.

Because the moment the "nuclear explosion" lit up, they were blinded.

Looking at the "plot dungeon" he had designed, a smile appeared on Zhao Ming's face.

Perfect, too perfect!

Five days later.

Following the announcement, the time for the "Experience Nuclear Explosion Plot" was about to arrive.

Many Blue Star players were waiting.

It just so happened that this day was Sunday, and with all those who could be attracted having been attracted, "World War II: Rise of the Empire"

The number of online players directly broke 160 million.

You have to know that before, the global total was only about 100 million.

This made Zhao Ming couldn't help but sigh, real business warfare is still about coupons.

At this time.

Tian Sha streaming platform.

In Yu Feng's stream.

There were 7 minutes left until the multiplayer plot mode of "Experience Nuclear Explosion" opened.

Yu Feng glanced at the time in his 【Immersive Plot】 mode.

August 6th.

Then he exited the plot mode and looked at the 【Experience Nuclear Explosion】 plot button on the main interface; as Yu Feng's gaze gathered, a line of introduction appeared.

【Earth time, August 6, 1945 AD, the first use of nuclear weapons in human war history.】

【This action stemmed from Japan's refusal to accept unconditional surrender and its firm resistance; in order to avoid greater casualties when landing on the Japanese mainland, the Allied forces chose to use "nuclear weapons."】

【The nuclear weapon (atomic bomb) codenamed "Little Boy" was about 3 meters long, weighed about 4 tons, and was dropped by an aircraft.】

【The high temperature (center reaching 3000-4000°C) and heat rays (equivalent to 1000 times solar radiation) produced during its explosion】

【caused about 70,000 people to die on the spot, and 90% of the city's buildings were destroyed.】

【And the acute radiation syndrome after the nuclear explosion caused the death toll to climb within a few weeks, with a cumulative post-war death toll of about 230,000.】

【This "nuclear explosion" not only changed the course of the war.】

【It also became an eternal warning for humanity to reflect on war violence and nuclear threats.】

(ps: Polaris Company reminds you: Cherish life, refuse war.)

Yu Feng looked at the introduction, although he knew before that "nuclear weapons" were very powerful, he didn't expect them to be this powerful:

"Cumulative death toll of 230,000?"

"This thing is a bit ruthless, and it's still 'backward' technology, so what must our latest Blue Star ones be like?"

"To be reasonable... I used to watch military parades."

"I always thought the major federations were bragging, where could there be so many world-destroying things?"

"But if this is real..."

If you forcibly popularize things that Blue Star people aren't interested in, they naturally won't believe it, and might even be dismissive, but if you start from their points of interest.

At least these Blue Star players of "World War II: Rise of the Empire" already understood why the major federations were restraining each other.

It turns out they really exist.

After all, the photon supercomputer could find a lot of information on backward things like "nuclear weapons," it's just that some key steps would be hidden for civilian viewing.

But if even the backward ones are like this, the more advanced ones on Blue Star must be taking off.

Wouldn't hundreds of thousands die?

Exaggerating a bit, the planet would be destroyed, what the hell.

Yu Feng smacked his lips:

"Cherish life, refuse war, this reminder is spot on."

The barrage in the stream also surged wildly, all in agreement.

Yu Feng checked the time:

"5 minutes left."

"I see this introduction also says August 6th, it should be synchronized with the latest plot."

"Perfect."

"My 【Immersive Plot】 mode is in the navy, I can't experience it."

"This one is independent, it's said there are several identity classifications."

"You can choose 【Zero-Distance Nuclear Explosion Observer】, 【Close-Range Nuclear Explosion Observer】, 【Long-Range Nuclear Explosion Observer】, and a hidden version 【American Federation Ace Pilot】."

Yu Feng chatted with the stream.

Soon.

Five minutes were up.

The 【Experience Nuclear Explosion】 button on the game's main interface lit up, and Yu Feng clicked directly into it:

"Hello?"

"Did I really get the hidden version?"

At this time.

A prompt popped up on Yu Feng's game interface.

Whether to possess the NPC 【Col. Paul Tibbets】, there are two buttons below.

【Possess】 【Give Up】

Obviously, choosing 【Give Up】 would mean becoming a 【Nuclear Explosion Observer】.

Although Yu Feng was also quite interested in the 【Nuclear Explosion Observer】, this was a hidden version after all, so he clicked possess directly.

The next second.

The screen changed, and he appeared in an airplane.

And affectionately calling them "Iron Cross Medals," what kind of terrible meme is this!!!

The plane trembled.

As if some heavy object had been dropped, then an emergency prompt lit up, and Yu Feng hurriedly operated the plane according to instructions, quickly pulling up and leaving.

However, he still curiously glanced backward.

He could only see a small black dot falling rapidly.

This... what is this hidden version?

Is that it?

A moment later.

Boom!!!

A heaven-shaking roar that seemed to shatter the world struck, the plane Yu Feng was piloting shook and jolted, and behind the plane, a sun slowly rose...

It's dawn?!

No, isn't this daytime?!

This thought flashed through Yu Feng's mind, and then he was ejected from the game.

"What the, is that it?"

"No way, I'm starting another round."

"Hmm?"

"This time it's a nuclear explosion observer."

On the other side.

With each 【Experience Nuclear Explosion】 round, more players were randomized into the 【Zero-Distance Nuclear Explosion Observer】,

【Close-Range Nuclear Explosion Observer】,

【Long-Range Nuclear Explosion Observer】

three identities.

At this time, on the top of the city buildings.

The Blue Star players with the 【Zero-Distance Nuclear Explosion Observer】 identity.

Were scanned directly into the game, about 80 people in total, just enough to squeeze onto this small building rooftop, with almost no extra space.

"What the hell?"

"Isn't this experiencing a nuclear explosion?"

"Where is this?"

"This is... Japan mainland?"

Whoosh—a sharp whistling sound rang out above everyone.

The original "atomic bomb" exploded at a high altitude of over 500 meters, but it was hard to see with the naked eye, so Zhao Ming lowered the altitude a bit when designing it.

The Blue Star players with the 【Zero-Distance Nuclear Explosion Observer】 identity were inexplicably terrified and looked up.

Damn?!

Old Thief Zhao, you've got to be kidding me?!

In such a small place, dropping it right in our faces?

The introduction said it was 3 meters long, but the people around here, let alone 3 meters, couldn't even squeeze out 30 centimeters; is Old Thief Zhao trying to randomly smash a few of us to death?!

Many players didn't know how many times they had cursed Zhao Ming in their hearts.

However, the speed at which the whistling sound approached was very fast.

At this time, all 80 people on the roof looked up, and they could already see the small black dot falling with the naked eye, then rapidly enlarging, until it was a few meters above their heads.

They even imagined the scene of that thing smashing down and the people below being smashed into meat patties.

But at this moment...

That pitch-black 3-meter-long nuclear bomb seemed to suddenly burst into light, and an indescribable fear instantly filled their entire brains.

Even the nuclear bomb seemed to be fixed in the air; everyone knew this was the feeling of adrenaline rising, and only one thought flashed through their minds.

It exploded?

Good news, it didn't fall down.

Bad news, it exploded a few meters above their heads.

Are we really 【Zero-Distance Observers】?

The next second.

Everyone only felt the air twisting, their vision instantly turned pure white, then rapidly converted to blood red, and the stinging pain in their eyes and the burning sensation on their skin only came half a second later.

They only felt as if their whole bodies had been thrown into a furnace, turned into molten iron, and were slowly melting.

No!

This wasn't a feeling, they were really melting! Evaporating!

At this time, the Blue Star players could feel the jackets on their bodies instantly carbonizing, the accessories on their bodies melting into droplets and falling onto their skin, and parts of their bodies were disappearing?!

Then the world spun, and there was only "feeling."

They couldn't control their bodies anymore, but they could "feel" themselves melting and evaporating bit by bit.

That kind of fear filled their whole bodies.

10 seconds later.

The players on the roof were ejected from the game and appeared on the game's main interface, still shaken.

Not dead?

Right, this is a game!

Experience nuclear explosion.

And not only not dead... a 30% off coupon for the "Chinese Delicacies" restaurant series popped up on the screen.

It was just that this experience left everyone with no mind to consider the coupon for the time being.

Is this the terror of "nuclear weapons"?

How about... one more time?

If this were on Earth, it would probably be:

I've already downloaded the game... how about... play two more rounds?

Obviously.

Zhao Ming had designed it carefully.

Whoever comes has to play two rounds.

At this time.

Inside each plot dungeon.

The 【Close-Range Nuclear Explosion Observer】 distance was a bit further, about 3 kilometers away.

The Blue Star players were in an open space that could accommodate 500 people, and at this time, they were all following the prompts, looking in one direction.

Because of the distance, there were markers in the sky.

The players with the 【Close-Range Nuclear Explosion Observer】 identity watched the markers in the sky falling rapidly, and then getting closer and closer to the ground.

"Is that a nuclear bomb?"

"Why is it still descending, is it going to smash onto the roof?"

"Wait, it seems to have exploded?!"

"Holy crap! It's dawn!"

The blinding intense light instantly filled the whole world, and the moment their vision disappeared, these Blue Star players seemed to see the buildings centered on that light "disappearing" rapidly.

It was disappearing in the literal sense.

Then... the experience was about the same as the players on the roof.

Further away.

10 kilometers away.

The Blue Star players with the 【Long-Range Nuclear Explosion Observer】 identity saw it in more detail, and each person had a pair of goggles, which had been data-modified by Zhao Ming.

So they didn't fear the intense light of the "nuclear explosion."

Nearly 5,000 players were squeezed onto a hillside, looking at the city in the distance below, and Meng Hao, who was a streamer, was also among them.

A marker fell from the sky.

It landed on a high-rise building in the city center, and then the explosion expanded instantly.

In the eyes of these Blue Star players, watching the city in the distance, it was as if it had been pressed down by an invisible giant hand, but this was a scene that was happening for real.

Because the overpressure produced by the nuclear explosion caused the ground to produce a "squeezing effect."

So standing in the distance to watch, you would feel that the city center had suddenly been pressed down by an invisible giant hand.

Meng Hao watched, dumbfounded:

"Holy crap?"

"If there was this thing on Okinawa, wouldn't Hacksaw Ridge have been flattened in an instant."

Let alone a cliff several meters high, it could probably create a huge crater.

Meng Hao exclaimed here.

Then, with the blessing of the goggles, he watched the scene where the explosion fireball and mushroom cloud, which expanded to almost the size of the entire city in an instant, vaporized the entire city.

It was that kind of twisting vaporization, the feeling of being erased in a bizarre way,

Then came the heaven-shattering roar that made one's liver and gallbladder split, everyone sat paralyzed on the ground, then their eardrums suffered a heavy blow and burst directly, and the scorching heat wave struck.

Everywhere was the smell of scorched earth, and then they could clearly "feel" themselves being scorched bit by bit, the feeling of their internal organs burning.

Until the screen plunged into darkness...

There were four types of identities in total, except for the hidden version of the bomber,

The other three 【Observer】 identities each had different feelings.

Especially hearing that the 【Long-Range Nuclear Explosion Observer】 saw some invisible giant hand pressing down, the ground sinking, etc.

The players with 【Zero-Distance】 and 【Close-Range】 identities didn't believe in evil.

They continued to start rounds, wanting to change to a 【Long-Range】 identity to try...

Although they had obtained the coupon in the first round, they couldn't resist the feelings described in various posts on the internet, as well as the curiosity of the Blue Star players.

However, it was precisely because of the constant experience.

That the Blue Star players truly felt the terrifying madness if war really broke out; the "Earthlings" even dared to use this thing.

I'm really afraid that one day they will blow up "Earth"...

Following the plot experience.

The heated discussion on the internet never stopped for a moment, more and more realization posts were pushed to the top, and the six major federations, seeing the good results, also forwarded Polaris's experience announcement one after another.

Because of the official website's involvement, it attracted many people who hadn't played to download the game.

The number of online players in the game was also constantly rising.

Afternoon.

Yu Feng had already played six rounds of the 【Experience Nuclear Explosion】 plot.

He had played all the identities once, and it was indeed very shocking.

However, at this time, Yu Feng was more curious about the situation in Japan, because 【Experience Nuclear Explosion】 was a plot separated out for players to experience.

And relatively speaking, the Japan in the 【Immersive Plot】 mode at this time was experiencing exactly the same thing.

It was just that there weren't so many Blue Star players.

Yu Feng returned to the game, and not long after entering the 【Immersive Plot Mode】, he felt the ocean tremble, and a strong light seemed to flash in the sky far away.

Yu Feng knew.

That American Federation pilot had dropped the bomb, but he didn't know Japan's reaction.

He could only hurry to finish the work in his hands, then skip the plot to see the results; following the end of the command work, Yu Feng immediately chose to skip the plot.

The screen flashed.

Yu Feng opened his eyes again, and the time in the game had reached the morning of August 7th.

Then he quickly got up and walked toward the fleet's conference room.

At this time, officers of all sizes were gathered in the conference room, discussing the "nuclear explosion" of yesterday fiercely; obviously, they all knew about the big thing their side had done.

Yu Feng squeezed into the crowd, listened to their discussion, and found an opportunity to interrupt and ask:

"How is it? Has Japan surrendered?"

Hearing Yu Feng's question, the American Federation officer holding a newspaper smiled and said:

"No."

"Those guys actually said it was hit by a meteorite?"

Saying that, he pointed to the newspaper.

Looking at the news above where the Japanese Emperor and the military claimed that "the mainland suffered a meteorite impact."

And claimed that "a meteorite impact cannot shatter Japan's will," "One hundred million jade shattered, fight to the end!"

Ah, this...

Yu Feng's mouth twitched slightly, and the Blue Star netizens in the stream also widened their eyes.

Good guy, can it really be like this?

Are they really lying to themselves?

But looking at Japan's declaration... one hundred million jade shattered?

The American Federation dropped the "atomic bomb" precisely because of Japan's resistance, and you're still talking about one hundred million jade shattered; Yu Feng looked up and asked:

"What's the Federation's reaction?"

The corner of that officer's mouth couldn't be suppressed at all:

"So..."

"The Federation is preparing to drop a second one."

This sentence gave Yu Feng and the netizens in the stream a boost of spirit.

Holy crap?!

They're going to drop a second one?!