Chapter 248: 【Those Buried Empires】 (4k)

The streamer Yang Feng in the stream was also an old player of Polar Star games."

He was also attracted by this 【Modern Warfare】, but only after entering the game did he find that something was wrong."

Clearly it should be a dimensionality reduction strike."

But when it really came to the ground attack, it seemed to have returned to the WWII era, fighting street battles with those organization soldiers. This is also why Yang Feng complained that it felt like returning to WWII."

In fact."

This place is no better than the Stalingrad street fighting during WWII."

After all, in Stalingrad during WWII, it could be said that as long as you found someone, you could shoot without hesitation, because you didn't need to ask, the opposite side must be Empire soldiers/Soviet soldiers."

But here you have to distinguish carefully before shooting."

Because the civilians, children, and elderly here haven't evacuated."

There are many times when the muzzle is aimed at those people."

It's impossible to distinguish who is an organization member."

What's even more headache-inducing is that sometimes it looks like just a child, but they have long been brainwashed by organization members."

Once they get close...::"

Naturally, there's no need to say more."

Boom!!!"

Yang Feng walked cautiously, and several American Federation special forces members were also distributed around."

Compared to the war of the WWII era where they just killed with big knives and axes."

The Blue Star players finally felt the difficulty of this counter-terrorism."

At the same time, they were thinking from another perspective."

If it were the six major federations on the Blue Star side searching for those fanatical elements who advocate war, would those fanatical elements go crazy like those organization members after going crazy?"

After all, even children can be used."

At the same time."

The Blue Star players also felt a bit awkward."

After all, the American Federation's firepower is so strong, and now being forcibly pulled down, it feels inexplicable."

Fighting back and forth, it became a street battle again."

In fact."

It's because there are too few wars on the Blue Star side, so even with theoretical support, they can't fully simulate the various situations that occur in war."

For example, the counter-terrorism war between the American Federation and the Afghanistan Federation now."

The American Federation shocked the world when it pushed Iraq Federation horizontally during the Gulf War, giving all federations and countries a heavy lesson."

But the environment of the Iraq Federation maximized the American Federation's advantages."

And now."

Facing the Afghanistan Federation, where 80% of the land area is plateaus and high mountains, first is the American Federation soldiers' acclimatization situation, and second is that the weapons and equipment are not so lucky."

Although the strategic position here is extremely important and can hold surrounding federations and countries."

But accordingly."

Transporting equipment and materials has also become very troublesome."

Unlike the Gulf War era, where they could take sea routes, land routes, and transport various weapons and equipment."

Afghanistan itself was blockaded."

West and east naturally don't need to be said, one is the Iran Federation, one is the Republic."

North and south are the five Central Asian countries and the Pakistan Federation."

So facing such a sandwich environment, the American Federation's military spending and material spending in Afghanistan will obviously be a huge sum."

Although it might not matter to the American Federation."

But for the soldiers."

If equipment and materials are not in place, that's life-threatening."

Even if the American Federation's firepower is strong."

But various factors of war determine the situation. Although the American Federation can crush them, once dragged into street fighting, it becomes the original tragic slaughter of WWII."

And it's a few points more dangerous."

Because you don't know which civilian, elderly, or child is an organization member."

Yang Feng walked in the semi-ruined alley."

The sound of teammates came from the earphones:"

"This place is too quiet, I have a bad feeling, let's retreat."

Yang Feng said:"

"I think so too, it's too quiet."

But anyone who has played war games knows the danger of this situation, not to mention Yang Feng is also an old WWII player who fought for a long time during Stalingrad."

The teammates in front began to retreat slowly, and the two crossed cover to prepare to retreat from this alley."

Suddenly!"

The sound of the manhole cover moving came from the right, and there was an angry roar that couldn't be understood."

Yang Feng's pupils shrank:"

"Damn!"

Quickly turned around and raised the submachine gun in his hand."

Rat-tat-tat-tat—"

A series of bullets swept over, and the angry roar stopped abruptly."

But the next second."

Boom—!!!!"

A huge explosion spread, spreading from the courtyard next to it."

The shock wave of the explosion blew Yang Feng and the teammate away."

The sound of other American Federation soldiers asking urgently appeared in the earphones, and at the same time, American Federation soldiers from all directions were quickly approaching here."

Yang Feng, who rolled out, didn't wait to stop."

Bang!"

A bullet grazed the helmet and hit the ground."

Yang Feng shivered, instantly looked at the direction the bullet came from, and the organization masked member holding a gun at the window of a ruined two-story building was preparing to shoot again."

Yang Feng rolled and shouted:"

"Ten o'clock direction! The second floor that was blown in half!"

Bang!"

A shot rang out."

Yang Feng covered his arm and rolled to the side, the gunman opposite still intended to shoot again."

Boom—!"

A rocket hit the second floor that was already half ruins, and at the same time, dense firepower fell like raindrops on the broken second-floor house."

The American Federation squad that rushed over had already surrounded the place."

Yang Feng looked at the figure vaguely flashing upstairs and reported again:"

"3 people."

Just after shouting, there was a crash, and an organization member's muzzle broke through the glass and swept at the American Federation soldiers below."

At the same time, the guns in the hands of the American Federation soldiers also fired."

The dense gunfire stopped after a few seconds."

And that organization member was also beaten into a sieve. The American Federation soldiers were not shot into the body because of bulletproof vests, but the impact made them unable to catch their breath for a while."

Yang Feng was also dealing with the wound in an emergency."

But facing this situation, they couldn't just waste time here. Who knows if there will be reinforcements from the organization side later."

Yang Feng climbed up immediately after wrapping his arm simply and joined the team."

Preparing for a new round of fighting."

A few days later."

It has been nearly a week since the new version of the DLC went online."

At this time, the Blue Star players have gradually become familiar with the rhythm in 【Global Counter-Terrorism】, mainly fierce fighting, and dying after fighting."

The difficulty of the early stage of counter-terrorism can be imagined."

From the start of the server to now, in a week, players have died at least two or three times."

You can imagine how intense this battle is."

However, there are also some players who, because their teammates are all dead, are still alive, so they took the opportunity to be promoted."

At the same time, some Blue Star players also found something wrong."

This is talking about counter-terrorism."

But the military spending of the American Federation side is too high, right?"

In the plot recorded by some players."

Accidentally found a receipt, the $16,000 refrigerator is fine, what's going on with the 3 million-plus bio-hazard toilet?"

Is this gold-rimmed?"

This is just the tip of the iceberg."

As the Blue Star players investigated over the past few days... they seem to be the ones being taken advantage of."

Damn!"

In this situation, it really is worth anti-war."

Damn!"

We are fighting to the death with organization members in the front, and it took seven days to be killed several times, and those American Federation high-ranking officials use a toilet that costs more than 3 million US dollars."

It's more valuable than a life in their game."

The American Federation's pension for American Federation soldiers who died in counter-terrorism missions is $100,000."

But they use a toilet that is worth the lives of 30 American Federation soldiers."

This damn thing...

It feels like no matter how you play this game, it's all the same thing.

During World War II, politicians fooled people into dying for them, and in the end, the merchants and politicians were stuffed with money, while only hundreds of millions of civilian children died.

And it turns out the routine is still the same today.

Blue Star players who have been playing Polar Star games are naturally clear about the currency units in "Earth"; it can be said that in this current era, the US dollar is one of the most valuable currencies on Earth.

It is also one of the most widely circulated currencies.

A toilet costing over 3 million US dollars—the level of luxury still exceeded the imagination of the Blue Star players.

But since they already know it's like this on the inside.

Some Blue Star players have had their imaginations run wild; since that's the case, they might as well just join in the corruption.

Let's see if they can survive to the end and get promoted.

And see how many US dollars they can rake in by the end of this 【Global Anti-Terrorism】 DLC.

The player who initiated this challenge attached their account and name, as well as their current identity and the session they are in within the plot.

Currently, they are a temporary deputy squad leader.

Because everyone else is basically dead, they are waiting for the Federation to send reinforcements, while also calling out for other players to share any useful intelligence they might have.

As long as it's not the same session, it might come in handy.

This proposal also made the eyes of other Blue Star players light up.

Indeed.

This is a way to earn merit.

Because the situations in different sessions are different, a stronghold discovered in this session might be useless here, but telling players in other sessions...

... allows them to plan ahead before they have discovered it in their own sessions.

Polar Star's 【Global Resistance】 DLC is not a single-player story mode, but a 【Multiplayer Story Mode】; if you die in this session, you will respawn as another NPC who hasn't died yet.

And because the NPCs in a single session would be wiped out by Blue Star players, the number of people in each session is not large.

This also gives Blue Star players a loophole to collect intelligence from earlier sessions and then earn merit and rewards in their own later sessions.

Zhao Ming did notice this situation, but he didn't interfere much.

After all, this stuff still depends on background.

Although these Blue Star players can rely on some intelligence in the early stages to gain battle merit and then join in the corruption...

... there is a ceiling to this level.

Once you reach a certain level, if you want to climb higher and rake in more, you have to rely on background connections.

What's more, the US Federation is not exactly ignoring these issues of luxury and corruption.

In the end, the Blue Star players will have to be the scapegoats; after all, these guys have no background, so if they don't take the fall, who will? How many auditors without backgrounds have already died?

The level of madness within the US Federation can be imagined.

On the other side.

In Yu Feng's stream room.

After streaming 【Global Anti-Terrorism】 for two days, he finally remembered his old profession—the intelligence on the 【World War II】 series is still what matters.

So he spent another four-plus days skipping the plot and organizing intelligence.

Only then was he ready to drop a big scoop on Sunday.

At this time.

The timeline on Yu Feng's side has already reached the beginning of 1959; at this time, the world conflicts and situations within "Earth" are even more chaotic, but Yu Feng put the situation aside for the moment.

Instead, he took out an intelligence document about Afghanistan and said to the Blue Star netizens in the stream room with a smile:

"Brothers, has anyone been addicted to the 【Global Resistance】 DLC lately?"

"I have a piece of intelligence here regarding the Afghanistan Federation."

"Today, let's talk about this 'Graveyard of Empires'."

"As for why it's called the 'Graveyard of Empires,' you'll know soon enough. I wonder if the US Federation will also meet its Waterloo here."

"We mentioned before that the location of the Afghanistan Federation can hold surrounding countries in check."

"That's in modern times."

"What about in ancient times?"

"This is the center of the Eurasian continent, a natural corridor connecting the Persia Federation, the India Federation, and Central Asia, with a historical overlap of commercial and military value."

"According to my research from multi-national data, starting from Alexander's attack here in 329 BC, it has already become a graveyard of empires."

"This is the end point of Alexander's eastern expedition."

"The war of attrition in the Afghanistan Federation dragged down the Macedonian expeditionary force."

"This is the first empire to meet its Waterloo here."

"Immediately following that was the long-term tug-of-war with the Arab Empire; in the end, several dynasties on the Arab side collapsed, but this place still exists."

"By the time of the Tang Dynasty in China, it was briefly conquered, but with the decline of the Tang Dynasty..."

"... Afghanistan stood up again."

"Then there was the western expedition of the Mongol Empire of the Yuan Dynasty, which also encountered great resistance here; the people here used Mobile Corps Commander warfare to drag down the Mongol Yuan's ruling system in this region."

"Later, it also triggered a chain reaction, causing the surrounding areas to rise up in resistance one after another."

"Next was the Afghan anti-British war."

"From 1838 to 1919, over 81 years, in order to resist the colonial policies of the British Federation, Afghanistan began a long Mobile Corps Commander war."

"In those 81 years, through 3 anti-British wars, finally in 1919, Afghanistan achieved a great victory across the board."

"And the British Federation, because of the resistance actions in India on the other side, was in a state of panic and was forced to negotiate for peace."

"After experiencing 81 years of struggle, it gained international recognition and finally broke free from the control of the British Commonwealth to become completely independent."

"And now."

"It is the US Federation's invasion of Afghanistan starting in 2001, under the banner of anti-terrorism, but everyone is clear about the ins and outs."

"Otherwise, playing the game for so long would have been in vain."

"But there is one point you definitely won't guess."

"That is, according to the intelligence I collected from the 【Global Resistance】 DLC forum, before the US Federation came, the Soviet Federation had also entered the Afghanistan Federation."

"For a full ten years, from 1979 to 1989."

"In the end, they were also forced to withdraw from here."

"And now, the US Federation has come over too."

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