Chapter 33: Late-Night Hidden Plot

Looking at the Empire's complete plan, Shen Yan felt there was no need to wait for the so-called National War instance.

Now that he was entering the game himself, he should be able to win.

Isn't this thing just a second chance for ordinary players to get revenge?

Since he already knew the entire plan, why would he need to wait so long?

Thinking of this.

Shen Yan got up directly, returned to his room, lay into the virtual sensory pod, and entered the game.

He wanted to see what this Empire was all about.

Two hours later...

【...】

【...】

【Summary: Under your command, the Polish Federation successfully resisted for fifty-seven days. You are truly a capable Prime Minister.】

In the room.

Shen Yan cursed as he got up from the virtual sensory pod, his head throbbing with anger:

"What kind of garbage is this?"

"Do the soldiers of the Polish Federation have any combat effectiveness?"

"Orders were clearly given."

"How did they still let the Empire's armored army flank them?"

"If these were my soldiers, I would really..."

Shen Yan gritted his teeth, but he couldn't vent his anger on the game.

No!

Damn it... I can't be the only one who can't sleep.

He had to push this game out, so he immediately grabbed his phone:

"Hello?"

"Old Wu! Get on the game, quick!"

"I found something fun..."

——

On the other side.

Tian Sha Live, Gaming Section.

It was already late at night.

Many streams had already ended; compared to the bustle of the day.

The streamers and viewers were much quieter at night.

In many streams, there was only the scene of the streamer playing the game while the viewers watched quietly.

There were also many streamers playing "World War II: Rise of the Empire," most of whom were progressing through the plot.

Horror game streamer.

In Lu Ran's stream.

As a mediocre streamer in the horror game section, seeing the popularity of "World War II: Rise of the Empire" today.

He also started playing "World War II: Rise of the Empire" at the suggestion of his viewers.

It was just that the 【Normandy Landing】 battle, while indeed very exciting, was simply too hard to pass. Although a few simpler beaches were updated at night, Lu Ran had lost interest and was instead playing through the plot.

At this moment, Lu Ran was roleplaying as a Federation soldier, fighting against other Federations.

Compared to the harmony of the six major Federations.

The fact that Federations could fight each other in this game gave many people a sense of novelty.

Swish, swish, swish, swish——

The bullets constantly whizzing over his head made Lu Ran, even knowing it was a game, feel incredibly tense and stimulated.

Boom!!!

A shell smashed into the neighboring house, and a massive explosion swept through.

Half of the neighboring house collapsed instantly.

Lu Ran, hiding under the window here, only felt his palms go numb and his bones rattle from the shock, but he couldn't care about anything else; the enemy army was already pressing up, so he hurriedly got up, preparing to flee.

As Lu Ran ran, he said to the few hundred viewers in his stream:

"This game is truly scarier than horror games."

"You never know when you'll be hit by a shell..."

Bang!

Before he could finish his sentence, Lu Ran only felt his head struck by a massive force, and everything went black.

He had been headshot by a stray bullet from who knows where.

The game screen went black, and a prompt popped up.

【Alexander Ivanovich Ivanov】

"What the hell!!!"

"Dead again."

"I'm really done."

"This game is beating me up so much, I feel like if I really went to the battlefield, I wouldn't last two days."

"If this is the way to make players oppose war."

"I have to say..."

"It's really too dirty."

"It's completely torturing players to the point where they don't even want to think about war."

The comments in the stream jumped out one by one:

【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.】

【The streamer ruined another NPC.】

【Interact more with other NPCs, didn't the boss of Polar Star Games say there are hidden plots?】

【Just joined, what's the situation with the streamer, did you trigger a hidden plot?】

Looking at the comments, Lu Ran scratched his head:

"Hidden plot?"

"Haven't encountered that yet."

"I have interacted and communicated with some NPCs, they are made quite realistically, they can answer whatever you ask, and their personalities are all different."

"But I haven't encountered this hidden plot yet."

"There's no guide either, maybe it's because the game just opened."

"Maybe someone will trigger it in a few days."

"We'll see then."

As he spoke, looking at the death notification that popped up.

Lu Ran was just about to click it when he suddenly noticed something:

"Hmm?"

"This name?"

【Alexander Ivanovich Ivanov】

"Let me check."

Saying this, he clicked to continue the game.

He changed his identity again.

Then he opened the in-game backpack, which contained a name tag.

On it was written 【Dmitri Ivanovich Ivanov】, as well as his unit.

This was automatically left in the backpack when he died the first time.

Looking at this name, then comparing it to the name of the character who just died.

【Dmitri Ivanovich Ivanov】

【Alexander Ivanovich Ivanov】

Lu Ran was a bit surprised:

"The arrangement of the names looks like the Slavic Energy Federation side."

"It should be a faction based on the Slavic Federation."

"If we go by their naming habits, these two should be brothers, right?"

"Is it such a coincidence?"

"Two of the NPCs I roleplayed as are brothers."

"A game Easter egg?"

The viewers also noticed and started discussing it.

【Don't say, it's really possible.】

【On the Slavic Energy Federation side, it's Name + Patronymic + Surname, you actually roleplayed as a pair of brothers, maybe they have the same father.】

【But not necessarily, the rate of duplicate names on the Slavic side is too high.】

【There might be hundreds of thousands of people named Ivanov.】

【By the way, is this not a military camp this time?】

As they chatted, someone noticed that the streamer was not in a military camp this time.

But in a small town.

Lu Ran looked up at his surroundings, indeed not in a military camp, looked down at himself, looking like a mailman, with a badge on his clothes.

【Andrei Pavlovich Popov】

The bag he was carrying had many envelopes:

"Eh, it's really not."

"Did I start as a civilian this time?"

"That makes sense."

"The game Polar Star originally intended to release was a large-scale survival game."

"Adding daily survival plots to this game is justifiable."

"As of now, this game is quite good in all aspects."

"It's just that the plot is a bit lagging."

"I'll walk around for a bit, then I should log off, I've played too long today."

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:

"Andrei, come over here for a second."

Saying this, he turned and walked into the post office. Lu Ran was stunned, then realized Andrei was calling him.

Did I trigger a hidden plot?

He hurriedly followed the bearded man into the post office.

After entering the post office.

The bearded man walked into the office, told Lu Ran to wait outside, and a moment later brought out two letters and handed them to Lu Ran:

"Andrei."

"Go deliver these two letters to the Ivanov family at the grocery store on the corner in a bit."

"Give them to Mrs. Ivanova."

Lu Ran looked curious and took the letters:

"Uh, okay."

"Are there any other requirements?"

It looks like a hidden plot has been triggered, Lu Ran asked, following the trail.

The bearded man was silent for a moment:

"Tell Mrs. Ivanova that her sons are heroes of the motherland."

Lu Ran was a bit confused, looked at the letters in his hand, and said:

"Okay..."

Before he could finish, his expression suddenly stiffened, and his breath hitched.

【Death Notification】

【Dmitri Ivanovich Ivanov】

【Death Notification】

【Alexander Ivanovich Ivanov】

No way... ===== CHAPTER 34 =====