Ch. 17 - Anti-Aircraft Guns Horizontal, Military Tribunal
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Mo Xiaomo's streaming room wasn't the only one experiencing this dilemma. Other streamers who'd watched Polar Star Games Company's official game CG were also engaging their viewers in discussions about optimal faction selection.
Based on collective analysis of the game CG, the Empire was clearly the most powerful faction, followed by the Anglo-French Federation, with the Soviet Federation appearing weakest.
Consequently, when various streamers initiated viewer polls, the Empire's support rate was unsurprisingly dominant.
However, second place surprisingly went to the Soviet Federation. Despite appearing stronger in the game CG, the Anglo-French Federation received the fewest votes, claiming only third place.
Clearly, the profound emotional impact delivered by the Soviet Federation sequence had resonated deeply within viewers' hearts.
In Mo Xiaomo's streaming room, this dilemma of faction selection continued to generate heated discussion among viewers.
Time passed swiftly until Mo Xiaomo's attention was captured by a message from her viewers in the bullet comments.
"Wait, what? The early access download link is active now? I'm checking it immediately!"
The time was rapidly approaching 2:30 PM—only thirty minutes remained until the competition officially commenced. The streamers' early access links were finally becoming available, generating intense envy among regular viewers.
News from viewers monitoring other streaming rooms lifted Mo Xiaomo's spirits considerably. She hurriedly clicked the link in her private messages and confirmed that the download button had indeed activated.
Grinning with excitement, Mo Xiaomo initiated the game’s download. Within moments, the download was complete and she installed the game into her prepared virtual haptic pod.
Mo Xiaomo climbed into the pod and switched her streaming perspective to match her own viewpoint.
"Alright everyone, let's charge into battle!"
With enthusiastic determination, Mo Xiaomo launched the game.
The screen was completely black. Then it gradually brightened, revealing a huge world map.
Mo Xiaomo knew this was going to explain the background of the game.
The game’s voiceover gradually began.
"After the First World War, the Empire, as a defeated nation, fell into an unprecedented crisis. Economic collapse and hyperinflation, like poison, slowly dragged the Empire toward death.
The unemployment rate among Empire citizens reached one-third of the Empire's population. At this time, a veteran who had participated in the First World War and was unwilling to accept the Empire's decline stepped forward. By promoting nationalism and slogans of Empire revival, he quickly gained massive support.
In just a few short years, the Empire’s former veteran became the Empire's Führer. As the Führer rose to power, following policies that prioritized military strength, he led the Empire to accumulate power.
Six years later..."
As the voiceover paused, Mo Xiaomo and the streaming room viewers who were immersed in the plot were also greatly surprised.
The First World War—the Empire was actually the defeated nation?
This was quite a contrast from what was shown in the game CG.
An economic collapse and hyperinflation, with a national unemployment rate reaching one-third?
Holy shit?
Under such circumstances, it still didn't collapse?
It could be pulled back?
That's way off the charts?!!!
At this moment, the world map came into view, and the Empire's territory began to expand.
"With a single command from the Empire's Führer, the Empire's invasion began...The Polish Federation, Danish Federation, Norwegian Federation, Dutch Federation, Belgian Federation, French Federation and others fell one after another. For a time, wherever the might of the Empire's military was directed, nothing could match it."
With each sentence the voiceover spoke, the Empire's territory expanded a bit. In just a few sentences, it had already occupied most of the player’s field of vision.
The bullet comments in the streaming room had already exploded.
[HOLY SHIT?! This Empire is totally broken!]
[Bro the Empire is straight up cheating!]
[No way this is balanced]
[These countries fell way too fast. Was there zero resistance?]
[This is absolutely ridiculous!]
[Definitely hacking!!!]
Mo Xiaomo also widened her eyes.
At this moment, the map gradually disappeared.
The screen darkened, and the voiceover sounded again.
"With the fall of the French Federation, the Allied Nations Federation, in order to quickly reverse the war situation, implemented a counterattack.
Preparing to open a second front, to share the pressure for the Soviet Federation, which was clashing with the Empire, Normandy—this geographically advantageous location, relatively close to the British Federation mainland—became the target of the Allied Nations Federation."
As the voice finished, Mo Xiaomo entered the training ground, where an extremely simple tutorial appeared.
After teaching Mo Xiaomo how to shoot, the tutorial ended.
Then only a button for “Normandy Landing” appeared before her eyes.
Mo Xiaomo clicked it.
The game screen showed the numbers【427/500】.
She was somewhat puzzled.
Just as she was thinking about what the numbers meant, the screen suddenly brightened and switched.
The scene had abruptly changed to the open sea.
Mo Xiaomo discovered she already had a virtual body and was actually on a landing craft. There were no health bars or anything like that—just a proportionally accurate virtual version of herself, even saving on character modeling.
"Huh?"
"Are we jumping straight into the storyline?"
Looking at the surrounding environment—the planes roaring overhead, the soldiers' whispered prayers nearby, and this swaying landing craft.
Clearly, she had already entered the opening storyline.
"Holy shit? Sister Mo!"
Mo Xiaomo was a bit confused and turned her head, "Who are you?"
The person wearing an Allied forces uniform said, "I'm your fan! By the way, I'm also on Sky Shark Streaming. Brothers, my streaming room number is 16625... remember to follow..."
Mo Xiaomo's eyes widened.
Damn?!
There's a dog here!!!
"No way? Wait a minute! No advertising allowed in my streaming room! Also! What's going on here?!"
Only then did Mo Xiaomo realize this wasn't an immersive storyline experience.
How was this multiplayer?!
The neighboring streamer player shook his head, "Don't know. After I watched the background story, it showed I was ranked over three hundred. After waiting a while, I got in."
At this time.
The two also heard successive sounds of surprise yelling "holy shit" in their ears. As a group of streamers exchanged information, they discovered that everyone had been randomly divided into groups and assigned to different landing crafts.
This novel gameplay made the streaming room audiences also look on with curiosity.
As the landing craft charged toward the distant beach, getting closer and closer, everyone also heard the admonitions of the landing craft NPC commander:
"Don't block the ramp! Landing in three minutes! Everyone disembark from both sides!"
Everyone had understood—the mission was to land and capture the beach.
This seemed simple enough.
Many FPS (first-person shooter) game streamers were already eager to attempt the capture, preparing to show off their skills.
Meanwhile, inside Polar Star Games Company, Shen Qinghan was sitting on the sofa, watching the reactions from various streaming rooms, nodding from time to time. But the sudden start of the game left Shen Qinghan confused.
What was going on?
Was there a bug?
They hadn't reached 500 people yet.
How did the game start?
Shen Qinghan had just looked up toward Zhao Ming when she heard Zhao Ming excitedly say, "Quick! Get online! Hahaha, I knew this bastard would play!!! I'm going to play him to death!"
He immediately got up and walked to the nearby virtual haptic pod, lying down.
Shen Qinghan stood up curiously.
"What's the situation?"
Zhao Ming urged Shen Qinghan to quickly lie down in the virtual haptic pod next to him.
"You'll know once you enter the game."
Shen Qinghan felt completely bewildered but complied and laid down. As the game initiated, what appeared before her wasn't a landing craft, but rather a dimly lit bunker. Painted on the center of the bunker wall was a number: 【62】
Shen Qinghan glanced around in confusion.
"Where exactly are we?"
Zhao Ming smiled mysteriously and guided Shen Qinghan outside.
"Take a look now."
Seeing the densely packed landing craft on the azure sea and the bombers flying from the distant sky, Shen Qinghan's eyes widened.
"We became Imperial defenders?! Didn't you say this faction wasn't open?!"
Zhao Ming's mouth curved slightly, "Didn’t I make this game?"
With that said, he directly jumped onto the high platform next to the bunker.
Taking the Imperial anti-aircraft gun used for air defense, he lowered it horizontally, aiming at the distant sea.
Shen Qinghan asked curiously, "What are you doing?"
Zhao Ming's face showed an evil smile.
"The links sent out all have confirmed identities. The early access link I just sent to a small streamer was used by someone else. I checked that guy's face. It's Xu Huan, from Emperor Penguin Group."
After so many days of being at odds, Zhao Ming was all too familiar.
After all, executives from major companies like Emperor Penguin Group could easily be found online through past video materials or personal introductions.
In comparison, there was much less information about Zhao Ming, and many people weren't even clear what Zhao Ming looked like.
After all, Polar Star Games Company's first game was “Cyber Blue Star: 2077.”
But it was plagiarized before release, so there was no fame at all. Where would people pay attention?
Zhao Ming looked at the horizontally positioned anti-aircraft gun, eager to try it out.
How did that saying go? Anti-aircraft guns horizontal, military tribunal. But now... stroking the anti-aircraft gun, Zhao Ming chuckled.
"Watch how I blast him today?! There's another one over there, you go play with that one."
After saying this, Zhao Ming paused for a moment, as if lost in thought.
The next second, a red light suddenly began flashing above a landing craft on the distant sea.
Zhao Ming pointed at that red light, "Hit that landing craft with the red light. I marked Xu Huan, that bastard. Others can't see it. Go ahead! We have unlimited ammunition!"
???
Shen Qinghan's eyes widened.
Hey?
Game company?!
I'm reporting! Someone's cheating! He's cheating!!!
(Polar Star Games Zhao Ming: Empire faction, of course I'm playing it hahahahaha!)