Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch - Chapter 672
Chapter 672: Chapter 639: Bomb whoever you want?
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[T3 War Zone – Poland, has exited the battlefield.]
The system broadcasting voice rings out in the air, informing all participating players of this news.
Each country has 1010 players participating, and the map is so vast and complex, it’s of course not possible to wait until last man dies to eliminate anyone.
That is unrealistic, and would only give rise to a large number of hide-and-seek type players.
Obviously, that’s not a scenario that Cloud Dream wants to witness.
So the elimination mechanism of [Peak War] is set: when troop loses exceed eighty percent, it is automatically out.
The remaining less than 200 Polish players barely escaped with their lives, only to see the system prompt ——
[Current Faction Surviving Players: 182/1010, Severe Loss Of Troops, No More Fighting Strength.]
[The Faction You Are In Has Been Eliminated.]
[Exiting Battlefield Countdown: 10,9,8…]
What’s more heartbreaking is: the surviving count of 182 keeps ticking down.
By the time the 10-second countdown ended, only 127 players were left.
Undoubtedly, a brutal failure!
*
“What’s going on? So fast? Even if it’s 1000 pigs…”
“If it were 1000 pigs, and I had a machine gun, I could really show you.”
“That’s too fast, could it be that they got bombed by a nuclear bomb?”
“How could that be! I was looking forward to seeing a mushroom cloud.”
…
Daxia players can’t watch the live stream during the competition, so they can only stay at the edge and chat obliquely.
But the Izumo players can’t be this leisurely.
Remembering all 36 countries and their respective areas may be a little difficult.
But remembering the countries surrounding your own territory is basic knowledge.
Izumo players aren’t stupid, they smell danger when they see Poland, which is right next to them, being eliminated.
They don’t bother with the ROLL dice to choose the pilots anymore, they directly go by the winning rate, the highest ones go first.
So, Xichuan carries the responsibility and soars off towards Poland’s position in a helicopter.
The map of [Peak War] indeed isn’t small, but that’s in regards to infantry and vehicle combat, for aircraft it’s a different matter.
In addition, because the advantage of air force is too great, the developers of Battlefield took off the advanced fighters that were too fast from the weapons of airports.
But Lincoln added them back during the final review.
—— Upon which, he removed the engine.
As soon as Izumo players entered the competition, they didn’t bother choosing their equipment as they excitedly ran towards the airport runway, drooling at the sight of the supersonic fighters.
But upon entering the cockpit, they discovered: they didn’t know how to operate this thing, Cloud Dream neither simplified the operation nor provided skills.
—— Cloud Dream doesn’t even have such skills!
Including Lincoln, none of Cloud Dream’s employees could operate a jet fighter, let alone a supersonic one.
Anyone with such skills wouldn’t be developing games…
The Izumo players futilely pressed random buttons, but all they got were system errors:
[Beep —— Engine Failure]
[Beep —— Engine Failure]
…
In the end, after wasting 10 minutes, they had to reluctantly accept the reality: this thing is just a 1:1 scale model.
It’s just here to tease them, it simply can’t fly!
So in the end, Xichuan still took off in a helicopter.
The moment he left the airport, he saw Germany and Russia charging toward him aggressively, about to reach him at any moment.
Seeing the appearance of the helicopter, the tank guns slowly raised their barrels, seemingly wanting to take a gamble and try to shoot the aircraft with a tank gun.
“Should we strike first?”
Xichuan’s teammate controlling the cabin machine gun suggested.
“Don’t be impulsive!” Xichuan hastily stopped him.
A shabby helicopter could be easily shot down by a heavy machine gun, shouldn’t they escalate it by striking first? Wouldn’t that be suicide?
“Watch me convince them with reason!”
Xichuan not only didn’t stop, but he lowered his altitude and slowly moved closer, like he wanted to commit suicide.
This unusual scene attracted the attention of both country’s players. They temporarily halted their preparations to fire, wanting to see what this new arrival intended to do.
Xichuan didn’t disappoint them, after getting a little closer, he hovered in the air, stuck out his head and yelled at them——
“Everyone! Do you need air reconnaissance support?”
“??”
“??”
The German and Russian players were bewildered.
We’re here to fight you, right at your doorstep, why are you resisting??
Xichuan quickly seized the moment, continuing to shout: “There’s no need to attack us! It’s just a load of garbage helicopters and outdated propeller aircraft, they pose no threat to you!”
This was a [Safety Declaration].
“It wasn’t easy for us to win our current standings, it’s unnecessary to get into a life and death struggle as soon as the game starts.”
This was [Appealing to Emotions].
“It’s not worth it to fight, you’ll suffer great losses!”
This was [Persuading with Reason].
“How about we all unite together and chase out the T3 competitors first, then decide the winner. To the south is Belgium! Why don’t we join forces and take them down first!”
This was [Enticing with Benefits].
Xichuan was very pleased with his own performance, feeling as though he was about to single-handedly turn the tide.
But as he was verbally shaking the enemy, suddenly, amid the loud noise of the propellers, he heard a “thud thud thud” sound, as if—
Something had fallen inside the cabin.
He turned his head back to look inside the cabin and saw his teammate, who had been quietly watching his performance, also just turning his head back, about to kick the rolling hand grenade out!
But he was a step too late.
“Boom!”
A burst of flames and shock waves exploded within the cabin.
“Wow!” A Russian player on the ground, hand in front of his face, exclaimed in surprise, “My throw was so accurate!”
Xichuan and his teammate were instantaneously killed, Izumo players received the message and quickly prepared for war.
—Xichuan’s mistake was that he overestimated the players’ discipline.
Players aren’t really soldiers, they might be willing to listen to some commands, but don’t expect them to obey like military personnel.
At any time, someone might suddenly have a whim, and do something unexpected…
As a result: Xichuan’s “defeating the enemy without fighting” trash talk tactic has failed completely, teams from the T1 War Zone, including previous T1 War Zone teams, have officially entered the airport, a great battle is about to begin!
*
At the same time, French players are thoroughly implementing their strategy, successfully sealing off the door to the anti-aircraft hole.
However, they weren’t completely rigid, 100 people were left outside the anti-aircraft hole, scattered around the high ground and various traffic nodes around the hole, monitoring the outside dynamics, to avoid missing the perfect “exit” opportunity.
What made the French players happy was: all they were seeing was good news.
They were previously worried about being attacked by Russia, Italy, Annan, and the Ottoman Republic, but none of these countries came.
Annan players did come out of the underground cave, but didn’t venture far. Instead, they adapted to their surroundings, collecting plants in the forest around the caves and creating simple camouflage.
There were already some camouflage uniforms and cloth in the military supplies in the underground cave. If they were only used for scouting, they would be enough.
But Annan players planned for everyone to have one, resulting in a great shortfall.
However, this was not a problem. Before the game started they had already selected their tactics, and early in, someone published a guide on how to make simple camouflage cloth in the discussion group.
Their ultimate goal was to completely “disappear” into this forest and underground cave.
Not until later in the game would they choose the right time to emerge.
The Ottoman Republic also chose a relatively conservative tactic: they entered the [four-star] area [Underground Stronghold], and then set up layer upon layer of defenses.
They did not plan to come out until later in the game.
The Italian players were straightforward, sticking to their pre-game strategy of immediately besieging Russia as soon as the game started.
But by the time they had pulled the cannon into the city center, they found it to be in vain.
The Russians were long gone.
So, the Italian players had some disagreement about where to attack next.
After complex communication, they decided to head west, and fight whoever they bumped into.
*
By now, the first 30 minutes of the game had just passed.
But at this critical moment, Daxia player [Drawing a Snake With Horns], following Super Tomato’s idea to bypass populated areas, specifically searched for unoccupied areas, and actually found the key item—
[Nuclear Bomb Controller].
But this controller was different from what he imagined, being much more complicated than just a big red button to press to cancel the launch.
It was as big as a suitcase, and when opened, it revealed a high-definition display screen with a map of the current battlefield.
On the screen, a big red circle covered a village in the southwest area of the map.
At the bottom of the screen were two operation options—
[Cancel Nuclear Bomb Launch]/[Reset Target]
Drawing a Snake With Horns’ breathing became heavy, his eyes bulged round.
“Is this… an option to bomb whoever you want!?”
