Chapter 234 Life Imprisonment
The autumn wind brought a bit of coolness. Zhang Fang, who was reading "Interstellar Encyclopedia", sneezed several times, rubbed his nose, and couldn't help feeling a little strange.
I always feel like someone is thinking about him from afar.
But he is a single man, and apart from his friends in college, who else would miss him?
"Oh no, the dean is not coming in person, is he?"
Zhang Fang slapped his forehead, feeling something was wrong.
The old dean's temper is even hotter than that of his teacher Shi Sishi. He always convinces people with reason and believes in education with fists.
In the entire college, from the 80-year-old professor to the 8-year-old elementary school student, there was no one who had not been beaten by the old dean.
The most critical issue is that the old dean is a level five creature.
"This is troublesome. How can I ease the relationship between the commander and the academy?" Zhang Fang rubbed his temples hard. He was in such a bad mood that he couldn't even concentrate on reading the "Interstellar Encyclopedia" in his hand.
Things in the starry sky are too far away, but things in Oasis Camp and Dragon City are right in front of us.
The students who study at Tianxing Academy all have a violent style.
When Zhang Fang thought of the muscular old dean, he felt a dull pain all over his body, and the memories of being beaten in those years came to his mind.
Now, Su Xia has taken control of this part of the wreckage and become the new captain.
"I'm afraid the academy will be unreasonable and force the commander to hand over control of the wreckage."
Zhang Fang was very clear about the personalities of the people in his academy; they were all carved from the same template as his teacher.
As long as the college holds on to "righteousness" and "reason", it can accomplish anything.
If he guessed correctly...
As soon as the people from the academy arrive, they will demand that Su Xia hand over control with seemingly fair and just reasons such as "for the sake of humanity" and "for the future", and completely push Su Xia to the margins.
It's not like the college hasn't done this kind of thing before.
This group of self-proclaimed knowledgeable guys can always come up with countless reasons to legitimately infringe on the interests of others.
If the other party refuses to give, they will swing their fists and beat him until he gives, and they will also force him to verbally admit that he gave it "voluntarily".
"Voluntary, voluntary...ah..."
Zhang Fang was overwhelmed when he saw the messages sent from Longcheng.
[Inform the resistance leader of the Oasis camp to immediately stop exploring alien spacecraft]
【We will arrive within 24 hours】
【Stop immediately】
【……】
[Zhang Fang, if you still think you are a disciple of the academy, immediately report the real coordinates of the Oasis Camp.]
【……】
[Notify the other senior members of the resistance army in the Oasis camp and ask them to prevent anyone from entering the alien spacecraft. If they perform well, they will receive an ID card to Dragon City.]
【……】
"It's the same trick again."
The latest message left Zhang Fang with no idea how to respond.
I can only say that it is worthy of being called Dragon City.
Before arriving at the oasis camp, this group of people planned to divide the internal members of the oasis camp, using benefits and status as lure to recruit some of the members for their own use.
The idea of internal struggle is ingrained in these people's bones.
But even if Zhang Fang really did what they said, would things develop as they wanted?
Blue Light, White Horse, Blue Bird, these people are all people of a certain status in the Oasis Camp. They have hundreds of people under them, and they themselves are third-level creatures. According to Long Cheng's idea, the first thing to do is to win them over and make them Long Cheng's free helpers here.
But after spending some time together, Zhang Fang understood that these people would never stand against Su Xia.
"Mr. Zhang, why do you look so sad? Is there anything you don't understand in this book?" Su Xia walked over with a smile and picked up a copy of "Interstellar Encyclopedia".
This is an interesting reading material that is very popular among children. It introduces many strange phenomena and creatures in the starry sky in a humorous and popular way, with a large number of pictures.
Compared to the boring and fearless "120 Hours to Quickly Understand the Interstellar World", reading this kind of encyclopedia is much easier.
"Commander, there may be people from my academy in the team coming from Longcheng." Zhang Fang had a complicated expression. He closed the book and told Su Xia about his worries.
"Don't worry, no one can take away the control of the spacecraft."
After listening to Zhang Fang's words, Su Xia gave a very confident answer.
Su Xia didn't care much about the "level five" old dean mentioned by Zhang Fang.
In the wilderness outside Fish Scale City, the two insect nests are about to go to war, and their fight is the opportunity for Su Xia to be promoted to a level five creature.
After briefly chatting with Zhang Fang, Su Xia handed her body over to the bracelet, then logged off and had a midnight snack.
The atmosphere in the dormitory remained the same, and five roommates were working together to attack a level 30 BOSS.
"Has anything big happened in the game these two days?" Su Xia asked casually while eating instant noodles.
"No, everyone is developing peacefully." Li Defu replied.
"That Four Seasons Rice has no action?"
"He's still the same old thing, promoting that BOSS-level 'Wang Teng' all day long, recruiting people everywhere, and promoting his ridiculous 'Coral Expedition' plan."
Ever since the destruction of the mercenary town, the entire Coral Expedition plan has become half-dead.
With the current strength of the players, it is impossible to go deep into the wilderness, let alone carry out a large-scale search in the wilderness.
Many people speculated that the reason why the masked man attacked the mercenaries was to target this plan.
Now the masked man has become a lawless desperado, carrying a crazy bounty of hundreds of millions. He is wanted by mercenary organizations, the Midnight Tavern, the Mechanical Clan and other forces. His notoriety is so great that his name alone can stop a three-year-old child from crying. The level of terror is beyond words.
Various legends about masked monsters are circulating among the cities in the southwest region.
[It is said that after the masked man crawled out of hell, he possessed a very strange ability. He could disappear out of thin air like a ghost.]
[It is said that as long as you say the words "Masked Stranger", he will be able to sense your heart, come to your bedside at midnight, and cut off your head with a butcher knife]
[The souls of those killed by him will never find peace and will be imprisoned in purgatory by him...]
[He signed a contract with the devil in purgatory...]
【……】
Su Xia casually browsed the forum and saw a lot of weird rumors.
These rumors were not made up by the players.
Each rumor is accompanied by a video recorded in the game.
The video shows NPCs in the game, be it drinkers in the tavern, soldiers defending the city, or traveling merchants on the road. Each NPC can tell a lot of strange legends about the masked man.
A large number of players have an almost obsessive interest in such ghostly rumors. Some have even set up discussion groups specifically for this kind of ghost stories, such as "Masked Monsters and Urban Legends", "Masked Corner", "The Dark World Behind the Mask", etc., using various weird and strange mask symbols as symbols, and developing masked monsters into a subculture.
For Halloween next month, many players plan to dress up in broken metal masks.
“People nowadays really eat too much.”
Seeing these discussion groups, Su Xia was speechless.
They are all young people who like weird and unique elements.
Su Xia herself is only in her early twenties, but she feels out of tune with these young people . She doesn't understand much of the current culture and feels as if she is being left behind by the times.
The last time he went out to eat, a kid called him "uncle" in the elevator.
"Defu, are there any fun games recently?" He sipped his instant noodles and asked Li Defu beside him.
"Brother Su, isn't looking up at the stars enough for you?"
Li Defu looked focused, facing the BOSS on the computer screen, his fingers flying, and he dodged the BOSS's heavy attacks with a few moves, his figure graceful and elegant.
Su Xia replied: "I've been having too much fun these past two days, I want to change the taste."
The crazy battlefield simulations over the past two days had made Su Xia feel like he was almost exhausted.
In the battlefield of hell, you have to stay highly alert almost all the time, as you never know when you will die.
"Alas, men are like this, indecisive." Li Defu shook his head slightly, "Recently, only "Contempt" has received high reviews, but I played it yesterday and it was just so-so. It's not worth my years of anticipation."
"What kind?"
“Mostly puzzles, flesh-punk, with a bit of weirdness, and good graphics.”
"Flesh and blood plus weirdness?"
Su Xia didn't have much exposure to this type of game. The only one he could think of was Sanitarium, which he had played before. It means sanatorium, but that was a very old game.
The protagonist of that game has hysteria and has been tortured by it and locked up in a mental hospital, but he can explore a strange world and often cannot distinguish between reality and imagination.
At that time, Su Xia didn’t know what San value was. After playing the game, he once suspected that he was also sick.
Later, Su Xia found out that many exploration games in Europe and the United States used to like to incorporate some weird elements.
The protagonist's mental illness, coupled with the overlap between the real world and the imaginary world, is almost a conventional routine for this type of mini-game, but this culture was introduced to China relatively late.
Of course, this is also somewhat related to domestic review.
"'Contempt', let me take a look..."
Su Xia turned on the computer, tried it for a few minutes, and found that it was not what he imagined.
The graphics style of this game is similar to the interior of the insect nest in "Look Up at the Stars". At first glance, it is all flesh and blood, and biotechnology, with dark red everywhere.
But in terms of the degree of bloodiness and horror, this game is far inferior to "Look Up at the Stars".
"So why did "Look Up at the Stars" pass the review?" Su Xia thought of the reporting incident some time ago. So many reports, plus a large number of bloody massacre scenes, failed to get the game removed from the shelves.
This game, from its release to its operation, is full of weird colors everywhere.
It was as if there was an invisible hand pushing from behind.
"Defu, are there any official activities for the game?" Su Xia suddenly thought, "Are there any activities to invite top players to visit the headquarters?"
"Let me see...it seems that there is no..."
Li Defu searched for a few minutes and suddenly felt something strange.
The game has been launched for such a long time, but the game officials have not made any major moves and have turned a blind eye to many joint activities invited by investors.
"Maybe there will be some in the future, Brother Su, upgrade first." Li Defu said, "After a while, you will have to face the threat of foreign players."
"Yeah, that makes sense, upgrade first."
The last forum war is not over yet.
In the past few days, there has been a small number of foreign players coming in to bombard the forum, making various threatening remarks every day.
After a while, when mainstream players can cross the wilderness map, there will definitely be a big battle between the two players.
In comparison, foreign player communities are more organized.
"I heard that those guys bet on both sides, letting some of the top players join the mechanical camp and others join the human resistance camp, and strive to be promoted to the top of both sides."
Li Defu said to Su Xia: "Moreover, all their major unions, societies, clubs, etc. have signed guarantee contracts offline to ensure that in the early stages, no one will betray the resistance organization like Sijidao did. Once someone violates the contract, they will be held accountable for offline legal responsibilities."
"This is a good move, but the domestic players are too scattered..."
Su Xia nodded. As long as the rebel base was not in danger of being exposed, the players in the base could develop safely and explore the map freely.
In the early stages, when players do not have enough power to change everything, it is actually very stupid to provoke conflicts between the two tribes like Sijidao did.
Su Xia went out and looked at the game forums of several countries on the Internet and found that the overall atmosphere was pretty good.
At 1:30 in the morning, he activated the bracelet and went back online.
Go back to the simulation cabin and open the Hell Battlefield.
[Hell Battlefield·Heaven War is loading...]
[Do you want to enter the second mission stage directly? ]
Seeing this prompt, Su Xia was stunned.
He clicked [Yes], and the security screen suddenly dimmed.
“Boom—”
Artillery fire roared in the distance, the earth shook, and the dark night sky was illuminated by flames again and again.
The pungent smell of blood and gunpowder penetrated into the nostrils, making people feel very uncomfortable.
Su Xia discovered that he was sent directly to the time before the attack began by the simulation system, and he no longer had to go through the long eight hours of torture.
Beside him were countless fully armed imperial soldiers. The light of artillery fire in the distant sky was reflected in everyone's nervous eyes. They gripped their weapons tightly, waiting for the moment to attack.
[Current mission: Destroy eight doomsday fortresses. If successful, you will receive an "S" rating]
[Destroy two doomsday fortresses to continue simulating subsequent battles. You can try repeatedly if you need a high rating.]
【……】
[Currently available side mission 1: Kill three enemy officers to get an extra "A" grade rating, kill five enemy officers to get an extra "S" grade rating]
[Currently available side mission 2: Kill thirty enemy soldiers to get an extra "A" grade rating, kill fifty enemy soldiers to get an extra "S" grade rating]
This time, perhaps because it has already received an "S" rating, many changes have occurred in the simulation system.
These two side quests gave Su Xia the possibility to collect the three "S"s in advance.
However, with his current body of an ordinary soldier, if he wants to meet the requirements of the side quest, he must become a soldier king.
"call……"
Su Xia took a few deep breaths and looked at the enemy positions in the distance, his eyes gradually becoming cold.
Soon, the attack began.
With the support of air power, ground forces launched a frenzied attack to clear all enemy-occupied points in the area.
“Boom…Boom…”
A large number of artillery shells exploded around Suxia, and countless unfortunate soldiers were blown to pieces. The ground was in a mess, with horrible craters everywhere, and fresh blood and flesh dyed the soil dark red.
In the doomsday fortresses ahead, the enemy's heavy weapons fired crazily, like cutting wheat, and soldiers fell one after another wherever they passed.
In the sky, because the enemy's anti-aircraft firepower had not been cleared, the air forces supporting the ground forces were also shot down in large numbers. Thousands of burning fragments fell like fireworks, lighting up this cruel night sky.
The orbital bombardment system was quite powerful. Its energy weapons, like divine punishment, fired deadly beams of light, plowing the enemy's combat area over and over again. Various missiles were also dropped from low-Earth orbit, leaving countless civilians and enemies in enemy-occupied areas utterly wiped out.
"Damn it, there are civilians in the Doomsday Bunker, lots of civilians!"
"What should we do? Blow it up or not?"
"fry!"
"Don't worry about civilian casualties. The commander will help us take care of everything. Bomb it now!"
“…”
After just over ten minutes of attack, our side suffered heavy losses. Every step forward came at the cost of blood, and many soldiers had become bloodthirsty.
Su Xia encountered the same situation when he attacked a doomsday fortress.
There were only three soldiers in the fortress, but more than twenty civilians were being held hostage.
"Everyone, leave, leave quickly!"
Su Xia opened the cages that held the civilians and shouted amid the roar of artillery fire: "Go to the rear, go to the forest, go to a place far away from the artillery fire, run as far as you can!"
With his current abilities, he cannot protect these civilians at all and can only let them fend for themselves.
Not blowing up the fortress outright was already his greatest mercy.
In fact, these characters were all simulated, so it wouldn’t matter even if Su Xia exploded directly, but he wanted to feel the real situation as much as possible.
"Thank you, thank you, my child, may God bless you..."
An old man who was released hugged Su Xia, tears streaming down his face, and spoke words of gratitude.
Time was running out, Su Xia pushed the old man away and said, "No need to thank me, let's go now, over there..."
Before he could finish his words, his expression suddenly changed when he saw the bomb in the old man's pocket.
Just at this moment, the old man's expression suddenly became ferocious.
Not only him, but also the other twenty or so civilians who were released had crazy expressions on their faces and rushed towards Su Xia one by one.
"The great spirit will be with us."
"Damn you Imperials, you can't stop the coming of the gods!"
They looked crazy, with red eyes, and they hugged Su Xia tightly, making Su Xia unable to move.
This is to drag Su Xia to death together.
"Fuck, these civilians have also been brainwashed!"
The background of this war is that an extreme evil organization attacked the empire's border and spread its beliefs crazily.
With Su Xia's cautiousness, he really shouldn't have died from such a low-level mistake.
He sighed and had to admit defeat. A white light flashed before his eyes.
You are dead
War is cruel
[Please remember this experience and never be blinded by appearances]
[Are the so-called civilians really just civilians? 】
[Note: After this war, due to the death of too many civilians, the fleet commander was sentenced to life imprisonment by the court and has not been released until now]
