The other side.
Emperor Penguin Group, game department.
Bang!
A loud noise came from the office. Xu Huan threw the virtual headset he was holding, his face still showing the panic of being suddenly blown up:
"What the hell?!!"
"Did they freaking track me?!"
Once could be a coincidence.
But the second time too?!
It's like they've tracked him to eat crap!
Damn it!!!
Thinking about how he was played like a clown by Zhao Ming, Xu Huan grew angrier and gritted his teeth, calling in his secretary:
"Go, take the remaining funds, and buy negative publicity against Polestar Games for me."
"Say this game harms the physical and mental health of young people!"
"Make people boycott them to death!!!"
In the game.
Splash!
Yu Feng and Fang Ming emerged from the sea one after the other, looking at the burning wreckage of the assault boat nearby with fear in their eyes.
The two struggled in the sea to swim together. Fang Ming couldn't help but curse:
"Are they seriously aiming at me?!"
"It's already the second time they blew us up."
Yu Feng, who had just swum over to Fang Ming's side, suddenly stopped.
What the hell?
It does seem like it; both times it was this guy getting blown up!
Could it be when they cursed Polestar Games on the live stream, the Polestar Games boss saw it and held a grudge?!
Yu Feng silently moved a bit further away, hoping not to get caught in any more explosions.
"Keep swimming, it's a bit far from here."
There's still some distance to reach the assault boat landing point. Looking at this distance, Yu Feng felt a bit of a headache; wouldn't they be out of energy to run even if they swam there?
But they couldn't drown here; that would be too embarrassing.
Dozens of thousands of people were watching on the live stream after all.
Yu Feng gritted his teeth and silently swam towards the beach.
Fang Ming looked at the distance, also grimacing, but seeing Yu Feng swim further and further away:
"Wait! Wait for me!"
He quickly swam to catch up.
But the two didn't swim for long before a rope was thrown from an assault boat passing by behind them, pulling them aboard to join the second wave of soldiers landing on Omaha Beach.
"Everyone, prepare for landing, spread out as much as possible!"
"See you on the shore!"
"Go, go, go!!!"
With the Assault Boat Commander's shout, the ramp opened.
The soldiers in front rushed towards the beach and quickly fell on the beach.
Bullets blossomed into a burst of blood flowers, snatching away the lives of soldiers directly.
Even though they were mentally prepared.
Facing this scene again.
Still left them both shocked, their minds blank.
Mechanically following behind everyone else, they charged forward, unable to recall any plans they had made earlier.
Flames, smoke, bodies.
Machine gun bullets tore through the air like a torrential downpour from the fortifications on the beach.
The ground was littered with Allied corpses, and the edge of the sea was stained red. The smell of blood mixed with the smoke spread, as Yu Feng and Fang Ming crawled laboriously on the ground, taking cover behind an iron barrier.
Tat-tat-tat-tat!!!
Whistling bullets swept past them.
Bam!
A machine gun bullet hit the head of an Allied soldier directly, exploding half of it, spraying blood mist over both of them.
Covered in ice-cold blood, suddenly warmed by the spray of hot blood.
The warmth reached their minds, but it brought fear instead.
Fortunately, the two quickly regained their senses, constantly adjusting their emotions:
"It's just a game, a game... a game..."
"Right!"
"This is just a game!"
That half-minute felt like an eternity.
And the game players [16/500].
No plan worked whatsoever.
The situation wasn't much better than the last round, just that they were rescued after being blasted off, landing with the second wave.
So they lived a bit longer than the others...
Regaining their wits, the two analyzed the situation as calmly as possible.
Looking at the distant machine gun nest spitting fire.
Fang Ming pretended to remain calm:
"Hey Yu, can you take it out?"
Yu Feng, constantly taking deep breaths, then took a deep breath, grabbed his gun, and abruptly turned and raised his head.
Bam—
The distant machine gun at the machine gun nest suddenly shook.
It hit the gun mount.
The Imperial soldier manning the machine gun also noticed the attack source, immediately turning the gun towards the iron barrier where the two were hiding.
Ratatatatat!
Bullets swept against the iron barrier, sparking fiercely.
Despite repeatedly telling themselves this was just a game.
Both were still pale.... it was truly terrifying.
Fang Ming turned and looked around, suddenly his eyes lit up:
"Smoke Bomb?!"
Just a meter away, an Allied comrade's corpse had two smoke bombs hanging from his waist. Fang Ming calmed down, gauged the machine gun's fire points, and when the bullets swept towards Yu Feng,
Fang Ming suddenly darted out, snatched the two smoke bombs from the corpse.
Then quickly retreated.
Rattling bullets came sweeping over, tearing the already thoroughly dead Allied corpse apart.
But Fang Ming wore a smile, pulling the rings from both smoke bombs.
Then threw them towards the beach's machine gun point.
Hiss—
The two smoke bombs began to emit white smoke, Fang Ming peeked a bit and was about to smile when the whistling sea breeze dispersed the two plumes of smoke in an instant.
????
A series of question marks flashed through Fang Ming's mind.
Was that supposed to be a smoke bomb?
Bam!
Fang Ming's head exploded directly.
The screen abruptly turned dark, and only a few thoughts flashed through Fang Ming's mind.
Damn?!
Through the smoke?!
No... Even the smoke bomb is this ridiculous?
Where's the smoke cover?!!!
The real smoke bomb gave Fang Ming a bit of a reality check.
"Hiss——"
Seeing Fang Ming's head explode from the machine gun bullets, Yu Feng felt a sharp pain.
So damn terrifying.
No way, the sensitivity has to be adjusted after this.
Constantly taking deep breaths, Yu Feng calmed his heart, then took a deep breath, abruptly stood up, aiming at the machine gun nest.
Bam!
One shot down, the machine gun point paused.
But Yu Feng dared not stay.
The last game already proved that someone would take over immediately.
Cannot afford to delay.
Yu Feng lowered his body and charged towards the weak defense point Fang Ming previously indicated. From his observations, the weak defense points Fang Ming identified indeed had less firepower, offering a slightly higher chance of survival.
Taking advantage of this gap, Yu Feng quickly rushed towards it.
He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
The firepower here was indeed not as dense as elsewhere, which was a relief.
Click!
A crisp sound rang out under Yu Feng's feet.
Yu Feng's face was filled with horror.
What the hell?!
Realizing he'd stepped on something, but it was already too late, his body's momentum had already lifted his leg....
Crap!* Fang Ming?!
Boom——!!!
The massive explosion shockwave sent Yu Feng's half-body flying.
He realized why the defense here was weak; it was full of landmines after all???
Thud.
With only one leg left, Yu Feng coughed blood as he fell from the sky. Though not entirely dead, he wasn't far from it, his body instinctively struggling, his mouth making 'ha ha' sounds.
Such a novel experience.
Despite the pain, Yu Feng somehow thought in his mind that this game was incredibly realistic.
Just as this thought crossed his mind.
The struggling arm of Yu Feng touched something else.
Click!
Boom——!!!
[0/500]
Game Over.
...
...
At this moment.
With the official launch of World War II: Empire's Rise.
Though the scenes in the various live streams were grim.
The game's download numbers were skyrocketing crazily.