The virtual empire starts from the game

Chapter 631 The Fall of a General? [European Rising Sun]! (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
Yang Jun didn't really care who lived or died.

Because neither Admiral Aokiji nor Nelson the Black Panther had anything to do with their development team.

Aokiji is an Easter egg character created by the boss.

Nelson, on the other hand, was created by the development team.

However, the storyline the development team arranged for him was to raise his voice and start a wave of slave liberation in the Caribbean, rather than being tricked by players into becoming the king of some Caribbean republic.

Nelson's life has now completely deviated from the development team's design.

The development team even held a special meeting to discuss whether to design a storyline to bring Nelson back on track.

But Lu Ming rejected the proposal.

Lu Ming didn't even dare to imagine the backlash that would be caused if you forcibly corrected something that millions of players had put in so much effort.

In the end, they decided to let nature take its course and return their fate to the players.

So neither of these two outrageous characters would be heartbroken if either of them died.

Yang Jun and his colleagues were just a little worried about the upcoming overtime work.

But before they could even complain, two figures suddenly appeared on the tower in the southwest direction.

—It was Xu Meng and Xiao Meng, sitting on the luxurious sofa, watching with great interest as players and NPCs fought each other.

The complaints that hadn't even been voiced were immediately swallowed back down.

Shut up and obediently look at the battle below.

Putting aside work-related issues, if we're just appreciating the battle scenes, then the current battle is indeed very exciting!
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Edison, who was engrossed in scientific research in the 19th century, and Seven Flower, who was single-mindedly managing the Chamber of Commerce, had by this time fallen behind the first tier.

Like other players below level 10, they were completely unable to participate in the battle and could only watch from the sidelines.

But their "side drum" is completely different from the "side drum" of other lower-level players—

With his eyes glued to the scope, Edison watched as Aokiji and Nelson collided with a deafening roar, only to be simultaneously thrown apart.

Seizing the brief moment of hesitation, he decisively pulled the trigger.

The self-made cross-shaped bullets shot out from the muzzle, the sound so loud that it surprised even the low-level players who were fighting around them.

—Electronic Edison didn't use a flintlock pistol; he made his own modern firearms!
The bullets are very fast and have an astonishing penetrating power.

In an instant, it pierced through the general's body from the side, even creating a large hole in him. The splashed ice shards spread out in a clear cone shape in the air!

If a person made of flesh and blood were to come, they would be instantly shattered.

But Edison's face did not show a smile.

They had fought Enel before and knew how difficult it was to deal with these elemental beings.

Sure enough, the scattered ice crystals quickly stopped in mid-air, then swiftly returned along their original path, filling the general's body again and restoring it to its original state.

Then he suddenly raised his hand and froze the water that Longcheng Feijiang was throwing at him.

He then suddenly raised his left knee, colliding with Nelson's fiery punch.

When ice and fire collide, water vapor rises up!

……

Throughout the entire process, he didn't even glance at the electronic music Edison.

Edison was somewhat discouraged—this was already his strongest individual scientific research achievement, but it still wasn't enough.

But just as he sighed, the general in the midst of the fierce battle suddenly turned his head and looked in his direction.

He initially thought he was being looked at.

But it was soon discovered that this was not the case.

He turned his head and saw that Nanahana next to him had raised her right hand, with the weapon in her hand pointing directly at the center of the arena.

With the support of the Chamber of Commerce, Qi Huahua has an abundance of good stuff.

Fernand's treasured ancient-level equipment is so amazing that Qihuahua has a total of 4 pieces!
At this moment, what he was holding was a [Legendary] level hand crossbow.

Metal crossbow bolts covered in dark red cracks flew out.

The speed wasn't fast; even Edison could clearly see the trajectory of the crossbow bolt.

'At this rate, how can you even hit a legendary NPC?'

Everyone who noticed the arrow was filled with doubt.

But soon, the crossbow bolts changed before their very eyes—

The dark red cracks spread rapidly, then suddenly exploded, blasting towards the chaotic crowd!

A crossbow that produced the effect of a shotgun!
All the players whose area was covered by the attack immediately took defensive action—even the generals in the midst of fierce battle took notice, how could they dare to underestimate it?

The scorching hot iron fragments shot out with a powerful impact, like an invisible hammer piercing through two unsuspecting blond players, knocking away a Xia Kingdom player, and finally striking the makeshift shield that Qingzhi had made of ice.

As the gunshots rang out, the shields shattered on the ground.

A clear bloodstain appeared on Aokiji's neck, and blood slowly flowed down.

"Yay!" Nana exclaimed excitedly, "I broke through her defenses!!"

Edison was speechless at the electronic music.

"Damn rich guy!"

Then, in the next second, he was completely ripped off by Qi Huahua, this "tycoon"—

Aokiji wiped the blood from his neck, and sharp ice spikes began to appear beside him.

As he wiped the blood off his index finger, the dense ice spikes shot towards where Qi Huahua was.

Everyone around Qi Huahua suffered a terrible misfortune along with her!

They were low-level and not durable, which is why they didn't dare to charge into the center of the battle and could only provide support from the outside.

Suddenly, the BOSS unleashed an AOE attack, resulting in heavy casualties and deaths.

Electro Edison was pierced through the chest by an ice pick, and his whole body flew backward until his back hit the broken wall and he stopped.

He was pinned to the wall by ice picks and bled for three seconds before his legs kicked out and he died.

Before he died, he saw several other people, just like himself, pinned to the wall by ice spikes.

Seven Flower's corpse was just one person away from him...

—They're the ones with the thicker blood.

The player with a lower level and less health is still standing in the same spot, but has already turned into an ice sculpture.

This ferocious, wide-area damage shocked all the players on the periphery.

The attacks aimed at Aokiji paused for a moment.

But it only lasted a moment; soon bullets and arrows flew over again.

……

In the midst of the battle, despite instantly killing more than a dozen players, Aokiji still felt threatened by the players on the periphery.

So he stopped holding back and started looking for opportunities to launch wide-range attacks on the players on the periphery!

He didn't care whether the players on the periphery belonged to the Free Alliance or the Caribbean Republic, or were just casual players who came to join in the fun.

It's all the same to him anyway!
This change in combat style caused the number of casualties among peripheral players to rise sharply!

However, in the inner circle, the threat posed by Aokiji has decreased significantly!
At first, Aokiji's moves looked quite ordinary, and his attack range was extremely small.

The attack was focused on Nelson, Galka, Dragon City Flying General, and a few members of the Black Panther Guard.

However, this seemingly insignificant small-scale attack is surprisingly lethal.

Within minutes, in the chaotic situation of being outnumbered, they killed three members of the Black Panther Guard in succession.

The native warrior Galka was also pierced in the abdomen by an ice spike.

If Nelson hadn't thrown him out of the fray in time, he would have been dead by now.

The Fishman Karate that General Longcheng had painstakingly learned from the underwater Fishman Island was completely useless—

The core water control effect of this skill is completely countered by Aokiji's ice control skill; the water freezes in his hand before it can even be released.

At first, he didn't believe it and thought he just hadn't timed his move well.

But as more and more high-level players rushed into the battle and attacked Aokiji or Nelson, Longcheng Feijiang quickly realized that Aokiji was hit far less often than Nelson!
Even if the attack is launched from his blind spot, he can dodge, defend, or even strike first and intercept the attack the instant you make your move.

It's like they're using cheat codes.

—He was unable to dodge the attacks from Edison and Nanaka.

General Longcheng had no choice but to accept:
Fishman Karate's sneak attacks are completely ineffective against the Admiral.

Upon realizing this fact, his first reaction was not disappointment at having his hard-earned water control skill banned, but rather, "Can I learn this skill?"

It wasn't until Aokiji suddenly pressed his face close and slapped him hard on the head, drawing away most of his blood, that he finally calmed down.

—A general who focuses on fighting in the inner circle—that's how powerful his presence is!

As more and more players join, player losses also continue to occur.

Elsewhere, a [Hero]-level player who is strong enough to be the core of a squad is no different from an ordinary grunt here; they can die at any moment.

The rate of casualties in the inner circle only began to slow down when Aokiji started to focus on attacking the "real grunts" on the outer perimeter.
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While Aokiji's killing efficiency decreased, Nelson's combat power began to rise!
Nelson lacked the ability to anticipate attacks like a general, and was initially quite passive.

Many attacks from free alliance members and solo players cannot be dodged in time.

This resulted in Nelson taking far more hits than Aokiji, even though there were more people besieging him than Nelson.

Fortunately, Nelson is more durable.

Not only is his physique astonishing, but his crimson flame power also has the effect of healing injuries—a fact that was already evident when he was besieged by players in Santo Domingo.

Now that it has broken through to the legendary level, the effect has been enhanced to an epic degree!
The wound that Fernand had inflicted on his hand with the ancient weapon had long since healed.

Bullets fired from peripheral players mostly leave only shallow wounds, which heal quickly after being burned by flames. Only attacks from advanced players using swords and knives can cause noticeable wounds.

But being easily hit is not the same as being easily killed.

—Every time Nelson was hit, his counterattack became even more ferocious!

A player can reduce Nelson's health by 1% with a single strike, but Nelson's enraged fire fist can deplete at least a third of the player's health in one punch.

He was almost hit in a weak spot, and a single punch could have taken away half of his health!

As for why weapons weren't used...

Nelson saw that Aokiji had no weapons and was unwilling to use them himself.

Even when she was initially at a disadvantage and was frozen by Aokiji three times, she did not pick up a weapon.

After witnessing four familiar guards fall in battle, he finally let go of his pride and, unwilling to accept defeat, picked up his hammer to protect his friends.

Crimson flames ignited on the hammer, their color growing increasingly dark red.

There were even drips of viscous lava, and white smoke rose from the scorched ground.

The swinging hammer inflicted even greater damage.

Aokiji's ice shield was shattered by a single blow, forcing him to raise his hand to grip the hammer handle.

The splashing lava landed on his face and chest, leaving red burns.

Longcheng Feijiang unleashed a punch he had been preparing.

The streaks of lightning momentarily stiffened the general's right arm, which had transformed into an ice spike, preventing it from piercing Nelson's chest.

But the next second, the soles of the general's feet appeared in front of Longcheng Feijiang.

"Oh!"

Long Chengfei felt as if his entire face had sunk in.

He soared high into the air, flew out of the inner circle, over the outer circle, and past the ships on the sea. After tracing a huge parabola, he finally fell into the sea with a "plop".

My mind goes blank.

It wasn't until he choked on seawater that he finally came to his senses and swam to the surface with stiff, trembling limbs.

Even the seawater around him quickly froze into a thin layer of ice.

Long Chengfei then realized that he was trembling uncontrollably, his teeth chattering.

—The general's chilling aura seeped into his very bones!
Even so, he had no intention of backing down.

Fishman Karate was used once again, manipulating the seawater to send him back to the shore, and he walked step by step towards the inner circle.

Not far from him were players from various countries who had died and then resurrected on the ship, stubbornly continuing to charge into the battlefield.

He vaguely saw several familiar IDs: Xunfei, Zhenhai, Yanluo, Shan Gui, Xia Tian Yi Jian...

There were also many English IDs, but he was too lazy to remember them all. He only remembered that he had fought against them and that they were quite strong.

When they returned to the inner circle, the number of people there did not seem to have decreased at all!
However, it can be seen that neither Nelson nor Aokiji possessed the composure they had at the start of the game.

His clothes were torn, and his injuries were increasing.

However, their combat effectiveness did not decline.

With every gesture, the power seemed even greater!
Each collision produces an explosive sound.

The damp air was frozen by the cold and then evaporated by the flames, creating an extremely chaotic mixture of hot and cold.

How strong is the legend's stamina?

Before today, no one knew this.

But after today, everyone knows—

Nelson and Aokiji battled for eight hours in Cotonou.

The fighting raged from day to night in West Africa, and then from night to day again, almost leveling the entire city of Cotonou. More than 100,000 players were killed or wounded, and the battle still hadn't completely ended.

However, the balance of power has clearly shifted.

General Aokiji is already showing signs of defeat!
Ultimately, he offers no real help here.

Nelson, however, had a steady stream of Xia Kingdom players providing cover and assistance.

As time went on, the number of these people even increased.

Everyone has already seen the results.

As a result, even more people came!

Even players who were obsessed with Echoes of the Deep and Under the Rock flocked over to witness the fall of the general.

Lu Ming and Yang Jun, who had already switched shifts once, shared the same opinion.

"It seems that today is the day a great general falls," Lu Ming said.

They understood Aokiji's personality and knew he was unlikely to make the shameful choice of running away to survive.

"Yes." Yang Jun breathed a sigh of relief. "Next, we'll have to devote all our energy to working on the African continent."

Lu Ming nodded, already beginning to think about what content could be added to the African continent.

More Clash of Clans?

Conflict between tribes and colonists?

Or is it a larger-scale challenge of hunting or taming wild animals?
Perhaps we should collect more indigenous African myths...

Under their watchful eyes, the battle finally came to an end after half an hour.

But they were only half right—

Aokiji did indeed lose.

His stamina was too low, and he was also restrained by the hero skills of three players. By the time he knocked down the three of them, he didn't have time to dodge.

Nelson's heavy hammer slammed down on his left leg.

The long, slender left leg snapped off and flew a considerable distance.

Losing his balance, Aokiji tilted to the side, only managing to stay upright by bracing himself with his hands on the ground.

But Nelson, almost like a hammer made of molten iron, had already smashed into the back of his head!
The flames exploded, pushing away all the players around who were trying to steal the kill.

For almost everyone, three words came to mind: "It's over."

But when the flames died down, everyone discovered that the hammer was still hanging over Aokiji's head and hadn't been used to strike.

Nelson, holding the hammer, said, "You lost."

"Although the victory was not honorable, a win is a win."

"Leave this continent, leave the Royal Navy."

"In the future, I will find you alone and give you a chance to win it back."

Aokiji remained silent for a moment, then gave up struggling and knelt down: "Okay."

Nelson put away his hammer and walked toward the native warriors' defensive line.

……

But Nelson stopping doesn't mean players will stop!
As soon as Nelson left, the players who had been waiting impatiently swarmed in!

Even a heavily wounded general, if he is willing to run, is not someone anyone can keep!

He swiftly transformed into a blast of cold air, passing through the crowd and flying towards the vast ocean.

— Land would be a better place to hide and escape, or to fight a guerrilla war, but he promised that once he left Africa, he would not stay there again!
Without hesitation, the players rushed to the sailboat and began a fierce ocean chase!
"I wonder if they'll be able to get the Devil Fruit this time."

Xu Meng stood up and stretched.

He had already gone offline and taken a nap, but now he felt a little sleepy again.

He complained to Xiaomeng, somewhat speechless:
"When Enel died in space last time, the weapons and Rumble-Rumble Fruit that he dropped are still floating in space. I don't know when anyone will find them."

"If this Ice-Ice Fruit falls into the sea again... that would be absolutely ridiculous!"

"It shouldn't be," Xiaomeng shook his arm reassuringly. "There are so many people watching!"

“That’s true.” Xu Meng nodded. “Could you keep an eye on things and call me when it’s over?”

"Okay!" Xiaomeng readily agreed.

She loves watching a good show!

Xu Meng then disappeared from the virtual world.
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Meanwhile, Lu Ming and Yang Jun, who had also logged off, hastily convened an emergency meeting to reposition the development team and focus their efforts on developing the African continent.

They plan to use the latest intelligent generation algorithm of [Genesis Engine] to design a map of the entire Gulf of Guinea in one go!

Then fill it with even more content.

After a week of working tirelessly and with high morale, the alarm predictably sounded that the players had missed a crucial point.

"It seems they've sorted out the chaotic situation and are now looking to expand their reach across Africa." Lu Ming clicked on the alert to see the details.

Then he was dumbfounded—

Players of "Sailing the Blue Seas," primarily from the Xia Kingdom, have indeed wiped out almost all colonial forces and completed the unification of power within Benin.

However, instead of marching into Africa and unifying the continent, they planned to...

Eradicate evil completely and march back to Europe!
They thought these European colonists were too despicable, so they decided to strike at the heart of the enemy and bring the war to the colonists' homeland!
"what?"

Lu Ming was stunned.

Yang Jun, who was behind him, was also stunned.

After a long while, Yang Jun said incredulously:
"So... what we're going to develop next isn't [African Empire], but [European Empire]?"

(End of this chapter)