We promised to develop a game called Candy Crush, what the hell is the Third Reich?

Chapter 121 [The Battle of Stalingrad] was designed to be inhuman (3.1k)

Zhao Ming had actually redeemed the complete Battle of Stalingrad through the [Earth Database].

The Photon supercomputer has been rendered, but there are still too many players. Given the current situation, many players will definitely collect all three medals.

Therefore, Zhao Ming's only option was to 'not act like a human' and further increase the difficulty.

All rooms are selected using AI, and then, depending on the circumstances, these rooms are filled with Imperial soldiers or Soviet Federation soldiers.

After all, there are only so many famous people in the Hall of Fame.

There aren't enough people from 'Earth' to fit inside, if the Order of Stalingrad were completed to the same standard as the Order of the Patriotic War in Moscow.

You can't just cram the Hall of Fame with introductions of thousands of Blue Star players.

Who would be interested in Earth players?

It would be enough if a few of them received the Order of Stalingrad.

Moreover, once inducted into the Hall of Fame, the inductee's name will remain displayed within the Hall of Fame, essentially providing free advertising.

When new players enter the game and open the Hall of Fame, they will definitely search for Blue Star players. As long as the game doesn't shut down, it will continue to exist.

Permanent free advertising privileges are not suitable for being issued in large quantities.

more importantly.

Even if it's a bit difficult, you can still gain a lot of emotional points.

Zhao Ming wandered around the [Stalingrad Battle] instance, filling in a batch of rooms. He then had the AI ​​selectively fill the remaining rooms with soldiers according to its previous filling strategy, leaving only a very few areas unfilled. So, players also had to rely on luck.

Then I exited the database and opened the Polestar website.

Zhao Ming began editing a new announcement.

The main point is to talk about the benefits of collecting three medals and being inducted into the Hall of Fame, and more importantly, how to make use of these generous rewards.

To attract a wave of players, while the Battle of Moscow is still ongoing, make an effort to rush in and contribute some emotional points to the fight.

After all, the Order of the Patriotic War of Moscow is one of the essential medals for induction into the Hall of Fame.

Without this medal, obtaining the Order of Stalingrad is useless.

Moreover, with so many people showing off their medals online and so many players having obtained them, many players might choose to rush in, given the prevailing sense of luck.

Little did they know that these were all interconnected traps dug by Zhao Ming.

The biggest pitfall was the subsequent Battle of Stalingrad.

The announcement from Polestar's official website quickly became a trending topic.

Players now understood the purpose of the Hall of Fame: it was a permanent introduction displayed after clicking into the Hall of Fame!
It's like you, a new player, clicking into the Hall of Fame.

Among a sea of ​​unlit photos of famous WWII figures, one can spot the permanently lit photos of Blue Star players at a glance, and clicking on them displays their introductions.

It's a permanent ad.

Given Polaris's current trajectory, whoever gets in the Hall of Fame...

They'll have no worries for the rest of their lives.

If you start a live stream playing "World War II: Rise of Empires," new players will come to your live stream every day because of the Hall of Fame introduction, and they'll search for and click into your live stream.

The streamers on the Tiansha live streaming platform went crazy in an instant.

Even clicking into live streams categorized as "Lifestyle," "Entertainment," or "Singing" leads to gameplay footage of the game "World War II: Rise of Empires."

In just a few hours, the Tiansha live streaming platform turned into a 'World War II live streaming' platform.

Startled, the head of Tiansha Live Streaming Platform's headquarters quickly gathered staff and contacted each streamer to switch back to normal live streaming content.

Getting into the Hall of Fame isn't easy.

So many professional FPS gamers are dying so badly, what are you bunch of singers and dancers doing here? Switch back right now!
However.
"What if?"

This is probably the most infuriating thing a staff member of the Tiansha live streaming platform has ever heard. There's no way to persuade them otherwise.

Upon seeing this, Tiansha Live immediately contacted Polar Star Company.

Zhao Ming from Polar Star was also helpless; the announcement had been issued and couldn't be changed, so he could only tell the person in charge at Tiansha Live:

"wait."

"It'll be fine once the Battle of Moscow is over in two months. Without the Order of the Patriotic War of Moscow, you can't get into the Hall of Fame."

Hearing this made the head of Tiansha Live feel a throbbing pain in his temples.

Damn?

Two more months?

Fortunately, they received assurances from Zhao Ming that the difficulty would be temporarily adjusted, which finally put Tiansha Live at ease. There was nothing they could do but endure it for a while.

I came back when I couldn't get through to them anymore.

the other side.

night.

In Fang Ming's live broadcast room.

Fang Ming, who had slept all day, appeared in the live stream room full of energy, unaware of what had happened that afternoon. He was watching the Tiansha live stream platform while talking to his viewers:

Is the platform stuck?

"Why are all the sections showing live streams of 'World War II: Rise of Empires'? I was completely confused when I first entered the page."

"It's been this hot all afternoon?"

The viewers in the live stream were saying this.

[Hilarious! Just look at the announcement on Polestar's official website.]

[You're awesome, kid. You're ahead of the rest of the internet now, you already have the Order of the Patriotic War from Moscow.]

[Tsk, permanent Hall of Fame introduction. With a little effort, you'll be set for life.]

Fang Ming was a bit confused. Following the suggestion from his viewers, he opened the official website and saw the announcement. The more he read it, the wider his eyes widened: "Holy crap?!"

"If anyone gets inducted into the Hall of Fame, wouldn't they be invincible?!"

Just as the viewers in the live stream said.

If I really get in, I won't have to worry about the rest of my life.

This game is popular in all six federations; who knows how many people play it, or how many new players are added every day?

Moreover, the game's main interface only has a few options.

[Immersive Story] [Normandy Landings] [Multiplayer Co-op Story] [Medal Vault] [Hall of Fame], and various limited-time [Campaigns].

With such a simple main interface, and no various recharge buttons, you can imagine how low the click-through rate of the Hall of Fame and Medal Library will be.

"hiss--"

Fang Ming gasped and said:
"We absolutely must get this Order of Stalingrad."

“It’s so invincible.”

As Fang Ming spoke, he opened the real-time map on the Polaris website:

"Let's take a look at Stalingrad first."

Next, we zoomed in on the map of the front lines in Stalingrad. From the map, it can be seen that both sides are currently in a stalemate due to the heavy snow.

Moreover, the distance between the two sides is still quite far, unlike the situation in Moscow, where the enemy has already been driven to the outskirts of Moscow.

Fang Ming will analyze this with the viewers in the live stream.

At least until the end of winter, the Reich is unlikely to be able to advance to Stalingrad.

The main problem is that the distance is too far. Unlike Moscow, where it's only a few kilometers away, this place is tens of kilometers away. How can we advance in such heavy snow?

"Based on this, the Battle of Stalingrad probably won't be fought in winter."

If it were summer

"The situation should be better than in Moscow, because it's too difficult for guerrillas to fight in temperatures of minus 20 or 30 degrees Celsius here."

"It's better to die from the heat than from the cold. Besides, it's easier to move around in the summer, so I feel like fighting will be much easier than in Moscow."

"It seems like we're pretty confident now."

As Fang Ming was analyzing the situation, he also searched for the words "Stalingrad" on Tiansha Live, and a bunch of live streams popped up.

Fang Ming clicked in and watched with the viewers in the live stream.

Indeed, as the analysis suggests, the battles in these live-streaming rooms are at a stalemate, and the battle lines are very long, making it difficult for the Empire to advance to Stalingrad this winter.

Fang Ming turned his attention back to the real-time map and zoomed in on it.

After looking at the cities in the north of the map, I searched for 'Leningrad' and a bunch of live streams popped up, with Duan Yu's live stream being the first one.

After clicking in and taking a look, Fang Ming exited with a strange expression.
"They have all kinds of gameplay, including PUBG."

"How can you starve in a game?"

"Judging from the live broadcast, Leningrad is also out of the question for now."

"On the European front, the Empire's main offensive direction is currently Moscow, while the rest of the front is in a stalemate."

Fang Ming shrunk the map again, turning it into the shape of a planet called 'Earth', then switched to the [North African battlefield], glanced at it, and lost interest:
"The fighting here isn't as intense as on the European front."

Then, looking at the map markers, I searched for a few keywords related to the Atlantic Ocean, and some live streams popped up. When I clicked on them, they were all scenes of oil tankers at sea.

There was no battle, or perhaps we just didn't encounter one.

Fang Ming then looked at other battlefields [Southeast Asian battlefield] and [Pacific battlefield], and searched for these live streams.

Since it has only been open for a short time, there are very few players.

The streamers on the Southeast Asian battlefield are all in the rainforest, and their situation is similar to that on the North African battlefield.

Perhaps it's because there are few people watching at the moment that we haven't seen any live streams showing combat.

In some live streams on the Pacific theater, a relaxed atmosphere prevails, with the island scenery being pleasant, a stark contrast to the smoke and bloodshed on the European battlefield.

It looks like we're on the same planet, but the scenery and circumstances are different in different places, which gives me a sense of disorientation.

The biggest contrast is that while people are fighting to the death on the European battlefield, a streamer on the Pacific side is broadcasting a plane with iron barrels strapped to it soaring into the sky at an altitude of several thousand meters.

The purpose of doing this is to make ice cream.

Is this really happening on the same planet at the same time?

Outrageous.

Fang Ming took a look at the current war situation on 'Earth' and got a general idea of ​​the situation. The war had affected the whole world, and many places were closely related to it.

But I can't feel anything yet.

At least for now, the battlefields in the Pacific and Southeast Asia shouldn't have any impact on the European theater, right?

After looking around, Fang Ming returned to the game.

I'm getting ready to start a game of "The Battle of Moscow," because I went to challenge medal missions as soon as the battlefield opened, and I haven't yet experienced what it's like to command a large army.

I clicked on "The Battle of Moscow".

The screen then flashed and gradually lit up.

Fang Ming entered the game and was greeted by a command post. He looked at his military rank and the documents on the desktop.

"Hmm? He's a brigade commander."

"Not bad, he's in charge of a brigade."

"Let me see what's happening now?!"

"Wasn't I fighting on the Moscow front? How come I'm being sent to the Far East?!"

(End of this chapter)