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Chapter 91 Blue Star Player: What's so great about stealing that lousy rye bread? (3k)

The new viewers in the live stream looked on with question marks as they watched Duan Yu trot over with his toolbox on his back.

Instead of running straight ahead, he hid in a corner and watched the chaos unfold.

Ahead, a plump old woman was seen clutching a bag tightly in her hand, cursing incessantly. Several young men who looked to be in their twenties or thirties tried to pull the bag off several times but failed, so they began to punch and kick the old woman.

Those around them hurriedly left upon seeing this.

Barrages of comments floated across the live broadcast room.

[Holy crap? Several young people are beating up an elderly person like this? Is nobody going to do anything about it?]

[Hurry up, streamer! Teach these bastards a lesson!]

[Are you just going to stand by and watch?! Go get them!!!]

[Damn, I took a screenshot. I'm also in Kyiv. I'll find these bastards when I get into the game!]

[You're not even in the same game, what are you looking for?]

[But what is the streamer doing? Just watching the show?]

With continuous pulling, the bag in the old woman's hand was suddenly torn open.

The cheap bread meant to stave off hunger was scattered all over the ground, leaving the people in the live stream completely bewildered. That's it?
However.
Even though it was cheap rye bread, after a brief moment of confusion, the young people picked it up while cursing and started to scatter and run away.

Only the old woman remained, wailing in despair.

This scene left the viewers in the live stream feeling extremely upset, and they were all cursing the young men. The streamer, on the other hand, just watched without taking any action, and many viewers were confused.

【Wait, this lousy bread? Is it really necessary?】

Yeah, that stuff doesn't really have any flavor, and it doesn't taste good either.

These able-bodied men could easily earn a few pounds of bread; they're just plain evil.

Fortunately, it was just a large loaf of bread, not worth much money.

[That's right, just buy some more. Streamer, go buy some and give them to that old NPC.]

Duan Yu shook his head and said:
"That's not how it works."

"This is the fourth such incident I've seen today, just on this street."

"That's why I changed the name of my live stream to Survival Challenge."

Do you know why those people were robbing?

"Because the imperial army was about to besiege Kiev, the whole city went into chaos."

"There have been far too many incidents of vandalism, looting, and vandalism."

"Isn't it unbelievable? How could it have turned out like this?"

“But that’s it.”

Duan Yu's tone was serious, and the viewers in the live stream were stunned by his words.

"Surely not? There's still an army surrounding them, isn't there?"

What about the troops in the city? Is nobody taking care of them?

[Tsk, still doesn't understand the wickedness of human nature.]

[You're overthinking it. I've watched many live streams; some chaotic cities are much worse off than this.]

This is just the beginning. Once Kyiv is surrounded, things probably won't be much better.

Okay, but that kind of thing probably wouldn't happen on Earth; there are telescopes everywhere.

Hehe. You never know.

[Having a third eye means you're fine, but what if a major war breaks out and all electronic devices are paralyzed? How will you survive then?]

Looking at the comments, Duan Yu agreed:

"Yes."

"We're fine here because everything is peaceful."

"But if a real war comes, all electronic devices will be paralyzed. If you want to do something bad, no one will notice. You can even destroy the evidence in a deserted corner?"

"I feel like someone is actually capable of doing it."

"Like the plot of this game, I don't know if it makes sense, but if you really put yourself in it, it could really happen."

"The game designers' plot design is absolutely brilliant."

"This angle."

Duan Yu has seen quite a few NPCs being robbed these past few days, and this is considered relatively mild.

Some chaotic city streamers have been robbed by NPCs, who just want to steal money from the players.

The imperial army had not yet reached Kyiv.

The situation in Kyiv is already chaotic; it's unimaginable what such a war would be like on Earth. Duan Yu simply doesn't believe that all 10 billion people on Earth are good.

When war came, everyone was peaceful and courteous, sharing their bread with each other.

Isn't this utterly ridiculous?

That's impossible, so the game's plot vividly portrays the inherent evil of human nature.

Everyone thought that with the arrival of war, they would be the ones to get promoted and make a fortune.

But what if it's all the same old woman who was robbed?

He wanted to see what the city of Kyiv would ultimately become under these circumstances.

I originally just wanted to play it as a game.
But now Duan Yu has begun to want to explore this further.

On the other side, food blogger Xia Ling is here.

He was experiencing the worst day of his life, frozen in terror, completely bewildered. The bakery lady in front of him was angrily yelling at the two Imperial soldiers:

"Stop! Put down my noodles!"

boom--!
Xia Ling shuddered.

A bullet hole appeared in the back of the bakery lady, and blood splattered onto her face.

Plop.

The body fell in front of Xia Ling.

Xia Ling's legs went weak, and she collapsed to the ground.

The imperial soldiers, cursing and swearing, dragged away a large bag of bread and food, their pockets stuffed with loose change, and walked out.

It wasn't until long after the imperial soldiers had left.

Xia Ling was jolted back to her senses by the cold wind blowing in through the window, and responded to the comments in a trembling voice:

"It's okay."

Looking at the broken bakery, the shattered glass, and the bakery owner, a sense of absurdity washed over Xia Ling.

Xia Ling couldn't help but raise her hand and push the bakery lady:
"Aunt Maria, Aunt Maria?"

However, there was no response.

Her place was the first to be occupied by the empire, but nothing much had changed in the past few days. Xia Ling hadn't even sensed the approaching war. But everything that happened today shattered her worldview.

Seeing Xia Ling still pushing the NPC's corpse, viewers in the live stream couldn't help but comment:

Don't push the streamer, that NPC is dead.

[Yeah, it's hopeless. In this game, once an NPC dies, they're dead; there's no option to revive them.]

Let's find another place to be an apprentice.

This game is ridiculous! People kill each other for a little bread?!

[Yeah, it's the same in other live streams. Real life is never this absurd.]

[Who's that rich kid upstairs? He's only been eating well for a few days, and he's already getting cocky?]

Hey buddy, go look up some history. There's a line in the Shang Dynasty calendar: "In that year of severe drought, the people exchanged their own children to eat each other." Do you know what that means?

This game is incredibly explicit; it exposes the darker side of human nature so directly.

Because this is war. Want order in war? What are you thinking?

Everyone thinks that starting a war will lead to the pinnacle of life. If you think that way and he thinks that way, then who will die?

So who would believe those guys who advocate for war? Are they out of their minds?

The barrage of comments in the live stream chat scrolled past her eyes, gradually bringing Xia Ling back to her senses.

After pushing for a long time, the bakery lady still hadn't woken up.

Xia Ling was still having a hard time accepting reality and ended the broadcast at lightning speed.

online.

In the game "World War II: Rise of Empires," the various acts of robbery, murder, and the lawless evil of human nature during the war have deeply impacted many players.

Many people who have played the game know the taste of that big loaf of bread; it's something that probably no one would eat even if it were given away for free on Earth.

However, in the game, in order to survive and for a few loaves of bread, some NPCs will rob and kill.
Online comments are polarized.

Some people think this is completely exaggerated in the game's creation. Robbing and killing for a few pieces of bread—doesn't the game consider the consequences? What if they get caught? Aren't they afraid of being sentenced to death?

Would someone risk the death penalty for a few pieces of bread? Does this person even have a brain?
Some people believe that the game's plot is completely reasonable. If you don't believe it, just search the history books of Earth. After that meteor shower, the following decades were extremely chaotic, and countless people died every year due to the turmoil.

Earth has only recently achieved a state of abundance and social harmony in the last two hundred years or so. Have we already forgotten the past so quickly?

Neither side could convince the other. Some insisted on the goodness and beauty of humanity on Earth, while others insisted that humanity was inherently evil. They argued that even if war broke out on Earth, it would be the same, not just because the 'Earth' people in 'World War II: Rise of an Empire' were like that.

Some troublemakers even started a poll.

If war broke out on Earth, and you encountered this scenario, would you try to stop it?

The video showed Duan Yu watching the old woman without doing anything. Most of the comments below were criticizing Duan Yu for being disgusting and inactive, but there were also quite a few people who supported Duan Yu, as well as some rational people who said it was just a game.

The voting ratio is also quite interesting.

Yes (72%), No (20%), Just passing by (8%)

Besides the 20% who chose "no" and were criticized, the 8% who chose "just passing by" also received a lot of criticism.
It's just a game.

However, it sparked a discussion about human nature, which intensified, and many sociologists were tagged in the discussion, but no one knew the bitterness in their hearts.

The answer is obvious, but the majority of netizens chose truth, goodness, and beauty.

If I told the truth, I would definitely be torn to shreds by criticism.

This is terrible!
This prompted many sociologists to directly tag Zhao Ming on Toutiao (a Chinese news and information platform).

[@PolarisGames Zhao Ming, Mr. Zhao, could you please answer the most popular question recently? If war breaks out on Earth, and you encounter this scenario, would you choose to intervene?]

Polestar Games.

Inside the office.

Zhao Ming kept getting notifications popping up on Toutiao, and he felt helpless looking at all the mentions.

Why are you asking me philosophy when I'm a game developer?
It's an unsolvable discussion; I'm just presenting what happened during the war.

You'll find the answer by watching the video.
Zhao Ming turned off the message notifications and opened the game's database. He had a good idea about the battles such as the Battle of Kiev, the Battle of Leningrad, and the Battle of Moscow.

(End of this chapter)