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

Chapter 96 [The Atlantic Naval Battle] Begins (3k)

Players can team up or play solo in the Kiev Campaign (limited time) story mode.

This story mode follows the timeline.

Participating players will be randomly assigned to their respective faction's army to fight against the opposing enemy forces. This mode does not affect the immersive storyline.

This has also drawn in many casual players, allowing them to experience the battle firsthand.

However, some people didn't go.

For example, in the live stream room 【Challenge to survive in Kyiv for 100 days, Day 17!】

Duan Yu, who is currently live-streaming in Kyiv, has been there for 17 days, but his condition is not very good at the moment.

Before the imperial army attacked, shining shoes could earn some money.

The empire has already invaded, who cares about whether leather shoes are shiny or not? Business has been slow for days, and all the money I had on me has long been spent.

At this moment, Duan Yu was squatting in the corner, sitting on his shoe-shining toolbox, looking at the store in the distance.

Click!

The sound of glass breaking rang out as the shop's doors and windows were smashed. Several burly men carrying large bags were frantically stuffing things into them.

This kind of thing is commonplace now, and there are no more arguments in the live stream chat.

Scenes like this happen everywhere.

Duan Yu shook his head, feeling the hunger pangs, and lowered the settings to alleviate it considerably.

"The empire hasn't even entered the city yet."

"We don't know what it will be like once we enter the city."

"Human nature..."

At this moment, Duan Yu seemed to have become a great philosopher after witnessing so many days of the dark side of human nature. Seeing Duan Yu's pretentious attitude, the viewers in the live stream mocked him.

Duan Yu ignored him.

The roar of bombers filled the sky as formations of bombers swept over Kyiv, and explosions echoed from all directions.

boom--! ! !
A series of bombs fell and struck the roof of a shop diagonally opposite, the massive explosions destroying the building and burying the shop owner and the robbers in rubble.

Duan Yu quickly found a corner to curl up and hide.

As the roar in the sky subsided, Duan Yu returned to his previous corner and sat down. The city before him was now filled with smoke.

For Duan Yu, it was a novel experience.

However, many viewers recalled the devastation caused by the bombing during the Battle of Britain, saying it was almost identical.

This place might just become the next London.

Duan Yu adjusted the live stream's perspective to the ruins of the shop, once again shocking the worldview of Blue Star players.

On the ruins, some adults and children began to tentatively approach them.

Duan Yu had initially thought they were going to rescue the people below, until he saw a child pull out a seriously injured robber, who seemed to still be breathing.

He lifted a rock and smashed it on the robber's head, killing him instantly, then skillfully looted the robber's belongings.

Children are like this, not to mention others, which led to the scene we see today.

The players on Blue Star stared in disbelief as these NPCs in the game clung to the ruins of houses and pulled various items from the dead.

[Seriously? Instead of helping, they crushed someone to death?]

Human nature is wicked.

It's not surprising that the streamer acts like a philosopher; anyone who stays in this place for too long will eventually...

[Perhaps it's still a matter of education level? If compulsory education were universal on Earth, things would probably be much better.]

[You're overthinking it. It all comes down to whether you can resist temptation. Just look at the streamer; starve him for three days and see if he tries to steal anything.]

Looking at the comments in the live stream, Duan Yu's lips twitched, but he still agreed:
"Don't even mention three days, I'd want to rob it right now."

"I just really don't have any strength."

"Although I'm fine physically in real life, the feeling simulated by this virtual pod, being starved to the extreme, really does trigger those thoughts."

"Fortunately, it's just a game, and once you quit, you don't feel anything anymore."

"That's why the streamer was able to uphold his integrity and kindness."

Before he could finish speaking, a cold metal skewer was suddenly pressed against Duan Yu's neck, and a trembling male voice sounded in his ear:

"Don't move! Stand up!"

"Hand over the box under your ass!"

Duan Yu was forced to stand up and turn his head to look.

He was a homeless man, who looked excited, seemingly both afraid and expectant, his eyes fixed on the box under Duan Yu's buttocks.

This scene.

The viewers in the live stream went crazy with joy.

However, there is some consolation, since being robbed by NPCs is not uncommon.

Duan Yu looked helpless and began to explain:

"It's just a shoe-shining box."

As soon as he opened his mouth.

The homeless man became agitated, and the iron skewer in his hand was brought close to Duan Yu's neck.

Seeing this, Duan Yu quickly agreed:
"Good, good, good."

"Take it, I won't touch it."

Then they slowly retreated.

The homeless man's eyes lit up with excitement. He grabbed Duan Yu's shoe-shining toolbox and started running, glancing back every few steps, his face beaming with excitement.

Seeing this, Duan Yu couldn't help but say, "Brothers, I think I've done something wrong."

If you had startled the homeless man or resisted him, he probably would have run away immediately.

But judging from his expression now, he is clearly excited after the successful robbery.

really.

The homeless man had just run around a corner when he spotted a new target.

He waved the iron skewer in his hand excitedly.
The chaos brought about by the war was playing out in many live broadcast rooms. The situation on the European battlefield had entered a tense phase, and the heavy consequences of the war made it difficult for many people to continue watching the live broadcast.

However, some lucky lifestyle-focused livestreamers are expanding the worldview and background of 'Earth' from other perspectives.

The number of viewers in the live stream on the North African battlefield is relatively small.

There are only two or three hundred scattered live streaming rooms.

Many Allied streamers are broadcasting live from their location, 'Tobruk'.

Compared to Europe, where the environment is relatively better, Tobruk, located in Africa, naturally faces the same major problems as other African cities.

Water shortage.

Moreover, it wasn't just a lack of water; what was even more critical was that the Imperial general 'Rommel' had blocked all the city's exits with armored troops.

The siege has lasted for more than two months.

A streamer from the Allied faction was munching on hard biscuits, a food that required water to swallow, given their already dehydration.

Meanwhile, the streamers from the Imperial faction were acting on Rommel's orders.

In the cool room, he operated the machine to print leaflets to be distributed in the city, bearing Rommel's words:
“Your graves have been dug in Egypt.”

The continuous deployment over two months dealt a severe blow to the Allied forces, and many players realized that this was the so-called psychological warfare described in the [Tactics Library].

But there's no good solution.

They were unable to break out, and allied support seemed a long way off, so they could only hold out in this place of endless yellow sand.

The Empire was not only sweeping through the European theater, but also rampaging across the North African front. And just then, the Atlantic Ocean on Earth...

night.

On the Atlantic Ocean.

A convoy of more than twenty cargo ships sailed slowly under the escort of Allied forces.

On the largest of the cargo ships, Song Yang, a livestreamer who had returned to his business acumen, was imitating the other Commonwealth merchants, holding a wine glass and joining the crowd as they discussed the map.

The viewers in the live stream were also holding their breath, listening intently to their analysis.

The leading British captain raised his hand and drew an arc on an island on the map:
"Last week, a fleet encountered the Empire's wolves south of Iceland."

"Three oil tankers were torn in two by torpedoes. The Empire no longer even recognizes the flags of neutral countries. It destroys all merchant ships that are not from the Empire."

"Business is getting harder and harder. I plan to quit after this trip."

The blond captain next to him laughed and said:

"Don't worry, buddy, look at this."

He waved the newspaper in his hand as he spoke:

"Washington has softened its stance, and the U.S. Freedom Federation is preparing to expand the scope of the Lend-Lease Act."

"Starting next month, more warships and oil tankers will join the escort fleet."

A captain with a full beard sneered:

"Then you'd better pray that the Empire's steel whales don't run into us this month."

"Otherwise, we would definitely be torn to shreds by Dönitz's wolf pack."

A moment of silence fell over the crowd. The British captain, who had spoken first, took a couple of puffs of his cigar and spoke in a somewhat somber tone:
"These guys from the Empire are really good at fighting."

"I heard that Kiev has been besieged in the Soviet Union. It's the third largest city in the Soviet Union, and Moscow is just behind it."

Song Yang held his wine glass, swirling the red wine inside, listening to the captains ramble on about world affairs, while remaining silent.

But the viewers in the live stream got excited.

These NPCs are pretty good; they could be commentators.

[After all, he's a merchant; unlike NPCs on land who know nothing when asked.]

[This is hilarious! Is it because you've never been to a big city? NPCs in big cities know a thing or two.]

[Their intelligence network is quite extensive; they even knew that Kyiv was about to fall.]

[But what are those Lend-Lease Acts and Dönitz's Wolf Pack?]

['Wolfpack tactics'? ??? I think Mo Xiaomo clicked on that card during her live stream.]

[Tearing an oil tanker apart? That's a bit terrifying.]

Song Yang ignored the comments and silently started recording, watching these guys ramble on and on, preparing to edit the video later to match the 'real-time map' and upload it.

This kind of storyline that supplements the world background is bound to become a hit.

Sudden.

A piercing alarm blared throughout the convoy, accompanied by urgent announcements from the loudspeakers:
"Torpedo trajectory detected! All personnel on high alert!!!"

boom--!
A loud bang came from outside, and the flames illuminated the night sky, penetrating the glass and coming into everyone's view.

Several large characters gradually lit up the screen in front of Song Yang's eyes.

Battle of the Atlantic

On the Polestar website's real-time map, a new area has quietly lit up.

(Today's 3.8k bonus chapter + 8.5k normal update complete~ Bonus chapter for monthly tickets tomorrow!)

(End of this chapter)