The Fourth Calamity never believed in the steel torrent!

Chapter 29 The Account Banning Stick of the Authority Dog
The players controlling the two large toys were somewhat reluctant to hear Andrei's words.

They're having a great time here; it's not like they'd just agree to come out on a whim.

However, at the same time, they also saw the fuel readings in the two armored vehicles. Considering that they hadn't found much fuel when they looted the village, the two groups of players became wary.

It would be bad if they ran out of fuel because of their messing around.

Of course, another reason might be that other players are already impatient and want to call them out.

After all, there are only two vehicles in total, and they are still in the safe phase, so naturally everyone wants to try them out.

To avoid incurring public wrath and having someone sabotage them on the battlefield, both groups of players reluctantly stepped out.

As soon as the two of them ran out, new players quickly jumped into the two armored vehicles and started operating them with great enthusiasm.

"I'm truly... impressed!"

Looking at the players' expressions, Andrei was speechless for a moment.

Everything else about the players is fine, but the lack of control is really bad. These guys act entirely on their own whims and never listen to anyone else's orders!

Just as Andrei was hesitating about whether to use some force through the system to make the players come out quickly, a sudden gunshot interrupted his thoughts.

The player controlling the Peacekeeper, perhaps wanting to test the mech's firepower, started firing directly at a house behind him.

The firepower of four heavy machine guns shattered the walls of the wooden house in the blink of an eye, turning the unfortunate little hut into pieces.

It's fortunate that no soldiers had crawled into the house yet, otherwise, with this volley of gunfire, the people inside would definitely have been blown to pieces!

"Enough! Get out here right now! Who gave you permission to open fire?"

Seeing this, Andrei quickly shouted menacingly, drew his pistol, and threatened them:
"Don't fire indiscriminately on the battlefield, and don't accidentally injure friendly forces. Refusing to obey military orders, do you want to be shot?"

At the same time, the systems of these players suddenly displayed:
[Due to your actions, the favorability rating of the important NPC Andrei has begun to decrease...]

Upon seeing that the system had already indicated a decrease in favorability, the operator inside the Fearless Mech cursed the rigid plot as he quickly ran out, also cursing the incompetent team next to him.

They were truly wronged. They hadn't even had a chance to fire a shot yet; they were just about to try firing a couple of shots when their favorability rating started to drop.

It was fortunate that their favorability rating didn't drop too much, only two points in total, otherwise they would have been truly devastated.

However, the two players inside the Peacekeeper mech at the other end had a rather unusual idea.

"Damn it, this NPC Andrei is so annoying! He's always giving us orders! How could the game designers have created such a brain-dead NPC?"

One of the players couldn't help but curse, and then said to another:

"Speaking of which, how about we try to take him down?" The other player, who was acting as the gunner, nodded repeatedly. They didn't care if the game's storyline would be ruined because of this; they just wanted to see if this crazy tactic would work.

As gamers, all they need to do is enjoy the game themselves!
However, just as the two made a move and tried to attack Andrei, they found themselves forcibly kicked out of the game.

[WARNING! Due to your intention to attack important NPCs, which could severely negatively impact the gaming experience of other players, your account has been forcibly banned for 24 hours and marked with a negative record!]

If you accumulate three negative records, your game account will be forcibly deleted!

Upon seeing this dialog box, the two players who were forcibly kicked out of the game were shocked and immediately began to curse, feeling that the game's planners were truly heartless!

I don't know what's so special about that game NPC, it's practically like the game designer's favorite child! They don't even allow you to attack them!
This game is so restrictive, I give it a bad review!
Meanwhile, seeing the system display that two players had been banned for 24 hours, Andrei breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, just when these players saw the mechs and started to disobey commands, Andrei suddenly thought of this patch.

When the Fourth Calamity goes berserk, nothing is surprising. Who can guarantee that the players they summon won't attack them?

So Andrei didn't hesitate to release a patch that would ban any player who showed any intention to attack him for 24 hours, and ban them completely if they still showed such intentions!

Although he knew that implementing such a domineering punishment in the game just to protect an NPC would naturally cause dissatisfaction among many players.

But it doesn’t matter!
This game designer isn't in it for the sake of sales; he's just trying to get players to fight for him and work for him!
If you don't want to play, then don't play! There are plenty of other players who are willing to play! Andrei won't tolerate these players!

However, despite this, he did not set any rules that required players to obey his orders or otherwise get their accounts banned.

Players come to play games to have fun, not to be played by the game. If the game completely turns players into puppets, then those players will just quit, and the game will be in trouble.

However, Andrei really doesn't know what happens to players after their accounts are banned.

Thinking of this, he leaned over for a look and was surprised to find that the two banned players had vanished into thin air, as if they had never existed at all.

Meanwhile, the Cambrian soldiers beside him behaved extremely strangely, as if the incident of the player losing control had never happened, showing none of the shock and anger the player displayed when firing the mech.

It felt as if all their memories of this period had been erased, as if the dilapidated house next door had always been like this, and had not been caused by the player firing.

Looking at his companions' behavior, Andrei couldn't help but feel a little surprised. He suddenly wondered if the world he was in was real.

Could it be that he actually transmigrated into the game world, but is just a conscious NPC?
However, he only thought about the question for a moment before dismissing the doubt from his mind.

Thinking about these things now is useless; these kinds of philosophical questions are not something he should be thinking about right now.

To put it bluntly, even in the real world, who knows if they aren't an NPC in a giant game?

Instead of wasting time thinking about these questions, you should be figuring out how to survive in this messed-up world! Bullets on the battlefield don't care about philosophical questions!
(End of this chapter)