What do you mean the games you make are all real?!

Inside the Deep Blue Technology Company building, the developer of the Yan Kingdom's "Battlefield Vanguard," the lights were still on even though it was night.

Ma Jiyuan, the publicly acknowledged president of DeepBlue Technology, was frowning as he looked at the data on the computer in front of him. This was the first time since the launch of "Battlefield Vanguard" that the number of online players had dropped sharply for three consecutive days in China.

"Colonel Lu, the number of online players on Battlefield Vanguard has been declining for three consecutive days. Shouldn't we take some measures?" Ma Jiyuan turned to a middle-aged man in military uniform next to him and asked.

That was the liaison between the military and Deep Blue Technology Company; all firearms information and decisions were conveyed by this colonel named Lu Fuyun.

"Why take measures?" Colonel Lu Fuyun asked rhetorically.

Ma Jiyuan was taken aback and said, "Aren't we about to go to war with Japan? Isn't the Battlefield Vanguard a training ground? If they stop using Battlefield Vanguard, how are we supposed to train our troops?"

"Who told you that battlefield vanguard is a training ground for ordinary people?" Lu Fuyun turned around and looked at Ma Jiyuan, his expression serious.

Ma Jiyuan was stunned.

As the head of DeepBlue Technology, he understands the true purpose behind the game "Battlefield Vanguard" better than anyone else.

The military provided weapon data, tank parameters, ballistic models, and even scanned real battlefield terrain into the game; it wasn't meant to be an anti-war game for ordinary people to kill time.

The version of Battlefield Vanguard currently available on the market is a watered-down version. The version used for military training has 100% pain simulation and is actually used as a training tool for soldiers.

The stripped-down version of Battlefield Vanguard on the market is designed to recruit talented individuals into the army.

In the past two years, the conflict between Yan and its neighboring country Fusang has become increasingly intense, and the two sides have begun to engage in an arms race in secret.

If war were to break out, the millions of veteran players of Battlefield Vanguard would be a ready-made reserve of troops, ready to be deployed directly to the battlefield.

But now, this army colonel, who directly represents the military, has personally denied all of this.

Lu Fuyun walked to the huge floor-to-ceiling window, gazing at the city lights that still shone brightly in the dead of night, his eyes deep and unfathomable.

"Mr. Ma, you overestimate ordinary people and underestimate real war."

"When the war actually starts, sending a bunch of people who play games to the battlefield is no different from sending them straight to the slaughterhouse."

Ma Jiyuan's throat bobbed as he struggled to speak: "Then... what exactly is 'Battlefield Vanguard'...?"

"It's just a system for simulating tactical training for special forces and front-line combat units. War is a very professional matter, and professional matters should be left to professionals, not to civilians who have only handled guns in games!" Lu Fuyun said decisively.

"But... if the daily active users of Battlefield Vanguard continue to decline, our profits will also be affected, and the development progress of those new weapons will definitely slow down..." Ma Jiyuan continued.

Battlefield Vanguard, as a phenomenal game, naturally has an incredibly high earning power, but this money didn't go into Ma Jiyuan's pocket. The largest shareholder of Deep Blue Technology is the military.

Besides selecting talented individuals and using it for soldiers' daily training, the biggest use of Battlefield Vanguard is making money.

Due to its long-standing peace propaganda, the government is unlikely to openly increase military spending or expand its army. However, with its meager military budget, it is impossible to engage in an arms race with other countries.

The problem of money could only be solved by the military itself, so someone suggested making a game to make money. That's how Battlefield Vanguard was born. With smooth sailing and excellent quality, it has established its current status.

Most of the money earned from Battlefield Vanguard was invested in the research and development of new weapons, new rifles, new tanks, and new aircraft.

Other countries, seeing the money-making potential of Battlefield Vanguard, naturally began developing their own versions. In this kind of thing, there's no question of plagiarism.

However, in order to avoid a complete breakdown in relations, other countries continued to use the name "Battlefield Vanguard" and even shared information on some firearms and tanks.

After all, everyone has started developing new weapons, and these old weapons will eventually be phased out, but the "Battlefield Vanguard" games of each country can only stay in their own country.

However, developing new weapons is too expensive, so they can only produce some prototypes first, preparing to launch Battlefield Vanguard 2, making money while testing these new weapons.

But no one expected that before Battlefield 2 was even released, a new game appeared on the market and snatched away a large number of players.

"Don't worry too much. No matter how popular Resident Evil is, it's still a single-player game. After a while, once all the players have finished it, they'll return to Battlefield. Besides, Resident Evil isn't blocked in China, so it can be played in other countries. If we're affected, Battlefield in other countries will definitely be affected too."

"And who knows, we might even have a collaboration with Miteng Company in the future," Lu Fuyun said.

"Cooperation? What do you mean?" Ma Jiyuan was stunned once again.

Lu Fuyun pulled a pistol from his waist and handed it to Ma Jiyuan, saying, "This is a replica of the initial firearm from Resident Evil."

When Ma Jiyuan took the pistol, his first impression was that it was light, lighter than any other pistol he had ever handled.

"This is quite different from the firearms we are researching now. In the past, we used wood and steel to make firearms. These materials made the guns very heavy and not resistant to corrosion. We also used a lot of immature stamped parts and assembled them by hand. Each gun may have slight differences."

"The firearms we are currently developing use steel and bakelite, making them more durable and lighter. Moreover, the stamping technology is now mature, allowing for large-scale standardized production and more stable tolerance control."

"But the guns in Resident Evil are different. They are made of high-strength aluminum alloy, polymer and carbon fiber, which are lighter, more corrosion-resistant and more suitable for extreme environments. They also do not use stamping technology, but adopt a more advanced technology with extremely high precision."

"We analyzed the modeling data in the game and found that we cannot currently replicate this manufacturing process."

"We are very interested in this technology, and we are also very interested in those monsters called zombies. We are currently mainly developing firearms, but according to reliable intelligence, Japan's main research direction is not firearms, but biological weapons."

"Moreover, the progress may be faster than we imagined. We might even develop such monsters in the future, so we need to prepare in advance."

"Shall we go and cooperate with Miteng Company now?" Ma Jiyuan asked.

"No, Miteng Company is very strange right now. How can a game company that is about to go bankrupt have so much technology? There must be other people behind this." Lu Fuyun shook his head.

"We can't alert them now. We should wait until we've investigated who's behind Mi Teng before we start discussing cooperation."

Just then, the office door was suddenly pushed open.

"What's going on! Don't you know how to knock before coming in?!" Ma Jiyuan turned his head and saw his secretary standing at the door, panting.

"Boss... look at the forums... look at the game forums..." the secretary said breathlessly.

Seeing his secretary's anxious look, Ma Jiyuan knew something was wrong. He quickly opened the game forum and was immediately drawn to a post.

The post is titled "Things in games might actually be real."

There was a video in that post showing Liao Yunkai, a newly popular livestreamer with millions of followers, making a cut on the back of his hand, spraying it with a spray, and the wound on the back of his hand quickly healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.