The Wallfacer: Everyone wants to break through my wall.

The caliber of the cannons they carried kept getting larger and larger, even reaching an astonishing 460mm.

"Then came the era of aircraft carriers, where aircraft would strike warships from above, targeting their thin decks. At this point, the armor of warships became less important, and warships placed greater emphasis on maneuverability and stealth."

"Aircraft carriers are not as armored as battleships, but that does not mean that their combat power is weaker than those warships. Aircraft carriers completely overwhelm them. Other warships may be destroyed before they even know who the enemy is or where the enemy is."

"The same applies if the battlefield is moved to space. Different technologies mean different combat modes. The Trisolarans are far ahead of us in terms of technology. With our current tactical thinking, humanity might suffer a great loss."

After hearing Lin Feng's reasoning, the representatives from various countries in the venue quieted down considerably. They were well aware of what Lin Feng was saying, but they simply had no way to resolve it.

The basic materials were locked by the Trisolarans, and all they knew was that the Trisolarans were very strong, but they had no idea how strong they were.

This is why the Wallfacer Project came about; the gap was too large, and countries were hoping to bridge it through other means.

The Japanese representative questioned, "Why should players be able to solve such problems? They're not tactical geniuses."

"Their advantage lies in their youth, their innovative thinking, and their willingness to act," Lin Feng replied.

In fact, Lin Feng didn't care about any of that. His goal was to confuse ETO by proposing a few seemingly plausible but ultimately flawed plans to keep ETO busy and reduce the pressure on Stock's side.

The plan to form a player fleet will be approved first, and then ETO will be distracted.

As for whether the PDC will actually be implemented, or how well it will be implemented, Lin Feng doesn't care, because this is just a product of distracting ETO's attention.

“Wallfacer Feng Taylor, since you think so highly of them, then prove it to us, shall we?” the Spanish representative said.

Upon hearing Lin Feng mention the fleet, the Spanish representative recalled the sarcastic remarks Lin Feng had made to him and deliberately tried to trip him up.

Lin Feng raised an eyebrow and asked, "How do you prove it?"

The Spanish representative said, "SG Company responded to your request and developed that space game, which allows players and current military personnel to engage in a space war."

"Only the victor has the right to speak."

“Right now? Players lack proper military training,” Lin Feng said.

The Spanish representative replied sarcastically, "They can make up for it with their imagination. Since they have such a brilliant imagination and dare to think and act, then let's show it to them."

After the meeting, Lin Feng approached Knight William and recounted everything that had happened, emphasizing the simulated space war between the players and the military.

“William, that’s how it is.”

William felt nothing, only a headache.

"Ah... why do you think those players can beat properly trained soldiers? Their organization is extremely poor."

Gamer vs. Regular Soldier?

What a joke! They have received proper military training. How could those half-baked players possibly compete with them?

Can a mob stand against an army?

Lin Feng waved his hand dismissively, "What does it matter? Let's have a fight. Don't tell those players that they're fighting soldiers. Lie to them that it's a newly developed intelligent AI, an event boss fleet, and that all players are forced to participate. If they lose the event war, their game accounts will be permanently deleted."

"If they win, they will have their own spaceships."

Lin Feng and William thought the same thing: the players were unlikely to win against the military fleet.

Players who lack organization and discipline will still create chaos even if they work together.

But so what? His goal was to distract ETO. Lin Feng didn't care at all whether the player-made fleet could defeat the military fleet.

However, Lin Feng wasn't entirely pessimistic about the player base. The player base had many creative ideas, and even if they couldn't defeat the military, they could still annoy them. If this could change some of the military's strategic thinking, it wouldn't be so easy for Waterdrop to achieve 2,000 shots in the future.

The news spread from SG's announcement to all players, causing an uproar in the player community, with various forums discussing this big news.

"Have you heard? SG Company has a new event going on, and they're really going all out."

"The forum has been in an uproar for a long time. Even the big shots who had been lurking have come out. My God."

"All fleets are recruiting new personnel on a large scale, preparing for a do-or-die battle against the event boss fleet."

"There's nothing we can do. SG Company has gone mad and decided to punish us by canceling accounts."

"The company doesn't exist to make a profit. It's said that they're testing the tactical sensitivity of military AI to prepare for future space battles with the Trisolarans."

"Hooray, I'm so excited! I'll accept losing the event and having my account deleted. I will never miss such an unprecedented event."

Some players were excited, some were hesitant, and some were truly prepared for a do-or-die battle, but none were afraid, because they knew that this was not fighting the real military, but only military AI.

They might be afraid of the army, but they can easily defeat game bosses!

Chapter 74 Player Meeting

[Announcement Reminder: Participants must win using methods that strictly adhere to the rules of real-world physics. Any victory obtained by exploiting game bugs will be considered cheating and the player will be automatically disqualified.]

[Announcement Reminder: During the event, participants who die will be unable to enter the event area. Players are urged to cherish their lives and protect themselves during the event.]

[Announcement Reminder: During the event, existing player IDs will be removed from the game display. Friendly fire between players in a party will no longer be counted as no damage. Please be cautious of attacks from your own teammates.]

……

One announcement after another appeared in the players' field of vision, like chains binding their hands and feet.

In summary, the key point is that victory in virtual warfare must be based on realism.

On the tenth day after the players received the news, someone organized a conference for the players.

The participants in the conference were millions of players in the game, and for the sake of ease of communication, most players could only participate in the conference in silence.

Only the commanders-in-chief of each fleet were allowed to speak at the meeting.

"The first player meeting is now beginning."

The commander-in-chief of the Madman Fleet, the largest and most populous fleet in the game, announced the start of the conference.

"The war will begin in a month. We only have one month. What do you all think we should do?"

The Madman Under the Moon looked at the hundreds of other fleet commanders present and asked.

"That goes without saying, of course we fight! Whoever chickens out gets out!"

The hot-tempered commander of the waaaaa fleet, Mang Mang Mang, immediately responded, but this earned him a roll of eyes from the others.

If things were that simple, they wouldn't need to gather here.

"If we go head-to-head, we'll most likely lose. Those are warships designed by engineers from various countries. Their protection, weapons, and all kinds of equipment are several times better than our warships that we built ourselves," said the Madman Under the Moon.

"In addition to the need for coordinated and unified command and discipline, I don't think we have much of a chance of winning in a head-on confrontation."

Fleet commanders who are capable of directing other players in battle are ultimately a minority; those who recklessly charge into battle are few and far between. Most commanders plan everything in advance.

“We can redesign our weapons by modeling them after the military’s warships.”

This suggestion was made, but it was quickly refuted.

"Easier said than done. Those are all military secrets that haven't been made public yet. How are we supposed to handle them?"

Military secrets are not so easy to obtain. Players are just players, not spies. Even if someone clamors to hack into government computers and take a look at the military's warship blueprints, it's just talk. No one actually dares to do it.

At this point, the second largest fleet of cute rabbits in the game, Pink Rabbit, raised a few other points that he was more concerned about.

"We can find a way to solve the issues with weapons and warships, but the problem is that friend or foe identification is a troublesome matter. The announcement makes it very clear that, in order to be closer to reality, game IDs will be blocked, and friendly ships in a team can also inflict damage on their comrades."

"This means that the old way of fighting, which used IDs to search for and lock onto enemies in space, will no longer be feasible, and in order to avoid harming comrades, people can no longer fire indiscriminately as before."

Someone added: "The system channel will also be shut down, supposedly because it's not realistic."

Without the assistance of the game system, the player's combat power is significantly reduced.

In the game, players can easily find and lock onto the enemy fleet by using that long string of brightly colored game IDs.

Accidentally hitting a friendly warship will also be counted as an unparalleled attack; the fleet's communication is real-time and smooth.

Without these, it's as if a player has lost a wing.

"Damn planner! If my account gets deleted, I'll find his house and kill him as a sacrifice!" Mang Mang Mang shouted angrily.

Everyone naturally ignored this oddball and continued the discussion.

“We can try to solve it with radio; that’s what real space fleets do,” someone suggested.

The pink bunny retorted, "Design a fully functional radio communication system and its accompanying military commands in just one month? Are you kidding me! And fire control radar? Has anyone ever designed a fire control radar that doesn't rely on player IDs?"

The pink bunny's question went unanswered; everyone looked at each other, hoping someone could offer a good solution.

Finally, it was Moonlight Madman who spoke up, "We can try to ask the official for help. They've reduced our players' combat advantage so much, they have to give us some compensation, otherwise this event war can't be fought at all."

The pink bunny added, "By the way, could you please tell the official team that the event boss fleet should also be realistic? It can't just be us being realistic while the event boss fleet gets special privileges. If we're going to be realistic, then everyone should be realistic."

"Ah."

The Madman Under the Moon nodded.

The pink bunny added, "In terms of numbers, we don't have any advantage. The number of players in the event is equal to the number of warships the event boss has. Our equipment is already lagging behind, and if we can't gain an advantage in strategic deployment, our chances of winning are still not high."

"Strategic deployment? Military AI is designed by the military, and it certainly knows more about military theory than we do. This is our weakness, and we can't compete with it."

The group was not very optimistic about Pink Rabbit's suggestion. They were confident that even real soldiers could not beat them in a contest of brute force, but they were not so confident in a contest of tactics and strategy.

The pink bunny shook its head. "No, I don't think so. The inherent military theories are actually a weakness that can be exploited. I think that starting from this point might increase our chances of winning."

"Unconventional approaches: Before military AI is deployed in games, it must have undergone simple tests by the military. The AI ​​perfectly handled various military theory tests, which is why the military pursues more complex tests to further understand the limits of the AI's capabilities."

"Even if the event war is more realistic and our players are significantly weakened, it doesn't mean we don't have our own advantages."

……

"Do we need to approve players' requests for help?"

Upon receiving the plea for help from the Madman Under the Moon, Knight William was unsure of what to do and could only consult Lin Feng via communication, because the people involved in this matter were on a completely different level from him.

Just then, Lin Feng was holding a meeting with PDC, and the topic of the meeting was the battle between the players and the Space Force.

Clearly, high-ranking officials at the United Nations have also taken an interest in this virtual war between the players and the Space Force.

"Don't ask me. In this virtual war, my word doesn't count. Only the PDC's word matters."

Lin Feng smiled and connected the communication line to the PDC. Knight William then relayed the player, Moonlight Madman's, plea for help to the representatives of various countries.

"Players' equipment is all handcrafted, and it can't compare in performance to warships designed by elites from various countries. If communication between them and their companions is also cut off, then there's no point in comparing them," the Chinese representative said.

The U.S. representative then said, "Giving them military radio equipment and radar is not enough to force our space fleet to resort to such methods to gain an advantage."

The Space Force is, after all, a regular army. Players, due to the requirement of 'realistic fit,' have their combat power reduced. Various weapons, equipment, and warship designs cannot compare to the designs provided by elites from various countries based on precise data.

They're just a bunch of people who haven't had any systematic military training, and now the Space Force is taking advantage of these players' inferior communication equipment.