"Uh……"
Lin Feng was stunned for a moment, unsure how to react.
When did he lie?
He really didn't think the players could win!
A group of players without military training versus a space force from various countries specifically designed to counter future Trisolaran training—it's obvious the latter will win!
Even if Lin Feng doesn't understand military affairs, he can still tell who is stronger!
The German representative instructed Knight Wilhelm to deploy one of the player's fleets, a fleet anchored in the asteroid belt between Saturn and Jupiter.
The fleet is continuously mining the surrounding meteorite resources and transporting them to the largest warship in the fleet.
The German representative said, "Look here, everyone. This fleet has been moving in the exact opposite direction from the front lines from the very beginning. At first, I didn't understand what this player fleet was planning to do until they started mining asteroid resources. That's when I realized the true intentions of the players."
"This fleet has no combat capability. It is probably equipped with various rough and fine processing production lines. The largest ship that is constantly rotating should be their shipyard."
"At the same time, I also contacted the president of SG Company and asked to see the orders of the player's fleet commander. I found that the orders of the player's fleet commander were mostly to prioritize the preservation of the player's life, and the warships were abandoned without hesitation."
"Then I checked the casualty report of the initial probing engagement again. Although the player fleet lost two ships, no one was killed, while the space force lost seven ships and seven people were killed."
Representatives from various countries all looked as if they had just realized something.
This brings us to the victory conditions of this virtual game: only when one side is completely eliminated can they achieve final victory.
Of course, if it is a deliberate avoidance of battle, the PDC will decide the outcome.
"German representative, do you mean that the player's strategy is to achieve final victory by depleting the Space Force's manpower?!" The Spanish representative looked astonished; he had never imagined that space warfare could be fought in this way.
In this virtual war, the key element is people. Warships can be rebuilt, but the number of people dwindles with each battle. To simulate a real-world environment, participants are not allowed to revive.
"Now it depends on whether the Space Force can notice this. Feng Taylor noticed this earlier than I did. I guess that's why he didn't respond to certain people before, because he wanted to see them make a fool of themselves after this virtual war."
The German representative's gaze fell on Lin Feng, and the other representatives followed suit, looking at Lin Feng with eyes that clearly said—you're really ruthless, trying to slap us in the face with facts!
Lin Feng wanted to explain something, but when the words reached his lips, he didn't know how to explain.
He couldn't tell everyone that he brought up the player fleet proposal in order to attract the attention of ETO and alleviate the pressure on the virtual education side.
Chapter 77 waaaaa!
After thinking for a while, Lin Feng coughed and said, "German representative, let's focus on the battle situation. The Space Force has found the weakness of the Aegis ships and formulated a countermeasure. The players only have some industrial and logistical support. Overall, the Space Force has a better chance of winning, after all, they are well-trained soldiers."
Lin Feng didn't realize how inappropriate it was for him to say those words.
If it were someone else, the representatives from various countries might not have felt anything, but when Lin Feng, the one who proposed the 'player fleet,' said it, it sounded like he was mocking them, saying that their space force, which they had built at great expense, couldn't even beat a group of game players.
Considering that Lin Feng had never opposed demands like 'closer to reality' that would reduce players' combat power, the irony felt by various countries was even greater.
Look, my people have been weakened so much, and your space force still can't win. Isn't that just too useless?
The representatives from various countries did not look too good. They had all contributed to the development of the Space Force. To be looked down upon like this meant that they had all misjudged the situation and all their resources had been wasted.
In the game, after several simple probing attacks, the Space Force decided to launch a full-scale offensive, first tearing a gap in the player's battle line by breaking through a few points, and then dividing and encircling the player's various fleets.
The Space Force's crossfire tactic dealt a heavy blow to the player fleets. Shells came from multiple directions, and if it weren't for the sufficient distance to reduce the hit rate of the Space Force's electromagnetic cannons, several player fleets would have been wiped out in an instant.
These player fleets wanted to retreat, but they were relentlessly pursued by the Space Force fleet. This time, unlike the previous probing attacks, the Space Force had been given the order for a general offensive.
Faced with the metal powder released by the players, several fleets of the Space Force chose to enter without hesitation.
"After entering the area of metal powder, use signal lights to communicate in Morse code and maintain contact between the warships."
Metal powder can interfere with radio communications, making them intermittent, but it cannot block the propagation of visible light. The space force fleet can use naval commands to complete military orders without relying on radio communications.
"The shield ships are no longer effective!"
"Abandon the warships and preserve our manpower! Switch our warships to remote control mode! Provide cover for our withdrawal!"
The players in these fleets abandoned their fleets and entered the bounce pods to escape to the rear. From inside the bounce pods, the players used radio to remotely control their warships to rush towards the enemy and set up automatic firing to create the illusion that the players had not escaped.
Meanwhile, players from these fleets sent out requests for help and warnings to other player fleets.
"SOS! We can't hold out! The Aegis ships are no longer effective!"
“These players have given up, we’ll take them.”
"game over."
Upon seeing the player fleet turn and charge towards them, the Space Force's various temporary fleets issued a salvo order without hesitation.
A large number of player-owned warships were destroyed. The extreme design meant excellence in one aspect and weakness in others. The gunboats that focused too much on attack were easily destroyed.
The remaining shield ships were placed at the rear by the temporary fleet and slowly destroyed by concentrated fire.
"The radar shows that a batch of things were launched from these player fleets, heading away from us. Let's see what those things are."
"They are some metallic objects that look like cannonballs, but they are much slower than the previous cannonballs."
The Space Force naturally noticed the bounce pods that players were using to evacuate the battlefield, but the temporary fleet couldn't hit these things with either electromagnetic cannons or laser cannons.
Moreover, they look just like electromagnetic projectiles, no different from other projectiles on the battlefield.
Why were they firing these shells in a direction far from the battlefield?
No one in the Space Force could offer any answers; it was really asking these military personnel to understand the unconventional ideas of a group of gamers.
"Keep pushing forward. No matter what those players' motives are, we will wipe them out completely."
Minor doubts will not stop the Space Force's all-out offensive; the players' battle lines are constantly retreating.
The combination of gunboats and shield-bearing ships only accounts for a portion of the player's total fleet. Since it is unknown which fleet mode is best suited to deal with the boss, players have chosen the fleet mode that they believe can deal with the boss.
The fleet that went to mine in the asteroid belt was one of them.
"How could you be wiped out so quickly? Four fleets destroyed in such a short time! Were you deliberately putting us through this?"
The fleet, hiding in the asteroid belt and playing logistics, was cursing as they received the escaped ejection pods.
"We can't hold them off! That military AI is too intelligent; it knows how to utilize the three-dimensional battlefield environment, and the Aegis ships simply can't defend against it!"
"Yes, the Aegis-equipped ships are now useless!"
Some players became anxious, as the loss of several fleets at once meant a major gap had appeared on the entire battlefront.
"This is bad! The breach has been opened here, and the battle line will not be able to hold!"
"Don't worry about that, the waaaaa fleet is on its way there," someone in the ejection pod replied.
Upon hearing this, a commotion broke out on the radio channel.
"Can they do it?"
"How are you going to get them to fill the gap? I'd be even more worried if they went!"
The person in the ejection pod replied, "They are the closest to us, which is unavoidable. To defeat a military AI fleet, you need to be unconventional. I feel they can take down many of the event boss's warships, so let them try."
"Give it a try? I think it's better to just let it pass by!"
After eliminating several player fleets, the temporary fleets advanced gradually, covering each other and cautiously guarding against the appearance of player fleets.
"Player fleet detected, coordinates [076, 373, 021]".
"The detectors show that this fleet does not have any shield ships, and its speed is several times faster than the warships we encountered before. The design of this player fleet may focus on the warships' propulsion systems."
"It may just be a slight difference in appearance. To be on the safe side, we will continue to use crossfire, bypassing the front warships and prioritizing the destruction of the enemy fleet's rear warships."
The makeshift fleet opened fire first, with electromagnetic cannons firing across long range. The player fleet's warships were destroyed one by one, as easily as bombs that explode at the slightest touch.
Before long, the player fleet was completely wiped out by the temporary fleet.
Was this battle too easy?
"Space warfare, like naval warfare, is extremely dependent on equipment; willpower alone cannot overcome steel and cannonballs."
Despite their doubts, with the final offensive imminent, the various temporary fleets couldn't afford to worry about such things and continued to advance the battle lines.
As they traversed the vast expanse of player warship wreckage stretching for hundreds of thousands of kilometers, a group of people clad in enclosed outer armor boarded the temporary fleet's outer armor.
Chapter 78 I didn't intend to say these things
These people, clad in enclosed outer armor, had strong magnets on their feet, allowing them to firmly adhere to the exterior of the temporary fleet's ships. They went undetected because the wreckage area was already filled with various debris flying everywhere.
If the radar cannot selectively filter out the targets that need to be monitored, then the alarms inside the warship will have to go off 24 hours a day.
For this reason, players were classified as space debris and evaded radar detection; they were too small, even smaller than some pieces of space.
The commander of the Waaaaa fleet, Mang Mang Mang, was walking outside one of the warships in the temporary fleet.
The warship was huge, and the people attached to it seemed so insignificant.
"This is about it."
He stopped at a certain place, muttering to himself as he took out a semi-circular object from the metal backpack he was carrying, which was about half his height.
Pressed onto the outer armor of the warship, and utilizing the cold welding phenomenon in space, the semi-circular object quickly merged with the outer armor.
Mang Mang then moved on to the next location and repeated the same operation.
After installing twenty, Mang Mang Mang finally managed to use the radio to transmit information to his companions.
"Everyone, I'm ready. Anyone who isn't ready, please report."
There was no answer, only silence.
It's no wonder they're being so cautious; they're unsure whether military AI can detect their presence via radio, since it belongs to the military.
This precaution, by sheer luck, fooled the soldiers of several temporary fleets. If undecipherable radio messages were to appear frequently on the receivable channels, it would have alerted them.
"It seems everything is ready."
Beneath the visor of his outer armor, Mang Mang forced a smile. He deactivated the magnetism of his magnetic boots, detached himself from the warship, and was soon thrown several kilometers away by the accelerating warship. He took the empty metal backpack from his back, crawled inside, and pressed the detonation switch.
At the same time, he broadcasted radio messages to his companions.
"Detonate! For Waaaaa!"
A series of massive explosions occurred in the makeshift fleet that was traversing the player's warship wreckage area.
Several fleets were wiped out without even knowing how they died.
Meanwhile, there was also an uproar at PDC.
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