This Game is Too Real

  The afternoon sun shines on the quiet defense area 06, and today is as sunny as ever.

  Li Shudong, who was patrolling the position, tightened the oxygen tank on his back, looked at the gray sky above his head again, and thought that it would be good if there was a rain.

  Although it can't get rid of the breathless musty smell, it can at least make the air look cleaner.

  He is a soldier of the First Corps, and he joined the army only a few years ago. Although the day when the wave broke out was getting closer and closer, he didn't have much fear in his heart, instead he had a glimmer of expectation.

   I heard that after the wave is over, the First Corps will be restructured into the First Army of the Alliance, which will be divided according to the organization of the People's Federation era. If he could make a contribution in this battle, he might be able to be a squad leader or platoon leader by then.

   Fighting against a group of mindless aliens is always easier than fighting against the Willanters.

   At least in theory.

   Just as he was thinking this in his mind, there was a long-drawn "beep" from the direction of the back of his head.

  He turned his head subconsciously, but happened to see a huge horn protruding from a window on a wall of a building not far away. To be precise, it is not one, but a string.

  Dozens of large and small speakers are dotted on the wall like creepers, facing the direction of the city center.

   Just when he was confused about what it was for, the string of speakers seemed to have completed the sound test and finally opened their voices.

  The people's language with a correct accent floated out of the string of speakers. What seemed to be the "Daily Survivor"?

   It wasn't just Li Shudong who was stunned, Wang Dashan who was standing next to him was also stunned.

  Why did the news suddenly appear? "

"have no idea"

  Usually, the news is played in the cafeteria when meals are served, but this is the first time it is played on the front line.

   "What is this for?"

   "Is the connection in the logistics department wrong?"

   "Who is going to ask?

  A group of soldiers exchanged looks at each other.

   At this time, their captain came over and coughed.

   "Go back to your positions, don't whisper here." Seeing the captain approaching, Li Shudong quickly gave a military salute.

   "Report! There seems to be something wrong with the radio on the field!" As if guessing that someone would mention this, the captain said concisely.

   "Don't worry, there is nothing wrong with the broadcast. This is a new tactic developed by the shelter against the wave. During the meeting yesterday, the superior

   specifically explained this to us, let them broadcast it.

  The operation was code-named "Bodyguard," as were the building and the station.

  According to the judgment of the army command, this year's wave is very likely to launch an offensive from an unexpected direction, and the defense line originally designed according to the concentration of the spore cloud is very likely to be bypassed.

  In order to regain the initiative on the battlefield, they need to use the mother’s misunderstanding of humans to create a false weak point in the middle of the left line of defense as a bait.

  Although he didn't know how the trumpets were used as bait, after all, it was the idea of ​​the residents of the refuge, and he still believed it.

  If the plan goes well, the main force of the slime mold will be pinned to the No. 06 defense line, and the alliance can concentrate its forces to deal a severe blow to the wave that penetrates deep into our side. …

  Several soldiers looked at each other, their faces were full of bewilderment, even the veterans who came down from the battlefield in Luoxia Province were the same, they all had expressions that had never seen the world.

   New.Tactical? What kind of tactic is this?

  The news of the Survivor Daily was played for half an hour, and the newspaper was read for another half an hour, but soon there was nothing to put.

  Standing next to the radio station, a group of unprepared players started worrying.

  Looking back at everyone behind him, Luo Yu scratched

   head.

   "What's next?

  Everyone looked at each other and suggested a fight.

   "Weather forecast?

  C There are really mosquitoes turning over

   Rolling eyes.

   "There are no weather satellites. What the **** is the forecast? Do you want to play it in a loop?"

  Fang Chang shook his head.

   "It's best not to, if it's Renlian language, it's easy to see the flaws. Hey, I almost forgot, we can broadcast things in reality!

  Old Bai scratched the back of his head and suggested, "Then broadcast the real-life news broadcast?"

   Luo Yu's eyes lit up.

   "That's a good idea."

  Fang Chang coughed lightly.

   "Open your minds a bit. It doesn't have to be news. You can play cross talk, sketches, and music. As long as it's something that West Asia can't analyze and can't find the rules."

  Mole scratched the back of his head, always feeling that this plan was unreliable, but he couldn't think of a better way.

  "Then it will regard this place as our brood? Is it too simple.

  Fang Chang shook his head and said.

   "Of course this is not enough, we need to

   It is not difficult to adjust the deployment of troops when it is launched, or to launch a sheep attack on the area outside the defense line. We only need to make it believe that we have found the law, and our battle will be successful.

  Finally understood this sentence, he grinned while paddling, and picked up the rifle that was put aside.

   "Understood, leave the sheep attack to our Death Corps!" Mosquito also laughed.

   "Leave the singing to me! I'm good at this job!"

   Seeing this guy pretending to be aggressive, Luo Yu couldn't help but rolled his eyes.

   "Fuck you, don't send your allies away with your drake voice."

  Ye Shi: "Hahahaha!

  The room was full of joy, even the expressionless gust couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, only the offended mosquito had a displeased expression on his face.

   "Cut, look down on Lao Tzu's natural voice, don't you, I must show you a hand today!

   After finishing speaking, Mosquito reached out and snatched the microphone on the radio, and Luo Yu didn't stop him when he saw this, and even adjusted the recording on the radio to live broadcast for him with a smile.

  Eh?

   "It's okay Xiaoyu, this guy wants to show off so much, let him show off!"

  The scene was quiet for a while.

  Everyone is waiting for Mosquito to speak.

   After brewing for a moment, Mosquito coughed and cleared his throat vigorously.

   "Ahem!"

   Emotions are brewing in place, and it is almost time to start singing. However, something embarrassing happened.

  Although he decided to show off, he didn't even think about singing well.

  But with the microphone in his hand, his eyes were looking at him again. If he didn’t sing something, he really couldn’t get off the stage. …

   Facing the quiet room, Mosquito looked embarrassed, his toes gripping the ground tightly.

  It wasn't until just now that he realized that the radio station was not facing a dozen people, but hundreds of thousands.

   As far as the power of the row of speakers outside is concerned, everyone in Boulder City might be able to hear his cough!

  It doesn't matter what the NPC thinks.

  But the key is that there must be a dog, who recorded his singing voice and put it on the Internet.

  If this is revealed, how can you brag? Sweat broke out on his forehead.

   At this moment, a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in his mind, and he had an idea in an instant.

   What should I do if I am embarrassed?

   Just play something more embarrassing!

  “Let’s bring you a song by my favorite singer

   Famous song!

  Taking a deep breath, the person who spoke raised his hand like a skilled woodworker raised the saw blade resting on the violin.

   "Just because-"

   Before he could fully open his singing voice, he just uttered two words when he was pushed down by the crowd and snatched the microphone away.

   "Okay, okay, I believe you can sing!"

   "Forget the mosquito! Brother Mosquito!"

   "Forget me please stop singing!"

  Watching several strength-type animals **** his microphone and put him outside the door, the mosquitoes kept howling.

   "Let go of me! I can still sing! Let me finish singing!"

  Looking at the figure that disappeared outside the door, Fang Chang silently withdrew his gaze and coughed lightly.

   Play some normal music. Luo Yu nodded in agreement.

"1."

  After a whole afternoon of tossing around, the field radio station code-named "Bodyguard" finally got on the right track.

  In fact, it is a battlefield radio station. This thing has actually become a song-ordering platform for sand players.

  The process of ordering songs is very simple.

  Leave a message in the corresponding post on the official website, and you can put your favorite songs into the playlist.

   It is also convenient to log in to the official website now, no need to go offline, just open the VM within the signal coverage area. It is not difficult to synchronize the data in reality to the game, and it can also be done with a VM.

   At the beginning, the songs played on the radio station were relatively normal.

   There are lonely heroes that children like, and there are anti-war stories that old uncles and aunts love to hear.

   There are also some popular BGMs of Xingyin, such as the Berlin Air Defense Tower and I Play Mud in the Northeast.

   But two days passed, and most of the popular songs were played once, and everyone was almost tired of listening to them, and really couldn't think of any new tricks.

  Actually, apart from Fang Chang and Brother Quanshui who are still acting seriously, most players have almost forgotten what this bodyguard operation is about.

  So a wholesome guy came out and stuffed some weird things in the playlist.

   Like "My Little Pony".

   Another example is "igotske" or something.

   One second the radio was still yelling at Nignig, and the next second Rick Five was playing.

  The players squatting behind the machine guns held their stomachs and laughed out of breath, and followed the rhythm of the music to the edge of the outside attendance

  The water almost didn't tame the expression on his face.

  The NPCs listened with gusto. The key is that they couldn't understand the lyrics, they just thought it was rhythmic, and even hummed along with the brisk beat. …

  The "Bodyguard" operation has only started three days, and the effect of this deception operation has not yet been seen.

  However, this battlefield radio station called Bodyguard was completely ruined.

   Not only Fang Chang, Lao Bai, Quan Shui, Mole, and the marginal brothers are about to lose their hold, Chu Guang is also a black line at one end.

  His character design in the game is an NPC. Although he claims to be a close to real artificial intelligence, if he can understand even the memes in the real world, this "real" is a bit unreasonable.

Real people pretending to be AI to interact with players is not uncommon in some game companies that sell leeks as their selling point, but if players misunderstand that they and the dog plan Aguang as one person, it will affect the sense of substitution after all. .

   He didn't feel ashamed to show his face in front of the players in the past few days, because he was afraid that his performance would not be good, so he suddenly couldn't hold back his laughter.

   Just when Chu Guang and the group of high-level players were about to lose confidence in the "bodyguard" operation, those coveting eyes lurking outside the defense zone finally began to move.

  Deep in the dark underground tunnel, in the scarlet palace covered with creepers, Xia standing in the center of the creepers opened those abstract eyes.

   "I found their brood.

   The spores floating around it slowly undulate, sending this message to the mother that envelops it.

   However, the response to its fluctuations was unexpectedly violent, as if hearing something unbelievable.

   "Their brood?! Those organisms don't have a brood, they're just a bunch of dirty, ugly, confused minds!"

  Sia pondered for a while, and expressed her opinion with affirmative attitude.

   "No, they do. Remember the last time I caught a hunter

   thing? It was an empty shell, all three, their heads like blank sheets of paper. "

  Hearing this sentence, the brood fell into a brief silence, and did not directly refute.

   This is contrary to her common sense, but it is not impossible.

   After all, a similar situation has happened once before. And just in the last wave!

  The humans who suddenly appeared in the north seemed to be different from those who lived in the wall. There were many strange things about them, which she had never seen before.

  She is well aware that these humans are trying to study her, and even built a huge wall for this purpose, recuperating and living in this ruins for countless generations.

  There was a hint of alertness in her mood.

  She doesn't know how far human research has progressed, but if they also evolve a unified consciousness, it will undoubtedly be a huge threat to her.

  Seeing that her mother did not answer, Xia continued to convey her findings in an affirmative tone.

"Something is controlling their emotions, and I sense his presence. Whenever he makes a sound, his fruiting bodies will have joyful emotions from the bottom of their hearts. I think that is their brood, and His voice is their spore.

   It feels so familiar.

   Exactly the same as it was with its mother!

  If we can assimilate their brood, analyze him, understand him, and even become him. We can control everything about them and make their experience usable. …

  There is no doubt that human beings are physically weak. Except for a few individuals with extraordinary strength, most individuals need to use tools to strengthen themselves.

   Yet this is what makes them unusual.

  She can use their tools, and she has acquired this ability long ago.

   However, it is beyond her ability to continuously produce those tools like humans.

Occupying the entire planet is only a matter of time, but if you want to spread the seeds to more distant worlds, she said that what you need to do is not just digest them, but completely digest their knowledge, and even the lower level of thought and culture .

  After a long time of contemplation, she slowly spoke.

   "You're the smartest of all my kids, maybe that's an amazing discovery."

   At least it's worth a try.

   Having received her mother's affirmation, Xia felt physically and mentally happy, and the tentacles under the skirt swayed happily.

   "I have a better idea, a better plan than the one that got around them.

   "The people in the wall and the people in the north are already united, we just need to put pressure on that wall and contain the human power in the north—"

   "Then we only need to launch an unexpected attack to completely occupy their brood!

  Beyond Boulder City.

  Located at the position on the edge of the West Third Ring Road, Qiao Yin, who was wearing a power armor, was staring intently at the projection in the helmet's eyepiece.

  According to the footage captured by the drone, millions of fruiting entities are walking out of the entrances of various subway stations and building ruins within the second to third ring lines, and are consciously rushing towards the direction of Boulder City.

  Looking at the turbulent tide, Qiao Yin's eyebrows were filled with deep solemnity.

  The adjutant standing next to him was even more livid, and couldn't help swallowing.

   "Damn. How come there are so many?"

  After the spore concentration in the air broke through the critical value, the annual wave finally broke out.

   It's just that the quantity and quality completely exceeded the expectations of the officers of the militia.

  According to previous years' experience, there are as many as one million fruiting bodies that can be seen, and the actual number dispatched may be more than 10 times! What is more interesting is not the quantity.

  Except for the cannon fodder of gnawers, there are also a large number of butchers, tyrants and other powerful individual fruiting entities, as well as a small number of extremely dangerous evolutionary bodies.

   Includes three storeys

   Behemoth.

   Includes flying aliens with flapping wings.

   There are various types of these monsters, and all of them have a fierce appearance.

   These guys seem to have completely forgotten that there is Dawn City in the north, and they all rushed towards Boulder City.

  After discovering the conscious gathering of slime mold fruiting bodies, Qiao Yin did not hesitate, and immediately mobilized five thousand-man militia teams, and transferred the 5,000-man punishment battalion to the front line.

  At the same time, he ordered the P-2 "Lightning" attack plane on standby on the tarmac to take off immediately, and launched the first round of air strikes on the wave on the main road.

  Two plumes of ion plasma streaked across the gray fog-filled sky, and dropped two black shadows towards the densely populated neighborhood with fruiting bodies.

  Orange-red flames soared into the sky, engulfing pieces of eaters. …

   But something weird happened.

The flame that was supposed to be burning was like being poured with a basin of cold water. After devouring half a street of eaters, it didn't burn more and more. Instead, the fire became weaker and weaker, and finally left an incompletely burned area. Dead bodies and viscous oily objects.

  If these nutrients cannot be completely burned, the slime mold will quickly reuse them.

   On the surface, they are fighting those slime molds, but in essence they are fighting against the nutrients dominated by the brood.

  Slime molds will continue to recycle organic matter from the battlefield and bring it back to the incubation room, and re-transform it into combat units in a certain proportion.

   And this is the trickiest part of the wave. Qiao Yin frowned.

   It seems that the analysis of the Union Institute of Biological Research is correct, and the spore cloud produced by the new wave can effectively prevent the combustion of conventional fuels.

  He clearly saw through the lens of the drone that when the flame ignited, the gray-green mist rushed towards the burning flame as if it had self-awareness.

  The wave of air strikes only stagnated for a moment, and then continued to move forward in the direction of Boulder City.

   Some nibblers pounced on the charred corpses, formed a circle on the ground, and ate big mouthfuls without wasting any nutrients.

  Those noble evolutions of course looked down on these skinny wretches, they just looked at the sky where the flames fell and laughed coldly.

   They seem to know where the attack is coming from and that someone must be there watching them.

   But it doesn't matter-

  Under her will, all resistance is futile! All carbon-based creatures will be turned into nourishment for their prosperity!

   The forward of the wave is only 1 kilometer away from the defense line of Boulder City.

  Following this trend, within an hour at most, the first line of defense in the punishment camp will collide with these slime molds.

  The adjutant standing next to Qiao Yin clenched his fists, and finally couldn't help but said.

   "Nuclear weapons can only be used!

   It's not that he feels sorry for those criminals, he doesn't care about the lives of those garbage at all.

  He just simply didn't think that group of bullying guys could block the raging waves with a few machine guns and rifles without the support of incendiary bombs.

   Before Qiao Yin could speak, the staff officer of the militia regiment interrupted the adjutant.

   "No! Radioactive substances will accelerate the evolution of slime mold! We have verified before that using nuclear weapons on waves will only make

  The wave of the coming year will be even fiercer!

  The adjutant clenched his fists and couldn't help but say.

   "Incendiary bombs don't work, and neither do nuclear weapons. Do you expect to clean up that garbage with more than 5,000 cannon fodder plus conventional artillery?

   Qiao Yin said solemnly.

   "I have requested reinforcements from the Union Army Command, and they promised to send more people to help us.

  The adjutant frowned.

   "It's strange to say, why the alliance was not attacked, only we were targeted by the wave? Could it be that the alliance's biological research institute discovered something that made the wave ignore him

  Our solution-"

  Before his words fell, he was interrupted by an angry refutation. …

"Shut up!"

  Looking at the stunned adjutant, Qiao Yin reached out and grabbed his collar, staring into his eyes and saying every word.

"What I need is your professional advice, not some unfounded nonsense here! No one can escape the wave unless it is wiped out. I've seen that man, maybe I don't know him well enough, but I can be sure that he is definitely not the kind of idiot you said!"

  The adjutant nodded tremblingly. "clear.

   "Move when you understand!" Qiao Yin let go of his collar

  's hand, "The front line needs heavy equipment, and I need you to send another batch of heavy machine guns and mortars from the inventory immediately!"

  The adjutant took a deep breath to adjust his emotions, stood at attention and gave a military salute.

"yes!"

  The news of the attack on Boulder City quickly spread to the alliance's positions.

  Fang Chang, who was still guarding the radio station, frowned as he looked at the marked lines on the map, and his expression of firm belief was shaken a little.

   "The plan failed?"

   "Not the other way around!"

   Clenched his fists resting on the map, the spring standing next to him was full of excitement, and gave a completely different view from him.

  His point is just the opposite.

   If a few minutes ago, he still had doubts about the details of the "Bodyguard" plan, but now he can almost certainly say that their plan has succeeded!

  This West Asia is a bit calculating!

   It's just that this level of calculation is still too "simple", so that it seems a bit self-explanatory.

  If it was him, he would allocate one-fifth or one-fourth of the troops, put pressure on the alliance, and patiently repeat last year's script.

   And what it's doing now is telling them—I've noticed you, but I'm pretending not to. It is clear!

  Big Rock City is only the main force of the sheep attack wave. I am afraid that it is already lurking under the dense fog in the northern suburbs, ready to launch at any time. Fang Chang also came back to his senses at this time, and after a moment of stupefaction, a smile gradually stretched from that dignified expression.

   "I see. Good guy.

   This matrix actually played with them. This is what he did not expect.

   Just when Fang Chang came back to his senses, Quan Shui had already grabbed the walkie-talkie on the table.

   "Our enemy has already taken the bait! Edge, take your brothers to the direction of the West District of Qingquan City for reinforcements, but be careful not to go too fast, and be prepared to turn around at any time! Wait for my news!

  The answer of edge paddling came quickly from the communication channel.

"receive!

  Hung up the communication of Brother Brink, Quanshui then transferred the communication to the front line of No. 06 defense area, shouting energetically.

   "Notify the brothers on the battlefield, let them cheer up!

   "The prey is about to move, a tough battle is coming