70: Is this a buff for the opposing team?

Inside Bai Xiaofei's live stream, the bullet comments surged out like a tsunami.

[This crappy version, why the hell would I update it?]

[I thought the dog developers finally grew a conscience and buffed Blue Star's side, but damn, Hai Star's side seems even more ridiculous.]

[Dog developer, come out and die.]

[Tell me, how are we supposed to play this?]

... At this moment, the resident commentators Xiao Mi and Ya Ya urgently connected to the stream.

Previously, they had coincidentally witnessed this scene as viewers in another live stream. Only after receiving the official notification from Feiyu did they belatedly enter Bai Xiaofei's stream.

Xinghai Entertainment had fully opened up the built-in live streaming function, allowing players to register accounts on the official streaming platform to broadcast their gameplay, and viewers could watch on major global streaming platforms.

Xiao Mi cleared her throat and spoke first.

"Everyone, don't rush to curse the developers. Let's take a look at the highlight replay. This wave wasn't completely impossible to dodge."

As the slow-motion footage unfolded, viewers saw that many players performed evasion maneuvers right before destruction descended, practically threading the needle and grasping for life in the face of death. It was a sight that made people's scalps tingle.

Ya Ya picked up the conversation.

"It truly isn't easy for players to survive under this kind of large-scale AOE."

"Everyone look, God Bai's Z-axis jiggle maneuver perfectly avoided the intersection point of the two energy beams. That operation is truly godly."

... Scattered teams on the Blue Star side began to continuously gather and advance in an orderly manner toward the location of the Hai Star fleet.

The first wave of attack was still a swarm of drones, densely packed and covering the sky as they rushed toward the Blue Star faction—a nightmare for anyone with trypophobia.

"Brothers, the chance to earn points is here!"

Thousands of mechas suddenly emerged from the crowd of players, each one bulky, with thrusters fully engaged and engines nearing overload, rushing toward the drone swarm like a group of suicide trucks.

Most of these players lacked high operational skill. Their idea was simple: use this self-detonation wave to earn as many points as possible.

Of course, nearly half of the unlucky ones among them were blown up by the dense long-range firepower before they could even get close.

When the remaining mechas rushed into the drone formation, all their firepower was unleashed in an instant, and every explosion cleared out a large vacuum area.

Compared to this group of reckless fighters, some players with fixed teams relied on tacit teamwork, roaming the edges of the battlefield, frantically harvesting small groups of drones. Large amounts of points quickly flowed into their accounts as the drones fell.

He Ming's heavy mecha, the [Qian Jun], was like a mobile fortress of war, with fire spitting out from nearly every part of its body.

Laser beams and kinetic rounds wove together into a dense barrage, forming a Wailing Wall that blocked the majority of the drone swarm's attack.

On the two flanks of the [Qian Jun], the [night owl] and [Shen Lan] mechas stood left and right, their rapid-fire rifles clearing out stragglers attempting to flank them.

Zhang Zhifei shouted excitedly in the squad channel.

"I feel like I can take on ten guys right now!"

In the past, a scene like today's, where seven or eight out of ten shots hit, would have been absolutely impossible.

Bai Xiaofei shared the same feeling as Zhang Zhifei. He realized that his overall qualities had undergone a qualitative improvement.

"It's because my physique in reality has been enhanced."

Inside the [Qian Jun] cockpit.

Control of the mecha had been fully taken over by Bai Ze.

He Ming was intently observing the real-time global strategic map on the main screen.

"jarvis, calculate the current win rate for the Blue Star faction."

"Sir, the Blue Star faction's win rate is 0.001%."

He Ming was not surprised by this result; the gap in strength between the two sides was still too large.

"Switch the perspective to the Jiang Family."

"Yes, Sir."

The main screen flashed, switching to the front line where the Jiang Family disciples, led by Jiang Lin, were located.

Dozens of mechas with varying paint jobs and an Eastern aesthetic, wielding sabers, spears, swords, halberds, axes, hooks, and forks... Although their weapons were strange, their combat strength was truly fierce.

The tactic of this special group was simply to have no tactics.

The vast majority relied on flexible movement techniques and medium-range suppressive fire to quickly close the distance, followed immediately by the most primitive close-quarters combat. The scene was so spectacular, it felt like a return to an ancient battlefield.

"What is the situation with the other families?"

Seven small observation windows appeared on the main screen. They were gathered in small groups, and their tactics were similar to the Jiang Family's: focusing on close combat and exhibiting a fierce style.

He Ming couldn't help but mutter a complaint.

"A bunch of reckless fools."

"Switch to the official side."

The screen changed, switching to the frontline combat footage of the Shadow Tiger Special Forces.

Twenty uniformly painted mechas, their teamwork was impeccable, and they quickly swept away the drone swarm with an almost crushing dominance.

"Which team is that? They're so fierce?"

"Sir, they are the elite of the Shadow Tiger Special Forces."

He Ming nodded slightly, pondered for a moment, and had already made a decision.

"Bai Ze, compile a general cultivation technique with a maximum 10,000 point life index, split it into ten stages, and issue the first stage of the cultivation technique as a hidden dungeon reward to the Shadow Tiger Special Forces."

"[Basic Breathing Technique] Stage One compilation complete. The reward will be officially issued after the dungeon concludes."

The drone swarm no longer posed any threat to the player base; instead, they had become a tool for farming points.

As long as they could evade the first sweeping attack, most surviving players were able to reap large amounts of point rewards.

Points could be used to modify mechas, thereby increasing combat power.

With increased combat power, their ladder ranking would naturally inch forward.

Besides the cash rewards from the ladder, the Global Daily Points Ranking was the main prize. As long as they could squeeze into the top 10,000, they would receive at least 1,000 yuan in cash rewards.

A red alert prompt box flashed on all players' main screens, accompanied by an optimal escape route diagram.

Players were no longer unfamiliar with this scene; this was the second wave of area bombardment from Hai Star.

As long as they could hold out, they could harvest a few more points.

Within the Hai Star fleet, ship cannons fired simultaneously, hundreds of destructive beams sweeping toward the Blue Star faction. Although they were not as exaggerated as the main Positron Cannon, their density made them even harder to evade.

After all, in the first wave, there were many cannon fodder units holding the line, but in the second wave, there were no extra sandbags left.

Under the destructive attack, only one in ten players survived.

Zhang Zhifei was a step too slow. His mecha exploded in the starry sky after being merely grazed by one of the ship cannons.

Those who managed to survive the second round of attacks were invariably people blessed with incredible luck, though they also needed a certain level of operational skill.

Immediately after the ship cannon suppression ended, the hangar doors of two carriers in the Hai Star fleet opened wide. Nearly a thousand ferociously designed Hai Star standard mechas rushed toward the remaining Blue Star mechas with their thrusters fully engaged.

As soon as the two factions engaged, the battle immediately entered a white-hot phase.

The Hai Star mechas generally outperformed the players by a significant margin. Only a very small number of true masters could barely contend with them in one-on-one combat, or even manage a counter-kill.

At this stage, the importance of teamwork became especially critical.

The Shadow Tiger Special Forces, having suffered over half their losses, maintained a perfect tactical formation under the leadership of He Chenguang and Liu Haocheng. Ten mechas continuously eliminated the Hai Star mechas that broke into their formation with astonishing efficiency.