100: Chapter 100 Free Mode

"Yes, Teacher Li Dong spoke very well. The NPCs in this game give me the feeling of being vivid people; when they go to the battlefield, they get scared and feel lost."

"But at some point, they will sacrifice their lives for their country and family. We are currently watching as bystanders, but if we entered the game and saw this scene as participants, it would be an entirely different experience," Liu Bo said with emotion.

"Are there any guests here who have played this game?" After speaking, Liu Bo looked at the guests present and asked.

At this moment, Zhou Yang, who was watching the livestream, couldn't help but sigh; what these experts were saying was quite fair and objective.

He had thought these experts were just 'brick experts.' Now it seemed they actually had real expertise. They weren't the type of experts he had assumed.

"Yes, I have played this game," a young guest raised his hand and said slowly.

"Then could you share your feelings after playing the game?" Liu Bo looked at the young guest and asked with a smile.

"Sure, but my gaming skills aren't very good. I can only share my personal perspective on this game."

"Setting aside my skills, this is a good game. It's just that I'm too bad at it; every time I go in, I'm the first to die. It's a bit hardcore," the young guest said helplessly.

"Haha, that's very normal. This game completely simulates real war. Most of us are ordinary people, and when facing war, we often have no ability to resist." Hearing the young guest's words, Liu Bo didn't think anything of it, because he had the same performance after entering the game.

"Of course, we can't rule out those with extraordinary talent; those are the good seedlings suitable for being soldiers. But such people are too rare, and they aren't often seen in reality."

"Yeah, that's true. I couldn't do anything in the game. For ordinary people like us who don't know how to use guns and don't understand any professional skills, we can really only hide when facing war." Li Dong had also played this game and felt the same way about what the two said.

Before experiencing this game, he had always held an indifferent attitude toward war.

China is so powerful now, what is war? Except for a few other major powers, other countries are just minor issues.

But after playing this game, he realized that no matter what kind of war it is, it is cruel. It doesn't just start when you say start, or end when you say end.

This game is played from the Chinese perspective. The cities in the game have corresponding real-world counterparts. They might look different, but their locations and names are the same.

Many things in it wouldn't make sense in reality, but when placed within the historical background of the game, they all become reasonable.

"Shanghai is so prosperous in the game, yet when faced with war, the local commoners still have to flee or hide in the International Settlement forcibly occupied by foreigners in China."

"If this were in reality, it would be unthinkable."

"But if it's within the story background of this game, the outbreak of this war is quite reasonable."

"The war situation in North China is deadlocked; the Japanese and the Nationalist Government in the game both need to open a new battlefield in the east to break the deadlock." Li Dong continued.

"Off-topic, we're off-topic! We're chatting about why this game is popular," Liu Bo quickly called out.

Li Dong was a bit unhappy upon hearing this.

"How is this off-topic? Isn't this game popular exactly because of these things? If you just go in to fight, you wouldn't be able to keep playing after a few rounds."

The reason Li Dong is still very interested in this game is mainly because of the game's story background; he wants to study the Chinese history within the game. He feels the game's worldview is not simple. The historical trajectory, which is completely different from real history, makes him very interested.

Hearing Li Dong say this, Liu Bo felt it was indeed the case.

Just playing the game is really easy to get discouraged by. Because the whole process is being bullied, for ordinary players, the experience really isn't good. But fortunately, this game has many interesting things that keep him playing.

Besides that, watching those streamers live is also very interesting. Compared to playing it yourself, watching others play is truly enjoyable.

"The history set inside is completely different from our reality. I am very interested in its historical trajectory; at least for now, I haven't seen anything illogical," Li Dong continued.

"The historical trajectory in the game? Teacher Li Dong, you even research this?" Liu Bo was slightly surprised.

"Yes, I've browsed quite a few related videos. I discovered that in this game, the Battle of Shanghai is happening simultaneously with the war in North China. This game isn't just a simple linear game; it's an open-world game."

"Players don't have to play according to the set tasks; for example, they can run off to other places halfway through. This is also the fun for some players—after entering the game, they run elsewhere to collect newspapers, books, and similar things to understand the current events and history within the game."

"They call this behavior 'exploration and pioneering.'"

"And player actions can change some things. If there are enough players, they might even be able to change the course of the battlefield," Li Dong said with a smile.

"How to change it? I previously watched videos posted by others; our three thousand players went to the battlefield and were like cannon fodder, wiped out in two days." Liu Bo didn't get what Li Dong meant.

Li Dong shook his head slightly upon hearing this, then explained: "Who said we have to go to the battlefield? We aren't good at fighting, but can't we do other things? I saw someone in the game manually craft a modern rifle."

"Since they can manually craft rifles, if we have enough players, we could build an arsenal. Wouldn't that make us invincible? I see the Chinese soldiers in the game lack all kinds of weapons; the disparity in weaponry is too great, otherwise they wouldn't be fighting so hard."

"If we players can handle these things, I don't think we wouldn't be able to beat those devils."

Hearing Li Dong's words, Liu Bo immediately felt it made a lot of sense.

"Hey, that's actually possible." But the next moment, he shook his head again.

"But the game's dungeons have time limits; there's definitely no way to let us play freely. And the game matching is random; we can't guarantee all three thousand players will have these skills."

"Unless the game officials can release such a free mode; if they could, this game's vitality would definitely be stronger," Li Dong expressed his thoughts.

At this moment, Zhou Yang, watching their conversation, immediately felt that this mode could work.