CHAPTER 62: CHAPTER 62: THE IMPERIAL BLUFF, [SKY SWORD MEDAL]

Great Xia Federation, Capital.

Anti-War Competition Great Xia Branch.

People bustling in and out, appearing very busy, with just a single branch covering an area of over 120,000 square meters, equivalent to half the size of the Bird’s Nest on Earth, and this branch, accommodating tens of thousands of people.

Mostly staff and judges from various sectors.

Due to the content of the Anti-War Competition, including [movies], [novels], [games], [short plays], [drama], and more than a dozen small and large projects combined, the composition of the judges alone is a massive structure.

Judges are composed of various fields such as history, literature, military, poetry, music, politics, and culture, united by the Six Major Federations.

They will explore and study from all aspects, conduct gradual selection, pick good works in the preliminaries within each federation, and then report to the headquarters.

After the reported works are collected, the works from each federation will then be in the finals.

The winner of each project in the Anti-War Competition will be awarded a prize of one billion Federation Coins, along with one year of federation-supported publicity, and this federation support promotion is the most critical.

Many well-known enterprises or groups in the federation, having once won the championship, became widely known through the federation-supported publicity and began to rise.

At this time, in the Great Xia Federation Anti-War Competition branch, the category of [Games], the currently hottest World War II: Empire’s Rise, caused dozens of judges to argue.

Compared to some movies, novels, and plays with a single background, it is easy to discuss.

However, the game World War II: Empire’s Rise encompasses too many things in its background, including military, culture, ideology, war, etc... This led to many fields’ judges involved.

Everyone’s opinions vary.

Regarding the enormous background and worldview of ’Earth’ in the game, the historian Lin Cheng from Blue Star is very interested.

Although the history of ’Earth’ in the game is fictitious, after experiencing the immersive storyline, Lin Cheng praises the game in front of other judges:

"The world’s background of this game is vast, and even some NPCs have their own lives, showing that the author has put in effort in this aspect. I have experienced the immersive storyline of this game, where everyone has their own story."

"It’s as if they aren’t just NPCs, but living humans with complete life experiences."

"Moreover, each country has different histories, and traces of history can be found in the game; classical architecture and precious relics find historical shadows on them."

"With the game being so well-polished, I think it’s worth nominating."

"Moreover, the current popularity of this game is enough to nominate it for reporting."

Other judges also began to discuss, but the military judge Shi Jun frowned:

"We can’t just look at one aspect."

"The game’s background, details, are indeed well done."

"But it’s clear the game’s producer doesn’t know how to fight a war; I have checked, and the game’s producer is just a university graduate."

"Many battles in the game have significant loopholes."

"For instance, in the game’s ’Dunkirk Evacuation,’ the Imperial forces of several hundred thousand, surrounded Dunkirk, and the Imperial army was only a little over ten kilometers away from Dunkirk.

"At that moment, the Imperial Leader ordered a halt to the attack, allowing over thirty thousand trapped at Dunkirk to successfully evacuate in a few days."

"It’s hard to imagine that such an order could be given by a leader controlling an empire; it doesn’t match the intelligence of an empire sweeping across Europe portrayed in the game."

"It’s entirely a forced stop for the plot by the game producer."

"Perhaps from a historical perspective, in terms of details, this is a good game."

"But from a military perspective, this game is too fanciful, competing with games from other federations might make people think our Great Xia Federation’s level is just this."

"Unless the author revises it, otherwise, such an unreasonable plot cannot be taken out."

Historian Lin Cheng then spoke:

"Common sense?"

"Humans need to have whimsical ideas to conform to common sense."

"What you think is impossible might actually happen."

"We can’t just look at it from a military perspective; if we consider the entire world’s background, perhaps the considerations of the Imperial Leader, the plot in the game, are reasonable?"

Military judge Shi Jun spoke:

"You are being unreasonable."

"In the Dunkirk Evacuation plot, even a child wouldn’t let over thirty thousand runaway; it’s simply nonsense."

"If the game’s plot isn’t revised, do we want to take it out and embarrass ourselves?"

Historian Lin Cheng shook his head:

"Debating will yield no results."

"I still withhold my opinion, nominate it."

Then voted to nominate World War II: Empire’s Rise, while Shi Jun cast a vote against it.

The other judges looked at each other, and soon they each started voting.

Everything happening in the capital of the Great Xia Federation, Zhao Ming naturally doesn’t know.

At this moment.

Celestial Shark Live, in the gaming section.

After the final battle in the Battle of Britain instance.

At this time, all livestream channels no longer had an air force perspective.

The casualties in this air battle were too great.

The federation in the game is already struggling to hold, and the Empire has suffered heavy losses too, yet still assigns tasks for daily air raids on the federation, though the frequency of bombings has decreased.

The time in the game flies by quickly, whereas only one night has passed in reality.

But three days have passed in-game.

The Empire’s bombing continues, and all players in the game have seen the newspaper.

On the newspaper.

The Imperial Leader claims that the Empire’s bombing will continue until the federation is utterly destroyed.

However.

Many players, looking at the in-game newspaper.

Players and streamers in the game all received a prompt.

[Instance Ended]

Then the screen gradually turned black, returning to the game main interface.

In Wei Ze’s livestream.

The [Immersive Story Mode] on the main interface has lost the time-limit words in front, returning to the normal single-player immersive story.

This scene left many viewers baffled.

[What? What’s going on???]

[How did it just end?]

[Didn’t the Empire still want to continue bombing the federation? Is the game’s plot over?]

[Could it be that Old Thief Zhao hasn’t finished the subsequent plot?]

[It doesn’t feel right, can’t the Empire continue the attack?]

[No way, the Empire’s forces are so strong, how could they not?]

[No, you’re only looking at their strength; in that day’s air battle, the Empire lost twice as many planes as the federation did.]

[If this continues, the Imperial Air Force will likely be exhausted; don’t forget there’s also the Soviet Union, right next to the Empire.]

[So, the words on the newspaper were lies?]

Many players were still discussing the game plot and the Supreme Leader’s bluffing tactics.

At the same time, in the livestream’s screen, the words [Settling] popped up.

Seconds later.

A bronze-colored medal with crossed swords appeared before Wei Ze and the livestream viewers.

[Sky Sword Medal]

[Note: Due to shooting down 78 federation aircraft in the Battle of Britain, earning the nickname ’Sky Sword,’ this honor medal is awarded.]

[Medal Effect: Upon wearing, one can be promoted to Imperial Camp Captain (invalid when choosing Federation Camp).]

[Spectacular Kill: Unlocked (Collection of Enemy Aircraft Shootdown CG)]

The viewers in the livestream were baffled.

[Whoa? How come I didn’t get anything after the settlement?]

[Hiss—, promoted to captain after wearing? That’s a good effect.]

[Are we playing the same game? How come I didn’t get it?]

[Seems to be exclusive to the air force identity.]

[Hey, seems like it, different air force livestreamers have different medals.]

[Was this custom-made???]

At this time.

Another medal popped up in the livestream.

[Battle of Britain Medal]