CHAPTER 658: CHAPTER 317: [BIOGRAPHIES OF FAMOUS FIGURES: STREETLIGHTS AND GAS CHAMBERS] (4K)

The Six Major Federations on Blue Star truly underestimated Earth’s war potential.

Moreover, they didn’t expect the war to evolve in this way.

Fighting and not fighting are fundamentally different.

The battles they imagined, and the small-scale skirmishes, are nothing like the fierce combat of 2022.

Since the World War II series, they have been utterly shocked.

They trained frenziedly.

Thinking they had become accustomed to the rhythm of war.

As a result, Modern Warfare not only left Earthlings in a daze, but the sweeping speed and atrocities of the war shocked the people on Blue Star to their core.

Once used to Modern Warfare.

As they began training for 2022, they realized that war truly becomes more advanced and brutal the longer it continues.

At the start of 2022, the tactics of the Russian Federation and Ukraine Federation carried shadows of World War II, likely due to many years without war.

But after months of conflict between the two sides.

The battlefield situation began to change.

First came battles of attrition, then propaganda wars; even if Bakhmut’s tactical value greatly diminished, no one retreated.

Because this represented the ’political determination’ of both sides.

This taught the soldiers of the Six Major Federations on Blue Star a lesson.

Seeing countless lives thrown into this bottomless pit, merely for political propaganda on both sides.

The impact this had on the soldiers of Blue Star’s Six Major Federations was significant.

Then came the debut of drones.

And with the advent of drones, they suddenly realized that their previous training seemed to have little effect.

Drones... are too versatile.

And they’re incredibly cheap to manufacture.

Who researched them?

An armored tank worth millions of US Dollars could be taken out by a single drone costing hundreds or thousands.

There were no such tactics before.

Perhaps it was due to previous technological limitations.

But within months of fighting, the technology had advanced to this extent.

The soldiers of the Six Major Federations on Blue Star.

Had to admire the creativity of Earthlings.

After all, they had watched the entire war from the initial battle for Antonov Airport, considering the strength of the Russian Federation and Ukraine Federation at the time.

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say both sides were evenly matched.

One side used decapitation tactics effective only since World War II.

The other side took four hours to mobilize troops to the capital, Kyiv, after the fighting reached there.

But even in this situation.

Months later.

The conflict had evolved into a drone war between both sides.

The soldiers, tanks, and armored units below stood little chance against drones and would generally be considered destroyed.

Since the Six Major Federations on Blue Star were on the receiving end of the attacks.

They couldn’t come up with any effective tactics for a while.

After all, countering drones required high-tech equipment, which Blue Star did not lack, but they couldn’t bring it into the game.

Fortunately, they inquired with Shen Qinghan.

Shen Qinghan replied that they would phase in the drone warfare plotline, with relevant content to be opened later.

With this response, the Six Major Federations accepted the situation.

Otherwise, with such a storyline, there was no way to fight.

They could only continue training for the time being and think of ways to reduce casualties when facing drones.

....

Meanwhile.

Polestar Game Company, headquarters.

In the president’s office.

Shen Qinghan and Zhao Ming were sitting on the couch, Zhao Ming reviewing the company’s revenue for the month, while Shen Qinghan was reading Federation Headline and said:

"Should you or I attend the Anti-War Competition awards?"

"This year, as expected, we didn’t win the championship."

After winning last year, consecutive wins might lead to whispers of manipulation.

And the games competing this year.

Were also extensions based on the World War II series.

Two years.

The same theme winning consecutively is still challenging.

But being in the top three is already good for Polestar.

Considering that this year’s entry is on the same theme as last year’s.

Zhao Ming said:

"You go."

"I’m not that interested."

"We need to research the direction of future development."

Zhao Ming looked at the company’s financial report.

The Huaxia series of restaurants was making money.

The World War II series of Earth-based activities was profitable.

And the games had brought a massive player base to Polestar, along with the game platform and forums. Although the games were free, the immense player base and associated peripherals and culinary benefits were already sufficient to sustain Polestar’s existence.

As long as they continued to update DLCs and didn’t make any fatal mistakes, Polestar could indefinitely carry on, even becoming one of Blue Star’s top 100 enterprises.

But there seemed to be no other pressing matters.

Zhao Ming, after a moment of contemplation, looked up at Shen Qinghan:

"Do you think..."

"How about the movie market?"

Shen Qinghan paused, then responded:

"The movie market is not small."

"But compared to games, it’s a bit limited."

"What?"

"Are you thinking of starting a film company?"

"And the game aspects?"

Zhao Ming said:

"I’m considering developing some special storylines or expanding into the film industry."

"Mainly focusing on characters from Earth."

"Many of their legendary experiences could be turned into films."

"And also...."