Chapter 1235: Chapter 401: All-Channel Jamming (Part 2)
"The higher-ups have ordered us to abandon the mining area and immediately reinforce Da Haguai, assisting the local guerrillas with managing prisoners of war and evacuating civilians."
Mann put down the hood; he had just replaced a burnt-out coil. Now the car can start, but the electronic assistance system is out, and there won’t even be navigation.
The effect of this nuclear blast won’t settle down any time soon, with the majority of electronic devices knocked out.
"Load up with enough supplies and ammunition, and get in the car."
"I thought this trip would be easier."
A soldier complained,
"Turns out those robots are useless, and we still have to carry everything ourselves."
"That’s war, kid."
Mann put on his sunglasses and said to the soldiers,
"No matter how advanced the weapons, in the end, it’s still humans we’re relying on. War is a human war; we can’t let those tin monsters look down on us humans."
War isn’t like how players imagine, fighting a thousand enemies, weaving through gunfire, defeating one opponent after another, meeting beautiful nursing ladies, full of romance and passion.
Rather, it’s bodies you can see everywhere, comrades who were just laughing and talking with you a second ago, becoming headless bodies in the next second, no calls to be heard, only an endless barrage of artillery fire, never knowing if you’ll see another day.
Almost every soldier who has experienced frontline combat will suffer from PTSD, whether it’s from the US, China, Japan, France... it’s the same in any country.
Mann felt heavy-hearted. While others weren’t paying attention, he grabbed David.
"David, you stay here to guard the mining area, we need someone to keep watch."
David, however, pulled his hand away without saying a word, picked up his sidearm, and got into the cab.
Mann was helpless and puzzled. Given David’s background, he could easily have stayed in the rear without seeing combat, and no one would have said anything, let alone served as a grunt under his command — in the mold, it’s practically science fiction.
He recalled everything he had seen and learned at Dragon Field, and eventually could only disillusionedly get into the car.
Perhaps this is the quality a true soldier should possess.
He had Dolio pull out the emergency manual that was issued to every squad from the glove compartment.
Besides De-radi, and various manuals, there was also a detailed map of Cuba. This was part of the contingency plans that Family Joy prepared with the Wildmen, just in case.
Soon after, the engine roared to life, and with a load of anxious yet slightly excited soldiers, they drove toward Da Haguai.
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[Tutu: Hey! How did I die?]
[Killer42: What’s going on? I was just shouting for cover, how did I suddenly get kicked offline?]
[Flame Happiness: Dog official wouldn’t have overloaded the server calculation with the nuclear explosion and kicked everyone offline, right?]
[Giant: What? You guys also died? Was I just not flying high enough?]
[Tutu: High enough, just no idea why we all died.]
[Ruzuo: Rollback! Rollback!]
[Killer42: Rollback +1!]
Players knocked offline by the EMP in Da Haguai started causing a commotion on forums, especially those who were killed, desperately wishing to come back alive and rerun the dungeon.
But that’s impossible. Lin Miao doesn’t have the power to pull off cosmic adjustment mode.
[Murder Arson Li Feiyu: Oscillation? What oscillation? I’m just fine over here in Big Sur.]
He was happily farming and breeding, with enough things here to let Li Feiyu write a dozen graduation theses.
Other players also reported no issues in their games, with only Cuban players facing electromagnetic interference.
However, some quickly realized that the players who died were probably fried by the EMP, having nothing to do with server oscillation.
But they immediately began shouting unfairness,
[Flame Happiness: This is a plot kill, but it’s unfair, why no advance warning! If I’d known, I wouldn’t have joined this mission. Compensation! Dog official, give us compensation! I want Power Armor, I want Zaku!]
[Killer42: 9494, one for each!]
[Snow Leopard Be Quiet: Little punks showing their cards! You just want to extort compensation!]
Meanwhile, far away in Night City, Lin Miao had a massive headache. He never imagined that those crazy Europeans would send a nuclear bomb to Da Haguai, an area with no commercial value, without any emergency plans.
The players managed the optimal response with minimal casualties, a silver lining in a cloud.
If it weren’t for the full-blown remodel craze, that nuke might have only taken out the Giant.
Moreover, this nuclear blast directly disrupted many of the players’ strategic plans, with the Europeans having fewer boundaries than imagined.
If that nuclear bomb had exploded within Da Haguai City, the consequences would have been devastating.
Moreover, if they dare to smuggle a nuclear bomb into Da Haguai today, who can say they won’t use strategic missile nuclear strikes on the front lines tomorrow?
Also, Military Technology and New America will surely use this opportunity to watch from the sideline, waiting for the heavily hit Horizon Corporation to ask for their help, demanding more control of the company in return.
At this moment, the Wildmen brought a detailed battle plan to Lin Miao’s attention,
Of course, this was within Cyberspace,
"BOSS, we must launch an offensive now."
"Offensive?"
Lin Miao was puzzled,
"The front lines have just suffered serious damage, shouldn’t we be in defense mode?"
The EMP didn’t just take the lives of hundreds of players; it also destroyed countless electronic devices. Drones, robots, and vehicles all needed to be retrieved and repaired. Even Lin Miao felt the immense pain.
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