Although the strength shown by the Pale Blue Fleet before had already surprised the players, they were completely speechless when they saw these metal warships descending from the sky.
"Let's go! Let's go fight! A bunch of medieval natives fighting an extraterrestrial civilization? Aren't they looking for death? "
"Small countries with few people have no vision. Sigh, is it too late for me to surrender now? Taijun, this way please. "
"You're all a bunch of guides. Are you going to lead the way when aliens invade Earth one day?"
"Looks are justice. If aliens are a bunch of cute lolis, I'll surrender!"
"Lolicon above! I'm calling the police! "
"Well said. As humans, we are the masters of Earth … But this isn't even Azeroth, it's the Outland (dog head)."
That's right. If this was Azeroth, the players might still consider the national conditions of their country and stand firmly on the side of the Horde Alliance. But this was not even Azeroth, so the players were already very weak. When they saw the terrifying power of the Pale Blue Fleet, the players decisively chose to surrender.
They were not afraid of being killed by the NPCs, but they would lose face if they were killed by other players.
Not to mention, the attributes and attack effects of the equipment given by the Pale Blue Fleet were far superior to those of the Horde Alliance. It did not matter if you wanted to protect the Horde Alliance, but you had to be prepared to be beaten to death by a group of players. It was like a level 60 player being beaten by a level 80 player. Even if the opponent was only wearing quest equipment, they could still kill you in a matter of minutes.
For a time, a large number of players defected and chose to join the Pale Blue Fleet. But there were still some stubborn players who chose to stay. Their thinking was very simple. The game could not involve a faction that was the enemy of all the people. If you joined the Pale Blue Fleet, you would be the enemy of almost all the forces in Azeroth, including neutral towns. This was obviously not in line with the game's setting.
Therefore, some players posted on the forum, saying, "The conflict between the Pale Blue Fleet and the Horde Alliance is only the first step in the new update. Later on, both sides will definitely face the same enemy. Then, due to various reasons, the Alliance and the Horde will definitely get technical support from the Pale Blue Fleet. By then, even if they don't change sides, they will still get Reputation Points from the Pale Blue Fleet."
This player's post made some sense, but to their surprise, things didn't develop in the direction they had imagined. Soon, not only the Alliance and the Horde, but even Shattrath and some neutral forces that cooperated with the Alliance and the Horde also joined in the attack on the Pale Blue Fleet.
This left the players scratching their heads in confusion. They felt as if these forces had collectively lost their minds. After all, no matter what, the other party had displayed such great power. Normally speaking, even if you didn't want to surrender, you should at least avoid the brunt of the attack.
Otherwise, do you really think that you can rely on that crappy catapult of yours to take down a space warship?
Was the scriptwriter an idiot?
The players were puzzled, but Fangzheng understood the reason. At present, this world was built on the corpse of a god in the gap between reality and spirit, but this god was already dead. To put it simply, it was like a vegetable. It had no consciousness of its own and acted entirely on instinct.
And Fangzheng and the others were like viruses. If they were conscious people, they might choose to see a doctor, take medicine, or take an injection after discovering that they were sick. But the counterattack of this world against Fangzheng was completely an instinctive reaction without any conscious control. That was why this kind of stupid, iron-headed behavior appeared in the players' eyes.
But no matter what, these players were still talking about it and fighting for this "real-time game". In the following days, the players of the Pale Blue Fleet were responsible for building the Outpost Fortress while resisting the armies of the Alliance and the Horde.
As for the players of the Horde Alliance …
Most of them either went straight to do quests or simply went to farm for Reputation Points. They wanted to maximize their Reputation Points before it was too late, so they could immediately change factions after getting achievements and mounts.
Of course, there were also a few stubborn players who tried to sneak in and destroy the Outpost, but the anti-stealth ability of the crystal towers meant that they were instantly killed by the turrets. Even if some of them were lucky enough to sneak in, they would be swarmed by other players and beaten to a pulp.
After a few more attempts, the players gave up.
But they did not choose to leave. Instead, they watched curiously, wanting to see how the war would develop next.
After all, all the players now realized that this was a real-time "game progression". Unlike before, not everyone could complete a quest from beginning to end and then enjoy the progression of the plot. If you missed one of the quests, you might not get another one in the future!
Sure enough, while the players were grinding Reputation Points and exchanging for equipment out of boredom, the Pale Blue Fleet issued another quest.
[Quest: Counterattack]
[An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. We will not sit back and watch the attack on the Pale Blue Fleet. Anyone who tries to start a war will be destroyed.]
Following the issuance of the quest, the fleet began to gradually advance. Their target was – Shattrath!
After receiving the news, the players were instantly excited.
City War!!
Although the Horde Alliance often attacked each other's main cities in the past, that was a spontaneous action of the players. Even if they rushed to Stormwind City and killed the Boss 180 times, it would not affect the Alliance at all. They were just venting their anger. In fact, there were often players who said that if the Horde Alliance (Alliance) had them attack directly, Stormwind City (Orgrim) would have fallen long ago …
Of course, at that time, the players were just complaining and venting. They did not expect that they could actually fight a City War!
What else was there to say? Go!
"Woah, these people are just like bandits."
Standing on the warship and watching the players who rushed into Shattrath to fight crazily, Blackie could not help but stick out his tongue.
"They're players, that's normal."
Fangzheng was not surprised at all. On the contrary, looking at the scene in front of him, the corners of his mouth slightly curled up. Fangzheng did not know what realm this god was in charge of when he was alive, but he was sure that it was not a game. It was precisely because of this that the Players' "Game Faith" had all come to him.
And Fangzheng was not idle either.
The players were almost like bandits, killing every NPC in their way. Even the tangram floating in the middle of Shattrath City was not spared. But while they were fighting at the front, Fangzheng was not idle at the back either. Every time the players killed an NPC, Fangzheng would insert a piece of code before the NPC "refreshed" again.
And this code was no ordinary code ….
"Bang!!"
Finally, following the shattering of the tangram, the scene in front of all the players suddenly changed, and a cutscene CG appeared.
The tangram floating in the middle of Shattrath City slowly fell to the ground. At this moment, a ray of light shone down. Then, Fangzheng led the other girls out and came in front of the tangram.
"It's you, it's you who attacked our city?"
The tangram's voice sounded full of anger, while Fangzheng looked at it silently.
"The Pale Blue Fleet has never run away from any war. You made a choice, and you have to bear the consequences. And now, this is the consequence you should bear. "
"…"
Hearing Fangzheng's answer, the tangram let out a long sigh.
"Looks like we made the wrong choice."
"I hope there won't be a second time."
After saying this, Fangzheng turned around and returned to the warship. Then, the cutscene CG ended.
After that, the players were surprised to find that Shattrath City was no longer in a hostile state like before, but had returned to an alliance state!
Not only that, the NPCs had also changed.
In the past, the NPCs would only say some fixed things when the players clicked on them, but after this war, the players found that the NPCs seemed to have become more "human". For example, when they clicked on the NPCs, they could even see the NPCs' helplessness or anger towards Shattrath City's surrender to the Pale Blue Fleet. This made the players feel more and more curious.
For example, a Shattrath soldier was very angry at the Pale Blue Fleet for forcing Shattrath to surrender, and even bluntly denounced the players as a group of traitors.
But there were also some NPC merchants who said that Shattrath City should not have gotten involved in the muddy waters between the Horde and the Alliance, and that they only had themselves to blame …
This immediately surprised the players, but also made them quite interested. In the past, when they clicked on these NPCs, they would at most get a "Hello, adventurer" or a formulaic answer. But now, when they went to talk to those NPCs, they found that every NPC seemed to have developed their own personality. Some NPCs who hated the players would even refuse to talk to them.
This was interesting!
In fact, this was the effect brought about by the code that Fangzheng inserted. It wasn't an ordinary piece of code, but a very basic artificial intelligence. Of course, strictly speaking, it couldn't even be considered a real artificial intelligence. At least compared to Kurumi's, this kind of artificial intelligence could only carry out standard and ordinary communication with humans.
But for the players, this was enough.
There were even some players who were bored and went to find those NPCs to chat and argue with them, laying out facts and reasoning with them. There were actually NPCs who were actually persuaded by the players … This made the players even more excited!
Why did they play online games? Wasn't it for this kind of communication?
Now that these NPCs had become more human, for the players, it was naturally more interesting!
Not only that, after this, the players also found that it seemed that only the NPCs of Shattrath City had changed. Some players ran back to the Alliance Horde and tried to tease the NPCs, but found that they were still the same as before.
So, very quickly, the players' imaginations went wild. Could this be the official new "update" method?
This also meant that the Pale Blue Fleet would directly attack Azeroth, and then unify the Alliance Horde?
At that time, would the NPCs of both factions also become more human? Wouldn't that mean that they could tease the Queen, and even argue with Thrall?
If that's the case … .that would be great!
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