In essence, Ocean Stronghold was still an online game. Players spent more than 90% of their time battling. In comparison, its story mode was more like a bonus. Every once in a while, a new part of the story would be updated to entertain the gamers who were addicted to shooting. At the same time, it would also serve as an advertisement for the new epic weapon.
There was a special highlight effect on the button for the story mode to indicate the update of the new plot.
Qiao Liang entered the story mode and could not help but be stunned.
That was because the updated story mode was not squeezed together with the previous entrance. Instead, it gave a new entrance. The cards were full.
That made Qiao Liang feel a little strange. According to his estimation, the new story mode only had two to three hours of gameplay time. There was no need to make a new entrance. It was quite a waste.
Could it be that this story mode was quite important? That didn't make sense, right?
Qiao Liang began to experience the new story mode with some confusion.
…
The screen was pitch-black. First, an emotionless electronic voice sounded in his ears. "AS-371-45 Team, Mission Objective: Sneak into the Zerg Nest, search for the location of the Zerg Queen, and carry out the decapitation operation."
A deep male voice replied in a calm tone, "Roger that."
The game image appeared on the screen. It was still from the first-person perspective. In front of his field of vision was a special round platform. On it was a set of 'Skylark III Combat Uniform' that had been taken off. There was the word 'Yi' on the right shoulder.
The protagonist from the first-person perspective paused for a moment before pressing the button next to the round platform.
The round platform rotated, and the back of the Skylark combat uniform faced the protagonist's field of vision. The small glider and jet port on the back could be clearly seen.
With a 'click', the back of the combat uniform split open. The protagonist stepped in, and a series of mechanical sounds sounded. It seemed like the entire combat uniform had wrapped him tightly.
Various light blue, technological-looking UIs appeared on the first-person screen, indicating various battlefield information. Even the small map had been replaced with a more technological-looking packaging.
The sound of the jet port could be heard. The first-person perspective floated up and landed steadily in the cabin a moment later.
Then, the player officially took over and could move freely and change his perspective.
Qiao Liang was slightly surprised because this was worlds apart from what he had expected.
The original plot of Ocean Stronghold was in English with Chinese subtitles. This time, it had been changed to Chinese dubbing.
That emotionless electronic voice sounded like the style of artificial intelligence, but the timbre was a little special, as if he had heard it somewhere before.
Qiao Liang recalled carefully and finally remembered that Otto Technologies' newly updated voice assistant seemed to be like this.
The conversation left Qiao Liang at a loss.
The original plot of Ocean Stronghold was a story about biochemical viruses and zombies. However, there were now terms like 'Zerg Nest' and 'Zerg Queen' in the dialogue.
The UI layout of the first-person perspective was also changed, which immediately made people think of a sci-fi theme.
The most ridiculous thing was this combat suit.
Qiao Liang took a simple glance and saw a miniature fusion reactor, a huge magnetic rail rifle, a gravity device on the feet, and so on. This thing was obviously not in the same timeline as the original plot of Ocean Stronghold.
This simple opening made Qiao Liang realize that the plot of this downloadable content had nothing to do with the plot of Ocean Stronghold. This was a sci-fi story.
Qiao Liang turned around and saw four members wearing the same Skylark combat uniform, but with slightly different paint.
They were about to start the mission. The four team members had different reactions. Some were joking and livening up the atmosphere, while some were silent and only smiled in agreement.
They might all be dubbed in Chinese, but there were still subtitles. Their names were also marked on the subtitles: Xu Kaile, Meng Yu, Zhao Yongxiu, and Wu Shaojun.
The four of them had different personalities and wore different combat uniforms. Qiao Liang quickly recognized them.
After simple preparations, the four team members stood at the exit of the cabin and left a spot for the protagonist, Qin Yi.
Qiao Liang controlled Qin Yi to walk over. Then, the cabin door opened instantly. All the team members fell down quickly in their Skylark combat uniforms!
Qiao Liang guessed that they should have jumped down from a large aircraft.
Below was the crimson ground.
In the sky, countless aircraft and ferocious Zergs were fighting fiercely. On the ground, they could vaguely see dense swarms of Zergs constantly attacking the human defense line like a tide. The smoke and flames everywhere reminded Qiao Liang that this was an unimaginably cruel battlefield on an alien planet.
All the team members maintained their formation as they fell rapidly. They fell headfirst into their target — a pitch-black cave on the ground.
This scene, which only lasted a few seconds, was a cutscene animation made with real-time calculations. The cost was not high, but the effect was not bad. It clearly informed the players of their current situation.
After falling into the pitch-black cave, Qiao Liang regained control of the protagonist. The plot officially began.
There was no need for a newbie's guidance because the basic operations of moving, firing, switching weapons, and so on were exactly the same as in Ocean Stronghold.
Some larvae and worker bees emerged from the depths of the cave, but they were quickly wiped out by the powerful firepower.
After getting started, Qiao Liang realized a very shocking fact: I'm probably cheating!
He gently pressed the left mouse button, and the huge muzzle immediately sprayed flames. This momentum, this formation, and the firepower were at least several times stronger than the original gun in Ocean Stronghold.
It was not just the firepower, but the number of bullets in the magazine, the speed at which he changed the magazine, the recoil, and so on were all completely different concepts!
Qiao Liang might not play Ocean Stronghold often, but he still knew the basic control of the gun in an FPS game. In the end, he realized that there was no need to control the gun at all. The recoil of this thing was almost negligible. It could almost be seen as hitting wherever he pointed!
However, this recoil function seemed to have a cooldown time. It had to be restored after a period of time.
Originally, compared to other FPS games, Ocean Stronghold had slightly weakened the recoil because of the game's difficulty. However, it was definitely not to such an outrageous extent.
Not only that, but there was something even more outrageous.
In the normal mode of Ocean Stronghold, pressing the spacebar was a jump. In this mode, pressing the spacebar was a jump. The height of the jump was much higher than ordinary people. If one pressed the spacebar for a long time, the jet on their back would spray air to lift them up. They could even do short-distance gliding with the direction keys.
There was a gravity device on their feet that could slide on walls. They would not be injured even if they fell from a high place.
There was a 'tactical camouflage' function among the special functions. Once it was activated, they would become translucent. Their movement speed would be slower, but they would not attract the attention of the Zergs.
What was even more outrageous was that the helmet also integrated infrared detection, terrain navigation, trajectory calculation, and other functions. The terrain navigation was a three-dimensional small map. The trajectory calculation would indicate the bullet trajectory. It would play a major role when the recoil function failed. It could guide players to control the gun.
There was even an enhanced mode for this trajectory calculation function. Once it was activated, it would automatically lock onto the enemy and aim. Players only needed to pull the trigger brainlessly.
The detection function was also very outrageous. Simply put, it could detect the location of the Zergs.
What was this called? A small hole was not considered a cheat?
However, this was not just x-ray vision. It was obviously a super cheat that combined flying, x-ray vision, recoil, invisibility, self-aiming, and a series of other cheat functions!
If this setting was in the normal mode of Ocean Stronghold, it would not be a joke for one person to massacre an entire city.
This upgrade in combat power made Qiao Liang feel much better. He experienced the pleasure of shooting to the maximum.
As the plot progressed, the four team members had their own lines. AEEIS was also constantly giving instructions.
Qiao Liang was completely immersed in the joy of fighting the Zergs and completely forgot about the time.
However, as the plot progressed, the situation gradually became amiss.
There were more and more Zergs, and the battle became more and more difficult. The team members began to raise doubts. Fragments of the Skylark combat uniform were found in the cave. The team members were sacrificed one after another during the mission …
Qiao Liang unknowingly got carried away.
The design of the entire plot process was obviously a little sinister: at the beginning, players would be addicted to cutting grass. However, the deeper they went, the more difficult it became. The plot became more intense, and players could not stop.
The sacrifices of the team members and the mysteries made players eager to play to the final ending.
Finally, Qiao Liang saw the Zerg Queen. The entire scene shook after the plot. The ceiling of the cave collapsed, and human reinforcements arrived …
However, the protagonist's eyelids seemed to become heavy. After blinking a few times, they closed completely. The downloadable content's plot came to an abrupt end.
Qiao Liang was a little confused.
"Huh? That's it? "
"F * ck, how is this Ocean Stronghold's downloadable content plot? This is obviously a large-scale promotional video for Boss Pei's new game!"
Qiao Liang realized that he had been tricked after completing the entire downloadable content plot.
He looked at the time again. It was already 7 PM!
The doorbell rang outside. Fish-Catching Take-Out had arrived to deliver dinner on time.
Qiao Liang opened the door and took the dinner. Only then did he realize that he had been playing for a few hours.
After lunch, he spent two hours playing Repent and be Saved's reincarnation mode before starting to play Ocean Stronghold's new plot. It looked like he had played for at least five hours before he managed to get through.
Qiao Liang was speechless. "Didn't you say it was just an ordinary downloadable content? I thought it would only take two hours at most. In the end, it took five hours! "
"It's almost as good as a new game!"
"Such a huge and well-made downloadable content is actually given away for free. It's just an epic weapon. Boss Pei is really awesome …"
"Eh, that's not right. Did I forget something?"
Qiao Liang scratched his head in confusion. He looked at the time and suddenly realized. "Ah, I missed the GPL competition! F * ck! "
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