บท 53: Chapter 53 - A Small Fiasco

The game mode of Red Alert was quite simple, essentially requiring players to follow basic instructions with hands, feet, and brain.

"Open up and build the power plant, then the barracks..."

"Oil fields need to be occupied with engineers."

"Is that it?"

"Relying on commands for victory without using your own power? Interesting."

"Why can't I just personally get in and tear down the enemy?"

Everyone had various questions, but they weren't significant issues. Under the system's guidance, they happily built structures, recruited engineers, and set up bunkers.

Meanwhile, Liu Yuan, observing the scene, curiously asked, "System, can their tutorial game be recorded? Or maybe have 'Moon 3' put out a clip of his first-person perspective?"

"If you need it, yes, fifty per recording."

"Yes, here comes the money."

The system was genuinely not expecting Liu Yuan's enthusiasm. It merely wanted to convey that there is no free lunch, but Liu Yuan actually saw a business opportunity in this.

"Boss, boss!" Kisara also focused on the sparring match between the players. "Boss, guess what? How long will it take them to lose?"

Kisara recognized the AI the players had chosen: Moon 3, the one capable of defeating both her and Liu Yuan.

Could these players win? They would be lucky enough to survive for 5 minutes.

Liu Yuan, assessing their operations and building layouts, declared, "Natsuki Subaru will definitely be eliminated in half a minute because he chose France. Zhongli might hold out the longest. If they join forces, they might win. Oh! But they're bound to lose."

As Liu Yuan predicted, Zhongli was being outmaneuvered and beaten by Fujimaru Kaede and Jalter.

Though they claimed to be dealing with the bot, only Natsuki Subaru, Namikaze Minato, Kushina, and Zhongli were actually engaging with it.

The rest thought, "The computer is weak; let's wait for them to succeed with their sneak attacks."

Just as Liu Yuan predicted, in less than half a minute, Natsuki Subaru was defeated. Then, using Subaru's land, Moon 3 attacked Minato, occupying three plots of land and three oil fields to begin it's own development.

Fujimaru Kaede and Nyaruko lost focus, who were concentrating on Zhongli's side. Originally, Zhongli was in a corner and, with his fast reaction speed and battlefield understanding, could have held the computer off. But the result was everyone targeting him, and in less than ten minutes, the game was over.

Silence followed. Natsuki Subaru was the most dejected. He had envisioned opening the game by defeating the computer and then everyone battling each other. Instead, some fought the computer while others sneakily attacked.

Zhongli, serious as ever, commented, "This outcome was expected. The enemy's reaction speed and command ability are unlike anything I've encountered."

Playing the game firsthand revealed the challenge of on-site command ability. All soldiers under the system were absolutely loyal and fearless, but when Zhongli and Moon 3 fought over tanks, Moon 3 outmaneuvered him, replacing all combat units with a 3-for-6 ratio. And Moon 3 still had 5 Rhinos and a Soldier left.

"Everyone," Liu Yuan's voice drew the group's attention. "This game has a new service: you can get a computer perspective clip video at the end of the match for fifty to watch permanently. If you're interested, you can buy it."

This piqued everyone's interest, and they all purchased a copy of the video to watch the match.

[What's going on? Fans begging for Moon 3's guidance to be unaligned? Surprisingly, it's my fan, so I have to respond.]

[We're split in the middle this time. See? Pale Color (Natsuki Subaru)'s base unfolding speed is slow, clearly a beginner.]

In the video, Natsuki Subaru's base unfolded slower than the others, and his color made him Moon 3's target. Moon 3 quickly extended his power plant and barracks. While Natsuki Subaru was still building bunkers and engineers, Moon 3's engineers were already advancing. Subaru closed his base just in time, but Moon 3's engineers swiftly built a barracks and occupied the oil fields.

Moon 3's engineers outpaced Natsuki Subaru, building structures and taking over the oil fields.

Within half a minute, as Liu Yuan predicted, Subaru was completely defeated.

[Wait, they're targeting me? It doesn't matter; we have the vehicle factory out. Sell the base directly, deploy 50 mobilized soldiers.]

[See, at this point, they'll surely target my Bot Brother. Hey? This slowpoke will lose his oil field to me.]

[Not good, these three teamed up against me. This purple player started with high tech? Clearly a newbie.]

Moon 3 had three tanks at this time and found Kushina's side unprotected with infantry. Tanks rolled over the anti-air vehicles, taking over the oil field.

Namikaze Minato, seeing his wife being attacked, rushed to support. But before he could act, Tina stole his main base. By the time Namikaze Minato reacted, his main base had been stolen and sold, and his engineers were occupying the oil fields.

Kushina and Minato were synchronized in their defeat, and Moon 3 continued.

[See, there are still four left. Orange and green are besieging this red one. Let's leave them and take out the pink one (Nyaruko) first.]

[Two control sections, Korea playing with airplanes? Then you're finished! One pole can't hold.]

Five Rhinos and several mobilized soldiers rushed into Nyaruko's base, overwhelming it.

When Nyaruko realized the threat and tried to surrender and bomb the oil field, Moon 3's anti-aircraft vehicles arrived first and occupied the oil field.

Only two minutes had passed, and Fujimaru Kaede and Jalter were still focusing on Zhongli.

[This red one can play well. Let him weaken the combat power of the two families next to him first. This yellow player has two oil fields and built a Weather Control Device? We can't let that stand.]

Tina realized her mistake too late. Building a superweapon caused a significant drop in production due to power shortages. She ordered a few phantom tanks, but only one was produced because of the power outage.

Moon 3, occupying three lands and three oil fields, had a robust economy, totaling eight Rhinos and two Radiator Troopers. Tina's defense, though substantial, fell to the Radiator Troopers.

Moon 3 calmly advanced to high-tech. The remaining three players, without a strong economy due to early competition, couldn't compete. Moon 3, now with five oil fields, overwhelmed them with Rhino tanks.