Anti-War Game: Starting from Normandy Campaign-Chapter 696 - 336: [The Tianshui Qilin, the Baffled Blue Star Netizens]
Looking at the Federation Headline on the screenshot of the two figures, Fang Ming opened the official Polestar forum.
He knew about Jiang Wei.
In the "Three Kingdoms" version, he was the last Great General of Shu Han, but ultimately failed.
The Shu Kingdom was destroyed.
Afterward, Blue Star players paid less attention to this side.
Because the "Three Kingdoms" version mainly focused on the battles among Wei, Shu, and Wu. By the time Jiang Wei took power, it was already the final Chapter, and naturally, the Blue Star players were less interested, all awaiting updates for a new version.
All they knew was that Jiang Wei was ambushed by Wei Kingdom, leading to Shu’s downfall.
And now Jiang Wei was second only to Prime Minister Zhuge on the headline list of the screenshot.
Clearly, there was a story here.
Fang Ming searched for information on Jiang Wei in the forum.
Just as he thought, there wasn’t much.
However, the detailed process was available.
[Year 263 AD, the Battle of Wei’s invasion of Shu]
[Wei generals Zhong Hui and Deng Ai attacked Shu, Jiang Wei held off Zhong Hui’s main forces at Jian’ge, but Deng Ai crossed Yinping and broke into Chengdu, leading Liu Shan to surrender.]
This was where it ended.
The Shu Kingdom was no more, and the Blue Star players naturally lost interest in staying on.
After all, Liu Shan had already surrendered; what was left for the players to strive for?
Thus, whatever happened next was unknown.
Afterward.
Fang Ming searched for "Wu Zixu" next, but there was no storyline about "Wu Zixu"; only some information was mentioned in a few posts.
"Wu Zixu" was a figure from the Warring States period.
And the earliest version of the "Huaxia" ancient series was set in the Qin Dynasty, the timelines were too far apart.
However, there were already many discussions on the forum about the viewing version content of "Wu Zixu". Fang Ming didn’t look into them deliberately, only glanced at the titles, and roughly understood:
"Brothers."
"This Wu Zixu, looking at the titles of those posts, it seems he went through some ’tragedies’ far beyond human endurance."
"Hiss....."
"Let’s watch Jiang Wei first."
"We’ve already seen Li He, Yan Zhenqing, and haven’t fully recovered from that Jizhi Wengao yet."
"Let’s watch tragedies later."
"Let’s see what’s going on with Jiang Wei."
Fang Ming said as such, and his Blue Star followers in the livestream agreed unanimously.
Immediately.
Fang Ming clicked on the viewing version of "Tianshui Qilin".
The screen gradually lit up.
[Year 210 AD, Tianshui County]
Snowy night.
The cold wind howled, snowflakes slapped against the window.
Seven-year-old Jiang Wei knelt on a straw mat, supporting his chin with his little hands, watching his mother sew his father’s armor by the oil lamp.
The slash from shoulder to chest looked ferocious and terrifying.
Young Jiang Wei suddenly lifted his hand, touched the crack, as if sensing what it had been through:
"Mother."
"When can I wear it?"
Jiang Wei’s mother bit off the thread end, shook off the armor, ensuring it was seamlessly mended:
"When you grow as tall and strong as your father, then you can."
Young Jiang Wei looked at the majestic armor, his eyes filled with yearning:
"That will take a long time, right?"
....
....
Meanwhile.
Elsewhere.
Polestar Company Headquarters.
President’s Office.
Zhao Ming was looking through the Federation Headline rankings.
It had been almost the entire afternoon.
The trending topics on the headlines had consistently been occupied by the second batch of [viewing version] characters.
But it differed somewhat from what he had imagined.
Figures with tragic stories or experiences resonated more with the emotions of people on Blue Star.
After viewing the rankings for an afternoon.
Some characters he had anticipated made it onto the list and sparked discussions.
But there was more discussion about those who had experienced heart-wrenching tragedies.
For instance, while Zhuge Liang’s experiences had been passed down through millennia.
Yan Zhenqing’s "Manuscript Mourning His Nephew" with its tragic essence, surged directly to the top spot.
Zhao Ming pondered while glancing at the forum and understood.
Over on Blue Star, it’s entertainment all the way.
It had always been about entertainment, joy, however one could find happiness.
So with regard to war, to suffering, it was rarely accepted, so when these tragic characters and stories appeared on the big screen, to the perpetually entertainment-centric Blue Star people.
The impact was extraordinary.
Come to think of it, the "World War II" series’ explosive popularity was related to this.
After all, the hardships depicted in "World War II" were not something the people on Blue Star had gone through or felt.
The characters in this batch of [viewing version].
Were all meticulously chosen by Zhao Ming, but he hadn’t expected such a draw to these tragic figures among the Blue Star audience.
Therefore....
The direction for choosing figures for the third batch of [viewing version] was determined.
Zhao Ming pulled up the database.
Replaced some of the characters originally prepared for the third batch of [viewing version].
Strike while the iron is hot.
With the current popularity of the [viewing version], for a long time to come, Polestar would dominate the market.
....
....
Sky Shark Live Platform.
In Fang Ming’s livestream room.
Fang Ming and his Blue Star followers in the livestream were intently watching the viewing version of "Tianshui Qilin".
At this moment.
In the frame, Jiang Wei.
Had already become a brave and capable General.
But at this time, Prime Minister Zhuge Liang of Shu Han mobilized the army from Qishan, and Tianshui Prefect Ma Zun, with subordinates, officials, along with Jiang Wei and others, were inspecting various locations.
Suddenly they received the news of the Shu army’s deployment and heard that local counties were responding with support for the Shu army, creating immediate suspicion, and began to no longer trust subordinates, officials, and Generals such as Jiang Wei.
So, in the dead of night, he abandoned all his subordinates.
Escaping alone overnight to Shanggui.
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