This Game Is Too Real
Chapter 639 "The Finale of ’Tide’s Return

Chapter 639: Chapter 639 "The Finale of ’Tide’s Return

Thick smoke filled the tunnel with a sight that shocked: mountains of corpses and seas of bones, mixed among them were countless subordinate entities and player bodies.

The thick stench of blood mingled with the musty smell of spores, delivering a heavy mental blow to every player who ventured into the tunnel.

However, rather than feelings of fear or timidity, most probably felt a sense of thrill and excitement.

And looking at the casualty ratio, there was no doubt that the players clad in exoskeletons had the absolute upper hand!

Even though that Xiya, brandishing tentacles and stepping into the fray in person, leveraging an incredible healing speed and damage output, indeed slew quite a few overconfident players, the majority of the other subordinates and evolutionary bodies left guarding the tunnel could only achieve the level of giving someone a scare at best.

The Death Legion had already taken care of the toughest bone to chew for them, leaving only Xiya herself as their greatest threat.

Even if Xiya had caused non-negligible casualties to the Skeleton Corps, it still couldn’t escape its fate of death.

Under the relentless onslaught of players, it finally collapsed into a dark pool of blood with a roar of unwillingness.

To be honest, Mole Old Brother had considered capturing it alive, after all, the thought of Luoyu flaunting something like that was quite enviable.

Having a BOSS as a pet—just the idea was badass.

But alas, it didn’t give him the slightest chance; its dozen or so tentacles were as swift as showing off tricks, forcing him to abandon any thought of capturing the creature alive.

The moment that creature fell, all the mucosal entities it controlled stopped moving, standing in place as if their souls had been lost.

If left unaffected by external forces, these subordinate entities would likely act on instinct for a while, then after a period of quiescence, a new matriarch capable of leading the species would emerge from the existing population.

That matriarch would probably be more aggressive than Xiya.

But now, Xiaoyu had already consumed the lair at the city center. With the power of that lair, it could slowly turn these uncontrollable subordinates into its own puppets.

Of course, the players still in the tunnel at this moment were unaware of this, cheering for the hard-won victory.

The home-stealing tactic was successful!

They had managed to defeat Xiya before it became a new matriarch!

The tide that usually stalemated for half a month or even one or two months was over in less than 24 hours!

"MVP!"

Gazing at the heap of dismembered crimson mycelium in front of him, Mole Old Brother, panting heavily, wiped the black blood from his face, the fatigue in his eyes gradually replaced by excitement as he muttered to himself.

"This time the MVP damn well should be mine, right?"

Not just Mole Old Brother.

Excitement sparkled in the eyes of everyone standing there.

After nearly a hundred casualties, they had finally succeeded in defeating "Xiya," the leader of this tide!

Setting aside his rifle, Mole Old Brother inexplicably produced a sack and walked over to the three or four-meter-tall corpse, picking some crimson mycelium chunks to stuff into the bag.

Seeing this, Gnome King Riches couldn’t help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

"Good lord, planning on adding a dish to Old Monk’s menu, are you?"

Mole Old Brother knew exactly what kind of fart he was about to let out at just a glance, so he shot him an irked look.

"What are you thinking? I’m recycling materials here."

The Science Expedition and the Alliance Biology Research Institute were both interested in this stuff; brushing up favor with Yin Fang and Miss White Hair for a bit might unlock some hidden quests or something.

Those were the two units with the highest level of technology in the entire Alliance.

As Mole Old Brother was busy with his task, Old Na curiously approached upon hearing someone call her name, flashlight in hand.

"Vegetables? What vegetables?"

Gnome King Riches couldn’t hold back a retch, covering his stomach as he went off to vomit, and Mole Old Brother couldn’t keep the expression on his face either, feeling a churn in his stomach.

Associating this stuff with vegetables...

He felt he might not be able to eat mushrooms for a while.

As Elena stood there confused about what was wrong with these guys, a light blue popup appeared on everyone’s VM.

"Congratulations to ’Skeleton Corps’ Canyon Fugitives Mole Old Brother, Gnome King Riches, Elena... and other players for defeating Xiya!"

"This achievement will be recorded in the Hall of Fame!"

"Due to Xiya’s death, the tide will end within half an hour, and the expansion pack points settlement will also be completed within half an hour."

A long list of IDs was included in the announcement, whether they were dead or alive.

But what surprised everyone the most wasn’t the long list of IDs or the Hall of Fame achievement; it was the last line of the popup—

They ended the Tide!

And this honor was officially recognized by the game authorities, without any dispute!

The crowd’s emotions boiled over once again, and cheers echoed through the tunnel again.

"Mole Old Brother is awesome!!"

"Hahaha, MVP is definitely ours this time!"

"Hey, did we just steal a kill?"

"Steal my ass! We did all the damage ourselves, how can that be stealing a kill?"

"That’s right! Anyone who says we stole a kill, I’ll have words with them!"

Mole couldn’t stop grinning.

After so many years of being second or third, he finally had the chance to be number one!

However, just as he was thinking this, Elena, who was fiddling with the VM, suddenly let out a slight gasp.

"Are the points tallied so quickly this year? The expansion pack has just ended, and the results are already out."

Even though the operators hadn’t released the rankings yet, some players had already shared their settlement scores on the forum.

Elena opened the Skeleton Corps interface and took a look, finding that the corps points column indeed showed that the tally was complete.

Mole heard her and quickly asked.

"How much did we get?"

"87,000! Hiss..." Elena gasped in shock, murmuring in astonishment, "Damn, one BOSS fight added forty thousand points!"

The thing was, that boss wasn’t even that hard to beat; they had only lost a hundred or so brothers.

The reward was insanely high!

Upon hearing this, Mole’s face also showed a look of surprise, and he quickly closed the pop-up on the VM to check the Legion System interface for himself.

When he saw the string of zeros following the total points, he couldn’t help but clench his fist and cried out in excitement.

"Awesome!"

The total corps points and individual points are separate, calculated by a set formula.

Normally, six and seven digits are more common, but this expansion pack was somewhat special.

Objectively speaking, this year’s Tide was stronger than last year’s, after all, even Titan-type evolutionary bodies appeared, and mucosal entities employed more tactics in their assaults.

However, since the overall strength of the players and NPCs had greatly improved over last year, this "Novice Village monster siege" felt somewhat underwhelming.

From the official outbreak to the end of the Tide, it didn’t even last a full twenty-four hours, and a five-figure score was already considered high.

With their score of eighty thousand,

they were undoubtedly the ceiling for this expansion pack!

"What about the Burning Corps?! Check how many points Old White and his team have!" Mole, extremely satisfied with his own corps’ score, immediately inquired about their competitors.

Guessing that the boss would ask, Elena flicked her index finger across the VM screen, quickly finding the information.

"Burning Corps... looks like someone posted about it. 71,000 points, not bad."

To be fair, that score was actually quite good, only 10,000 points behind theirs.

But Mole was feeling triumphant at the moment; when he heard that Fang Chang’s score was 10,000 points lower than his, he burst into thunderous laughter.

"Hahaha! You little noob, just you wait! I’m going to the forum later to ridicule that dog Fang Chang!"

Gnome King Riches also chuckled.

"If even the Burning Corps only has a little over 70,000, we should be set this time."

Elena’s finger scrolled on the VM screen again and nodded.

"Pretty much, Spring Water and theirs are around 60,000. The brothers from the Death Legion are around 50,000; probably dragged down by casualties again. Goblin Corps... Goblin... What the fuck?!"

Seeing the digits in the post, Elena paused, rubbed her eyes and looked again.

111,000...?

He instinctively thought he had counted wrong, but no matter how he counted, there were three ones and three zeros.

Swallowing hard, he spoke in disbelief, his voice shaking.

"111,000?!"

As soon as they heard this number, the only players around instantly became stupefied.

"How much?!"

"Holy shit?!"

"Did you freaking miscount a zero?! How could there possibly be over one hundred thousand points! We’ve only been fighting for a few hours!"

"I freaking counted several times... Damn it, Luoyu alone contributed eighty thousand points." Elena scrolled through the post again and took in another sharp breath.

Upon hearing this, everyone was immediately abuzz.

"???"

"One person 80,000?!"

"I can’t even..."

"Must be fake, right?!"

Listening to the noisy discussion around him, Mole was completely bewildered, standing there as if struck by lightning.

Just half a minute ago, he thought he was the undisputed MVP.

But reality hit him square in the face.

And it wasn’t just Fang Chang, that bastard, who stole his MVP, or even the crafty Spring Water, but friggin’ Mosquito.

Regaining his senses, Mole let out a ghostly wail.

"Woc, insider job!"

"This has gotta be some damn insider job!"

...

While some were pissed off, naturally, others were ecstatic.

Like a certain mosquito who inexplicably snagged the MVP.

Spores were floating all over the streets, and air support efficiency was abysmally low, even worse than a fixed anti-aircraft gun.

Even as a technically skilled old pilot, he hadn’t killed many – let alone those rookie flyers who had just started.

In just a few hours of battle, the Goblin Corps’ rookies crashed 20 W-2 Attack Aircraft, and twice nearly dropped bombs on their comrades’ heads.

No matter how hard Mosquito Brother tried, their score was only a tiny bit higher than those third or fourth tier corps like the Sterling Silver Corps. They just couldn’t make it rise.

Muttering and cursing as he got off the plane, he was almost ready to give up, even having figured out how to pass the buck to the dog planners who targeted them.

Then the usually lone-wolf Luoyu Brothers gave him a huge surprise out of nowhere.

Eighty thousand points!!

By taking down the lair in the city center, they didn’t just make an epic comeback in total points, they even wiped out Old White, Mole, Spring Water, and the rest!

Scrolling through the forum multiple times, Mosquito hadn’t seen a single other total score that hit six figures except for their own!

"Hahaha! Well done, brother! Worthy of being the ace pilot I had my eye on!"

"Hehe, let’s see who dares to mock our Goblin Corps now! I could brag about this score for a year—pfft! I could brag until the open beta!"

He wasn’t entirely satisfied just saying it; Mosquito swiftly snapped a screenshot of the Legion System interface and posted it with a toothy grin on the forum.

In fact, before he indulged in this boast, there were already rookies who had died early and received the news offline had done so.

But that didn’t stop him from showing off again.

Watching Mosquito holding the MVP award and sneering, Feng Qing subtly reminded him with a mixed expression.

"Boss, you’re smiling like a villain."

However, maybe the voice was too soft, or maybe Mosquito, caught up in his excitement, was deaf to others, the laughter not only did not subside but grew more and more arrogant.

Looking at this mentally unwell guy, the ground crew cautiously steered clear of his vehicle, while silently mourning for him in their hearts.

They presumed this resident of the refuge must have been shocked by the loss of his comrades, which was why he appeared so mad...

It seemed better not to disturb him right now.

Gui Gui looked at Feng Qing with surprise.

"Ew, when did you start having the illusion that this guy was a good guy?"

Feng Qing was slightly startled and pondered for a moment.

emmm...

That did seem to make some sense.

For a moment, she couldn’t think of a way to counter...

...

With the final boss battle over, the lair in the city center and Xiya in the North Second Ring both fell, marking the official conclusion of the "Tide Coming" expansion pack.

This might be the fastest expansion pack to be "completed" in the history of "Wasteland OL" since its launch.

Most of the time was spent on preparations before the battle, and the actual fight ended in less than one night.

At dawn in Wasteland time, which corresponded to noon in the real world, as players were logging off, the "Wasteland OL" official website was bustling with excitement.

It was not just because of the first-hand battle reports brought by the online players to the forum, but also because of the announcement posted on the official website not long after.

[Worldwide Announcement: The "Tide Coming" expansion pack has officially ended!]

[Nearly 3.69 million offspring entities, 1411 evolutionary bodies, and 1 matriarch, as well as one lair, were killed in this Tide!]

[Players who killed more than 5 evolutionary bodies during this expansion pack will receive the limited title "Beyond Evolution," and those who killed more than 10,000 offspring entities will receive the limited title "Mucosal Terminator"! (Casualties caused by indirect fire are not counted in the kill count)]

[As the world of "Wasteland OL" is dynamically generated by the AI based on player behavior feedback, the choices made by players will have a permanent impact on the main storyline of the game. With the city center lair conquered, the century-long Tide will draw to a close, and there will be no more Tides in the area surrounding Qingquan City! You’ve ended a battle that lasted two centuries, and the reborn Qingquan City will undoubtedly become the most dazzling jewel on the Wasteland. Congratulations to you all!]

[Additionally, activity points have been deposited into individual accounts, and the lottery and prize redemption functions are now available! Thank you all for your active participation! The test data generated by this expansion pack will provide valuable references for the development of "Wasteland OL," and we will continue to dedicate ourselves to providing a richer gaming experience and fun for all our closed beta players!]

Tail: "Giao! The Tide is gone!? There won’t be any more in the future? QAQ"

Meat mountain big steamed bun: "We’ve already missed two expansion packs! QAQ"

Si Si: "The main storyline should be heading south soon... probably. (nervously)"

Ahhh, Sesame Paste: "Ah ha ha... Although it’s a bit regretful that I didn’t see what the city center lair really looked like, the various weird variants we encountered along the way were pretty interesting. (￣▽￣)"

Elena: "No need to see it anymore, that guy has already turned into Luoyu’s shape. (funny)"

Tail: "??? (ﾟДﾟ*)"

Makabazi: "Hahahaha!"

Rolling drum hair washer: "Brother, you play pretty radically. (funny)"

Difficult for the strong: "My trash bro is truly an expert! (funny)"

Pick up trash 99 level: "Look who’s talking about catching a thief, you’re the one with the biggest harem."

Difficult for the strong: "?"

I Want Tranquility: "Haha, I suggest the planners give the difficult brother a ’Harem King’ certificate—oh no, I mean achievement. (sideways smirk)"

Luoyu: "?? What the heck? What turned into my shape. (confused)"

Elena: "Ew, isn’t it? I don’t know, I heard it from Night Ten. (funny)"

Luoyu: "Don’t listen to that guy’s nonsense; to be accurate, Xiaoyu ate that guy, it has nothing to do with me, actually."

Fang Chang: "So what exactly happened down there? I’ve been waiting for half a day."

Quit smoking: "GKD! Stop being so mysterious!"

Luoyu: "Ahem, don’t rush, I’m getting to that. Basically... this involves a huge pit, or rather a pie-in-the-sky, that the planners planted long ago in the backstory."

Spring Water Commander: "That colony?"

Luoyu: "Yes, it’s at South Gate 2B, the first and last star that United Human colonized in the extraterrestrial world... That planet’s ecosystem is a completely different model to Earth’s. Their ecosystem isn’t comprised of multiple species but dominated by a Unified Consciousness Entity."

"An omnipresent and omnipotent Entity decides the type, number, and even lifespan of every creature on the planet and indirectly affects the planet’s ocean currents, temperature, greenhouse gas emissions, etc. The existence of the Entity maintains an incredible balance within a dynamically evolving environment on the planet."

"Compared to that planet, Earth, which updates a small version every few million years and a major version every few tens of millions of years, seems less inhabitable. There was no mention in the memory of how long It has existed, but It must have been around much longer than human civilization, so long that It has forgotten the concept of time."

"Oh right, Its name is Gaia."

Luoyu stopped typing for a moment to think and then made a comparison he thought was quite visual.

"That’s a lair that encompasses the entire planet."

"And the big guy that we took care of in the city center is probably equivalent to just one of Its leg hairs."

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(Then there will be a segment about farming, discussing the impact of the end of the "Tide" on the Alliance in political, economic, cultural, scientific, military, diplomatic, and other fields. Although the outline is already written, if you have any perspectives you’d like to see, feel free to leave a review here~)

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