Chapter 669: Chapter 636: This is Stable Now!
In most people’s expectations, Daxia, as the current “World First War Zone,” would definitely choose the most resource-rich position without hesitation.
That is the center of the entire battlefield, the only large city, and the only area marked as [Six Stars] in terms of abundant resources.
Not only does it have rich resources itself, but industrial districts, power plants, airports, anti-aircraft shelters, and scattered villages are also distributed around the large city...
Not to mention there is a river running through the city from which you can reach the ocean downstream and reach the mountains and forests upstream, the transportation is quite convenient.
The tactical options are extremely rich.
But when Super Tomato joined the discussion group prepared by Cloud Dream according to the roster link, it found that this place wasn’t well-received among the crowd in the group–
“Middle of the map, whoever goes there is a dumbass.”
“Holy shit, six-star supplies, can’t anyone see that this is a trap?”
“Nope, nope, whoever wants to go there just does it.”
...
Super Tomato thought about it, and it really made sense.
Daxia is already everyone’s target, and if they choose the middle of the map, they will truly be surrounded, fighting the whole world.
Even if they were strong, they would be destined to fight from beginning to end, with basically no chance to take a breath.
The rational approach should be to avoid this place, choose a well-defended location, and keep a low profile throughout the early and mid-game.
When everyone is battered enough in the late game and their numbers have dwindled, they can come out and clean up the mess.
But that raises a problem–
That is, this tactic is too simple and can be thought of by anyone.
If every group in the world keeps playing it safe and staying hidden, how can the contest continue?
Wait a second!
Could it be that Cloud Dream is going to play another “Earthquake Shrinking Circle” hand?
Super Tomato had a myriad of thoughts.
But under Lincoln’s leadership, Cloud Dream always likes to “create surprises for the players,” and come up with some unexpected tricks.
There’s too much uncertainty in this first edition of [Peak War].
For example, now everyone can see the resources and military abundance of each area labeled by Cloud Dream, but they only know the “Star Level.”
As for what weapons are available and how many there are, Cloud Dream has no intention of announcing it before the contest.
At the lowest [one-star] level, whether it’s [Rifle], [Pistol], [Bow and Arrow], or [Kitchen Knife], nobody knows.
Similarly, as the resource limit, the [six-star] level, no one can predict the upper limit of weapon power.
At times like this, Super Tomato couldn’t help but think: Could there be nuclear weapons?
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One hour after the roster announcement, the number of players joining the group finally exceeded 800.
Then came the fourth, fifth, sixth rounds...
The players in the group discussed while voting, persuading and compromising with each other, and the votes finally became more concentrated.
But in the end, they were still undecided between [Area 6: Airport], [Area 8: Seaport], [Area 13: Underground Stronghold], and [Area 16: Desert Oasis], with heated discussions.
Tool Man No.1 finally showed some emotional fluctuations: “Russia finished the pre-selection in one round of voting, and France took two rounds.”
“How about...we speed up the process?”
“Honestly, I’m not used to working overtime...”
Tool Man’s complaint about overtime was ignored by the group members.
But they were surprised that Russian and French players were so efficient, especially Russia, who had results in just one round of voting?
Compared to their intense differences, it seemed incredible.
They tried to find out the voting results of Russia and France from Tool Man No.1, but Tool Man No.1 strictly followed the rules and kept his lips sealed.
After another hour and a half of heated discussions, the group finally completed the difficult process of narrowing it down to one choice: [Area 8: Seaport] as the final battlefield.
Tool Man No.1, relieved, immediately submitted the result.
Three minutes later, the official Battlefield account announced the T1 War Zone battle site selection results-
[Daxia-Seaport-Four-Star Resources]
[Russia-City Center-Six-Star Resources]
[France-Anti-Aircraft Hole-Five-Star Resources]
This result was beyond the expectations of countless players, especially Daxia, who ranked first in points, choosing only a four-star resource area, which surprised many people.
Ivan Ivanov, who had just achieved an excellent third place in the Hunting Contest and his popularity soared again, successfully obtained a War Reporter spot with his anchor identity.
He was now in his live broadcast room, laughing loudly:
“We thought Daxia would definitely choose the only six-star area. We chose the city center just to try our luck, and were prepared to change it if needed...”
“But we didn’t expect to win right away!”
“It’s all set! We got this!”
Of course, someone in the live broadcast room asked, “What if we’re besieged?”
Ivan Ivanov replied confidently, “Then we’ll fight the whole world till the end!”
“Victory belongs to the brave!”
“Like the French, hiding in the anti-aircraft hole waiting to steal a victory, the Slavic people disdains to do such a thing!”
It was clear to see that the French players’ tactical choice didn’t require any thought, anyone could tell.
The French players were not afraid to let people know their tactics, and the patriotic French and part-time Turner also agreed with this strategy:
“Once the game starts, close the door of the anti-aircraft hole, and it becomes an unbreakable defense!”
“Then, we just wait until the situation outside settles down before we come out to clean the battlefield and wrap everything up.”
In the end, Turner summarized it with one sentence:
“Flawless tactics, we got this for sure!”