The deep night in Night City is also midday on the other side.
The battle today resulted in the death of seven players, with a casualty rate of up to 80%, prompting forum members to mock relentlessly.
No matter how Brother Dao described the intensity of the battlefield and the intelligence of the hostile NPCs, for other players without an account, dying so many in a PVE indicates that you’re just bad at the game.
While they were arguing fiercely, the official website not only announced the players who secured reservation slots but also uploaded a promotional video to shift the players’ focus.
The first scene is an aerial view of a convoy of dozens of vehicles moving along a weed-overgrown highway. With mounted machine guns, graffiti on the car bodies, and the rumbling of engines, all set to a melodious western tune, it has the vibe of a road movie.
Then, as the BGM begins to change key, two distinct convoy styles suddenly emerge in the riverbeds on both sides of the convoy’s direction. As the music gradually rises, the distance between the three convoys continues to close.
Finally, there’s silence, the sound from the scene abruptly vanishes, and the BGM stops. The three convoys crash into each other with Wanderer’s convoy piercing like a dagger into two-thirds of the convoy’s rear. In a slow-motion sequence, the hard car bodies collide, slowly being crushed and deformed, while the teams exchange gunfire. The sparks from bullets striking the steel plates and the intense brass music play together.
The forward escape convoy, in panic, crashes into the tire spikes spilled by Pira, causing one vehicle to roll over repeatedly on the highway, sparks flying everywhere. Up ahead stands Mann’s uniquely styled squad. After the two sides engage, a suddenly appeared multi-barrel rocket launcher caused the trailing convoy to panic and turn away, but instead, fireworks exploded, adding a touch of humor to the fierce battle.
However, this humor ironically made the final battle particularly fierce, as the six used as bait couldn’t raise their heads under the assault of Night Wanderers pressing forward. Brother Dao was a bit slow to react, immediately having his left arm broken, blood gushing, extremely disheveled.
Giant Head and Potato went wild for a moment, but were soon pinned behind a pillar and shot at.
Brother Ni, constantly sneaking and ambushing, though his crossbow lacked accuracy, it was sinister enough, with each shot aimed at people’s nether regions, making onlookers feel an illusory pain at the backdoor.
Simultaneously, Lin Miao and Lucy’s movements behind the Night Wanderers were much more fluid and graceful compared to the players’ clumsy actions. Even facing a double-digit number of Night Wanderers surrounding them, they could skillfully take them down one by one.
In the aerial footage, player’s IDs appeared above their heads, immediately reducing the terrifying nature of the realistic, brutal scenes. Naturally, the images were processed with R18 blurring.
The balance of victory shifted dramatically with Giant Head and Potato’s explosive suicide attack and motorcycle skills. Natural Curl rushed out from behind cover with fluid swordsmanship to slay enemies, while Wildman, at the end, was gloriously shot by Lin Miao amidst everyone’s eyes, giving this video segment a tragic yet inspiring mood.
[New Century Lousy Warrior: Dying like that was quite tasteless. I was fighting hard when suddenly I got kicked offline, turned out I was blown up by a mine.]
[Red Barrel: +1, I didn’t even react, felt the world spin, and I was gone without even knowing how I died.]
[Brother Dao: I experienced what Wildman said that it’s getting colder, more tired, to the point I couldn’t even lift my eyelids at the end.]
[Wildman: Haha, I died at the hands of the BOSS, considered a heroic sacrifice. Maybe I can even earn the achievement of being the first player killed by a friendly NPC!]
[Rainy Night Without a Knife: Just okay (pulls up pants)]
[Blonde Egyptian Beauty: Damn, is the graphics this realistic? I’m done with playing shoddy COD, each version worse than the last, Activision go die.]
[Brother Ni: Obviously I’m the MVP, with the most kills and even took out the BOSS in one go.]
[Giant Head: You dog, using a crossbow to sneak attack on the side, are you even a man? A real man should be as manly as me!]
[Brother Ni: This is called the assassin’s self-cultivation, do you even understand the stealth playstyle?]
[Cranium Offering Confucian Seat: Master Kang: Get out of the brotherhood! You soulless thing of an assassin! A true assassin should be charging into the crowd with twin axes shouting ’Blood sacrifice to the Confucian god’ in berserk mode. Even Natural Curl is more assassin-like than you.]
[It’s a Wig, Not a Hedge: Him? I’d say just average, no way he’s stronger than me.]
[Bun: Is no one paying attention to the friendly NPC? Oh my god, they’re too cool!! Can I get an autograph?]
Compared to the chaotic disarray of players, Lin Miao and Lucy’s actions had clear intent. Every step they took had a clear objective, even when bullets flew past their ears, they remained steady.
In such an environment, the more panicked you are, the faster you die. However, amidst the intense battlefield, other than a few who survived to the end of the battle, no one noticed Lin Miao and Lucy at all. They even thought the players were fighting solo with NPCs only showing up after.
[Brother Dao: Right, didn’t you guys say NPCs wouldn’t participate in battles, only do their story CGs?]
[Red Barrel: Our BOSS must be at least level 20, also does this count as NPCs stealing our kills?]
[Brother Ni: Maybe it was an accident, the first time we fought the NPCs didn’t act, only came after we finished the fight.]
[Water Moon Cave Heaven: Give it up, without these two expert NPCs joining and diversifying the battle strength, you guys might have been wiped out by the monster tide.]