Chapter 255: Chapter 154: [Tunisian Campaign] American-Style Humor in North Africa (6.1k Double-Length)
Inside the envelope was also a ring, seeing this, Chi Kang understood:
"Another lovesick young man."
Opening the love letter, the first words were:
"Dear...."
Chi Kang sighed:
"These ’Earthlings’ always start their letters with ’Dear’. "
Taking a look, Chi Kang said:
"Another one hoping to resign and go back to marry a girl; everyone, don’t make promises lightly."
"But the address is quite clear."
"Imperial Ruhr District...."
"Speaking of which, is there any player from the Ruhr District who can help me check if this young man’s beloved is pretty?"
Saying this, Chi Kang suddenly had a viral idea.
He had searched so many envelopes before, why not find their owners?
This would surely attract a large number of follower fans.
As soon as he thought of it, Chi Kang immediately searched for ’Ruhr District’ on Celestial Shark Live, and at the same time, posted a message on the game forums looking for players from the ’Ruhr District’.
Meanwhile, he quietly read through a dozen letters and confirmed all the regions.
He planned to spend a day finding them all, aiming for a big splash.
And Chi Kang’s actions indeed had an effect, with the livestream title changing to [Searching Live for the Sweethearts in Fallen Soldiers’ Envelopes], attracting a lot of players.
In less than half an hour.
A player from the Ruhr District contacted Chi Kang.
Because he was nearby, less than ten kilometers from the address on the envelope.
He had already set out to search.
Chi Kang meanwhile connected with him and started streaming together, with more and more people in the livestream room, all ready to witness this moment.
However, players from the Imperial Camp in the Ruhr District spoke to the livestream audience, saying:
"I advise you not to get your hopes up."
"The Empire might now have the other countries underfoot, but the situation internally isn’t great either."
"Airstrikes from the British Commonwealth have never stopped."
"They don’t dare to continue attacking Berlin, but bombings of the surrounding small cities or towns have never ceased."
"As long as it doesn’t concern those bigwigs’ own lives."
"The lives of the Empire’s citizens are actually irrelevant."
The words were cruel, but this was something some life-oriented players personally experienced.
Upon hearing this,
the Blue Star viewers in the livestream fell silent, this....
They hadn’t paid attention to this aspect before.
Focus was always on the war on ’Earth’, but now it seemed that war was just one aspect, ’Earth’ could be viewed from many angles, the impacts of war extended beyond victory and defeat to civilian life.
Following the perspective of the player in the Ruhr District, they walked more than ten kilometers.
When they arrived at the place, it was already evening in the game.
With a clear address, the player quickly found the place.
But...
Before their eyes was a ruin, the player was stunned:
"This...."
The Blue Star viewers and streamer Chi Kang in the livestream also fell silent.
Not only the houses before them were destroyed, but the entire area around them had been bombed, evidently by an airstrike.
An old man who had come with the player said:
"Yes, this is the place."
"Are you a relative of Charlotte?"
The player, hearing the old man’s question, didn’t know how to respond:
"Uh.... I’m Martin’s friend."
Martin was the Imperial soldier who had died.
At this, the old man nodded and sighed:
"I see."
"Is Martin doing well now?"
The player nodded:
"He’s alright."
Dead without pain....
The old man nodded and said:
"That’s good."
"Martin’s home was just over there."
Following the direction the old man pointed, it was next to Charlotte’s home.
Childhood sweethearts?
This phrase flashed through the minds of the Blue Star viewers.
And their hearts sunk even further.
It got worse....
The old man continued:
"When those British demons bombed, everyone was asleep."
"Martin’s parents and Charlotte’s entire family didn’t escape."
"I hope Martin can live until the end of the war."
"Luckily, we haven’t received a letter from Martin recently, otherwise, we wouldn’t know how to respond."
Hearing this,
the player and the Blue Star viewers in the livestream fell silent.
No need to respond.
Martin was no more, died on Mamaev Kurgan.
This meant the whole family line had ended.
The son died for the Empire thousands of miles away in Stalingrad.
His parents, however, died within the Empire, victims of a British Commonwealth airstrike.
What has war really brought?
In Chi Kang’s livestream room.
Seeing the silent scene there, Chi Kang also appeared somber, glancing at the pile of bodies on the cart.
Martin was among them.
He would soon be taken away and burned at some random place, not even leaving behind ashes.
Chi Kang didn’t have enough sympathy to find and bury Martin’s body.
Not to mention whether anyone would appreciate it.
The Soviet soldiers wouldn’t let him do that either, the Empire killed over two million people in Stalingrad, and now they expect burials for their dead?
The Soviets didn’t even have enough land to bury their own dead, why would they consider the Imperial’s?
Chi Kang just took a few looks and then pulled out a dozen letters from his pocket.
One person’s strength is still too little.
Chi Kang posted the letters, asking players to find them, and then gather them for livestreams, which indeed motivated players, many wanted to see what was on the other side of the envelopes.
So they wandered across various livestream rooms.
And this approach quickly attracted a group of imitators, but Chi Kang didn’t mind.