Frostplate's Counterattack

A mere shouting and vehement condemnation would not have been enough to bring Li Aoz's speech to a climax.

After obtaining the video footage, the post-production team at Qiqiao Network developed a strong interest in Li Aoz. After studying Li Aoz's identity information, they made a more appropriate assessment of Li Aoz's personal image than that of the Frostplate Law Enforcement Division Three and IV:

Li Aoz is a warrior, or rather a knight-errant, who fights against injustice.

Wandering the world, enduring wind and rain, and helping those in need—these romantic notions evoke a sense of longing and yearning.

The marketing team believes that Frostplate itself lacks distinctive game features. If players value cybernetic bodies, why not go for Red Arrow, which boasts the most advanced technology? If players crave martial arts skills, why not go for Sky Ring, where melee combat is more refined?

In addition, the poor political situation in Frostplate is not conducive to the investment environment, which makes state-owned enterprises and public institutions that have secured beta test slots very dissatisfied, and there is also a public opinion trend that may make male players feel a little uncomfortable.

The former are here to build the Electronic Immigrants project and make big money. They are state-owned enterprises in Yanxia, not blood bags for the Frostplate Government to do charity. As for the latter, they are more likely to deter most male amateur players. Even female players will feel disgusted by such a distorted social system and will be more inclined to the Righteous Dawn Democratic Republic with its beautiful scenery.

Therefore, the announcement keenly captured the characteristics of Li Aoz, a 'chivalrous' character, and on this basis, re-established the core gameplay of Frostplate: "The fun of becoming Frostplate District player lies in destroying Frostplate."

In reality, Li Aoz does not represent any particular faction. If you have to say, he belongs to the Outland, but he is, after all, from Frostplate and is a hero who destroyed an anti-human organization—which is just right to give players a strong sense of justice and empathy.

The promotional video has a limited runtime for each country, with a maximum of less than 13 minutes.

The Frostplate Republic itself can only be promoted by mentioning that Frostplate is characterized by being 'insidious,' 'scheming behind the scenes,' and 'females holding high positions of power.' However, these aspects can be glossed over in just a few sentences. In order to fill the nearly ten minutes that follow, the employees of the Qiqiao Network's publicity department took a shortcut, changed the filter, added music, and edited it a bit, practically stuffing the entire storyline of "Remember Them" into the video.

As Li Aoz shouted, the tragic fate of the Malefic Calamity Experiment subjects was vividly recalled, and combined with the tearful music, it fully aroused the audience's anger and sympathy.

Even Li Aoz didn't expect that his clips would be the most frequently interacted with in the live chat during the entire press conference.

"This country has gone mad!"

"Their actions are a disgrace to women. How could they conduct such cruel experiments on infants?!"

"My blood pressure is rising, and I can't wait to go online and start a killing spree."

Because this live stream was not simply aimed at gamers, but at all people who have the intention and expectation of Electronic Immigrants, and these people with Electronic Immigrants tendencies are generally characterized by 'loneliness', 'emotional sensitivity', and 'strong misanthropic feelings', their empathy and desire to care for others are very strong from the beginning.

They may have never played any games before, but after seeing the Red Arrow Empire's superior technological environment and the Heavenly Ring Nation's cool battles, they became extremely interested. Many of them, both emotionally and rationally, longed for life in the electronic world.

But when they saw that their longed-for 'second home' contained countries like Frostplate, they were immediately shocked. Especially after witnessing the atrocities Nethermark Humanity, almost all the immigrant reservists stood firmly on the side of opposing Frostplate.

The fundamental difference between Electronic Immigrants and players is that players mostly come to play games, have fun, and fight, while Electronic Immigrants tend to come for a gentle colonization. They are happy to trade with friendly natives, become friends, and live there for life. However, they have a stronger sense of crisis and unease than players.

Many Electronic Immigrants had already received maps of Azure Planet and were considering whether to live on the coast of Red Arrow or become mercenaries in Sky Ring. Li Aoz's performance made them uneasy. But as immigrants, their first thought was not to abandon their plans, but to pin their hopes on completely destroying Frostplate.

This magical chemical reaction quickly ignited public opinion, and players were in a frenzy. Many found resonance in the group's momentum and joined the wave, continuing to snowball.

Li Aoz was surprised to find that before the job system was even introduced, he had already become the first NPC that players recognized, and in the promotional video for the country and region section, he became the individual character with the longest display time.

Even his junkwear outfit was leaked by an insider at Qiqiao Network, and it will be available as a fashion item in the [Shop] system in the future. Many players have said they must buy it all.

Putting everything else aside, he has truly become the world's top livestream salesperson—if the CEO of Qiqiao Network knew this, he would probably kowtow to himself a couple of times.

So much so that the later performance about Zhengxu was also affected by the atmosphere of the previous part. Many players saw the beautiful scenery, leisurely atmosphere and good public security of the Righteous Dawn Democratic Republic, which, in contrast to the poor and desolate landscape of Frostplate, formed a very sharp contrast. Most importantly, in this world of ice and snow, Zhengxu actually has an ocean and a beach!

Many immigrants were immediately tempted and decided to retire at Zhengxu Immigration.

Zhengxu's biggest flaw is that excessive welfare has led to laziness among the people and stagnation in economic growth, but happiness is always relative.

Zhengxu never launched wars of aggression against foreign countries, and actively attracted investment, which solidified its industrial base and provided high welfare benefits for its workers. Yanxia was very satisfied with this.

After that, some scattered small countries and Outland warlord organizations were mentioned only briefly, without any important information.

As for Frostplate?

Li Aoz never expected that before he could even demonstrate his Combat Power, tens of millions of people would be ready to follow him and try to defeat Frostplate together.

After a brief introduction to the region, a series of gameplay systems were introduced. The players were very interested in these parts, while Li Aoz turned to look at the forum.

A post that was being hotly debated on the player forums caught his eye. When he clicked on it, he saw that it was a poll about which country on Azure Planet he would most like to use as his Novice Village.

With its awe-inspiring steel torrent and iron-blooded spirit, the Red Arrow Empire has become a favorite nation among players.

Secondly... it's actually Frostplate.

Most of the fun-loving players and those who were unhappy with Frostplate were swayed by the official sentiment and determined to make a big splash in Frostplate, build up their AK-47s, make it bigger and stronger, and create new glories.

Li Aoz was very satisfied and said he would provide all kinds of help except for basic assistance. These players' combat abilities and levels were at most limited to basic tasks like casual thrusting, robbing banks, blowing up bunkers, and guerrilla warfare.

"Now it seems that choosing Triangle Town, the Nethermark Humanity Shelter, and Sky Ring as my development areas will form a triangular trade network."

Li Aoz thought of it.

Just like in the previous life, many Electronic Immigrants decided to retire and relax at Zhengxu. For these outsiders, Zhengxu's high welfare benefits and beautiful natural scenery were simply irresistible.

Surprisingly, the last place is the military nation of Heavenly Ring Nation, known for its dazzling battles and melee combat. Almost all professional players choose to start in Sky Ring, preparing to jump into real combat in the shortest time possible to quickly level up.