After an emergency meeting, the Special Defense Department's Elite Player group sprang into action. This time, they didn't draw on local Player reserves. Instead, they flew people in on a private plane directly from Capital City.
The new year hadn't fully arrived, and another storm of bloodshed had begun.
Of course, this was a secret operation by the Special Defense Department. Until there were clear results, no information would get out. So, on the morning of the first day of the lunar new year, what set the internet ablaze was the deadly clash in Tianshi between Special Defense Department Players and independent Players.
A constant stream of secretly filmed clips nearly brought the internet to a standstill. Rumors and hearsay flooded every platform, but they all boiled down to one thing: the government was at war with the Players!
A new wave of online analysts emerged. They confidently declared that this small-scale Player battle would directly determine the future of District 014.
If the Special Defense Department won, things would go back to the old order: the department on top, independent organizations in second place.
If the independent Players won, things would get interesting. It would mean the Special Defense Department had lost its authority and would face constant challenges from independent Players from then on. A shift in power would also take place within the department. Family factions represented by Players would replace the old core personnel, completely changing the previous arrangements. The political landscape as it had existed up to that point would vanish into the river of history.
Naturally, this only made netizens more worked up. The surging number of Players gave ordinary people a sense of security, but also put them under immense pressure. The old laws could no longer easily restrain Players, and among such