"Ah?"
"Th-the Fourth Calamity?!"
At that, Gao Lanlan frowned again, looking somewhat dumbfounded.
After all, the change had come far too suddenly and too quickly for her to process at once.
But fortunately, she was a dead—no, an ace pilot. Her mind naturally worked faster than most people's, or she would never have led a mere few hundred people in struggling for so long in such an environment without being wiped out.
"The Fourth Calamity..."
She murmured the term again, and her eyes gradually lit up.
"You mean..."
"The kind of Fourth Calamity they talk about in those games and novels?"
If that was really the case, Gao Lanlan felt that perhaps they might actually have a chance.
The Fourth Calamity was an internet-popular concept originating from science fiction and gaming culture. It referred specifically to the phenomenon of player groups existing as a transcendent force within games or fictional narratives.
The term borrowed the destructive imagery of the real-world phrase "natural disaster," comparing players' actions within a game world to an unpredictable, irresistible catastrophic force.
The primary traits of the Fourth Calamity were groups of players possessing game-breaking abilities such as "immortality," "unlimited resurrection," "loading saves," and "looking up guides." If their camp could truly welcome a group of Fourth Calamities, then perhaps it would indeed be an enormous opportunity for them.
"Right."
(*^▽^*)
Annie nodded.
The Fourth Calamity was a self-deprecating term among gamers. In those large-scale multiplayer strategy games, the characters played by gamers were often unconstrained by conventional morality, indifferent to casualty figures, and unafraid of death penalties.
They would often pursue their goals in the most insane, cost-be-damned ways possible, because to them, it was only a game.
After all, dead units could be resurrected, consumed resources could be gathered again, and a lost round