The end of the world is approaching, I'm handing myself over to the country.

Lin Mo nodded inwardly after hearing this.

As expected of Chi Zhengyang.

This sense of the big picture is indeed far superior to that of an ordinary person like myself.

With a gun in hand, one remains calm.

First train the troops, then reveal your hand.

This is indeed the optimal solution at present.

"no problem."

Lin Mo agreed readily.

"Although the general store is mine, I am also a citizen of China."

"I will follow the arrangements of the motherland."

Hearing this, Chi Zhengyang visibly breathed a sigh of relief.

If Lin Mo cooperates, the matter is already half settled.

But then...

New problems have arisen.

"only......"

Chi Zhengyang hesitated for a moment.

"How to conceal it is a big problem."

"I'm confident I can keep the first batch of soldiers who go in quiet."

"But what about later?"

"To quickly improve our strength, a few people are not enough; we definitely need more people to go in and train."

"Too many people, too much to say."

"What if someone leaks the truth about what's happening over there, causing panic?"

This is a dead end.

If you want to train troops, you have to send people in.

When there are too many people, a secret can't be kept.

Lin Mo scratched his hair.

This is indeed a troublesome matter.

He looked at the ball of light in the sky.

This broken system only cares about opening stores, not about operations. You have to do these brain-taxing things yourself.

Sudden.

A sudden inspiration struck Lin Mo.

Since we can't tell the truth, let's just make up a lie.

Moreover, it has to be the kind of lie that people believe wholeheartedly, even flock to.

What do young people like most these days?

What do you want most?

most......

Lin Mo suddenly slapped his thigh.

"That's easy!"

"Why don't we just disguise it as a game?"

There was a pause on the other end of the phone.

"game?"

Chi Zhengyang was clearly out of touch with the way young people think.

"Yes, it's a game."

Lin Mo thought about it more and more and felt that the idea was brilliant.

"Get a gaming pod, or a virtual reality headset or something like that."

"In external promotion, say it's a nationally developed, groundbreaking, 100% realistic virtual holographic online game!"

"I've already thought of a name, something like 'Wasteland Era' or 'Survival in the Apocalypse'."

"Anyway, once you get here, you can be resurrected if you die."

"Isn't this just a stereotype about games?"

Chi Zhengyang fell silent.

He was processing this astonishing proposal.

How can a realistic post-apocalyptic exploration be packaged as an online virtual game?

The public thinks they're playing a game, but in reality they're training troops for the country and incidentally saving the world?

this......

This is insane.

"Will this work?"

Chi Zhengyang's tone was full of doubt.

"Given the current level of technology, if a 100% realistic game suddenly appeared, would anyone believe it?"

"Whether you believe it or not is not important."

Lin Mo laughed, a sly laugh.

"The experience is what matters."

"Once they go inside and experience that realistic touch and feedback, who cares how it was made?"

"and."

"We can set the bar higher."

"Get a beta test qualification, limited quantity available."

"The more unattainable something is, the more restless it becomes."

"I'm very familiar with the tactic of scarcity marketing."

Chi Zhengyang still had some concerns.

It's not that I'm worried about technical issues.

Since there's a system as an external tool, there's no real technological barrier.

He was worried about another issue.

"But that's a real apocalypse."

Chi Zhengyang said in a deep voice.

"There are man-eating zombies and mutated monsters there. The environment is harsh, and there is a lack of food and clothing."

"And the pain is real."

"The fear of death is also real."

"Although you can be resurrected, the pain of being torn apart by monsters is real."

"Would anyone be so bored as to spend money to suffer?"

"Young people these days will post on social media to seek comfort even for a minor scrape."

"When we got to the hospital, the doctors all said it was lucky we came early, otherwise the wound would have healed by now."

"Send them to fight zombies hand-to-hand?"

"I'm afraid they'll all run away in less than two minutes."

This is a very real problem.

People in peacetime have long been accustomed to comfort.

Who would want to suffer that pain?

Lin Mo, however, disagreed.

He understands today's gamers too well.

For the sake of a ranking, they might stay up for several nights in a row.

People are willing to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on a single skin.

If the temptation is big enough, people would fight to go to the apocalypse to kill zombies, or even to Mars to grow potatoes.

"You're underestimating the players from our Dragon Kingdom."

Lin Mo spoke into the phone.

"We'll see."

"If you lack motivation, we can provide it."

"Just increase the rewards."

"For example, create several leaderboards."

"Monster kill points leaderboard, survival time leaderboard, resource contribution leaderboard..."

"The first-place winner will receive a cash prize of five million!"

"The second-place prize is three million!"

"Third place gets one million!"

"Even the top 100 will each receive 100,000 or 200,000."

Do you think no one will go?

A gasp came from the other end of the phone.

Chi Zhengyang was clearly stunned by Lin Mo's extravagant gesture.

Five million?

This is no small amount for ordinary people.

"Thinking about it that way, it does seem feasible."

If the apocalypse really comes, and the government can't provide shelter for the public, then money will just be a piece of paper.

Let alone five million.

Even if it's fifty million, five hundred million, more countries can afford it!

Money is not a problem.

Chi Zhengyang immediately expressed his opinion.

"Leave everything to me as long as it works."

"but......"

Chi Zhengyang changed the subject, still carrying a deep sense of worry.

"I'm still not entirely at ease."

"This time, they're facing a real monster."

"Blood and flesh flying everywhere, severed limbs and broken arms."

"The visual impact and psychological pressure are not something ordinary people can withstand."

"What if someone goes in and is traumatized or develops psychological trauma? The responsibility..."

As a soldier, Chi Zhengyang was used to protecting the people.

Now, however, they are pushing the people to the most brutal battlefield.

Even if it's disguised as a game.

He still couldn't quite get over that hurdle in his heart.

"I'm just afraid... the public won't be able to handle it."

"If there is a widespread mental breakdown, the game will have to be discontinued."

Lin Mo sensed Chi Zhengyang's concerns.

He was still too kind.

But in the face of the end times, mercy is the greatest weakness.

We must change his mindset.

Lin Mo changed his posture, leaning against the counter, his fingers lightly tapping the tabletop.

"You don't need to worry about that at all."

"Some things, if said differently, have completely different meanings."

"for example."

"If you say you like someone else's wife, it makes you seem very immoral and like a scoundrel."

There was a cough on the other end of the phone.

He was clearly taken aback by Lin Mo's sudden analogy.

Lin Mo ignored him and continued:

"But what if you say that the person you like has unfortunately become someone else's wife?"

"The feeling was immediately different."

"He instantly transformed from a rogue into a deeply affectionate male protagonist, filled with regret and helplessness."

"It can even garner a lot of sympathy."

"Or you could say that the project is always encountering difficulties, and your boss might think that you have limited abilities."

"But you said that the project is constantly breaking through one bottleneck after another, and what the leaders feel is your resilience and potential."

"Also, if a child says that he got 78 points on this test, we might think that the child failed. But if he says that he improved by 8 points compared to the last test, doesn't it feel different instantly?"

"Language is a filter for reality."

"The same scenery, when viewed from the window, shows the bustling world, but when viewed in the mirror, it shows oneself."

"Intelligent expression is not about distorting the facts, but about choosing which aspect of the facts to illuminate."

Chi Zhengyang: "..."

Although it's all fallacious reasoning.

But I have to admit.

Comrade Lin Mo's words, though crude, are not without merit.

That's definitely the case.

"The same applies to this."

Lin Mo's voice was incredibly seductive.

"If you directly tell the public that you want to send them to the apocalypse to fight monsters and bleed and sacrifice themselves."

"Then they'll definitely be scared, they'll curse, they'll think the country has gone mad."

"But let's not talk about that."

"We call this the country's latest '100% virtual reality game'."

"And there are also high cash rewards."

"Do you believe it or not?"

"As long as this news gets out."

"Don't even mention being afraid of monsters."

"Those players can chase zombies all over the streets!"

"At that time, it won't be people we'll fear, but those monsters!"

"I've already decided on the name of the game, it will be called 'Wasteland Era'."