Chapter 1285 - 417: Even Getting on the Kang Is Hard, Yet They Call Themselves Knights

Chapter 1285: Chapter 417: Even Getting on the Kang Is Hard, Yet They Call Themselves Knights

[Story of the POW Camp] As soon as Heart of the Horizon went online, it was synchronized to servers around the world. Initially, only a few hundred people saw the film, but Europeans being captured and publicly showcased to the world is colossal news. It’s like rubbing the Europeans’ faces in the dirt!

So within a short time, it spread like wildfire.

Now the whole world knows that there are soldiers from Europe who have been captured. The reputations of security companies like Black Forest and Global Guardians are in ruins.

Although they repeatedly emphasize that having soldiers captured in war is inevitable and not surprising, the problem is...

Where are your captives?

Show them to us!

Indeed, Europeans can match players in terms of combat losses almost one-to-one, but the problem is they can’t capture player POWs. Those cyber warriors are all diehards, fighting to the end. Even if only their head is left, they’ll take a bite out of you—where can you catch a live one?

So the more they try to justify, the worse it gets. Even the previously crazily promoted victories since the nuclear counter-attack were overshadowed by these POWs, leaving them impotent and furious, shouting at the frontline soldiers in their offices, "Intensify the effort to take down this company!"

And at this critical moment, global public opinion shifted focus to this small film.

It’s not just Henry and a few others who are curious now. What kind of company could defeat the European armed companies, which are all tagged as ’high-end’ by the global media?

You must understand that while Huang Ban and Military Science are big, they’re certainly not high enough.

This is the aura issue inherent with Europe.

So, the attention this aura has drawn has now turned into a calamity.

Brother Dao isn’t randomly editing, making a low-quality vlog and uploading it. From the storyboard to the script, to the editing and the music pacing, a specialized editing team produces it. Though his media company is small, it has quite a few talented people.

The series doesn’t follow a linear timeline, instead progressing through multiple small scenes per episode.

For example, not long after the opening, a group of Brits plans to escape, sneaking under a truck while no one is watching, only to be dragged out unconscious by a robot.

This segment uses a silent film style of editing, with no dialogue throughout. After all, the Brits wouldn’t disclose their plan, but the editing, violin music, the Brits’ expressions, and the silent film’s unique intertitles add an extra comedic layer.

The acting, especially, reaches a level of perfection—it feels so genuine!

Then, the main characters appear, none other than Henry and his crew.

A Truman Show unfolds in the POW camp.

Members of families such as the Orléans and Burgundy saw their spare sons and daughters appearing in Cuba, appearing on TV, and they’re petrified.

I knew you were reckless, but I didn’t expect you to go this far!

Some mothers wanted to immediately contact and recall their wayward sons, only to be unanimously stopped by the family elders.

Humiliated on TV?

NO! NO! NO!

This is future political capital.

Do you think anyone can be humiliated in front of the whole world?

Whether the impression is good or bad, what matters is leaving an impression.

Especially as Henry and his group just arrived and gained the interview rights by helping POWs send messages to their families, instantly winning the favor of countless Europeans.

That’s the kind of reputation many legislators gain from numerous charity events.

And the intense brawl over the letters pushed the whole episode to its climax.

After all, for many third-world nationals, being able to beat European soldiers is exhilarating.

These are things they wouldn’t dare to depict even in fantasy, but can now see with their own eyes.

Of course, apart from the UK, France, and Germany, while other European Community countries were enjoying the show, those soldiers’ families couldn’t sit still.

My husband, son, father is being beaten in a POW camp!

Nothing is more heartbreaking than watching your loved one beaten on the other side of the Earth, while you are powerless.

So, they gathered and took action, holding banners or megaphones, protesting at the gates of Black Forest, Global Guardians, and other companies.

"My son is fighting for you! You must be responsible for this!"

"Request negotiations with Horizon Corporation to exchange POWs!"

"Why must we bleed for Cubans? My son is giving his life! And you’re sitting here drinking tea!"

The companies typically respond to protests with suppression, united with the United Government to quell the unrest.

But in this world, no one’s will is absolute. The operation of a collective requires the joint effort of every component within that group.

Who do you expect to suppress the families of these soldiers?

Other soldiers?

The frontline is still fighting, damn it!

Even the supreme will of capital still needs grassroots enforcers to do the job. If you kill these soldiers’ relatives, whoever replaces them will face the same issues.

The last person doing such a thing was MacArthur, which directly taught everyone what "old soldiers never die, they just fade away" means.

But his downfall was almost orchestrated by the disgruntled veteran Truman president, shattering his presidential dreams and ending his political career.

Now, whoever wants to do such a thing had better weigh if they’re as heavy as MacArthur.

Moreover, Europeans aren’t Americans; this isn’t an immigrant country. Local blood ties run deep, and even armed companies don’t have White House-level power. Guess if there are any connections with MPs or the Air Corps in this group?