173: Chapter 173 Wedding

According to their tearful posts on the forum: The gravity in that damn place completely defies the basic laws of physics!

As soon as you land, it feels like a dozen or so Liangzis are all sitting on your chest at the same time!

Even while wearing Power Armor, those players only lasted for a dozen minutes before being crushed into meat paste by that terrifying gravity and forced to log off.

This means it is a death planet with ridiculously high gravity.

It cannot be used as a regular leveling spot for now.

As for the last remaining agricultural world, Cerise.

Since it happened to be orbiting on the other side of the star, furthest from Outpost Planet.

The players' ships were exploring it quite slowly.

But calculating the voyage, it should be able to land successfully within these two days.

This means that the closed [Level B7] in the underground of Shelter is about to be fully opened!

Lin Li withdrew his thoughts, spent over an hour repeatedly revising this information-packed announcement, and then clicked to publish it as a server-wide sticky post on the official website forum.

[ "warhammer 40,000" V0.45 Version Update Announcement! ]

"Dear The Fourth Calamity! The minor version update is officially online. The content of this update is as follows:

New Area Open: Officially opening all celestial bodies within the Yuanwang Star System!

Now, all celestial bodies in this galaxy are no longer just background textures that can only be viewed from afar, but solid maps that can be landed on and explored!

New Character Added: Important main storyline character — Pioneer-type Men of Iron [U-999], bringing the massive rebel forces of the industrial planet Gorgon, officially joins the Spark Alliance faction!

U-999 is an extremely dangerous ancient combat Men of Iron, and it is currently working hard to unify the industrial forces of the entire Gorgon planet.

New Random Events: Added more random and unknown sudden events for players to freely explore and discover.

Large-scale Campaign Opening (Important): [Mobius Capital Siege Battle] is about to begin!

For all players who sign up to participate in this campaign, during the campaign preparation period, the prices of all ammunition and vehicle equipment in the store will be reduced by 80%! Limited-time massive discount!

At the same time, the campaign-exclusive [Battle Merit System] is officially opened.

After the battle, players can directly redeem territory resources, high-level NPC recruitment rights, or mineral development rights on Mobius Prime through battle merits!

The campaign registration channel is currently open, please sign up actively!

Biological Line Expansion: Continuously updating and opening more DIY models for [Flesh Mecha].

Fixed a small number of bugs.

Added more ways to die and suffering experiences."

Not long after this sincere announcement was posted.

Those players who had logged off after dark in the game flocked to the forum and started frantically replying and liking the post.

[Widowmaker]: First! First comment! Immortal Lin, hurry up and start the war! My melta gun has been starving and impatient for a long time!

[Captain Blood Pressure Gabriel]: Hehe, I've long been tired of hacking the greenskins on the northern wasteland. By the way, which faction are we fighting this time?

[Liver Emperor]: Are you blind? Didn't you read the background introduction? We are fighting the Imperial Governor of the galaxy's capital, it's the pure Defense Force.

[Captain Blood Pressure Gabriel]: That still lacks a bit of flavor. With the pathetic firepower of that group of NPCs, wouldn't charging in be like mowing grass in a Musou game? There's no challenge.

[Liver Emperor]: The difficulty is indeed not high. The opponent doesn't even have a single gene-enhanced Space Marine, it should be a campaign the developers put out for us to practice and hand out benefits.

Didn't the official hint long ago that Tyranids would come later? That should be the real highlight.

[Void Terror]: Developer-sama! Asking weakly, after the Tyranids come later, can I capture a Norn Queen alive? I want to keep her in captivity to warm my bed! Please! I am willing to pay-to-win!

[Shushu Failed the Exam]: You damn perverted human traitor! Get lost! Don't make the forum's style so bizarre!

The thread quickly went off-topic.

But undoubtedly, all the players held extremely high enthusiasm for this large-scale campaign.

Many wealthy players had even started frantically hoarding instant noodles and energy drinks in the real world, preparing to ask for leave from their companies and hunker down at home to play through this epic interstellar siege battle.

However.

Just when the players were fiercely chatting about the campaign.

A brand-new private post suddenly popped up in a sub-forum.

And the popularity of this post actually soared to the position just below Immortal Lin's update announcement in just a few dozen minutes!

The title of the post was very simple: [The day after tomorrow will be my wedding day with Bailey. A wedding and banquet will be held outside Shelter, everyone is welcome to come and join the fun!]

Poster — [Black Tiger A-Fu].

There was no tactical analysis in the post, only a screenshot from the game.

In the screenshot, Black Tiger A-Fu was holding the hand of Bailey, who was wearing a long dress and had gentle eyes.

The comment section below exploded instantly.

[Use Fire Punch]: Hehe, Brother Tiger, aren't you getting too immersed? Getting married to an NPC in the game? If your blind date in the real world found out, that would be funny.

[Black Tiger A-Fu] replied seriously: I don't have a partner in the real world. With my conditions, I probably won't find one in this lifetime, but in this wasteland, I have Bailey. [Grin]

As soon as this sentence came out, those players in the forum who originally wanted to play with memes and tease suddenly fell silent.

[Flash]: Holy shit! Brother Tiger... are you fucking serious?

[Black Tiger A-Fu]: It's real. We've all met each other, so everyone is welcome to come and have a drink. I'll say it in advance, I absolutely won't collect any gift money, just show up!

[Flash]: Understood, I'll definitely be there!

And after this reply from Flash, there was not a single cold mockery about paper characters or virtual NPCs in the comment section.

The unique warmth and protectiveness of the The Fourth Calamity were displayed vividly at this moment.

They were all uniform and sincere blessings.

[Devil Muscle Thor]: Blessings! Sending flowers!

[Elbow-Strike Helicopter]: Blessings! Sending flowers!

[My Name is Magnetic Rod]: Happy Wedding! Blessings! Sending flowers!

[Nicotine Truth]: Blessings! Sending flowers!

[Wang Shouyi 13-Spice]: Wish you have a baby soon! Blessings! Sending flowers!

[Player Pi She]: Blessings! Sending flowers!

[Hunger Tycoon]: Congratulations Brother Tiger! Wishing you a happy marriage for a hundred years!

...

The next morning.

Lin Li, who had just woken up, was drinking juice while browsing the forum.

The first thing he saw was this hot post about A-Fu's wedding.

Lin Li was stunned for a moment.

As the Administrator of this world, Lin Li knew better than anyone that this Warhammer universe was real, and the NPCs here were all living people of flesh and blood who could laugh and cry.

However, for those players wearing helmets, this was just a highly immersive game.

Lin Li was really surprised that there were actually players willing to pour real feelings into a string of virtual code.

Even disregarding the secular prejudices of real society, they bravely made a lifelong promise here.

"This kid, interesting."

Lin Li looked at A-Fu's sincere reply in the post, admiring the courage of this big guy from the bottom of his heart.

In this cruel and desperate Warhammer universe, having a warm wedding is even rarer than seeing the Emperor manifest.

"Since you dare to leave your true heart here, then as the boss, I have to support this event for you."

Lin Li put down his cup, "Decided, I must prepare a big gift for A-Fu and Bailey!"

...

Two days later.

Outside Shelter, next to a rare patch of green grass.

There were no trenches, no smoke of gunpowder.

Clear spring water flowed between the crevices of the stones, and the surroundings were planted with various genetically modified bright flowers and plants.

This wedding seemed especially relaxed in the tense and oppressive atmosphere before the war.

Black Tiger A-Fu was wearing an old-fashioned tuxedo.

His sturdy body was tightly squeezed by the clothes, looking a bit funny, but the smile on his face was brighter than the sun.

A-Fu stood under the flower arch, looking into the distance.

He was actually a very rebellious person.

In the steel jungle of reality, he was a bottom-tier worker looked down upon by others, unable to afford a house, unable to get married, living in other people's evaluations and disdain every day.

But here, he was a respected warrior.

More importantly, there was a girl here who was willing to look at him with admiration and love, and did not dislike his coarseness.

"What is reality? What is virtual?"

A-Fu looked at his calloused hands and said silently in his heart,

"In reality, I live like a walking corpse, but here, her tears are hot, and her hands are warm. Fuck the secular prejudices, I'm going to start a family here today!"

Accompanied by a low and solemn choir song.

A scene that made all the natives present drop their jaws appeared.

The bishop of Shelter's Ecclesiarchy branch actually wore that incomparably gorgeous golden robe with golden threads, holding a scepter, and acted as the officiant for this wedding!

This was of course personally ordered by Lin Li behind the scenes.

In the eyes of this fanatical bishop who regarded Lin Li as an angel of the God-Emperor, being able to officiate a wedding for the warrior under the angel's command was supreme glory.

But for Bailey, who was a bottom-tier civilian, this was a huge display of honor she wouldn't even dare to dream of!

Bailey was wearing a pure white wedding dress made of silk.

As she was led by the hand by the Shahe Town Archon, Governor Jia Mei, and walked slowly towards A-Fu.

Looking at the high and mighty Ecclesiarchy Archbishop smiling and blessing her.

Bailey's eyes turned red instantly, and tears couldn't stop falling.

Those were tears of happiness and being completely respected.

"You silly girl, why are you crying."

Governor Jia Mei smiled and patted the back of Bailey's hand,

"Today is your day!"

A-Fu scratched his head, quickly stepped forward to take Bailey's hand, and held it tightly in his palm.

"The God-Emperor is above."

The Archbishop opened the heavy scripture, his voice loud and solemn,

"In this universe full of suffering, love is the most resilient shield of humanity. Today, we witness the union of these two souls..."

Under the solemn declaration of the Archbishop, A-Fu and Bailey exchanged rings polished from adamantium and embraced tightly.

As soon as the ceremony ended.

The originally solemn atmosphere changed instantly!

"Oooooh! Kiss! Kiss!"

The thousands of players watching around instantly erupted with a tsunami of hooting and hollering!

A large group of the The Fourth Calamity swarmed up.

Each of them brought their proudest gifts.

"Brother Tiger! This is the top-grade big bone I snatched from the greenskin camp! Take it back to make soup for a great supplement!"

"Brother A-Fu, this antique plasma pistol is for sister-in-law to defend herself!"

"Brother Tiger! I don't have anything good to give, so I made a cake!"

Looking at the mountain of bizarre gifts, A-Fu couldn't stop smiling and kept cupping his hands to thank them.

Night fell.

A huge bonfire was lit by the oasis.

The players directly set up a high-power communication speaker and moved it to the grass.

Connecting it to a jukebox, they started an open-air KTV right on the wasteland of Warhammer!

"Come on! Brother Tiger! Today we must play 'Marry Me Today'!"

Accompanied by some off-tune music.

The The Fourth Calamity gathered around the bonfire, roasting beast legs, drinking strong liquor, and dancing wildly without any scruples.

Even the usually reserved natives were infected by this pure joy and joined the ranks of dancing.

Lin Li sat on the side, watching the warm camp below, brightly lit and full of the atmosphere of life and laughter.

The corners of his mouth curled into a long-lost relaxed smile.

"These silly players are sometimes quite cute."

Lin Li raised the wine glass in his hand and toasted A-Fu and Bailey by the bonfire from afar.

He drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.