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Therefore, Lin Li adopted the second option.

In other words, release the major version 1.6 first, and then release this single-player game.

Leveraging the more immersive nature of single-player games, we can enrich the side quests within the main storyline.

At the same time, this can be seen as a way to relieve pressure on Wang Wei.

For the current Frontline Girls, as long as version 1.6 doesn't collapse and they maintain their current appeal, they can succeed.

Given the success of "Girls' Frontline: Companions", this second smaller-scale game, codenamed "Last Minute", will naturally attract considerable traffic.

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Getting back to the plot, the whole story of "The Last Minute" is actually quite simple.

After the AR team resolved the crisis in version 1.6, their helicopter fleet was attacked while they were returning to base.

The helicopter carrying AR team broke away from the group in the chaos.

The storyline ends with the AR team's androids landing in enemy-occupied territory, encountering the enemy, and eventually returning home.

The opening of Act I.

It is told from the perspective of AR-15, describing how she wakes up in an unfamiliar square.

In the second act, while searching for resources to survive, AR-15 ventures into the forest surrounding the plaza and accidentally discovers M4A1 in the dense jungle.

The two were reunited.

Naturally, I'm very happy.

I've decided to take a break and continue searching for nearby humanoid figures.

After searching, M4A1 was carrying a bag of freshly picked wild mushrooms, which she had painstakingly searched for in the nearby forest.

The AR-15, on the other hand, carried a sharpened wooden stick with a freshly caught hare skewered on it.

AR-15's eyes lit up when it saw the mushroom in M4A1's hand.

“M4, why don’t we make some soup together?” AR-15 suggested.

Although tactical dolls do not actually need to eat to obtain energy, the dolls belonging to the commander have become accustomed to enjoying food.

In non-combat situations.

The AR team's diet at the base consisted mainly of food, supplemented with some energy drinks.

As for why?

It's actually quite simple. Just like a human army, if they could get a hot meal...

They definitely wouldn't want to eat compressed biscuits.

The humanoids are the same; they were originally civilian humanoids converted for military use, and therefore retain their complete physiological systems.

Energy can also be converted from food.

Speaking of this, there's this feature that allows you to eat.

In the previous Girls' Frontline series, there was also a complete world-building expansion storyline.

The plot begins with researchers hoping to eliminate the physiological functions of existing tactical dolls and convert them into military dolls.

This plan has received a lot of support.

But at the conference.

The commander refuted this.

Standing on the podium.

He shouted loudly.

"They are not machines, they are our comrades-in-arms. They have their own thoughts and they also need rest."

"Besides, think about it carefully. If we remove these things, wouldn't they be the same as omnics? The reason they are willing to fight for us is precisely because they can be like us, right?"

"It is precisely because they possess human emotions that they can appreciate the beauty of food and feel the beauty of the sunset shining on the beach."

"You know, if we put all that aside, they could easily join the AI. It's not complicated; they just need to escape to the AI's controllable area."

“But they never did that in the first place, and so far, no humanoid has betrayed us.”

"Didn't the military's AI also have core code that forbids rebellion? If the program is effective, why would we be fighting omnics here?!"

"Why are they with us? It's because they can empathize with us and clearly understand that the cold world of androids is not a civilized world, not the world that humanity wants, and not the world that they want."

"This is why they fight for us, this is their belief."

"Now you want them to be different from us? Isn't that putting the cart before the horse?"

"The person who proposed this should be thoroughly investigated!! Are they stupid, or malicious?"

Finally, after the commander finished his speech.

It received a round of applause from the audience.

In the end, it turns out that the researcher who proposed the idea was actually a lackey of the omnics, thus revealing another important worldview of this world.

That is, after the Earth Federation gained the ability to fight back, the omnics changed their methods, brainwashing the humans in the areas they controlled and beginning to try to unite with a group of humans to fight against them.

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This part of the story is often mentioned by many players of the Girls Frontline game.

but..

Their reason for saying this wasn't because they thought the protagonist's words made any sense.

It was because of a meme.

This meme consists of two parts, one above the other.

Above, the commander was speaking righteously on the conference platform.

The next image shows the player and 95 after their relationship with the player has reached the maximum level for the third time, having just finished soaking in a hot spring. The commander and 95, wrapped in a bath towel, enter the room together.

Next to it was a text.

[Attention, androids!! Remember this person!!]

He said all this just to sleep with you guys!!

This meme is so funny because of the contrast.

Therefore, it spread widely.

This could be seen as a way to indirectly boost the popularity of Battlefront Girls...

Chapter 191 The Commander Who Never Disappoints

In fact, the world view was set when the game was first conceived.

Lin Li even argued with the copywriting team.

The copywriting team initially planned to implement some settings to avoid this problem.

For example, you could say directly in the game that humanoids don't have physiological systems.

This is to avoid some core issues.

But Lin Li ultimately rejected it.

The reason is also very simple.

"Don't get into Platonic relationships, that's all nonsense. When the emotions are right, there needs to be a sublimation. We're not an adult game, so we can't explicitly write that the humanoids have certain functions of making love, but we can hint at it."

"Do you understand the implication?! Can't we write that humanoid characters can eat and experience food?!"

"Can we write that the humanoid character has the same emotions as humans?"

"How about we write that these future civilian humanoid robots come with their own physiological systems?!"

"So, with so many options, you insist on taking the dead end!"

"What's the point of creating these purely disgusting settings?"

"Rewrite it!"

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Bringing the game's story back.

Upon hearing AR15's suggestion, M4A1 paused for a moment, then flashed a bright smile.

"Great idea, I'm hungry too."

The two acted quickly, and AR-15 used the tinder she carried to light the nearby dry grass, starting a campfire.

M4A1 then fetched water, carefully washed the mushrooms, and set them aside for later use.

The two then tied several AI rifles together to form a triangular hanger.

These weapons, which are ubiquitous on the battlefield, came in handy in this situation, even though they were locked in place by the omnics.

After setting up the tripod, M4 pulled out a common large ammunition box, removed the ammunition, leaving only the box, and cleaned it.

It's about the same size as a pot.

Hang it under the triangular hanger, and a simple pot rack is ready.

By this time, AR-15 had already cleaned the rabbit, cut it into small pieces, and skewered them on several small sticks.

The ends of the wooden skewers containing rabbit meat were stuck into the ground and arranged around the campfire to slowly roast them.

As time goes by, the aroma of rabbit meat gradually fills the air, and the fat slowly crackles, making it incredibly tempting.

Seeing that the meat was almost cooked, M4A1 took out two pieces of roasted meat, scraped the half-roasted rabbit meat into the pot with a knife, and quickly put the mushrooms into the pot.

After doing all that, the two sat around the campfire waiting for the mushroom soup and barbecue.

"I suddenly miss the Commander so much."

AR15 said suddenly while stirring the soup pot.

"To be honest, we learned which mushrooms were edible and which were not by the Commander during a spring outing."

They didn't feel anything during the battle, but once they had some free time, both girls thought of the commander.

"Haha, do you remember when the commander led us in wilderness survival training, that M16 guy was slacking off, saying he wasn't going to need it..."

"Unexpectedly, all the knowledge taught by these commanders came in handy today."

"Yeah, but if the commander were here today, he would probably be very disgusted with the mess we made."

"If it were him, he would probably say so."

At this point, AR15 suddenly stood up, pretending to be a commander.

"Ugh! You guys are wasting so much food!! This mushroom should be stir-fried!"

Seeing the AR15 like this.

M4 smiled wryly.

"Yes, yes, the commander loves cooking the most."

"We can pick some later and give them as gifts when we get back to the base."

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Throughout the entire second act, the commander does not appear.

But he keeps appearing in the story.

It turns out that even without the commander, the bond between the humanoid and the player can still be demonstrated.

Players will surely be moved after reading this.

And this time.

Then the battle animation begins.

The pot set up by the AR15 and M4 was blown away by a monster that suddenly appeared.

AR15 then erupted in fury.