TL: flarewk
It was a hot summer's day.
The whole country launched an war,simply known as: "Operation Internet Cleansing".
It was a battle without any gun-smoke, without any explosions, but the entire battlefield was stenched with blood.
In that battle, numerous veterans had fallen, they regretfully mourned as they passed on; numerous resources have been confiscated, destroyed, to an otaku, that was the most darkest period in history.
(TL Notes: Otaku = someone who likes ACGN, (anime/comics/game/novels)
Suppressed, they were unable to vent their lust that tormented their daily lives.
"Don't move! You have already breached the XX law's Section XX rule! Now come with us! "
"Can you please let me finish uploading this resource, everyone's been waiting too long for it!"
In the turbid eyes of the aged veteran, there was only determination!
"What do you think?"
A group of black clothed people brought him away under the cover of night darkness, and the broken remains of his computer still flickered blue fiery sparks of light.
"Resource Uploading cut off! The last garden of paradise..... had been sealed! Da'ge, please live on without me!"
(TL: da'ge = big brother, in this context he refers to all his comrades)
An unknown otaku teared up as he saw the notification on his webpage.
404
The bloody red three digit numbers, had trashed his only remaining hope left.
That day, numerous otakus howled in agony.
It's been three years, after the <Internet Cleansing War>.
Numerous people had tried to fight back. They won. They lost.
But ultimately, they still couldn't escape the fate of being exterminated.
"Perhaps, they had already became history."
As otakus look at the aged callouses on their hands, they sighed as they reminisced about the glorious era.
The Veteran's Dusk, those few years, it's been known as that.
The fourth year of this war. Shadows of these veterans have alrady started to become extinct in the internet, causing the callouses in the otakus to become even more rough and aged.
This is the era of the law!
Texts, Images, Novels, Videos.
All kinds of resources forever disappeared into the shadowy abyss.
Otakus felt like they had became the living dead, they had lost all hope in life.
But will those veterans truly disappear in this era? The answer is no.
When there's oppression, there will be liberation
Fifth year of the Internet Cleansing war.
The rays of hope had finally began to appear.
"What......this...........resources! It's resources! It's downloadable! It's downloadable!"
A sudden day, an otaku suddenly came across and discovered a dubious internet website.
He cried, with tears of absolute joy.
That night, was his first ever happiness night he had ever spent, after five years.
And after that day onwards, numerous veterans started to pop out from seemingly nowhere like plant sprouts.
Among them, the most renowned, "The 12 veterans of legend" appeared.
They possessed the most powerful technology available, and the latest resources always.
Many otakus had benefited from their actions, as they forever worshipped those names deeply within their souls.
Lord of Drifting
God of Day Races
Lucifer's Commandments
The Temptation of the Devil
General Truck
Prince of Trains
Frequent Smuggler
The Forbidden Librarian Keeper
Black and White Angel
The Nude Demon
Aged Scholar
King of Dirtiness
(TL notes: All of the names are puns. Veteran people = car drivers in chinese. As you can see, all of the names above are related to professional different drivers in a sense.
FYI: lucifer is a demon who can change gender at will. aka GENDERBENDER XXX)
Among all of them, two had the most contribution towards this era, they are <Lord of Drifting> and<The Forbidden Librarian Keeper>.
They are also known as the very first Duo Emperors.
In the world of the old veterans, they are the only ones ever known, to be respected as Emperors.
The above 12 people, are still known as being the elite of the elite, the champions among the champions in the world of old veterans, which made generations of people look up to them in sheer respect.
Side Story 1, The 12 veterans of legend
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(<725 words to be tl)
TL: I cried upon TLing this. It's so beautiful, it's a masterpiece.