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When Gu Mian came out of the rest area the next day, she saw this scene—

A group of lower-class people, their bellies bulging high, lay sprawled on the street, happy smiles on their faces. Nearby lay piles of clothes, forming small mountains; only upon closer inspection could one see limbs protruding from beneath them.

If it weren't for the fact that the people lying on the ground would occasionally move, Gu Mian would have thought they were dead.

Not far away was the place where the upper class was imprisoned. Because there were too many upper class people, ordinary buildings could not hold them all.

The lower class simply gathered them on the open ground and drew a large circle around the upper class, forbidding them from leaving.

The upper class in the circle were not bound, but they followed the script perfectly and none of them tried to escape, obediently playing the role of prisoners.

Some of the upper-class prisoners were even tied up and hung upside down from trees by the lower-class prisoners.

Not far from Gu Mian, there was a superior person hanging upside down in a tree, while several inferior people were watching the person in the tree with smiles on their faces.

"In the past, the upper class treated us like this. Now we can finally hold our heads high."

"Let's hang a few more up later. Why don't we just play a game with them? Let's hang a group of people on very thin branches, and put some nails or something below so that when they fall, they'll fall back up. Let's see who can stay on the tree the longest without falling. Didn't the upper class used to love playing this kind of game with us?"

"From now on, we'll be the upper class; it'll be their turn to play games while we watch."

Seeing this scene, Gu Mian felt that even if he led the lower class to victory over the upper class, the world would not change much.

The biggest change is simply that the identities of the upper and lower classes have been reversed. The former weak and easily bullied lower classes have become the newly promoted evil upper classes, and the former high and mighty upper classes have become the lowly lower classes that they once despised.

The upper class will not disappear, nor will the lower class.

As long as there are people in this world, even if there are only two, there will be a distinction between who is superior and who is inferior.

Was the evil god's purpose in sending him here truly to lead the inferior to defeat the superior?
Gu Mian fell into deep thought.

It feels like this is just a change in name only.

But the evil god left no other clues. Based on the clues he has so far, he can only continue down the path of defeating the superiors.

Gu Mian did not allow the lower classes to continue indulging in pleasure in the interstellar capital. After waking up, he quickly summoned the lower classes and headed to the next stop without stopping.

The next stop is the larger and more populous City of Enjoyment.

As expected, when Gu Mian led the people to the City of Enjoyment, this huge upper-class city also encountered an unexpected event—another lower-class team that appeared out of nowhere conquered it and was waiting for Gu Mian's arrival in the City of Enjoyment.

Upon seeing Gu Mian arrive, the lower-class squad cheered and rushed forward, handing over the sovereignty of the City of Enjoyment to Gu Mian.

“We greatly admire Warrior Gu Mian. Knowing you were coming, we helped you defeat those despicable upper-class people early on,” one of the lower-class people’s squad said to Gu Mian with admiration.

Gu Mian silently watched the small team of less than ten people in front of her. A handful of lower-class people had attacked an upper-class residential area with tens of thousands of people and won.

If the lower classes really had such abilities, they wouldn't have been oppressed by the upper classes for so many years.

Gu Mian thus forged his way through five upper-class residential areas and arrived at the last stop blocking his way to the City of Joy—Happy Village.

Everyone in Happy Village lives up to their name; they never do anything that makes them unhappy.

They had long heard that the vicious and ruthless Gu Mian, a lower-class man, had conquered five upper-class cities and was heading straight for their Happy Village.

The people of Happy Village were immediately shocked, thinking that seeing Gu Mian was a very unpleasant thing.

Adhering to the principle of making themselves happy no matter what happens, they fled as a whole village.

The above is all a plot that Gu Mian imagined. The only thing in her imagination was that the people of Happy Village had fled the whole village. When Gu Mian and her group arrived outside Happy Village, they found that it was already empty.

"These cunning upper-class people must have realized they were no match for Gu Mian Warrior, so they fled in fear," a lower-class person made a reasonable guess.

In short, just like in a fairy tale, Gu Mian arrived outside the City of Joy.

Slaughter awaits him in the City of Pleasure.

Instead of catching up with him, I became his stumbling block.

Perhaps the evil god felt that this final battle needed to be thrilling and exciting, so instead of arranging scenes of surrender, escape, or explosions, he brought out the two founders of the upper class to lead them in a "fierce resistance."

Gu Mian didn't want to watch the "fierce resistance" any longer. In short, after a battle that resembled children playing house, both founders of the upper class were captured by Gu Mian.

Gu Mian had been somewhat looking forward to the dungeon settlement page appearing after the victory in this final battle.

but.

He awkwardly held the two people in his hands, unsure of what to do next.

Gu Mian noticed that the veins on Sha Lu's forehead throbbed twice when he was captured, and it seemed that she also felt that this battle was too childish.

Gu Mian held the killing intent in his left hand and another founder of the upper class in his right hand. If he remembered correctly, his name should be Ku Xing.

The lower-class people cheered and rushed up, surrounding Gu Mian who was clutching two spoils of war, praising his bravery and fearlessness.

Gu Mian awkwardly laughed a few times, then ordered the lower-ranking people to distribute the spoils and imprison the upper-ranking people. He himself, along with the two men he was carrying, turned and walked into the conference hall of the Pleasure Plaza behind him.

Joyful Heaven is the hometown of the two founders of the Upper Class and the most important city among them. Many regulations were formulated in Joyful Heaven, such as the most famous "Upper Class Protection Law" in the Paradise World.

Therefore, there is a large conference hall in the city center where the upper class gathers to discuss any new rules that might be used to oppress the lower class.

There was a long table in the center of the conference room. After entering the conference room with the two people in her arms, Gu Mian found the nearest seat and sat down, placing the two people on either side of her.

The cheers of the lower-class people outside seeped through the walls and I could hear them. They had somehow found some high-class cannons and fireworks and were setting them on fire to celebrate.

Listening to the noisy cheers and the banging of fireworks, Gu Mian rubbed her forehead in annoyance.

Then he turned to look at the carnage.

Although the two were able to come into contact during the "battle" just now, it wouldn't be appropriate for them to reminisce in front of a group of upper and lower class people.

Just now, Gu Mian kept reciting lines like "I will destroy you evil upper class people."

The killing machine, like a human, spewed out words such as, "You lowly people are delusional."

Only now, when they are all alone, are they able to "recognize each other as family."

Without the sentimental scenes typical of TV dramas, the people "recognizing relatives" directly expressed their questions.

"What happened?" Killer asked faster than Gu Mian, stealing her line.

Unlike other upper-class people who are completely controlled, he can express his own thoughts and act freely, but he also has a script given to him by an evil god in his mind.

Gu Mian felt her head throb even more; it seemed that even the killing spree didn't know what was happening.

"I was about to ask you the same thing. I thought you would know what happened. The leaf you gave me was a dungeon entry ticket. I used it to enter a dungeon and got sucked here. After being sucked here, I found out that I had become some kind of warrior. I had no choice but to fulfill the duties of a warrior and lead the lower classes all the way here."

Gu Mian originally thought he could leave after conquering Joyful Heaven, but after achieving his goal of conquering Joyful Heaven, the Evil God neither gave a settlement evaluation nor allowed Gu Mian to leave. It seemed as if he wanted Gu Mian to stay here and retire. Gu Mian was in a real bind.

Killer frowned: "You were brought in by Xu Xingcheng? A few days ago, this world suddenly reverted to a previous state, but I found that I could clearly remember what happened before the reversion."

"This rollback spans a long period of time, almost back to when everything was just beginning. You should have noticed along the way that the upper-class residential area is not very luxurious yet, and the upper class has not completely controlled the lower class.
"The upper class didn't control the lower class, but they were controlled by something else. I don't know what happened to the others, but after realizing that the world had rewound, I found that I had an extra 'script' in my head. This 'script' can control people's bodies and make them act according to the content of the script;

"Because I don't resist the content in my own copy, and even everything in the script is what I want to do, I have almost complete freedom of action."

"Is the script the same as the one you drafted with Xu Xingcheng before?" Gu Mian asked.

When he was questioned, he also glanced at the torture device next to him.

The killings were motivated by the fact that the script allowed for free action, but the torture...

Slaughter had told Gu Mian that before the torture, he had been severely injured by sulfuric acid, and then waited for the appearance of the Warrior God for a long time, after which his mind became twisted and he leaned towards the camp of the upper class.

I wonder if he can control his body now.

Noticing that Gu Mian was looking at him, Ku Xing turned his head and glanced at him, letting out a "hehe" sound.

Well, it seems he can still control his body, so it looks like he's not too opposed to this instance.

“Yes…more or less,” Killer said after a moment of silence, “but some parts are too brief and fairytale-like. Originally, we planned a ten-year script, in which he would need to grow his team until it was strong enough to rival the upper class… You know, if the difference in strength between him and us is too great, it’s not easy to go easy on him…” (End of Chapter)