Give Zongman some collapse shock

Sending any Elf soldier to activate Heavy Particle Mode would be enough to single-handedly annihilate an entire army. Having Esdeath lead the team was arguably overly cautious.

"Now, let's get to the point. According to the intelligence brought back by the scouts, that world should be the Overlord world. For details, please refer to the information directly."

Jiang Chen said softly.

Everyone turned on their own private communication terminals, the latest equipment in the city, a portable device that replaced mobile phones and other electronic devices.

It connects to Paradise and transmits information directly into the brain.

In a short period of time, I got a general understanding of the Overlord world.

The plot mainly tells the story of a gamer named Suzuki Satoru who, while waiting for the game to be shut down, accidentally travels to a different world with his entire guild and characters in the game, and begins a story of conquering the world while fighting wits and courage with the air.

Of course, if that were all, it wouldn't be worth taking seriously.

The problem is that after Suzuki Satoru traveled through time, he and his guild, whose members were composed of undead and demons, were in the camp of extreme evil.

Its evil is pure, without reason, and is due to its nature.

Bone King (Suzuki Satoru) and the guild's NPCs view humans as inferior creatures, reducing them to mere food, materials, and livestock. Documents document a series of crimes committed by Ainz Ooal Gown's faction, capturing humans and demihumans like animals, keeping them captive for various experiments, and even exploiting them to the point of extracting their organs for feed and peeling their skin for crafting magical items.

"Tsk~ They are just a bunch of monsters."

Black Zhen clicked his tongue unhappily and suggested playfully, "How about we follow their example? After capturing them, we can try to influence them in their own way. Can these inhuman monsters understand pain and develop humanity? Can monsters have sympathy? I'm a little curious."

A pretty bad suggestion.

But if those methods were applied to the Bone King camp, no one thought it was excessive. At most, they would applaud and say it was retribution.

Of course, this proposal was rejected.

"Doing as you say is indeed very satisfying. But we all know that pure evil will never repent for their crimes. No matter how extreme the measures, they cannot reform the evil. Everything is meaningless and will only add to the boring work."

Mebius said coldly.

In this regard, Snake is very kind.

Because Velvet, who was standing by, had already suggested to Medea that they conduct various interesting experiments on the undead. Alysia, who was standing beside her, hesitated to speak. She wanted to just destroy the enemy without torturing them, but she also felt that mercy was unnecessary for the Evil Ones.

"Silence! Everyone, let's proceed to the vote. We will be attacking Ainz Ooal Gown's faction and deeming them our mortal enemies. Do you have any objections?"

Jiang Chen interrupted everyone's discussion.

The meeting room was silent for a few seconds, and then passed unanimously.

"Now, the next vote. Suzuki Satoru, or rather, the player Momonga, should we kill or save?"

Regarding this point, two-thirds of the people believed that Bone King was guilty and should be killed.

"Perhaps after becoming an undead, Suzuki Satoru's thinking did undergo a change due to the influence of his race. However, the documentation records another possibility. In the 'side story', he is clearly able to control his own actions. In other words, everything is done by his own will, and the NPCs' actions are only carried out with his tacit approval."

Hephaestus calmly stated his analysis.

These remarks successfully convinced the two friends who were hesitant just now.

Human nature is evil, and their kindness is hypocritical. Innate evil does not mean anything. The reason why humans regard kindness as a noble quality is that they know how to restrain the malicious desires in their hearts.

"Hephaestus is right. His behavior was not influenced by his race, but he actively chose to accept this influence."

Hestia let out a barely perceptible sigh.

The basic direction has been decided.

Still follow the old rules.

The Empire will conquer the humans and demihumans of the other world and destroy their feudal ignorance.

As for the Bone King camp, it is confirmed that the two sides are mortal enemies and will fight to the death.

As for combat power.

There's no need to worry. In sheer combat power, the Empire holds an absolute advantage. The tiered magic system that Bone King brought from the game YGGDRASIL (World Tree) has a clear upper limit. It can destroy a city, an entire nation, but compared to the power of gods and herrschers, it's nothing.

Needless to say, the three goddesses possess the great power to renew the earth's surface.

Currently, except for the newly joined Ling and Alicia, whose strength growth is not exaggerated due to not yet being [Strengthened], the other Herrschers are already able to perform things similar to those of gods.

What needs attention is the world-class props.

To be precise, it is the most powerful world-class item [Twenty]

That was a setting in the game YGGDRASIL. Of the 200 top-tier items, the twenty most special and powerful were among them. Because they were powerful enough to disrupt the game's balance, the "Twenty" items would disappear after a single use, relocating to a random location on the game map.

And after traveling through time and materializing the game props, [Twenty] still maintains the terrifying ability to change the rules of the world.

Furthermore, the Root Magic possessed by the Dragon King of the Otherworld also warrants attention. It's said to be powerful, possessing an effect no weaker than [Twenty]. Even the fact that players were transported to the Otherworld was caused by a dragon using Root Magic.

Of course, the consequence of seeking death is that the Dragon Kings of the other world were almost completely slaughtered by the players, and the root magic was lost, becoming an ability that only ancient individuals of the dragon clan could bear.

"Alright, the general direction of the attack has been decided. Now let's discuss how to guide Suzuki Satoru to become a flying squirrel."

Jiang Chen nodded seriously and handed out another document.

"???"

"No! You guys made the meeting so serious, but nothing happened?"

Kiana couldn't hold it anymore.

Do you know how she felt, being so frightened by the serious atmosphere just now that she dared not say a word?

Chapter 220 A hopeless dystopia.

Strictly speaking, the strategy for Overlord is to conquer both worlds at the same time.

Because Suzuki Satoru had not yet traveled through time, YGGDRASIL had not shut down its servers.

Overlord Earth, 2138.

This is a dystopian world plagued by air, water, and soil pollution. The surface environment is completely polluted, and the sky is perpetually shrouded in a layer of oppressive dark clouds. Everyone walking in the city wears a gas mask, obscuring their faces. There is not a single green plant on the streets. The entire city, the entire world, exudes an air of despair.

"You stinky scumbag, aren't you going to give me an explanation yet?!"

The white-haired ball pinched Jiang Chen's neck and shook it gently.

"Okay, okay, rather than those unimportant things, shouldn't you be surprised by this outrageous era first?"

Jiang Chen looked helpless and did not resist at all.

This is a hopeless world that would give people nightmares if they only knew a little about it.

As a Herrscher with the power of erosion, he and Kiana, Sirin, and Ling were the first to set out to control the network of this world, and were frightened again.

To be honest, although he had made sufficient mental preparation before coming, after actually arriving at the place and getting to know it, he was surprised that people living in this world could actually live normally?

When people in other worlds say they are cattle and horses, that is a joke.

In this world, people say they are oxen and horses, and they really are oxen and horses.

Logically speaking, those black-hearted capitalists have tried so hard, people shouldn't be so normal.

Yes, capital.

On Overlord's Earth, society is not dominated by the state, but by capital. Due to the mismanagement of capital, Earth has suffered severe environmental damage, resource depletion, and the people's basic needs are no longer met. The government system collapsed in the midst of this crisis. Large conglomerates have seamlessly taken over all power, exploiting everyone except themselves like cattle and horses.

Ultimately, environmental damage and resource depletion were originally caused by those companies.

Jiang Chen suspected that the reason the world had fallen to this point was a premeditated conspiracy between companies to usurp the throne.

In short, order collapsed, public security deteriorated, education was abolished, and food was scarce.

To be more specific, people are unable to get regular food and can only consume uniformly processed liquid foods, which only give them a sense of fullness. Nutrition and other aspects are entirely dependent on the conscience of capital. Perhaps capital has suddenly become kind and added a little more technology and hard work to food?

The norm is that most people, due to malnutrition, add various medicines to their meals every day to obtain the energy their bodies need.

In order to restrict the freedom of thought of the lower classes, capital abolished education. Even if one completed elementary school normally, they would have obtained the degree needed to survive in society, and they still had to pay a large amount of money.

"What the hell are you surprised about? That kind of thing, just looking at the environment here is enough to surprise me!"

Kiana glared at him fiercely, her tone aggrieved: "You clearly know that what I am worst at is eroding power."

"No, apart from Xilin's experience with shared spatial powers and your own Flame Law power, are you good at the other ten powers?"

Jiang Chen marveled at the girl's shamelessness.

"Do you want to die?"

The white-haired ball's eyes became dangerous.

Of course, his mouth was hard, but his body was honest. He followed Jiang Chen's instructions and used the erosion power to access the network.

Then, I was scared.

"With capital working so hard, how can people in this world still live normally?"

He asked the same question as Jiang Chen.

"Right."

"Well, I was wrong about you before. You should have been amazed at the absurdity of this world. Aren't the people here going to rebel?"

"Maybe they've become numb, you see."

Jiang Chen pointed to a house in a residential building.

The building was so shabby that one doubted its safety. The one Jiang Chen pointed out was even worse. With his Herrscher ability, he could clearly see inside. There was nothing of value in the entire house, and even the door frame was crooked and useless.

Oh no, maybe if you push it it will make a noise and function as an alarm?

As for daily necessities such as clothes, bedding, and shoes, they are even more worn out than those picked up from the garbage dump.

The most outrageous thing is that there is actually a person living inside.

It was none other than Suzuki Satoru, who was labeled a mortal enemy by the Empire.

"That inhuman Bone King, was he already half-dead before he traveled through time?"

Kiana was stunned.

"Yes, so the most urgent task is to ensure that he survives until the day the game is shut down without any abnormalities being discovered."

Jiang Chen sighed and also felt it was outrageous.

Whether it is the rank magic system or the root magic system, it is what the empire needs.

After all, the technological side had already developed to terrifying heights, while the magical side's value continued to decline in comparison. Even with Medea's efforts, it was still strictly in its infancy. If it weren't for the three goddesses and heroic spirits supporting it, it would have been abandoned.

And if they want to obtain what the empire needs, they must wait until Suzuki Satoru travels through time to determine the coordinates of the other world.

"Destiny is something ethereal yet real, and it's incredibly uncertain. If possible, I'd also like to force a [Fate Bond], and I believe Suzuki Satoru would be happy to sell his life for a small reward. But then, the chance to travel through time might fall to someone else."

Jiang Chen lamented the fickleness of fate, took one last look at the room where Suzuki Satoru was, and pulled the white-haired ball to where they should go.

A tall building with a very sci-fi style. From the outside, it has no windows or anything like that. It looks like a tombstone made of steel.

This is the headquarters of the YGGDRASIL gaming company.

Xilin and Ling occupied this place early and set up the crossing anchor point.

The journey was smooth, and Jiang Chen and Qiyana took the elevator to the top floor. The Niuma employees stared in astonishment at the two strangers, not wearing gas masks. Judging from their ostentatious attire, they must be high-ranking figures. Normally, they would never see that person in their lifetime (Dystopia Exclusive).

People were surprised and hateful, but when Kiana looked over, they lowered their heads in fear.

This scene made Kiana feel very uncomfortable.

"Jiang Chen, you said that the top executives of those companies are now completely above the rules. Whether it's status or wealth, they can't squander it all in ten lifetimes. Why should they be stingy and share a little with everyone? Maybe a lunch from them can improve the lives of an entire family."

"That's their nature. The unlimited expansion of capital is for the sake of expansion, and has no other meaning."

Jiang Chen also lamented this, but he didn't want Qiyana to worry: "Well, you just need to know that when the time we need comes, all the capital in this world will be sent to Xingtai."

To be honest, I kind of want Hephaestus to come and see this. This is the real black-hearted capitalist.

I am still too kind. At least I provide the institute with three meals a day of the highest standard.

Chapter 221 Bone King: Fight to the death right after landing?

After a month's stay, the day of YGGDRASIL's server shutdown finally arrived.

The Empire continued to dispatch members, gained a full understanding of the game, and completed all preparations before the war.

"The YGGDRASIL server is down."

"Surveillance target 'Suzuki Satoru' has ceased vital functions and has been confirmed dead."