Chapter 5, Gu Aotian with confused thinking (Part 2)
Knowing that all the prisoners in front of him were actually college students, President Momonga felt awe in his heart for a moment, and even felt a little ashamed of himself.
There is no other way. The Lord of the Great Tomb of Nazarick, the Lich King Momonga, or the salaryman Suzuki Satoru, only has a mere elementary school education.
——As mentioned before, the 22nd century in which Momonga lives is not a brave new world with extremely rich materials as imagined by some science fiction writers, but a world with serious pollution, political darkness, energy shortage, technological stagnation, and social A throwback to a cruel era that was extremely unfriendly to ordinary people.
In the world where he was born and lived, although technology had indeed developed to a considerable extent compared to the era more than a hundred years ago, the people were generally more ignorant because all countries had abolished the compulsory education system. The name is "to reduce public expenditures", but in reality it is "to take away the ability to think from the poor", thus unabashedly implementing a policy of obscuring the people - what kind of people are most likely to be enslaved? Of course, it is the illiterate people who are ignorant and uncultured who are most likely to be enslaved. Therefore, rulers naturally hope that the poor will remain stupid from generation to generation.
In that cruel and dark era, a few large chaebols had completely emptied out all governments around the world, and even basically disbanded the armies of various countries. For these plutocratic families that dominate the world, the poor are just slaves who work for them. They just need to obey their bosses and do not need to think on their own. Those poor people who can think are just heretics who disrupt social groups, or even pests that threaten the ruling order.
According to this idea, the fewer the number of schools, the better. It is best to monopolize knowledge forever in the hands of a few wealthy families, while keeping the poor illiterate. Although due to various considerations, the poor have not been completely deprived of their right to education legally, tuition fees have skyrocketed to an extremely outrageous level. Even if they just support their children through elementary school, ordinary working-class families will go bankrupt or even be heavily in debt.
As a result, only the rich can afford to go to school and receive relatively complete higher education, while the poor find it difficult to even learn the simplest literacy. In order to keep the poor stupid, various non-formal educational channels in society other than schools have been strictly blocked and controlled in the 22nd century. The poor have basically lost their channels for advancement. What's worse is that because knowledge is monopolized in the hands of a very small number of people, further research and development and innovation in science and technology are impossible, resulting in the development of science and technology basically stagnating, or even retreating instead of advancing, coupled with the serious pollution of the natural environment. and destruction, making the entire human society seem bleak and in a state of intoxication.
(The above are all the original settings published by the author of "Overlord" in the magazine. Readers, please do not blame Lao Laowang. I feel that the author may have read the pessimistic description of the future world in the science fiction film "Elysium". Then basically copied the setting information above)
The Lich King player Momonga, or the office worker Suzuki Satoru himself, only studied until he graduated from elementary school and could no longer afford to study. In this way, he was still an intellectual among the poor. Because if you graduate from elementary school, you will have the minimum knowledge and be able to work in some decent jobs. And those poor people who are in even worse situations have simply degenerated into illiterate people. Even in a relatively wealthy country like Japan, this is no exception.
In Momonga's understanding, people who can go to college are usually either rich or noble, or have great luck - probably like those clerks and accountants in ancient China who were proficient in writing. Sir, you treat the legendary high-ranking scholar and scholar the same as Jinshi.
Therefore, the 21st century college student player, Cat Knight Rachel, was a little confused to find that the terrifying Lich King across from him was slightly startled when he heard this, and then looked at her, as if he was wearing something. A subtle and meaningful emotion, like...envy, jealousy, and hatred?
——In an era where "college students are as numerous as dogs and graduate students are everywhere", Rachel certainly doesn't feel that her status is so noble.
"...College students? What an enviable existence!" After a moment of silence, Lich King Momonga murmured with emotion, "...but why are your character levels so low? Even if you only play one It’s impossible for a novice in Zhou’s game to be this weak!”
"...We entered the game for the first time half an hour before the server shut down..." Cat Knight Rachel still told the truth.
Unexpectedly, Lich King Flying Squirrel became angry all of a sudden, "...Lie!" He pointed at Rachel and scolded in a bad tone, "...twenty-four hours before the YGGDRASIL game was officially suspended, huh? still Three days? ...Well, I can’t remember the exact time. In short, the registration of new players is stopped! How could you still enter half an hour before the server is stopped? "
——The Lich King Momonga, who only has an elementary school education and education, has subtle misunderstandings spanning two eras and two worlds, as well as the full jealousy of Bai Fumei and Gao Shuaifu from a loser in life, and suddenly he is like a volcano. It erupted violently!
Attack skill: [Wrath of the Elementary School Lich King]! Outstanding effect! College student cat knight Rachel receives a knowing blow!
At the same time, although they did not understand the specific meaning of Lord Momonga's words, the guardians of the Great Tomb present still roughly understood that these humble ant-like captives in front of them actually tried to deceive their noble master with lies! How desperate!
Therefore, from the vampire ancestor Shalltear, the demon housekeeper Albedo, the dark elf siblings Aura and Mare, to the insect sword master Cocytus, the demon gentleman Demiurge, and many other powerful NPCs, , all glaring at the captives who had already lost their souls and were heartbroken:
"... You are just an inferior creature who offended the Great Tomb of Nazarick... Lord Momonga spoke to you so kindly, but I didn't expect that you would dare to lie to you... You really deserve to die!!" Ya, who looks like a quiet lady. Erbede actually raised a long-handled battle ax with a ferocious expression.
The other guardians also displayed their weapons, as if they were going to cut the little cat knight Rachel into pieces in the next moment!
An evil aura that was terrifying and spinning, as if it was going to distort the whole world, suddenly hit like a storm!
Under such a terrifying aura, Rachel finally couldn't bear it anymore, and immediately rolled her eyes, kicked her legs, and fainted.
And the companions of Cat Knight Rachel had all collapsed to the ground long before her, completely losing consciousness.
Seeing how the captured college student players were so unintimidated, even the elementary school student Lich King Momonga himself, who had just roared fiercely, couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, "...Eh? They all fainted? It's really nerve-wracking, this can't be done What to do?" He scratched his cheek and mumbled, "...We can't just wait! We haven't had time to inspect the facilities on the upper floors of the big tomb, and we haven't had time to see the situation on the surface with our own eyes!" br>
"... Momonga-sama, you can go and do more important work. You might as well leave it to your subordinates to handle this!" Demon Gentleman Demiurge stepped forward gracefully with an aristocratic smirk on his face. He bowed and said, "... I still have some experience regarding the interrogation of prisoners."
"...Ah... Then I leave it all to you, Demiurge." The Lich King Momonga, who was feeling overwhelmed, saw that there were steps to go down, and immediately threw the burden away. But out of caution and humanity, he finally added, "...However, when interrogating them, it is best to be polite and not cause too serious harm. After all, although these guys are very weak, But after all, it is..."
Having said this, Momonga paused and tried to recall what these guild NPCs called the players, "...the Supreme who has a similar identity to me, yes, is the Supreme of other guilds. Although he has become an enemy, since the other party has already been captured, , then we also need to treat each other with courtesy..."
"...What? Are these humble low-level creatures actually the supreme beings elsewhere? What a group of enemies that are so weak that it's depressing!"
Demon Gentleman Demiurge was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then reached out to push up the glasses on the bridge of his nose, and sighed in an exaggerated aria, "...I will follow your order, Momonga-sama, and I will definitely use the most polite words." Way to entertain these 'distinguished guests' who don't know what they can do..."
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At the same time, Wang Qiu and others, who are in the modern world of the 21st century, are watching the computer experts urgently transferred from the central government busy around the server turned into the "Book of Time Travel", while studying I just obtained the intelligence information about this time traveling mission.
First of all, here is the specific list of the fifteen newcomers who are trapped in the plot world of "Overlord" and reincarnate in infinite space:
"...Flor, Rachel, Wu Yan Tian Chang, Milk Bear Gate, Alpha, Qiqi, Jismei...these people's names are really strange!"
Wang Qiu rubbed his chin and muttered, "...it doesn't feel like a real person's name at all, but more like...a screen name or a pen name, right?!"
"...I think so too." Political Commissar Guo nodded and agreed, "...so there is no way to investigate their true identities in society now. After all, their online names are too unreliable. Many people often use several online names at the same time..."
"...Yes, it is the so-called large account and small account, as well as game account and forum account...In short, it is completely uncertain..."
Wang Qiu shrugged, "...However, even if we know their real names, I'm afraid we still can't check them! After all, there are too many people with the same name and surname in China, and the [Book of Time Travel] only gives It’s impossible for a name to show its place of origin and place of work..."
But before they could continue discussing the topic, a computer expert suddenly came over and handed Commissar Guo a note with a few lines of words scrawled on it. Political Commissar Guo looked down and was slightly startled, his expression became very exciting.
"...Ahem, Comrade Xiao Wang, according to the research of comrades and experts, we can use a computer to log into an online game through this server and create a character for adventure. It is probably the 'YGGDRASIL' in "Overlord King of the Immortal" 'Game..."
"...Then quickly create a character and log in to see what happens?" Wang Qiu asked strangely, "...otherwise, what else can we do?"
"...But the problem is that on the race options menu for creating a new account, most of the options are in an 'unavailable' state. There are only five options: goblins, catmen, tigers, slimes and metal golems. "There are several races to choose from," Political Commissar Guo replied, "...Which one do you think we should use?"
"...Is that so...do you know where the newly created character will go after logging in?" Wang Qiu asked with a frown.
"...I don't know anything at the moment. The game map seems to be hidden. You can't see it at all if you don't activate it." Political Commissar Guo replied.
"...If that's the case...the tiger man and the iron golem are too big and conspicuous, the slime probably doesn't even have language function, and may not be able to communicate. The goblin feels very delicate, and It's equally eye-catching... Let's try it with a cat first!" Wang Qiu thought for a while! At that moment, he made a final decision and said, "...it's just a game account anyway. Even if you accidentally break it, you can still open a new account..." "...Well, so the cat color is calico cat? Persian cat ? Black cat? White cat? Or tabby cat?