Chapter 33: Start destroying from today
PS: Plot explanation: According to the original settings, the necromancers in this world are really useless compared to the lichs in the DND world of Faerun. Low-level necromancers can only summon or transform one zombie or Skeletons come to fight. If you can summon multiple skeletons and zombies at once, you are already an undead magician. In the fortress city, only the leader Khajiit can do it.
With such a pathetic upper limit for summoning, the reason why he was able to cause this natural disaster of the undead was because he had spent several years with his disciples and subordinates stealing corpses in the city for transformation, and borrowed the abundant negative energy in the cemetery. After painstakingly accumulating thousands of zombies, skeletons, ghouls and higher-level undead monsters, and then keeping them in a dormant state, they were all hoarded in public cemeteries.
But even so, after the undead army invaded the city, it was actually out of control. Khajiit and his disciples and subordinates can only control a small part of them at best, and then let the remaining undead creatures rely on instinct to hunt living people everywhere.
However, the number of undead creatures he can control is at least several hundred, and as long as the negative energy created by the massacre is enough, the undead creatures can be summoned repeatedly after being lost, and they can be used to massacre the living people in the inner city. That's enough.
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The same night, the fortress city. In the wilderness on the outskirts of Lantil, the Great Tomb of Nazarick organized the construction team's camping site to go to Karn Village
This is a fortress city in a fantasy world. Lantel is being gradually engulfed by the horrific undead natural disasters, and thousands of citizens are tragically destroyed one after another. A certain hard-hearted visitor from the earth, the tabby cat mage player Comrade Wang Qiu, is in a state of great joy. middle.
Because, with the [Fortress City]. Lantel's Destruction], this large copy that did not exist in the original work of "Overlord King of the Undead" was maliciously opened, and a data torrent representing reward points one after another was like an oil field blowout, in his players The personal panel quickly appeared and continuously stimulated the pleasure cells in Wang Qiu's mind, making him so excited that he almost wanted to meow.
"...The fortress city Ye. Rantel became a city of death and received 10,000 reward points."
"...the fortress city Ye. Rantel Adventurer's Guild was destroyed and 3000 reward points were obtained."
"...Ainzach, the leader of the Adventurer's Guild of Rantel in the fortress city, died in battle and received 1,500 reward points."
"...Panasore, the mayor of the fortress city Ye-Rantel, committed suicide and received 1,000 reward points."
"...In the fortress city, Rakhir, the president of the Rantel Magician Association, died in battle and received 1,500 reward points."
"...The female adventurer Britta (the red-haired woman who asked the protagonist for a potion in the original work) was transformed into a zombie and received 2000 reward points."
"...Pharmacist Ligi. Barreare died of being trampled during his escape and received 3,000 reward points."
"...'Kralgla' adventure group was completely wiped out and 500 reward points were obtained."
"...The Sirius adventure group was completely wiped out and 300 reward points were obtained."
"...The Rainbow Adventure Group was completely destroyed and 300 reward points were obtained."
"...Zac, the agent of the thieves group, died in the fire and received 500 reward points."
"...Grain merchant Bald Rofrey was killed by thugs at his home and received 150 reward points."
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——Every supporting character who appeared in the original plot, whether they died in the undead massacre or escaped from their destroyed hometown, will contribute to the [Book of Time Travel] that is transformed into a server due to the change in their fate. As many as thousands of reward points, as little as dozens of reward points:
"...The money is coming in so fast, meow! In just a few hours, the reward points have skyrocketed to more than 100,000 points. Well, now it has exceeded 150,000 points, meow!"
Next to the blazing bonfire, like the legendary evil merchants of death, the tabby cat mage Wang Qiu excitedly licked his paws while staring at the personal panel emerging in the void that only he could see, constantly sending out evil sounds. He smiled evilly, "...hehe, the world is really full of murder. People set fire to gold belts! Only those who commit great crimes can become wealthy! It seems that we will continue to cause havoc in the future, and the bigger the chaos, the better! It’s a pity that our capital is still too small. If the world is destroyed, maybe this plot can be completed in one go, nya!”
——In fact, in another world recently, Wang Qiu is also under tremendous pressure from all aspects. Since in the current plot of "Overlord, King of the Immortal", these people are logging into another world as game player accounts, so apart from the adventure experience itself, it is basically impossible to obtain anything valuable from the other world. In terms of practical benefits, there is no way to open a space-time passage to another world. As a result, the relevant state departments, which had already been bitten by the provisions of the last great adventure in the late Ming Dynasty, could not help but be disappointed for a while and felt that this operation was purely useless.
Moreover, because there is no way to send people from modern China to another world this time, the large number of "22nd century black technology props" purchased from the world of "Doraemon" at a huge cost have lost their use. Ground——According to the research and analysis of experts from the Academy of Sciences, those props are not so much high-tech products as unscientific products made by alchemy. They cannot operate at all in the real world and can only be used in the plot world. Other props are fine, but those medical props, especially the three trucks of [automatic medical boxes] cannot be left idle for a long time. There are currently a large number of terminally ill patients who are in high positions, rich, or famous. I'm waiting to rely on them to save my life!
——Although several cross-time and space sanatoriums were previously opened in Hainan Island and Australia in the late Ming Dynasty, they have used black technology props wholesaled through Doraemon to cure millions of modern Chinese terminally ill patients. But the problem is, given China’s huge population base, this number is still just a drop in the ocean. Not to mention that for diplomatic and political considerations, the central government also plans to treat some terminally ill patients from foreign countries to ease international pressure. In addition, there are some people who were only recently diagnosed with terminal cancer, leukemia or AIDS, and did not catch up with the previous opportunity...
However, now that we have entered the plot of "Overlord, King of the Immortal" and there is no way to escape for a while, no matter how useless this "online game version of another world adventure" across the server is, we can only bite the bullet and complete the mission. Let’s talk about it until the end.
Therefore, for the team of alien strategy players currently led by Wang Qiu, the central government is fully supporting them and responding to their requests. Various central and local departments have given the green light all the way. On the other hand, they are also urging them in every possible way, hoping that they can find ways to speed up the progress and jump out of " "Overlord the King of the Undead" is an unattainable and tasteless other world, and then enters the next plot world, trying to open a time and space passage to the other world, and then opening an interdimensional sanatorium to treat patients, and at the same time trying to find a way to get them back. Some valuable goodies. After all, no matter what coveted goodies you find in the world of "Overlord", you can't get it through the computer screen!
However, no matter how much pressure the central government exerts, Wang Qiu and the actual executors are still in a dilemma. After all, they are not traveling in person this time in "Overlord". No matter how much manpower and material resources the country provides, no matter how good they are, they will not be used. We can only try to change the plot by deceiving the original protagonist of "Overlord King of the Undead", the Lich King Momonga, or Ainz...
To this end, the central government even urgently organized a team of fraud experts, including many senior fraudsters, as well as police negotiators who specialize in negotiating with kidnappers, to provide guidance to Wang Qiu and the others. In many cases, these people were also asked to perform their tricks in person. With his sharp tongue, the Lich King Ainz, who only had a primary school education, was fooled into being stunned - anyway, it was just a matter of registering an additional player account on the server.
But the problem is that even a professional fraud team must have a direction and goal before starting the fraud!
The reason why modern society's deception experts talk so much is probably to defraud money. But for Wang Qiu's team across the LCD screen, all the gold and silver treasures and beautiful women's artifacts in the other world are of no practical significance. The only thing of some value is the system reward points obtained from the main god system, which can speed up the progress and end the plot. But what exactly should be done to get the most reward points? It’s just as long as the public is justified and the mother-in-law is justified. A group of experts gathered temporarily in the command center had divergent opinions. Dozens of plans were designed, ranging from moderates to hardliners. They were arguing so loudly that Wang Qiu and other front-line workers were dizzy and at a loss as to what to do...< br>
However, today's practical results seem to have proved that the influence of business, publicity, and education is too small. Only the most cruel death and destruction is a good way to win a lot of reward points as quickly as possible!
Of course, as a Chinese with "good nature", Wang Qiu is not very keen on killing and violence unless necessary. After all, he has never been a sadist. However, if it is to obtain reward points from the system, then sometimes he does not mind breaking the moral lower limit a few times. As Marx said: "...as soon as there is an appropriate profit, capital becomes bold. If there is 10% profit, it is guaranteed to be used everywhere; if there is 20% profit, it becomes active; with 50% With 100% profit, it will take desperate risks; with 100% profit, it will dare to trample all human laws; with 300% profit, it will dare to commit any crime and even risk hanging..."
But Wang Qiu and others, who are far away in another world and only play otherworld adventures as an online game, plan a conspiracy to exterminate humanity. There is no need to risk hanging their heads at all. At best, there will be some. It's nothing more than a reproach on conscience, and probably not even a reproach on conscience - because in his view, these dead aliens are not even considered lives, they can only be used to earn points by killing them. It's just a game NPC. From a player's perspective, who would have any compassion or mother-like feelings for the NPC mobs that were killed in the game?
If there really is a guy whose Madonna spirit has developed to such an extreme level that even the NPCs in the game need to be cared for, no one will praise and admire this person's philanthropic spirit, but will immediately tie up and gag this lunatic. Send him to a mental hospital!
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In fact, at Beidaihe's "Command Center for Operations Against Aliens", almost everyone had no real feelings about the destruction of this alien city. Instead, they looked at the total points data that was rapidly refreshed on the large screen of the command center, one by one. They all burst into cheers with excitement.
"...Great! Now we have reached 150,000 points, and we have finally made one-fifth of the progress..."
Looking at the rising total points on the big screen, the veteran traveler who has been in two different worlds for nearly ten years, the former member of the Knights Hospitaller, the Paladin who "saved" Europe from the Black Death Lord Levi couldn't help but let out a long sigh:
Since he had lived in medieval Europe in the 14th century for many years and had a good understanding of the way of thinking and behavior of medieval Europeans, he asked a group of experts to think that the fantasy world in "Overlord, King of the Immortal", It should be similar to Levi's previous living environment, so when inferring the possible reactions of humans in other worlds, I always like to ask Levi for his opinion.
But obviously, it's not that simple. Even if the races look similar, the social concepts and ways of thinking of medieval Europe cannot be directly applied to the fantasy world. The most basic difference is: where did the monsters and adventurers come from in the real medieval Europe? Secondly, in this fantasy world, the authority of priests is far inferior to that of the church in medieval Europe. In many places, it can even be said to be dispensable.
Therefore, the result of such mechanical application is that Li Wei's judgments based on experience are always unreliable and even full of errors. This not only disappointed others, but also made Li Wei, who had repeatedly misjudged, feel a lot of pressure. However, now he has identified a shortcut that does not require much thinking.
——Why should we calculate the gains and losses so carefully and predict the possible reactions of the plot characters? As long as they are all destroyed, won't there be reward points?
No matter how different the forms of civilization may be, death and destruction are the same.
Of course, like [Fortress City. "The Destruction of Lantier" is a shortcut to gain points like "just a slight push, and the world will change." There will probably not be many in the future, but after all, the strength of the Great Tomb of Nazarick is powerful enough, and the whole world will not be able to challenge it alone. No problem. As long as the deception is in place, this powerful force can be used to create enough subversive events in the fantasy world behind the screen.
As for whether he would get into too much trouble and cause some big trouble for the poor elementary school student Lich King Ainz... this was not within the scope of consideration. As long as the task can be delayed until the task is completed, everyone should just pat their butts and leave. Who cares about the raging flood behind them?
Anyway, according to the original setting of "Overlord King of the Undead", even if all the power of the entire world is gathered, the most that can be done is to block the Lich King Ainz in the Great Tomb of Nazarick in an attempt to eliminate this guy. Don't even think about it.
In this case, what else is there to say? Let’s all cause destruction together! Levi thought so.
——In fact, looking at it from the big screen in the command center (through the eyes of a certain cat rogue player lying on the top of the fortress city wall), the poor fortress city is... Lantier has been basically destroyed by this undead natural disaster.
In general, the entire city has almost become a realm of death. Looking down from the city wall, the streets were filled with undead creatures stumbling and roaring from time to time, but not a single living person could be seen, not even a wild dog. What's even worse is that because the escapees opened the city gate when they left the city and did not bother to close it, these undead creatures that had been wreaking havoc all night are now not only wandering around the city, but also passing through the open city gate. The door slipped out, slowly chasing the footsteps of the human fugitives - obviously, if these undead creatures were allowed to mess around in the wilderness, it would be like releasing a group of cockroaches carrying a deadly virus. How much trouble there is.
"...the destructive power of these undead creatures from other worlds is really powerful! They slaughtered a city in just half a night! Speaking of which, how come a magical civilization that encounters undead creatures so frequently has not developed? What about the ones who were cremated? Instead, they kept the corpses in the public cemetery and played with them every night! The undead were already there as often as natural disasters! It’s not right after all!”
A special correspondent of the Central Office standing in front of the big screen frowned, carefully looked at the surging tide of death on the screen, and muttered, "... If the rich nobles and rich people can bury the corpse in the family It’s okay to ask a priest to purify the cemetery, but those poor people actually choose to Isn’t it strange that burials are carried out instead of cremations, and the government must organize armed forces to regularly clean up the dead souls caused by this? Whether it is for the sake of social stability or to save money, all the dead poor people are cremated. Save more money and effort! ”
"...This problem... We have also noticed it, and specifically inquired about the reason. It is not that people from other worlds have not thought of such countermeasures, but in the end they still did not adopt it, mainly because of the cost of changing burials to universal cremations. It’s not cheap, and the results are not ideal.”
Political Commissar Guo, who had just come off the line and was replaced, gasped while drinking sports drinks to replenish energy, "...first of all, it is because of traditional religious habits. Unless there is no other way, they are reluctant to carry out cremation. This point It's the same as the ancient humans on earth. Who would be willing to burn the bones of relatives and friends? Turning into ashes? The current magic system that leads to the frequent occurrence of various undead in nature was only born with the first batch of time travelers in that world. It only appeared for about five hundred years. This was not the case earlier. , so customs and habits cannot be reversed for a while.
Secondly, even if the corpses are burned, the appearance of the undead cannot be completely prevented. In the fantasy world in "Overlord, King of the Undead", the emergence of undead creatures is mainly related to whether the deceased had any resentment during his lifetime, and has no direct connection with whether there is a corpse. Normal burial only has a certain chance of producing skeletons or zombies. If the corpse is destroyed by arson, it is estimated that all kinds of strange monsters and disembodied ghosts will be produced. The former can be dealt with by militiamen, while the latter can only be dealt with by spending a lot of money. The priest may not be able to ask for help, but it will make it more troublesome.
Third, in ancient feudal societies where productivity was not developed enough and coal and oil had not yet been widely used, the cost of cremation was actually quite high, at least much higher than the service cost of modern crematoriums, and could not be popularized. Even in the wizarding world.
Because at the very least this requires consuming a lot of fuel and reaching a very high temperature in order to burn out the ashes. Otherwise, it is equivalent to roasting the human flesh half-cooked. The bones inside are still intact, which is meaningless for defending against the undead. But with the productivity of that era, how could it be possible to collect so much firewood for each dead person? Don't think that collecting firewood is free. Adventurers are hired as bodyguards every time you leave the city, and the forest is full of goblins and other monsters! Therefore, the firewood and straw ultimately sold to the city are not cheap, and hiring magicians to cast fire magic is even more expensive. If cremation is forced to be promoted at all costs, who will pay for the fuel? If all expenditures are at public expense, local finances will immediately go bankrupt, and if the poor are left to pay for it themselves, are you planning to force the living to death for the sake of the dead?
In comparison, digging a hole and burying the body, relying on recycling by nature and natural degradation by microorganisms, is the most economical way to bury the body. The land there is vast and sparsely populated, and there is barren fertile soil everywhere. The land is not valuable at all. Of course, this could lead to the natural birth of the undead. Therefore, a prison-like cemetery must be established and people must be assigned to strictly manage it. But even so, the cost to the government is still much lower than cremation, or even almost zero cost. Because the militiamen who keep vigil at the cemetery serve for free, they do not need to pay pensions even if they are killed by the undead..."
Having said this, Political Commissar Guo smiled wryly and spread his hands, "...As far as society as a whole is concerned, it seems quite stupid to bury the dead together and then kill the undead every day. But from the perspective of the rulers, they have not done anything for it. It doesn't matter what you pay for it. In fact, if there is no evil organization secretly planning it, the naturally occurring undead creatures in the cemetery will not be able to cause any devastating disaster..."
"...I see, the backward productivity level, the inertial continuation of traditional funeral customs, and the irresponsible government have created such a weird-looking situation, right?" The special commissioner of the Central Office rubbed his chin. , nodded and said in deep thought, "...it seems to have a similar cause to the famous floating corpse in the Ganges River in modern India...This is really...there is nothing new under the sun!"
——Although the horrifying scene of corpses floating in the Ganges River is very scary for foreign tourists, in fact, if Indians can really follow the regulations and completely cremate the corpse before water burial, then the water burial in the Ganges River will become the same as the death of Premier Zhou Enlai. Scattering the ashes is also very environmentally friendly. But the problem is that because the poor in India cannot afford enough fuel, they often do not burn the corpses cleanly, or even throw them directly into the Ganges River without burning them, leaving them to rot and drift in the water... This is how it ended up today. It looks like a live-action horror movie, which is unsightly and pollutes the water source.
At the same time, while the two people were chatting, the total points displayed on the big screen were still rising, slowly rising to more than 170,000. However, the rate of increase has slowed down significantly, and it is estimated that there will be no more points. A new breakthrough has been made. As a result, the staff members, with happy smiles of easily tormenting monsters, began to formulate the next round of terrible plots full of evil, preparing to bring more disasters and destruction to other worlds...
——Pandora’s box from another world has been quietly opened...
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On the other side, compared to the black-hearted cats from another world who have turned on the cheating devices, and the people who are watching the big screen at Beidaihe's "Command Center for Operations Against Other Worlds", the fortress city. The other natives of this time and space in the campsite on the outskirts of Lantier were much slower to react to this horrific upheaval that happened late at night. In any case, this tragedy did not happen near the camp. After all, they were four or five kilometers away from the city at this moment, and it was in the latter half of the night when everyone was snoring and sleeping. Even the adventurers who had their turn to watch the night, most of them He won't care too much about what's going on in the distance, but will just stare at the rustling bonfire in the chilly spring night breeze.
On the other hand, it is a fortress city that is an important military town on the border of the kingdom. Lantier spared no effort to build the triple tall city wall, which not only effectively protected the safety of residents in the city, but also blocked the transmission of all information within the city wall, making it difficult for outsiders to peek into what was happening in the city.
As a result, until now. Lantier City was in a commotion, and even a raging fire was set off, which reflected the night sky red. The adventurers who were responsible for keeping watch at the camp in the outskirts suddenly realized: Right now. Something terrible seems to have happened inside the city wall of Lantier? Then, in view of the lazy tradition of "hanging up if it doesn't matter", the adventurers who stayed vigil hesitated for a while, until the situation in the city became more and more noisy, and they even saw someone opening the city gate and driving a cart to help. After the young and old escaped, they realized that the situation was serious and started to shake other companions awake.
At this time, the faint morning light has appeared on the horizon, indicating that the night is about to end and dawn is coming.
However, living in a fortress city. The people of Lantel are falling into a dark hell that is deeper than the night...
"...What is going on in the city? Noble rebellion? Armed coup? Citizen riot? Or is it a sneak attack organized by the Bajas Empire? Or is it a simple fire?" Looking at the rising smoke on the horizon, Long The human butler Sebastian frowned in confusion, then turned to look at Peter, the captain of the "Dark Sword" adventure group. But Peter could only smile bitterly at his employer and spread his hands, saying that he was also ignorant at the moment.
However, the adventurers' confusion did not last long. Because, soon some survivors who escaped from the city noticed the campfire here, and fled in despair to seek shelter. Through their descriptions and the monsters following them, everyone learned the whole story of the drastic changes in the city: "...What? Ye. Lantel was captured by the undead in the cemetery in the city last night?! How could this happen? ! ”