Chapter 916 Greed… Overthrowing this Decayed Old World!
Look at those garbage trucks continually approaching them; the garbage about to be dumped may bury them at any moment!
It’s important to note that garbage trucks are massive.
In this densely populated city, who knows how much garbage is produced every day, making recycling incredibly difficult.
With such a “big killer” paving the way, the rioting crowd surged forward again, accompanied by the gradually dissipating tear gas along the streets; nothing could stop their advance.
The chaos quickly spread to every corner of the city center, and the enforcers felt enormous pressure.
In the game world, there is no concept of an army.
Their world is unified, and there is also no concept of nations.
The Infinite Group’s All Worlds Terminal is the largest organization maintaining this world’s order.
The games of the All Worlds Terminal that span the entire world are the means by which the group ensures the stability of the entire world.
The social order built around games maintains the constant expansion, annexation, colonization, and development of the game world.
They established a technology system centered on the All Worlds Terminal, plundering and harvesting the soul materials of other worlds as the driving force for development, paired with the infinite energy perpetual motion machine of the void rifts, and pixel game methods to sustain the world’s continuous development.
Adaptation is the most terrifying ability of every living being.
Even self-awareness can be influenced.
Just like the people in this world, who believe that they are born to exist in this world.
Like born slaves viewing the world, they feel that they are meant to be oppressed.
But with the development of games and the emergence of new worlds, the beauty and novelty of the new world continually stimulate them, opening up a Big Door to a new world.
The birth of organizations like the Real Protection Association is actually related to the social phase during the initial invasion of the world.
The new world is not just an object of invasion; that world also outputs its worldview in reverse. Those who awaken are the ones who planted different ideological seeds at that moment, which have spread to the present.
However, they cannot continue to develop.
Because the Supreme Council of the Infinite Group’s All Worlds Terminal headquarters has noticed this point.
Thus, games would later distinguish between “internal testing” and “public testing.”
The advance players from the internal testing are those from the Infinite Group who know the truth yet are still willing to support them with their strength.
The end of internal testing means that players first figured out the situation in this world and completely destroyed the elements of this world’s value output before launching the game.
Therefore, most of the free exploration and high-freedom open-world games are usually labeled with themes like war, wasteland, apocalypse, ruins, and crime cities.
This cuts off the nourishment for ideological awakening, causing the sprouts to seem to wither.
But life will always find a way to continue living, which is why organizations like the Real Protection Association continue to exist.
As for whether such organizations will change, it has become irrelevant.
“The truth is concealed, but they cannot suppress our voice! Forward!”
“They are afraid; they are retreating! But this does not obscure their shameless faces when they oppress us! If only truth can dialogue with them on equal terms, then we shall take up truth and struggle to the end!”
The words of Yan Dong resonated among the crowd, igniting anger that fused everyone’s thoughts; even those who were bound began to ponder whether they were just ignorant lambs allowing themselves to be exploited.
The suppressive actions of the enforcers were ineffective; facing so many civilians, their weapons seemed powerless.
They couldn’t even use large-scale weapons for indiscriminate slaughter; their duties did not grant them such power.
This is not one of those uncontrollable chaotic regions, nor is it a fissure resettlement area; they are citizens living on the surface, in the city. If normal people had to be categorized, they would be the backbone of the upper class of society. Yet even so, in the mouths of the rulers, they are still “lowly people.” They are merely the most valuable social labor force, the group that would be regrettable to kill. And those who instigated and planned this chaos were, on the surface, the members of the Real Protection Association. It is foreseeable that if this unrest, power takeover, and independence succeed, this place will quickly become the main base of the Real Protection Association, followed by a large influx of members from other associations. They will also incite more places to imitate. This is the last thing the Infinite Group wants to see; they cannot allow such a situation to continue. This world has long become turbulent. First, the chaotic regions became independent, and now the fissure resettlement areas have fallen out of control, as if there are too many invisible hands pushing this world towards fragmentation. Now… if another surface city declares independence, the impact would be absolutely unacceptable! At this moment, the branch of the Infinite Group’s All Worlds Terminal was already in a state of urgency for assistance.
This world, although lacking the concept of an army, does have a world invasion team.
They are not only a sharp knife for invading other worlds but also the most elite violent organization within their own world.
They are the last resort when enforcers cannot handle urban riots!
However, this method is rarely employed because their main role is actually deterrence.
But now… they have reached a point where they must move.
Yet their arrival also has a delay.
Under the guidance of interested parties, the rioting crowd gradually overthrew the city’s order.
The chaotic crowd became the best cover for those with intent; members of the Real Protection Association blended into the crowd, prepared to launch their final assault on the city’s power center.
What they need to do is to shut down the central system controlling the entire city’s operations and find the control rights of the All Worlds Terminal and the city’s infrastructure.
At least, that is how it should appear.
When they finally took action, the extent of the chaos far exceeded their expectations.
Everyone unleashed the most essential evil within humanity, looting and vandalizing…
To put it bluntly, they are not a group of organized righteous rebels; they are a city riot guided by the Real Protection Association.
And just as everything was about to complete, the tallest building in the city was about to collapse in people’s minds, just before the old order crumbled. The game advance team, operating unified single flying devices, approached; the warning sound engraved in their instincts echoed in the sky, constantly stimulating everyone’s nerves.
It was as if they had suddenly heard the sound of sirens, and that instinctive suppression made them suddenly realize what they were doing.
The enforcers might consider their identities, but to suppress them… they only need to apply firepower!
So soon, they were met with a counter-sweep of warning from the advance team, despite the overwhelming number.
They wouldn’t care about casualties, even though they knew this was their own world; after years of world invasions, they felt no pressure in slaughtering, and even bloodied individuals thought the firepower was insufficient.
Those weapons far exceeding their expectations had long existed in reality; within their understanding, the weapons in-game were modeled after reality, but the actual situation was that… the weapons of the game and reality appeared simultaneously, with only the timing of their unveiling differing.
“These stupid guys are really easier to slaughter than those in-game!”
“Cease fire! Stop killing! The crowd is beginning to disperse; we only need to catch the instigator of this matter! If you massacre too deeply, how will you get bricks from us!” The captain of the advance team sternly reprimanded, halting the bloodthirsty players.
As for the bricks he mentioned, that naturally refers to those game players completing the basic tasks for them within the game.
Even if they really slaughter the city, it wouldn’t affect their industry; however, as an advance team serving those big figures, unnecessary slaughter would deduct their pay.
“Hey~”
Those few people, indifferent, paused their hands, clearly still hesitating, but with the captain pressing down, they quickly regained their reason.
During this period, they encountered high-level personnel from the Infinite Group’s All Worlds Terminal branch, who, in fact, they didn’t want to deal with.
But eventually, they shifted their focus to protect these individuals. Because although this is a branch, many inside have close ties to the powerful, some even have relationships with their superiors, and they have to follow orders.
Of course, this also relates to the “emergency task” that popped up on their task panel.
A person with such authority can directly issue tasks, an existence they absolutely envy!
“Hehe… you are the instigator of this riot, right?” The captain raised the shadow on the ground like a dead dog, throwing it onto the ground in frustration.
Subsequently, information from the All Worlds Terminal’s personnel database appeared in his view, revealing the identity of the person before him.
“Hehe~ Vice President of the Real Protection Association sub-association? Like a showy gray thing, kill one and replace it with another, what are you risking your life for?”
“Hehe~ Hmph! You all will die—” This person coughed up blood and spat onto the other’s pant leg, speaking fiercely, although his voice was somewhat garbled, but his killing intent was evident.
“I want to kill…” The person splattered with blood angrily began to speak but was subdued.
“Stop!” the captain ordered, “Hard-boned fellow, I like to kick, the Real Protection Association wouldn’t do such reckless things, so tell me, what have you done?”
“Hehe… do you think I would… tell you?”
Just as the captain’s patience ran out, a new emergency task popped up in their view!
After reading the task, all team members furrowed their brows.
Because another core area of the city was also attacked.
It was the energy hub of the entire city!
That’s the core energy artery of a city, connecting to the infinite energy perpetual motion machine of the All Worlds Terminal headquarters!
“Damn it, they’ve increased our task load temporarily!”
“Watch your words!” The captain snorted coldly.
After all, when they were executing tasks, every word and action were being recorded; if they left a bad impression on those big figures, their future tasks would only involve dirty, tiring work with little pay!
Ultimately, those in power can truly do as they please!
And they cannot resist; even the so-called strength is granted by those game architects.
“Leave some people to protect the task target; the rest, let’s go directly to handle them!”
“Hehe, great! This time I can finally kill to my heart’s content!”
“Better tone it down; save that energy to talk about it in the game.”
Just when they had briefly assigned tasks and were about to leave, they suddenly came under attack!
The overwhelming firepower forced them to raise their shields to avoid the rain of bullets.
“Damn it, those association guys actually released a banning number!”
The banning number is an official term for accounts掌握ed by associations through exploits.
Moreover, these accounts’ character creations do not take place in other worlds but in this world, making their potential threat extremely high.
On top of that, once they are locked, they will be banned, hence the term banning number.
Such accounts cannot be detected or prevented ahead of time; only when the opponents willingly expose themselves can they be targeted for banning.
This banning number has become the last resort of their resistance.
But the opponent also has ways to counter the All Worlds Terminal’s locking mechanism; due to response times and processing times, a banning number can take nearly ten minutes to complete.
And before the ban, the firepower of the characters cannot be cut off at the root.
Such accounts are extraordinarily valuable to the association; managing one banning one is an immense treasure.
To create new ones, you must risk confrontation with the All Worlds Terminal’s self-check system. One misstep means being locked, forcing them to restart.
More importantly, these banning numbers cannot be created in bulk!
Hence, they were so shocked.
“What is the association doing after all?
What on earth is worth the effort they put in like this?
However, no matter what, they cannot leave their emergency task, or else they would be signing their death warrants, stranded among those closely tied to them.
Watching the firepower reinforcement arriving, the drowned vice president closed his eyes, forever resting here.
At least his task… can be considered fulfilled, right?
At this moment, the advance team also quickly reported the situation, applied for the banning process, and transferred the emergency task so that a new team of advance players could execute it.
Although theoretically, the banning number has only a ten-minute lifespan, but that is just theory.
Due to various manual searches and operational issues, plus the unexpected emergency situation that was unprepared, it might take at least half an hour if not longer.
Moreover, they needed to protect the task target, so they couldn’t afford to slack.
Even without restrictions, they also needed to actively suppress firepower; otherwise, buildings damaged beyond the reimbursement limit would also lower their task score and further cut their rewards!
Meanwhile, far away at the “Energy Transfer Station,” another well-planned operation was gradually unfolding.
They completed the occupation at the fastest speed; although there is a resident advance team here, those slacker positions cannot be compared to the frontline advanced teams that have been engaged in combat.
After taking this place, they found the core energy source.
Here, they needed to draw a summoning ceremony rune; only here had enough energy to drive this rune ceremony.
They are all ordinary people; the only energy they can access and utilize, the large-scale facilities that rely on energy, are only here, representing a gamble of their lives!
Gambling that they can… overthrow this decayed old world!
