To ascend, I had no choice but to create games-Chapter 836 - 461 You Really Are a Genius

Under the collaboration of Liuzi, Xiemen Waidao, and Wang, the order in the town quickly began to be restored.

Flame flowers were cleared, damaged buildings began reconstruction, and new supplies were crafted by the trio and distributed to the unaffected NPCs.

But in the eyes of others, everything here was not so beautiful.

Like walking corpses, NPCs roamed the town, having lost their self-awareness and becoming tireless laborers here.

Their eyes were bloodshot, leaving trails of saliva wherever they went. Some NPCs’ saliva even contained corrosive elements, leaving distinct red marks on the roads they frequently traveled.

These roads were known as Zombie Roads, as, without their own consciousness, these NPCs resembled zombies.

Although the boundary between life and death here had long been ambiguous, the residents still found the players’ manipulation of life intolerable.

Some began to destroy these "zombies" spontaneously, hoping that death would wash away their disgrace and allow them to reincarnate in Reincarnation Land once more.

However, the pervasive madness embedded in their minds was semi-permanent, and the Reincarnation Land here was also polluted. Reincarnation only deepened their horror, unable to aid their plight in any way.

But the NPCs, stuck in fear and anger, didn’t know this. Even if they did, the desire to do something to prevent this situation would drive them to continue.

Discovering that some surviving NPCs were actually destroying their tools, the three players quickly held a meeting to discuss how to resolve this issue.

At the meeting, the three representatives spoke freely, conducted extensive research and discussion about the current situation, and finally concluded,

"We need a force of violence!"

Moreover, this was all brought on by those troublemakers themselves!

We toiled hard, braving various risks to develop a method to control the Rampaging NPCs. You ungratefully sabotaged our research results, which is intolerable to an extreme.

A new Rampaging NPC program was developed. These Rampaging NPCs, previously powerful beings, even after becoming "zombies" still possessed immense strength, particularly suited to act as Enforcers here.

Wang also provided a large supply of powerful adult diapers, which gave these Enforcers significant protective and combat capabilities. However, it was somewhat embarrassing to wear adult diapers all the time.

To better enable these Enforcer Zombies to work, Liuzi almost went three days without sleep, finally fine-tuning his ideal Enforcer program.

This program consisted of hundreds of program nodes, allowing Enforcer Zombies to react to different situations, apprehend criminals, make arrests, and then send them to Liuzi for brainwashing recovery.

Brainwashing recovery was a special form of punishment here, designed to make up for the irrational actions of the residents.

This process was entirely reversible and left no aftereffects; even the slightest ineffectiveness would be a disrespect to Liuzi’s brainwashing capabilities.

During the brainwashing, the criminals’ behavior matched that of the Rampaging NPCs, working extensively under the arrangement of Liuzi and others until their mistakes were completely rectified.

Moreover, during their labor, they had to constantly wear a sign that read "I made a mistake, I am a bad child," which was a severe blow to their reputation among the NPCs here.

The best time for NPCs to resist had passed, and now they had to face a group of powerful "zombies," whose lack of fear made them even more terrifying.

To survive, they had to bow down to dark forces, groveling under the tyranny of Liuzi, Wang, and Xiemen Waidao, becoming pitiable figures in the town.

Nevertheless, Xiemen Waidao still wasn’t ready to let them off the hook.

Sitting in his newly repaired office, Xiemen Waidao laid his legs on the desk, feeling that his life was better than before.

"I was constantly oppressed for advocating ’exploitation is justified’," leaving an inglorious hour on my perfect resume due to a shameless sneak attack by the law enforcers and Gong Gong.

Sadly for you, elders, times had changed!

Although Gong Gong and the judges hadn’t been captured, the current situation proved my correctness, and I would continue to be right and succeed in this altered game.

Thinking of this, Xiemen Waidao howled at the sky and erupted in a "heh heh heh" laughter.

But after laughing, he knew he had other things to do.

Since their recent leader, normal NPCs had become much more compliant.

They no longer confronted him head-on, but they also stopped collaborating with players. Clearly, they were making the most rational choices, but these NPCs weren’t buying it.

It could only be said, the previous managers had protected them too well, making them forget how cruel the world could be.

It’s said that the managers here were a bunch of beings known as New Celestial Honor, and these beings occasionally sent NPCs into battle. However, Xiemen Waidao felt that New Celestial Honor was merely giving these people a formality, omitting all the important teachings.

If he were in charge, he assured everyone would transform from green rookies at a much faster pace.

The non-cooperation of these NPCs brought about a rather severe consequence.

It was that their trio’s research was out of funds.

Relying solely on the system’s aid, their research couldn’t progress at all, as every new breakthrough required a substantial amount of money, and what the system provided was merely a drop in the bucket.

The only source of funding in the game was the NPCs, and if NPCs didn’t patronize their small shop, then they didn’t have enough money to continue their research.

After all, the town wasn’t their focus; the Starry Sea was their real goal. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

But without funds, they couldn’t even leave Newbie Village, which was incredibly frustrating.

After pondering for a while, Xiemen Waidao wrote in his trio’s private chat group, "[Gentlemen, any ideas?]"

Liuzi: "[The best I can think of is to undertake some beneficial actions to let other townspeople know we’re not that dangerous. What we’re doing is necessary. It might look strange, but it’s quite ethical.]"

Xiemen Waidao was quite pleased with Liuzi’s response.

Liuzi, your sense of morality is getting more normal by the day.

After a pause, Wang said, "[Liuzi, are you serious?]"

Liuzi: "[Of course. I’ve just manipulated the ’zombies’, after all. Everything I’ve done is in service to the people. What’s wrong with that?]"

Wang: "[Sssh...I can’t believe I’m starting to think there’s nothing wrong with what you said either. But I feel this method is a bit slow. I have a better method. Wait a bit, I’m going to grab a drink.]"

Xiemen Waidao: "[Wang, this is a private chat. There’s no need to go for show effect.]"

Wang: "[Sorry, occupational hazard. I mean, why don’t we research where the NPCs get their money from and then print our own?]"

Xiemen Waidao: "[...Wang.]"

Wang: "[What’s up?]"

Xiemen Waidao: "[You’re really a genius.]"