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“Tell me about your former empire,” Xue Dinglu said, looking at the clearly defined world in the distance, a world that seemed to have been frozen in time.

Without vegetation, a large cluster of withered branches stands crookedly on the ground, like towering tombstones, creating a desolate winter desert.

Only the dead wander the earth, aimlessly, as if still immersed in the past when their homeland was completely lost, or as if they only have these few remaining obsessions.

On the other side was an area where creatures lived amidst lush vegetation, but there were countless crooked buildings and partitions. Even at this point, the human group was still fighting amongst themselves.

"The former empire? There's not much to say. I've told you before that because of my incompetence, many of my empire's policies are no longer suitable for this world, or even applicable. For example, I once stipulated that marriage between people of the same race was not allowed, and that people could only marry people of different races..."

The old demon king puffed on his cigarette, perhaps only nicotine could keep him calm and allow him to recount his past stories in a joking tone.

"Looking back now, it was a truly idiotic policy. It's amazing that those people could tolerate it for 14 years before overthrowing me..." He seemed to be joking as he finished another cigarette and asked Xue Dinglu for a third one.

“I once told you that my world is full of races, unlike your world where the only difference between races is skin color. Here, the petite dwarves are about 1.2 meters tall, while the tall demons are mostly over 3 meters tall.”

"Furthermore, the demons all have terrifying appearances with scales and exoskeletons, and there are also tree spirits, a species that is closest to the aesthetics of your King-type humans... It can be said that the differences between different races in the world are like the differences between humans and dogs in your world."

"Back then, I actually managed to unite these strange and wonderful creatures solely through force, and even forced them to intermarry between different species. What I never expected was that in this era, there are basically no longer any distinctions between races..."

The old Demon Emperor spoke with a half-smile, surrounded by swirling smoke. It was unclear whether he was lamenting or mocking how unreliable his policies had been back then, as if they were some failed art student who had come up with some crazy idea on a whim.

Xue Law: "..."

"So now, have they become a unified species?" Xue asked.

"I'd say that's a stretch, because this generation was born when my empire was flourishing. Those before them either died of old age or were exploited to the point of near death. The people now are those born after my racial intermarriage system was implemented..."

"They no longer have racial barriers; basically, everyone has the blood of two or more races. We used to distinguish between different races and ethnic groups, but now there are no distinctions at all; everyone is crammed together..."

"Oh right, because I collected and burned all the unique cultures and customs of each race. After all, the things of these remnants are not conducive to rule and have no reference value. So after losing the cultural and customary soil, naturally only what I taught them remained, so naturally they huddled together." The old demon emperor even began to talk to himself.

Xue Law: "..."

He couldn't comment on the mess the old Demon Emperor had made, but he could say that there was a real reason why he was overthrown by those old men. He burned everything they owned and didn't even settle scores with them. The old Demon Emperor really did something inhuman. Let's just say, you know Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, right?

The old Demon Emperor was ten times more outrageous than Yang Guang. He did things that would take many generations and many years to have an effect, but these things completely harmed the interests of people in the present. It was a case of taking too big a step and tearing your own balls.

The old Demon Emperor did something far more outrageous than Yang Guang, and he even managed to last for 14 years. This can only mean that his strength truly overwhelmed everyone else at the time, leaving them all battered and bruised, which is why he was able to achieve such an effect.

Even if he received just one less slap, Xue Law estimated that other races would not have been able to tolerate it.

But now, seeing that his past policies have actually played a huge role in the future, and that the world is no longer divided by race but by class, he doesn't know whether to cry or laugh.

Perhaps without the undead, the world would still be in a state of warlordism like the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. Eventually, it would be unified, but that would be many years from now. How many people would be left by then?

After all, everyone who survived in this world is a master of "being human," even these guys from the small settlement in front of us, they've all eaten people...

It's even said that in big cities, "people" have long been nothing more than a dish that can be served on the table.

However, the current situation in this world, especially between the living and the dead, is actually much better than I had imagined.

The undead now occupy only about a third of the continent, because in this world, the number of low-level undead is really useless to those big cities that control violence.

Because of the involution magic, the mages in this world all control spells with far greater destructive power than their peers. Even ordinary people can squeeze out their life force to enhance their own power.

Under such powerful attacks, the undead army could not gather in numbers, or perhaps the mastermind behind the undead army prevented the army from fully assembling to avoid being wiped out by a large-scale AOE attack that suddenly appeared. Instead, the undead in this world mostly presented a strategy of small-scale, attrition warfare.

As for humanity, they can only be said to be roughly united now. According to the people of this settlement, although there are all sorts of different names in the world, they are all warlords. These warlords now occupy the best lands and have established their own countries, all insisting that they are the legitimate rulers of the empire.

After all, it was only after the empire fell that everyone began to praise its goodness and insist that they were the rightful heirs.

Only the old Demon Emperor understood that his youngest son had killed all his other children, leaving him with no descendants, and now, in his soul form, it was even less likely that he would have any descendants.

Although they are now united, there are still opportunities within their ranks to sabotage each other, and they will certainly not hold back.

As for the overall situation...

Just as the old Demon Emperor said, the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period was chaotic and disorderly. Eating people and being eaten by others were almost just a change in status. The old man told a story about how the king and his entire family of a small country not far from here were attacked and all the members of the royal family were stewed in one pot.

Xue's Law doesn't even know how to evaluate this. Perhaps it's a case of "Are kings and nobles born with a special destiny?" The winners eat meat, and the losers are eaten?
"Actually, looking on the bright side, the situation here is actually better than we thought. Before I came, I thought this world had completely become a backyard for the dead," Xue Dinglu thought to himself.

He never imagined that the undead would one day be unable to employ human wave tactics, and could only rely on small groups of troops to relentlessly grind down the existing warlords' health.

These war-mongers were ruthless enough that, in order to prevent the undead from controlling the corpses, they chose to chop them up and eat them directly from within...

All I can say is, that's ruthless!

This is simply a case of doing good with bad intentions.

From this perspective, the matter is quite clear.

"Old Deng, let's just find the undead's lair and wipe them out in one fell swoop. For us, we can now simply rush into the Lich King's lair and kill it. A Lich King of this level is no longer qualified to breathe on us."

After gathering a general understanding of the intelligence, Xue Lude concluded that the undead were of weak strength compared to his current level, with their strongest being roughly on par with the Old Demon Emperor. Even if Xue Lude couldn't use the Genesis Destruction Colossus, he could still crush them by manipulating the Divine Tree.

He can now even cosplay as Hashirama Senju amidst an army of the dead, manipulating the Divine Tree to create a forest in an instant.

However, this entire forest is an extension of the divine tree. If they are not killed, they will eventually become new divine trees, leading to endless troubles.

Therefore, after learning that the Lich King of this level was no longer qualified to breathe on him, Xue Luding prepared a speedrun, which was to directly drag the old demon king over and crush the Lich King, and throw all the undead into the lava to soak in the hot spring.

As for the remaining warlords in this world, it's even simpler. The old Demon Emperor is powerful enough to kill them all and, just like he once did, reunite them into a unified empire.

After that, it's beyond Xue's Law's control.

After the old Demon Emperor attained enlightenment in Dragon Field, Xue Lude's understanding of history and politics is now inferior to that of this otherworldly person who has only spent a few days on Earth.

Old Deng nodded in agreement with Xue's plan. Although it was a bit crude and straightforward, given their current strength, they should adopt such a simple, mindless plan.

The simpler the plan, the less flawed it is, and this plan relies entirely on the two of them overwhelming the current world's strength.

So, Xue Dinglu continued to observe the customs and culture of the other world, while shining holy light on the banshees of the dead in his consciousness space.

At this moment, Su Su suddenly interjected, "Brother, I've figured out how to transfer the spirits of this world into my body. After all, they are essentially similar to the evil spirits in my world."

“There was some incompatibility before, but now I’ve tested it on this banshee and found a completely new effect. You can directly pull them into my Pure Land…” Su Su said.

"Wow, that gives me another way to counter the undead," Xue Dinglu thought to himself.

After all, his body is basically covered with techniques that restrain the undead. Whether it is Holy Light, Genesis, or the Divine Tree, they are all powerful killing moves that restrain the undead.

I can only say that I am worthy of being someone who started out killing undead. Although my growth was all unintentional, I am still covered in special attacks against undead.

The emergence of Susu is merely icing on the cake. Susu still retains some of Margaret's authority; for example, her essence remains a large-scale Pure Land, a spiritual particle crusher.

The souls of the dead and the deceased are all thrown into her spiritual particle crusher, thus completely transforming into the purest primordial form, dust to dust, ashes to ashes, which is the principle of planetary cycles.

The creatures on the planet enjoy the energy provided by the world, and after they die, everything they have will give back to the planet, making it stronger.

Susu, the vessel, is basically responsible for this task. This useless witch is not so useless after all. She actually managed to come up with a brand new spell for the banshee, a method that can bring the dead into her pure land and crush them into the original spirit particle state.

"Well done, Su Su." Xue Dinglu patted her head, giving her encouragement.

Su Su was stunned for a moment, and then she lost her previous carefree attitude and became very shy.

“I feel like you’ve become much more cheerful than you were at the beginning, Brother Lu…” Su Su said, fiddling with her hair.

Xue Dinglu was stunned for a moment before he understood the reason.

Because when he met Su Su, he was under the influence of nothingness, and now, for some reason, after nothingness consumed the 12th Apostle, the side effects have actually weakened a lot.

Furthermore, with Abdullah Hassan filling his "Sand of Flowing Light" with emotion, he no longer needs to consider the side effects of emptiness and has become more like his former personality. This has made Su Su, the newcomer, somewhat uncomfortable.

From her perspective, the cool and aloof guy has been transformed into a goofy college student.

Xue Dinglu didn't explain, he just smiled and vigorously rubbed her hair until it looked like a bird's nest, then fled as if he were running away.

Su Su was left standing there stunned. Only now did she realize that her once smooth, long, straight black hair had been completely transformed into a messy, ghost-like hairstyle. She then said angrily, "This is not fair! I want to ruffle your hair too!"

……

The old Demon King received information from his former subjects that the undead were said to originate from a place called the "Great Tomb".

This should be the Lich King's lair. Although it's not the familiar Frozen Throne, Xue Dinglu has already started warming up, preparing to quickly clear the Scourge and then leave.

Therefore, after leaving behind the Tower of Light, the two left this small settlement of only a few hundred people as the group of people who had just finished enjoying their bread raised their hands and cheered.

Target: The Great Tomb!

A colossal dragon made of blood soared directly above the sky. This was the old Demon Emperor's dragon spirit, and it was as if this dragon formed from blood was his true form. This was also an ability similar to a "treasure" that he had obtained on Dragon Star.

Xue Dinglu sat on the back of the Blood Dragon, feeling incredibly relaxed. He even felt that the intensity of the training had suddenly decreased, making it feel more like a vacation than a work trip.

For him, things like the Scourge of the Undead are more like a leisurely outing.

After all, what they did before were either apostles, their retinues, demons created in imitation of apostles, or even the world's consciousness itself...

After playing too many high-level games, even playing a Master-level game now feels like smurfing.

How much longer until we arrive?

"I estimate it will take more than an hour," the old Demon Emperor said.

However, at that moment, a sudden attack struck, piercing through the blood dragon's wing. In an instant, the blood dragon lost its balance, and Xue Luzhi, who was on top of it, was also thrown off balance. The two plummeted straight down. (End of Chapter)