The fisherman druid is in another world

Chapter 740

One hundred days after the outbreak of the plague.

The systemic problems of the chaotic ladder make its operation a complete disaster.

Especially against the backdrop of immense external pressure and numerous uncertainties, aside from the initial launch of the poison, the subsequent failures can be described as a series of setbacks, which further dampened morale, caused instability, and prevented any further outstanding actions from being launched.

The end result is that the naughty child smashes the pot, and the exasperated adults have to fix it.

Black Robb was also one of the troublemakers, but he wasn't the most furious one.

On the one hand, his psychological expectations are low enough that he is more likely to feel satisfied.

On the other hand, his disaster relief strategy was well-founded. After overcoming the initial resistance and misunderstanding, the combined effect of increasing external pressure and smoother internal operations led to a clear upward trend in more than 80% of the shelters.

Most people feel that life is getting better day by day, so even if there are some problems, they are naturally covered up.

Given the devastation of human civilization and the generally miserable lives of survivors, this positive cycle is truly remarkable.

Finally, there's Black Rob's extraordinary production system, which can be considered a first-class tool for post-disaster reconstruction.

Even so, Black Robb was deliberately holding back a bit; otherwise, the rebuilding of Hanscat and Japan, which were ravaged by World War II, would have been much faster and more astonishing. In just over a decade, it could have surpassed its former glory.

Even now, with deliberate efforts to increase survivor participation, retracing the path of the Industrial Revolution, and reorganizing the production technology system and supporting social order, the changes in each base can still be described as rapid and dramatic.

As per Heroborg's instructions, the disaster relief team did not get deeply involved in government affairs. After completing the necessary guidance and laying the most basic order, regulations, and knowledge dissemination pathways, the team's energy was mostly shifted to providing a safe production and living environment.

To address this, Heroborg proposed an improved version of the natural dome design.

It's the kind of layout that Luo Yuanju placed in Afrin and the surrounding area in the new timeline, which is why the Afrin region is called the Green Dome City.

The design by Black Robb did not use the creeping battlements as boundaries, but instead used runic boundary markers and highlighted the use of the four elemental powers.

Despite his best efforts to seek refuge from nature, the construction of the shelters and the creation of natural domes still exhausted almost all of Black Rob's rare and extraordinary resources.

As a result, even the chief harvester Victor had to rely primarily on deterrence strategies, like a nuclear bomb, instead of relentlessly mowing down enemies as before.

Northern Federal Territory, Ice Peak Canyon.

Black Robo's street hustler alt account, like a game newbie graduating from the beginner village, dressed in typical wasteland attire, embarks on his journey to explore the world.

Previously, he used the persona of a man of integrity and a pretext of delivering a letter and seeking a night's rest to try to obtain first-hand information on the wasteland people's epidemic prevention.

As a result, I was assigned to rest at the sentry post overnight with a few rough old men.

The next day, nothing dramatic happened, and he could only leave disappointed. After all, forced relationships are never sweet, and deliberately adding drama without a suitable opportunity would only make the already xenophobic and even hostile people of the wasteland more suspicious of him, making it impossible to carry out his work.

Moreover, the most important information has already been obtained: anesthetic has replaced ice anesthetic, medicated oil has replaced affordable alternatives, and black robo has surpassed its predecessor, fully promoting the improved, cost-effective epidemic prevention measures.

Therefore, whether it is 3-1 or 3-2, the tasks performed are no longer subject to time constraints, but rather focus more on free play.

So, Black Robb decided to spend some time developing these two characters. A month or two later, the opportunity finally came. Olaf and the people of Frozen Canyon met again in a 3-1 match, and he helped them once more.

The people of the wasteland admired his martial prowess and thought it was a good thing to have such a powerful fighter in their refuge, so they recruited him into their tribe.

Yes, although the shelter in the Frozen Canyon was temporarily established, the Wastelanders habitually used a tribal model to control the group, and eventually a new tribe was formed.

Olaf left there with the bearing of a powerful eagle. Eagles belong to the vast sky and the distance, not to their parents' nest.

There's not much high-value information left in the Frozen Canyon. After half a year of adjustment, the people here have figured out and perfected a survival strategy for the apocalypse. Unless a major upheaval occurs, this tribal-style shelter can survive for a long time thanks to its talented people, resourcefulness, and unity.

At least during the lifetime of its female leader Olga, her prestige was enough to subdue any dissent.

Olaf's new mission is to travel hundreds of miles to the Syndicate, a city renowned for its alchemy.

The Syndicate is not only renowned for its alchemy, but it is also the birthplace of the world's first secret society, hence its titles such as the City of Mystery and the Origin of Secret Societies.

Olaf's move to the Syndicate is naturally because Black Robo's current reserves of rare extraordinary resources have fallen to a safe level and urgently need to be replenished.

Therefore, there are many groups and individuals attempting to acquire rare and extraordinary resources through missions, but none are as powerful as Olaf, who is personally controlled by Black Robb.

At least Black Robo has more faith in his professional abilities, and even if he is less skilled, he can still perform well.

Moreover, Olaf is not bad now. Even without enough resources to advance to Legendary, he is still a true Title-level player.

Specifically, the Elementalist is an advanced extraordinary profession. In the current material world, they can be considered among the top-tier combatants. Combined with Black Rob's extraordinary qualities and soul characteristics, even if they encounter a veteran legend, it would take a fight to determine who is superior.

The journey from the frozen canyon to Syndicate City involves crossing several large cities. The dangers along the way are quite considerable.

This is no longer a problem that can be solved by simply taking a few more steps or going out of one's way.

This is because the evil has changed far too much since then.

From the very beginning, they possessed a certain degree of bestiality, with a certain degree of instinct to bully the weak and seek good fortune while avoiding misfortune.

As they grow in a unique, albeit venomous, way, or rather, as they cultivate themselves, they begin to unearth their memories of being human.

Although many concepts of human society are baffling and incomprehensible from a sinister perspective, even the parts that can be understood and digested are enough to make them intelligent.

So, simply put, the evil and wicked evolved from bloodthirsty madmen into lawless perverts.

The weakness of a madman is often madness itself, but the weakness of a psychopath is not psychopathry. Psychosis is merely an adjective used to describe their unconventional thinking and behavior. Almost everyone who can be called a psychopath is a master of mind-bending and frightening tricks, at least that's true of the supernatural at a certain level of evolution.

This is because, in addition to their purer thinking and consciousness compared to humans, they are the embodiment of true evil when corrupted by negative energy; it is also because perversion is precisely part of their hunting skills, just like the wolf pack tactics that are quite famous among the people.

Or rather, perversion is simply a wicked and wicked habit seen from a human perspective. It is vile and enjoys torture and killing, but not for pleasure, but to extract more negative emotions.

The vampire's thirst for evil energy is like that of a vampire for blood. Measured in terms of addiction, the vampire's thirst for blood is ten times that of drugs, and the addictive effects of drugs are ten times greater than those of conventional addictions like nicotine.

It is not hard to imagine how much the wicked crave evil energy.

Therefore, torture and murder are one of the main ways to obtain evil power.

Another way, of course, is for big fish to eat small fish, small fish to eat shrimp, and shrimp to eat mud.

What is mud? It really is mud, specifically abyssal mud rich in dark, supernatural power.

This thing can be considered a specialty of this world. The Dark World isn't called that for nothing; it does have some special products that match its character.

This is actually why the God of Nature quickly agreed to Black Rob's proposal of a dark underworld. The concept of a hellish underworld truly suited this world, and if the God of Nature hadn't been so impoverished at the time, he would have definitely made it much larger.

The Ghost Emperor generates evil spirits through the plague, and one of his core purposes is to gather negative energy through these evil objects, which naturally includes the Abyss Mud.

Therefore, the current evil situation is that a large number of lower-level evil people have dug the earth into a state of utter devastation, while the middle and even upper-level evil people, in addition to exploiting those below them, also wander around looking for additional gains.

Human survivors living in groups are excellent targets. According to information gathered by spirit birds and soul beasts, there have been evil creatures that have been deliberately raising human survivors, torturing and intimidating them, taking advantage of their negative emotions to harvest a batch of evil energy before leaving, and then returning after a while.

As for the plague infection, its infection rate dropped exponentially after the outbreak ended.

The evil creatures do not sweat. Except for those special mutations or later evolved forms, their basic appearance is that of a emaciated, desiccated corpse with dull yet oily skin. Only their eyes, which emit a poisonous green light, are surprisingly bright.

Without the evaporation of sweat, a very effective route of infection is missing.

Moreover, the activity of the plague virus in evil spirits will decrease to a certain extent, or even turn into a symbiotic mode. The trait weight of this mode changes, resulting in a decrease in the ability to mutate.

The final result is that only by being bitten by evil spirits is there a certain probability of being infected with the evil plague virus.

Black Rob also collected data to estimate that the probability of rabies transmission by a rabid dog is still terrifying. However, those infected are no longer guaranteed to mutate, but the possibility of death is much higher. The specific pain is extremely painful, comparable to the complete disintegration of cells and tissues caused by extremely high radiation.

Therefore, the current global situation can be described as the sudden emergence of a species with billions of inhabitants that enjoys destruction and cruelty, causing a huge impact on other species in nature.

Black Rob has already begun preparing a professional team to try to exterminate the evil creatures like hunting wild boars and recover various resources from them.

However, it must be said that the plan has not progressed smoothly.

The main reason is that the mutations of evil have not been completely stabilized, and the number of powerful units is increasing day by day, making it difficult to summarize a cost-effective harvesting method.

Without such a method, large-scale harvesting would be difficult to carry out.

This isn't simply a question of whether it's cost-effective or not. Rather, it involves a huge consumption trap.

Harvesting the wicked is essentially about acquiring extraordinary resources at a lower cost.

However, dark-type supernatural powers are inherently difficult to digest.

This is due to both the inherent characteristics of such extraordinary forces and the concrete manifestation of the inevitable increase of entropy in all things.

When Black Rob suggested establishing the Dark Hell, it was actually a way to digest dark supernatural power in a different way.

So how will it be digested? The power of order.

The Dark Hell is classified as an evil faction, and indeed, its order is evil. It has strict rules and a clear hierarchy. It is through such governance methods that it can better deal with dark energy, much like a modern garbage recycling system.

Now, harvesting evil spirits is just repeating the same old trick. The key here is not how many evil spirits are eliminated, but whether the cost of elimination is cheap enough.

If this consumes too much energy, it's equivalent to using one's own supernatural power to neutralize a portion of the dark supernatural power within the evil entity. When these two supernatural powers dissipate into the air, they will transform.

Unfortunately, the current Heavenly Way is distorted, and the results of transformation are often negative.

So, in order to improve environmental pollution and reduce emissions, the actual treatment process creates a lot of environmental pollution, which negates the purpose of emission reduction. Isn't this a case of doing twice the work for half the result?

If that's all there is to it, it's not impossible to do it. After all, even if it's much harder and less effective, it's still a way to gradually push the cycle of nature out of a vicious cycle. Like Jingwei filling the sea or Yu Gong moving mountains, it will eventually be accomplished.

The problem is that there are also evil people around, causing all sorts of trouble. In that case, it's not just a matter of getting half the results with twice the effort, but rather that even if you invest all your resources, it won't be enough to cover the damage they cause.

Therefore, Black Rob hesitated to swing his scythe.

He knew that his rivals would also copy his methods. Once they saw that his approach was excellent, they might turn around and create a dark version. When they competed with him to harvest wheat, if he lacked the necessary expertise, he would be inferior to the original in following the trend.

This is like inventing the stirrup in ancient times. How many excellent horse farms did the Central Plains have? And how much improvement did the stirrup bring when it was introduced to nomadic peoples?

Therefore, having advanced technology is not enough; the scale must also be large enough.

To achieve scale, the production system needs to further replicate and expand itself. However, it is an extraordinary production system, not pure technology. Moreover, even if it were pure technology, rare resources could still hold it back. Thus, Black Robo embarked on a path of finding bargains and treasures.

He had looked down on this path a long time ago, after all, he always believed that creation was superior to plunder. Grave digging, treasure hunting, and picking up what's readily available were all forms of plunder.

Unfortunately, circumstances are beyond his control. At this point, even with his intelligence, he can't think of any more practical solutions. Even if he could, it wouldn't stop him from taking multiple approaches and seeing if he could gain some extra benefits.
(End of this chapter)