Necromancer, summoning 055? What the heck?

Chapter 428 Blue Star Undead Punishment Activated
The significance of making a claim lies in convincing those who are reasonable.

The significance of force lies in making unreasonable people submit.

The current Eastern Xia clearly possesses the ability to convince the vast majority of countries on Earth, using its wisdom accumulated over tens of thousands of years to explain its principles, and then using a massive steel torrent that stretches for thousands of miles to ensure that its principles are heard.

The day after completing the task of "getting to the root of the problem," Dongxia officially announced that it would carry out a "larger, deeper, and wider" punitive action against the main responsible party, namely the Sea Serpent forces that continuously exported evil spirits and seriously damaged the common living environment of mankind.

The main reason behind this action, which is known as "Dad's Return," is to further clarify the legitimacy of his actions and give an explanation to his little "Sprout" who has suffered a great injustice.

It should be noted that last time, due to the misdeeds committed by certain reactionary leaders, Dongxia's security was compromised, causing great psychological trauma to the little [Sprout].

The little guy threw a tantrum.

According to researcher Zhang Changlin's account, that day, the little guy experienced a strong, chaotic, and resentful emotional outburst, roughly meaning: "It's so embarrassing that this kind of trash got in... It's pointless... The rules here are broken, I need to fix them first and delete all the filth!"

The budding stage should be put on hold until it grows; the rules should be rewritten first.

Upon hearing what researcher Zhang Changlin relayed, the group of commanders and advisors were terrified, wishing they could just sink those damned islands.

The elders took turns trying to calm the little guy down.

"This isn't your problem. You've done 99% of it. It's our fault for not doing it well enough. The last 1% went wrong, and that's our responsibility!"

"That's right, if it weren't for our [Sprout], there would have been a huge problem!"

"You are a hero, the greatest hero!"

"Old Zhang, Old Zhang, come and talk to him! He may be angry, but he still needs to eat and replenish his energy!"

"The research institute has recently added several new nutrients. Would you like to try something different?"

"Don't be angry, those bastards are unforgivable!"

"We've already made arrangements and will get to work on him right away. How about you wait a couple of days and see?"

Now that things have come to this point, that sea serpent must be given a good beating, and we must prove that we in Dongxia can also coax children!

Of course, there is also a side task: to further advance a special research project at the [Undead Creature Research and Control Center].

Further analysis of the similarities and differences between undead creatures in the Starry Sky and Blue Star worlds.

This topic has actually always been a key focus of the Death Management Center.

According to a joint study by the Department of Necromancer Behavior, Department of Necromancer Psychology, and Department of Necromancer Education at the Center for the Management of the Dead, a peculiar phenomenon has attracted everyone's attention: when the original undead of the Starry World and the Blue Star World are completely similar in terms of their physical characteristics, morphological structure, and state of death, they exhibit extremely significant differences after being resurrected.

The Center for Death and Pregnancy Management designed a series of complex experiments, which can be broadly summarized as controlling quantitative quantities and observing variables.

For example, from the corpses of orcs and humans in the Starry World, select several experimental individuals with similar strength before death and similar time of death, and place them on Blue Star and Starry World respectively. After the apprentice-level, stardust-level, and moon-wheel-level undead summoners of both worlds complete the resurrection summoning, they will undergo standardized strength tests, agility tests, obedience tests, damage resistance tests, and comprehensive intelligence assessments.

We can't compare to the higher ranks for now. The Starry World has abundant resources of necromancers, but Blue Star currently doesn't have any Tier 3 necromancers, or even a single one who can directly communicate with the Underworld.

Meanwhile, Blue Star also selected a batch of similar skeletal samples and conducted awakening tests of the same level.

Finding large quantities of skeletal remains that meet the experimental requirements is somewhat difficult in Dongxia, but sea snakes are now everywhere. Sending out a few ships to collect them can greatly supplement the insufficient number of experimental samples.

After a series of repeated cross-tests, the Death Management Center has reached a basically clear conclusion.

"Commander, Deputy Commander, Executive Commander, and Advisors, we have completed the comparison of a total of 216 sets of data in the control experiment, and the center has put forward a clear viewpoint."

"In terms of absolute strength, explosive power, physical defense, and instinctive mastery of low-level combat skills, the average strength of the undead on the planets is significantly higher than that of their counterparts on Earth. On the other hand, the undead resurrected on Earth have statistically significant advantages in terms of memory retention, learning speed, understanding of complex commands, autonomous judgment, and even the use of simple tools."

Actually, this problem had been brewing for some time.

As the chief undead of Dongxia, the skeleton "Little White" was just an ordinary skeleton gunner in the Starry World. Although he later used an automatic rifle, he was still essentially a cannon fodder skeleton at the bottom of the underworld.

But after arriving in Dongxia on Blue Star, Xiaobai had already learned the four basic arithmetic operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. He knew how to use a rangefinder to determine the construction location, and he even secretly downloaded novels on his phone for offline reading—can you believe it?
The book I was reading seemed to be a light novel called "My Skeleton General Can't Be This Cute," which tells the story of an adventure where a transmigrator summons a skeleton that mutates and evolves, and fights alongside a tsundere necromancer heroine.

The world of novels in Dongxia is indeed incredibly versatile; you can find novels of any genre.

This phenomenon quickly attracted widespread attention.

This is certainly partly due to the high level of education in Dongxia and the specialized training that allows for one-on-one instruction for "newbies." However, as more and more such data emerged, the [Death Management Center] gradually realized that this was by no means an isolated case.

For example, "Afu," a flesh-and-blood giant-level undead, would be a mid-level undead henchman in the Starry World, but on Blue Star, in addition to passively accepting orders, he also initiated several proactive actions.

They will dismantle the polluted water storage base, seek opportunities to attack stranded and derelict ships, recruit and win over the "Red Army" undead squad, and even ambush and strike the evil spirits emerging from the ghost temple...

One case is an isolated incident, but when there are many such cases, they become a general rule.

In multiple rounds of control group experiments, the characteristics of the Starry Night Undead being superior in combat and the Blue Star Undead being superior in intelligence were extremely evident.

Regarding this phenomenon, the top experts on Earth have put forward a variety of conjectures and hypotheses.

The most widely accepted theory currently comes from Professor Marcus of the Fourth Institute of the Center for the Study of the Dead, also known as the Institute of Necrosomatism.

Professor Marcus was once a genuine Bald Eagle citizen.

There are countless wave riders in Dongxia heading towards the free world, so it is quite normal for a few bald eagles to see through the essence of things and be willing to embrace Dongxia civilization.

Unlike others who came for political or economic reasons, Marcus's feelings toward the bald eagle were one of utter despair in a sociological sense.

As a leading sociology expert, after deeply analyzing the social mobility, capital operations, and social contradictions in his motherland, he fell into a long and inescapable pessimism.

For the next ten years, he traveled like an ascetic, his footsteps covering the rainforests of southern Ai, the tundra of the north, the highland kingdoms, and the island city-states, trying to find a "harmonious model" on Earth that resonated with his sociological ideals.

He was an idealist, but reality offers no place for ideals!

Ultimately, he settled in Dongxia.

In his own words, "This is not heaven, and there is dust and shadow, but this place... at least counts as 'human'!"

Professor Marcus describes his motherland as "half heaven, half hell!"

This is no secret.

For bald eagles, the so-called kill line or watershed is actually because there is a line of "must-live-in cost" in this country.

If you can't cross this line, you can only struggle to survive in the quagmire of the bottom of society until you are completely submerged.

Once you cross that line, you'll be someone of high status.

Marcus has a very clear explanation of this issue.

"The bald eagle's greatest strength is its financial weapon, but of course, this is also a shackle that binds it."

As a sociology professor, the old man's favorite thing to do was talk about society from his perspective.

"For an ordinary person like Bai Diao, rent, health insurance, car loan, student loan, basic taxes, food expenses... these are all necessary costs to maintain one's survival in society."

"For those struggling below this survival line, every penny they earn is merely 'passing through' their hands before being immediately drained by this system."

"It looks good, but it doesn't actually belong to me."

The old man took out a copper coin and placed it next to a Xia coin; both were worth one hundred yuan and looked equally pleasing to the eye in the sunlight.

"In the hands of the poor, the exchange rate between these two currencies is close to one to one. The food combination you can buy with 100 yuan to maintain the most basic survival is probably some fast food, canned food and soda with high sugar and high fat content."

"Here, for 100 Xia Yuan, you can buy ingredients with almost the same energy and nutrition, and even a wider variety of vegetables and fruits."

"Similarly, the medical services you can buy in Bai Diao with 100 Diao Yuan are not even as valuable as 100 Xia Yuan in Dong Xia."

"So, if I earn 100 taels of silver, it looks like I've earned 700 or 800 taels of silver in the currency market, but in real life, it might not be as good as the 100 taels of silver you earn."

"There is no exchange rate difference in terms of value!"

"This is the 'magic' of financial hegemony, which causes a severe disconnect between international exchange rates and domestic actual purchasing power, and the pain of this disconnect is mainly borne by the lower classes."

"But at the top of society, the world is completely different."

"If a luxury car sells for one million diamonds, then it would have to sell for at least seven million summer dollars. At that time, the exchange rate was one to seven, or even more!"

"The exchange rate effect is completely on the side of the rich!"

"I can use the extra diamonds to buy products from Dongxia, hire servants from Nanai, find bodyguards from Blackie, and date girls from all over the world." "This is the real benefit of financial weapons. Once I'm out of that survival line, every extra diamond I earn can enjoy seven times, or even seventy times, its face value on Earth!"

"This is a country that is so friendly to the rich."

At the time, the experts from Dongxia thought this statement was a bit exaggerated. "Mr. Marcus, I can understand the seven times you mentioned, but where does this seventy times come from?"

A faint sadness appeared on Professor Marcus's face.

“Young man, you must have never been to White Eagle, or rather, you have never experienced the high society of White Eagle.”

"In Bai Diao, you can pay a few hundred dollars and someone will put a little doll-like child on a table for you to admire. How much would that be worth in Dongxia?"

"That was my paradise, and their hell!"

Perhaps it was because he knew his motherland too well that Professor Marcus, an idealist, resolutely switched sides to Dongxia and even abandoned his own citizenship.

It's incredibly difficult to obtain citizenship in Dongxia, so this old man must have some real skills.

After the establishment of the [Death Management Center], and after multiple rounds of screening and careful evaluation, Dongxia issued a summons to this old man. When he saw the living, moving undead creature, the old professor's reaction was beyond everyone's expectations.

He felt no fear or disgust, but rather trembled with excitement, his eyes welling up with tears.

The old man wrote in his diary: "Humans are too filthy. The Dongxia people may be a little better, but they still have the inherent selfishness, hypocrisy and infighting of human nature. There are many guys who disgust me."

"I love the dead. These children are so innocent and adorable!"

And so, with an almost pilgrimage-like enthusiasm, Professor Marcus plunged headlong into his work at the Center for the Management of the Dead.

His exceptional academic insight and tireless research passion quickly made him an authority in the field of necromancy, and he led many key projects, rapidly becoming the head of the department and one of the center's leaders.

Perhaps because of his profound understanding of human nature, or perhaps because the comparison between civilizations gave him a more detached perspective, Professor Marcus proposed an extremely bold yet logically consistent hypothesis regarding the phenomenon of "the intellectual advantage of the undead on Earth."

"Blue Star may be a 'law desert,' not enjoying the benefits of the magical energy world, nor being suppressed by the rules of psionic energy."

To put it bluntly, this is a "barren land".

Marcus spoke eloquently to a group of bigwigs from the [Compassionate Voyage] command headquarters.

"The essence and ultimate destination of undead creatures belong to the underworld. We can see this very clearly from the records of the stars. Whether the undead are summoned from the underworld or resurrected locally, they all vaguely point to a lord of the underworld or are connected to the original rules of the underworld."

"Or you could say that the ultimate ownership of undead creatures belongs to the underworld or its lords. The necromancer is like a 'tenant,' a tenant who has obtained long-term or even permanent lease rights and daily management rights, but cannot 'own' the undead at its root, nor can he sever its connection with the underworld."

An ancient proverb circulates in the starry world: "Even the longest-living race will eventually decay, and only those that have decayed can touch eternity."

A race with finite life cannot command an undead race with infinite life; this seems to conform to some kind of law of cosmic balance.

"Therefore, I speculate that it is the lord of the underworld, or some rule of the underworld, that suppresses the intelligence of undead creatures!"

"It's like, I'm sorry, this example isn't appropriate, but I can't help but say it, just like your past policy of keeping the people ignorant, and our past happy education."

"A lock has been placed on the undead creatures!"

The commander couldn't help but slam his fist on the table and exclaim, "Brilliant! A very bold and brilliant argument!"

"So, Professor Marcus, you mean that the undead of Earth have broken free from this suppression?"

"Correct!"

"Blue Star cannot connect to the Underworld, and cannot directly summon undead creatures from the Underworld. There must be some kind of barrier or obstacle that we do not understand!"

"Because of the special existence of the pioneer [Wanderer], it's like opening a breathing hole in the barrier, which can be opened intermittently, allowing us to obtain substances from the psionic world, including undead creatures. However, the barrier still exists, blocking the interaction of all laws on both sides."

"I think that's the key!"

"The spirits of the dead on Earth do not have that 'lock' on their heads!"

Other departments within the [Center for the Management of the Dead] had previously engaged in extensive communication and discussion regarding Professor Marcus's theory. At this moment, they have also offered some supplementary opinions and raised questions that require verification from the perspectives of necromancy, spirit composition, and interdimensional summoning theory.

Regardless, Professor Marcus's theoretical framework, which takes a sociological approach and incorporates plane theory conjectures, has gained the approval of most experts.

Overall, that's the location of Blue Star, which can be roughly called the "Land of Extinction" or the "Age of Dharma Decline".

Compared to the magnificent world of stars, which connects all the heavens and the universe, on Blue Star, in all the observable span of time and space, there is not a trace of intelligent life, let alone the budding of future life or the existence of past life.

It was as if there was only deathly silence in the universe that humans on Earth could reach.

Utter loneliness.

However, this also means that those laws based on psychic energy, divinity, and mystical principles have almost no impact on Earth.

"Yes, our World Tree has also broken free from the suppression of the Starry World and is able to grow. Moreover, its growth rate is significantly different from that recorded in the Elven records. These are two completely different worlds!"

"The Blue Star world has its own set of underlying code and operating rules!"

Whether from a scientific or mystical perspective, to complete the analysis and deduction, one needs to make bold assumptions and carefully verify them!
Now, this bold hypothesis has been completed, and it is theoretically very reasonable.

The next step is to invest more resources in more rigorous and systematic verification.

Verification requires a larger number of repeated experiments and data analysis with a wider range of populations and more control groups.

As the largest and most "active" source and gathering area of ​​undead creatures in the current Blue Star world, the Four-Clawed Sea Serpent and its surrounding waters should be placed under the control of Dongxia, becoming an ideal "undead creature sample observation station" and "control experiment area".

Soon, as the traditional New Year of Dongxia was approaching, Dongxia held a New Year's gathering. Gu Liyang, as a representative of Dongxia, visited the [International Friendship Association Activity Center], located in the central part of Dongxia, a place with beautiful scenery and a pleasant environment.

Accompanied by the center director, Director Gu greeted each of the "distinguished guests" with a warm smile.

"Director Gu, this is the President's son-in-law!"

"I've long admired your name!"

"This is Speaker Seth's girlfriend!"

"Hello!"

"This is Minister Cato's grandson!"

"Welcome, welcome!"

"This is General Bai's youngest daughter!"

"It's as famous as thunder!"

Okay, although there are no government officials or parliamentary leaders from various countries here, and most of them don't even have titles and can only be referred to as relatives, we should never underestimate their influence.

At the ensuing joyful dinner, Director Gu Liyang raised his glass in a speech, extending holiday greetings to all the distinguished guests on behalf of Dongxia, and speaking candidly about the common challenge facing Blue Star: the undead disaster.

He described in a somber tone the potential threat posed by the out-of-control undead in the Sea Serpent region to international shipping, regional security, and even the global ecosystem, emphasizing that Dongxia, as a responsible major power, had no choice but to take further measures to "restore order and protect human rights."

Of course, this also includes providing better security for everyone here, so that everyone's lives can return to normal as soon as possible.

These remarks were unanimously endorsed by the attendees.

After all, in Dongxia, safety is only temporary, but this can't be done and that can't be done. Everyone's illustrious status is completely useless, which is really frustrating.

What's the point of flaunting wealth to each other? Of course, it's to find the sense of superiority of the upper class in front of those poor people who have no money!
Amidst the clinking of glasses, a consensus was reached.

After the dinner, everyone got busy, exchanging information via transoceanic phone calls, encrypted messages, and social media groups, and that's how things were settled.

For Dongxia, this punitive action was something no one could truly stop. The prior notification and this "friendly gathering" gave the relevant parties ample face and also defused potential resistance in advance.

The formalities have been observed; it's time to draw the sword!
This time, it was the same familiar and highly intimidating aerial bombing tactic used by Dongxia, but everyone understood that this time, it was more than just bombing!

At dawn, as the horizon just began to lighten, large numbers of fighter jets and bombers deployed at coastal airfields and ocean-going mobile platforms taxied out of their hangars one after another, piercing through the morning mist with the deep, powerful roar of their engines, heading straight for their targets.

Meanwhile, on the vast ocean, a task force composed of large destroyers, replenishment ships, amphibious assault ships, and large troop transports cleaved through the deep blue waves, carving out magnificent white wakes as they sailed into the depths of the ocean.

The second phase of the war against snakes has officially begun!

(End of this chapter)