LCD Worlds’ Apocalypse Online

I don't think the trump card would bridge the gap between him and the Pope. Maybe Hurt, though, if he does end up fighting him instead. ... As far as the Pope tracking him goes, it's hard to say whether she'd be able to do that, and it's even harder to say whether she would be willing to actually go after him. She might be the strongest professionist on Earth, but it's not by such a huge margin she can take on the entire Confederate military, methinks.

I wonder if he'd have kept his word and worked for her if she truthfully answered all his questions. It'd certainly have put Anna in a spot.

 

My understanding of what he knows about the Pope is.... Literally nothing. She betrayed Anna's father, sure, but she also did... nothing. She didn't fight the apocalypse, she was never defeated when Anna rebelled the first time (she only reclaimed a portion of the empire, IIRC), and she just... disappeared one day. So he knows literally jack all about her motives.

To me, it sounds like she's ultimately just trying to ditch or betray humanity, but she could have been literally anything. I wonder what he would have done if she turned out to be secretly fighting the invasion her own way, or something else that would appeal to him.

 

Oh please. Letting go of the 1.5 billion is sooo generous. If you ignore or completely forget that A) it's undoubtedly a MASSIVELY TITANIC STUPENDOUSLY INSANE markup over the production price, and B) he just handed over an absolutely priceless piece of technology that bumped your entire Empire's mech science up by at least several years and possibly quite a bit more. In the middle of a literal fucking apocalypse, in fact, which makes the advancement all the more valuable.

Pfffft.

Anyway, I don't see why he couldn't move to Fuxi. It doesn't really matter. I mean, the confederate isn't exactly a fondly remembered home to him, and ultimately neither place is particularly important in the grand scheme of things. His goals are a bit higher in the long run than just peacefully living on Earth. So.. He can hang out in Fuxi for awhile, sure?

Ofc, right now, there's the impartial goddess and her resources at his full disposal in the confederate, and the fact that he's essentially the highest authority in the country at this point; I'm sure the goddess wouldn't mind if he casually off'd the nine lords, to say nothing of doing things without their permission. I doubt the emperor would let him take charge of the empire, lol. In the long run, though, I think he could find time to spend in the empire.

The biggest sticking point would be that the emperor probably wants a long-term subordinate and that's not gonna happen. I guess he can casually repay any investments the emperor makes in him ten times over anyway, though, in science, cultivation techniques, or physical assistance. So the emperor won't lose out even if he never stays in the country. No biggie.

Disagree. CC is great, but it fails when you really need it to work - on enemies that are especially powerful. Who cares if it works on the trash mobs. ... Self-buffs, on the other hand, are always reliable. I know the system emphasized that it's supposed to work on everyone, "under normal circumstances", but how much should he trust that?

Besides, even if you see the speed boost as mediocre, he also has to look at it from an evolution path perspective. "Potential Enhancement" could lead to further self-buffs, whereas "Stiff" could lead to further CC. Surely this won't be the final evolution of his Lightning, and surely the chosen evolution now will impact future choices?

Surprised he didn't get some kind of self-healing option. "Life", after all. He can have The Flash's accelerated healing, heh.

 

Guess he disagreed with me, lol.

The game screwed up. $10 they use the ring to invade it somehow. "Here's an item that lets you reach the arena, Mr. Clown."

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There's a comment on the latest chapter that suggests the 9 Lord's secret has something to do with the demon invasion. That's... unexpected. But it would explain why she suddenly called him to warn him about the game of eternal. Alternate explanations: Given the "old face" the drone saw, maybe some old powerhouse is living there and plans to join the game, so she's warning him off. Or she saw the clown's announcement again and suddenly wanted to warn him because of that. ... Idk, seems weak. Them knowing something about the invasion fits well. ... On the other hand, doesn't really explain their failure to properly respond to it. If they really know about it, then they know humanity needs to defend itself with everything it has and more. They're.. not doing that.

 

It definitely seems like she's clueless. On the other hand, the author went through all the trouble of having her place her belongings on a table at the end of the chapter. Namely, the pills and small book that she was given. I can't help but feel like we're going to see something related to them in the next chapter. ... Maybe the old gal will react to them. Maybe her power will. Who knows.

Ofc, I also feel like all this pomp and circumstance is pointless. Who cares about the old windbag from another planet or the nine lords. Read the damn book and learn to cultivate already. Leave all this nonsense behind.

Also, + more points to the absolute incompetence of the nine lords. If they clearly know this is the literal fucking apocalypse, they're not doing ANYTHING about it. And say what you will about the early stages being "thunder in a barrel", the game of eternal killed a hell of a lot of people the first go 'round. What is their ultimate plan? To flee again? Is that why they don't seem too concerned?

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What are the actual conflicts? It's important to remember that all of this is a secret among the nine lords - not even their own children know anything about any of this. So I'm not sure this conflicts with anything previously mentioned in the story, as all of that would have been general knowledge.

 

My interpretation of that was simply that they can't. Her grandfather died only after passing the power over, and I feel like its been heavily implied, if not outright stated, that the power is capable of sustaining their life. I don't know how absolute that is, ofc - I suspect they could still be directly killed in a physical confrontation - but it's actually quite possible that they're rarely, if ever, involved in any. Err. The rough equivalent would be asking if the President gets into many fights. Probably not, right? ... so the power prevents them from dying from illness, age or most accidents, and a lack of assassination means they likely very rarely, if ever, have difficulty passing their power along the regular way.

Ofc there are no absolutes. So in the case one does die... Yeah, I assume the power is retrieved from the corpse or something.

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No comment on the ancestor's pastimes.

 

That would be.. chapter 74? They never say they weren't aware of the space monsters.

https://otakutl.blogspot.com/2019/08/wao-chapter-74-rebuild.html

Of course, when I read it the first time, I understood it that way, too. They killed him for the warp technology only to discover, to their dismay, that there were space monsters that made it useless. However, you can reread it now and see how none of their words directly contradict the idea that they already knew about the space monsters. Instead, they either couldn't pass up on the warp technology for other reasons ("useless to keep but too wasteful to let pass"), or wanted to keep it in their hands to prevent it from being used against them ("that could threaten them").

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Ofc, while it's pretty easy to resolve this seeming contradiction, that same chapter has them directly claiming they assassinated him for the warp technology, when it's later revealed that he had to be killed for spying on their secret. So one contradiction gives way to a different one. My best explanation for that is simply that he was (supposedly) assassinated for both reasons?

 

Wellp, so much for her reacting to the book. And now the girl is off to explore another world - GQS will no doubt be notified she has disappeared on his end, unless he somehow completely forgot that obvious half of this failsafe and the IG just doesn't flipping notice. Wonder what his reaction will be.

This unexpected transportation is interesting, I suppose. But ultimately, I feel like...

The neverending saga of "just read the damn book" continues!