"Since it’s all a misunderstanding, I have nothing to hide. Let’s start by talking about the War of Chaos."
Nightmare No. 2 dragged a dark red, worn-out wooden chair from the corner of the room, with traces of bloodstains that hadn’t completely dried yet.
But it sat down without a care, as if hosting a guest, and said, "You still have mories of the Lord, right? Then you must have noticed that not every Lord chooses to refrain from expanding their territory like you do."
"Most Fierce Ghosts, upon reaching the Lord level, will start establishing territories and cities. Every year, many new Lords are born on this land, and naturally, their territories gradually beco inseparable, sotis even bordering each other."
When Nightmare No. 2 ntioned this, Wu Liang could already guess what the so-called ’War of Chaos’ ant.
Unclaid Fierce Ghosts and Residual Thoughts in the wild are certainly not infinite, just as the world itself isn’t infinite.
So, in this context, unclaid Fierce Ghosts could be considered a resource.
With limited resources, more and more people seek to acquire them each year, leading the world inevitably to a predetermined outco—
Resource conflict!
Or territorial conflict!
Imagine if a Fierce Ghost successfully ascended to the Lord level and wanted to claim their own territory, only to find no unclaid Fierce Ghosts around, just a multitude of Lords’ territories hemming them in.
What would this new Lord do?
They essentially have two choices: the first is to forgo having a territory or to join under another Lord, becoming a subordinate.
But this is evidently difficult, considering how many spirits would willingly remain under others once they’ve beco Lords?
So, they will almost always choose the second approach—to seize other Lords’ territories!
Over ti, the entire world falls into a vicious cycle, with new Lords continuously erging and endless battles for seizure.
"So, under these circumstances, the five strongest Venerables made a pact to hold a ’War of Chaos’ every five years, lasting for a month," Nightmare No. 2 said seriously.
"During this month, all Lord-level Fierce Ghosts can participate in battles to capture any territory."
"After the month ends, all territories are controlled by the Lords who currently hold them. Before the next ’War of Chaos’, no Lord can seize territories without facing annihilation from all other Lords and the five Venerables!"
Wu Liang silently nodded upon hearing this.
Although this rule is simple, crude, and even brutally bloody, there’s no denying that it is quite applicable for a worldview in which Fierce Ghosts esteem power.
On one hand, it effectively manages the longstanding world order, preventing problems from arising due to constant warfare everywhere; on the other hand, and most importantly—it effectively controls the number of Lord-level Fierce Ghosts.
After all, in a war held every five years, those Lords without territories will surely fight to their last breath to seize what they desire, and those Lords who lost territories in the last ’War of Chaos’ won’t miss the chance to reclaim what they once owned.
In such extre circumstances, each ’War of Chaos’ inevitably results in a substantial number of Lords being eliminated.
This equates to a global, periodic purge of a large number of Lord-level Fierce Ghosts every five years, and their numbers will be gradually replenished within those five years, allowing for a cyclical control of the number of Lords worldwide, preventing excessive resource consumption.
"I see, but what exactly is the Venerable level? Forgive , as I hurried to Dragon City imdiately upon waking, and I truly do not rember anything about these matters," Wu Liang said with a hint of regret on his face.
It was unclear whether Nightmare No. 2 believed his words.
Nonetheless, the other party revealed a longing expression and said, "The Venerable is naturally a Fierce Ghost with the power to single-handedly annihilate any city. The five most powerful Venerables today are ’Zeus’, who governs the sky, ’Poseidon’, who governs the ocean, ’Da Yi’, who governs the Dark Sun, ’Yue Du’, who governs the night, and ’First Emperor’, who governs order."
Upon hearing this, Wu Liang was stunned for a few monts.
First, the title of Venerable should refer to National Destruction Level Fierce Ghosts.
Second, the composition of these five Venerables was quite complex, incorporating mythological elents from various places, leaving one to wonder why these nas exist in the world of Fierce Ghosts as well.
Could it be that these mythological stories also erged during the developnt of Fierce Ghosts? That shouldn’t be the case.
Finally, he couldn’t hold back upon hearing a familiar na—First Emperor!
If his guess was correct, this Venerable of order, First Emperor, corresponds to the Emperor Shi from his world, likely the sa one he saw at the Terracotta Warriors Museum!
Yet, there are still so unresolved questions.
For example, in his world, neither the Emperor Shi nor the Great Qin Army under his command considered themselves Fierce Ghosts; they referred to Fierce Ghosts as vile things. However, in this world, First Emperor is clearly a powerful National Destruction Level Fierce Ghost, which contradicts each other, right?
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