Chapter 220: This Damn World, Everything Is Just Consumable!

Su Ming slightly lifts his head.

The Gambler before him has a chest like a broken bellows, heaving violently.

Especially his eyeballs, dense red veins weaving a net called hatred.

This is truly an emotion that can't be contained!

Hatred, in full display!

"And what else?"

Su Ming toys with the cigar in his hand.

"They stole your money? Cheated on you?"

"Or they used you as a disposable night pot, peed in you, then kicked you into the filthy gutter?"

"Heh… heh heh…"

The Gambler forces a dry, hoarse laugh from his throat.

"Mr. Su, if you only treated me as a night pot…"

He snaps his eyes shut, his body unable to stop swaying.

"That at least shows that, in their eyes, I'm still an object, a tool!"

"As long as I'm a tool, I have value for reuse."

"Even if I'm stepped on in the mud, I accept it!"

"After all, hitching onto such a colossal being, being a leashed dog, out there could be quite glorious!"

"But they…"

He extends his right hand, now with only four fingers, his nails digging hard into the edge of the gambling table.

"Mr. Su, do you know what Shen Qing's pretentious 'asset optimization' translates to in plain language?"

Su Ming lifts the corner of his eyebrow slightly, offering no reply.

He only nods with his chin, indicating him to continue.

"A few days ago."

"My second-in-command, a brother who has followed me for a full ten years, his skills, whether before or after the altar era, have been renowned throughout this region."

"After adding the Chaotic Scale, I assigned him a mission, wondering if I could lend him another hand."

"But because that cargo's bad luck, the shipment was messed up."

"According to the Rule Measure on the road, Broken Finger, three cuts and six holes, I have nothing to say!"

Speaking of that, the Gambler's teeth chattered, clicking.

"But Shen Qing came."

"That pretty boy smiled gently, patting my brother's shoulder…"

"He said the organization doesn't keep idle people, but it never wastes any resource."

"Since the brain's not working, just strip the hardware and install it on someone useful."

"That counts as… making full use of the material!"

Su Ming's fingers holding the cigar pause slightly.

Dismantle hardware?

This isn't cyberpunk, damn it, mechanical prosthetics!

"And then?"

"Then…"

The Gambler's eyes turn bloodshot.

"Right in front of me! A few more showed up in white coats, holding a list, just like buying from the Vegetable Market!"

"Heart, vitality rating A, remove immediately, seal!"

"Retina, rating B, extract!"

"Bone density high, good material, remove all!"

"Even the blood…"

With each sentence, the Gambler's voice grows a few degrees colder.

"Mr. Su…"

"A full three hours!"

"I stood beside it, watching like an idiot!"

"Watching a living adult, watching my brother who just drank with me yesterday, being taken apart like a scrapped car into dozens of parts!"

"Finally…"

"Only a heap they deem useless, the so‑called non‑recyclable trash!"

"They swept that pile into a trash bag, smiling at me and said…"

"This is value maximization!"

Tsk.

Su Ming's brows knit tightly.

It's not disgust.

It's chilling.

In this apocalypse, killing is just a head tap on the ground.

Even the ogres we met before only did it to fill their bellies; that's beastly nature.

"But this Chaotic Scale…"

What are you doing?

Is this damn industrialization?

Treating people as raw materials on an assembly line?!

In their eyes, life has no dignity, no soul.

Only those cold strings of 【Rating】, 【Use】 and 【Recycle Value】!

This is not just bad.

It's like stripping the underwear of human civilization, throwing it on the ground and trampling it to pieces, then spitting thick saliva on it before leaving!

"So…"

Su Ming slowly stood up and brushed the dust from his hands.

"Shen Qing's B+ rating—it's not about strength, it's about value?"

"Right!"

The gambler jerked his head up, his eyes filled with an unmelting hatred.

"In that damned place, everyone is a clearly priced commodity!"

"S‑rank, A‑rank, B‑rank…"

"Each rank represents how many components you can draw from that massive resource pool, how terrifying a monster you can turn yourself into!"

"If you can create value, you can advance further and obtain more resources!"

"If you can't, you become someone else's value!"

"And now, those guys perched at the tip of the Chaotic Scale pyramid…"

The gambler swallowed, his voice tinged with fear.

"I've seen one! Codename 【Judgment】!"

"Mr. Su, you recall the Black Light Incident that caused a stir not long ago, right?!"

"Over in 【Wangning City】… that's where 【Judgment】 killed someone!"

Huh?!

Upon hearing that, Su Ming's breath caught slightly.

The Black Light Incident…

Back then, after he slaughtered the locust demon and the black light shot into the sky.

Across the country, several identical scenes kept appearing one after another.

The wave in 【Wangning City】… was relatively early!

Since then, others have already been able to solo‑farm 【Epic】 monsters?

"Interesting."

Su Ming licked his lips, a flash of excitement crossing his eyes.

Such a colossal being…

It sounds like a moving gold mountain?

Even though a few evil dragons lurk atop it.

But as long as you can slay the dragons…

The gold coins that burst out…

They could definitely choke him to death, right?!

"Mr. Su!"

The gambler stepped forward.

In that murky single eye, Su Ming's nonchalant face was reflected.

"Shen Qing is dead."

"The Chaotic Scale vampires will never be satisfied!"

"When a business loses money, given their nature, they must recover both principal and profit!"

"A B+‑rank strongman, plus a 【Legendary】‑grade item, all kinds of resources…"

"What do you think they'll do?"

"There are only two ways!"

Without waiting for Su Ming to speak, he raised a finger.

"First, reassess your 【Value】."

"Based on the strength you now display, they will definitely reevaluate and then send the most prestigious invitation."

"High salary, lofty position, resource tilt…"

"Not like me, only fit to be consumables, or a knife used for dirty work."

Speaking of that, the gambler paused, a mocking smile curling his lips.

"But given your temperament…"

"Would you be willing, in that strictly tiered place where people are dismantled as parts, to be a dog for those capitalists?"

"Heh!"

Su Ming let out a light laugh, saying nothing.

I have to admit, this Old Gambling Ghost knows how to manipulate the Human Heart.

As a dog?

Do they deserve it?!

"Since you're unwilling…"

【Gambler】 took a deep breath, and his voice suddenly turned cold.

"Then there's only the second path left."

"Eradication!"

"A thorough, no‑remnant purge!"

"For the Chaotic Scale, any individual that cannot be controlled, wields great power, and has already been offended is the biggest bad asset!"

"Risk Hedge, forced liquidation!"

"This time it's only a B+, what about next time?"

"A‑grade? Even S‑grade?!"

"They'll be like sharks smelling blood, wave after wave, never stopping until they're dead."

"Either they'll be reduced to nothing!"

"Or we'll chew you, hard‑bone, into pieces, leaving no residue!"

"So…"

"From the moment you slaughtered Shen Qing, this game has already become a dead end!"

"Whether you like it or not, you're already on the crushing path of this massive machine!"

"Given that…"

【Gambler】 stared fixedly at Su Ming, each word deliberate.

"Why not strike first to be stronger?!"