[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-dungeon-has-zero-tolerance-i-inherited-all-t":3,"chapter-the-dungeon-has-zero-tolerance-i-inherited-all-t-the-dungeon-has-zero-tolerance-i-inherited-all-t-chapter-385":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Dungeon Has Zero Tolerance: I Inherited All the Dead Players' Last Wills",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2293765,4486,"Chapter 385: Peace Envoy","the-dungeon-has-zero-tolerance-i-inherited-all-t-chapter-385",385,"\u003Cp>Zhu Li was not a player, so she did not immediately understand the solution Olivia proposed, but her intuition told her that the \"perfect world\" Olivia envisioned was not the same as the one she imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She asked in confusion: \"What do you mean by reducing people's excessive self-awareness and implanting a predetermined collective consciousness?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Olivia explained:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All conflicts between people—oppression, exploitation, discrimination, and even fighting—have only one cause, and that is the self.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With a self, people are no longer pure; they have desires, they become selfish, and they consider individual gains and losses.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Therefore, I will use the Steam Rules to connect everyone, use the rules to impose constraints on them, and replace the concept of 'I' in their hearts with the concept of the collective.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Li frowned. She could not imagine the world Olivia described, so she asked aloud:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What would the world become then?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Olivia wore a confident expression and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is actually easy to understand. At that time, people will view the collective as themselves. Working for the collective is working for oneself. Since everything is done for oneself, one will not feel pain for it, nor will one feel oppressed or exploited.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because the collective replaces the individual, people will not hurt each other, just as you would not use your right hand to attack your left hand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At that time, there will no longer be a need for laws; only a set of behavioral norms will be needed to tell people what is beneficial to the collective, and they will consciously obey.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When the collective is taken as the center, individual gains and losses will be meaningless. At that time, everyone in the world will move toward the same goal, making the collective they belong to stronger.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scene Olivia described was positive and full of harmony, but after hearing it, Zhu Li felt filled with unease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She felt that something was wrong, but she could not discover it for a moment, so she could only look at Wu Chang for help, hoping he could give her the answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Chang sighed helplessly and helped Zhu Li point out the discordant parts in Olivia's description.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Majesty Olivia, if the world really operated according to your vision, would the people then still be human?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Olivia's expression became somewhat unnatural, and she replied:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why wouldn't they be?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Chang leaned on his cane and walked toward the Difference Engine, saying at the same time:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The humans I speak of do not refer to those who look like humans, nor do they refer to the human species, but rather humans as we understand them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The reason humans can be called humans is that we are capable of recognizing the self. Your Majesty, you are right; the self makes people have desires, and the self makes people selfish, thus creating conflict.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But virtue and vice, selflessness and selfishness, are two sides of the same coin that describe a human. Casting aside either part makes a human become unreal.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Chang turned his head to look at Zhu Li and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhu Li, as a descendant of the Arcane Knights, you should know that the path of the Arcane Knight is full of danger. To resist occult pollution, the first step we must take to become an Arcane Knight is to establish an anchor in the real world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Li showed a look of sudden realization, seemingly understanding what Wu Chang meant, and nodded:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, when my father was training me to become an Arcane Knight, he made me experience many unforgettable and important moments, including joy, sorrow, anger, and fear...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Every event was to make me recognize my existence and shape my perception of myself and the world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was precisely the experiences during the establishment of the reality anchor that allowed me to discover what kind of world this is and resolve to correct the world's errors. It was also they that allowed me to successfully pass the Arcane Knight's trial and enabled me to maintain myself at the Moonlight Sanatorium and throughout these five years, without being assimilated by the environment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Chang pointed to the huge exposed gears on the Difference Engine and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if an Arcane Knight loses their reality anchor, they will be lost in occult pollution, lose their self, and become an empty shell.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What Your Majesty Olivia wants to do is equivalent to using the Steam Rules to erase the reality anchors of ordinary people.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When people take the collective as their self, it is equivalent to their individual will being lost in the collective. They will lose themselves as humans and become mechanical parts with flesh and blood. It is not that they will not feel pain for reality, but that they have been deprived of the ability to feel pain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Olivia interrupted Wu Chang and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That is not so. I will not completely erase people's self; I will leave them a portion so they can continue their lives outside the collective.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Chang shook his head and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Majesty Olivia, such an approach of yours will likely make them even more miserable.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Recall when you were young; merely having your etiquette restricted and being unable to use your own name as the Queen's title made you feel pain. If a person's entire life were restricted, yet they retained a certain self, only to watch everything helplessly without the power to change it—you should be able to imagine that kind of torture.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Olivia's hanging hand clenched slightly, and she insisted:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This plan is the result of rigorous calculations by the Difference Engine; there will definitely be no problems. Between the self and the group, there must exist a perfect critical point.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Chang tried to persuade her:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Difference Engine is not as omnipotent as you think. The world will it connects to is similar to the collective will you want to create; they are not only not omniscient, they do not even have enough wisdom and can only act according to certain rules.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Enough.\" Olivia interrupted what Wu Chang was about to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew Wu Chang was right, and she knew the risks that collective consciousness might bring, but she had to take the gamble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the Difference Engine told her that only this method could fulfill the promise between her and Zhu Li.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, as things stand, collective consciousness is no longer just a promise between her and Zhu Li; too many people have joined this plan and paid too much for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, Luo En; he firmly believed in the answer derived by the Difference Engine and, for the sake of the perfect orderly world in his mind, did not even hesitate to offer his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she were to abandon the plan now because of Wu Chang's few words, wouldn't their previous efforts, including Luo En's sacrifice, be completely meaningless?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She raised her hand, straightened the Queen's crown on her head, looked at Wu Chang, and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The omniscience of the Difference Engine has been verified by us many times.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now that the complete form of the Difference Engine has taken shape and the Universal Industrial Exposition has been convened, everything is within its calculations; this is enough to prove its effectiveness.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sir Xiao En, you only need to answer me now: what is your choice?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it to help me build a perfect mechanical world, or to become an enemy of Stilan?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Chang shrugged and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You shouldn't be asking me this; you should be asking Zhu Li beside you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said to Zhu Li:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhu Li, I once asked you if you had found a way to solve the current predicament. At that time, you were afraid of failure and worried about not being able to find a correct, perfect answer, so you dared not take action.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But there is no such thing as a perfect answer in the world, nor is there a perfect solution, because to gain something, one must pay something.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now, the power of choice is given to you. Do you choose for people to lose their selves and become numb shells, or do you abandon the perfect answer you want and search for an answer that is not so perfect, but better than the status quo and constantly improving?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Li's expression wavered. She looked at Olivia, and Olivia took a step closer to her, saying: \"Zhu Li, what are you hesitating for? This is the era I have created for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Li looked at Wu Chang. Wu Chang's expression was calm as he said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One's own path must be chosen by oneself; no one can decide for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Li turned around and looked at the visitors in the distance who were surrounding the lecture stage, frozen in the middle of applauding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she turned back, the confusion in her eyes had disappeared, and she had become resolute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She said to Olivia:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Olivia, I think your method is wrong. Stop. This time, I will join you in finding a path that is not so perfect, but correct.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Olivia sighed. She took two steps back and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhu Li, is this your answer? You truly make me sad.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hiss~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A huge jet of steam gushed out from the Difference Engine. The roaring inside the engine subsided, and a giant lion-shaped mechanical beast, nearly fifteen meters long and manufactured by extraordinary industry, walked out from within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The extraordinary steam engine cores that had been sucked into the Difference Engine were now embedded in different parts of the lion-shaped mechanical beast, providing it with different abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Steam Rules gathered at Olivia's feet, lifting her from the ground and carrying her to the head of the mechanical beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She drew the Sword of Victory belonging to the monarch from her waist, held the hilt with both hands, turned the blade, and thrust it downward into a slot on the head of the lion-shaped mechanical beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accompanied by the gushing steam, the lion-shaped mechanical beast seemed to come alive, its movements becoming much more agile. \"Zhu Li, I know you are just confused for a moment, which is why you chose the wrong path.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It doesn't matter. I will prove to you that I am correct. If you want to stop me, I can only control you for the time being and let you be a quiet spectator on the sidelines.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Chang clicked his tongue, thinking to himself that the bosses in the Abyss Game were indeed not as simple as those in comics, where they could be reformed by \"talk-no-jutsu\" and love and justice; in the end, one still had to clash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He came to Zhu Li's side and asked: \"Zhu Li, do you want to stop Your Majesty Olivia?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Li said in a dilemma: \"The mist gushing from the extraordinary steam engine can suppress the abilities of extraordinary beings. My ability cannot be used, and I'm afraid I cannot stop her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiao En, do you have a way?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Chang said: \"I don't have a way, but someone does.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, he snapped his fingers, and the True Self wearing the white ghost mask ran out from the mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Chang's main body introduced him to Zhu Li:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heping came to Grimlan this time, besides helping me, he actually also promised a certain great existence that he would help you solve the trouble you are encountering.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Li observed Heping. At most, they could be considered acquaintances, and they did not have much interaction. She found it hard to imagine that Heping had come to Grimlan to help her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Help me? Why?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Chang's True Self took over: \"Because the Apocalypse—which is called the Holy Revelation Sect in Grimlan—actually has branches in many places. A high-ranking member of one of the sects found me and said you were in trouble and needed help. I owe that guy a favor, so I came.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He allowed Olivia to build the Difference Engine, yet in the absence of conflict between the two, he exposed the loopholes in Olivia's plan; all of this was to help Zhu Li make a choice and shake off her confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although from the perspective of the dungeon difficulty, even if he did not use any props, the Abyss Game administrator would still have him queued into the Steam dungeon, his initial reason for entering the dungeon was still to repay a favor to Christine and save the Holy Son of the Apocalypse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the action, Christine had mentioned that the greatest crisis the person he was to save was trapped in was confusion—the inability to see the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What he had to do, while saving the person, was to provide the other party with revelation and let her choose her own path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a \"fun-seeker,\" in order not to make the event uninteresting, Christine did not reveal the information about the person he was to save; it was from Yu Na that he learned the other party's identity as the Holy Son.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Grimlan's Holy Revelation Sect, the actual controller of the religion was Zhu Li, but the official spiritual symbol was Queen Olivia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although confusion often appeared in Zhu Li's eyes, Olivia, as a Queen who had been sidelined, had only managed to regain part of her power through the discovery of the extraordinary steam engine, and her situation was even more difficult than Zhu Li's.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made it impossible for Wu Chang to confirm for a long time which of them was the Holy Son Christine spoke of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was not until he saw the resentment of Xavier and the Phantom that he discovered Olivia's apparent weakness was all a pretense performed for others; in reality, she had determined the plan long ago and was not confused at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Excluding Olivia, the Holy Son was naturally Zhu Li.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had accepted Christine's commission to help Zhu Li, so both Christine and Zhu Li were his clients.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He, Wu Chang, was a man of integrity when cooperating with others; since he had promised Christine, he must fulfill it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to whether the Steam Phantom plane became a mechanical world, he cared more about helping Zhu Li shake off her confusion, so he would respect whatever choice Zhu Li made.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Zhu Li chose to have him stop Olivia, as the service provider, he naturally had to take action.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At present, Grimmelan is completely saturated with the Steam Rule. The current Steam Rule is discharged directly by the Difference Engine; as a machine said to connect to the plane's will, the effects of the rules spewed forth by the plane's will can be imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment in Grimmelan, even the Power of Origin cannot exert its proper effect as long as it does not conform to the Steam Rule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To defeat Olivia, there seem to be only two methods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first is items, but unfortunately, the ability of Wu Chang's Holy Sword of Lake Light has already been used on Xavier, and he has no item to refresh the cooldown of his item skills; even if the item cooldown were refreshed, whether the Knight's Sword could be swung against the Queen he must protect is an unknown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second is divinity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To deal with the Power of Rules, it seems one only has a fighting chance by using divinity that is unaffected by the Power of Rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, asking Ailin to take action.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But restricted by the plane's rules, Ailin's scope of her Divine Kingdom is limited to the Grey Cathedral slums.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once she leaves the slums, Olivia possesses the blessing of the entire plane's Power of Rules; if she discovers she cannot win, she could drag things out across the entire world, and for Ailin, who lacks a supply of divine power, winning in a short time would not be easy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The best method is for Ailin to hide in the shadows and launch a sneak attack when Olivia is in a panicked retreat, defeating the enemy in one blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How to make Olivia retreat requires the third method of defeating her, which is also a method ordinary people cannot achieve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Defeating her within Olivia's own rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Steam Rule does not only allow the use of steam engines to activate abilities; to be precise, the essence of the Steam Rule is the Technology Rule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as when the Steam Rule previously shrouded Grimmelan, the abilities of the Multi-Handed One, the Gun God, and Booker could still be used, and when he faced Xavier, the item White Ghost could also function normally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speaking of the Technology Rule, Olivia took out a lion-shaped mechanical beast made by a transcendent steam engine; there is nothing more suitable for the big treasure in his personal space to make an appearance than right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Chang's True Self waved his hand, and a six-meter-tall purple mecha appeared behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Steam Rule swirled around the mecha without suppressing it, just as he had guessed: technology-oriented skills and items fall under the category of the Steam Rule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a native of the Steam Phantom plane, Zhu Li had never seen such a scene; she stared blankly at the giant mecha and asked in disbelief:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiao En, what is this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Chang's main body said: \"It is said to be some kind of large robot; I was also quite frightened when I first saw it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His True Self chimed in from the side:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Archbishop Zhu Li, its name is 'Peacemaker,' a device that brings peace wherever it goes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, Peacemaker reached out a hand to the True Self; the True Self jumped onto Peacemaker's palm, and Peacemaker moved its hand to deliver him to the cockpit on the mecha's chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The True Self entered the mecha, and accompanied by a nearly seamless perspective shift, his perception merged into one with Peacemaker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was his first time activating Peacemaker, yet he was as proficient in using it as if it were his own body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He operated the mecha and arrived before Olivia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lion-shaped mechanical beast under Olivia's feet was nearly fifteen meters long, but in terms of height, it was similar to Peacemaker; Wu Chang's current field of vision was inherited from Peacemaker, so the two could barely be considered to be looking at each other eye-to-eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In terms of volume, the lion-shaped mechanical beast had the advantage, but in terms of craftsmanship, mechanical texture, and technological content, the two were not on the same level at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surface of the lion-shaped mechanical beast had huge cannon barrels, and its joints were connected by Franken-class transcendent machine tools, which were both aesthetically pleasing and did not hinder movement; through the gaps in the mechanical beast's body surface, one could see the huge gears rotating inside, the piston rods acting as tendons, and the power furnace at its heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lion-shaped mechanical beast was full of power in the Steam Phantom plane, but standing before Peacemaker, it appeared crude and primitive in every aspect, from design aesthetics to exterior paint and machine functionality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coupled with the steam constantly spewing from the steam engine, the contrast between the two was like a polished, glamorous gentleman and an old, ugly stray dog panting on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Chang's True Self amplified his voice through Peacemaker and said to Olivia:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Majesty the Queen, the Difference Engine's omniscience you speak of can foresee everything; has it foreseen my appearance?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",3254,"2026-06-20T04:32:05.714Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","75fe9b3c8c32a30e01d724df81f3c257ff8de9b3b26a22184f04af39e6617ed7","the-dungeon-has-zero-tolerance-i-inherited-all-t-chapter-386","the-dungeon-has-zero-tolerance-i-inherited-all-t-chapter-384",392,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-dungeon-has-zero-tolerance-i-inherited-all-t-cover.jpg"]