Return of the Overlord, the Chen Family's Original Aspiration!

"Initial Identity."

"Annual Tax Fees."

"Number of People Reward."

"Territory Upgrade!"

Chen Kai continued talking at length about the origins and development of the Identity System, as well as the various changes it had brought to the wasteland.

Sitting across from him and taking small sips of beer, Su Mo's mind was also constantly flashing with the terms he had summarized.

The wasteland outside the ruins was only in the first year of the Doomsday Calendar.

The term "territory" was still very vague on the Game Panel. It had merely given groups a rough definition and an initial title, without involving any specific gameplay or rules.

But after entering the ruins—

As time passed, and four versions changed over eight years, territories finally acquired more definitions. They gradually evolved deeper into the wasteland, becoming a complete set of game rules.

Eight years ago, when a survivor descended into the wasteland, they had to face extremely dangerous survival predicaments in the short term: a lack of water and food, impending natural disasters, and so on. Once they solved these problems, they could slowly put their lives back on track and begin dealing with disasters in an orderly manner.

Eight years later, when a new survivor descended into the wasteland, they no longer had to worry about these survival resources in the short term under humanity's complete territory system. In the long term, however, their pressure was far greater than before.

The moment they descended, everyone had only ten initial Trading Points and could purchase only the lowest-level identity in the smallest territory.

If they could not quickly understand the situation, convert their points into an identity, join a small territory, work hard, and earn enough food—

then their points might well be insufficient even for the most basic requirements. When disaster