Psssst pay closer attention, who the spooky faces in is v obvious based on the end of last season (though it's been awhile for you guys so understandable) and they literally answer, indirectly albeit, who was responsible for Shalltears brainwashing in this episode :3c (though only to us)
The Force
2022-10-10 22:27:22 +0000 UTC
They get synthetic lungs because there real ones were destroyed by pollution.
Bites D Dust
2022-10-10 15:04:02 +0000 UTC
So about the whole real world thing its not really apocalyptic its more dystopian with the world largely controlled by mega corporations. The apocalyptic aspect being that the environment is massively fucked to the point where you need to wear some sort of breathing apparatus to go outside. Its the reason why Yggdrasil and his friends were so important to Ainz cause the world they live in is such a shitty place