[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-monsters-are-coming":3,"chapter-the-monsters-are-coming-monsters-are-coming-chapter-128":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Monsters Are Coming",{"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},2249977,4069,"Chapter 128: Lunar Phase Switch","monsters-are-coming-chapter-128",128,"\u003Cp>Emperor Tomb Mountain Range, Fissure Furnace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The endless chain of volcanoes resembled sleeping behemoths, occasionally awakening to roar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each release of energy accumulated deep within sent scorching lava, like enraged fire dragons, bursting through the crust's constraints; accompanied by deafening roars, it shot into the clouds before raining down, dyeing the earth in interwoven hues of crimson and pitch black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the foot of the mountains, player legions gathered and launched an assault on the Tianlan Pool domain node.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ahead, thick black mist churned violently, birthing new Black Black Tide evil spirits like dumplings being dropped into boiling water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the warband voice channel, the God King was directing the players' combat operations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this time, he noticed the Black Black Tide's intensity had increased significantly once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The low-tier Black Black Tide evil spirits, which could once be slain as easily as mowing grass, had vanished; the current stage of the Black Black Tide had begun spawning various powerful systemic troop types.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Calamity-type, Death-type, Plague-type, Destruction-type... these troop types all possessed special abilities and were extremely difficult to deal with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially the Calamity-type troops, veritable unkillable meat shields, could also rapidly repair their damaged bodies by consuming the lives of other Black Black Tide evil spirits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most terrifying aspect was not the enhancement of the troop types, but the tactical evolution of the Black Black Tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Any tactic he had used before would never fool the Black Black Tide again; it seemed capable of absorbing warfare experience from every confrontation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For instance, the feint attack strategy he had employed earlier was now completely ineffective against the Black Black Tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This caused the difficulty of command to skyrocket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While he was learning and improving through commanding battles, the Black Black Tide was also learning through its engagements with their player legions, summarizing combat plans to counter player tactics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This discovery gave the God King a headache, yet simultaneously ignited his competitive spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the perception perspective of the Eagle-Head Demon, he constantly observed the flow of the Black Black Tide and the positional changes of his own warband's players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, based on the shifting battlefield situation, he issued timely commands and adjustments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Qi Sheng, operating from behind the scenes, was also monitoring the trajectory of this war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through feedback from the Guide, he could observe the battlefield trends from a more macroscopic perspective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could see that the Earth-Chant Evil Spirit had long since figured out the players' organizational tactics; during its response, it utilized the perspective provided by the Evil Eye to control the direction of the Black Black Tide's sweep and the speed at which evil spirits were spawned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, Black Black Tide forces from other regions were also approaching the Fissure Furnace area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The war had fallen into a stalemate from the very beginning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If fought according to this trend, although the players could gain massive amounts of Sacrificial Power and Evolution Points from this war, capturing the domain node was impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Qi Sheng shifted his gaze toward a corner of the player battle formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could see the players of the Liver Emperor Group pushing forward vigorously under the God King's command.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having embedded the Crimson Gang Qi Soul, they were surrounded by flames of qi and blood energy, creating a significant gap in combat power compared to the players beside them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using Crimson Gang Qi in actual combat was like manipulating pliable clay; one could condense it with a punch to unleash a ferocious blood dragon lunging forward, contract it on the body's surface to form a qi-and-blood shield against evil spirit attacks, or gather it beneath the feet to propel oneself, providing explosive power for instant advancement... it was truly an all-around melee Soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Switching his vision to a microscopic perspective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could see that during combat, wisps of golden mist were birthing within the bodies of the Liver Emperor Group players, merging into their limbs and bones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Challenger prompts also rang continuously in the minds of Li Zheng and the other Liver Emperor Group players:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Challenger Prompt: Absorbed Power of War, gained Body Tempering Experience +2, War God Seal Soul Experience +2.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having fought for only a short while, members of the Liver Emperor Group had already acquired 128 points of Body Tempering Experience, and the level of their War God Seal had risen to Level 2.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was merely a small-scale war; one could imagine the growth speed of players possessing the War God Seal in wars numbering in the millions or even hundreds of millions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a racial war at the World Battlefield level, perhaps every minute could provide enough Body Tempering Experience to raise current-stage players by one Body Tempering level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, increasing the Body Tempering level also brought enhancements to all attributes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder the Guide had said that after an Epic-level war concluded, warriors of the Counter-Black Tide Legion who survived could obtain combat power amplifications of dozens of times, or even greater enhancements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This rule power, the War God Seal, was veritably a money-printing machine for the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without dwelling on this issue, Qi Sheng's gaze quickly swept across the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet in his heart, he already knew the outcome of the war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the great battle commenced, during the player assembly and waiting phase, the Earth-Chant Evil Spirit had already begun deploying Black Black Tide forces to prepare for the fight in advance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that the war's progression had stalled into a stalemate, it signaled the failure of the player legions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short-term wars of attrition, no faction could stand against the Black Black Tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The God King, responsible for command, had evidently realized the joint operation was heading toward failure; he began changing combat strategies, shifting the objective from continuous advancement to killing more Black Black Tide evil spirits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Failure was inevitable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Qi Sheng withdrew his gaze and switched to the direction of the underwater crystal palace in the Colorful Mist Coast region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A great underwater battle was raging here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the vast majority participating in this underwater battle were players from the Gilled Fish Clan and the Abyssal Fish Clan; the number of human players was countable on one's fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Early on, many human players had also participated in the purification missions for the Crystal Palace, but underwater combat felt extremely awkward to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lacking the ability to breathe underwater, they constantly needed to surface for air during the great battle, which was very troublesome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This also included issues such as underwater movement efficiency and underwater visibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After multiple failed attempts, most human players chose to return to explore the dense forests behind the coast or go back to the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Gilled Fish Clan and Abyssal Fish Clan players had not given up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To them, the human players' abandonment was a good thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant that after successfully purifying the Crystal Palace domain node, they could receive higher ranking rewards, with a large batch of formidable competitors removed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In underwater combat, this was the domain where the Gilled Clan and Abyssal Clan excelled most.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike the low movement efficiency of human players while swimming, players of the Gilled Fish Clan and Abyssal Fish Clan were as agile as merfolk underwater, capable of dodging, maneuvering, and executing a series of detailed operations similar to what human players performed only during ground combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, the great battle continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the dim light, coral reefs and seaweed intertwined to form a complex maze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Players of the Abyssal Fish Clan and Gilled Fish Clan darted through the coral thickets, engaging in chase battles with the pursuing Shadow-Scale Shrimp Guards and Shadow-Scale Crab Guards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a tactic developed by the Abyssal Fish Clan players and the Gilled Fish Clan players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By having some players lure the underwater creatures guarding the Crystal Palace into the coral thickets, they would launch ambush battles there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The underwater guards, possessing little intelligence, fell for the trick every time, chasing their targets into the coral thickets and entering terrain favorable to the Gilled Fish Clan and Abyssal Fish Clan players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, the space was narrow; the bulky bodies of the underwater guards made movement inconvenient, greatly reducing their killing power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The war had lasted for over two hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once this group of Abyssal Fish Clan and Gilled Fish Clan players had all perished, the second wave of attacks, poised and ready, arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this period, players of the two clans cooperated sincerely, attempting to exhaust all the underwater guards before the Crystal Palace through a relay-style battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, while monitoring the war's progression, Qi Sheng received a prompt from the Guide indicating an abnormal change had occurred in the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Sheng's consciousness instantly switched back to the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw the Evil Moon in the sky fluctuating violently; its surface appeared covered by a layer of blurry gauze, while an evil aura spread and permeated the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this scene, Qi Sheng immediately realized the Evil Moon had once again entered an unstable phase of transformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, he spoke out to ask:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Guide, can you determine which direction this lunar phase change will develop toward?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Boss, the Evil Moon is currently in a stage of violent energy fluctuation; results cannot be analyzed for now. However, judging from the energy fluctuation trajectories of previous cycles, there is a high probability it will switch to the Waning Moon.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Qi Sheng felt somewhat regretful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For him, the current intensity of the Last Quarter Moon was just right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The intensity of the Waning Moon was too low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the lunar phase switched to the First Quarter Moon or Full Moon, the players' current strength would be insufficient to contend with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, under these two lunar phases, the intensity of the Black Black Tide controlled by the Earth-Chant Evil Spirit would also increase significantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the Guide's analysis, the Earth-Chant Evil Spirit obtained nutrients for the Black Black Tide's growth through three methods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First was consuming the energy produced by occupied nodes; second was drawing energy nutrients transferred from other Black Black Tide nodes; and third was absorbing free-floating energy particles in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, what the Black Black Tide absorbed was not elemental particles, but Black Black Tide energy particles released by the Evil Moon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, different lunar phases resulted in significantly different growth speeds for the Black Black Tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, after a scene switch, the intensity of the derivative evil spirits spawned by the Evil Moon would also change significantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The intensity of derivative evil spirits during the Last Quarter Moon was around level 10, while the gap in intensity compared to the Cursed Soldiers spawned during the Waning Moon was five to seven times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon entering the First Quarter Moon, the intensity increase was also around five to seven times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, a level 10 Blood Corpse would generate a large quantity of derivative evil spirits over level 50.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Players would struggle immensely against evil spirits of this intensity; even dozens of players with level 30+ Souls working together would find it difficult to kill a single level 50+ derivative evil spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were the Full Moon, the player legions could temporarily abandon development in the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range region and fully shift their focus to the Colorful Mist Coast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The intensity level of the Full Moon could be described as a dance of myriad demons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ordinary derivative evil spirits spawned at this level would be world-destroying existences if placed in a Minor World.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the several hundred years since entering the Monster World, Qi Sheng had experienced a Full Moon scene only once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range region had no evil spirits; everywhere was filled with the figures of derivative evil spirits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One day, the lunar phase suddenly switched from the Waning Moon to the Full Moon of the fourth intensity stage; after the scene switch covered the area, countless terrifying evil spirit figures emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abyssal Great Demons, Void Erosion Worms, Touches of Fear... a single glance revealed a massive number of super evil spirit lifeforms with hunting levels exceeding 100.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evil spirit figures blotting out the sun and sky ravaged the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range region like a locust swarm passing through; nowhere they passed could any life survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this process, the intensity of energy released by the Evil Moon climbed drastically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the fifth intensity stage, the ultimate state known as the \"Great Evil Moon,\" Qi Sheng had never seen it; only the Guide and the other three Retainers had witnessed it during the Cataclysm War.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this state, the Evil Moon transformed into a burning black sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything illuminated by the Great Evil Moon would become twisted, and every single derivative evil spirit would possess Calamity-level intensity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the Guide's analysis and judgment, the Evil Moon's true form is a world-level rule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is a supreme rule no weaker than the supreme rules of the Monster World, capable of deteriorating scenes within its irradiation range, generating corrosion cores and derivative evil spirits to provide the Black Black Tide with abundant growth energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The act of switching lunar phases can be understood as the circulation process of the Evil Moon's energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It involves shifting the current scene to a new scene, then shifting an entirely new scene over to take its place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For instance, the Evil Moon scene at the end of the Colorful Mist Coast could switch to cover the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range region, while the Evil Moon scene in the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range region would switch to cover other Evil Moon scenes; however, during this process, everything belonging to the Monster World remains unchanged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One can observe that this process is not controlled by ordinary evil spirits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the significance behind the switching of the Evil Moon's intensity, the analysis provided by the Guide is as follows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is the life activity of the Evil Moon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Evil Moon can be understood as a super-lifeform of colossal size, its extending tentacles covering multiple regions of the Monster World to form countless Evil Moon scenes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this process, the Evil Moon continuously spawns new tentacles, which are new Evil Moon scenes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The birth of numerous new Evil Moon scenes causes the ordering of the tentacles to change; to straighten them out, the Evil Moon automatically adjusts the regions covered by its energy, exchanging the order of the tentacles to prevent them from becoming knotted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simply put, it is organizing nodes and reordering them to ensure better energy operation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this is merely the Guide's speculation; the specific reason remains unknown for now, as analyzing supreme rules consumes terrifying amounts of sacrificial power energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Demon God-level evil spirits and the never-before-seen Evil Lord can manipulate this supreme rule of the Evil Moon; other evil spirits cannot influence the Evil Moon's changes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Guide indicated that when the Black Black Tide's Demon God-level combat power appeared, the Evil Moon scenes in the Monster World began to contract, with all covered irradiation ranges transforming into Great Evil Moon scenes, preparing to launch a corruptive occupation of the Monster World.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This thoroughly enraged the Four Gods who rule the Monster World.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Demon God-level combat power's behavior of demolishing and rebuilding also triggered the most intense battle in the history of the Monster World.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Four Gods and the Black Black Tide Demon Gods erupted into a peak battle, known in the Evil Eye's words as the \"Cataclysm War.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Black Black Tide forces participating in the battle were completely annihilated, and the countless powerful clans following the Four Gods also perished entirely in this fight; the Four Gods themselves nearly fell, and aside from the supreme rules they controlled, their remaining power was barely sufficient to maintain the operation of their divine bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sequelae left by this war on the Four Gods have not yet disappeared even now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Qi Sheng looked at the Guide hovering beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is said the Guide once possessed two forms: one resembling a human, and another a super golden wheel radiating ten thousand beams of golden light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The war with the Black Black Tide Demon Gods caused the Guide to become its current water-sphere form, unable ever to switch back to its original true body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Restoring it is not impossible, but the sacrificial power required is far beyond what he can bear at his current stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But someday in the future, when he inherits and achieves the Emperor Omen true body, he will restore the Four Gods who follow him to their peak state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking too far ahead, Qi Sheng smiled wryly, shifting his gaze to the Evil Moon hanging high above the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Evil Moon was still twisting and changing, its fluctuating state not yet tending toward stability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abyss Domain Node.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the platform at the top of the Evil Eye Tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Earth Chant evil spirit spread its arms, watching the changes of the Evil Moon with an excited expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Earth Chant, I can sense your emotions fluctuating greatly; could it be that you can judge the direction of the Evil Moon's changes?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing the Evil Eye's inquiry, the Earth Chant evil spirit grinned, exposing sharp teeth:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"During my trials in the Abyss, I learned to judge the fluctuations in the Evil Moon's intensity. If I'm not mistaken, this time the Evil Moon will most likely switch to the Full Moon state.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am very curious about the criteria for this judgment; I have never studied knowledge in this area. Could you teach me?\" the Evil Eye asked earnestly, blinking its eyes as it humbly sought instruction from the Earth Chant evil spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing the question, the Earth Chant evil spirit had no intention of hiding anything and immediately gave its answer:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Observe carefully the fluctuation frequency of the lunar phase's distortion. The arc of the current waning moon is gradually decreasing, and the evil light it emits is intensifying. Try to perceive the rhythm and frequency of the lunar phase's ability release; you will discover that the energy fluctuation frequency on the moon's surface is combining to form a gradually clearer contour pattern. This is the Evil Moon whispering; it is about to enter the Full Moon phase.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At that time, my Black Black Tide will gain immense nourishment, and I will finally be able to break free!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of the scene after the Full Moon's arrival, the Earth Chant evil spirit could not help but burst into loud laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Player Clan, Insect Clan... your doomsday has come!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, the Evil Eye attempted to use the method described by the Earth Chant evil spirit to record every change during the Evil Moon's distortion process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, it saw a complex energy ripple pattern emerging on the moon's surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it could not understand the meaning represented by this pattern, it still recorded and archived the information spoken by the Earth Chant evil spirit into the node information database, sharing it with other nodes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this process, Qi Sheng was also listening nearby to the Earth Chant evil spirit's analysis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon learning that the lunar phase was about to enter the Full Moon, he could not help but shake his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It seems the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range region cannot be opened for the time being.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were the Third Phase Waxing Moon scene, players could still play as souls, and through group combat, they could barely kill derivative evil spirits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if it were the Fourth Phase Full Moon intensity, where derivative evil spirits exceed level one hundred, players going out would be sending themselves to their deaths; even organizing a warband of tens of thousands would be utterly unable to withstand a single blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There would be no advantage in numbers, and in terms of intensity, they would be completely crushed; at that point, there would only be the sacrificial power consumed by resurrection, with no gains from hunting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, he would absolutely not open the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range region to the players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Indeed, the Waxing Moon intensity is already difficult for players at the current stage to bear; small player groups would have to shift from war Cultivation Mode to survival Cultivation Mode. If it were the Full Moon, which is one level higher in intensity, players would Iron Face a doomsday Cultivation Mode; going out would be sending themselves to their deaths, with no possibility of survival.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Guide also nodded at this moment to express agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After the lunar phase stabilizes, issue an announcement: the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range region will not be opened temporarily. The direction for player development will shift to the Colorful Mist Coast region; we will consider reopening it when the lunar phase switches back in the future.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Understood.] The Guide nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the Abyss Domain Node, the Earth Chant evil spirit stood at the edge of the tower platform, arms spread wide, looking up at the rapidly twisting and changing Evil Moon, breathing contentedly as it inhaled the Black Black Tide energy particles in the air that were gradually intensifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, the change in the lunar phase suddenly intensified, and a ferocious smile appeared on the Earth Chant evil spirit's Iron Face:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's coming!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only to see the distorted lunar phase gradually stabilize, the waning moon dissipate, and the condensed dark red light finally form a narrow dark red line on the horizon, flickering tenaciously in the darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the lunar phase suddenly freeze as a Waning Crescent Moon, the smile on the Earth Chant evil spirit's Iron Face halted abruptly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Evil Eye, hovering behind the Earth Chant evil spirit, said nothing, silently deleting the recorded information shared with other nodes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, the Guide also decisively deleted the edited content of the announcement notice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[This is simply fraud!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, whether it was the Earth Chant evil spirit, or Qi Sheng and the Guide observing from the shadows, all were stunned by the sudden switch to the Waning Crescent Moon phase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What followed was the Earth Chant evil spirit's hysterical roar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Earth Chant, you need to calm down!\" the Evil Eye spoke to soothe it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Calm down my father's ass.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",3732,"2026-06-19T09:20:35.554Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","a9d84900b3d894fd95d2920772a72450875632771c9e3c6eeedcc39bb0683cca","monsters-are-coming-chapter-129","monsters-are-coming-chapter-127",393,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmonsters-are-coming-cover.jpg"]