Chapter 142: The Calamity Legion of the Idea King

The Primordial Sacrifice Altar.

Qi Sheng sat cross-legged on the altar, his consciousness following the guidance to descend upon the Evil Eye Tower at the node of the Abyssal Domain in the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range.

The Black Black Tide under Di Nian Evil Spirit's control suddenly received an enhancement; he naturally knew the reason.

He had watched the entire battle in the Cang Star Sea Region from a macroscopic perspective.

During this time, he also detected the descent of Di Nian Evil Spirit's consciousness, which manipulated and commanded the Black Black Tide's operations through the Evil Eye's projection.

He had even paid attention to Di Nian Evil Spirit's behavior of secretly consuming resources.

What puzzled him was that Di Nian Evil Spirit's actions had gone unnoticed by the Black Black Tide's higher management, and more importantly, that Di Nian Evil Spirit actually dared to do such a thing.

This seemed extremely unreasonable.

The Guidance had previously provided a detailed analysis of the Black Black Tide's legion structure.

It held that the Black Black Tide Legion possessed a highly organized, strictly disciplined, and devouring-growth nature, constituting a military system surpassing conventional biological intelligence.

The core system of the Black Black Tide consisted of three points.

Among them, the Evil Spirits were commander-type warriors possessing independent emotions, serving as the core cornerstone of the Black Black Tide.

The Evil Eyes were functional support units; while possessing high intelligence, their emotional functions were weakened. Any decision-making prioritized the Evil Spirits. They were responsible for connecting with other nodes of the Black Black Tide, could access a vast information repository of reserved knowledge at any time, and possessed a highly developed spiritual information network capable of rapidly analyzing the battlefield environment, formulating tactical strategies, providing real-time battlefield perception to the Evil Spirits, and offering combat and development suggestions.

They were think-tank units unaffected by emotions.

The final part of the Black Black Tide consisted of the Black Black Tide Energy and the Evil Creature species, which formed the core fighting force in Black Black Tide warfare.

Among these, the Evil Creature species corresponded to a massive species library; the exact number of selectable species was currently unknown, but the Guidance believed the Black Black Tide's species system might number in the millions, with high-level species possessing corresponding attribute systems suitable for different battlefields.

These three systems constituted a single Black Black Tide combat unit, and countless combat units formed the vast Black Black Tide Calamity.

Within this system, the absolute loyalty of the Evil Spirit warriors had to be ensured.

They were the only units in the Black Black Tide system possessing both high intelligence and emotions.

As for the setting of emotions, the Guidance had also conducted an analysis.

Although the Black Black Tide could entirely establish a cold and ruthless killing command system like the Insect Black Tide.

However, from the perspective of adapting to complex warfare environments, the reaction mechanisms of emotions and feelings would significantly aid in war; suppose the Black Black Tide encountered a force it could fundamentally not resist, if the Evil Spirit commander possessed a reaction similar to "caution," it might avoid unnecessary losses of Black Black Tide energy.

At certain times, emotions were a form of high sensitivity to danger signals and an instinct for adjusting strategy.

Secondly, emotions such as the desire for growth, greed for resources, and longing for victory could also help the Black Black Tide develop.

This presented a clear difference from the Insect Black Tide's characteristic of initiating frenzied slaughter regardless of the enemy's strength.

However, the emergence of emotions would also introduce uncontrollable factors for the Evil Spirits.

Therefore, in the architectural settings of the Black Black Tide Legion, the first guarantee was the absolute loyalty of the Evil Spirit warriors.

Only if the Evil Spirits remained problem-free could the Black Black Tide Legion become a super calamity sweeping across countless worlds.

The Guidance analyzed that there were three factors restricting the Evil Spirits.

First was the indoctrination of loyalty during the Evil Spirits' growth process; every Evil Spirit warrior regarded conquering more worlds for the Terrifying Black Black Tide as an honor.

Second, there should exist an absolute restriction similar to a mental steel seal, ensuring no possibility of rebellion existed within the Evil Spirits' hearts.

Finally, there was the supervision of the Evil Eyes; although the nearly emotionless Evil Eyes assisted the Evil Spirit warriors in their growth, they essentially remained centered on the superior unit, making it impossible for them to deceive their superiors to aid the Evil Spirit warriors.

However, the situation with Di Nian and the Evil Eye was quite different.

Di Nian Evil Spirit's behavior showed clear differences from other Evil Spirit warriors, acting very emotionally.

The Evil Eye following beside it was the same; despite possessing high intelligence, it surprisingly also exhibited an emotional side.

This reminded Qi Sheng of a piece of information previously recorded by the Guidance.

Di Nian Evil Spirit had once told the Evil Eye that it was a warrior who had graduated from the Abyssal Trial.

This was perhaps one of the reasons why Di Nian Evil Spirit was different from the rest.

The strangest part was the Evil Eye; it actually prioritized Di Nian Evil Spirit, deceiving the superior unit to seek benefits for Di Nian Evil Spirit.

The Evil Eye, which was supposed to serve a supervisory role, had actually sided with Di Nian Evil Spirit, completely breaking the normal military system of the Black Black Tide.

It was certain that there was definitely something wrong with Di Nian Evil Spirit and the Evil Eye, but it was temporarily impossible to analyze exactly where the problem lay.

The current behavior of Di Nian and the Evil Eye was just like that of two traitors.

For the sake of their own node's rapid growth, they had secretly plotted and consumed more than half of the resources belonging to a newly born Evil Spirit warrior on their side.

They had even actively provoked the Insect Race for this purpose, staging a defensive battle to deceive the heavens and cross the sea.

This behavior was truly outrageous and did not align with the highly strict Black Black Tide Legion settings in the Guidance's eyes, indeed causing both Qi Sheng and the Guidance to be dumbfounded.

The feeling they got was that these two units of the Black Black Tide system seemed to have broken through some kind of restriction, giving rise to a kind of uncontrollable emotion and thought.

[Boss, actually, it's not just Di Nian Evil Spirit and the Evil Eye that are off; the Insect Black Tide in the Phantom Swamp region north of the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range is also very strange.]

Just then, the Guidance spoke, interrupting Qi Sheng's thoughts.

Hearing this, Qi Sheng turned his head to look at the Guidance hovering beside him:

"What other discovery have you made?"

[Through monitoring and observation over these past few days, it was found that during the process where Di Nian Evil Spirit obtained enhanced resources from the Cang Star Sea Region, the Insect Race in the Phantom Swamp also received an injection of cross-space energy, with their strength growing rapidly in sync with the Black Black Tide.]

The Guidance's words made Qi Sheng frown slightly:

"Injection of cross-space energy?"

[That's right. I now have a bold conjecture: this suddenly descended Insect Black Tide obviously did not arrive in the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range region unintentionally, but came with a purpose, and this target is most likely Di Nian Evil Spirit.]

The Guidance's explanation plunged Qi Sheng into deep thought.

Shortly after, an idea emerged in his mind:

"Guidance, could it be a possibility like this: the Supreme Mastermind of the Insect Black Tide is searching for a way to counter the Terrifying Black Black Tide, so it created a special low-level mastermind, allowing it to descend near a Black Black Tide unit in its initial stage to accompany its growth."

"During this period, by constantly engaging in battles with the Black Black Tide in its initial stage, it gradually adapts to the characteristics of various Black Black Tide combat species, until it has adapted to all Black Black Tide combat species, creating a combat unit that perfectly counters the Black Black Tide Legion system."

Hearing Qi Sheng's analysis, the Guidance immediately nodded:

[That is exactly what I think. The suddenly descended Insect Black Tide mastermind is very likely a tactic laid out by the Supreme Mastermind of the Insect Race; the frenzied advance at the beginning of the descent, pushing Di Nian Evil Spirit to the limit, was to thoroughly understand Di Nian Evil Spirit's comprehensive strength. After mastering the data, it initiated synchronized growth.]

[This was already reflected previously. After the Heavenly Fire Race campaign ended, the biggest winner was Di Nian Evil Spirit, yet the Insect Black Tide inexplicably kept up with the Black Black Tide's growth speed. This time was even more so; after Di Nian Evil Spirit obtained the Black Black Tide energy from the Cang Star Sea Region, the Insect Black Tide again caught up with the growth progress. Clearly, there was a hand behind the scenes manipulating the growth speed of the Insect Race mastermind, providing resources matching Di Nian Evil Spirit's strength whenever it fell behind, keeping it always at the same combat power level.]

The Guidance's analysis was exactly what Qi Sheng was thinking at this moment.

Di Nian Evil Spirit at least had a struggle process; every resource acquisition was recorded, with traceable logic.

But the Insect Black Tide's enhancements were always sudden increases, and the Guidance had detected spatial fluctuations each time, clearly indicating that some force was delivering growth resources.

The two bullies of the novice village were each stranger than the other.

However, Qi Sheng did not delve deeply into this issue. While the Black Black Tide and Insect Black Tide indeed affected the players' progress in exploring the world, if he couldn't break through here, he could change direction and open up an expandable node elsewhere.

Just like the Colorful Mist Coast region, which was a new spatial node he had opened up.

As for the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range, it now resembled more of a leveling ground.

Although the Black Black Tide and Insect Black Tide were publicly recognized by players as poor monsters, their advantage was an extremely high monster density, making them especially suitable for guilds and large groups to grind for levels and growth.

This was an advantage the Colorful Mist Coast could not match.

The monster distribution in the Colorful Mist Coast region was relatively scattered, requiring a "search" step before hunting could begin.

But hunting in the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range region was very simple; if lacking Sacrificial Power or evolution points, one simply formed a team, went out, and killed, engaging in high-intensity combat continuously until death.

The main focus was cheap and abundant, allowing players to earn profits through volume.

However, during this process, the three parties were always in a state of mutual disgust, each finding the other two truly repulsive.

Without overthinking this issue, Qi Sheng decided to launch a new round of player recruitment plans as soon as possible.

For this recruitment, he planned to release seventy thousand player quotas externally while simultaneously recruiting another batch of alien race players.

But before that, he needed to upgrade the existing Mall.

As player levels increased, many products could no longer meet the players' needs.

For example, canned food.

Players new to the game could use canned food purchased with 1 point of Sacrificial Power to replenish physical consumption, but after their physical attributes improved, the limited nutrition provided by canned food was no longer sufficient to sustain players' daily consumption.

Capable players chose to eat spiritual food for replenishment, but many players, in order to save Sacrificial Power, chose to gnaw wildly on canned food, using quantity to make up for quality.

This point could be referenced against the Ni Chao Training Camp.

While reserve warriors underwent high-intensity training, they also had to consume large amounts of spiritual food every day to replenish their consumption.

At the current stage, he did not need to worry about the production of spiritual food, as there were players specializing in the spiritual chef secondary profession supplying various delicious spiritual foods to the Trading Hall every day.

However, regarding the replenishment of fast-food nutrition, there was no product to replace canned food.

Addressing this issue, Qi Sheng thought of the fast-food energy paste used by Li Zheng and others on their way from the end of the Phase One Training Camp to the Phase Two Training Camp.

The Guidance had recorded the relevant information.

He could completely use the analyzed records to replicate the energy paste.

However, the cost of the energy paste used by ordinary warriors of the Ni Chao Legion was 83 points of Sacrificial Power, a price that was too high; with the players' current Sacrificial Power income, they simply could not afford it.

Therefore, what he needed to produce was a low-spec version.

In the future, when players purchased it, it could be automatically generated through the condensation of Sacrificial Power.

With the idea formed, Qi Sheng immediately began to work busily.

After switching to the Di Zhao form, his body was enveloped in scarlet flames, with the Challenger System runes surrounding his body rotating around him.

After extracting the recorded information, a three-dimensional projection image of the energy paste appeared before him.

Reaching out to enlarge it, the structural arrangement of the energy paste immediately presented itself in the form of energy particles, with each color of particle representing a type of spiritual plant energy.

Next, he only needed to use Sacrificial Power to generate different energy types and perform replicated arrangement and combination to produce the energy paste.

The replication process was without difficulty, but he made cuts regarding the portion size.

One tube of energy paste was divided into eight portions, with the selling price of each portion set at 11 points of Sacrificial Power.

For every eight portions sold, he could gain a profit of 5 points of Sacrificial Power.

Essential food was one of the core aids for players exploring the Monster World; he had no intention of setting a high price for this type of product, as a price that was too high would seriously affect the players' growth and development, thereby impacting subsequent Sacrificial Power output.

It can be sold at roughly cost price.

After completing the production of Energy Paste, Qi Sheng began crafting templates for other restorative items.

The second item was the Repair Stone.

Many players had not adopted the Spirit Artifact Sect and instead used template weapons purchased from the Mall.

Such weapons were not indestructible upon generation and could be damaged during combat.

Replacing them outright was clearly wasteful; they could be fully reused through repair, reducing sacrificial power consumption.

The design of the Repair Stone required no reference to existing props or items; it took the form of a scarlet stone, essentially condensed sacrificial power that, when slapped onto a weapon, initialized and repaired it according to its template.

If the weapon's quality was higher, using several stones could still complete the repair.

However, Repair Stones only worked on template weapons sold in the Mall; weapons obtained externally lacked recorded template structures and could not be initialized and repaired with them.

After listing the Repair Stones, the third category of items was a new batch of spiritual plant seeds.

These spiritual plants were precisely those needed to make Energy Paste; once players with spiritual fields cultivated them to maturity, he could buy them back, reducing the cost of producing Energy Paste.

Next came the fourth category of items....

Half an hour later, a Challenger Notification rang in the minds of all players:

[Challenger Notification (All Channels): Mall items updated. New items listed this time: 28 types.]

Newly Listed Items:

1. Energy Paste (11 Sacrificial Power): Replenishes bodily consumption, quickly restores stamina.

2. Repair Stone (10 Sacrificial Power): Repairs damaged weapons, restores durability.

3. Earth Spirit Flower Seeds (1 Sacrificial Power): Spiritual plants required for making Energy Paste; after maturing, they can be listed on the Trading Row or sacrificed to Di Zhao in exchange for sacrificial power feedback.

After the 28 new items were listed, Qi Sheng began constructing the main city.

Currently, the space of Emperor Tomb Village was too crude; aside from three functional buildings and a spatial teleportation plaza, all other areas were completely empty.

It completely lacked the feel of a main city.

Constructing the main city might seem meaningless, but in the long run, it was an important component of the player experience, capable of significantly increasing game enjoyment and enhancing players' sense of immersion in their faction.

The city template had been prepared in advance; with a mere thought from Qi Sheng, the sacrificial power in the underground sacrificial pool burned fiercely.

Surging energy erupted from underground, and the structure of Emperor Tomb Village changed accordingly.

A breathtaking city rose from the ground, its buildings spreading toward the sky at an astonishing speed.

The new city's architecture blended modern Earth, ancient, and alien styles, while a bright sun appeared in the sky.

The city was divided into five districts: East, South, West, North, and Center.

In the central area stood a statue of Di Zhao, enveloped in scarlet flames, its Iron Face obscured by burning crimson fire, posed with one hand reaching out to grasp the sun.

Several fountain landscapes appeared near the statue, and the ground was paved with white jade bricks.

Opening the map revealed that the name of the central area was "Central Plaza."

The respawn point would be set in the central area; players would respawn in the plaza after reviving.

Outside the plaza lay the city's commercial district, where many uniquely styled shops stood.

However, these shops were not yet open for use.

In the future, Qi Sheng planned to sell these shops to players via auction.

With the Trading Row system in place, the existence of shops served more to promote goods.

This was also why the shops were located near the respawn plaza, where foot traffic was heaviest; players could see the nearby shops immediately upon respawning.

Arms dealers, the Alchemist Alliance, Spirit Chefs, and other capable merchants could provide offline services through these shops.

To the west of the city rose a magnificent Gothic building, its spire piercing the clouds as if to tear through the firmament; exquisite patterns were carved into its walls, and stained glass windows refracted colorful light under the sun, casting intersecting patterns of light and shadow on the ground.

This building was the Library.

It stored vast amounts of knowledge and information about the Monster World; players in need could enter and consult it at any time, but this building was not a functional building—it contained no layered spaces, meaning all players consulting materials shared the same library space scene.

To the north of the city lay a cluster of buildings full of Eastern charm, with red walls, green tiles, and flying eaves with bracket sets, displaying sheer magnificence and elegance.

Among the pavilions and terraces, small bridges spanned murmuring streams, lotus flowers bloomed, and fish played in the water, presenting a tranquil and harmonious scene reminiscent of a Jiangnan water town.

The southern district of the city featured modern high-rises and broad roads suitable for driving vehicles at high speeds.

The production cost of most buildings in the city was less than 10 points; they existed primarily as scenery, and although one could enter them, they held no practical significance.

As functional buildings increased, he would demolish old structures to make room for newly introduced functional buildings.

At this stage, only five buildings were truly useful.

These were the Respawn Plaza in the city center, the Test Tower in the western district, the Teleportation Plaza in the eastern part of the central district, the Armed Vehicle Factory in the southern district, and the Guild Hall in the eastern district.

There were many more new functional buildings envisioned for the future.

Examples included Pet Adoption Houses, Forging Halls, Rune Assembly Halls, and so on.

These would provide players with various customizable functional services.

However, the introduction of these buildings needed to follow the progress of the players' combat power improvement.

At this stage, the focus remained on the growth of individual player strength; various types of combat power amplification services would be provided only after the scale of the player legions expanded.

Just like the Nitchao Legion, where warriors were only one part of the legion's composition.

Every race held a different position within the Nitchao Legion, and only the most elite members of each race could enter the Nitchao Training Camp.

The rest of the clansmen provided various services supporting the war legion.

Some races were responsible for monster breeding, some for spiritual plant cultivation, some for spiritual medicine production, some for weapon and equipment forging, some for crafting spatial bracelets, some for rear-city infrastructure construction, and so on.

Various supporting services guaranteed the combat effectiveness of the Nitchao Legion, while the stable environment in the rear continuously produced elite warriors.

In fact, every faction in the Monster World had such supporting services.

The Black Black Tide was no exception.

It was just that the Black Black Tide's warrior training, Evil Eye gestation, unit system design and optimization, and a series of other supporting services were not conducted within the Monster World.

Only fully mature warriors were deployed into the Monster World.

In the future, the development of player legions would also expand toward diversification, where both combat power and logistics were indispensable.

The sudden rise of the new city sparked heated discussion among players on the forum:

Salted Fish That Can't Turn Over: What's going on? I returned to the Emperor Tomb Village space and almost thought I teleported to the wrong place; why has the city changed so drastically? Is this an additional function from recently merging the three domain nodes?

Self-Detonating Truck: Damn, the city's class level has skyrocketed; there's even a tavern near the Respawn Plaza. I just went over and checked; they offer a service of one free drink per day. Looking at the menu, they have all the wines available in reality, but no spiritual wine is provided.

Mo Ling: qvq Can players buy the shops near the respawn point? I want to buy one to sell various spiritual foods and provide dine-in service, but I don't know what the price will be; if it's too expensive, I'll forget it and just sell on the beach.

Moon at Midnight Shines on Bed Strings: So satisfying; every district in the city now has built-in teleportation arrays. From now on, we can teleport instantly to other districts. This function gets a thumbs up; if the city scale continues to expand, running around without built-in arrays would be exhausting. Also, a suggestion: build a teleportation channel near the respawn point for exiting the village; it would be much more convenient to teleport directly instead of running to the village entrance.

I Am a Superior Horse: I also have a suggestion: why not merge the Teleportation Plaza and the Respawn Point into a single plaza that handles both respawning and teleporting? It would save even more time.

Believe in the Holy Light: Can you create some houses for players to live in, so we can feel a sense of home in the game? Also, add an access permission Cultivation Mode to the houses to prevent strangers from breaking in and ruining the good times between me and my girlfriend.

Qi Sheng paid attention to all the heated discussions among players on the forum.

He would record many ideas with reference value to implement improvements in the next update.

While players were deeply engaged in discussing the transformation of the main city, Qi Sheng became busy once again.

With new player recruitment imminent, he needed to open another spatial node, find an environment suitable for beginners to start, and simultaneously establish a new exploration channel.

This was to ensure that if the other two channels encountered accidents and were blocked, players could still obtain sacrificial power through the new channel.

"Guide, let's go."

[Got it.]

As it responded, the Guide's consciousness carried him through the barriers of Emperor Tomb Village, flying eastward from the village.

For the new spatial node, Qi Sheng still chose the Pale Continent region.

This was, in his eyes, the starting point for the player legions to reach the world-level battlefield.

During the flight, his consciousness seemed to transform into a wisp of light wind, unbound by time and space, freely shuttling through various scenes of the Pale Continent, embarking on a search journey.

Vast boundless golden sand seas, towering continuous mountain ranges, brilliant bright starry river lakes, emerald forests with layered canopies, purple flower seas shrouded in mist... countless scenes flashed before his eyes.

Occasionally, within these different scenes, one could see towering Evil Eye Towers and rampaging, expanding Black Black Tide evil spirits.

They were like tumors parasitic on the Monster World, drawing energy from the Monster World to grow rapidly; any living beings near the Black Black Tide would suffer catastrophic disaster.

This expansion was nearly irreversible.

Without the ability to purify nodes, once the Evil Moon enveloped an area, that area could not be dispelled.

Even if the evil spirits were killed, the Evil Moon would still shine over the enveloped area, continuously generating derivative evil spirits and corrosion cores.

Passing through multiple scenes, Qi Sheng's gaze was attracted by a golden ocean.

This ocean clearly did not belong to the Monster World scenes; it was an externally integrated scene.

Countless behemoths over a hundred meters in length could be seen swimming in the golden ocean.

After activating his analysis ability, scene information flooded into his mind.

[World Rule: Gigantification]:

Target Analysis: A core world rule scene originating from the Behemoth World; the rule controller can use the scene to bestow the power of gigantification upon targets, granting a significant boost in combat power and nurturing the generation of a type of behemoth power.

What surprised Qi Sheng was that this entire scene was actually an evolution of rule power.

Compared to other world rules which had smaller volumes, or even fragments generated after a world shattered... like the Supreme Rules mastered by the Guide, which were more like conceptual existences that could reside in anything or transform into formlessness to merge with consciousness.

This was the first time he had encountered such a super-large condensed body of rule power.

It looked very much like the rule domain nodes of the Monster World, but in terms of area, it was much larger than any rule node he had seen before.

However, Qi Sheng had no intention of examining in detail or mastering the faction controlling this rule domain.

The factions right at our doorstep haven't even been dealt with yet; let's worry about the distant ones only when the players encounter them.

Guided by the Guidance, his consciousness pierced through the magnificent scene of a golden ocean, flying straight toward the next scene of a pale continent.

Shuttle between different scenes, and besides the original lands of the Monster World, one can also see many descending factions.

Besides strong clans, there are also weak clans.

A weak clan's starting point determines the future development of its race.

If they descend upon a domain node not yet shrouded by the Xieyue Society, they can still extract the node's energy, transform it, and use it, gaining an opportunity for rapid development.

For descending factions with bad luck, their appearance marks their extinction.

Descending before a cheating faction that commands rule-based abilities means starting on hell difficulty.

The Tianhuo Clan serves as an excellent reference example.

The characteristic of such factions is that they possess the ambition to expand and develop, as well as the ability to construct large spatial channels, yet they cannot penetrate the world barriers with sensory tentacles to understand the situation within the Monster World.

They only know that the Monster World is a higher-level world possessing higher-quality resources that can significantly accelerate racial development.

Thus, they descend with ambition, only to find themselves unable to return once they realize something is wrong.

Qi Sheng could completely understand the mindset of such factions.

The root of all problems lies in limited cognition.

They might already be invincible within their minor worlds, even revered as supreme gods; long years of rule have made them crave a higher platform for growth, yet their understanding of higher worlds is extremely limited.

They even believe the techniques mastered by their race are so excellent that they can make a great name for themselves in a broader world.

This can no longer be described merely as a frog at the bottom of a well.

A frog at the bottom of a well can at least look up and see the moon outside, but factions invincible in minor worlds cannot see even a corner of the Monster World.

Confidence and ambition drove them to choose to step out of their minor worlds and advance toward the Monster World.

The result was becoming rations for the growth of other factions.

Scenes flashed by rapidly.

Finally, Qi Sheng and the Guidance arrived at a scene of heavy, swirling snow.

Here, the night sky sparkled with brilliant stars, and white snow covered the earth like a vast white velvet blanket.

In the distance, mountain ranges stretched continuously; atop their peaks, white snow lay thick, majestic and solemn.

At the foot of the mountains, trees were covered in white snow, branches hung with crystal-clear icicles, and nearby dwelt monsters with low hunting ranks.

When his consciousness scanned a purple high tower at the foot of the snow mountain, Qi Sheng and the Guidance halted their exploration.

"What the hell is this?!"

The moment he saw the purple high tower, Qi Sheng's heart was shaken.

The Guidance consciousness entity following beside him also wore a stunned expression, as if struck by some visual impact.

His sensory consciousness swept over the high tower.

Below surged purple mist; at the tower's center stood a transformation furnace; atop the tower stood a purple figure; and floating beside that purple figure was a purple eyeball.

It looked like a Black Black Tide unit, but the reality was not so.

Qi Sheng spotted the problem at a glance.

This building seemed like an absurd experiment conducted by a creator trapped between copying and innovation, resulting in a ridiculous "four-unlike" that was neither one thing nor the other, leaving one torn between laughter and tears.

The high tower replicated only the appearance of the Evil Eye High Tower, lacking the corresponding internal structure.

The seemingly surging furnace converter was merely a counterfeit semi-finished product.

What made Qi Sheng unable to hold back was the purple-skinned figure standing atop the tower, clearly a replica of the Black Black Tide's Evil Spirit Warrior, while the purple eyeball floating beside it replicated the Evil Eye.

As for this figure, its origin could be recognized at a glance without any analysis.

Its form resembled that of a human, its two eyes were deep purple, and behind it sprouted a pair of huge purple wings.

It was none other than an old friend of the players: a member of the Jilezu Society.

[Boss, it seems the Lord of the Jilezu Society has great ambition; it actually wants to replicate the Black Black Tide's combat power system and even created a Jilegongdian High Tower. Quite interesting.]

"The question is, is this high tower useful?" Qi Sheng asked, looking at the purple tower with a somewhat speechless expression.

[Obviously, it only replicated the form; the internal structure is a mess, and without the support of corresponding rule-based power, a tower transformed purely by Jilezu Society power is more like a decoration. However, one can see a trend for further updates and upgrades; many spirit pattern gaps that can be added have been left inside, suggesting it is currently in a phase of improvement and upgrading.]

[The most interesting part is that a massive mental radiation great array has been constructed within the tower; the Jilezu Society seems to want to use this mental radiation great array to control troop operations via mental connections, just like the Black Black Tide Evil Spirits.]

"What about the troop templates?"

[They actually have them. Don't forget, the Jiledadian captured lives from the Monster World, including various alien races that descended into the Monster World; these are all subjects for the Jilezu Society's research and reference. Then, by condensing Jilezu Society power, like an assembly line molding clay, they replicate simplified versions of energy beings.]

[I sensed 120 production paths inside the tower; injecting energy will generate the corresponding templates, but all templates are crudely made, completely unable to replicate the racial talents that different beings should possess; at best, they replicate a few ability characteristics.]

Speaking thus, the Guidance switched the perspective to the interior of the high tower.

Qi Sheng immediately saw complex and crisscrossing energy paths; under the Guidance's deduction, energy operated along different paths, eventually condensing into specific troops.

They were presented before Qi Sheng's eyes in the form of three-dimensional images.

[Stone Forest Beast]:

Analysis Info: Incomplete Stone Forest Beast template, generated by injecting Jilezu Society power, possessing a weakened version of the Stone Forest Beast's physical strength.

[Shadow Giant Wolf]:

Analysis Info: Incomplete Shadow Giant Wolf template, generated by injecting Jilezu Society power, possessing a weakened version of the Shadow Giant Wolf's physical strength and a weakened version of its speed characteristics.

A single glance revealed nothing but weakened replica templates.

Regarding this, Qi Sheng could completely understand.

Wanting to replicate a complete combat troop template is easier said than done; first, two major difficulties must be solved.

The first difficulty is analyzing life structures.

The Guidance possesses analysis rules that can assist him in analyzing and presenting the structure of any life form or item.

But the Lord of the Jilezu Society clearly cannot achieve this; his process of researching life structures requires scanning with mental power and even dissection tests, which inevitably causes him to miss many life structure nodes that are difficult to detect.

Secondly, there is the usage of materials.

He possesses Sacrifice Power capable of transforming all things; consuming Sacrifice Power allows him to generate perfectly replicated life forms. In fact, this can no longer be described as replication; it is entirely 1:1 creation.

The Lord of the Jilezu Society clearly cannot achieve this either.

In the Guidance's analysis information, Jilezu Society power is likewise a rule-based energy with very high plasticity.

But it is far from reaching the characteristic of transforming all things; the beings generated according to the troop template paths are not flesh-and-blood life forms, but energy beings purely simulated and constructed from Jilezu Society power, unable to provide the racial characteristics that flesh-and-blood life forms should have.

Having only a framework without the racial talents of living beings, such replication cannot be said to lack combat power, but the gap compared to the original is enormous.

Loving to learn is a good thing, but the Lord of the Jilezu Society clearly failed to learn well.

Just as Qi Sheng wanted to learn more, the Jilezu Society warrior standing on the tower platform raised his hand and pointed forward; instantly, surging Jilezu Society power flooded into the tower body.

Various life forms were conceived and generated within the purple mist.

Under the control of the Jilezu Society warrior, they surged toward a monster on the snow plain that resembled a polar bear.

But what made Qi Sheng torn between laughter and tears was that the process of the purple Black Tide surging under the Jilezu Society warrior's control was truly abstract.

Some life forms broke away from the main force and went in the wrong direction.

Some life forms had an upper body matching one species' template and a lower body matching another's, walking with a limp and appearing extremely uncoordinated.

Even more life forms, due to incomplete life structures after being created, remained stagnant in place, unable to receive signals transmitted from the Jilegongdian High Tower.

Meanwhile, the Jilezu Society warrior responsible for controlling the purple Black Tide wore a ferocious expression, appearing extremely pained.

Controlling multiple things at once without the Black Black Tide's perfected mental connection system resulted in a chaotic scene.

Just then, the purple eye floating behind the Jilezu Society warrior extended tentacles to connect with the warrior's back.

As mental power was injected, the sense of control immediately improved significantly.

Yet it still failed to effectively control the Jilezu Society army; the entire procession advanced stumbling and rolling, losing more than half its numbers before even entering the giant bear's territory.

This scene made Qi Sheng burst into loud laughter.

He finally understood what was happening.

The Jilezu Society had clearly studied the Black Black Tide's legion system, believing this legion system's construction to be very powerful, and thus wanted to imitate and replicate it.

But they only replicated the surface; the internal architecture was a mess.

Even the mental connections were unstable, with issues regarding coverage range, truly deserving the title of a magical illusion army.

The most outrageous part was that the troop template architectures were incomplete.

Various chaotic troops lacked any system whatsoever; more than half disconnected before the fighting even began.

Then there was the setting of the Evil Eye.

The Evil Eye is a functional support within the Black Black Tide system, but the Evil Eye crafted by the Jilezu Society resembled more of a mental power charging pack, or one could understand it as a power bank.

When controlling the purple Black Tide caused the Jilezu Society warrior to consume excessive mental power, connecting to the power bank provided mental power endurance.

As for a series of core functions like database retrieval, battlefield analysis, and sensory perspectives, it possessed not a single one.

It lacked any intelligence whatsoever; its sole purpose for existing was charging.

How could this be called a natural disaster? It was simply a pure clown.

Finally, under the Jilezu Society warrior's control, the purple Black Tide approached the giant bear.

What followed was a highly uncoordinated battle scene; as the Jilezu Society legion beings constructed from purple energy attacked the giant bear, they also beat up the beings of their own legion.

As for controlling the beings to release abilities, the excessive numbers meant the Jilezu Society warrior simply could not control them with precision.

[Hahaha, this Jilezu Society is quite interesting; they actually rely purely on mental power to control beings. One must know that the Black Black Tide's mental connection control is more akin to mind control, not this kind of brute-force-miracles pure mental power control. How exactly did they think this through to create such a legion system?]

Hearing the Guidance's words, Qi Sheng also couldn't help but smile.

The Jilezu Society warrior's behavior was like remote control operation, needing to simultaneously manipulate different remote controls, a process that was truly laborious.

Whereas the way Evil Spirits control the Black Black Tide can be understood as "thought mapping."

For instance, when the Earth Chant Evil Spirit manipulated the Black Black Tide to attack, it did not need to issue any commands; the Black Black Tide would act according to its thoughts.

In this process, the Evil Eye provided thought-to-code conversion, generating countless connected action instructions.

The entire process was silky smooth, without any limitations; thought itself was the command.

The method of control used by the Bliss Warriors, however, was completely opposite.

Just as the guidance stated, it was purely brute force achieving miracles, lacking any technique and consisting entirely of hard operations.

It was like a person needing to generate countless arms, with one arm drawing a circle, another drawing a square, another drawing a triangle... requiring simultaneous control of different arms for detailed operations.

They manipulated the Bliss Legion by splitting their mind to focus on multiple tasks at once.

This was also the reason why the combat footage of the Purple Black Tide Army appeared so abstract.

During the battle, parts of the force would often crash while others suddenly acted; it was evident that the brain cells of the Bliss Warriors on the Gao Ta platform were nearly drained dry, making group control impossible, forcing them to constantly switch screens.

If one insisted on finding an advantage, it was not entirely absent; the only decent aspect the Lord of Bliss replicated from the Purple Black Tide was the backlash.

When troops composed of Bliss Power died, they would be reabsorbed and utilized, but the conversion rate was only 45% of that of the Black Black Tide.

This ratio seemed very low, but in reality, it was already extremely high.

The rule-based characteristics of the Black Black Tide were far beyond what Bliss Power could compare to; achieving nearly 45% of the Black Black Tide's efficiency made it an exceptionally excellent existence even in the Monster World.

But aside from this single advantage, every other aspect was a complete mess.

It was clear that the Lord of Bliss desperately wanted to improve and was striving to do so, but a long path of exploration remained before success could be achieved.

One could only say their courage was commendable.

["Boss, look what I've found."]

Just then, the scene before Qi Sheng's eyes jumped westward.

A few seconds later, the view froze on a creature entirely purple, constantly writhing, and massive as a small hill.

"Is this the Hive Mind of the Insect Black Tide?!"

["No, more accurately, this is the Bliss Hive Mind."]

(End of Chapter)