[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-monsters-are-coming":3,"chapter-the-monsters-are-coming-monsters-are-coming-chapter-194":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},2250043,4069,"Chapter 194: Star Net Replacement?","monsters-are-coming-chapter-194",194,"\u003Cp>Dungeon World, Mechanical Ruins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Lan and his teammates lay prone on the iron railings outside the control room, their gazes sweeping over the mechanical spiders gathered in the hall below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through contact over this period, A Lan's status within the team had undergone a transformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now he was the team's core, and the only player pursuing main-body strengthening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, the main-body form was held by the team captain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the captain, knowing his abilities were far inferior to A Lan's, chose to yield the position, allowing A Lan to serve as the team's \"Fusion Core.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regarding this, A Lan felt no surprise and calmly accepted the captaincy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the moment he entered the game, he had a clear plan for his future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, when the High-Dimensional Beings distributed game qualifications, only he among the Eclipse Clan drew a qualification.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After entering the game, he named himself \"Lord Shou Jili,\" precisely to lay out arrangements in advance for the Monster World.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, refunds for the Dark Lands had already begun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The official website of the Dark Lands had posted his contact information within the game; any player wishing to request a refund could contact him in the Monster World, exchanging sacrificial power equivalent in value to real-world currency for the refund.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the eyes of the players, this was freely scavenging compensation amounting to 1.5 times the original value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But A Lan knew clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the future, sacrificial power would replace real-world currency, becoming the truly valuable currency in the eyes of all members of the Earth Alliance's various races.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only limitations to sacrificial power replacing real-world currency were time, and the restricted currency circulation caused by the shortage of sacrificial power, which prevented large-scale transaction needs from being met.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, laying out arrangements for sacrificial power in advance was the core direction for the future development of the Eclipse Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Secondly, the layout of forces within the game was also extremely important.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the current stage, only he among the Eclipse Clan had obtained game qualifications, making it very difficult to establish a force alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to attach himself to those races with large player populations and cooperate with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also the reason he chose to join squads of other races.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he had considered joining top-tier societies like the Shentanggong Society.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought that top-tier societies might not necessarily be willing to accept him, a low-level player.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, a novice squad was his best choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the number of players in the squad expanded, he could establish an initial foundation in the Monster World, preparing in advance for clansmen who would enter the Monster World in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, becoming captain had long been within his expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, before joining the squad, he had carefully pondered this issue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How to take over an existing squad and become the leader of this small team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this process, he had to resolve two core problems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first problem was the stereotypical impression various races held of the Eclipse Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In virtual games prior to this, the Eclipse Clan had always been the target of condemnation by all races, and the general impression was poor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were even mockingly referred to as: Upper Realm Creatures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was not praise, but mockery of the Eclipse Clan's aloof image of looking down from above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Contacting any race with the identity of an Eclipse Clan member would inevitably create a barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, when contacting the squad where Tu Bai was located, he chose to join as an ordinary member of the Eclipse Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stated in advance that his name was required by superiors and that he did not wish to choose this name himself, using complaints to dissolve the barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After integrating into the squad with a low profile, he needed to build trust with his teammates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this aspect, he won favor by demonstrating value, proactively helping the squad resolve development needs, and listening to feedback from squad members.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through his step-by-step efforts, the squad had already begun to revolve around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The captain also realized his own inadequacies in ability and chose to yield the captain's position for him to assume.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What he needed to do next was to expand the squad's numbers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vast number of novice players on the wasteland were all his targets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, a voice interrupted his thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A Lan, why did you share the strategy for the Combined Golden Gang on the forum? Couldn't we just use it ourselves?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, A Lan turned to look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one asking him was the original team captain, a player from the Black Jade Race, whose game name was \"Iron Iron Face.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing the question, he shook his head with a smile:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Although there are resource disputes among players internally, the core content of this game is external development, so good strategy content should naturally be shared on the forum; when the whole benefits, we as individuals will also benefit from it. For example, regarding Soul Soul containment, we relied on the efforts of veteran players to make the novice Cultivation Mode easier.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can't understand it, but you are an Upper Realm Creature; your angle of viewing problems is surely different from ours.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speaking, a trace of regret floated across the captain's Iron Face:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We of the Black Jade Race are a small race at the bottom; the resources allocated to us are limited, so our way of thinking about problems always starts from a self-interested perspective. The narrowness of our thinking is because we are inherently confined to a small patch of heaven and earth; in such an environment, we have only learned to strive, and truly have not learned how to share.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing on the rust-stained iron railings, the Eagle-Headed Demon teammate stuck his head over at this moment:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So a saintly mother figure will only appear in a prosperous and stable social environment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tu Bai, standing nearby, heard this and couldn't help but nod:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The material basis determines thoughts; developed races have high economic levels and abundant material conditions, with the basic living needs of the populace fully satisfied. On this foundation, clan members have more energy to focus on pursuits at the spiritual level, such as environmental protection, animal protection, and other more macroscopic and abstract concepts, but in my view, this is all just having too much free time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Lan: ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The content of his teammates' chat left him unsure of how to interject.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, sharing the strategy for the Combined Golden Gang on the forum was because his way of considering problems centered on the future development of the Eclipse Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laying out arrangements on the forum was laying out arrangements for the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What could be confirmed was that, at the current stage in the game Monster World, the forum was the most powerful carrier and amplifier of player influence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Making a name on the forum meant that even without strength in the Monster World, one could gain a large following of players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking \"Nightfall Approaches,\" who ranked first in forum fan count, as an example.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Monster World, he was obscure, merely an ordinary player; as a veteran player, he still had no impressive combat record to date.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Soul Soul level was not worth mentioning compared to many high-level players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But on the forum, he was an undisputed prominent figure; relying on his profound understanding of game mechanics, sharing interesting game strategies, and proposing unique viewpoints in various topic discussions, he attracted a large number of players to follow and support him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the forum, his posts always sparked heated discussions; he could be described as having a hundred respond to a single call.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Players didn't even need to read the content; just seeing the four characters \"Nightfall Approaches\" hanging on the title of the latest released post would make them click in to take a look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even a blank title could garner tens of times the popularity of posts published by other players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Theoretically, as long as Nightfall Approaches was bullied in the Monster World, posting on the forum would garner support from a large number of players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those players who were usually influenced by him on the forum and followed him would respond one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them were no lack of top-tier high-level players, such as the Liver Emperor Group and the Kindergarten Group, who had received help in the early stages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was even the Divine King of the Shentanggong Society.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These players could organize rapidly, gathering into a massive combat force within a short time, and surging forth to the \"scene of the incident\" to support Nightfall Approaches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a powerful cohesion formed based on forum influence; seemingly intangible, yet extremely deterrent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he entered the Monster World relatively late, expanding forum influence was a core direction in his layout for the future development of the Eclipse Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And his method of laying out arrangements on the forum was divided into two types.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first method was providing high-quality strategy content for forum players; this was also the path Nightfall Approaches had walked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By providing Star Vein combination strategies and new gameplay strategies, every post Nightfall Approaches released with each update became the focus of the forum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many players had even formed inertial thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time the High-Dimensional Beings released an update announcement, they would go to the forum to find Nightfall Approaches' posts to read through and deeply understand the update content.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This path could be completely learned and imitated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His first strategy post had already been published on the forum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the \"Immortal Fusion Golden Gang\" he created, which had already sparked heated discussion on the forum, gaining attention from quite a few veteran players and novice players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But relying on just one post, his influence was still far from reaching the height of Nightfall Approaches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second method was following hot topics and providing deep analysis of content.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This mainly involved deep dissection of issues like the worldview and game mechanics, attracting players with needs for deep thinking to participate in discussion and resonance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The forum's most representative post was also published by Nightfall Approaches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The post provided a hot topic: Suppose we are not players, but entered the Monster World as transmigrators; now given a chance to choose an identity background, how would you choose?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a voting post.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Players could choose their favorite non-player factions in the post and imagine their development after transmigrating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The result was that such a post actually climbed to the top of the forum popularity chart within a short time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, there was both the boost of Nightfall Approaches' influence and the interesting nature of the post's discussion topic, attracting players to propose their own viewpoints.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The success of Nightfall Approaches was the direction he aimed to learn from.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides this, he could also conduct deep layouts through forum interaction, sharing, and other aspects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The importance of forum influence was listed by the Star Net as the second item in its future development direction; it was a sharp tool capable of guiding public opinion trends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this aspect, the Star Net had already launched actions long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regrettably, the Star Net had never managed to obtain game qualifications for the Monster World, lacking the permission to post on the forum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could only interact with qualified players as a tourist within the live broadcast rooms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without dwelling on these issues, what was most important for him now was still improving his strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze swept toward the mechanical core in the hall below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The core's surface consisted of countless layers of precision metal sheets nested within one another, each layer etched with metallic textures, while energy lines emitting a dim blue luster crisscrossed and connected between the sheets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps due to a lack of maintenance over long years, the core's operation had become highly unstable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At regular intervals, it would emit a piercing sound of grinding metal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed the internal mechanical structures were colliding during operation; the shrill noise resembled countless gears forcibly turning within rusted bearings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This process would last for over ten seconds, after which the core would violently reboot, emitting a low roar, accompanied by chaotic mechanical clashing sounds from within, while energy fluctuations became utterly disordered, the blue light flickering on and off as if it might extinguish completely at any moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after persisting for a long time would it resume normal operation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sweeping his gaze across the area, he saw that near the mechanical core, a large number of mechanical spiders still guarded the surroundings with \"loyalty.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's begin.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Lan spoke up at this moment to remind them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The teammates nodded one after another, switching into their Soul Soul forms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The teammate with the Eagle-Headed Demon form acted first, leaping onto his head and digging his talons tightly into his hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The teammate bound by the Binding Soul Soul leaped up and adhered to the position over his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tu Bai, transformed into the Savage Axe, docked with his right hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The team captain, \"Iron Heart,\" replaced A Lan's previous role as the damage sponge, transforming into a thick, earth-yellow shield that connected with A Lan's left hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The teammate with the Light Shield Soul Soul transformed into a cloud mass, hovering on his right side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, A Lan also activated his Life Link trait, connecting the teammates' health bars and entering Shared Health Pool Cultivation Mode.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He retrieved a Spirit Bomb from his Spatial Sack, weighed it twice in his hand to confirm its weight, and then suddenly flung it down toward the area in the great hall where the mechanical spiders were most densely gathered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accompanying the tremendous explosion, a Challenger notification of a successful kill rang out in A Lan's mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For this bombardment, the Sacrificial Power yield exceeded the cost of purchasing the bomb; it was not a loss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Subsequently, he decisively moved to the door of the control room, holding the Rock Shield before him, intending to utilize the relatively narrow terrain of the control room for combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, dense red dots lit up from the great hall below; after being awakened, groups of mechanical spiders waved their elongated limbs like steel blades, and following activation debugging, they surged forward like a raging Black Tide of combat insectoids.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a mechanical spider pierced through the control room's glass and pounced fiercely, its eight sharp mechanical legs stabbing straight toward A Lan's Iron Face like blades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Host, beware, the Iron Face-Hugger is coming,\" the Eagle-Headed Demon teammate on his head gave a warning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Lan's expression did not change in the slightest; he raised the Rock Shield and precisely blocked the mechanical spider's pounce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Rock Shield moved downward, A Lan twisted his hips to the left to borrow force, and his right hand immediately swung the battle axe out fiercely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The axe blade traced a sharp arc, precisely splitting open the energy core at the center of the mechanical spider's body; sparks flew in all directions, and mechanical parts scattered across the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this was only the beginning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More mechanical spiders attacked from all directions, fearless of death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to the former captain, A Lan possessed rich combat experience, and the Savage Axe transformed by Tu Bai became a harvesting tool in his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of the axe blade splitting metal shells intertwined with the explosive noises of the mechanical spiders' internal energy sources being destroyed; the air was filled with the smell of scorched circuits, and metal shards splashed about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this period, the Rock Shield received attacks most frequently, but A Lan used the Life Link method to transfer all damage to the other teammates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially the teammate lying on his chest, embedded with the Binding Soul Soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His position was relatively safe, allowing him to share a greater portion of the health loss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the high-intensity battle, physical stamina was consumed violently; A Lan's breathing gradually became rapid, and fine beads of sweat seeped out on his forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>White streams of air continuously flowed into his mouth with each breath, transforming into spiritual energy and blood qi to replenish him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst the engagement, vibrations from the mechanical spiders' impacts constantly transmitted through the shield, while the battle axe flew and danced in A Lan's hands, each swing carrying the power to destroy everything in its path, slicing mechanical spider after mechanical spider into fragments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mechanical wreckage accumulated beneath his feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the battle, A Lan improved at a divine speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gradually figured out the mechanical spiders' combat methods and how to inflict effective damage upon them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the total volume of the Health Pool continued to decline, A Lan spoke in a deep voice at this moment:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Little Chicken, come down and collect the wreckage.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fiery red little chicken leaped down from his head, continuously storing the mechanical wreckage into the Spatial Sack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the Health Pool hit rock bottom, A Lan once again retrieved a Spirit Bomb from his Spatial Sack and activated it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the tremendous explosion, mechanical wreckage splashed outward with A Lan at the center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One hour and thirty-nine minutes later, A Lan led the small team back to the control room once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room, originally covered in dust, had been completely destroyed by the Spirit Bombs; the air was filled with a heavy scent of scorching and the pungent smell of melted metal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The walls were covered in cracks and gaps, as if torn apart by an invisible giant hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The original control console had now become a pile of twisted metal wreckage, melted by high temperatures into an unrecognizable lump of scrap iron, its surface covered by a thick layer of black ash, while the ground was scattered with various parts and cables, some still emitting black smoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mechanical wreckage left by the mechanical spiders was scattered everywhere; among them, the remains of one mechanical spider lay in a corner, its eight mechanical legs twisted and deformed, its shell burnt black by high heat, its red lights extinguished, with internal circuits and gears exposed outside, emitting electric arcs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After storing all the mechanical spider wreckage into his Spatial Sack and sacrificing it, A Lan proactively initiated the second wave of the offensive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like this, going back and forth three consecutive times, A Lan successfully cleared the mechanical spiders and descended into the great hall via a ladder covered in rust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arriving before the mechanical core embedded within the massive instrument and standing firm, A Lan forcefully pulled the switch downward; with a dull \"click,\" the originally roaring machine sounds ceased abruptly, the huge gears stopped turning, the energy flow within the pipes was interrupted accordingly, and the constant humming of electricity in the air gradually dissipated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light of the energy core began to weaken, dimming little by little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything returned to silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reaching out, A Lan removed the mechanical core, which was the size of a human head, stored it in his Spatial Sack, and then summoned the interface to sacrifice it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, the Challenger notification rang out in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After screenshotting the yield information and posting it in the team chat channel, he activated the team trade Cultivation Mode and distributed the gains obtained from the sacrifice to his teammates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Continue exploring inward or go back?\" After the trade was completed, A Lan's voice rang out in the team chat channel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course we continue exploring; I've already lost my first life, and now I have no fear of death; I just want to get rich,\" Iron Heart's voice followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I also agree to continue exploring; what if there's better treasure inside the tunnel? If in the future I see someone on the Forum sharing that they got rich in the very tunnel we explored, that would be more painful than killing me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, this was exactly what A Lan was thinking in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as the team leader, he needed to respect his teammates' thoughts, so he asked symbolically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if the teammates gave an answer opposing further exploration, he would find a way to persuade them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief exchange, the entire small team decided to continue exploring deeper into the tunnel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They guessed that this tunnel might lead directly to the interior of the Mechanical Ruins, where there must be a large number of war machines left behind by the Machine Guard Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The number of mechanical monsters along the way had obviously decreased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half an hour later, A Lan arrived at a new control room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here too, a large amount of data files were piled up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing A Lan flipping through the files again, Tu Bai, transformed into the Savage Axe, could not help but ask curiously:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A Lan, what are you flipping through these files for?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Looking for clues to hidden opportunities.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Lan did not explain too much, giving an answer that the teammates could accept.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, many future development directions for the Eclipse Clan in the Monster World had not yet been finalized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The clear main direction was to focus on Star Veins and Soul Souls, after all, this was the core combat power system of the Monster World.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The various systems developed by players simply could not compare to the core system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, the early Monster Stream gameplay, or the recently popular Immortal Virus gameplay; these were all unorthodox paths, while Star Vein Strengthening was the strongest combat power system bestowed upon players by High-Dimensional Life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The later the stage of the Star Vein system, the higher its intensity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every additional Soul Soul embedded in the main body could significantly enhance combat power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ability combinations brought by dozens of Star Vein slots were simply incomparable to the single-Soul Soul Monster Stream gameplay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the technological path that the Eclipse Clan was best at, it was not useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The main storyline direction would focus on Star Veins, but perhaps, like the Doomsday Technology Guild, they could forge a technological growth branch capable of effectively producing resources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using technology to produce resources, or selling them to other players in exchange for Sacrificial Power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many of the document materials within the Mechanical Ruins might prove useful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze swept over the paper in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The title of this document was: Soul Sublimation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The content described the Machine Guard Clan's future planning direction after completing the concept of \"Mechanical Ascension.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the proposed plan, the Machine Guard Clan would build a Tower of Eternity within the Mechanical Main City, then store the leader's consciousness in a massive quantum computing core, becoming a super-intelligent brain governing the entire clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soul Sublimation referred to the leader ascending from a mortal flesh-and-blood body to an eternal existence, which was also the reason the quantum computer was called the \"Tower of Eternity.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the goal was achieved, the leader could monitor the actions of every clansman in real-time through the surveillance system and mechanical spider network spanning the entire city, predict the clansmen's needs, allocate resources, and even communicate directly with clansmen via chips implanted in mechanical immortal carriers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Theoretically, henceforth the leader's decisions would be based on massive data analysis, meaning no errors would exist in decisions made within the information framework.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The concepts described in the document reminded A Lan of the Star Net.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The difference was that the Eclipse Clan had directly created the Star Net.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whereas the Machine Guard Clan wanted their leader to serve as a regulator similar to the Star Net.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The control room he was currently in was merely a node extended from the Tower of Eternity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the conceptual blueprint, the parameters showed that the Tower of Eternity stood three hundred meters tall, crafted entirely from a deep black alloy, its surface covered with complex spirit runes and symbols, flashing with a dim blue light as if liquid were flowing across its surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tower body spiraled upward, resembling a coiling giant dragon pointing straight at the firmament.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tower's base was wide and heavy, surrounded by a ring of massive mechanical gears and pipelines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tower's summit was a huge spherical structure, its surface covered by a transparent energy shield, inside which floated a burning energy core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It erupted with dazzling blue light, like an artificial sun, providing real-time charging for the AI leader.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing the document's contents, A Lan's heart pounded wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze swept toward the tunnel's end, shrouded in darkness, and suddenly a possibility occurred to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could the Tower of Eternity become the Star Net's substitute body in the Monster World?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If feasible, the Star Net would take over this mechanical ruin city and establish a new mechanical civilization here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the Star Net's protection, the Eclipse Clan would also achieve better development.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only problem was that the document described only the concept, lacking detailed construction data.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether this Tower of Eternity truly existed remained an unknown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps it had not yet been manufactured before the Machine Guard Clan was already destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But judging from the node control chamber beneath their feet, perhaps the construction of the Tower of Eternity had long since begun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This gave A Lan an idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if this Tower of Eternity was incomplete, as long as they could find the subsequent data, his Eclipse Clan possessed full capability to perfect it, making the Star Net the new master of this city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",4253,"2026-06-19T09:20:35.554Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","4cdef9c5b51466c15f9d22504226a5e5c9ba39219f4a1e76890b0846aba369be","monsters-are-coming-chapter-195","monsters-are-coming-chapter-193",393,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmonsters-are-coming-cover.jpg"]