[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-monsters-are-coming":3,"chapter-the-monsters-are-coming-monsters-are-coming-chapter-262":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},2250111,4069,"Chapter 262: Peak of the Four Gods, Player Ecosystem","monsters-are-coming-chapter-262",262,"\u003Cp>[Challenger Notification: Slayed \"Ba Jian\"....]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the Challenger Notification, Jiang Cheng and Xia Sheng's secondary soul cores both increased by two levels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The primary soul core, Touch of Pain, remained unchanged as it could not grow through hunting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides the evolution point gains, the critically wounded Ba Jian also yielded 230,000 Sacrificial Power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was not all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some materials on Ba Jian's body could also be listed on the Exchange Hall for sale, generating at least another hundred thousand in Sacrificial Power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hunting level exceeding 100 would normally be enough to easily annihilate an entire player legion in seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rewards for the kill were extremely generous, allowing Jiang Cheng and Xia Sheng to reap a massive fortune.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While feeling joyful, they still harbored some regrets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could not obtain the Rule Imprint on Ba Jian's body; even a derived imprint would have been desired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the characteristic boost of a Divine Artifact Rule, the strength of the Pain Soul Core would undergo a qualitative transformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the future, besides absorbing their own pain, they could also absorb various painful emotions from their enemies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For instance, when they had cast Touch of Pain on Ba Jian earlier, the immense agony Ba Jian endured during that process was also a form of painful force that could be absorbed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this required possession of a Divine Artifact Rule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for why the derived imprint of the Divine Artifact Rule on Ba Jian could not be stripped, the Guide's response was that stripping it would be meaningless, as the strength of this derived rule was fundamentally insufficient to craft a soul core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if left behind, the source of the Divine Artifact Rule Imprint lay in the hands of the Divine Artifact Clan, who could sever the connection at any time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just like the War Imprints on the warriors of the Niche Black Tide Legion; with a single thought, the Niche Black Tide God could sever the connection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without controlling the remote's switch, a derived rule that could not yet be crafted into a soul core was utterly meaningless, and the high command of the Divine Artifact Clan would instantly detect the change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This would result in the painstakingly cultivated derived rule imprint having its connection to the source severed, rendering it completely ineffective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nevertheless, the overall gains from this hidden quest journey left both of them highly satisfied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deep in their hearts, a clear objective had formed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Take down the Divine Artifact Clan and seize their Divine Artifact Rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once that day truly arrived, every negative emotion in the world could become nourishment for the growth of Touch of Pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the future, the power released by Touch of Pain would not be limited to pain alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could also be fear, despair, rage, sorrow, breakdown... and various other negative emotions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before that, they still needed to work hard to accumulate Sacrificial Power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They knew the cost of crafting special soul cores was exorbitant, especially when crafting a soul core from a perfected rule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This expense could only be resolved by striking it rich.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Relying on ordinary hunting gains to save up for the cost of a rule-based soul core was far too difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as the Pain Brothers were discussing which region to develop in next, the sky suddenly split open with a pitch-black fissure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sword light piercing heaven and earth suddenly appeared from the sky, causing the ground to instantly collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Cheng and Xia Sheng decisively activated their Statue Form, their bodies plated with a layer of jet black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the terrifying shockwave still sent them flying violently, their bodies cracking like ceramic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Slaying my clansmen warrants execution!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cold voice echoed in the sky above as twelve ancient swords of varying shapes broke through the air, each radiating a terrifying pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leading them, a massive bronze sword hung high in the heavens, emitting seven-colored dazzling light from its body, resembling a colorful sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this scene, the live stream immediately flooded with comments:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The final reward for the hidden plot has appeared; a free return-to-city ticket. What a huge profit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Killed the young ones, and the elders arrive. This life ends here; try harder in the next one.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Finale confetti! This hidden plot quest journey has officially concluded perfectly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Profited to death. Those who sold you the hidden quest for 25,000 Sacrificial Power are truly stupid f*cks. I've realized exploration-type players aren't very bright in the head, always giving away opportunities and never seizing them themselves. Jealousy makes my Iron Face twist grotesquely.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing the two fellow villagers about to be instantly killed, the live stream was filled with mockery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also a unique characteristic of the player faction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The death of clansmen had always been a source of joy and amusement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Cheng and Xia Sheng also looked up at this moment, gazing at the bronze ancient sword hanging high in the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With their Analysis ability activated, the opponent's information floated into their minds:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Evil Sword]:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hunting Level: 325.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Target Introduction: Leader of the Evil Sword lineage of the Divine Artifact Clan, wielding a Divine Artifact Rule. Since its birth, it has been steeped in misfortune; every time it backfires on a host, a blood vein appears on its spine. Currently, it has accumulated 998 blood veins. It feeds on the despair of its hosts, and every sword wielder ultimately becomes a resentful soul beneath the blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the Evil Sword's hunting level, Jiang Cheng and Xia Sheng were also startled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such combat strength was something they could not contend with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before dying, neither Jiang Cheng nor Xia Sheng uttered any threats, but in their hearts, they had already sentenced the Divine Artifact Clan to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The future was long; a hunting level of over 300 might not be impossible to fight one day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Evil Sword did not even make a move; the sharp sword qi radiating from its surface crushed down like the heavens tilting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Cheng and Xia Sheng instantly vaporized into black mist and dispersed, officially ending the hidden quest journey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, in the black-screened live stream, discussions about this hidden quest continued, especially regarding the Sacrificial Power gains, making many players who had watched the entire event feel incredibly envious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Primordial Sacrificial Altar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Sheng's consciousness quickly scrolled through the latest information produced on the forum, searching for the direction of the next update.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this, he discovered that forum players had universally mentioned a problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the method of returning to the village being extremely troublesome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the expansion of the territory and the opening up of the map's foggy regions, players in many areas had to spend long travel times even when using vehicles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the current stage, the only teleportation item available was \"Fixed Point Teleportation\" in the Enlightenment Mall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the price was too exorbitant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In comparison, players preferred to use death as a method to return to Emperor Tomb Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They only needed to wait for the one-hour resurrection cooldown to bypass the long travel time, which was very convenient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there was a problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The method of death was too painful; although many veteran players had already grown accustomed to it, quite a few still complained about having to endure pain every time before returning via death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with a 90% pain reduction, it was still unpleasant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Addressing this issue, Qi Sheng decided to add a \"Return\" function to the Challenger System.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allowing players to return to the city with a single click.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in essence, the return still involved being extracted by the Hyper-Dimension via death and then sent back to Emperor Tomb Village by Yan Ming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the not-yet-fully-restored Hyper-Dimension needed to destroy a target's life structure to extract them, players within the Challenger System were not affected by this aspect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When discussing the characteristics of the Hyper-Dimension's extraction ability, Qi Sheng curiously asked the Guide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the Four Gods of the Monster World, comparing their peak periods, who possessed the strongest combat power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Guide's response was that there was no absolute strongest among them; each possessed the power to easily destroy a world and mastered the most top-tier rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Guide itself mastered the ability to \"Analyze All Things.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also known as: The Omniscient God.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the boost of its rule, it could instantly perceive the essence of things, even the underlying logic of how anything operated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Any attack would be seen through before it reached him; no secrets existed, and he could instantly identify an opponent's weaknesses to counter them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, Analyze All Things could also help the Guide read an opponent's thought logic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Based on past growth trajectories, it could predict all of the opponent's thoughts, turning battle into a chess game whose outcome had already been calculated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One could also understand the Guide's ability as an omniscient super-brain countless times more powerful than the Star Net.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Guide was also the final commander designated by Qi Sheng when the curtain of the future peak battlefield rose; even the Star Net could not surpass the Guide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, the two were not even comparable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that the Guide was currently extremely weak; providing players with analysis abilities was already its limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To restore its power, the unit of 'hundred million' was no longer sufficient for the amount of Sacrificial Power required.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second of the Four Gods: Hyper-Dimension.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She mastered the divine authority of \"Extract All Things.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This rule endowed Hyper-Dimension with the formidable ability to decompose all matter, energy, and even concepts down to their most primal essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing any opponent, Hyper-Dimension could instantly drain their power, or even decompose the very concept of the enemy's existence into thorough nothingness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This nothingness offered no possibility of resurrection on any level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even reversing time locally could not repair the decomposition effect inflicted by Hyper-Dimension.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, suppose some powerful clan in the future mastered the ability to reverse time locally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if Hyper-Dimension decomposed the opponent, even if time in that area reversed, it would be impossible to reassemble the body of the decomposed target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hyper-Dimension was also a core link in the player resurrection system within the Challenger System, extracting and retrieving the players' destroyed physical bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When introducing Gao Wei, the Guide also mentioned that Gao Wei had once extracted a major world universe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then reshaped it into an entirely new world, altering the rules and logic of that major world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She is also the one with the greatest destructive power among the Four Gods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third of the Four Gods: Yan Ming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He is known as the Sovereign of Infinite Dimensions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He can dominate all spatial concepts, twist dimensions, and turn the world itself into his weapon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For instance, he can banish opponents into an infinitely looping spatial maze, causing them to be lost within it forever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At his peak, Yan Ming could travel anywhere in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next second, he could cross countless worlds; there was no need for the trouble of constructing spatial channels, as any location could be reached with a mere thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for the Great Evil Moon, manipulated by the Demon God, forcibly altering the spatial rules which severely weakened Yan Ming's abilities, it would have been impossible for him to suffer heavy injuries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Ming's fighting style is also very simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides spatial banishment, he can infinitely fold the spatial region where an opponent resides until it becomes a speck of dust, easily erasing all traces of the opponent's existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Throughout the entire process, the opponent would struggle to even see Yan Ming's true form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Space itself is Yan Ming's eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last of the Four Gods is Jiu Yin, who is also the eldest among them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She is also known as the Immaculate God, wielding the power of the Purification Rule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Gao Wei is the one with the greatest destructive power among the Four Gods, then Jiu Yin is the one with the greatest defensive power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiu Yin's purification is not as simple as merely removing negative emotions or even negative status effects; this is merely the manifestation of a portion of Jiu Yin's power shared with the players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At her peak, Jiu Yin under the coverage of purifying power could be considered to be in a state of \"invulnerability to all methods.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this state, Gao Wei's extraction is ineffective, and Yan Ming's spatial banishment is ineffective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the weakness identified through the Guide's analysis and judgment is: None.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Any substance contacting Jiu Yin's body will be purified and rendered ineffective beforehand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiu Yin at her peak can be described as invincible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the ancient times when the Four Gods vied for the position of Di Zhao, Jiu Yin was also the one with the strongest comprehensive power among the Four Gods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, all Four Gods knew their own strength; going all out would only cause immense suffering to the living beings of the Monster World, so the war for the position of Di Zhao was conducted mostly through clashes between their respective subordinate forces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone understood tacitly, competing for the summit in this manner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alas, with the descent of the Black Black Tide, none of the Four Gods successfully inherited the position of Di Zhao, and now they have become the Four Gods under his command.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If one were to ask who possesses the strongest combat power, even the Guide cannot provide a clear answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the Four Gods, the Guide possesses the highest wisdom, Yan Ming has the strongest mobility, Gao Wei has the greatest destructive power, and Jiu Yin has the greatest defensive power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, among the Four Gods, there is no absolute strongest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If one must choose a \"strongest,\" then Jiu Yin's purification authority perhaps comes closest to the concept of invincibility, yet she still cannot truly defeat the Guide, Gao Wei, or Yan Ming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each one of them is a core cornerstone of the Monster World.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After introducing the information about the Four Gods, the Guide finally added a remark, stating that he believes wisdom is the strongest weapon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given enough time, wisdom would be sufficient to make him the strongest among the Four Gods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regarding this, Qi Sheng did not take it seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had seen the Guide's self-praise and boasting before; it was nothing new, and he had long grown accustomed to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, Qi Sheng asked just how strong Di Zhao was at his peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To this, the Guide helplessly stated that he did not know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Di Zhao is the Origin God of the Monster World; the power of the Four Gods was bestowed by Di Zhao, so naturally, he must be stronger than the four of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This also made Qi Sheng realize that:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To know the answer to this question, only when he contains all the Primordial Monsters and wields the full power of Di Zhao at his peak will he find out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what can be confirmed is that the power held by the God of the Black Black Tide also surpasses that of the Four Gods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Demon God level and the Four Gods are roughly on the same combat power tier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From this, it can be inferred that the abilities of the God of the Black Black Tide are very likely on the same tier as Di Zhao, but the specific truth remains unknown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After recording the updated content regarding the player resurrection settings in the Challenger System, Qi Sheng continued to review the latest statistical data.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this period, three more Primordial Monsters had been successfully contained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first was the second-generation Primordial Monster: Blood Wall, contained by the squad led by the player \"Bored Me\" in the Underground Cave World.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its characteristic effect is to release a translucent blood-colored shield, the area of which can expand or contract at will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is a characteristic suited for melee players, somewhat similar to a light shield used by support roles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The difference lies in the fact that one is conjured from qi and blood, while the other is conjured from spiritual energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is even more suited for combat-oriented melee players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because players specializing in the damage-soaking flow already possess formidable physical defense and can directly withstand damage with their bodies, the defensive power provided by the Blood Wall is far inferior to the inherent defense of damage-soaking flow players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After detailed testing in the Testing Tower, the strategy-guide players concluded that the Blood Wall woven from qi and blood can provide a defensive effect equivalent to 1.2 times normal damage soaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking a player with 100 points of health bar value as an example:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Assuming these 100 points of qi and blood value are all used to release the Blood Wall, the amount of damage it can withstand would be 120 points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to the first-generation Primordial characteristic \"Rock Shield,\" the Blood Wall has both advantages and shortcomings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Rock Shield characteristic can be directly applied to the player themselves; even without holding a shield, it can apply 1.2 times defensive power to oneself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whereas the Blood Wall must weave a translucent blood-colored light screen structure using qi and blood to produce an effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Blood Wall also has advantages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Firstly, the Blood Wall has very high plasticity; in test videos, strategy-guide players even relied on attributes brought by simulated amplification to pull up a Blood Wall city wall that covered the entire battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Secondly, the Blood Wall can also withstand impact damage on the mental level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its functionality is stronger compared to the Rock Shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The emergence of the Blood Wall also gave melee-flow players a path choice for a gameplay style that balances offense and defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second was the fifth-generation Primordial: Fighting Spirit, contained by the player \"Sleep Early Tonight\" in the Cang Star Sea Area north of the Colorful Mist Coast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its characteristic effect is to increase the player's qi and blood intensity and spiritual energy intensity; the specific effect is influenced by the Ming Hun level and the player's fighting will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is the only Ming Hun in the existing Ming Hun library that is influenced by the strength of the player's will, and it is also a passive-type characteristic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It only needs to be inlaid to produce an effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its performance in the Testing Tower can be described as exceeding the model.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The strongest effect of a level 1 Ming Hun can increase the player's attribute values by four times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is like the protagonist in a hot-blooded anime who, facing a desperate situation, relies on the fiercely burning fighting will within their heart to undergo a transformation, gaining a power boost beyond imagination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If a player possesses firm belief and a strong will to win during combat, they can maximize the amplification brought by Fighting Spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the shortcomings are also obvious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Willpower is not an intuitive attribute; it belongs to hidden values, making it difficult for ordinary players to control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Guide's explanation is that the essence of Fighting Spirit is an equivalent exchange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How much will you are willing to pay for victory is how much power it will feed back based on the player's own attributes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the player factions, those more compatible with the Fighting Spirit Ming Hun include the damage-soaking flow players who are always charging forward hot-bloodedly, and the competitive-party players who specialize in the Ancient God Arena and enjoy challenging growth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both of these groups possess the perseverance to endure pain and never retreat, as well as the determination to climb to the peak and challenge the strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They are all suitable candidates for the Fighting Spirit Ming Hun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forum players rate the Fighting Spirit Ming Hun highly, but extremely few players are willing to inlay it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because there are too many restrictions, the uncertain amplification of Fighting Spirit is seen by ordinary players as inferior to inlaying a first-generation combat-type Ming Hun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strategy-guide players who posted reviews believe that unless a Ming Hun that directly increases willpower values appears in the future, it will be difficult for the popularity of the Fighting Spirit Ming Hun to grow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there are exceptions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the Fighting Spirit Ming Hun went online, the Damage-Soaking Team of the Shentanggong Society chose to equip it on all members.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Statistical data from the Testing Tower shows that the average amplification effect brought by the Shentanggong Society's Damage-Soaking Team inlaying the Fighting Spirit Ming Hun reached over 30%, and if they truly entered the battlefield, there is still room for improvement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Fighting Spirit Ming Hun allowed the Shentanggong Society to achieve a significant boost in overall combat power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is the most charming aspect of Ming Hun combination gameplay in the eyes of players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time a new Ming Hun goes online, it allows the combat power of certain groups to achieve a qualitative leap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third was the fourth-generation Primordial: Misfortune, contained by the squad led by the player \"Seeking You in the Dreaming Mountains\" in the Sen Luo Lin Jing region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its characteristic effect is to apply a Misfortune effect to the target, reducing the opponent's luck value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The duration and effect intensity are influenced by the Ming Hun's strength and the user's own spiritual energy intensity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is a Ming Hun that was relegated to the sewers the moment it debuted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it possesses the strength of a fourth-generation Ming Hun, the amplification it can provide in actual combat is not obvious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its effect is similar to the Good Fortune and Auspicious Luck Ming Huns, capable of directly influencing luck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, changes in luck do not directly manifest during combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, after an opponent is affected by luck alteration, normal attack methods striking them will not show any change in numerical values.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nor does there exist a situation in combat where the opponent suddenly falls for no reason, or is suddenly interfered with by some external force, causing their own strength to be affected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the emergence of the Misfortune Ming Hun, discussions regarding luck-type Ming Huns sparked heated debate once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regarding this issue, a large number of players expressed their own views.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this period, a post published by a research-oriented player rapidly surged in popularity on the forum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[A detailed explanation of luck-type Ming Huns, well-reasoned, evidence-based, and substantial, allowing you to quickly understand what the characteristic effects of this type of Ming Hun specifically are.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Player \"Sacrifice You Too Beautiful\" posted:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Content:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To ensure accuracy, I consulted the Guide and cross-referenced extensive library materials for any unclear points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next, I will provide a detailed interpretation of exactly where this type of Fate Soul derives its strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, what exactly do Fortune-type Fate Souls influence?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Guide's answer to me was that fortune brings a weighting tendency within the operational laws of the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, regarding the Kindergarten Group possessing the Generation Six Primordial Fate Soul \"Infinite,\" the Fate Souls \"Great Fortune\" and \"Auspicious Luck\" can influence the probability of rolling high-magnitude enhancements after they release their Infinite Fate Soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for ordinary players, this influence is extremely weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Take combat as an example.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If a player casts \"Misfortune\" on a target, disregarding skills and other factors, victory still goes to the side with higher combat power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if the opponent's combat power is only 1 point higher than yours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Viewed this way, the influence of Fortune-type Fate Souls is negligible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seems more like a decoration, unworthy of the prestige a Generation Four Fate Soul should command.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the reality is not so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortune-type Fate Souls manifest in two forms of effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One form, applicable to players like the Kindergarten Group, directly influences roll determinations immediately after the trait is released.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other form is a weighting tendency within the operational laws of the world; this is a slow and continuous effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as in the real world, seemingly minor factors can gradually alter the trajectory of events over time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is the Butterfly Effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simply put, under normal circumstances, observing the effects of Fortune-type traits requires waiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They possess a long latency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is clearly a trait logic designed by the game for the sake of realism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone can view the Monster World as a highly complex system where any change requires time to propagate through various parts; changes in fortune must pass through countless intermediate links before manifesting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Again taking combat as an example, imagine two players with identical combat power standing still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The warrior afflicted with \"Misfortune,\" given enough time, could potentially be killed in a single strike by an expert flying in from across space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet that strike would merely be a killing move unintentionally released by an expert fighting on the other side of space, not targeted at this specific warrior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My example might be slightly inappropriate, as the propagation influence of fortune is not that fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What I mean to express is that small changes must accumulate to a certain degree before triggering a qualitative transformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The effect of applying Misfortune is like leaving a small pit on the fate line of the affected warrior, slowly attracting unfavorable situations toward themselves like a magnet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Great Fortune and Auspicious Luck are the opposite; similarly a small pit, but one that attracts favorable things to converge upon oneself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a stone thrown into a Firefly Lake creating ripples, the effect spreads, gradually expanding its scope of influence through the world's operations, and after layer-upon-layer propagation, amplifies this influence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortune-type Fate Souls are all metaphysical; they cannot directly affect combat outcomes, only influence the weighting bias toward good or bad events occurring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Theoretically, if a player constantly applies Great Fortune and Auspicious Luck traits to themselves, their probability of encountering opportunities during long explorations will be higher than that of other players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this variation is also influenced by the environment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In scenarios where there are no opportunities to begin with, even the highest fortune value is useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Players whose core focus is combat have absolutely no need to embed Fortune-type Fate Souls; doing so is meaningless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I highly recommend that Fishing Faction and Exploration Faction players embed these fortune-influencing Fate Souls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This can ensure that surprises accompany you throughout your future gaming career, fostering greater expectations for the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This interpretation ends here; welcome to follow me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I will share interesting strategy content irregularly, and my livestream room features fresh knowledge from the library every day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The post published by the player \"Sacrifice You Too Beautiful\" explained the function of fortune very straightforwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While reviewing player information, Qi Sheng discovered that as the player ecosystem gradually enriched, even the forum had developed different faction playstyles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The largest faction consists of Strategy Faction players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These players have clear goals; their focused domain is the maximization of resource utilization, pursuing the shortest time or lowest cost to complete objectives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The greatest characteristic of Strategy Faction players is their love for publishing review content on the forum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Star Vein combination guides, Fate Soul trait interpretations, reviews of the latest features... these are all areas where Strategy Faction players excel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other branch domains include speedrun guides for Death Space, combat skill tutorials, and so on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strategy Faction players are also the most capable group on the forum; all their actions are goal-oriented, striving by every means to achieve the strongest performance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides this, the current player forum has added a new faction: the Research Faction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their characteristic is a passion for digging into the logic of game settings, supplementing worldview lore, exploring deep game content, and so forth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, this faction has existed for a long time, but its popularity on the forum was previously low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, with player development and the growth of territory area, the importance of Research Faction players has gradually become apparent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The forum has a group chat organization of 300 people named \"Learning Has No Limits.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This organization's dedication to supplementing game background materials borders on obsession.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They meticulously organize all faction data encountered by players to date, editing it into posts on the forum to share and discuss with other players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For instance, take Tian Huo Fa Wang, a popular character on the forum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There exists a detailed introduction regarding him authored by Research Faction players, exceeding one hundred thousand words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Research Faction players, by consulting the Guide, provided detailed interpretations ranging from the Tian Huo Clan's development model, to the dilemmas encountered during development, and even the logic behind their choice to venture into the Monster World.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They even analyzed in their posts why Tian Huo Fa Wang did not abandon his clansmen to flee, choosing instead to die in battle alongside them in the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The characteristic of this group is that they view the background materials of the Monster World as a work of art worthy of study.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They do not overlook the possibility of deeply mining any detail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They even cross-reference the behavioral logic of various factions against content from history, literature, religion, and philosophy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What this group enjoys most is the process of perfecting worldview information like assembling a puzzle; they can be called the scholar faction among the player base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the early stages of the player forum, posts published by such players had no market whatsoever, and many players viewed them as simply having too much free time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as the player population grew, the Research Faction also found their own market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was especially true after the Emperor Tomb Village library function went online.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The endless knowledge that could never be fully read in a lifetime intoxicated them, and they also found business opportunities within it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides forum tips and livestreaming, Research Faction players also accept help requests from other players, assisting those unwilling to consult detailed materials in finding effective solutions to their problems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, this fortune interpretation that rose to the popularity rankings was posted by a Research Faction player.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the most classic case must be a popular forum post from a month ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The leader of a Warband Guild posted on the forum seeking assistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cause was that while exploring the Colorful Mist Coast, the warband accidentally discovered a ruin beneath a Firefly Lake, but the ruin was protected by a complex, specially crafted lock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lock was a semi-energy, semi-metal structure with extremely high strength; normal methods could not break it at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All warband members believed there must be opportunities behind the ruin, but the question was how to open this shackle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The analysis information indicated the ruin was constructed by the Monster World's native faction, the \"Iron Gloom Sect.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the analysis information did not contain the method to open the ruin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When consulting the Guide, the Guide provided a relatively detailed solution, but the problem was that the items mentioned in the solution were available in neither the Mall nor the Exchange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The warband leader offered twenty thousand points of Sacrificial Power, seeking a method to crack it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ultimately, this problem was solved by the \"Learning Has No Limits\" chat group formed by forum Research Faction players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After accepting the task, they went to the Emperor Tomb Village library and consulted relevant materials regarding the Iron Gloom Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They found three items within the Iron Gloom Sect's totems, along with their production methods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These three items were Gloom Iron, Rust Wheel, and Triangle Plant Essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They recorded the production methods for these three items in detail from the library, then separately approached the Arms Merchant Guild, the Alchemist Guild, and a player skilled in crafting various props within the player community to commission their creation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They cooperated throughout the entire process, providing various materials and monitoring the production workflow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ultimately, they successfully crafted the three items and personally traveled to the ruin's location.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following the data mentioned in the archival documents, even down to the placement order of the Iron Gloom Sect's totems, they successfully opened the ruin without causing damage to any items inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire process took three days and was livestreamed on the forum the whole time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The volume of materials consulted amounted to millions of words; the chat group members divided the labor and worked together to overcome the difficult problem of opening the ruin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without the help of this group of Research Faction players, the warband that discovered the ruin would have found it difficult to open even with the Guide's assistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the solution provided by the Guide is always the plan under ideal conditions, but in actual operation, one still encounters various variables.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is just like A Lan constructing a spatial teleportation array; mastering the knowledge and performing the practical operation are two completely different things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And what Research Faction players are most passionate about is deep learning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before attempting to crack it, they had already simulated attempts multiple times, only making their move personally once they were confident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This success made the \"Learning Has No Limits\" chat group famous on the forum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Subsequently, they accepted multiple help requests provided by warbands, basically completing them all satisfactorily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For this group, while Sacrificial Power rewards are certainly important, the process of solving difficult problems is also part of the enjoyment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The immersive experience of peeling back the layers and advancing step by step fascinates them even more than the moment the ruin is finally opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To quote a Research Faction player who participated in the cracking at the time: \"Actually, the essence of puzzle-solving is not deductive reasoning to solve a case, but an immersive story experience. When we understood the background materials of the Iron Gloom Sect, it was like watching a movie, reading a novel, or witnessing a segment of history; this is also a deep dialogue between us and the world's background.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Qi Sheng's eyes, the emergence of Research Faction players filled in the detailed parts that the Guide did not cover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Guidance provides direct answers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Research Faction, however, renders obscure riddles clear and tangible; they patiently organize clues, repeatedly verify feasibility, and even dismantle complex procedures into step-by-step actionable guides, hand-holding other players through their predicaments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They are akin to the scholars within the player camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is foreseeable that as the number of players grows, the game's ecosystem will inevitably become richer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this is precisely the scene Qi Sheng most eagerly anticipates witnessing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",5721,"2026-06-19T09:20:37.851Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","890432c3b76b29f176abe6031b7024b75630f8243d8898b2f46c46ad96876b4f","monsters-are-coming-chapter-263","monsters-are-coming-chapter-261",393,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmonsters-are-coming-cover.jpg"]