[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-monsters-are-coming":3,"chapter-the-monsters-are-coming-monsters-are-coming-chapter-282":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},2250131,4069,"Chapter 282: Five Great Demon Gods, Refusal Invalid (Request for Monthly Votes)","monsters-are-coming-chapter-282",282,"\u003Cp>Emperor Tomb Mountain Range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the Node High Tower in the Tianyuan Domain, a pitch-black pillar of light shot forth, connecting with the blood-red waning moon hanging high in the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Di Nian Evil Spirit stood suspended in mid-air with arms crossed, his back connected to the Evil Eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the Node Network achieved deep connection, sharp bone spines resembling horns rose from all sides of the high tower's platform, pointing straight at the sky as the tower entered its peak operational Cultivation Mode.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blink of an eye, permissions were unsealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Blood Pattern Demon God tore through the sky curtain to appear first; the firmament instantly filled with spiderweb-like cracks, and scalding blood plasma cascaded down from the celestial fissures like a waterfall, coalescing on the left side of Di Nian Evil Spirit into a burly figure wearing a crown of thorns, whose dark red eyes slowly opened, causing the air to sizzle as if burned while invisible pressure layered upon itself like a tangible force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boss Di Nian,\" Blood Pattern said in a grave tone, looking at Di Nian Evil Spirit floating before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mm.\" Di Nian Evil Spirit nodded slightly and lifted his gaze to the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky split open again to reveal an ink-black rift, from which gray-black miasma gushed forth madly as if alive, weaving vague images in the air; a pitch-black heart beat with a bizarre rhythm, spewing purple poisonous mist with every pulse, until all the mist gathered toward the high tower like swallows returning to their nests, converging on the right side of Di Nian Evil Spirit to form a projected figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boss Di Nian,\" Rotten Heart grinned savagely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, the sky echoed with the dense sound of countless bats flapping their wings simultaneously; a huge gap tore open in the heavens, and a giant mouth filled with interlocking ivory fangs protruded through the sky curtain, pouring down streams of eerie green venom like a rainstorm that finally condensed into a figure on the high tower platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The arrival was none other than Ghost Fang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the final figure also manifested, a massive black shadow slowly sinking from the clouds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jagged spinal bone spines pierced through the cloud layer, each spine carved with Black Black Tide demonic runes flashing with cold, eerie light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its projection did not descend slowly but plunged straight down from the clouds like a giant sword piercing heaven and earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The body of the projection was cast from countless broken weapons of the defeated, piled into a mountain range where every joint was a rusted, supreme deadly weapon, constantly shrinking as it fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Iron Spine's projection appeared beside them, the four Evil Spirit projections and Di Nian Evil Spirit's true form gathered together atop the high tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An extreme aura of evil spread out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pitch-black light pillars, the blood-red waning moon, rotting poisonous miasma, ivory fangs, rusted deadly weapons, and churning Black Black Tide intertwined, composing a terrifying apocalyptic scroll that made the earth of the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking down upon the land of the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range, the blood-red eyes of the four Evil Spirits reflected a shattered, riddled world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This battlefield, scarred and devastated, was clearly proof of the relentless slaughter between Di Nian Evil Spirit and the Player Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Ghost Fang suddenly stretched his mouth full of fangs into a grin and remarked with feeling:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tell me... how far can we go in the Monster World?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing these words, Blood Pattern Evil Spirit's scarlet robes churned, and within the shadow beneath his crown of thorns, his cold eyes flashed with a glimmer:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My goal is to become a Monarch; I have always believed I can reach that day.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heh, billions upon billions of Evil Spirit warriors desire to become Monarchs, yet how many truly reach such heights? Most turn to withered bones amidst endless wars, merging into nourishment for the Black Black Tide; moreover, becoming a Monarch requires more than just strength—you must prove yourself excellent enough to control the entire situation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can succeed.\" Blood Pattern did not refute but merely affirmed his conviction, then turned to look at Ghost Fang who had asked the question:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What about you? What is your goal?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Actually, my goal is also to become a Monarch; although I know the path ahead is littered with corpses and every step could lead to eternal damnation...\" Speaking thus, Ghost Fang raised his hand to point at the illusory boundary marker behind him:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I come from the Boundary Marker lineage; I have seen the Black Black Tide Boundary Marker inscribed with the names of failures, and precisely because of this, I crave even more to reach the very end.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, Di Nian Evil Spirit's voice rang out:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What about us... the Five Great Demon Gods?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four Evil Spirits turned their heads simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They saw Di Nian Evil Spirit standing proudly atop the high tower, the Evil Eye behind him radiating an eerie glow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His figure appeared exceptionally tall and straight under the reflection of the blood-red waning moon, his black battle robe fluttering loudly amidst the churning Black Black Tide, while his eyes held not a trace of jest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boss Di Nian, your ambition is perhaps too arrogant; hasn't your Evil Eye told you that the Monster World most forbids being too conspicuous?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I believe Di Nian can reach that day.\" Before Di Nian Evil Spirit could respond, the Evil Eye's voice rang out first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, the four Evil Spirits fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Either ascend to the absolute peak or become withered bones; in this land of the Monster World, even Monarchs have moments of powerlessness—only by wielding the authority of a Demon God can one shatter limitations and establish one's own laws!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood Pattern's pupils contracted sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his eyes, the figure of Di Nian Evil Spirit overlapped with that of a Demon God seated high upon a throne, shown in the memories displayed by their mother clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze shifted from surprise to fervor, and a presumptuous smile floated to the corner of his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Iron Spine remained silent as a mountain, yet the myriad deadly weapons on his spine simultaneously emitted a deafening clang, their rusted blades reflecting Di Nian Evil Spirit's domineering figure as if witnessing the declaration of a new era.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the eyes of the four Evil Spirits, Di Nian Evil Spirit's figure was radiating intense light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What he displayed was not merely the posture of a leader, but that of a pioneer showing his followers the ambition to reach the supreme throne.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forget it, no more deliberation; let's start the Black Black Tide.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I've been hungry for so long; it's time for a hearty meal; let the feast begin.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Di Nian Evil Spirit spoke not a word, slowly raising his right hand to trace five dim trajectories beneath the blood-red waning moon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, the high tower roared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black mist surrounding the tower churned violently, like tens of millions of awakened black giant pythons entangling one another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dark Black Tide, thick to the extreme, began advancing eastward, emitting sizzling sounds from the earth wherever it passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surface vegetation that had regrown suffered first; upon contact with the black mist, the green plants instantly turned into rotting gray-green, their trunks shrinking and withering at a visible speed before finally dissolving into the black mist and merging into the Black Black Tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A mountain range stretching across the east stood like a fragile cookie before the Black Black Tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the surface of the thousand-meter-high rock walls; countless fragments of rock peeled off the mountain body, corroded into fine sand by the black mist before even hitting the ground, and finally merged into the Black Black Tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the combined control of the five Evil Spirits, the devouring capability of the Black Black Tide increased significantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Black Black Tide continued to surge, a thunderous boom echoed from deep within the mountain range; the entire mountain split in half from the middle, revealing a massive cavity eroded by the Black Black Tide, as if bitten by a giant beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the distance, a rushing river instantly boiled under the shroud of black mist, its emerald waters churning until they turned into turbid ink-black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swollen fish corpses floated on the river surface; their scales fell off rapidly, exposing rotting muscle tissue before finally merging into the Black Black Tide and vanishing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The riverbed cracked under the devouring of the Black Black Tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Black Black Tide advanced, distorted faces of evil spirits appeared faintly upon it, resembling screaming human figures in agony or snarling beast heads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whenever the Black Black Tide devoured an area, it let out a sharp whistle, as if enjoying this feast of destruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing atop the high tower, Di Nian Evil Spirit had his Evil Eye fully opened behind him, its purple-black pupils reflecting the heaven, earth, mountains, and rivers being devoured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tilted his head slightly, his robes fluttering loudly in the violent airflow, while his pale jawline appeared exceptionally sharp under the moonlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire world seemed to tremble and submit under this extreme pressure of evil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guided by Di Nian Evil Spirit's will, the Black Black Tide crushed over continuous mountain ranges, surging like an angry sea and wild waves, until it halted its devouring steps before a golden domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black mist churned violently, and like a mother giving birth, countless evil spirits generated from the thick fog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless pale skeletons rose from the black mist, the clashing sound of their doomsday-type bones striking like rain hitting iron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment their empty eye sockets formed, black flames ignited within them as they held spears and great shields condensed from black mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they formed ranks, waves of ivory-white bones covered the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Subsequently, translucent resentful spirits of the Disaster type condensed within the Black Black Tide; their faces were blurred, with only their eyes burning with the desire for slaughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When moving, they flickered like ghosts, causing the temperature to plummet and black shadows to spread wherever they passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Catastrophe-type troops, which Di Nian Evil Spirit was best at creating, also generated immediately after, with giants rising from the ground one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their bodies were composed of Black Black Tide energy, with chain-like shadows wrapped around their joints; each stood as tall as a small mountain, and with every step, the earth trembled as if ancient Titans were awakening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the neighing of warhorses came from the black mist, and skeletal war riders broke through the fog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their skeletons gleamed with a dark blue luster, clad in heavy Black Black Tide armor from which black smoke seeped through the gaps, while the long spears in their hands were composed of pure energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On both wings of the formation, ground shadows twisted as countless figures rose upright from within them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if switching from a two-dimensional to a three-dimensional form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Torrent-type assassin troops were covered entirely in shadow armor, their faces bearing only two red cracks, wielding dual blades and dragging afterimages behind them when moving at high speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides the ground troops, the cloud layer above was shattered by the black mist, revealing the massive Plague-type troop known as the \"Abyss Bat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their appearance was ferocious, with wing membranes made of solidified dark energy that scattered corrosive light spots with every flap; eight rotating Black Black Tide cores hovered above their heads, constantly bursting forth with purple lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More and more evil spirit troops were born within the Black Black Tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Black Black Tide immediately raised giant waves and surged forward, slamming heavily against the barrier of the golden domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two completely opposite energies collided fiercely at the boundary, where the higher-quality Black Black Tide energy began to greedily devour the golden energy, converting it into nourishment for the Black Black Tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The impacted golden domain instantly became as brilliant as the sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wave after wave of golden energy ripples surged from within, forming a translucent barrier at the point of collision, where countless complex runes flowed across the light curtain, each character containing terrifying power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the Giant Domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The originally vast golden ocean instantly collapsed inward, transforming into an endless world of golden sand and gravel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twelve light pillars reaching the sky formed in the center of the golden world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The energy beams released from their tops converged, condensing a brilliant \"Rule Imprint\" at the central point, resembling three overlapping sun wheels, with a prismatic crystal hovering at the core, its surface carved with rule inscriptions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the imprint operated, mighty power of laws poured down, causing the energy within the entire golden domain to boil!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roar!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roars of beasts rose one after another, sweeping across the entire golden world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Golden sand and gravel flew everywhere as countless giant beasts were summoned by the domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deep within the domain, a gilded giant whale over a thousand meters long leaped out of the sand sea, each scale reflecting blinding golden light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately after, the \"Trident,\" half-beast and half-fish, leaped from the sand sea, its body wrapped in violent electric arcs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the sand and gravel continued to churn, a transparent crystal mother nest slowly rose, spewing out tens of thousands of companion jellyfish from beneath its umbrella-like cap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deeper still, a giant turtle carrying molten-gold chimneys on its back crushed through the sand waves, each step making the domain tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last to appear was a monster resembling a mosasaurus, its spine embedded with Rule Derivative Imprints; its slender body swam through the sand sea like a bolt of golden lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ocean Behemoths, Six-Winged Giant Fish, Crystal Kun... The behemoths in the golden ocean roared skyward, their sound waves sending golden gravel flying like a rainstorm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cold gazes pierced through the domain barrier, locking tightly onto the advancing army of evil influences.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Gilded Giant Whale acted first; the star river flowing within it suddenly brightened, and its massive body crashed straight into the constantly advancing Black Black Tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Golden Rule Mark rotated slowly, scattering light that plated every behemoth with an even more dazzling radiance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>War was about to break out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Endless evil influences and behemoths collided at the boundary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battlefield instantly turned into a flesh-and-blood millstone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Gilded Giant Whale at the very front flicked its tail fin, smashing three formations of Doomsday-type units.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet black erosion patterns instantly crawled all over its scales and armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every Doomsday-type evil influence that died was not consumed by the Black Black Tide's backlash; instead, they transformed into curse marks that continued to corrode the Gilded Giant Whale's body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It let out a painful screech, the star river within its body vibrating violently, constantly shaking the curse marks forming on its surface into black smoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the curse marks kept generating during the fight, leaving no time to disperse them; pitch-black runes seeped through the gilded whale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the High Tower platform, the Di Nian Evil Spirit's five fingers suddenly clenched; the curse marks instantly turned into shadow spikes, stabbing into the Gilded Behemoth's body, where they redraw and regenerated a Doomsday-type unit, the \"Arm Demon,\" inside the behemoth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click! Click! Click!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Arm Demon generated inside the Gilded Behemoth forcibly tore out half of its golden spine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boss Di Nian, I want to learn this move.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Di Nian Evil Spirit ignored Gui Ya's shout, focusing its perception view on the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the turn of a thought, the collapsed Black Black Tide in one corner of the battlefield recondensed into Surge-type units; sharp scythe-arms pierced through groups of Six-Winged Giant Fish, and before the golden blood could drip, it was vaporized and absorbed as nutrients.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Evil Eye behind the Di Nian Evil Spirit erupted with surging black light; the mental shockwaves of the Disaster-type units were manipulated as deftly as one's own arms and fingers; the pierced fish corpses instantly exploded, and the splashing minced meat was absorbed by the Black Black Tide mid-air, rapidly transforming into a new swarm of Abyss Bats that launched a fearless assault against the ferociously approaching golden behemoths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The consciousnesses of the other four evil spirits joined the battlefield at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the million jellyfish spewed from the Crystal Mother Nest touched the black mist, the entire battlefield lit up with blinding blue-white spots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every exploding jellyfish attempted to purify the Black Black Tide's energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the empty ground cleared by the explosions was instantly filled again by evil influences controlled by Blood Pattern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the turn of a thought, Blood Pattern generated a Disaster-type unit as huge as a mountain on this self-destructing battlefield, using its tough flesh to block the jellyfish's suicide attack routes; Plague-type units followed, releasing spreading poison mist that stunned entire groups of small jellyfish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This served to reduce the pressure on the main battlefield direction where the Di Nian Evil Spirit was fighting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, Fu Xin's gaze focused on the lurking Crystal Kun swarm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The generated Surge-type units transformed into hundreds of millions of shadowy tentacles barbed with thorns, drilling deep into the sand sea to wrap the Crystal Kuns' tail fins in black cocoons; just as the Kuns struggled and stirred up sand waves, Fu Xin raised a hand and made a gripping motion, causing the tentacle cocoons to contract violently, exploding the sky-full of golden scales mixed with flesh-and-blood energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What rank are you, daring to play sneak-attack tactics with me? If you're weak, just train more.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having precisely blocked the Crystal Kun's sneak attack, Fu Xin naturally cursed a sentence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mark on the back of the Mosasaur Monster detached, unfolding into a formation diagram ten kilometers in diameter in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wherever the formation diagram swept, Black Black Tide units were vaporized in large groups.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But black blood vessels suddenly crawled all over the edges of the formation diagram; Iron Spine's power had already entangled the formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he was about to speak and demand computing power, the Evil Eye behind the Di Nian Evil Spirit suddenly contracted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A data torrent directly pierced into Iron Spine's brain, and countless runes exploded within his nerves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The violent information torrent instantly expanded his perception to the limit; streams of information flashed rapidly across Iron Spine's pupils.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Veins bulged on its neck, and energy injected by the five great Evil Eyes flowed visibly beneath its skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, every line of the golden formation diagram was clearly visible under its gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Iron Spine did not hesitate; he decisively manipulated the churning Black Black Tide to generate Level 1 Etching Worms, which gnawed along the energy meridians of the formation diagram.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seemingly integral inscriptions of the formation diagram were dismantled frame-by-frame into basic energy particles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rhombic crystal at the core of the formation diagram vibrated violently during the gnawing process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Overwhelmed, the golden formation diagram twisted and distorted, causing all runes to flow backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The circuit originally releasing destructive energy was reversely modified into a Plague-type corruption formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black lightning cracked from the edges of the formation diagram; like an electronic screen infected by a virus, large patches extinguished, scattered, and reconstructed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the formation diagram was violently dismantled and reversed, the Plague Formation activated at this moment, spewing plague poison mist that spread through the golden ocean like thousands of wriggling worms, corroding honeycomb-like holes into the surfaces of any behemoth they touched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first to suffer calamity were the companion jellyfish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Already weak in defense, the moment their crystalline bells touched the poison mist, they convulsed violently as if splashed with strong acid, their bodies curling up and losing combat capability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roar~!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Azure Dragon Monster leaped up at this moment, biting down on the Plague Formation Diagram.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the formation diagram shattered, countless Etching Worms covered the Azure Dragon's massive body like raindrops, gnawing its flesh like ants devouring an elephant; in the blink of an eye, the massive body was riddled with a thousand holes and a hundred sores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the direction of the main battlefield, facing the Black Black Tide's invasion, the golden domain continued to collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lava chimneys on the back of the Molten Gold Giant Turtle exploded one after another; it charged madly into the endless evil influences, its terrifying shockwaves shredding entire groups of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In terms of combat power comparison, even with the five great evil spirits joining forces, there was still a significant gap compared to the behemoth legion within the Giant Domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But whether for the Di Nian Evil Spirit or the other evil spirit warriors, there was only one key factor determining whether the Black Black Tide held the advantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as it wasn't a war of absolute crushing, it was an advantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the enhancement of the Black Black Tide's devouring and backlash rules, victory was inevitable for the Black Black Tide as long as it wasn't easily swept away; there were no exceptions... except for the Player Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tearing between the golden sand sea and the ultimate darkness continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along the charge trajectory of the Molten Gold Giant Turtle, tens of thousands of Abyss Bats collectively self-destructed, corrosive purple lightning etching spiderweb-like cracks onto the turtle shell's surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Evil Eye behind the Di Nian Evil Spirit suddenly opened wide; the black mist shrouding the battlefield sky poured down a Black Black Tide rainstorm, where every raindrop transformed upon landing into a shadowy executioner holding a scythe, their targets being the groups of Gilded Giant Whales attacking from deep within the golden domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roar!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, a mournful cry from the Crystal Kun came from deep within the golden sand sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shadowy tentacles controlled by Fu Xin had evolved suction cup structures; each tentacle pierced into the Kun swarm like a blood transfusion tube.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The devoured behemoths visibly withered, while three hundred flesh-and-blood towers rose behind the Black Black Tide legion; the blood mist sprayed from the tower tops condensed in mid-air into new Plague-type units, \"Blood Plague Crows,\" which spread their wings and flew toward the front lines of the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The five great evil spirits each performed their own duties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Di Nian Evil Spirit was the team's core, commanding the whole situation; every thought was a battlefield order, constructing the chessboard of war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Xin was responsible for corroding defense lines and dismantling the behemoth legion's offensive order; wherever the plague it released spread, defense lines collapsed, lives scattered, and solid behemoth bastions crumbled in silent rot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gui Ya was responsible for furious offense, tearing apart everything; its Surge Assassins followed like shadows, each flicker raising a wave of blood, harvesting behemoth lives in the most savage way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Iron Spine analyzed the battlefield and provided intelligence, dismantling the enemy's power system frame-by-frame, then reconstructing it with the Black Black Tide, turning the enemy's killing moves into their own weapons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood Pattern drew the battle lines and wove death, segmenting the battlefield according to its own will, ensuring the Black Black Tide's devouring never ceased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, they were not five individuals, but a precise machine of destruction combined into one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wherever the Black Black Tide churned, their will was materialized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Devour, corrupt, tear, analyze, weave... Despite the vast disparity in combat power, under the combined effort of the five great evil spirits, they fought it into an advantageous battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Black Black Tide continued to push into the golden domain, a pillar of light piercing heaven and earth shot from the center of the golden ocean, suddenly splitting the Black Black Tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deep within the golden sand sea, a behemoth that had never appeared before broke out of the sand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a golden behemoth shaped like a tiger; six divine rings hovered above its head, and a rule mark was branded on its forehead. When it appeared on the main battle line, the curse marks on the surfaces of the behemoths eroded by the Black Black Tide quickly dissipated; they gradually regained vitality, and their bodies expanded once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Di Nian Evil Spirit raised its eyes, pupils contracting slightly; it sensed the power of rules on this behemoth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a behemoth bearing part of the main body's rule power, different from the other behemoths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It seems we have to reveal our trump cards; things will get a bit difficult next, get ready.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four great evil spirits hovering beside Di Nian laughed softly in unison, infinite fighting spirit burning in their eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the golden waves exploded with a boom, and groups of evil influences were blown back by the golden energy surge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The six divine rings atop the giant tiger's head burst forth with scorching light like the sun, and the behemoth bodies under its coverage healed at a visible speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Black Black Tide's devouring did not end; devouring and repair proceeded simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that the speed of repair was faster than the speed of devouring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One could say that the appearing giant tiger was a living, moving rule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its body was composed entirely of flowing golden energy, and every strand of fur flowed with liquid rule power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whenever the brand between its eyebrows rotated, its body would grow slightly larger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most terrifying were its eyes, like two miniature suns; wherever its gaze fell, Black Black Tide units were directly vaporized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn't even need to attack; its line of sight was an eraser on the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where its gaze reached, darkness receded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roar!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deafening roar erupted within the golden ocean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It raised tangible golden ripples; the frontmost Doomsday-type units of the Black Black Tide instantly crystallized, freezing into amber-like sculptures while maintaining their charging postures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The swarm of Abyss Bats in the sky spontaneously combusted under the golden light, falling as black snow to be reabsorbed into the Black Black Tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant tiger suddenly arched its back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second, the entire sand sea seemed to be kicked apart, revealing spreading cracks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where the golden afterimage swept past, seven Disaster Giants on the main battle line were severed at the waist, and the sturdiest defense line was broken instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The behemoth legion followed the giant tiger to launch a counteroffensive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pressured by the giant tiger's strength, the Black Black Tide found it difficult to organize effective attacks again, but Di Nian and the four great evil spirits remained extremely calm in their hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So what if countless evil influences died? They were located at the distant Abyss Domain node; the giant tiger could not pose any threat to them at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Generate troop types dominated by the Mad Black Tide and Death Calamity lines; they are not players, so with the players absent, prioritize efficiency.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Di Nian's voice echoed in the minds of the four Evil Spirits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A new round of confrontation began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, the Black Black Tide chose to Iron Face the furious assault head-on, intending to counterattack with even greater ferocity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Crush them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as the Evil Spirit Di Nian's voice fell, the entire Black Black Tide suddenly boiled over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was not a tactical adjustment, but a complete shift in warfare Cultivation Mode.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mad Black Tide line troops under Gui Ya's control responded first; they were no longer lurking assassins but mad beasts with their killing instincts completely unleashed, their shadow armor cracking, dual blades igniting with black flames, speed tripling as they launched a reckless, death-defying killing charge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first wave of Mad Black Tide death warriors slammed into the golden barrier and detonated immediately!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shockwaves mixing flesh and blood with shadow blasted out countless cracks; subsequent evil entities stepped over corpses merging into the Black Black Tide to surge forward, their blades chopping deep into the giant beast legion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Curse line troops followed closely behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The translucent resentful spirit legion ceased their flickering maneuvers, instead condensing collectively into a solidified torrent of materialized vengeful souls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They possessed no weapons, their bodies being the most vicious curses; each time they pounced on a giant beast, they would detonate the decay curses within them upon contact, turning the battlefield into a breeding ground for cursed parasites.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Schools of six-winged giant fish that had just been healed by the giant tiger suddenly saw their scales age and peel off at a speed visible to the naked eye, finally turning into withered bones that plummeted into the Sand Sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Continue,\" the Evil Spirit Di Nian ordered indifferently, watching the Black Black Tide troops in its eyes bloom endlessly like fuel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as long as they could advance one inch, any amount of sacrifice was worth it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It knew clearly what was most important at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Based on its understanding of the Player Race and the Combat Insect Race, these two factions always loved to join in on the excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, whenever it launched an expansion campaign, they would follow closely behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time might be an exception, after all, the Player Race had not appeared for a very long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, a sense of urgency still lingered in its heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If these two beastly factions attacked, a portion of the profits from this battle would inevitably be divided away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, efficiency was far more important than the casualty ratio.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Player Race and the Combat Insect Race were absent, it would definitely choose to swallow gradually, maximizing resource absorption to avoid unnecessary waste.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as the Evil Spirit Di Nian had anticipated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, deep within the Phantom Swamp, the viscous mist suddenly churned violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Overmind's screech pierced the sky, causing the entire swamp to boil instantly; hundreds of millions of sporangia floated up from the ground, their surfaces bulging with exposed blood vessels, emitting dense sounds of chitinous friction from within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pop! Pop! Pop!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sporangia burst one after another, with three to five newly formed Combat Insect Race warriors darting out from each ruptured sac.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the blessing of Rule Power, the insects grew with every second they breathed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first batch of born Predator-type Insect Race warriors still had mucus dripping from their body surfaces, yet their jointed limbs were already vibrating at high frequency, a sign of responding to the Overmind and preparing to charge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the distance, the silver Black Tide currently ravaging other regions rapidly advanced toward the Overmind's location.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground continuously sank during their advance, with even the soil becoming nutrients to be gnawed and digested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Overmind's Mother Nest also contracted violently during the assembly process, its reproductive pores opening simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pfft!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spores were spewed out, covering the entire space like willow catkins; before they even hit the ground, they rapidly solidified into cocoons in mid-air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These translucent cocoon membranes withered at a speed visible to the naked eye, then burst simultaneously, pouring down newly born Insect Race warriors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their incompletely formed carapaces hardened the instant they touched the ground; their jointed limbs pierced into the fungal carpet covering the earth to absorb nutrients, causing large-scale collapses in the swamp as more insect races drilled out from deep within the crust, the sound of them gnawing through rock layers resembling a million electric saws starting up at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst the extreme clamor, the sky suddenly darkened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swarms of winged insects that blocked out the sun and moon flew in under the Overmind's summon, each dragging spider-silk-like substances from their abdomens, with self-destruct type insect eggs attached to the ends, ready for precision airdrops at any moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the earth trembled, hundreds of mountain-sized \"Anti-Devouring Rampage Insects\" slowly straightened their bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their carapaces were covered in honeycomb-like holes, each hole curling up hundreds of assault-type larvae.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the Anti-Devouring Rampage Insects began their charge, these larvae would be ejected like cannonballs by muscle compression chambers, hardening their carapaces before landing to constantly replenish the insect army's troop sources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mother Insect's second screech rang out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound was like a pulse wave sweeping across this space; all insect races lifted their heads simultaneously, blood-red light igniting in their compound eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shield-armored insect races in the front row plunged their sickle limbs into the ground, while the piercing-type insect races behind them immediately mounted their tail stingers onto the grooves of the former's dorsal carapaces, forming a living artillery array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The insect Black Tide moved under the will of the Overmind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The earth trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of millions of Insect Race warriors converged into a mad Black Tide, pouring eastward like a breached dam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The friction of carapaces formed a piercing metallic storm, while the roar of jointed limbs crushing rock layers sounded like ten million war drums beating simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fungal carpet spread rapidly beneath their feet, greedily devouring every inch of land, corrupting everything in its path into a writhing swamp of flesh and blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rampage insect groups in the front row advanced like a landslide, their massive sickle-bladed crests splitting the air with whistling shrieks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every heavy step triggered earthquake-like shockwaves, crushing giant trees and rock layers in their path into powder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Acid-tank insects followed closely behind, their bloated abdominal cavities contracting continuously to spit out corrosive spore rainstorms, melting the small forests that had just grown ahead back into powder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the sky, swarms of winged insects that blocked out the sun and moon pressed down like dark clouds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They split, multiplied, and split again during flight, obscuring the entire firmament in the blink of an eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The humming of their beating wings formed a wave of destruction, shattering ordinary living beings with sound waves before they could even approach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above the firmament, the King Insect's tentacles writhed between cloud layers, dropping countless living airdrop pods that exploded upon landing into new insect nests, continuing to hatch more killing machines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scale of the Insect Race army continuously expanded as they advanced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wherever they passed, the earth was gnawed clean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sweeping across like a silver plague, their mouthparts vibrated at high speed, decomposing even the hardest rocks into nutrients in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earth spikes erupted violently from beneath the fungal carpet, automatically piercing any creature ahead that attempted to block them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Groups of Spine Snakes raised their heads and hissed, pouring down bone needles like a rainstorm that pierced a mountain peak ahead into a honeycomb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Overmind's will roared within the nerves of every single insect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their evolution never ceased; they grew with every second of their advance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Newly hatched variant insect races crawled out of flesh-and-blood nests, joining the charging mad Black Tide before even consuming nutrients to grow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a destruction legion capable of easily swallowing minor worlds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only will transmitted by the Overmind was one: East, then further east... until the entire world became fodder for the insect swarm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the problems the Bully Di Nian feared most had appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, in the Player Forum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The popularity of a post was skyrocketing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Something huge is happening; the Bully Di Nian is secretly developing while we are away. The Black Group is attacking the Gigantification Domain. Where is the God King? Hurry and organize an intervention; we cannot let the Gigantification Domain be seized. This is the hope for the rise of our Monster Flow players. Kill!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The appearance of this post sent more players to investigate the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon learning that the Evil Bully Alliance was secretly causing trouble again, players all expressed their desire to intervene and handle the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short, as long as it made the Bully Di Nian uncomfortable, they would be very happy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this battle allowed the Bully Di Nian's strength to grow significantly, it would be them who would suffer discomfort in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon learning this news, the God King did not hesitate for a moment and decisively contacted Tourist Number 1.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This war concerned the ownership of the Gigantification Rules; he felt his own strength was insufficient to challenge the Evil Bully Alliance and required assistance from Tourist Number 1.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What surprised the God King was that Tourist Number 1, who usually was basically unwilling to serve as a commander, agreed to the request in seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made the God King incomparably excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He decisively began contacting the guild masters within the United Warband and posted a \"Player Assembly Thread\" on the forum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Led by the Divine Hall Guild, the combat power of the player legions began to assemble at the entrance of the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range; more and more players emerged, applying to join the warband.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Including many recently risen potential guilds, they also chose to join the warband, wishing to follow the God King and jointly seize the Gigantification Rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While preparing for assembly, the God King was communicating with Tourist Number 1.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How about we attack the Evil Spirit Di Nian's High Tower at this time? I feel the High Tower's defenses are weak; it is precisely a good opportunity to attack.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not feasible; doing so will only result in one outcome: the war within the Gigantification Domain shifts to the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range. The final result will be that we capture neither the High Tower nor the Gigantification Domain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Tourist Number 1's answer, the God King felt somewhat regretful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The High Tower was at its weakest defensive stage; if they could take it down in one go, the Bully Di Nian would become a thing of the past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Tourist Number 1's analysis was indeed reasonable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Bully Di Nian always acted with caution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Any problem he could consider, the Bully Di Nian had definitely considered as well; how could it leave a defensive gap waiting for him to launch an attack?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking carefully, the Bully Di Nian must have already arranged defensive measures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could even use the Evil Moon to set up a transit station, withdrawing Black Black Tide energy at any time to initiate a defensive battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the choice that maximized benefits was to follow the Black Black Tide and the Combat Insect Black Tide, take a share of the resources in the Gigantification Domain, and preferably seize the Gigantification Rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the optimal solution; everyone develops together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No fucking one eats alone!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his idea clarified, the God King glanced at the warband's headcount, which had already surpassed five hundred thousand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Obviously, many players developing at other nodes had joined this round of action; among them were many players just looking to join the fun, and others who wanted to be recorded in the \"Book of Glory.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But most were players who wanted to follow the warband to witness a grand spectacle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The messages in the warband channel had completely exploded; it was impossible to keep up with them just by looking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not rush to mute the chat, continuing to wait for the numbers to grow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the Warband's population surpassed 800,000, he muted global chat and spoke in a grave tone:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All players in the Warband, start your live streams. Every player must stock up on Mall potions to ensure combat sustainability...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the players activated their live streams,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the Star Net also initiated Class-B energy consumption, entering data collection Cultivation Mode.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The core processor array suddenly blazed with a dazzling dark blue light; millions of data fiber-optic cables were injected with liquid energy, entering high-consumption Cultivation Mode.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every frame within the live stream feeds was dismantled and read, while the content of the early-stage recorded player database began to synchronize and update.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Class-B energy consumption reached its peak at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Star Net's central intelligence, processing hundreds of millions of pieces of information from the real-world network required no entry into high-consumption Cultivation Mode whatsoever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But commanding a player legion was different; when one had to observe real-world information before processing it, computational complexity would rise exponentially.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was because network information was already digitized, allowing the processors to parse it directly without extra conversion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the calculation method for the real world differed: the visuals and sounds produced by the Monster World, even the trajectories of players' movements... all required detailed observation through the players' primary live-stream perspectives. Before calculation could begin, information first had to be collected, then these complex inputs digitized for statistical processing and computation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To ensure zero latency in information flow, it had to keep pace with computational efficiency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And increasing computational efficiency demanded higher energy consumption.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One was purely digital processing; the other was physical interactive processing. Their intensities were not even on the same order of magnitude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was precisely why commanding several hundred thousand players had already pushed Class-B energy consumption to its limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the Star Net activated, the God King began regrouping the player legion according to its prompts, restructuring the player forces into the formation the Star Net desired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every player held a clear position within the Star Net's calculations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This included the inherent unpredictability of the players themselves, which was also factored into the calculations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the Warband's numbers broke through the million mark, the God King led the massive player army, advancing in full force toward the Giant Domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The regional voice channel of the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range had never been as lively as it was at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Holy crap, I've never seen this many players on-screen in my entire life. If this were on the old servers, we'd be so lagged we couldn't even cast skills; take one step forward and get pushed back three. This new technology is truly awesome; there's absolutely no lag.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone look at me! Coordinates (774, 229). Isn't this gear set I'm wearing handsome? If you like it, DM me for the template. Follow me on the forum: Gear Master, specializing in custom fashion design.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop arguing! If you keep it up, I'm muting everyone. Can we discuss something related to the war? It's so annoying.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though this was an all-out assault, among the three great calamities, the players were undoubtedly the faction most protective of the environment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from the Cursed Soldiers spawned under the Residual Moon environment, they would not lay a hand on any non-spiritual flora or fauna along their path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, at the node of the Sky Abyss Domain, the Earth-Chanting Evil Spirit and the four great Evil Influences were fully focused, directing the Evil Influences in fierce battle against the Behemoth Legion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, the Evil Eye's voice rang out within the mental communication network.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Breaking news flash: our old friends, the Player Clan and the Combat Insect Clan, are advancing toward the Golden Domain and have applied to join the battlefield.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Denied!\" The Earth-Chanting Bully immediately lost his composure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how high the war's intensity climbed, he wasn't afraid, but if these two beastly factions joined in, things would go terribly wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The plan to monopolize the spoils was bound to fail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Denial invalid. Forcing entry. Prepare yourselves.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earth-Chanting: ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",7174,"2026-06-19T09:20:37.851Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","2d5fad660f228e2f996ef2755f24778e4b045f013dddf6ba69eeda5483737528","monsters-are-coming-chapter-283","monsters-are-coming-chapter-281",393,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmonsters-are-coming-cover.jpg"]