[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-monsters-are-coming":3,"chapter-the-monsters-are-coming-monsters-are-coming-chapter-341":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},2250190,4069,"Chapter 341: Near-Death Illusion, The Lingering Evil Spirit","monsters-are-coming-chapter-341",341,"\u003Cp>The player legions and the insect legions advanced simultaneously from the north and south of the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range toward the central region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like two heavy hammers, they smashed fiercely against the iron wall of the Civilization Legion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky was obscured by a barrage of arrows, magic, and acid rounds, resembling an inverted rainstorm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vehicles and insect legs crushed the ground, sending gravel suspended in the air, only to be shattered by various energies into countless tiny sparks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, the united warband led by the God King was the most fierce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elemental vortex generated by the overlapping Wind-Breaking Auras wrapped the entire warband into a devastating hurricane, launching a fearless charge against the Civilization Legion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before this battle began, the God King already knew something major was happening with the Earth Chant Bully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, within the united warband he had formed, players were arranged to patrol near the High Tower, closely monitoring the Earth Chant Bully's movements at all times, ready to cause trouble at any moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, he had no intention of intervening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was until Tourist Number 1 appeared in the live stream and directly pointed out a problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had spent over two years studying the Earth Chant Evil Spirit, deducing thousands of combat plans, and even formed a dedicated strategy group for this purpose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every post-mortem analysis after a team wipe, every adjustment in Star Vein combinations, every improvement in tactics... all of this was for the day they could rightfully defeat this arch-enemy entrenched in the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Civilization Legion led by the Stele Abyss Clan suddenly intervened, about to break the shackles entrenched in the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This formidable enemy, who had wiped them out countless times, forcing them to grit their teeth yet enjoy the challenge, was now being driven into a desperate situation by a group of outsiders, struggling like a homeless dog on the verge of death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What does this mean?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two years of obsession, two years of sweat, two years of reluctance and expectation—were they to just watch helplessly as it was killed by the Stele Abyss Clan?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The God King suddenly realized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more he thought about these issues, the angrier he became.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It finally crystallized into a clear conclusion: The Earth Chant Bully must not die!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enlightened by Tourist Number 1 and realizing the severity of the situation, the God King decisively launched a remedial action.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately posted an emotional and vivid assembly call on the forum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The Bully is Dying; We May All Graduate Together; A Few Heartfelt Words to My Brothers.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Poster: God King.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brothers, by the time you see this post, the sky above the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range is burning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Stele Abyss Clan's Civilization Legion, like a band of savage robbers, is raising their butcher knives to stab fiercely at the Tianyuan Domain Node.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And there, resides the arch-enemy that makes us curse every time we are wiped out, yet whom we eagerly rush to challenge again the next day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is that Earth Chant Bully, whose drop rates are pitifully low, yet who consistently produces Sacrificial Power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is that Earth Chant Bully, who chases our united warband daily, yet has forged our skills through combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, a bunch of trash from the Stele Abyss Clan wants to smash our rice bowls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps this battle will be the Earth Chant Bully's final stop on its journey through the Monster World.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This fellow, who once forced us to fight tooth and nail and beat us black and blue, is about to exit the stage of history.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am one of the players who knows the Earth Chant Bully best.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among all the bosses I have encountered in the Monster World, the Earth Chant Bully is the most disgusting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is always growing, constantly upgrading its tactics, and always finding ways to counter us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially the Earth Chant Bully's Calamity Backlash Tactic; it is disgustingly heinous, Kancheng  the poorest hunting yield feedback in the Monster World.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But thinking carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is precisely this \"tasteless yet a pity to discard\" evil spirit that has become our most stable ATM over the past two years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We cursed its difficulty, yet time and again we regrouped, struggling between failure and progress, accumulating Sacrificial Power and honing our skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like a whetstone on our path to rise; no matter how sharp or uncomfortable, it allowed us to grow from it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, these outsiders from the Stele Abyss Clan attempt to break the tripartite balance of the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the Earth Chant Bully falls, we will lose this familiar battlefield and our stable source of income.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How much time will we then have to spend exploring new scenes?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How long must we wait before finding a new stable channel for producing Sacrificial Power?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Monster World indeed has countless new scenes to explore and opponents to challenge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no opponent can compare to the Earth Chant Bully, which is always growing and bringing us greater hunting yields.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Bully dies, we will have to live feast-or-famine lives thereafter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, I have decided to launch a recruitment drive on the forum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Earth Chant Bully may die, but it must be defeated and ended by our own hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It absolutely must not fall at the hands of the Stele Abyss Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond interests, this concerns the dignity of us players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We have shed sweat here and swallowed our reluctance; this place holds too many of our memories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps you, reading this post, have never set foot in the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range and have never met the Earth Chant Bully, but this is the Hall of War in the eyes of us players, symbolizing our highest honor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We cannot allow it to be easily trampled by outsiders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hereby, I, the God King, sincerely invite all players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether you are a novice just starting out, an elite veteran of countless battles, or a future comrade aiming for the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please rush to the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range to provide support.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let us form a steel torrent to crush the Stele Abyss Clan's Civilization Legion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guard our \"granary\" and defend the glory belonging to us players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time is urgent and brooks no delay; I await your participation in the battle at the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before we personally end the Bully, it must not die!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This post ignited the forum's popularity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just a few minutes, the view count surged past 50 million (including tourists).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reply section refreshed crazily at a speed of several thousand posts per second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Comments filled with anger, passion, and hot-bloodedness gushed out like magma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the popularity leaderboard, other hot posts were instantly pushed down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The topic tag \"Defend Player Glory\" shot to the top of the trending search list with the force of a spreading wildfire, and the discussion volume for related entries exceeded 100 million within 10 minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the game, player legions originally scattered across different spatial nodes, fighting independently, began to integrate rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The channels of major guilds were filled with shouts of \"Assemble at the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adventurer World.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the third layer of the Blood Abyss Dungeon, the Dawn's Edge Guild was stuck at the final boss stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice of the team leader, \"Night Owl,\" kept ringing in the team chat channel:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tanks, prepare to activate the Unyielding trait to dispel debuffs; Mages, follow the Assassins' positioning with Star Shift, or I'll deduct your DKP upon death...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could finish, a teammate currently on vacation at the Misty Fog Coast suddenly threw a forum link into the guild channel:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boss, look quickly at the God King's post; the Earth Chant Bully might be finished.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Connecting to the output plugin, the warband channel, previously full of output data, instantly fell silent as members, amidst the tense combat, summoned the forum interface to check.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, it was the team leader Night Owl who broke the silence first:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brothers, didn't we spend half a year grinding the Adventurer Dungeon just to accumulate enough Sacrificial Power to go to the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range and challenge the Earth Chant Bully? Can we tolerate this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second, Night Owl roared:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone return to the Novice Village to support; if the Bully gets killed by outsiders, won't all our early efforts be in vain?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a single member of the 487-person dungeon assault team hesitated; they all summoned their function panels and selected \"Self-Release.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emperor Tomb Village, Alchemy Space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The furnace fire reflected red on Old Mo's Iron Face; staring at the top post on the forum's popularity leaderboard, he turned around and retrieved several bottles of potions he had listed on the Trading Hall:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is turning heaven and earth upside down; since when did the Stele Abyss Clan get to have a say in the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he roared in the guild chat channel:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brothers, assemble; take down all the potions listed on the Trading Hall; from now on, drink potions and head to the battlefield.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Misty Fog Coast, Cangxing Sea Region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fleet formed by the Black Flag Guild was conducting its daily guerrilla raids.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fleet commander, \"Pirate King,\" was intercepting a lone squad of the Mingwu Clan when he suddenly received a message.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After reading the content, he decisively roared:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cease fire entirely; all brothers transfer to the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range; assemble at coordinates 78, 43!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As his voice fell, over a hundred vehicle warships simultaneously changed direction, their engines spraying blue-purple exhaust flames that tore through the night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving behind only the members of the Mingwu Clan squad nearby, who had thought they were surely doomed to die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Impatient players in the fleet even contacted those already in the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range, using their newly saved Sacrificial Power to buy \"Location Teleportation\" from the Trading Hall, trading it to them to set a coordinate, and then trading it back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through this method, they reached the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range directly, fearing the Earth Chant Bully would not hold out and would meet its end right then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eternal Silence Ice Firefly Lake Region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At a newly opened ice Firefly Lake, the fishing-party player \"Bent Hook Old Man\" was staring blankly at the water surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a \"Follow Push Notification\" popped up in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't follow many players, only three: Night Falls, Super God Little Chick, and the God King.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately summoned the forum to check.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Squinting as he finished reading the post, he abruptly rose; the fishing rod in his hand rapidly twisted and transformed, finally becoming a dark red longsword, after which he chose to return to the village via self-dissolution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fermenting summons from the God King caused countless players to swarm toward the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the players' eyes, the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range was their hall of battlefields.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was also the goal they strove to catch up to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They would not allow the Ground Nether Bully to log off in this manner.\u003C\u002Fp>",1855,"2026-06-19T09:20:37.851Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","6d2248a1d7de641e09853f4595f105a8e57159636957c3c8a49be62374bba2f9","monsters-are-coming-chapter-342","monsters-are-coming-chapter-340",393,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmonsters-are-coming-cover.jpg"]