[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-monsters-are-coming":3,"chapter-the-monsters-are-coming-monsters-are-coming-chapter-343":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},2250192,4069,"Chapter 343: Value of Existence, The Return of the Evil Eye","monsters-are-coming-chapter-343",343,"\u003Cp>The Primordial Sacrifice Altar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Sheng's consciousness swept across the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had monitored Di Nian Evil Spirit's encounter from start to finish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A clone of the Guidance had also been monitoring it ceaselessly for twenty-four hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Di Nian Evil Spirit's current predicament was not caused by recklessness, but rather by the inherent limitations of the Black Black Tide system itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This war logic, with devouring as its creed, has always taught evil spirits to measure strength solely through force, never paying heed to unknown factors beyond the immediate situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Evil Eye's perception can precisely scan an enemy's current dissipated energy levels, war modes, system architectures, and so on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It can even assist evil spirit warriors in accurately deducing their opponent's tactical logic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But these things are ultimately calculations based on current information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If current information indicates that victory is impossible, Di Nian Evil Spirit will retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For instance, when the newly emerged Di Nian Evil Spirit first encountered the Giant Domain years ago, facing a vast number of giant beasts within a golden ocean, it decisively chose to avoid their sharp edges after a preliminary investigation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the situation this time was different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Temple Guards hidden behind the Stele Abyss Clan were \"unknown factors\" completely beyond the Evil Eye's perception limits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how powerful the Evil Eye's computational ability, it could not detect any unknown factors that provided no connection whatsoever to the information available in the current scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless the Guidance's analytical capabilities provided a more detailed investigation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Di Nian Evil Spirit clearly did not have that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant that Di Nian Evil Spirit's war Cultivation Mode would always carry a layer of unknown risk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This problem was not unique to the Black Black Tide system; apart from players and a few factions possessing precognition-level abilities, the vast majority of factions in the Monster World would encounter such risks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Black Black Tide Legion faced particularly severe risks in this regard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a calamity that devours all things, they were always the side initiating the attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the Black Black Tide system, evil spirit warriors were merely a force within the devouring torrent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Expansion, devouring, growth—this was a cycle of the Black Black Tide system, making it impossible to avoid war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the factions players had encountered, the only one that managed to avoid such risks was the Bliss Clan ruled by the Lord of Bliss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Experience accumulated over long years made the Lord of Bliss acutely aware of one issue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every seemingly weak opponent might hide immeasurable war power behind them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rather than risking confrontation, it was better to decisively give up and flee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This survival experience allowed the Lord of Bliss to perfectly avoid all risks, even though doing so impacted the Bliss Clan's development and even caused tangible resource losses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the core reason why the Lord of Bliss could still thrive in the Monster World after spanning countless years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Black Black Tide system destined Di Nian Evil Spirit to be unable to follow the Lord of Bliss's path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The core logic of this survival method was: regardless of whether you can defeat an opponent upon encountering them, run first to avoid potential risks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Applying this problem to Di Nian Evil Spirit, or indeed any other evil spirit warrior, it became: if we fight neither here nor there, then what is the meaning of our existence?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Retreating due to an inability to judge whether unknown risks exist, even when holding an advantage, completely negated the meaning of an evil spirit warrior's existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Conduct like the \"absolute caution\" of the Lord of Bliss was entirely incompatible with their philosophy and system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, confronting the unknown was a potential risk that evil spirit warriors under the Black Black Tide system had to bear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without bearing it, development would be impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the death risk Di Nian Evil Spirit encountered was essentially an environmental risk, an inevitability resulting from the collision between the Black Black Tide system and various factions in the Monster World.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The core logic could be summarized in one sentence: either evolve through devouring wars that bear risks, or stagnate through retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this war, the risk Di Nian Evil Spirit encountered was an unknown one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Judging that the current situation allowed for battle was already an executable answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The result, however, was the appearance of an enemy beyond the Evil Eye's computational limits, crushing the Black Black Tide controlled by Di Nian Evil Spirit with overwhelming force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the players' intervention, Qi Sheng had fully anticipated it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the information provided by the Guidance proved that the Star Net was about to intervene in this matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Switching perspective to the Star Net, it was not difficult to understand why it would intervene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Guidance analyzed the Star Net's way of thinking and the logic by which it deduced its answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its decision to intervene in this matter was related to two questions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first question was: why was Di Nian Evil Spirit still alive?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to past wars observed by the Star Net, whenever there was a severe threat or a war from which players could directly extract benefits, a global player mission would always appear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, when the Heavenly Fire Dharma King descended with the Heavenly Fire Clan, it triggered a global mission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two years ago, when evil spirit warriors descended on the islands north of the Colorful Mist Coast, it also triggered a global mission, causing all players to set out to sea together to suppress and strangle them in the cradle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were many other similar global missions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Di Nian Evil Spirit was an exception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even while being crushed overwhelmingly by the Civilization Legion, and even though players could completely go there to get a share of the spoils, no global mission had appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This proved that perhaps, in the eyes of the high-dimensional gods controlling the players, Di Nian Evil Spirit had its own value of existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second question was: what was Di Nian Evil Spirit's value?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A superficial analysis of this question could understand it as: the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range under Di Nian Evil Spirit's control was a special scene capable of continuously generating profits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had cultivated the Divine Hall, as well as numerous top-tier guilds and top-tier players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could be viewed as an advanced version of the A Le Training Camp: a pool for incubating the strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>War comprehension, command ability, war coordination... most abilities of the United Warband were basically trained personally by Di Nian Evil Spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Secondly, Di Nian Evil Spirit was constantly growing and would not be eliminated by players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In normal games, monsters in the novice village provide growth assistance to players in the early stages but are quickly eliminated due to low intensity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Di Nian Evil Spirit was always growing rapidly, and each growth was accompanied by an upgrade in Black Black Tide intensity, bringing players more war profits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The convenience of having a battlefield right outside the door, combined with war profits that were forever increasing—these two points alone provided huge assistance to the development of the player faction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, Di Nian Evil Spirit's existence had practical value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was perhaps the reason why the high-dimensional gods had not chosen to act against Di Nian Evil Spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before this, the high-dimensional gods had actually intervened multiple times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, during the early Youlu Protocol incident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, players who participated and failed in the game did not trigger a clan-extermination pursuit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, subsequently, competitive faction players encountered members of the Youlu Association in the Ancient God Arena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps this was just a coincidence, but the more likely possibility was that the pursuit was interfered with by some means of the high-dimensional gods, causing them to descend into the Ancient God Arena instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For factors completely beyond the players' ability to handle, the high-dimensional gods would intervene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gamble between Chi Tu and the Fate Clan was also a good reference case.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, the fact that the high-dimensional gods did not intervene, and even tacitly allowed a warrior of the Black Black Tide system like Di Nian Evil Spirit to grow right under their noses, proved that in their eyes, Di Nian Evil Spirit was a controllable factor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the superficial level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The deeper reason might be related to Di Nian Evil Spirit's abnormal behavior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As an evil spirit warrior, its behavioral patterns had long deviated from the conventional logic of the Black Black Tide system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would harm other evil spirit warriors for resources, turning its own comrades into nutrients for its own growth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, it went even further, establishing teleportation arrays in the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range, thereby creating what players called the \"Bully Alliance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These behaviors were simply not decisions a pure evil spirit warrior would make.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Secondly, the Evil Eye had clearly undergone some unknown change just like Di Nian Evil Spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, the moment Di Nian Evil Spirit made a mistake, it would have intervened to stop it, or if unable to stop it, would have quickly reported the situation to its superiors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, both Di Nian Evil Spirit and the Evil Eye, these two beings of the Black Black Tide system, had developed problems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cognitive pollution, godly gambles, unknown transformations... the specific answer to the changes occurring in Di Nian Evil Spirit could not be deduced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was even very likely an experimental subject manipulated by the high-dimensional gods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The logic provided by all information ultimately pointed to one conclusion: Di Nian Evil Spirit staying alive brought more benefits than harms, and it was an existence tacitly approved by the high-dimensional gods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the answer deduced by the Star Net.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After obtaining a clear answer, it quickly contacted the God King.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Subsequently, the God King issued a summons on the forum, calling for players from other regions to jointly participate in the Bully Defense War.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, the Star Net concealed the potential thoughts of the \"high-dimensional gods,\" amplified the aspect of player benefits, and enhanced the players' sense of immersion and faction honor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, from the players' perspective, this problem was not nearly as complex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was only one core logic: if the Bully dies, the rice bowl is smashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Players of the United Guild would Iron Face the same predicament as when the A Le Training Camp closed down, becoming a war legion roaming and hunting in the Monster World.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This did not necessarily mean that long-term profits would definitely suffer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roaming and hunting carried potential opportunities for windfalls, perhaps even yielding greater profits than Di Nian the Bully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in terms of profit stability, it was clearly inferior to Di Nian the Bully, and furthermore, traveling everywhere would waste a lot of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before mastering space-jump level abilities, Di Nian the Bully, entrenched in the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range region, held an irreplaceable position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Sheng was very satisfied with the Star Net's analysis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, even if the Star Net had not acted, he would have acted himself to ensure Di Nian Evil Spirit continued to live.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His way of looking at problems was from a more macroscopic perspective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Di Nian Evil Spirit was undoubtedly the most special evil spirit warrior; it had broken through the inherent Thought Steel Seal of evil spirit warriors, making itself increasingly independent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both its logical thinking and its actual style of conduct proved this point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the Black Black Tide had always been the strongest opponent in Qi Sheng's eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The unknown transformations of the Earth-Chanting Evil Spirit might become a bargaining chip for him to contend against the Black Black Tide.\u003C\u002Fp>",1946,"2026-06-19T09:20:37.851Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","9310036ea9fb83dead483774637c2108cf80fa562334b6c9933b485191863e78","monsters-are-coming-chapter-344","monsters-are-coming-chapter-342",393,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmonsters-are-coming-cover.jpg"]