[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-monsters-are-coming":3,"chapter-the-monsters-are-coming-monsters-are-coming-chapter-345":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},2250194,4069,"Chapter 345: What Would Happen If I Exploited a Bug?","monsters-are-coming-chapter-345",345,"\u003Cp>\"Coming, coming, logging in now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing her teammate's call, the white-haired girl reached out and pressed the switch on her desk, turning off the computer screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She then activated \"Swift Wind Step\" to return to her room, quickly changed into a set of gaming attire, and slipped into the game pod.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the pod lid slowly lowered, the smile on the girl's Iron Face was submerged in the nutrient fluid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Click.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cage specially designed for Bad Cat opened at that moment, and the orange cat possessed by Ming Hou slowly walked out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It moved to the center of the room, looked up in confusion at the white-haired girl inside the game pod.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, it had clearly identified this small world as the \"Debt World\" it had been seeking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, many doubts still lingered in its heart, unanswered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ming Hou scanned the room, projecting its spiritual sense outward to weave a spiritual barrier enveloping the entire space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It then detached from the orange cat, transforming into its true form, wreathed in black malignant wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gently tapping the bone staff against the floor, black malignant energy instantly gathered before it, coalescing into an ancient contract table; a scroll resembling parchment silently unfurled, followed by the emergence of the Scales of Fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vortex on the silver mist mask spun rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It released the bone staff, letting it hover above the contract table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ming Hou issued a call, its voice layered and overlapping, as if thousands of voices were speaking the same words simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, the parchment scroll on the contract table moved without wind, revealing dense lines of runes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shortly after, a voice descended:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ming Hou, state your gambling requirement.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the voice of the Grand Fate Lord (Clan Leader) resonate beside its ear, Ming Hou placed its hand on the left pan of the scales.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, acting as the \"participant,\" it needed to state a requirement and offer equivalent stakes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its thought transformed into a stream of information injected into the scales: I want all information and secrets of this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, the right pan of the scales shot upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Ming Hou was about to place the stakes on the left pan, a sharp cracking sound rang out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huh?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The right pan suddenly crashed to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire scales tilted violently, unable to find any existence equivalent enough to initiate the gamble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ming Hou's pupils contracted sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only one possibility could explain this situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if all the resources of the Fate Clan were combined with the Rules of Fate as stakes, this equivalent gamble could not be initiated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, the stakes exceeded the limit of the equivalent gamble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even when facing the gods of the Counter-Black Tide Legion, the Scales of Fate could operate normally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the first time it had encountered such a situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected, this world was far from being as simple as imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Terrifying secrets lurked behind the scenes; indeed, the secrets of this world surpassed the gamble between the Counter-Black Tide God and the Grand Fate Lord from years past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ming Hou, give up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Grand Fate Lord's voice echoed in its mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ming Hou fell silent for a moment, the expression on its silver mist mask shifting continuously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it did not continue investigating, it meant the backlash of fate would persist, with no knowing when it might stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its own life might even perish amidst the backlash of fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, it still wanted to struggle a bit more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having clarified its thoughts, it spoke in a deep voice:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Grand Fate Lord, I will try a different approach.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, it placed its hand on the left pan again, this time injecting modified information: Mastery of all languages and scripts in this realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The right pan of the scales healed at that moment, trembled slightly, then slowly rose, revealing a blur of golden light within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an equivalent gamble, it could only begin if the stakes offered matched the requirement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ming Hou chose to directly read the value information of this portion of the stakes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The answer it received caused it to pause in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had already prepared itself for a massive bleed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet it never expected that mastering the languages and scripts of this small world would be so cheap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ming Hou retrieved a blood-colored crystal from its spatial item and placed it on the pan; instantly, the crystal was automatically cut, with the excess portion returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After swaying slightly, the scales finally achieved balance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, the star carvings on the beam lit up one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Equivalence achieved, gamble initiated,\" the Grand Fate Lord's voice echoed in its mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beams of light shot from both the left and right pans of the scales, entering the Wheel of Fate to collide, intertwine, and fuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst the chaotic flow of disordered energy, the scrutiny of fate descended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, the rotation of the wheel gradually slowed, and the two streams of energy reached a balance under some irresistible rule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The right pan of the scales rose, while the left side sank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Gamble failed; your stakes have been withdrawn by fate.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ming Hou immediately felt a crushing sensation; as the Rules of Fate took the stakes, they also drained a portion of its life energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a Fate Apostle, this was the price it had to pay for personally participating in the gamble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the intensity of the stakes in this round was not high, so it bore no psychological burden and immediately initiated another gamble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After losing three consecutive rounds, on the fourth equivalent gamble, the left pan of the scales finally rose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, countless streams of information flooded into Ming Hou's sea of consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The evolution of writing in this world, the structure of its languages, and even various abbreviations and memes from the internet era all transformed into comprehensible symbols.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked up at the text scattered throughout the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Warning labels on the side of the game pod, system prompts on the computer screen, even the ingredient lists on snack packaging—all text became vivid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could now fully understand all the girl's previous words, including those complaints interspersed with gaming terminology.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the first scene, the girl's complaint should have been expressing the idea of leaving a way out for the Evil Spirit Warriors in this region, fattening them up before killing them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raising Evil Spirits?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon receiving this answer, Ming Hou was instantly startled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how weak an Evil Spirit Warrior was, it was still part of the Black Black Tide Legion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every Evil Spirit Warrior possessed growth potential more terrifying than many demi-god experts of other races.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allowing them to grow unchecked would bring endless future troubles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This information was sufficient proof that the living beings of this world were far from being as simple as imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having acquired mastery of languages and scripts, Ming Hou turned its gaze toward the monitor beside the game pod.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as it prepared to act, the distinctive humming sound of drone propellers came from outside the window, growing louder as it approached.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It made a judgment swiftly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cannot be exposed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a wave of its hand, the spiritual barrier enveloping the room receded like a Black Tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black malignant wind swept through, causing the contract table and scales to instantly disintegrate into fine points of light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ming Hou's slender figure twisted and contracted in the air, re-possessing the immobilized orange cat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Meow!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having now mastered the usage of this body, Ming Hou lightly leaped onto the computer desk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The drone hovered outside the window, scanning inward; all it saw was a housecat lying boredly on the keyboard, while its owner lay quietly inside the game pod, the indicator light on the lid blinking red rhythmically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything appeared normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The drone did not stop its inspection, however, projecting its beam toward the surveillance camera on the room's ceiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The camera had malfunctioned briefly just now, which was precisely the reason for the drone's arrival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the green beam made contact with the surveillance camera for several seconds, the red light on the drone turned green.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It then circled the balcony twice, and upon confirming no abnormalities, slowly flew away amidst the humming sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the drone had completely departed, Ming Hou turned its head to look at the surveillance camera in the corner of the ceiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realizing that this device was the cause of the drone's arrival, it did not isolate it with the spiritual network this time; instead, it released spiritual energy to weave a fixed scene, allowing it to continue operating normally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking again at the girl in the game pod, its heart remained unsettled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This seemingly weak world was actually keeping the most dangerous weapon of war from the Monster World as a pet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, judging by the girl's words, they were deliberately controlling the killing rhythm to provide this Evil Spirit with a better growth environment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet until now, it still could not determine whether this was a game or the real Monster World.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The orange cat extended its claws, mimicking the girl's posture to press the power switch on the monitor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, the screen lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ming Hou used its spiritual sense to control the mouse, mimicking the girl's method to open a website.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The homepage of the website displayed four large characters: Monster World.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were ten category options above, namely:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>World Map (Explored), Monster Bestiary, Soul Bestiary, Spiritual Plant Bestiary, Spiritual Ore Bestiary, Domain Nodes, Glory Chronicles, Player Forum, Evolution Shop (Not Yet Open), Qualification Application (Not Yet Open).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brother Ming Hou first clicked on the World Map.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At a glance, it was evident that this was part of the Pale Continent region in the Monster World.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But zooming in on the map, one could also see the seas beyond the Pale Continent and small-scale scene displays of the continental regions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Closing the page, Brother Ming Hou continued to browse the information on the webpage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until he clicked open the Player Forum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first headline discussion that met his eyes made the orange cat he possessed instinctively bristle with fur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The Liver Emperor Group is about to graduate, but whether the Niche Black Tide Legion is friend or foe remains speculation; if the Niche Black Tide Legion becomes an enemy in the future, should we take action to annihilate this legion? Some thoughts of mine.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A critical hit right from the start.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How strong the Niche Black Tide Legion was, as a member of the Fate Clan, he naturally knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That the weak creatures of this world were actually discussing whether to make a move against the Niche Black Tide; what immense audacity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately continued browsing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The following content became more and more shocking the more he read.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Combat Insect Clan, Terrifying Black Black Tide... these factions were all subjects of discussion among the players in the forum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, a faction very familiar to him was mentioned: the Ming Wu Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for General Ye Ming, he was naturally no stranger; at that time, he had not yet ascended to become one of the Twelve Soul Lords, and the entire clan, according to agreement, was still sealed underground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this period, Ye Ming came seeking, initiating a gamble using the Ming Wu Rules as stakes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He and other clansmen had jointly participated in the equivalent gamble with Ye Ming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The result was that they lost this gamble, forfeiting a resource quantity at the rule level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the rule energy generated by the gamble was also extremely substantial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(PS: Chapter 311 mentioned that through this gamble, Ye Ming obtained the chips for a comeback against the odds; after defeating the Death Whisper Clan, he laid out a plan for the future resurrection of the entire clan.)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the information mentioned by the forum players, the Ming Wu Clan appeared like a clown played with in the palm of a hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Various mocking memes emerged endlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Brother Ming Hou was preparing to continue browsing other information, his cat paw suddenly froze in mid-air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his spiritual perception, the flow frequency of the liquid in the game pod slowed down; the white-haired girl's consciousness was gradually awakening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brother Ming Hou decisively swiped his paw, instantly closing the page on the screen, followed by turning off the monitor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having done all this, he lightly leaped down from the desk, returning to his cage before the girl woke up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The game pod opened at this moment; the white-haired girl, wearing her game suit, sat up dripping wet, with light blue nutrient solution still dripping from the tips of her hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She irritably scratched her hair, her expression frantic:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What a crappy dungeon, killed by the mechanics again; does the Blue Lamp Clan have a sickness? Designing such a difficult challenge dungeon, I'm so angry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From this sentence, the Fate Clan extracted a piece of information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blue Lamp Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This faction was one of the peak-level powerful clans in the Monster World in Brother Ming Hou's eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Pale Continent was merely one of the regions where a small portion of the Blue Lamp Clan's members were active.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were also rule-derived lifeforms more pure than the Fate Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, he could basically confirm his speculation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The creatures of this minor world, through some method, descended into the Monster World via consciousness projection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although their original bodies in the minor world were frail, and even if all the creatures of the entire world were projected into the Monster World together, they would most likely not survive a day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet this race possessed tremendous war potential in the Monster World.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, they possessed a pure body capable of infinite growth, and could gain growth through killing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Soul Repository on the Monster World's official website, if his guess was correct, should be a Rule Repository.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every soul within it was an independent rule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And these weak lives, through some method in the Monster World, had woven a combined rule framework in the Monster World, creating a terrifying system structure where rule effects mutually stacked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What made it hard for him to believe was that, under this system framework, all rules lacked independent rule-derivation logic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under normal circumstances, different rules had different energy derivation logics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Fate Clan he belonged to mastered the Fate Rules, which must produce rule energy through the method of equivalent gambling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Niche Black Tide Legion must acquire rule-derived energy through warfare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Soul Return Clan must nurture rule-derived energy through the method of possession and parasitism, and so on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the factions calling themselves the Player Race, the rule-level abilities they mastered, had all unified the method of producing rule energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was hunting and killing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This point was very similar to the Black Black Tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Black Black Tide had numerous rules, among which the clearest one was: Devour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Similarly, one could acquire rule-derived energy, Black Black Tide Energy, through the methods of killing and devouring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, the white-haired girl, having changed her clothes, stepped barefoot onto the floor, holding a tube of pet nutrient paste as she came before him:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haven't eaten for several days, right? Eat up, you rebellious ghost.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brother Ming Hou looked coldly as she squeezed out a clump of pink paste emitting a stench, thrusting it before the cage with an expectant expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nutrient paste emitted a pungent, synthetic odor of inferior substances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing this scene, Brother Ming Hou instantly flew into a rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he still forcibly suppressed the idea of slapping her to death with one palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This world was far more terrifying than he had imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He still wanted to recover the restricted chips through negotiation; before fully investigating the truth of this world, he could not expose his identity temporarily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the sake of the future, Brother Ming Hou endured the nausea, lowering his head to lightly lick a mouthful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, his emotions twisted violently deep within his consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This taste was simply more nauseating than the filthiest rotting swamp in the Monster World.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What? Went out fooling around for a few days and now you've learned to be picky?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speaking thus, the white-haired girl raised an eyebrow:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eat quickly; if you don't finish, you're not allowed out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The whiskers of the orange cat possessed by Brother Ming Hou twitched, yet he still forced himself to swallow bite by bite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every swallow felt like undergoing torture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This thing was simply a polluting poison; since birth, he had never eaten anything so terrible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just like licking a filthy rotting swamp pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the girl leaned close to the cage, passing her arm through the bars, her fingertips gently brushing his spine:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good boy~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This single touch made Brother Ming Hou completely bristle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What immense humiliation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after the emotional surge, he still chose to endure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, the torture ended, and the white-haired girl returned to her computer desk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One hour later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl cheered from her mouth:\u003C\u002Fp>",2833,"2026-06-19T09:20:37.851Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","052b0ed1cb31ae4b90504fab2eaa14bcf3d3076641b278a43d27031d6c1e6100","monsters-are-coming-chapter-346","monsters-are-coming-chapter-344",393,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmonsters-are-coming-cover.jpg"]