[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-monsters-are-coming":3,"chapter-the-monsters-are-coming-monsters-are-coming-chapter-53":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},2249902,4069,"Chapter 53: Explosion Tactic","monsters-are-coming-chapter-53",53,"\u003Cp>The clash with the Strange Butterfly ultimately ended with Lu Xing temporarily giving up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Lu Xing's surrender did not mean other players were willing to give up as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A large number of players eager to possess the \"Wind Control\" Soul chose to hunt the Strange Butterfly through other methods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this period, they attempted solo challenges, food lures, trap setups, and other methods, but unlike bone-fire type Primordial monsters devoid of intelligence, the Strange Butterfly would vigilantly observe its surroundings; even if it temporarily flew away from the bushes, upon returning it would carefully inspect the environment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Any change would cause the Strange Butterfly to depart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This resulted in multiple group attempts by players ending in failure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ultimately, they could only go to Lu Xing's livestream room, offering kind words of encouragement in an attempt to stir his fighting spirit, hoping he would battle the Strange Butterfly again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, after experiencing multiple beatings, Lu Xing had already learned to be smart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his eyes, the onlookers in the livestream room were all big deceivers, unable to provide a single reliable plan to defeat the Strange Butterfly, only urging him to constantly attempt challenges.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Failure meant no loss for the players in the livestream, yet he would have to endure a miserable beating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The time commitment started at half an hour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After this ordeal, Lu Xing's mindset changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He decided to temporarily abandon the idea of world travel, focusing instead on improving his strength, waiting until he was powerful enough to fight the Strange Butterfly again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another purpose of improving his strength was for better travels in the future; who knew if he might encounter bizarre monsters similar to the Strange Butterfly while exploring, and great strength could safeguard the safety of his journey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Lu Xing aspired to grow, the purification campaign in the Dark Cave had already advanced to the front of the Underground Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon learning from the guidance prompts that the Corrosion Core was located behind the palace and that shattering it would complete the purification, the players believed victory was in sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But an accident occurred at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sensing the threat, the Corrosion Core manipulated the black-armored soldiers standing before the palace to launch a massacre against the player group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every black-armored soldier had been a powerful warrior following Ice Blade in life; although they had fought until their blood and qi were exhausted and their bodies ruined, after being corrupted by Black Black Tide energy and transformed into Cursed Soldiers, they generally possessed a Hunting Rank of 25 or higher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the average rank of players at the current stage was only level 10.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing the slaughter by the black-armored soldiers, the player legions jointly formed by the major guilds were completely no match, with the battle becoming a one-sided crush.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After being wiped out continuously several times, players who re-logged into the game began redeploying their tactics on the forum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this period, many bizarre brain-hole tactical concepts emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among these, a concept provided by one player attracted attention, sparking heated discussion among a large number of players under his post.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[How to eliminate the black-armored soldiers before the Underground Palace, I have a reliable idea]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Poster: Weapon Master\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Content:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am a member of the Doomsday Technology Guild and have participated in the entire Dark Cave battle over these past few days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fighting alongside everyone has made my blood boil; I haven't been this happy in a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, let's get to the main topic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In these days of clashing with the black-armored soldiers, I've found that our players' current strength makes defeating them too difficult; the vast gap in power has caused our hard-organized joint operations to end in failure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just now, browsing the forum, I saw many tactical suggestions proposed by everyone, but in my view, none of these tactics are very reliable; the only one that seems feasible is the Blood-Grinding Tactic, clearing the black-armored soldiers bit by bit through repeated wipeouts and re-engagements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this method is undoubtedly too slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, I have an enhanced version of the Blood-Grinding Tactic; first, here is the custom weapon I recently crafted (Attachment: Analysis Diagram).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spirit Bomb:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Item Quality: Level 10\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Item Analysis Introduction: A custom weapon crafted by player \"Weapon Master\"; by altering the internal structure of spirit stones to make them unstable, one can use consciousness contact to destroy the final structural support, causing an energy surge explosion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Spirit Bombs I crafted can cause area-of-effect damage after detonation, and their power is immense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here is attached a clip of actual combat footage (Attachment: Video).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the video footage, I used only three Spirit Bombs to kill eight Blood Corpses within the explosion range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So my idea is, can we eliminate the black-armored soldiers by detonating Spirit Bombs in batches?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only drawback of this tactic is that only the three monster forms with strong spiritual power—Eagle-Headed Demon, Bone Fire, and Qi-Eater—can control the Spirit Bomb explosions via externalized consciousness; the spiritual strength of other monster forms is insufficient to trigger them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There is also an unsolvable problem: throwing the Spirit Bombs requires support from immense strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How to throw them is a difficult issue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tactic I have conceived is to abandon throwing; instead, players who choose the Eagle-Headed Demon, Qi-Eater, or Bone Fire forms should carry the Spirit Bombs and charge, detonating the bombs directly upon approaching the black-armored soldiers, causing massive damage to them through self-sacrifice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Theoretically, this tactic can quickly eliminate the black-armored soldiers, allowing us to successfully capture the Dark Cave domain node.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The above content is merely a personal idea; if you have different thoughts, please go easy on the criticism!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Comment Section:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ThisIsReasonable: Damn, brother, isn't your tactic just asking us to act as human bombs, damaging the black-armored soldiers by mutually assured destruction?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>NightIsComing: This tactic is quite interesting; I think we can try it. Since this purification mission calculates settlement rewards based on contribution, there is no issue of effort without return; even if we only damage the black-armored soldiers without killing them, it still counts toward contribution, so everyone need not worry about the balance of income and expenditure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>OrangePerfume: This is indeed a game where magic-system Souls save the world; in the end, it is still us who bear the mission of completing the purification task (slippery.jpg).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>DarkLandIsFun: Seems like we can try it; a collective charge and self-detonation. If we don't kill a black-armored soldier, we get output contribution; if we kill one, we've hit the jackpot, likely leveling up several times with a huge influx of Sacrificial Power. The process is like scratching lottery tickets; gamblers would be ecstatic hearing this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wosnibie: Feasible, absolutely feasible; I raise both hands and both feet in agreement. However, I slightly suspect the main purpose of the OP proposing this suggestion is to sell Spirit Bombs. You arms-dealer guild members are all profiteers; as far as I know, the cost to craft a spirit firearm is only 100 Sacrificial Power, yet you dare to sell them for 150, pocketing a 50% premium profit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Weapon Master (OP) replying to Wosnibie: Indeed, there is consideration in that aspect; considering that all players can benefit from this collective action, the Spirit Bombs crafted will only charge cost price plus a 5% fee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ye's idea sparked heated discussion on the forum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The self-detonation tactic received agreement from a large number of players, who believed that since it was a death sentence anyway, the self-detonation method could clearly inflict greater damage on the black-armored soldiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Importantly, each explosion was like a lottery draw; with good luck, detonating one could kill a black-armored soldier with low health, making the gains in Sacrificial Power and Evolution Points very substantial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The post was quickly pinned to the top of the forum's homepage popularity list.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What followed was a flood of orders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Consequently, the core members of the Doomsday Technology Guild were recalled by the Guild Master \"Yang Tianxuan\" to Emperor Tomb Village to devote themselves to crafting Spirit Bombs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1349,"2026-06-19T09:20:35.554Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","76dc71c526e8f8fa1b3770372e5ab150271a89cfb35f2d96a020a404acffca68","monsters-are-coming-chapter-54","monsters-are-coming-chapter-52",393,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmonsters-are-coming-cover.jpg"]