[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-monsters-are-coming":3,"chapter-the-monsters-are-coming-monsters-are-coming-chapter-6":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},2249855,4069,"Chapter 6: Cyber Cloud Players","monsters-are-coming-chapter-6",6,"\u003Cp>Star Net Forum: The Rise of Humanity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Section: \"Dark Lands - Player Recruitment\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Eight-Grade Gale Guild recruiting new members; excellent benefits, guaranteed daily income of 200; requires participating in group activities and obeying guild management organization.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Water Margin Guild recruiting active players; daily activity statistics compiled; those who fall short will be kicked.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Hero Guild recruiting powerful players; requires combat power to rank within the top 100,000 in the Human Federation region; must participate in every event; the Guild Master issues red packet benefits daily; the guild has many beautiful, sweet-voiced single ladies.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a search, Li Zheng quickly found a familiar guild name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He opened the post, copied the administrator's account, then opened his chat software and selected add contact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before long, a pop-up window appeared indicating verification had passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black Dawn-Little Black: Friend, do you want to join our Black Dawn Guild?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Game Brick-Mover: Yes, our team currently has ten people... May I boldly ask, what are the guild benefits like?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black Dawn-Little Black: Judging by your ID, you should be a brick-moving player; our guild management consists of famous real-world entrepreneurs; we can purchase all resources you produce at high prices; all you need to do is participate in group activities normally; once we establish the guild in-game, you must complete daily guild tasks every day to provide development resources for the guild; of course, all of this is paid compensation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the Black Dawn administrator's reply, Li Zheng felt immediately excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This organization looked very powerful at first glance; future earnings seemed guaranteed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, he hurriedly replied:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Game Brick-Mover: We are willing to join; our squad currently has ten people, and several more brothers will join later!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black Dawn-Little Black: Good, first provide a screenshot of the electronic bill for your game purchase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Game Brick-Mover: Huh? You need proof of purchase?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black Dawn-Little Black: Recently, too many people are trying to pass themselves off; we've added several who just mixed into the group to probe game content, but they were actually cloud players who hadn't even bought the game, completely wasting our time; to reduce such incidents, we must first verify that brothers wanting to join the guild have purchased the game before allowing them into the guild group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Game Brick-Mover: ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Li Zheng failing to reply for a long time, the other party sent a contemptuous emoji:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black Dawn-Little Black: Heh, I knew it was probably another cloud player; you're the fifth today; let's delete each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After being deleted as a friend, Li Zheng had no choice but to return to the forum to continue searching for a game organization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after one round of searching, during which he added several team leaders recruiting new members, without exception they all required him to provide an electronic purchase bill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zheng could understand this requirement, yet he also felt extremely helpless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had all downloaded the game via pirated links; how could they possibly provide an electronic bill for purchasing the game?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After being rejected repeatedly, Li Zheng did not give up and continued scrolling through the forum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, he found such a post on the forum:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Star Sea Guild recruiting active lone players.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recruiter: Star Sea\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Content: In my past life, I was betrayed by my true love and turned against by my brothers; the guild management seized my wealth; today, reborn on the day \"Dark Lands\" launched, I am determined to reclaim everything that belongs to me; join the guild to hear me recount my plan for revenge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Contact: 234****\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After passing friend verification, Li Zheng asked with an anxious heart:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Game Brick-Mover: Are you recruiting lone players?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Star Sea: Yes, brother, do you want to join? (laughing.jpg)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Game Brick-Mover: Yeah, our squad has ten people who want to join the guild.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Star Sea: So many people; welcome, a warm welcome (drooling.jpg)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Game Brick-Mover: May I ask what benefits and treatments the guild offers?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Star Sea: Sorry, we are just a lone-player guild; we have no money to provide any benefits or treatments; our focus is happy gaming; we don't compete for rankings, nor do we seek to recruit high-level players or whales; what we can guarantee is that all members will share in any profits the guild earns in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Star Sea's reply left Li Zheng somewhat disappointed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at the current stage, they truly needed to join an organization to share game intelligence and discuss game content.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After thinking it over repeatedly, Li Zheng decided to first bring his brothers into the guild to take a look; if it felt unsuitable, they could leave later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Game Brick-Mover: We are willing to join.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Star Sea: Welcome new brothers; you can forward the group chat link to your friends; join the group first (shared link: Star Sea Raving Chat Group)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After selecting apply to join, Li Zheng passed verification the very next second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Subsequently, he forwarded the group link to the Grind Emperor Group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What he received was a string of copy-paste replies: Godfather, you truly have not disappointed me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, all ten players from the Grind Emperor Group passed verification and joined the Star Sea chat group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With new members joining, the group became exceptionally lively, everyone sending emojis welcoming the newcomers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, a player in the group sent a message:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Star Sea-Great Strength Ox: What skills did you learn at level 2? I feel both Dark Grasp and Dark Amplification are good skills; how did you all choose?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Star Sea-Little Dot: I suggest choosing Dark Amplification; in the early stage, the energy bar values are relatively low, so it's not recommended to equip active skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regarding the choice of initial level 2 skills, a heated discussion unfolded in the group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This left Li Zheng and the others completely baffled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Can you learn skills at level 2? The game doesn't seem to have such a setting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Killing Heart Moved: Sorry to interrupt, but where does one go at level 2 to learn initial skills?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Star Sea-Great Strength Ox: ??? Isn't learning skills at level 2 an automatically triggered quest? (confused.jpg)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Family Share Godfather: Damn it, what quest to learn skills? Why didn't we receive one?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Star Sea-Great Strength Ox: Impossible; this is a main storyline quest that must be triggered; otherwise, how can the subsequent main story progress?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Poor Enough to Eat Dirt: Bro, where does this game have a main storyline quest? Isn't it super free-exploration with randomly triggered quests?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leopard Head Zero Charge: Exactly; the newbie guide clearly stated that game quests are randomly triggered; how could there be a specific main storyline quest?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Star Sea-Wild Shark: Bros, did you join the wrong game group? This is the \"Dark Lands\" player group; what game are you playing? (blank stare.jpg)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Star Sea-Night Eagle: Must have joined the wrong group; how could there be no main storyline quest? You automatically accept it at the start (confused.jpg)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A string of replies left Li Zheng and the others even more confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The few of them then returned to the Grind Emperor Group to discuss:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Family Share Godfather: Brother Li, you probably found the wrong group; the players in this group aren't playing \"Dark Lands\" released by the Eclipse Clan at all; it's just a virtual reality game with the same name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faced with the inquiry, Li Zheng was also completely baffled; subsequently, he opened the forum again to check Star Sea Guild's recruitment post.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After confirming it was recruiting for the latest \"Dark Lands\" released by the Eclipse Clan, he became even more confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recalling the several guild administrators he had added earlier, who stated they needed to verify electronic purchase bills before allowing entry to the group, Li Zheng suddenly realized a possibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Game Brick-Mover: Damn it, we're probably in a cloud player group; they're cyber-simulating game content in the group; they aren't real players at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Poor Enough to Eat Dirt: Hahaha, cloud players are truly terrifying; they can chat so enthusiastically without even having the game, talking as if they actually played it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Family Share Godfather: Laughed until I sprayed; although we're playing a pirated version, at least it's the real \"Dark Lands\"; that's far better than them simulating game content through chat; say no more, I'm leaving the Star Sea group now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Killing Heart Moved: Hahahaha, the players in this group are really interesting; cyber-cloud virtual reality, content entirely based on imagination; whatever you want, you got it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Happy National Day~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1410,"2026-06-19T09:20:35.554Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","8c3ea7d41457a27e0be4495f677dd323cf4da60d1945a2a36c26c7f8d90c9884","monsters-are-coming-chapter-7","monsters-are-coming-chapter-5",393,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmonsters-are-coming-cover.jpg"]