[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-monsters-are-coming":3,"chapter-the-monsters-are-coming-monsters-are-coming-chapter-71":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},2249920,4069,"Chapter 71: Forum War (Third Update)","monsters-are-coming-chapter-71",71,"\u003Cp>The Land of Darkness held extraordinary significance in the eyes of Li Zheng and the other hardcore grinder players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This game had allowed them to rediscover the joy of teaming up for late-night sessions as they once did, while also satisfying their material needs in the real world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could be said that this game had given them a brand-new future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon learning that a player in the Land of Darkness section of the \"Rise of Humanity\" forum was spreading rumors and smearing the game, the hardcore grinders were instantly filled with rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Family Shared Godfather: Seeing Brother Li's screenshots made my liver ache with anger; does spreading rumors incur no tax? The entire post is pure fabrication.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Poor Enough to Eat Dirt: I'm dying of laughter; is this player sick? He actually mentioned loading lag in the post. I've been playing for nearly a month and have never encountered such a situation. He's purely brain-dead, saying this just to farm traffic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Killing Urge Stirred: Since he dares to spread rumors, he must have prepared himself to be flamed. I'm logging into my forum account right now to roast him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leopard Head Zero Recharge: This is too disgusting. What benefit does spreading rumors bring him? Not a single sentence in that post is true. Regarding feedback lag, modeling details, or scene bugs—if these problems actually existed, I wouldn't think he was wrong to point them out. But the problem is that none of them exist! Brothers, rush him and roast him thoroughly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After exchanging words, the hardcore grinder players logged into their Rise of Humanity forum accounts one after another, entered the thread, and activated their full-on flaming Cultivation Mode.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through simple verbal abuse, they achieved ultimate enjoyment while inflicting mental devastation damage upon their target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, they had spammed over a hundred comments under the post.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tianding City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dong Wei returned to his room after finishing a day's work, changed his clothes, and quickly ate dinner before eagerly rushing to his desk to turn on his computer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before starting the game, he planned to check the forum news as usual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, he noticed a red reply notification marked \"99+\" popping up in the top right corner of his forum account.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realizing that the post he had published yesterday had sparked heated discussion among forum players, Dong Wei immediately clicked the exclamation mark, wanting to see exactly what the players had replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, upon seeing the performance of linguistic artistry in the reply section, Dong Wei's expression became incredibly complicated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He discovered that he was being besieged by a group of game players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cause was that the post he had published was regarded by these players as smear tactics, which made Dong Wei extremely angry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the very first day the game \"Land of Darkness\" launched, he had been extremely lucky to snatch a qualification, participating in the game experience as one of the first batch of players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deep down, he truly loved this game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He even believed that in the next ten years, or even twenty, no game superior to Land of Darkness would appear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, a series of optimization issues within the game had indeed affected the gaming experience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He listed these problems and published them on the forum mostly hoping that the game would improve the issues existing during its initial release, providing players with a better gaming experience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every item he published was evaluated from a relatively objective perspective of experience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he stated in the post that Land of Darkness could not be called a epoch-making masterpiece, he genuinely believed in his heart that it was the strongest virtual game of the current era, bar none.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He never expected that the discussion thread he published would attract such a variety of malicious comments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dog of the Eclipse Clan!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scrolling down through the content, Dong Wei became so angry that he laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt he must have offended a group of colonized minds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The characteristic of this group was that they could not stand anyone speaking ill of the Eclipse Clan; upon seeing such viewpoints on the Star Net, they would jump out to protect their masters. Even when others' statements were the truth, although they were members of the Human Federation, they were spiritually members of the Eclipse Clan on the Star Net, longing for the Eclipse Clan's advanced technology and welfare system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, perhaps many players had been led astray by this group of colonized minds and joined in the condemnation against him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling aggrieved and stifled, he immediately typed a reply:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Birth Certificate: Are you guys brain-damaged? Which sentence of the viewpoints I stated is problematic? Although they carry my own emotions, they are all relatively objective evaluations. Is it necessary to start flaming immediately? Are you internet trolls? You're sick!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His comment had barely been posted for a short while before it received a reply:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Killing Urge Stirred replying to Birth Certificate: A stinky loach dips itself in a bit of seawater and actually thinks it's seafood? Is your definition of \"objective\" different from ours? So-called objectivity is just fabricating false content and casually smearing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Game Brick Mover replying to Birth Certificate: A toad jumping off a cliff—who are you pretending to be, Batman? Objective my ass; every item you listed is completely fake. Don't think that just because you got lucky and snatched a game purchase qualification, you can casually fabricate rumors and deceive those players who didn't manage to grab a game qualification.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leopard Head Zero Recharge replying to Birth Certificate: The feedback lag issue you mentioned in the post is clearly not a problem with the Eclipse Clan server processing speed, but rather that your mind is like an old computer with insufficient memory that frequently crashes. You blame the game for your own problems; trash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Poor Enough to Eat Dirt replying to Birth Certificate: Your brain is like an old Wi-Fi signal, strong at times and weak at others, mostly unable to connect at all. Your brain's loading speed is slower than the game's, making everything look laggy to you. You don't deserve to play such an advanced game; go play some low-IQ games adapted for your brain, guaranteed to have no lag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fun Without Paying replying to Birth Certificate: You've acknowledged Erlang Shen as your master, and now you're incredibly arrogant, still talking about objective evaluation. If everyone were as \"objective\" as you, everything in this world could be described however one wishes, after all, spreading rumors incurs no tax, and bragging breaks no laws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the barrage of comments in the comment section, Dong Wei's hand holding the water cup trembled with anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These online thugs who came to attack did not use a single swear word in their replies, yet the text of their replies made his blood pressure skyrocket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though everything he said was fact, it was utterly useless in front of this group of online thugs who turned black into white.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt to him like punching a cotton ball; he had strength but nowhere to release it, and explaining was simply futile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief silence, he stood up and walked toward the game pod.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the online thugs chose to attack him using superior numbers, he would counterattack in the same manner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before publishing this post, he had discussed these issues with many players on the game's built-in forum, receiving consistent agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now he decided to seek assistance from the game's built-in forum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One hour later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Real World, Rise of Humanity Forum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The number of replies to the post published by Dong Wei continued to climb, as a large number of players who had purchased Land of Darkness joined the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They targeted Li Zheng and other players, activating a reply bombardment Cultivation Mode.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The replies were filled with statements such as: stupid dogs, Eclipse colonized minds, turning black into white, loyal dogs protecting their masters, and so on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These replies also greatly provoked Li Zheng and the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hardcore Grinder Chat Group:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Game Brick Mover: Good heavens, did we give him too much Iron Face? We said he was spreading rumors, yet he refuses to admit it. After stubbornly denying everything like a dead duck, he even hired a water army to besiege us. I'm furious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Poor Enough to Eat Dirt: Online rumor-mongering is too crazy nowadays. A post that is completely fabricated has actually gained agreement from so many netizens. This obviously fake post even has people following the trend to scold us. If what they said were all correct, I would remain silent and take the scolding. But the problem is that what we said is the truth; how come all these idiotic netizens are standing on the opposing side?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leopard Head Zero Recharge: The most outrageous part is that many voices claim \"Birth Certificate's\" statements are not wrong, saying they bought the game and experienced the content personally, confirming that some issues mentioned in the post indeed exist and indeed affect the game body... Hearing such statements, I feel they are all a water army hired by the original poster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Family Shared Godfather: Yes, whether the game is good or not, we players who have truly experienced it would know. The main issue is that the number of game qualifications released by the Eclipse Clan is too small, leading to a large number of cloud players appearing online. They hear a viewpoint casually spoken by someone and believe it to be true; it's simply brainless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fun Without Paying: Let's go to the game's built-in forum to rally people. I'm furious; I've been @'ed in over 200 replies, and the insults are extremely vicious. I can't swallow this anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Game Brick Mover: Let's go, enter the game forum to rally people. Those in the built-in forum are all real players; they love the game Land of Darkness just as we do, so surely many players will speak up to help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten minutes later, an additional post appeared on the Monster World built-in forum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The poster was none other than Li Zheng; as a first-batch player, he had published many beginner guide posts on the forum, attracting the attention of many players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The post he published received a large number of player replies within a short time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Let me tell everyone something infuriating; I've been cyberbullied....]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Poster: Game Brick Mover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Content: The cause was that while browsing the Land of Darkness section of the Rise of Humanity forum, I saw a post where the poster smeared and spread various rumors about the Land of Darkness gaming experience, such as mentioning issues with game information feedback, modeling details, scene bugs, and a series of other problems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The brothers in the forum are all players who have truly experienced the game content, so naturally, they understand that these statements are fabricated out of thin air, purely invented for the sake of smearing, with not a single one being factual. Therefore, in my anger, I led a few brothers to offer the original poster some \"cordial greetings.\" Who would have thought the other party would actually spend money to hire a water army, with a large number of players who hadn't even purchased the game following the trend to reply....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Night Approaches: Listening to this makes me angry; I'm going offline right now to lend Brother Brick Mover a hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Land of Darkness is Truly Fun: After reading the post content, my fists are already clenched. To say in the post description that Land of Darkness isn't an epoch-making game is simply bastard behavior. I'm going offline right now to launch an expedition to punish these thieves!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Explorer: Although this game has given me quite a few painful experiences, its freedom is absolutely unquestionable. For this to become a point of smear attack is simply absurd; I apply to join the battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wosniedie: Brother, sell me some more Sacrificial Power; I haven't seen you selling for several days. How did a promised brick-moving player switch to the path of a strength-based player? Nevertheless, I support you in this matter; I'm mobilizing my guild brothers to join the war immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The popularity of the post published by Li Zheng continued to rise; more and more players applied to join the battle, going offline one after another to head to the Rise of Humanity forum to fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The post published by Dong Wei thus became a battlefield where players from both sides engaged in a war of words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thread's popularity also skyrocketed, quickly being pinned to the hot discussion section on the forum's homepage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This also attracted more onlookers to join in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many players who hadn't bought the game, after reading the viewpoints debated by both sides, felt completely confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fisherman's Leisure Life: Your viewpoints have left me bewildered; you're all players of the same game, so how can your viewpoints be completely different? Although every player's feeling of the game experience varies, your differing viewpoints are just too disparate. One side claims there is lag, while the other side claims there is absolutely no lag. The viewpoints you are discussing are all very intuitive experiential content; how can such different experiential discrepancies exist? I now suspect that one side among you two groups of players consists entirely of cloud players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Artificial Retard: Tsk tsk, reading all the way through, the mutual flaming between both sides is truly wonderful. It's as if we've returned to ancient times; various forms of linguistic artistry have been sublimated in this thread. I love watching this; keep arguing, you must determine a winner (Go.jpg).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sunflower: I'm dying of laughter. If the viewpoints you were debating were about the merits of gameplay modes, I could understand, after all, a game that some players find fun may not suit others. But the viewpoints you are debating are about game optimization issues, which is simply outrageous. Is there any need to debate this? Can't one distinguish the truth at a glance?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wosniedie replying to Sunflower: Isn't that exactly the case? If they were criticizing the gameplay Cultivation Mode, I wouldn't bother flaming them, after all, everyone has different ideas; even the most delicious food is disliked by some, so different viewpoints are understandable. But what they are attacking is content where truth and falsehood can be distinguished at a glance; fabricating rumors and slandering is utterly detestable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dark Hunter replying to Wosniedie: I only saw this because the post was pinned to the hot section; I am not part of either side's friend group. As a player who purchased a game qualification in the second batch, I stand on the side of truth. I think you guys indeed have problems, and I even suspect you are cloud players. If you had truly played the game, you wouldn't speak like this. The game is good, but optimization problems indeed exist, yet you are still making various excuses; it's truly disgusting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is This Reasonable replying to Dark Hunter: Who is being disgusting? Standing on the side of truth? Don't pretend; you are just the other side's water army. Claiming to be a second-batch qualification snatcher? If you had truly played the game, you wouldn't say such disgusting things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brighter Than the Sun replying to Is This Reasonable: Cloud player, stop making trouble; how much money are you earning to wash the ground so diligently?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Divine Wing replying to Brighter Than the Sun: (Bank Account Balance.jpg) Take this and verify if it's a real image. I also want to ask you, how much money are you earning? Washing the ground so diligently, doesn't earning money by publishing various slanderous statements burn your hands?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The content of mutual flaming in the comment section intensified continuously as time passed, attracting more and more players to join the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Starting from initially flaming each other for smearing and slandering, it gradually escalated to personal insults, with players from both sides even posting their bank account deposit balances to prove their strength, believing the other side was purely a disruptive water army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This high-intensity mutual flaming also attracted the attention of the forum officials.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mutual flaming between pirated game players and legitimate game players finally came to an end at 1 AM.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thread, which had accumulated 100,000 floors of mutual flaming, was banned and deleted by the Rise of Humanity forum officials, and all players who had posted content in the thread received a 24-hour mute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, neither side of players admitted defeat; they still firmly believed that the opposite side was a water army and not real players at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, for issues that could be distinguished at a glance, the other side was still making excuses; if this isn't water army behavior, what is?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only thing that puzzled players on both sides was where exactly the other side had hired such a water army from; not only was the number huge, but they also all appeared to be very wealthy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This could be seen from the later exchanges of bank account balances, property deeds, and other content.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These images underwent AI verification and were confirmed to have no Photoshop traces; they were all real images.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After returning to Land of Darkness and Monster World respectively, players from both sides continued to discuss this incident on their respective games' built-in forums.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Merely within their respective territories, their viewpoints gained the agreement of other players from the same game, and no voices of opposition or refutation appeared anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first dramatic great battle between the two factions of players thus drew to a close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",2929,"2026-06-19T09:20:35.554Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","da53a26196e72754adb26295711c4e2784ac623ee01ba18e14458e69bbdc535b","monsters-are-coming-chapter-72","monsters-are-coming-chapter-70",393,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmonsters-are-coming-cover.jpg"]