[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-monsters-are-coming":3,"chapter-the-monsters-are-coming-monsters-are-coming-chapter-9":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},2249858,4069,"Chapter 9: Tenth-Generation Primordial","monsters-are-coming-chapter-9",9,"\u003Cp>Monster World, Emperor Tomb Mountain Range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ancient Battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A skeleton wreathed in ink-black flames wandered aimlessly; nearby lay mountains of piled corpses and shattered weapons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To become a powerful hunter, first learn to hide yourself and seek opportunities for ambush.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then lock onto the target, gather your momentum, strike swift as the wind, and kill with a single blow... Aargh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accompanying Li Zheng's cry over the regional voice channel, the players lying on the ground playing dead leaped up one after another, twisting their forms mid-air to switch into monster forms and pouncing on the First-Generation Primordial Monster \"Bone Fire.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By now, Li Zheng and the others had all reached level 5; their physical strength was more than double their initial state, and their body sizes had grown significantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was their third encounter with Bone Fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first two encounters ended in undisputed defeat, which had ignited the competitive spirit in Li Zheng and the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most importantly, during these past two days of experience, they had discovered a special mechanism existing within the game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This special mechanism could help them defeat monsters above their level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This game actually lacked the monster reset setting!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The so-called monster reset setting refers to a mechanism common in other games: when players disengage from combat with a monster beyond a certain range, the monster automatically returns to its territory, restores its full health, and removes all negative statuses inflicted by players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this game had no such setting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All damage dealt by players to monsters would be retained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For instance, the bite marks left during their previous battles with Bone Fire did not disappear upon their deaths; when they engaged Bone Fire again, they found the bite marks still remained on its body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This gave them the possibility of defeating high-level monsters through a war of attrition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if they could only deal 1% damage each time, fighting a hundred times would still kill the monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the premise for all this was that the monster's self-healing ability was slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Against monsters possessing powerful self-healing abilities, the war of attrition tactic was meaningless, but facing Bone Fire, which lacked any healing capability, this tactic was entirely feasible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to their initial encounter, Bone Fire's body was now covered in various bite marks from sharp teeth, especially its left leg, which was nearly broken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These injuries were all caused by their war of attrition tactics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this assault, Li Zheng and the other players continued to focus their main attack on Bone Fire's left leg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon making contact with Bone Fire, their monster bodies were ignited by ink-black flames; enduring the burning pain, they coiled around Bone Fire and tore at its nearly collapsing left leg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before long, the leg bone, already riddled with cracks, finally could not bear the burden and shattered with a crash, causing the torso to tilt and collapse to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The players like Eat Dirt, who had been watching from the side, immediately rushed forward to join the battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Black Armored Snake's coiling bites, the Stone Gargoyle form's heavy frontal punches, the Eagle-Headed Demon form's beak strikes... Under this barrage of attacks, Bone Fire was too overwhelmed to cope and finally could not hold on; the ink-black crystal within its skull exploded, and the ink-black flames surrounding its body extinguished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black mist surging from within Bone Fire's body dispersed into ten portions in the air, drifting separately toward Li Zheng and the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After their bodies made contact with the black mist, energy seeped inside, and instantly a scarlet stream of light swept across their surfaces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surging energy agitated within their bodies, causing their forms to grow rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ink-black flames still burning on their surfaces also scattered away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bodily reconstruction brought by the level increase restored them to their peak condition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, another clump of thick smoke reappeared on the dead Bone Fire's body; within the churning black smoke, the silhouette of a miniaturized Bone Fire form could be seen looming in and out of view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Guide Water Sphere closest to it suddenly opened its mouth; instantly, Bone Fire's Life Soul was sucked in, transmitted within a breath to the fourth slot of the Containment Wall, where it recondensed into Bone Fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, a pale blue energy hose extended from the top of the slot, connecting to the imprisoned Bone Fire's head and beginning to continuously extract Sacrificial Power yields.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, prompts rang out consecutively in the minds of Li Zheng and the other players:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Challenger Prompt: Contained First-Generation Primordial Monster Bone Fire; completed the Primordial Hunting Mission.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mission Reward 1: All participants receive a Sacrificial Power reward of 1000 points (reward amount affected by the number of participants).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mission Reward 2: All participants receive permission to freely unlock the second Life Soul slot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So satisfying, we finally took it down!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hahaha, brothers, this feeling is amazing, a long-lost joy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A yield of 1000 points of Sacrificial Power is much faster than killing Cursed Soldiers!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the cheers and jubilation, Li Zheng turned his head to look at the Guide Water Sphere floating beside him and asked curiously:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Guide, how much Sacrificial Power does it normally cost to unlock the second Life Soul slot?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Unlocking the second Life Soul slot requires consuming 500 points of Sacrificial Power.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then can we embed a second Life Soul now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Correct, the function panel has the Star Vein Embedding function; you can embed a second monster Life Soul right now to unlock a second monster form.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following the Guide's prompt, Li Zheng summoned the function panel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were seven options on it: Map, Spatial Package, Character Details, Star Vein Strengthening, Item Mall, Resource Sacrifice, and System Settings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clicking on the Star Vein function, an internal view of his body appeared in Li Zheng's mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the internal view, his spine shone brilliantly like a galaxy; at the very top was his human form, and in the first groove below was embedded the Black Armored Snake Life Soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the right side was the control panel, displaying detailed Star Vein information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Challenger: Game Brick Mover]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Certified Name: Li Zheng\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Star Vein Level: 2 (Sacrificial Power required for next level: 2000)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Star Vein Embedding Slots: 2\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Embedded Monster Life Soul 1: Black Armored Snake lv5 (Trait: Deadly Poison)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Embedded Monster Life Soul 2: None\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the right side of the Star Vein attribute panel was an option labeled \"Purchase Life Soul.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon mental touch, the screen jumped to the Monster Life Soul Mall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Presented before Li Zheng were four embeddable options.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>1. Petrification (Stone Gargoyle Form: First-Generation Primordial):\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Monster Trait: After using the ability, the body enters an immobile petrified state, greatly reducing damage from any form (specific effects affected by physical attributes).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Purchase Cost: 1000 Sacrificial Power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>2. Resentful Chant (Eagle-Headed Demon Form: First-Generation Primordial):\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Monster Trait: After using the ability, can warn of nearby dangerous situations (killing intent, hostility, aura, fluctuations).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Purchase Cost: 1000 Sacrificial Power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>3. Deadly Poison (Black Armored Snake Form: First-Generation Primordial):\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Monster Trait: Any form of physical damage carries a poisoning effect, dealing continuous damage to the target (toxicity strength affected by physical attributes).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Purchase Cost: Already owned, cannot be purchased repeatedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>4. Ink Flame (Bone Fire Form: First-Generation Primordial):\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Monster Trait: Consumes spiritual energy to release death flames that can be manipulated by conscious perception; upon hitting a target, causes continuous burning and death qi infiltration damage (specific damage affected by monster level and own spiritual energy strength).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Purchase Cost: 1000 Sacrificial Power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Guide, what does the suffix 'First-Generation Primordial' after the monster Life Soul mean?\" Li Zheng looked at the Guide Water Sphere and asked curiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[When Di Zhao created the Primordial Monsters, he conducted ten mysterious experiments in total; each time he would decompose a part of his own power. The first batch of created Primordial Life Spheres scattered across the Monster World and eventually evolved into the First-Generation Primordials, while the Second Generation refers to the second batch of created Primordial lives, and so on.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Di Zhao's self-decomposition was a process from weak to strong; the power traits of the First-Generation Primordials are the weakest, while the power traits of the Tenth-Generation Primordials are the strongest, so the growth potential of Tenth-Generation Primordial monsters is far higher than that of First-Generation Primordial monsters... however, growth potential does not necessarily represent strength; there may exist Primordial monsters with lower hunting grades among the Tenth Generation, while there may also exist monsters with extremely high hunting grades among the First Generation.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After understanding the meaning represented by the monster suffix, Li Zheng fell into deep thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the current stage, he faced three choices before him: Eagle-Headed Demon, Stone Gargoyle, and Bone Fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, Bone Fire's elemental damage did not synergize with the Deadly Poison trait of the Black Armored Snake, so this option was eliminated first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of the remaining two options, the Eagle-Headed Demon leaned toward functional support, belonging to universal-type monster traits, while the Stone Gargoyle leaned toward defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief consideration, he decided to first exit the Star Vein function interface and discuss with his brothers how to choose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the internal view dispersed, Li Zheng turned to look at the brothers beside him, only to discover in surprise that Eat Dirt had already embedded his second Life Soul and switched into the Bone Fire form, his entire body wreathed in burning ink-black flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1579,"2026-06-19T09:20:35.554Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","a0d30ff337244d58cfc0ba22f8d18551d4090f449ba82973b1e64fc2d9344720","monsters-are-coming-chapter-10","monsters-are-coming-chapter-8",393,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmonsters-are-coming-cover.jpg"]