[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-monsters-are-coming":3,"chapter-the-monsters-are-coming-monsters-have-arrived-chapter-369":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},2222458,4069,"Chapter 369: Pressure Training Ground","monsters-have-arrived-chapter-369",369,"\u003Cp>[Earth United News Agency: Special Report on Emergency Situation.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of the camera, the host wore a professional smile, but a trace of lingering shock remained deep in her eyes:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good evening, viewers. Welcome to the special program 'Horizon.' I believe the shadow of the alien fleet invasion that shrouded the global sky over the past 24 hours made everyone fearful. The steel torrent that blocked the sky once caused our near-Earth orbit defense system to light up the highest-level red alert...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the holographic screen behind her, the image of the mechanical legion fleet provided by the Earth United Combat Command was displayed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it quickly switched to the calm starry sky scene of today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The metal dust that had originally orbited Earth and turned into a star ring had also disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The host's tone carried confusion:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What we find incredible is that this crisis, which seemed enough to bring about a devastating disaster, has once again ended silently.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, once again,\" she emphasized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She tapped her finger lightly, bringing up the image of the floating giant beast that appeared when the Lingxi race invaded, and began to explain the situation at that time in depth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing the discussion on the suddenly subsided abnormal invasion (Lingxi invasion) event, the host continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As we can see, for the members of various races of the Earth Alliance, the arrival and invasion of external forces is no longer news; it happens several times almost every year, and small-scale conflicts are commonplace. From our initial panic to today's habituation, there is even a joke within the alliance about 'monthly invasion indicators'.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But an invasion is never a game, and we are very fortunate to have escaped a catastrophe.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The screen switched to a random street interview.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A member of the Fahuan race, whose hands looked like octopus tentacles, faced the camera and said in a relaxed tone:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, you're asking about yesterday's arrival crisis? It is said that the formation was quite large, but I was watching the live stream of the monster world the whole time and didn't take it seriously at all. After all, I can't change anything, right... Fortunately, nothing happened in the end. I suspect it was just a transit jump during the 'stinky outsiders' cross-spatial journey, coming to Earth and then tearing space to leave, having no interest in our Earth.\" As he said this, he laughed first:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's also possible that they invaded, found Earth's resources barren, and left in disgust.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The screen jumped, and a member of the Jipo race had a fanatical look when facing the interview:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I think it must have been the Moon Eclipse race that took action. Only the Moon Eclipse race has such great power to quickly drive away the invading forces. They definitely have such strength... Just as I have always maintained, the air on the moon is sweeter than on Earth, and you know the war technology of the Moon Eclipse race...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the live broadcast screen kept jumping, members of different races in different cities expressed different views on this invasion event.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the screen switched back to the news broadcast room, the scholars invited to participate in the program were discussing the invasion event.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The judgment of the natural energy scientist of the Green Wood race seemed much more rigorous compared to the interviews:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The energy reading soared to an unprecedented peak in a very short time and then disappeared sharply and strangely. This is clearly abnormal. Judging from the energy fluctuations, it looks more like an attempt to launch an attack on Earth, but it seems to have been affected by some external force and suddenly gave up. The Moon Eclipse race did not disclose specific information. There must be something we don't know happening behind this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside the Green Wood race scholar, the arrival research expert of the Tianyu race took over the conversation:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since the screen in outer space was cut off, it proves that the Moon Eclipse race must have hidden some secrets that cannot be known to us, but we have no means to counter the Moon Eclipse race. I think we should try to obtain the specific situation at that time through diplomatic protests. The various races of the Earth Alliance should have the right to know...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst the scholars' discussion, the screen finally switched back to the host, whose expression remained serious:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Although the public in major cities is no longer surprised by arrival events, this sudden situation is different from the past, leaving many unsolved mysteries. Whether the Moon Eclipse race will disclose the truth is temporarily unknown. We will closely follow the subsequent development of the situation, try to connect with the Moon Eclipse, and understand why the invading forces suddenly approached Earth? Why did they suddenly lose all signals? And why did they disappear like evaporation without any reports of fierce fighting?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now, on behalf of the Earth Combat Command, I announce to all the people of the Earth Alliance that this arrival crisis has been lifted. Please keep calm and trust the alliance's external defense capabilities.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As for the subsequent truth, 'Horizon' will continue to pay attention. Thank you for watching.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The report ended, but the discussion about the fleet that appeared and disappeared mysteriously, as well as the truth behind it, unfolded enthusiastically in every corner of the internet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>3 hours later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The administrator of the Moon Eclipse race held a briefing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only meaning expressed was: A branch force of the Moon Eclipse race, led by an intelligent brain, returned to the main branch and officially joined the Earth Alliance. However, only the intelligent brain and the mechanical legion returned; the branch clan members had already perished in the long cross-spatial war. Next, the Moon Eclipse race would use the resources and technology brought by the branch to provide assistance for the development of various races on Earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Sheng had been following the sudden crisis on Earth the whole time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his eyes, the appearance and disappearance of the Hub Brain would not have any impact on the development of the player camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even without Throat of Fate, he could wipe out the mechanical legion with a wave of his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that with Throat of Fate and other Fate race members helping, stability in the reality layer saved a lot of trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The subsequent explanation problem was handled by Star Net, and he didn't need to pay too much attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze turned to the player data fed back by the guidance at this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He counted the 13 Fate Souls and 32 resource nodes recently collected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, three Fate Souls caused quite a lot of heated discussion on the forum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first Fate Soul was the second-generation Fate Soul: Gravity Vortex, collected by the battle group led by player \"Fishing is not a Liver Emperor\" in a Firefly Firefly Lake in the Land of Sun Chasing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a range attack + control type Fate Soul very suitable for magic-type players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The characteristic effect was to consume mental power to generate an ever-expanding gravity vortex at the location marked by mental power, dragging everything nearby toward the center of gravity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the release, mental power was continuously consumed, and it could continuously cause gravity pressure damage and control effects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The effect of this Fate Soul on lone-wolf players was average.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But its performance on the battlefield was excellent, and many player guilds and teams had already verified the effect in actual combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the magic group released the Gravity Vortex at the same time, the long-range output efficiency of the enemy legion's rear would be greatly reduced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the long-range magic released by the opponent would also be affected by the Gravity Vortex the moment it was cast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only drawback was that the release coordinates of the Gravity Vortex were very critical.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the magic group released the Gravity Vortex at different coordinates and some ranges overlapped, the effects of the Gravity Vortex would pull and cancel each other out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Fate Soul had high requirements for the cooperative combat ability of the magic group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Small battle groups or guilds generally had single-digit magic-type players embedding it to avoid mutual interference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this period, the number of magic-type players embedding \"Gravity Vortex\" was constantly growing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the embedding curve fed back by the guidance, it could be seen that this would be the mainstream magic-type Fate Soul that would be very popular in the \"War Domain\" in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides the powerful characteristic effect, the cheap price of the second-generation Fate Soul was also one of the important factors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second Fate Soul was the sixth-generation Fate Soul: Steal, collected by player \"Dreaming During the Day Every Night\" in the Flying Sea Area, in a trench 30,000 meters deep on the seabed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as it appeared, Steal sparked heated discussion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was also regarded by strategy-party players as a potential Fate Soul that was promoted to T1 level at the start and had the hope of being promoted to T0 level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The characteristic effect was very simple: after releasing it on a target, it randomly extracted a buff state and converted it into a \"Buff Ball,\" which could be used by oneself or given to teammates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The duration was affected by the consumption of mental power or blood energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stronger the buff state stolen, the more mental power or blood energy consumed in the stealing state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you wanted to steal the state of a god, you had to have the consciousness to have your sea of consciousness drained or your blood energy burned out in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The strength of this Fate Soul performed brilliantly in actual combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were too many cheating means in the monster world, and all attached states could be stolen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, the protective aura generated by many races releasing blood energy could be regarded as a buff state and extracted. After being extracted, the opponent would no longer be able to release this ability, disappearing from the rule level and converting into a Buff Ball in the player's hand, which could be given to any target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or, many races mastered special racial talents similar to \"Berserk\" that stimulated physical potential.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This ability could also be stolen, making the opponent lose the ability and briefly belong to the player.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this was not the limit of Steal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strategy-party players tried to generate a test dummy of the Artifact race in the test space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then they tried to release Steal on it continuously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were pleasantly surprised to find that they had actually stolen the artifact power granted by the artifact rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This proved that Steal could even briefly steal the rule effectiveness on the opponent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, if the opponent's rule effect was to gain a tenfold increase in their own power, as long as it was locked by Steal, this ability would belong to the player.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strategy-party players on the forum discovered many surprises during continuous testing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the effect of Steal had randomness, players had two Fate Souls that could affect luck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, Bad Luck, Good Luck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These two Fate Souls could increase the target's losses or increase the probability of oneself drawing a high-buff state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Secondly, the \"Attribute Growth Value\" of the Steal Fate Soul was also very high, reaching 1.325.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The so-called attribute growth value referred to a calculation method for Fate Soul growth potential explored by forum players themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides different characteristic effects, the growth value of each Fate Soul was completely different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Take the \"Initial Three Phantom Gods\" in the eyes of players as an example.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being first-generation Fate Souls, the initial comprehensive attribute values of the Three Phantom Gods were completely different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The comprehensive attribute value of the Eagle-Headed Demon was 15 (Physical Fitness: 3, Mental Strength: 8, Elemental Resistance: 4).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The comprehensive attribute value of the Gargoyle was 17.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The comprehensive attribute of the Black Armored Snake was 14.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, the Gargoyle's comprehensive attribute value was the highest, and as the Fate Soul level increased, this attribute gap would further expand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Players used the Black Armored Snake Fate Soul, which was also the Fate Soul chosen by the first player Li Zheng, as the basis for calculating the growth potential of other Fate Souls, with a representative value of: 1.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, the attribute growth potential of the Gargoyle was 1.214.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The attribute growth potential of the Eagle-Headed Demon was 1.071.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When choosing a Fate Soul, players would first consider the Fate Soul characteristics, and secondly, the attribute growth potential of the Fate Soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The importance of the value had become an important reference indicator after collecting the \"God Transformation\" territory rule that could change the attribute boost direction at will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the 1.325 growth potential of the Steal Fate Soul ranked fourth in the attribute potential list counted by players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Secondly, the characteristic effect of Steal was also suitable for players of all professional schools.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forum players voted to rank it at T1 level, not T0 level, because the price of the Steal Fate Soul was expensive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a sixth-generation Fate Soul, it required 100,000 points of sacrifice power to purchase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Players had many channels to consume sacrifice power, and a single Fate Soul would take 100,000 sacrifice power, which was obviously unacceptable for ordinary players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the words of a player on the forum: At this price, I can embed a first-generation Fate Soul and then use the remaining sacrifice power to buy Evolution Pills to directly raise the Fate Soul level to 31.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A level 31 first-generation Fate Soul would beat a 6th-generation Fate Soul in all aspects, whether in attributes or characteristic effectiveness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Considering everything, the cost-effectiveness at the current stage was relatively low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third Fate Soul was the first-generation Fate Soul: Rejuvenation, collected by player \"Liu Huangshu\" in the Broken Sand Halberd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The characteristic effect was to sprinkle a \"Rejuvenation Water Drop\" condensed from mental power, which could be controlled by consciousness to fly in a direction, and the target it touched would receive a rule-level healing effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is to say, various negative states that resisted life recovery, such as curses and erosion, would not affect the healing amount.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The specific healing effect was affected by two dimensions: Fate Soul level and player mental strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the Rejuvenation Fate Soul appeared, it was pushed to the T0 level throne of the version by forum players before strategy-party players released any evaluation content.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason was simple: Rejuvenation was a healing-type Fate Soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before this, there was only one healing Fate Soul, the sixth-generation Prayer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although its strength was very high, ordinary players had no ability to embed it at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The expensive price of the Fate Soul was only one of the thresholds, and the channels to obtain Prayer Power were scarce, making it difficult for the Fate Soul to grow rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Supports with the Prayer Fate Soul were absolute team cores in top guilds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So small groups basically used the growth-type pet \"Light Spirit Feather\" as the main means of team endurance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the server opened, when they could collect healing-type Fate Souls was mentioned from time to time by forum players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many veteran support-flow players had waited for two and a half years for this, and finally saw the result they wanted after the Rejuvenation Fate Soul appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The appearance of Rejuvenation meant that support gameplay would be promoted from team odd-jobber to team core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A powerful healer could significantly improve the endurance of damage-bearing flow players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its importance was directly tied to the damage-bearing flow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The status of the two major Fate Souls once revered as the \"Support Duo,\" Light Shield and Binding, was inevitably impacted, and they had to retreat to the back in the sorting of embedding priority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Support flow officially ushered in spring after the appearance of Rejuvenation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Sheng could see from the professional school curve fed back by the guidance that the proportion of support-flow players had increased significantly recently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, the lowest proportion was damage-bearing flow players, accounting for 4.59%.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was still the scarcest profession in the current version.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hundred-person team generally only had 1 damage-bearing player, and the number of magic-type players accounted for more than half.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In top guilds like Shentang, the proportion of damage-bearing players fluctuated around 25%.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In terms of gaming experience, magic-type players were recognized by the forum as the professional school with the best experience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were firmly in first place in all aspects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First was the output environment; damage-bearing players were responsible for resisting damage, and support players were responsible for buffs, shields, endurance...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Melee players were responsible for frontal charges.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And magic-type players only needed to fire at full power and enjoy the fun brought by killing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This also led to severe internal competition among magic-type players, and the difficulty of mixing into teams ranked highest among all professional schools.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In order to enter a good team, the competition among magic-type players was extremely fierce. Before entering a team, they must first show their panels to the team leader.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Body-tempering level, Star Vein slot level, Fate Soul level, rune resonance weapon... scoring in all aspects, and even after passing the interview, they had to pass the team's output cycle test to become an official member.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In contrast, because damage-bearing flow was extremely scarce, each one was a core asset of the team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In order to keep damage-bearing flow players, many teams were even willing to start from scratch and cultivate them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The price was that damage-bearing players had to endure the pain of facing damage directly and also bear huge team pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the team was wiped out, the one who took the blame was likely the damage-bearing flow player who failed to withstand the damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the turning point for the increase in the number of support players was also because \"Rejuvenation\" indirectly improved the endurance of damage-bearing flow players, taking on the role of a team amplifier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its strategic weight in the team was raised by one level. ===== CHAPTER 391 =====\u003C\u002Fp>",3023,"2026-06-17T19:19:05.266Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","cf65a739be17fc86d822724f1a066c9c748999f02a003de0ddf54d131efda143","monsters-have-arrived-chapter-370","the-monsters-have-arrived-chapter-368",373,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmonsters-are-coming-cover.jpg"]