[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-monsters-are-coming":3,"chapter-the-monsters-are-coming-the-monsters-are-coming-chapter-55":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Monsters Are Coming",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2221559,4069,"Chapter 55: NPC Favorability","the-monsters-are-coming-chapter-55",55,"\u003Cp>[High price acquisition of body-tempering combat skills in cash, transfer money offline immediately after the transaction is completed, honest and trustworthy.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Whoever has unused body-tempering combat skills, don't be afraid that I have no money, as long as you are willing to sell, you can open the price at will.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Xiao's good luck made the player group reignite the enthusiasm for finding God of Wealth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the body-tempering combat skill acquisition post released by heavy krypton gold players on the forum ignited the players' enthusiasm even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The price of a body-tempering combat skill has been speculated to 4 million cash on the forum, and it is priceless. Except for Zhou Xiao, no other players have obtained it yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although some of the players who made the offer were shouting prices blindly on the forum, body-tempering combat skills still had a huge temptation for ordinary players, meaning that getting a body-tempering combat skill could make them rich overnight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood-Colored Plains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A ten-player team is in fierce confrontation with a group of monsters called Angry Horns, shaped like mountain goats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Flame, listen to my call, appear.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accompanied by the call full of secondary feelings, the hands of a player in the team ignited two groups of ink-colored flames, quickly spreading around his body. The flesh and blood on his body dissipated under the calcination of the flames, revealing white bones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Switching to the Bone Fire form, the player raised his hand to condense several fireballs and shot them toward the Angry Horn group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Grant you, become mutton skewers!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three Angry Horns hit by the fireballs were immediately shrouded in raging ink-colored flames, letting out sad cries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eat Soil, can you stop being so secondary? It gives me goosebumps, can you change to some serious lines.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing these words, Eat Soil, who turned into the Bone Fire form, gave a middle finger to Killing Heart:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pah, isn't your snake entanglement awkward?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's a big snake, you are the small snake... .\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While hunting monsters, the bickering in the team voice channel was constant, and the atmosphere was happy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, Eat Soil suddenly found a familiar figure in the distance, and he decisively switched to the Eagle-Headed Demon form to look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the blessing of the eagle eye, the figure in the distance became clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother Li, it's God of Wealth!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Eat Soil's call, Li Zheng, who was in the front and turned into a snake form more than ten meters long, felt a shock in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pah!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spitting out the Angry Horn shaped like a mountain goat in his mouth to one side, he raised his huge head and looked in the direction pointed by Eat Soil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vertical pupils shrank abruptly. Pulling the vision closer, he really saw a familiar figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His height is about 1.65 meters, with light blue hair, and his expressionless appearance is like an exquisite doll toy, sitting on a twisted big tree at this time, closing his eyes and resting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hiss, isn't good luck coming.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zheng said, his figure twisted and quickly shrank, switching to human form, and automatically had a black cloth garment on his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After liver-exploding and grinding the Gloomy Cave for several days, his contribution ranking was first after completing the purification mission. The rewards obtained raised his body-tempering level to 3, but when facing low-level monsters that could be easily killed, he still habitually liked to use the Black-Armored Snake form for combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The current Black-Armored Snake form has grown to level 22, with a body length of 11 meters, and its strong physical fitness can easily twist off a big tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It has reached the state of true big snake entanglement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, discovering the trace of God of Wealth, Li Zheng and the brothers of the Liver Emperor group were very excited and decisively ran toward the direction where Duan Xing was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Duan Xing, not far away, also sensed the approach of figures, opened his pure white eyes and looked at Li Zheng and others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he did not choose to leave, curious in his heart what this group of self-proclaimed player clans was looking for him for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Waiting for Li Zheng and others to approach, he leaped from the tree trunk and landed steadily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"God of Wealth, finally saw you, hurry up and go through the process.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"God of Wealth, I also want body-tempering combat skills, there are ten of us here, one copy for each.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"God of Wealth, do you have hidden mall functions here? Can you buy good things that are not in the ordinary mall?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duan Xing: ……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This series of questions made Duan Xing confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Duan Xing stunned on the spot, Li Zheng and other Liver Emperor group players were a little worried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The members of the Liver Emperor team spoke in the team voice channel one after another:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Family Shared Foster Father\": Brother Li, is the way to open it wrong? You can't ask for it directly, you have to be tactful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Leopard Head Zero Recharge\": Don't mess around, the progress is too fast. I saw on the forum the other day that others chatted for a long time before getting the body-tempering combat skill red envelope. We also have to chat slowly, and wait for a suitable opportunity for God of Wealth to send it himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Poor to Eat Soil\": Is there a possibility that the prerequisite for asking God of Wealth for red envelopes is to brush enough personal favorability? Last time, the special event of saving God of Wealth changed his favorability toward our player faction from hostility to friendliness, so he didn't take action upon meeting, but his favorability toward us personally is 0. Asking for things directly definitely won't work, we have to proceed step by step. According to my experience of playing games for so many years, giving gifts is the simplest way to brush favorability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Killing Heart Moved\": Yes, brush favorability first, don't ask for things directly, this is too impolite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't understand what you are talking about, what are you looking for me for?\" Looking at Li Zheng and others standing on the spot in a daze, Duan Xing asked in a deep voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through voice channel communication, Li Zheng and other Liver Emperor group players decisively changed their strategy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They took out various flavors of food cans from their space inventory and handed them to Duan Xing with a flattering look:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eat something?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that Li Zheng and others actually took out a pile of things out of thin air, Duan Xing's expression became very colorful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He realized one thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This group of guys actually carried space items with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He naturally knew the value of this thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He is still a reserve warrior now and cannot be equipped with space items.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even if he is promoted to a formal warrior of the Tide-Reversal Legion, he needs a lot of battle achievements to exchange for space items.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such precious things, this group of guys who call themselves player clans actually have one each.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But thinking carefully, Duan Xing couldn't help shaking his head in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Space items all have physical carriers. He killed a large number of player clan members before. They would turn into black mist and dissipate after death, and would not drop any items, which does not fit the characteristics of space items.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is it a peculiar body structure, their bodies have space for storing items?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duan Xing then thought of a possibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There is a race force in the Tide-Reversal Legion called \"Empty Clan.\" Members of this race possess a special race skill. After adulthood, the stomach will undergo magical changes, forming a space, which can store things inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt that player clan members also likely mastered similar abilities, forming a small space for storing items in the body by changing the body structure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this explanation, thinking carefully, still cannot explain why they turn into black mist and dissipate after death without items dropping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faced with the food handed by Li Zheng and others, Duan Xing did not refuse and reached out to take it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He planned to have a good chat with this group of player clan members next to find out about the internal situation of their race and the origin of their special abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sitting on the ground, Duan Xing violently unscrewed the can lid and tasted a little food, then couldn't help frowning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This food didn't carry a trace of energy, it was purely used to satisfy hunger, worthless, and not as efficient as directly absorbing heaven and earth energy to supplement body consumption.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in order to find out information, he still endured the patience to eat in small bites, looking for an opportunity to ask questions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this period, Li Zheng and others also sat down in front of Duan Xing. Watching him eat, they automatically imagined the jumping text tips popping up on God of Wealth's head:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Favorability +1\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Favorability +1\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a good start, next they just need to wait for the favorability to reach the standard to receive God of Wealth's gift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the subsequent communication, Duan Xing asked about the origin of the player clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he had asked Zhou Xiao this question, he still planned to understand it in depth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faced with the inquiry, Li Zheng's thoughts were completely different from Zhou Xiao's.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Xiao thought of saying whatever he had, without any concealment, and never thought about the possible impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Li Zheng was different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a senior player, he knew that the NPCs in the game world were actually intelligent AIs created by the Moon Eclipse clan. They were implanted with memory corresponding to the game world background at the beginning of their birth, and they didn't know they were NPCs, thinking they were fresh lives, and didn't know their existence was to create game content for players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So explaining directly that they are players is essentially destroying game rules, giving NPCs content they cannot understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This behavior is very shameful in Li Zheng's view. If it is serious, the NPCs who know the truth will be withdrawn by the Moon Eclipse clan for initialization processing to prevent NPCs from doubting their own positioning and appearing thinking outside the positioning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a player, Li Zheng felt that he should substitute the background positioning belonging to players to contact NPCs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is also a way to improve his own game substitution sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So when he introduced the player clan, he used the background introduced by the guide as a reference description.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stating that they were once a player clan that believed in Di Zhao, the player clan fell into a deep sleep after the Black Tide descended, and only recently woke up, wanting to reignite Di Zhao's fire and take back the territory swallowed by the Black Tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this period, Li Zheng also introduced the land under his feet to Duan Xing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stating that this is the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range area, which is the place where Di Zhao was once buried, and also the border area of the Monster World.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But unlike Zhou Xiao, Li Zheng did not mention Emperor Tomb Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the novice village is the player resurrection point, which in Li Zheng's view is obviously difficult to be understood by NPCs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This communication went very smoothly, and there was no problem of content being shielded and banned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After collecting this information, Duan Xing's idea of wanting to win over the player clan became more and more intense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the problem is that the player clan is a race from the ancient times, and their faith is still the ancient creation god Di Zhao. Their thoughts are pedantic, and they don't seem to be willing to join the Tide-Reversal Legion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After chatting for a long time, finding that Duan Xing still hadn't proposed the idea of giving red envelopes, Li Zheng was a little impatient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a brick-moving player, time is money in his eyes, and he can't waste it anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"God of Wealth, our player clan has a saying called reciprocity, which means that after a friend gives a gift, there should be a return gift, which is a very polite performance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing these words, Duan Xing was stunned, then looked down at the food can in his hand that had been eaten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zheng's meaning had been expressed very clearly, obviously hoping that he could return some gifts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of the life-saving grace of the player clan, Duan Xing didn't care too much about the value of the food, and after a short thought, he took a purple crystal from his arm guard and handed it to Li Zheng:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is Purple Soul crystal, my return gift.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking the Purple Soul crystal and seeing the analysis information showing that this is a level 7 spiritual mineral stone, Li Zheng smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After chatting for a long time, he finally had a harvest. Sure enough, he still had to brush favorability first before unfolding the subsequent red envelope link.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after taking the crystal, he still couldn't help asking:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"God of Wealth, do you have any body-tempering combat skills to give away here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing these words, Duan Xing's forehead veins jumped. He realized that it was obviously the news that he had given the player clan body-tempering combat skills last time that had spread within the player group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Asking for body-tempering combat skills was the main purpose of their approach this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, I only carried one copy of body-tempering combat skills.\" Duan Xing decisively shook his head and refused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duan Xing's answer made Li Zheng and others a little disappointed, and the team voice channel also made an analysis of this:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother Li, maybe our favorability is not enough, or God of Wealth's backpack hasn't refreshed body-tempering combat skills, let's come next time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What a pity, it's not easy to meet God of Wealth, I didn't expect the inventory of body-tempering combat skills to be cleared, can only wait for the next refresh.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"1 point sacrificial power food can for a level 7 mineral stone, already made a big profit, brothers don't be so greedy, it's time to retreat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The topic ended here, Li\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what Duan Xing did not know was that it was precisely because of his friendly behavior toward the player race that the constant harassment followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after Li Zheng left, he posted a strategy guide on the forum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【The correct way to open the God of Wealth, the hidden attribute in the game: NPC intimacy.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Poster: Game Brick-Moving Party.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Content:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have learned a lot from the strategies posted by brothers on the forum, and today I finally have a practical strategy to give back to everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Getting straight to the point, everyone has been looking for the God of Wealth recently, thinking that finding the God of Wealth will result in gifts. This idea is actually wrong, because I discovered that there is actually a hidden attribute in the game: favorability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I assume I don't need to explain the word \"favorability\"; brothers who have played games understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other games, NPC favorability can be obtained quite straightforwardly by checking the attribute panel. Reaching a certain level of favorability with an NPC can grant service conveniences, or purchase permissions for discounted or special items.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the favorability in this game is a hidden attribute. Although it cannot be seen from the attribute panel or other places, it truly exists...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The strategy post published by Li Zheng recounted how he received a red envelope in return by giving gifts to the God of Wealth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A piece of Grade 7 spirit ore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The popularity of this post on the forum climbed rapidly, and many players replied to thank him, stating they had learned the correct way to open the God of Wealth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zheng's success solidified the players' impression of Duan Xing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They believed the God of Wealth was a special mechanism in the game; meeting him meant making a small fortune, and if one were lucky enough that the God of Wealth's spatial backpack happened to refresh a body-tempering combat technique, one would become instantly wealthy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sparked a craze for trading scrap metal for treasures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All players wanted to use cheap goods purchased from the mall to exchange for high-value body-tempering combat techniques or high-quality spirit ore from the God of Wealth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the completely unaware Duan Xing was still considering whether to investigate the player race in depth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, finding their tribal territory and secretly observing to collect information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When there is an opportunity to return to his homeland in the future, he would report the intelligence on the player race and attempt to recruit the player race into the Tide-Reversal Legion, becoming one of the racial forces serving the Tide-Reversal Legion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little did he know that a wave of \"harassment operations\" to farm favorability was about to strike.\u003C\u002Fp>",2842,"2026-06-17T18:40:33.513Z","2026-06-18T03:18:02.290Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","63c0b65d03c7a914d51ef28f9e9a873b15cadba745510a3a3c40dbfbc2ff380d","the-monsters-are-coming-chapter-56","the-monsters-are-coming-chapter-54",373,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmonsters-are-coming-cover.jpg"]