[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-why-do-all-these-monsters-have-health-bars":3,"chapter-why-do-all-these-monsters-have-health-bars-why-do-all-these-monsters-have-health-bars-chapter-264":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Why Do All These Monsters Have Health Bars?",{"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},1557761,2023,"Chapter 264 - 263: Terrifying Power, Alien Species Gather from All Directions","why-do-all-these-monsters-have-health-bars-chapter-264",264,"\u003Cp>Within a moment, Li Jing arrived at the outer periphery of the palace architecture group in the realm of earth, hovering and revealing his figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the influence of the Silent Shadow, no giant beasts detected his presence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Glancing at the palace architecture group that was almost within reach, Li Jing withdrew his gaze and surveyed his surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within his field of vision, he could see a number of giant beasts sitting, lying, or wandering in the woods on the outskirts of the palace architecture group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their total number was not very large.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At a glance, there were about a hundred giant beasts with health bars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, if this was used as a reference, the estimated number of beasts around the entire architectural group would be at least tens of thousands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Observing the palace architecture group up close, it can be seen that it is much larger than the ruins outside the passage, stretching out to great distances, almost as far as the eye can see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vast palace architecture group occupies an area of at least tens of thousands of kilometers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are hundreds of individuals near where Li Jing is, and there are probably giant beasts active on the periphery of other parts of the palace architecture group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The presence of these giant beasts is obviously to guard the palace architecture group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the way here, Li Jing noticed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The distance between the assembly point of the God Kingdom team and the palace architecture group is about fifty kilometers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The area where the giant beasts began to scatter was roughly within thirty kilometers, beyond which there were no beasts to be seen at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is clear that the giant beasts wandering on the outskirts of the palace architecture group form a line of defense, aimed at guarding against foreign enemies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having made an estimate of the defensive line formed by giant beasts, Li Jing was excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tens of thousands of giant beasts, how much experience could he harvest if he had the time?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he managed to stay calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant beasts guarding the palace architectural group were mainly those with bodies several hundred to thousands of meters in size, each with a health bar generally not exceeding 4500, roughly corresponding to realms three and four.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, they were not the main force. Rather than calling it a defensive line, it was more like a warning line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More than thirty kilometers, hundreds of beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it was judged by human standards, this place could be described as a sparsely populated wasteland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for these giant creatures that soar into the sky, thirty kilometers is not a large area. With a few strides, they can easily encounter each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If even one of these giant beasts died or let out a howl, it could easily be discovered or detected by the surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If one thing leads to another, all the giant beasts will go berserk, and the inside of the palace architecture group will be alerted immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without lingering on the outskirts of the palace architecture group, Li Jing transformed into a Thunderbolt and entered the range of the architecture group, then halted again and looked down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first glance, he saw within his field of vision a patrol team composed of twelve giant beasts in the form of a small squad patrolling on the grand avenue of the architectural group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon seeing this patrol team, Li Jing’s brow furrowed slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s not surprising that the giant beasts could form armies, let alone patrol teams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The problem is, this patrol team is of a slightly higher standard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The twelve peculiar-looking giant beasts, all with bodies around two hundred meters in size.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their health bars showed at least 6000, which means they were all above the Fifth Boundary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A patrol team made up of ten Fifth Boundary beasts, that’s a bit too strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As you know, this is just one of the patrol teams that Li Jing could see in his field of vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the palace architecture group that stretches over tens of thousands of kilometers, how many similar patrol teams are there in total?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Fifth Boundary creatures are just patrolling, the Six Boundary beasts are probably not few?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Referring to the two giant beast corps encountered earlier, Li Jing made a rough guess based on what he saw at the moment, assuming that the combined number and level of the giant beasts both inside and outside the palace architectural group were at least equivalent to ten corps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It really is shocking to find out that, if you don’t explore, you don’t know, and once you explore, you get a shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A force equivalent to at least ten giant beast corps is not just a general horror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that he has stepped into the Late Six Realm, he can easily annihilate a near-thousand giant beast corps single-handedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if he encountered so many at once, he might only have the chance to run away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Based on his encounters with the giant beast corps, each corp has at least five to six Six Boundary beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten corps, that’s fifty to sixty Six Boundary beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This kind of formation, if organized, could easily surround and kill even a Seventh Boundary creature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it came to a face-to-face fight, even with the protection of Linglong Tower, he might not be able to withstand it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being cautious certainly seems necessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The God Kingdom team, being over four hundred thousand people in number, had an overwhelming advantage over the giant beasts inside and outside the palace architecture group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in terms of quality, there was simply no comparison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The total number of Six Boundary practitioners from the God Kingdom entering the channel space was only six. Including Li Jing and Ji Youyu, who belonged to the Longyu faction and were on the front lines, it was only eight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They simply couldn’t handle this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they chose to attack, it wouldn’t be the giant beasts that would get surrounded and killed, but them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Longyu team stationed at the end of the passage and the one exploring in the rear were to be called over, it would just barely be possible to cope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A quantitative change could lead to a qualitative change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A million-strong army, coupled with the skills of human cultivators and modern strategic weapons, might be able to conquer this palace architecture group. If all else fails, they could just flatten it with a nuclear bomb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several tens of thousands of kilometers, a single forbidden skill nuclear warhead could easily flatten it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for those above the Six Boundary, a nuclear warhead might not necessarily kill them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant beasts practice body cultivation, their bodies as tough as nails.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If met with a counterattack then, the casualties the team would suffer are incalculable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This just doesn’t seem worth it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their entrance into this million-man passage space was ultimately for resources, not for conquest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crucially, they couldn’t eat the blasted giant beasts they attempted to flatten...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They also had to consider the presence of the Seventh Realm beasts here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With nearly ten legions of giant beasts gathered here, it was likely the lair of an alien civilization. The possibility of a Seventh Realm beast’s presence was high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>God Kingdom did have measures to deal with the Seventh Realm, but who could assure that there would be only one Seventh Realm beast existing in a palace complex that assembled such massive forces?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eyeing the beast patrol team that strolled down the street from the palace complex, Li Jing glanced deep into the complex and pressed on his communication headset to connect to Orville.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No network signal, the range of the communication headset was limited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nevertheless, the specialized communication headset used by each nation for Secret Realm exploration was a piece of black tech specifically developed. Its maximum effective range could reach hundreds of kilometers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Jing was currently forty kilometers away from God Kingdom team’s assembly point, so communication between them was not a problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Connection established, Li Jing reported one by one what he saw and his overall strength estimation of the beast corps in the palace complex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once Orville learned the details, he solemnly said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This palace complex is indeed off-limits. If we had enough time to deploy strategic means, we could establish an advantage with modern siege tactics. Unfortunately, we don’t have that much time. About this palace complex, my personal opinion is to avoid it. Counselor Lee, what do you think...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I personally also suggest avoiding a collision.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Jing replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, regarding this palace complex, I still want to probe deeper. With such a massive force assembled, this place is obviously special and it’s necessary to understand its uniqueness.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, this task can only be entrusted to Counselor Lee.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Orville responded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing no opposition from him, Li Jing spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Considering the current situation, I have a suggestion.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Suggestion?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Orville asked, puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please speak, Counselor Lee.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I suggest that God Kingdom back off and begin to retreat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Jing said in a low voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The entrance to this palace complex is two hours away from us, but probably less than half an hour for the beast corps. Excluding a large number of Third and Fourth Realm beasts, their main force could even reach the entrance in a few minutes. This is a huge threat to our entire team. If a conflict erupts or if there is any movement in this palace complex, the number of people who can get out alive is uncertain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having said that, Li Jing continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There is a vast Secret Realm outside for exploration. If there are heavy casualties here, it will be unbearable for both God Kingdom and the Major League. The exploration of this passage space has already exceeded expectations and God Kingdom has already reaped abundant rewards. It’s a good choice to quit while we’re ahead.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing Li Jing’s words twice, Orville was silent for a long moment, then spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At present, regardless of the exploration time or the harvest, we have indeed exceeded expectations, and the current casualties of the team members can almost be ignored. Counselor Lee’s suggestion to quit while we’re ahead, I have no objections to it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that Orville finally chose to accept his suggestion, Li Jing breathed a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had already roughly confirmed the situation in the palace complex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The conclusion was: not to act rashly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With such a huge force assembled, if he continued to probe deeper, there was a possibility of being discovered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>God Kingdom’s team was just nearby, which was a limitation for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t have to worry about triggering the World Thunder Punishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The key was that there were more than 400,000 people in God Kingdom, which made it inconvenient for him to run away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The palace complex was like an extremely dangerous hornet’s nest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this nest exploded because he poked it, the God Kingdom team hiding forty kilometers away might be discovered, and hardly anyone might be able to escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since Commander Orville has no objections, I’ll trouble you to relay the retreat instruction.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Jing said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As for the Longyu team, I’ll let my Spirit Weapon relay the command. Once all three teams reach the channel exit, everyone can leave directly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this, he chose to land on top of a nearby palace to prepare a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he went deeper into the palace complex, he didn’t know what would happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no need to be overly prepared, but he needed to buy enough time for the teams of the God Kingdom to retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he was discovered as soon as he went deeper, and the team of the God Kingdom had just started their escape, then it would be troublesome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blink of an eye, two hours had passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Jing waited for a full two hours, finally getting the news from Linglong that the God Kingdom team and Longyu team had arrived at the exit for withdrawal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After receiving the news, Li Jing instructed Linglong to supervise Chen Yuran, Yulian, and Jiu Li’s exit out of the passage space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over ten minutes later, as he wished, he received the news that Chen Yuran and the others had left the passage space with the main force, leaving Commissioner Ji behind as he had instructed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He instructed Linglong to stay by Commissioner Ji, to prevent this alien civilization commissioner from getting into trouble. Li Jing then looked up at the darkening sky and chose to sit down and continue waiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the time they entered the passage space to now, five hours had already passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now it was early evening, and soon the sky would be completely dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’ve been waiting so long, a little longer wouldn’t hurt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He must stir up this hornet’s nest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not, he would not be able to face himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the official business should still be attended to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He intended to explore the deep end of the palace complex first, to figure out which alien species this place belonged to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would be easier to get things done under the cover of a dark and windy night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the sun set, and night fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realizing that the time was just about right, Li Jing got up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he was making his way towards the depths of the palace architecture, he suddenly felt something, and insubstantively turned his head to the south.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the darkness of the night, a large and blood-red beam of light swiftly approached. Within moments, it arrived over the palace complex from the far south and headed directly towards the inner area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Li Jing frowned slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light of Sky Control was a unique characteristic of guided objects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pure Sky Control would not be accompanied by light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This beam was clearly not from a giant beast but a \"pure-blooded\" being, similar to the bird people or the snake people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least from what Li Jing had seen so far, only these \"pure-blooded\" entities possessed articles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his eyes on the beam of light, Li Jing did not hesitate and chased it as if he was a bolt of lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beam of light had a health bar, and the number displayed reached as high as 8723, undoubtedly a creature from the Six Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"pure blood\" from the Six Realm had come from the south. Li Jing wasn’t sure if it was a snake person, but it was necessary to follow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had just begun trying to delve deeper into the palace complex and was uncertain where he could find valuable information. Now that someone was leading the way, it was like someone giving him a pillow when he wanted to sleep!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thick beam moved very fast. It seemed to be a Six Realm entity that manipulated a sixth level Spirit Weapon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, Li Jing’s lightning speed was not slow and he easily caught up with the beam that had infiltrated the imperial complex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just a dozen or so seconds, they had arrived at the center of the palace complex one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately after, the beam of light hovered above a palace and descended, revealing a figure over ten meters tall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Jing stopped as the light beam did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the true form of the beam, he was taken aback.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This more than ten meters tall figure was actually a bird man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t a snake person, which didn’t surprise him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no rule stating that those from the south must be snake men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the arrival being a birdman had indeed astounded him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The birdmen were supposed to be in the channel space he had first encountered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is it a birdman who was sealed here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or was there a passage between the two spaces that allowed for movement?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or were the two entities taken from the same space, just opening portals to the outside world from different locations?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he was wondering, the doors of the palace in front of him opened, and a robust figure more than ten meters tall stepped out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Catching sight of this robust figure, Li Jing could not help but scrutinize them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This magnificent figure was entirely humanoid, and besides being over ten meters tall, its appearance and posture was no different from a human’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bird man who arrived at night saw the giant and bowed respectfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant waved his hand in acknowledgment and expelled a strange and obscure string of syllables from his mouth, seemingly explaining something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bird man stood, still bowed, listening to the giant’s words until he finished speaking, straightened up, and responded in equally obscure and distant syllables.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Jing, standing by and observing their conversation, was annoyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The problem was, he couldn’t understand what they were saying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he was feeling disgruntled, two more beams of light suddenly arrived from the south and landed nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both figures revealed themselves. One was the snake person whom Ji Youyu had been pining for, and the other was an alien creature with a human face, but their lower body was completely a snake tail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These two could both be called snake people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their species, however, were obviously inconsistent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was worth noting that both were at the late stage of the Six Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The health bar value above their heads was even higher than the bird man who arrived first. The snake-headed humanoid had 8869, and the human-bodied snake tail had 8892.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing these two, a strange look crossed Li Jing’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had he just arrived at the right time?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A birdman, a snake person, another type of snake person, and a giant - representatives of four ethnic groups gathering together?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two snake people stood still, bowed respectfully to the giant, then ceremonially saluted the birdman, their gestures much more casual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was pretty clear the birdman harbored ill will towards the two, he glanced at them and seemed indifferent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching this, Li Jing managed to grasp a rough understanding of the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bloodline of the giant should be the purest of everyone present, and the birdman, who was completely human-like, appeared to be a higher rank than the two different types of snake people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he was deducing, the birdman suddenly shouted angrily at the two snake people. From his agitated expression, it was not hard to tell how heated his words were. Between his words, he raised his hand and pointed to the exit of the passage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the sight, Li Jing was slightly stunned, raising his eyebrows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had initially thought that he had stumbled upon the four directions meeting, but it did not seem to be the case now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bird people pointed to the position of the exit of the tunnel, appearing frantic. Without much thought, it could be known that the withdrawal of the Four Realm and the teams of God Kingdom and Longyu from the tunnel space has something to do with the soon-to-be meeting outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The timing fit perfectly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The team had just retreated less than half an hour ago and the representatives from the three parties showed up to meet the giants. Clearly, these two events were interconnected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having figured out the situation, Li Jing immediately realized that the Four Realm was fully aware of the move of the God Kingdom team into the tunnel space. The fact that the tunnel had not been closed indicated that the Four Realm had some scheme.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, two snake people were speaking loudly to the bird people, who responded indifferently and did not retort, clearly unhappy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant played the role of a peacemaker, waving his hand to signal the bird people not to say too much, and began to ask the two snake people in strange syllables.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing the giant, the snake-man with a human body and a snake tail showed a somewhat helpless look, speaking in a report-like manner in strange syllables.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Jing watched the four factions communicate, blinked twice, and chose to step into the palace with the giant’s courtyard wide open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t understand their communication.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staying there was a waste of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s better to look around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The palace is in the center of all the palace buildings, and is the residence of the giant, the highest-ranking presence at the scene. It might have some unique treasures inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be fair, it turned out that Li Jing made the right choice by entering the palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as he entered, he saw a large mural on the wall next to the palace door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mural depicts a man with horns on his head, wings growing from his ribs, and a snake tail rearing up one hand touching the fingertips of a woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The size difference between the two was quite substantial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man in the mural is almost equivalent to a human body, while the woman is ten times larger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath the meeting of their fingertips, three rows of figures were carved, slightly larger than the man but slightly smaller than the woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ones that could be clearly identified were only the front three rows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The forefront was indistinguishable from humans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind them were bird people with wings growing from their ribs and aliens with a single horn on their heads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three figures were lined up behind them, a snake-man with a human body and snake tail, a tiger-man with a human body and a head, and a goat-man with a human body and goat horns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind these three rows were dozens of different figures, but due to the constraints of the mural, only a silhouette was given.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the mural was very self-explanatory - it was almost like a family tree was laid out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man and woman on the mural were clearly the origin of everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their bloodline evolved and birthed many species, clearly depicted in the mural with the higher ranked species depicted clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giants, bird people, and snake men with human bodies and snake tails were all in the first three rows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apart from the giants, the bird people and the snake-man with a human body and a snake tail inherited some of the man’s features.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In terms of body size, all three also inherited the woman giant’s physique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giants, who did not inherit the man’s alien features, were at the forefront. This indicated that this was a matriarchal lineage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The snake-man species was not present, it was presumably among the dozens of figures behind the three rows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This lineage was quite outrageous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ability for the two individuals on the mural to reproduce was a miracle in itself, not to mention the fact that they birthed so many bizarre species...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the last row was vague and only a blurry silhouette, the outlines carving towards the edge could barely be considered to have a human form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking a glance back at the four still talking outside, Li Jing took out his phone in silent mode, took a picture of the entire mural, and then continued onto the deeper parts of the palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not far in, he saw another mural.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This mural did not have any individual figures to reference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It depicted numerous thunderbolts tearing apart the land and destroying mountains and rivers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this mural, Li Jing paused for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scene depicted in this mural was, again, quite self-explanatory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A natural disaster descending, destroying the entire world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed like the Research Institute’s previous guess was spot on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Big Secret Realm had indeed been destroyed before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ancestors of the bird people, snake people, and other alien species opened up the tunnel space to survive and continue their lineage in response to the catastrophic disaster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Jing concluded from the mural and it became clear why the bird man was so scared of his World Thunder Punishment that he chose to shut himself down on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His World Thunder Punishment was quite similar to this thunderbolt destroying the world, wasn’t it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What he found hard to believe was...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Big Secret Realm was vast, much larger than a blue star in the mortal world. How terrifying must the thunderbolt that directly destroyed the entire Big Secret Realm have been?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And how much area did it cover?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could a natural phenomenon be so exaggerated?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking out his phone again to photograph the mural, Li Jing turned around intending to continue deeper into the palace. However, as soon as he turned his head, he saw a woman half a head taller than himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman was standing quietly not far away, staring at him intently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly seeing this woman, Li Jing stopped in his tracks, his face gradually darkening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This woman had a health bar of 9778 above her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seventh Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a health bar, she wasn’t human.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it was obvious that she was not affected by Silent Shadow...\u003C\u002Fp>",4153,"2026-06-06T07:41:35.216Z",1,"novelbin.me","61d0cfb5f5cce4128d56cd49d34cb65a01d440ed820594c129bf9ec381ef277f","why-do-all-these-monsters-have-health-bars-chapter-265","why-do-all-these-monsters-have-health-bars-chapter-263",719,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwhy-do-all-these-monsters-have-health-bars-cover.jpg"]