Monsters Are Coming
Chapter 330 - 141: The Catastrophe Army of the Idea King_2

Chapter 330: Chapter 141: The Catastrophe Army of the Idea King_2

The guiding words made Qi Sheng furrow his brow slightly:

"Cross-space energy injection?"

[That’s right, I now have a bold hypothesis. I suspect that this suddenly appearing Insect Tide did not inadvertently descend on the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range region but arrived with a purpose, and that target is likely the Earth Thought Evil Spirit.]

The explanation from the guidance led Qi Sheng into contemplation.

Not long after, a thought surfaced in his mind:

"Guidance, do you think it’s possible that the Insect Tide’s supreme mainframe is searching for a way to restrain the Horror Black Tide? That’s why it created a special low-level mainframe and let it descend near the units of the nascent Black Tide, to accompany its growth."

"During this period, through continuous battles with the Black Tide in its initial stages, it gradually adapts to the traits of various combat units of the Black Tide until it adapts to all combat units, thus creating a combat unit that perfectly restrains the Black Tide Army system."

Upon hearing Qi Sheng’s analysis, the guidance immediately nodded:

[That’s exactly what I think. The sudden arrival of the Insect Tide mainframe is very likely a tactic laid out by the Insect Race supreme mainbrain. The frantic advance at the beginning forces the Earth Thought Evil Spirit to its limits to learn about its comprehensive strength. After grasping the data, it initiates synchronized growth.]

[This was evident earlier. After the Skyfire Clan campaign ended, the biggest winner was the Earth Thought Evil Spirit, but the Insect Tide inexplicably kept pace with the growth speed of the Black Tide. This time, it’s the same. After the Earth Thought Evil Spirit obtained Black Tide Energy from the Bright Star Sea Area, the Insect Tide again matched the growth progress. Clearly, there’s a hand manipulating the growth speed of the Insect Race Mainbrain, each time lagging but providing resources to match the strength of the Earth Thought Evil Spirit, keeping it at the same combat level.]

The guidance’s analysis was precisely what Qi Sheng was thinking at the moment.

The Earth Thought Evil Spirit, at least, has a process of struggle. Each time it acquires resources, there is a traceable logic.

But the Insect Tide’s enhancement always comes as a sudden boost, and the guidance always senses space fluctuations. Clearly, some force is delivering growth resources.

The two major evil bosses of Newbie Village, each more bizarre than the other.

Yet, Qi Sheng didn’t delve deeply into this problem. Indeed, the Black Tide and Insect Tide affected the players’ progress in exploring the world, but if they can’t break through, he can open a new direction to create an expandable node.

Like the Colorful Mist Coast Region, which is the space node he newly developed.

As for the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range, it’s now more like a leveling ground.

Though the Black Tide and Insect Tide are deemed by players as poor monsters, the advantage is the monster density is very high, especially suitable for guilds and large groups to grind and grow.

This is an advantage that the Colorful Mist Coast cannot match.

Monsters in the Colorful Mist Coast Region are more sparsely distributed, and there is a "search" step required before hunting begins.

But hunting in the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range region is simple; if lacking sacrificial power or evolution points, one just forms a team and goes out to kill, engaged in high-intensity combat until death.

It’s all about volume, allowing players to earn benefits through quantity.

But during this process, the three parties are always in a state of mutual contempt, thinking the other two are truly disgusting.

Without thinking too much about this issue, Qi Sheng decided to quickly launch a new round of player recruitment plans.

This time he plans to issue 70,000 player slots externally while recruiting another group of alien race players.

But before that, he needs to upgrade the existing store.

As player levels increase, many products can no longer meet their needs.

For instance, canned food.

Players newly entering the game can use 1 point of sacrificial power to purchase canned food to replenish their bodily consumption, but after physical fitness improvement, the limited nutrients provided by the canned food can no longer support players’ daily consumption.

Players with strength opt to consume Spirit Food for replenishment, but many players choose to save sacrificial power by excessively eating canned food, compensating quality with quantity.

This can be seen in the Reverse Tide Training Camp.

Reserve Soldiers undergo high-intensity training and need to consume a large amount of Spirit Food to replenish daily.

At the current stage, he doesn’t need to worry about Spirit Food production. Players who specialize in the Spirit Chef sub-profession supply various delicious Spirit Foods to the Trading House daily.

But there is no product to replace canned food regarding the supplementation of instant nutrition.

To address this issue, Qi Sheng thought about the kind of ready-to-eat energy paste used by Li Zheng and others on their way to the Phase Two Training Camp after the completion of Phase One.

All relevant records have been documented by the guidance.

He can completely replicate the energy paste using the parsed records.

But the energy paste used by ordinary soldiers of the Reverse Tide Army costs 83 points of sacrificial power, which is too expensive for players to afford with their current sacrificial power earnings.

So he intends to make a low-tier version.

Going forward, players can automatically condense it with sacrificial power when purchasing.

With an idea in hand, Qi Sheng immediately got to work.

After switching to the Emperor’s Omen Form, he was enveloped by scarlet flames, with the Challenger System runes rotating around his body.

After extracting the recorded information, a three-dimensional projection of the energy paste appeared in front of him.

Reaching out to enlarge it, the structure arrangement of the energy paste was presented in the form of energy particles, with each color particle representing a type of Spiritual Plant Energy.

Next, he just needed to use sacrificial power to generate different energy types and replicate the combination to produce the energy paste.

The replication process was effortless, but he curtailed the portion size.

One energy paste was divided into 8 portions, each priced at 11 points of sacrificial power.

For every eight portions sold, he could gain 5 points of sacrificial power revenue.