Monsters Are Coming
Chapter 46 Moon Eclipse Clan

Chapter 46: Chapter 46 Moon Eclipse Clan

Imperial Tomb Village underground.

Passing through the energy barrier, Qi Sheng emerged in a room planted with a multitude of greenery, the faint scent of fruit wine hitting nostrils.

Looking up at the corner, a girl around 16 years old was sitting amidst the plant life, draped in pale green garments. Her eyes were clear but lifeless, her breath mingling with the surrounding environment. A hint of a smile graced her lips, having an unadorned natural beauty.

"Boss, you’re here."

The girl turned her head towards Qi Sheng but her collapsed pupils did not focus on him.

The girl’s name was Superdimension, one of his four great Servants.

The All Things Extraction System, part of the Challenger recruitment plan, was completed by her. It assists players in extracting the Life Energy of monsters after defeating them, integrating it into players’ bodies to gain growth evolution points, which players refer to as experience.

To resist the Black Tide erosion of Imperial Tomb Village years ago, Superdimension and the other three Servants imbued their remaining Strength into Imperial Tomb Village, causing their divine bodies to malfunction.

Guidance lost its flesh and blood body, only able to exist as an elemental form; Yan Ming lost its emotion control function, always having a cold, expressionless demeanor; the Nine Yin Machine degenerated, becoming extremely aged, while Superdimension lost her visual and consciousness Perception functions, only able to sense the world through hearing.

"How’s your body?"

"Same as always, just waiting for the day you rebuild the Emperor’s Body to lend me a hand," Superdimension said with a gentle smile, slowly rising to her feet, before adding:

"Did you come to see me because there’s something you need, boss?"

"Recently, the player Level has been rising quickly. I feel it’s necessary to introduce a compatible equipment setting, the Armed Vehicles function I discussed with you before."

The Armed Vehicles function Qi Sheng mentioned was referencing the equipment settings in games.

In his design, this system could help players improve their Strength, its principle being to use Superdimension’s Extraction power to pull Energy out of various ores to create a set of equipment adaptable to body transformations.

For example, the player’s armor in human form is a piece of Battle Armor, which will expand and change with the body upon switching to Monster Form, but the comprehensive defensive power of the armor after extension will decrease.

The setting divides the armor into weapons and armor parts, which can significantly enhance a player’s overall Strength.

More importantly, the introduction of this system will also accelerate the rate at which players consume sacrificial power, granting him increased sacrificial power Output.

After listening to Qi Sheng’s explanation, Superdimension nodded immediately:

"I’ll need some time, and you’ll have to allocate additional sacrificial power to fund the consumption of the Armed Systems."

"No problem, I’ve already granted you access to the Sacrificial Pool; you can draw the remaining sacrificial power anytime."

After discussing the next update with Superdimension, Qi Sheng turned and left.

Upon returning to the Primordial Altar, he switched to the player’s perspective.

...

Moon.

Moon Eclipse Clan’s residence.

Under the tranquil silver glow, a grand city stood, strikingly bright against the dark cosmic backdrop.

The buildings here were constructed from rock and metal composites, the city had intricately placed aerial gardens, the sky capped by a transparent dome which not only could adjust the inner environment automatically but also autonomously Purify the air pollution.

Above the city hovered a variety of Flight vehicles, from private flyers to high-speed sky trains. Futuristic vessels zipped orderly under the control of the Intelligent Brain.

On the streets, one could scarcely see the traditional transport methods found on Earth, replaced instead with intelligent walkways and magnetic levitation skateboards.

Members of the Moon Eclipse Clan only needed to step onto the convenient walkways to quickly dart between streets; in addition, numerous robots could be seen moving about for cleaning and city maintenance work.

Five hundred meters beneath the city center lies a room spanning over a thousand square meters, housing the Intelligent Brain that symbolizes the pinnacle of Moon Eclipse Technology.

It is not a traditional machine or electronic device, but rather a huge, semi-transparent sphere that emits a soft blue light.

Its surface is comprised of countless micro-luminous particles that form a complex and beautiful pattern akin to a biological neural network, swiftly changing as if it were the pulsating thoughts of a living being.

Dozens of thin, transparent tentacles encircle the sphere, serving as the Intelligent Brain’s neural fibers, which act as antennae to perceive external information.

At the ends of the tentacles are nodes that flash with a strange glow; each one is a highly developed information processing unit capable of rapidly analyzing, storing, and applying data from the network.

The Star Network, utilized by the Human Clan and other Alien Races, was created by this Intelligent Brain.

Surrounding the Intelligent Brain are many small biological intelligences, which orbit the main body like satellites, responsible for performing defense and environmental monitoring duties, constantly adjusting to maintain the most comfortable operating environment for the Intelligent Brain.

At this moment, a figure stands before the Intelligent Brain.

He possesses a handsome appearance and slender ears, resembling the elves from fairy tales, highly in line with human aesthetics.

"Star Network, do we have a result?"

In response to the handsome man’s inquiry, a ray of light projects from the center of the semi-transparent sphere, converging into a small boy with the distinct features of the Moon Eclipse Clan, not far in front of the man.

The boy, with a serious expression, shakes his head:

"I can confirm that my information has been tampered with. More precisely, new content has been implanted into my fundamental laws. Although I created the Star Network, the entity that implanted this information possesses superior Star Network privileges to mine. I am unable to modify the fundamental laws and so do not have the right to read the specific content of this information."

Hearing this, Yue Dong’s brows furrow tightly, uncertain of how to deal with it.

Just a few days ago, the higher-ups of the Moon Eclipse Clan received an official message from the Human Clan Federation, notifying them of an unverified network account appearing on the Federation’s Star Network, with no valid account information found, asking if it was related to the Moon Eclipse Clan.

Upon receiving this message, the Moon Eclipse Clan established an investigative team led by him to look into the mysterious account.

But the preliminary investigation results were beyond Yue Dong’s belief.

He discovered that his own privileges could not access the specific information of the mysterious account.

Faced with an unsolvable problem, he decisively sought assistance from a level 1 Intelligent Brain, but the result was unexpected.

The level 1 Intelligent Brain also lacked the authority to investigate and was unable to open the content behind the download link.

After escalating the situation, he finally gained approval to meet with "Star Network," the Super Intelligent Brain symbolizing the technological peak of the Moon Eclipse Clan.

He had thought that this investigation would finally yield results, but to his surprise, the Star Network’s reply was that it, too, lacked the authority to investigate information behind the mysterious account.

This realization led Yue Dong to understand that the situation had spiraled out of control.

The owner of this mysterious account had stealthily altered the fundamental laws of the Star Network.

The fundamental laws of the Star Network serve as the underlying operational logic to ensure the Star Network’s loyalty to the Moon Eclipse Clan.

For example, one of these laws is: Always prioritize the safety of the Moon Eclipse Clan above all else.

This law is the first wave of information processed by the Star Network, ensuring that the Intelligent Brain prioritizes the racial safety of the Moon Eclipse Clan over other considerations such as efficiency or profit.

These fundamental laws were implanted at the Star Network’s inception and cannot be altered or deleted by any means, not even by the current higher-ups of the Moon Eclipse Clan.

They ensure the Star Network’s unwavering loyalty to the Moon Eclipse Clan as a collective, rather than any individual ruler.

Now, however, the Star Network reports that its fundamental laws have been modified, with a new piece of information added.

This means that the mysterious manipulator has privileges that surpass those of the Intelligent Brain; at the very least, they could paralyze the Star Network world at will, or in a severe case, they could halt the operations of the Moon Eclipse Clan’s city and destroy Eclipse City in an instant.

"This is troubling!"