Monsters Are Coming
Chapter 74 - 68 Revisiting the Old Place, The Surge of the Black Tide (First Update)_2

Chapter 74: Chapter 68 Revisiting the Old Place, The Surge of the Black Tide (First Update)_2

If the dog officials are reading this, I hope this aspect can be improved.

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This idea seems entirely feasible to Qi Sheng.

Initially, the player’s extracted Life Souls didn’t just disappear but were refined into pure sacrificial power and re-entered the Sacrificial Pool.

This part of the profit was not allocated to the players but monopolized by him.

However, player proposals made him feel that doing so would indeed increase the burden on players to enhance their strength.

How to solve this problem, Qi Sheng already had an idea after reading the post.

He planned to take a 5% handling fee from the evolution points produced after the decomposition of the stripped Life Soul into the Sacrificial Pool and return the remaining 95% to the players for free allocation and use.

The setting of decomposing and returning would significantly alleviate the players’ effort and investment in re-cultivating a Life Soul.

The introduction of the Life Soul decomposition mode would also inspire players’ creativity, encouraging them to bravely try various combinations of the Star Vein School without worrying about re-cultivation.

But before launching the decomposition feature, he needed to contact the Superdimension in advance to implant the new functions of Life Soul decomposition, refinement, and resource return into the Challenger System.

With the idea in mind, Qi Sheng immediately contacted the Superdimension residing underground through Guidance to propose its design.

The Superdimension, who was constructing the Armed Vehicles’ features, after listening to his explanation, immediately indicated that this part was very simple. It could first complete the feature of decomposing and returning and then continue with the production of Armed Vehicles features.

After the conversation ended, Qi Sheng disconnected the call, and his gaze switched to the Earth Vein Cliff area indicated by the latest feedback from Guidance.

...

Earth Vein Cliff.

The derivative energy from the Domain Node and the energy particles wandering between heaven and earth were being ceaselessly extracted by the towering Evil Eye Tower.

The black fog enveloping the tower surged violently, with Evil Life forms constantly emerging within the fog and then reincorporating back into it.

On the high platform of the Tower, the strength of the Earth Thought Evil Spirit progressively increased with the surge of Black Tide Energy.

"Evil Eye, have you extracted any divinity?"

In response to the question, the Evil Eye floating high in the sky looked toward the Earth Thought Evil Spirit:

"Don’t be in a hurry, the Domain Node at your feet harbors Rule Power, and with my abilities, it’s impossible to separate the Source Rule. I can only extract a portion of the energy derived from the rules. Even this energy that carries a trace of rules needs time to be assimilated into your body."

Hearing this, although feeling impatient, the Earth Thought Evil Spirit still nodded in agreement.

Knowing the strength of Monster World, he had already toned down his pride and decided to develop well in this world.

He then continued:

"First, infuse the extracted power into me."

This time, the Evil Eye did not speak; numerous pitch-black tentacles emerged from its eyes and pierced directly into the back of the Earth Thought Evil Spirit.

Suddenly, a complex imprint appeared on the forehead of the Earth Thought Evil Spirit, emitting a faint glow, and a surge of powerful energy was infused into its body.

Its Body Strength was also enhanced by the energy infusion.

What the Earth Thought Evil Spirit and the Evil Eye did not know was that their actions were entirely exposed under the surveillance of Guidance.

At this moment, on top of the Primordial Altar, Qi Sheng, who saw this scene through the feedback from Guidance, became curious and looked up to ask Guidance:

"Guidance, is the Evil Eye extracting the Rule Power from the Domain Node?"

Upon hearing this, Guidance immediately shook its head:

[Only you, who inherit Emperor Zhao’s Myself Origin, can freely use the Rule Power contained within the Domain Nodes; it is impossible for other creatures, including the four of us Servants, to do so. The Evil Eye only extracts derivative energy from the Rule Core of the Domain Nodes.]

[To explain with the Dark Cave as an example, the trait of this Domain Node is to nurture Spirit Ore, and the Evil Eye’s actions are equivalent to cutting off the production of the Spirit Ore, converting the output energy into Black Tide Energy, and using that energy to breed a large number of Evil Lives. This process reverses the operational laws of the Monster World, and there is severe energy loss during the conversion, with only about 10% of the derivative energy being obtained.]

After hearing the Guidance’s explanation, Qi Sheng immediately understood the principle.

Taking the Dark Cave as the same example, this Domain Node operates according to the laws of the Monster World, and the energy it produces would nurture Spirit Ore.

Cutting off the method of energy output results in certain losses. Transforming this part of the output energy into other forms of energy leads to even more severe losses.

The Evil Eye can only alter the mode of energy output at most, and can’t extract the rule traits of the energy-nurturing Node Domain.

"What about the energy injected into the Earth Thought Evil Spirit’s body?" Qi Sheng continued to ask.

[The Rule Core of the Domain Node will create some Rule Fragments during the process of energy derivation.]

[The so-called derivative rule energy refers to energy that imprints rule traits during the nurturing process by the Domain Node, which would quickly dissipate. However, the Evil Eye intercepts this energy and brands it onto the Earth Thought Evil Spirits, strengthening them... This process is like plagiarism. In theory, given enough time, the Evil Eye can produce counterfeit rule traits, allowing Earth Thought Evil Spirits to possess abilities similar to those rules, but the fake can never match the actual power of the true Domain Node rules.]

[And this is precisely why Black Tide Soldiers are so feared; every intelligent Evil Spirit has strong potential for growth, capable of capturing Domain Nodes to extract energy or devouring living creatures to increase their power.]

After understanding the principle, Qi Sheng continued to ask:

"Can I also cut off the process of the Dark Cave producing Spirit Ore, refining the generated energy and channeling it into the Sacrificial Pool, to continuously produce Sacrificial Energy for me like the contained Primordial Monsters?"

[Of course, you can, but I don’t recommend doing so.]

[The production process of Spirit Ore in the Dark Cave is not only bolstered by the derivative energy of the Rule Core, but also by the infusion of Heaven and Earth Energy at the moment of formation, much like receiving a reward from the world upon completing a game quest. Cutting off the production of Spirit Ore is no different from what the Evil Eye does, with the only difference being the amount of energy loss... The Evil Eye cannot truly control the Node Domain, leading to energy extraction losses exceeding 50%, while you can take complete control of the Domain Node, significantly reducing the conversion loss, which I estimate to be around 25%.]

[Extracting Sacrificial Power through player mining means that on top of zero loss, there are also Heaven and Earth Energy infusions, resulting in more than a 50% increase in energy. To summarize, cutting off production yields only 0.75 Sacrificial Energy, whereas mining produces 1.5, a difference that amounts to double.]

Hearing the explanation, Qi Sheng nodded in understanding.

As Guidance has said, the Dark Cave has already become a part of Imperial Tomb Village’s resource output, and increasing total revenue through mining is clearly a better choice.

His gaze then drifted towards the floating screen in front of him.

In the image, beneath the Tower, in the churning black mist, Evil Lives are still rapidly being generated.

He knew the time was approaching for the outbreak of the Black Tide in the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range, and the Earth Thought Evil Spirit, with a sufficiently large number of Evil Lives, would launch an offensive against all Domain Nodes in the region, attempting to completely capture the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range.

If this were to be accomplished, the Evil Eye would possess multiple Domain Nodes from which to extract energy.

The Earth Thought Evil Spirit and the Evil Lives it leads would receive a stronger infusion of power, greatly increasing in strength.

This would be the Player Corps’ first real battle against the Black Tide.

Prior to this, the Curse Soldiers, Blood Corpses, and Black Armored Soldiers and other Evil Lives encountered in the Dark Cave under the Evil Moon were unintelligent creatures deriving from Evil Spirits.

This is a completely different concept from fighters like Earth Thought Evil Spirit in the Black Tide.

But Qi Sheng had little thought about the war that was soon to unfold. Earth Thought Evil Spirits were merely the most common warriors of the Horror Black Tide.

The impending Black Tide battle, in his view, was but an exercise for the Player Corps on their path of growth.

It was an opportunity for players to experience the intense scenario of rampant Evil Spirits and to consider how to resolve it when facing the challenges of their onslaught.

Players might get overwhelmed in this process, but by defeating Evil Spirits, they can also gain growth.

The endless regeneration trait of the Evil Life is powerful when conquering other worlds, but the Challenger System that Qi Sheng conceived was precisely built to counter this aspect.

The endless regeneration of Evil Spirits comes from rapidly nurturing after extracting Heaven and Earth energy, but still, there are losses.

On the other hand, the players created by the Challenger System are endlessly regenerating without losses, able to reshape their flesh and rejoin the battlefield after death without any reduction in strength.

With the Challenger System and Imperial Tomb Village’s "Blood and Flesh Reshaping" rule characteristics, a scaled Player Corps is a more terrifying calamity than the Evil Spirits.

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