The Monster is Coming

Chapter 87: The Three Great Demonic Sects (Part )

It has been 39 days since the server was launched.

Qi Sheng compiled information on the players' current average level, mainstream star vein combinations, and average daily sacrifice power output.

While integrating the forum's popularity information, he discovered something that made him laugh and cry.

As games have developed to this day, various new genres have continued to emerge.

However, these schools are all related to different combinations of life souls. By inlaying different life souls on the star veins, the combined characteristics of the life souls are released in the main form.

There are only three schools that do not develop according to the game settings.

They are jokingly called the three evil sects by players on the forum.

Ranked first is the Doomsday Technology Guild, also known as the Arms Dealer Guild by forum players.

Players who join this guild generally do not take the hunting growth route, but focus all their attention on weapon research and development and upgrading, as well as making money.

Guild members advertise and sell arms in major popular posts on a daily basis, and are one of the most profitable player forces in the game, with clients spread across major guilds and even many individual players. Their recent development momentum has been very fierce, with more powerful new products being launched every once in a while.

Because it goes against the mainstream gameplay, the Arms Dealers Guild is called the "devil cult."

In second place is the newly formed guild "Gene Ascension".

This guild was created by the player "Yu Ze" who was recruited by Qi Sheng using extra quota half a month ago. The guild members are all researchers from the genetic modification department.

A post about genetic seeds put this group in the spotlight.

With the rapid upgrading of technology, the harm of gene seeds to the human body has been reduced at this stage, and the body-building experience gained through strengthening has been significantly improved.

However, the problem of excessive pain during the strengthening process has not been well resolved.

It is for this reason that players who eat gene seeds to improve their body-building experience are called "gene macho men" in the forums. It is a method of improving body-building experience that only a very small number of players who value money over their lives will choose.

Members of the Genetic Deification Guild, like the Arms Dealers Guild, are not normal players and have chosen a research and development growth path that is not based on hunting.

Coupled with the various "gene seed" jokes that forum players have been playing recently, the Gene Ascension Guild has been nicknamed the "Breaking Bad Alliance" in the forum.

It is the second non-mainstream demonic cult after the Arms Dealers Guild.

Last on the list is the guild “Fishing Alone in the Cold River Snow” which was formed in recent days.

The seemingly elegant name of the guild cannot conceal the eccentric and bizarre behavior of the guild players.

Players who join this guild all choose the fishing growth style of play, but their fishing methods are different from those of normal anglers.

The forum records many fishing modes developed by the players of this guild with their unique ideas.

For example: Thunderfish Tyrant Flow.

This school was born after the acceptance of the Thunder Soul.

In the strategy video released by the players of this guild, the previous content is still normal.

The player holds a metal pole and leisurely fishes by the lake.

When the fishing float sinks, an evil face instantly emerges, accompanied by the shout of "Thunder Infusion". The player activates the Thunder Soul feature, and a strong high-voltage current is instantly transmitted through the fishing rod to the underwater life that bites the bait. After a continuous current, the underwater life that has not been pulled ashore will automatically float to the surface.

Another example: bite the bait and transcend the flow.

This school was born before the Thunder Fish Tyrant school.

The demonstration video released by the player who invented this genre once topped the forum popularity list in a short period of time.

This style of gameplay focuses on surprise, and the core of fishing is not to pull the fish ashore.

The player who invented this gameplay combined psychic bombs with fish bait to create a self-destructing hook that can instantly save lives when bitten by the bait.

It is also the core gameplay of the "Fishing Alone in the Snow on a Cold River" guild.

There are many other similar weird ways of playing, and it is these imaginative fishing ways that made this group of players famous in the forum.

He is nicknamed the Demonic Fisherman by players on the forum.

These three non-mainstream evil ways of playing constitute the three major evil cults in the eyes of forum players.

Compared with other guild players, the three major demon sects have their own characteristics.
Players from other guilds consume resources and convert them into their own strength, but these three guilds, in addition to consuming resources, will continue to produce goods that benefit other players.

Customized weapons made by the Arms Dealers Guild, genetic potions and gene seeds from the Breaking Bad Alliance, and aquatic food and spiritual ingredients sold by the Demonic Fishermen.

The three major demon sects have opened up a path for positive circulation of resources.

By selling goods on the trading floor, you can gain power, and then use the power to purchase materials to research better goods and sell them at a higher price.

But the unprofessional behavior of the three evil sects in the eyes of other players is exactly what Qi Sheng wants to see.

Only a variety of gameplay styles can form the player army he wants.

Just as Qi Sheng was about to take a detailed look at the number of players in each school, the feedback from the guidance emerged in his mind.

He decisively switched perspectives.

……

The Emperor's Tomb Mountains, a wilderness where bones are buried.

This is an ancient area that seems to have been forgotten by time, vast and desolate. The shrill cries of ugly wild vultures echo one after another throughout the wilderness. Whenever the wind blows, it will roll up gusts of yellow sand, sweeping across the empty land. There are few green plants in sight, and only bones and yellow earth make up this area.

His sight quickly moved eastward across the desolate land, and a huge sinkhole suddenly appeared in Qi Sheng's field of vision.

Like a deep scar on the surface of the earth, the diameter of the tiankeng reaches 16 kilometers. Looking down from the sky, its shape is nearly circular with towering edges, like a natural barrier formed after the earth's crust was torn apart by huge force. The pit walls are steep and rugged, with exposed rocks and distinct layers. Under the shining of the evil moon, the rocks appear mottled, forming a complex color map.

At the bottom of the giant pit is a relatively flat small basin, where a tumor-like corrosive core is beating slowly.

This corrosion core is different from the ones players have seen before. Its surface is engraved with complex spiritual patterns. It has been integrated with the power of the black tide, and the energy it absorbs will be supplied to the growth of the black tide.

Moving the sight a few hundred meters away, more than a thousand players from major guilds were engaged in a fierce battle with the black tide of evil spirits controlled by the evil spirits of the earth.

The detailed information of this area's nodes also emerged in Qi Sheng's mind:

[Devil's Falling Pit-Domain Node]

Field type: Resource-based
Territory Features: Spiritual Proliferation (Level 2)
Feature introduction: Continuously enlighten spiritual mineral resources.

Territory Status: Terror Black Tide (Occupied)

……

By analyzing the information, it can be found that this is a resource domain node similar to the Dark Cave.

But compared to the Dark Cave, the average level of spiritual ore produced here is higher, and the intensity of spiritual proliferation has reached level 2.

This is also the reason why all the major guilds gathered here and wanted to work together to take down this domain node.

At this point, the player has been fighting the Black Tide evil for more than ten minutes.

Facing the black tide controlled by the evil spirits, the players participating in this surprise attack were extremely brave. During this period, players in the small area voice channel kept speaking out to direct the actions of the players from various guilds:
God King: Don’t mind the casualties, keep pushing forward. We don’t have much time left. When the evil spirits control the black tide forces from other regions to attack, this operation will be considered a failure. So don’t mind the casualties, focus on pushing forward... Brothers with the Thunder attribute, go to the front row, switch to the Thunder Soul, and roll towards the direction of the Corrosion Core, use your bodies to clear the way!
God King: Brothers from the Fanzui Group and the Shenyi Guild, when the members from the Kuangfeng Guild come down, you will take over.

God King: Who is that bastard? I ask him who he is, who recruited such a stupid guy, my brother is opening a fucking Moyan domain nearby, I XXXXX, remember his name for me, the management will kick him out of the guild later, I fuck XXXXX, what kind of game is this brainless guy playing, can he even listen to orders, I XXXXX.

Wosnidie: Dog God King, the support of the Black Tide is coming from the flank.

God King: I see. Brothers from the Shenyi Guild will hold on first, and the rest of the guilds will continue to push forward. If there are any problems, please ask the guild leaders to speak on the small area voice channel. Non-guild leaders must shut up their microphones and don't affect the command.

……

The God King who was in charge of this mission stood at the center of the guild's joint army, holding a bottle of mental recovery potion in his left hand, his eyes closed, and the eagle-headed demon's perception perspective was turned to the maximum, observing the players of the major guilds and the movements of the evil black tide ahead in real time.

Under his command, the players advanced in an orderly manner.

However, the combat skills of players are generally not high, and there are always players who are out of step, which gives him a headache.

When he really can't stand it anymore, he will also curse loudly in the small area voice channel.

During the observation period, there were also players that caught his eye.

At this time, there was a team of players that made him exclaim in his heart, "Awesome".

The player leading this team was none other than Li Tie. His performance of leading the veterans to charge in the front made the God King excited.

Although all members are equipped with melee-type souls, their combat proficiency is very high, and their tacit cooperation in the battle is perfect, like a sharp knife, tearing a hole for them to advance forward in the surging black fog.

What was most incredible to the God King was this team’s efficient way of communication.

When someone in the team blows a whistle, the rest of the team will know which direction the evil spirit is coming from, and they will immediately turn around and focus their fire on the direction the evil spirit is coming from. It seems that the different tones of the whistle represent a clear direction indication.

After seeing the appearance of the white-haired man in the lead through his perception perspective, the God King understood the reason.

He was no stranger to this player.

Before obtaining the qualification to play the Dark Land game, he was a player of "Conquest" and had occasional friction with the Drunken Group led by Li Siyu, and they were considered hostile forces in the same camp.

The Fanzui Guild gave him the feeling that it was a guild formed by a group of rich little brats.

But there is one exception, he is Li Tie, whose name in the game is "Ironmaking". He has repeatedly inflicted heavy damage on them in guild confrontations by himself.

He once thought about offering a generous reward to recruit the blacksmith to his own guild, as he was very eager to have top players.

However, countless attempts at private chats failed, and Li Tie didn't even reply to the message. Finally, he learned that this player with superb combat skills was the grandfather of the president of the Fanzui Group, so he gave up the idea of ​​poaching him.

After all, blood ties cannot be transferred through money.

What he didn't expect was that when they met again, the Fanzui Group actually had a group of combat players who were as capable as blacksmiths.

While feeling envious, he did not forget to direct this matter. His perception perspective quickly moved around the battlefield, and he would occasionally roar in the voice channel:

God King: Frenzy Guild, the brothers on the left side of your guild have fallen out of the team, hurry up and call them back. "

God King: All mages of the Fanzui Guild, stop firing, listen to my command and then fire fireballs forward together. We can create a gap through concentrated fire so that we can advance. Don't just use your own skills, it's useless. The Black Tide can fill the gap in no time. Do you understand what concentrated fire means?

God King: Gou Yi, let your guild brothers take the medicine, and the people from the Star Guild take over... Retreat in an orderly manner, don't crowd each other, replace them in batches.

As a professional war commander and krypton gold boss in many games, although the God King has a bad temper, his command rhythm convinces the presidents of major guilds, which is why he was chosen as the commander-in-chief of the guild's joint operations.

Under the layout of the God King, the coalition forces advanced steadily and were now less than a hundred meters away from the core of corrosion.

The player's intention to occupy this domain node has been discovered. Under the control of the evil spirits of the earth, black fog continues to attack and join the battle, trying to stop the player from advancing.

The battle intensified as time went on.

At this time, in a corner of the battlefield, the voice channel of the children's group invited to participate in this guild joint operation:
Zuina: Brothers, it’s time to roll the dice. Do you want to gamble?
Tiechui: It’s a gamble. We’re playing with probability, so we’ll play it to the end. We have to invest.

Squad leader: Let’s do it, let’s do it, Brother Di Zhao, please bless me and give me 1000 points.

Cute kid: Please, give me a high number. I haven’t gotten a high number yet. The probability is too low.

……

After making the decision, the 15 players in the kindergarten group activated the ability of infinite souls one after another.

Suddenly, a rolling dice appeared in front of him. The complex symbols on it kept changing as it rolled, and then froze after a few seconds.

Squad leader: Hahahaha, 872 points, 8.7 times enhancement.

As the squad leader laughed arrogantly, light blue spiritual symbols surrounded his body and surging world energy was injected into his body.

He raised his right hand, and a dark green fireball condensed above his palm, growing in the wind.

With a flick of his consciousness, a huge inky fireball flew straight towards the group of evil spirits. Immediately, a large number of evil spirits were swallowed up by the inky fireball, and the fireball continued to move forward at the same speed without slowing down.

This scene immediately attracted the attention of a large number of players.

Compared to the class monitor's luck, the other players in the kindergarten group looked helpless.

They all received weakened status in the world judgment phase, and only the squad leader received strengthening.

But at this time, the squad leader's increased strength was enough to make up for the team's combat power loss, and even the overall combat power increased several times.

The 8.7-fold increase includes improvements in mental strength, mental recovery speed, physical fitness, and other aspects, and the increase is very significant.

Taking the super gene warriors in the real world as an example, they have physical fitness 4-6 times stronger than normal people, but even if a hundred ordinary people come together, they are no match for a super gene warrior.

In addition to the gap in fighting skills, there is also an absolute crushing advantage in physical fitness.

Assuming that a normal person's attack strength is 1 and his body's defense is 0.5, a fight between ordinary people can break through each other's defense and cause damage.

The average physical fitness of a super gene warrior is 5. When an ordinary person punches a super gene warrior, it is like tickling him and poses no real threat at all. Coupled with the self-healing ability gained after their physical fitness is enhanced, super soldiers are completely crushed when facing ordinary people. They cannot be defeated by simple numerical advantage.

The same is true when placing this setting in the monster world.

With an 8.7-fold enhancement, the squad leader's strength instantly became the strongest in the player legion, and it was a discontinuously strong one.

The recovery efficiency of the eightfold strengthened Air-Eating Soul was extremely terrifying. The squad leader decisively created six clones and activated the group fireball mode.

With his own strength, he accelerated the advance of the guild's joint forces.

This made the God King in charge of the command praise repeatedly, and he even had the idea of ​​recruiting this team that relied on luck to fight.

20 minute later.

More than half of the guild's joint army players were killed or injured, and they finally approached the area where the corrosion core was located.

The resistance of the evil tide became extremely fierce.

As the black fog rolled in, the smell of corruption spread rampantly, and the air was filled with an indescribable stench. From time to time, hoarse whispers could be heard from the black fog, causing widespread mental shock damage.

New evil spirits with hunting level 8 and above continue to gather their bodies and join the battle.

Faced with the increasingly powerful black tide, the God King in charge of commanding the battle decided to let the players who had lost their combat effectiveness leave the team and clear the way by self-destructing.

This decision accelerated the team's casualties.

However, it also provided new impetus for further advancement, and the time came to 15 minutes later.

The player finally saw the twisted tumor shrouded in black fog, which was the core of corrosion occupying the node of the area under his feet.

The God King also issued the final charge order at this time.

The remaining one-third of players no longer worried about battery life and followed the crowd to start the final crazy moment.

When the corrosion core shattered under the concentrated fire of the players and the flesh scattered everywhere, Qi Sheng's imperial power entangled the node crystal that was originally wrapped in the meat ball.

As power was infused, a black dot appeared under the node crystal and expanded rapidly while rotating.

Until all the players and the tiankeng are completely covered.

boom!
The ground suddenly sank, the tiankeng and the players disappeared instantly, and the empty ground was then pulled back into shape by the power of the world.

At the same time, the challenger prompt sounded in the minds of all players:
[Challenger reminder (all channels): The overall task of purifying the Demonic Pit has been completed. Rewards are distributed according to contribution as follows: ...]

Along with the prompt, Dizhong Village vibrated, and its area expanded after merging with the domain node.

Originally, Qi Sheng planned to set up this mine in the marginal area south of Dizhong Village to give players a new mining option.

But the proposed guidelines made him change his mind, saying that the same type of node areas can be fully integrated and complementary.

If new areas are opened up to place domain nodes, there will be a large number of mining areas in Dizhong Village in the future. It would be better to merge the two mining areas.

Qi Sheng thought this idea was indeed feasible.

So he merged the Demonic Pit and the Dark Cave, and the two domain nodes were intertwined to form a new underground mining area. Both the speed of producing spiritual ore and the quality of spiritual ore were improved after the fusion. The most important thing was that the mining area was more than doubled in size, and all the narrow passages disappeared.

While informing players of the specific update content through prompts, Qi Sheng also launched a new feature.

Glory Album.

Open the Honor Album through the function panel, and the cover presented is mainly gold in color, with a ball of scarlet imperial fire in the center.

Opening the album, there is a line of glittering golden words printed on the preface page:

Over the long course of time, every player writes his or her own story in his or her own way, and some stories are enough to be recorded in history and become legends.

This is just a record of the wonderful milestone moments in the growth of the player army.

……

Turning to the introductory page with a golden stripe on the edge, the center of the first page of the album is a video that can be clicked to open, and next to it are photos of wonderful moments that can be slid through, recording the exciting moment when the player army purified the dark cave after a bloody battle.

Below is also the specific time and the honor contribution ranking of the purification tasks that can be opened.

The video recordings and photos of the highlights on the second page are the entire process of containing the Demonic Pit area node just now.

The idea of ​​launching the honor album came to Qi Sheng by chance.

The purpose is to enhance the players' sense of collective honor, record their wonderful performances in combat, and provide opportunities for later generations to observe and learn, so as to understand every important historical node in the development of the player camp.

(End of this chapter)