Monsters Are Coming-Chapter 12 - Snatched from the Official Website

An hour later.

The players from the Child Group finished their resurrection cooldown, and the fiercely discussing chat group also died down.

Amidst the group owner's frustrated roars of "You guys really deserve to die," 30 players logged back into the game, resurrecting in the Central Square of Imperial Tomb Village.

They still chose to explore the Dark Cave this time.

According to the Guidance, occupying a Domain Node was simple.

All they had to do was shatter the Node Crystal corrupted by Black Tide Energy, and Emperor Zhao's power would cover the Domain Node again, integrating it into the Imperial Tomb Village, whereupon new features would appear in the village.

After an hour's journey, the Child Group arrived once again before the Crystal Wall of the Dark Cave.

Unexpectedly, they found players in the midst of a fierce battle with Iron Shell Bugs.

Two of the players had chosen a Bone Fire Form they had never seen before, their bodies ablaze with dark flames, able to condense a fireball in their hands and hurl it at the Iron Shell Bugs.

Black Ball: This Bone Fire Form looks so cool, I love controlling flames, this will be my next Star Vein choice.

Zui Nai: Guys, it seems like they can't hold on much longer, should we help?

Tie Chui: Stupid question, we're here for revenge, of course, we help!

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After a brief interaction, all 30 players from the Child Group switched to Monster Form and joined the battle.

The scene immediately became incredibly chaotic, and in the confined space, collisions were inevitable; hence, many comical moments occurred.

"Dude, who are you biting? That's me, I'm a player!"

"Hey, stone-statue ghost brother next door, why are you hitting my head, get your targets right!"

"Who's just throwing fireballs around? You hit me, put it out quick, I'm losing health!"

"Bro, I'm so sorry, I can only start fires not put them out; I apologize in advance, go in peace."

...

In the confusion, many players were struck hard by their own teammates.

Several players turned into black mist and entered death cooldown on the spot.

The realism of the game couldn't stop the players in battle from complaining again.

Other games typically have faction settings or safe PK settings, allowing the choice whether to inflict damage on other players or not.

But this game had no such settings, and even teammates could cause harm.

Especially the Ink Flame Attacks from Bone Fire; once they hit the target, they were difficult to extinguish, continuing to burn until the target died.

This led to several unlucky players who weren't killed by the Iron Shell Bugs but instead died at the hands of their own.

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During the fight, several Iron Shell Bugs were killed, and the Life Energy they dissipated turned into evolution points that flowed into the players who landed the killing blow, allowing their levels to rise and their physical fitness to strengthen.

In Qi Sheng's setup, every time a player killed a monster.

The Challenger System would take away 30% of the dispersed Life Energy of the monster, converting it into sacrificial power for the Sacrificial Pool, while the remaining 70% would transform into Life Energy adaptable for the player, used to enhance their physical fitness, what the players understood as experience points.

Qi Sheng, who was watching the battle, naturally also noticed the friendly fire issue mentioned by the players.

But there was no way to solve this issue at the current stage.

After all, Monster World was just a real world disguised as a game; there was no such thing as same-faction or immunity from player-inflicted harm.

The players themselves came up with a rationale, believing it was designed to make the game more realistic, and while they grumbled, they couldn't help but praise the game development team's prowess.

The dungeon battle lasted for more than ten minutes and ended with the player group getting wiped out.

Although they were very eager for this Domain Node, Qi Sheng knew that with the players' current strength, it was not realistic to take it down.

After the Guidance performed a perception check, it discovered there were five layers of space beneath the cave.

The players were on the first layer of the cave, the deeper they went, the more Iron Shell Bugs there were, and the Domain Node Crystal was on the fifth layer of the cave.

To clear this dungeon, players still need to grow stronger.

This gave him the idea to recruit more players.

After recruiting the second batch of players, he still had 100,000 sacrificial power points.

The four Primordial Monsters they held captive could produce 960 points of sacrificial power for him each day, plus the sacrificial power generated from the players' monster hunting and resource gathering in Monster World, the income and expenditures had reached equilibrium before the expansion of Imperial Tomb Village.

He planned to recruit another 50 players, keeping the remaining 50,000 sacrificial power points for unforeseen needs.

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The one-hour resurrection cooldown ended.

After two waves of players logged into the game, they faced each other in bewilderment at the resurrection point in the center of Imperial Tomb Village.

Through communication, the Child Group players learned that the map exploration degree was shared among all players.

After they explored the Blood-Colored Plain, the group of players opposite them also saw the new markings on the map and subsequently entered the Dark Cave according to the map's coordinates.

Their situation within the cave was very similar; they were excited when they saw the Spiritual Ore and immediately decided to buy mining pickaxes to start mining.

But soon, a large number of Iron Shell Bugs were alarmed by the sound of mining pickaxes tapping the rocks, and a battle erupted.

Then they arrived, joined the fray, and were all wiped out together.

At this moment, Tie Chui from the Child Group couldn't help but look curiously at Li Zheng and asked:

"Bro, how did your team acquire the Bone Fire Form?"

Facing the query, Li Zheng immediately explained how defeating Bone Fire gave them the privilege to unlock the second star vein slot for free, and how two members of the team spent 1,000 sacrificial power points to purchase the Bone Fire Life Soul and set it.

After hearing his explanation, the players in the Child Group who chose the Eagle-Headed Demon raised their hands and cheered:

"Hahaha, I knew I made the right choice. The perception of the Eagle-Headed Demon combined with the long-range elemental damage of Bone Fire, this combo is invincible for early-stage pioneering."

"Nice, I was forced to choose the Eagle-Headed Demon just for team composition, and now you're telling me it's the version's answer. Happiness comes too suddenly."

Listening to the discussions of the other team's players, Li Zheng laughed and shook his head:

"This game has a very high degree of freedom, many new Primordial Monster Life Souls will be available for our selection in the future. The appearance of Bone Fire is just the beginning, every Monster Form has great potential for development, there's no need to worry about your initial choice being weak, plus the initial form can be changed with a cost of 1,000 sacrificial power points."

Zui Nai: By the way, do you know why there are so few players in Newbie Village? It feels pretty deserted.

Black Ball: Yeah, I'm also puzzled by this, having only encountered you guys and no other players so far.

Cute baby: It wouldn't make sense to say that other players have already left Newbie Village; after all, at the current stage, there are only four available Primordial Monster Forms to choose from, three of which are initial options, and the other is the Bone Fire you guys killed. Could it be that no other players have defeated Primordial Monsters?

Faced with the question, Li Zheng was also startled, and after a brief silence, he came up with a plausible explanation:

"Maybe to solve the server congestion issue, Dark Land has opened multiple sub-servers. We entered a newly opened server with few players coming in, so the number of players in Newbie Village is not that many."

"That's reasonable." Tie Chui immediately nodded in agreement.

"By the way, which platform did you buy your game access from?"

The sudden inquiry from Li Zheng dumbfounded the Child Group members.

They dared not tell the truth about this question, as their answer could potentially impact the safety of the Benefit Officer.

A poor response could likely mean the Benefit Officer gets provided accommodation with meals included.

"Haha, we were lucky and got 30 game accesses from the Dark Land's official website... What about you, where did you buy it?"

Tie Chui's counter-question made the ten players from the Liver Emperor Group feel awkward, and Li Zheng, leading the group, hadn't anticipated this question being turned back on them.

He was asking the other side because he wanted to know if they had the capability to form a guild, where his Working Party players could seek refuge.

Facing the inquiry, while Li Zheng felt awkward inside, he smiled and said:

"Funny coincidence, we also didn't go through other channels, we all got our gaming access from the official site for 128,888."

During the banter, both sides gave a reasonable explanation.

And they did not continue on this subject, tacitly shifting the conversation to the Dark Cave and decided to team up for exploration.