Monsters Are Coming-Chapter 7 - Emperor Zhao

Imperial Tomb Village, 300 meters underground.

Qi Sheng stood in front of the blue Crystal Wall containment barrier, his gaze sweeping towards the three Primordial Monster Life Souls that had been detained. Each of their backs was attached to a flexible tube that extended from the Crystal Wall, constantly extracting some sort of scarlet energy.

He closed his eyes, and scarlet flames instantly clung to his body.

His head transformed into blazing scarlet flames, flickering between being tangible and intangible, with three small light spheres orbiting around him.

Switching to Emperor's Omen Form, data-based guidance feedback information appeared in Qi Sheng's mind.

[Monster King: Emperor Zhao]:

Control over Land of Origin:

Imperial Tomb Village (Territory Characteristics: Life Reshaping)

Territory Resistance against Horror Black Tide expenditure: 1000 points of sacrificial power/day

Servants: Jiuyin, Yan Ming, Guidance, Superdimension.

Remaining Sacrificial Pool: 130428.

Sacrificial power produced by containment wall: 30 points/hour.

Primordial entities detained: stone-statue ghost (Petrification), Black Armored Snake (Fierce Poison), Eagle-Headed Demon (Resentful Chant)

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Although he had inherited the Source of Emperor Zhao and became the new Emperor Zhao,

his current strength was not strong.

The former Emperor Zhao, more than ten thousand years ago, had decomposed his strength into countless Source Monsters, scattering them across the Monster World.

As the new Emperor Zhao, he had only inherited the Myself Origin but lost the numerous strengths and traits that had been dispersed.

The original intention of recruiting players was to have them explore the Monster World, which had been ravaged and destroyed by the Black Tide, and detain the lost Primordial Power of Emperor Zhao, that is, the Source Monsters.

Every time he detained a Source Monster, his strength would be partially enhanced, and he would also regain one of the lost strength traits of Emperor Zhao.

In addition, Source Monsters evolved from Emperor Zhao's power, after being detained within the containment wall, could generate 10 points of sacrificial power every hour.

The stone-statue ghost, Black Armored Snake, and Eagle-Headed Demon – the three Source Monsters that had been detained – could generate 30 points of sacrificial power per hour, totaling 720 points per day.

However, Imperial Tomb Village's daily sacrificial power expenditure to resist the Horror Black Tide was 1000 points, so the current expenditure exceeded income.

The remaining sacrificial power would soon be exhausted, and he needed more revenue channels.

This was also one of the reasons why he chose to use the extremely popular "Dark Land" to recruit players, hoping to generate more sacrificial power output through the players.

Another reason for recruiting players was that he needed more Domain Nodes.

The Monster World was tens of thousands of times larger than Earth, composed of countless Domain Nodes, each Origin Node retaining rule characteristics controlled by Emperor Zhao.

For example, the rule characteristic of the Imperial Tomb Village territory is "Life Reshaping."

Players are able to resurrect because of the characteristic power provided by the Imperial Tomb Village.

Similar territories exist abundantly in the Monster World, and he needed players to occupy Domain Nodes that had been corroded by the Horror Black Tide, integrating them into Imperial Tomb Village to bring in more Territory Characteristics.

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Firstly, to detain the Source.

Secondly, to reclaim Domain Nodes.

These are the two most important reasons for his recruitment of players.

If successful, he would become the true Emperor God, gaining the formidable strength to directly confront the Horror Black Tide.

[Big Boss, the first batch of players has generated 32 points of sacrificial power income for you in just half a day, not bad.]

At that moment, the floating Guide suddenly spoke up.

"It's still too slow; we need to recruit more players."

The 32 points of sacrificial power mentioned by Guide referred to the sacrificial power obtained by players like Li Zheng after slaying a large number of Curse Soldiers and refining the produced energy, of which he would extract thirty percent as revenue sent to the sacrificial power pool beneath Imperial Tomb Village.

He had carefully considered this setting.

Extracting too much would hinder player growth, while extracting too little would not offset the daily sacrificial power expenditure of Imperial Tomb Village.

Thirty percent is just right.

Switching to human form, the scarlet flames on his head extinguished, and the three orbiting light orbs also dissipated.

[When are you planning to start the new recruitment?]

"Now!"

With a raise of his hand, a Space Transmission Array emerged beneath Qi Sheng's feet.

After a brief spatial distortion, he returned to his bedroom in the real world.

He had already devised a clear plan on how to recruit more players.

The game's super popularity of "Dark Land" will be used for initial player acquisition.

Players want virtual reality, he'd give them a real world.

This time, the target is still those wanting to play "Dark Land" but are hindered by the game's prohibitive price.

This group generally has experience with virtual reality games and some technical background, allowing them to quickly adapt to the game environment and grow.

Compared to purely pay-to-play players, this group is more suitable for the early pioneering development of "Monster World."

He has 130,000 units of sacrificial power left at his disposal, and it takes 1,000 units of Sacred Energy to craft one monster body, meaning he could recruit up to 130 players.

Including the energy needed to maintain the defense barriers of Imperial Tomb Village, he could only offer a limited number of access slots for the time being.

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[Preschool Group Passionate Chat (Online: 38 People)]

Preschool director (Group owner): (News link) Breaking news, the Moon Eclipse Clan behind "Dark Land" has released another million game purchase slots to our Human Clan Federation!

Little Class - Black Ball: I don't want to hear this news, clearly, I'm not among those million slots, and the price is even more discouraging (sigh.jpg).

Little Class - Tie Chui: I saw this news. It's said that the higher-ups of the Human Clan Federation wanted more slots to experiment with the virtual environment, but were rejected by the Moon Eclipse Clan.

Little Class - No Nap: Eh, it's because we can't develop a virtual reality game with high fidelity like "Dark Land."

Little Class - Zui Nai: I have a suggestion, since we all want to play but can't experience the game due to lack of funds, I propose a joint fund to buy me a copy of Dark Land for me exclusively. I'll carry your passion and longing, and happily enjoy playing "Dark Land."

Little Class - Cute Baby replied to Little Class - Zui Nai: I agree with the fund-raising, but why should you be the one to enjoy it instead of me (angry desk slap.jpg)

...

While the group members were lamenting the high price of "Dark Land," a small line of text popped up at the bottom of the chat group:

[Benefit Officer passed verification and joined the chat group.]

Preschool director (Group owner): Who's this? I looked at the verification info and it doesn't show who approved the application?

Little Class - No Nap: Blind guess, the newcomer's a nude-pic-dude, must have a large stock of colorful videos and pictures, hence the name Benefit Officer... I, representing the group members, warmly welcome you.

Little Class - Black Ball: @Benefit Officer, newcomer why so silent, start your benefit show, I'm ready.

Amidst the continuous @'s from the group members, Qi Sheng sent his first message after joining the group:

Benefit Officer: I have something everyone wants on hand, I'll share it with you all in a moment.

Little Class - Zui Nai: We all know you have it, but we hope it's free. This group doesn't welcome sellers, only free benefit-givers.

Benefit Officer: Do you want to play Dark Land?

Preschool director (Group owner): Buddy, are you going to tell us next that you can purchase the authorization at a discount for us (laugh spray.jpg)

Benefit Officer: Let's call it fate, I'm giving everyone a super benefit, I've posted the link to download the cracked version of "Dark Land," you can download it anytime if you want to play (Link: *****).

Seeing the download link for "Dark Land," the usually lively chat group suddenly fell silent, followed by the group owner breaking the silence.

Preschool director (Group owner): @Benefit Officer, get lost! Sending you a plane ticket, this scamming trick is 500 years out of date, who falls for it is a moron.

[Notice: Group member "Benefit Officer" has been kicked from the chat.]

Little Class - Cute Baby: That guy was too hasty, didn't hold a candle to the scammer that joined our group a year ago, that guy mingled with us for 3 months, occasionally sending out red packets as benefits, and one day suddenly said he had discount recharge channels for "Bloodthirsty Madman," I believed it at the time and got scammed of 800.

Preschool director: Hahaha, I remember Zui Nai got scammed the worst, transferred 3000 for a discounted recharge.

Little Class - Zui Nai: The world is perilous, it hurts to remember, after that incident my innocence was lost... The more I think about it, the angrier I get, I'm going to collect the content from the link and report it to the federal net police, with the internet being real-name verified, I hope they can catch and judge the scammer.