Monsters Are Coming

"So the Evil Boss locked onto me through the Lord’s characteristics?"

At the Resurrection Point in Imperial Tomb Village, the Divine King gazed at the Guiding Water Ball floating before him, looking surprised.

During the post-battle debriefing, he chose to seek Guidance’s help to find out where exactly he went wrong, which allowed the Earth Thought Bully to accurately lock onto him.

Even after learning the answer, he still felt very puzzled:

"Brother Guide, why would the release of the Lord’s characteristics be captured by the Evil Boss? What’s the logic?"

Guidance did not explain directly but raised his hand to summon a light screen in front of the Divine King.

The screen displayed energy markings and movement trajectories.

[Take this Ink Flame Fireball as an example; its energy value was marked as 3.93 upon release, and this number will follow the Ink Flame Fireball’s flight trajectory. When I need to know where the Ink Flame Fireball was released from, I can reverse the recorded footage.]

After Guidance finished speaking, the footage played in reverse, and the Ink Flame Fireball flew backward in the air, eventually returning to a magic player’s hand.

The frame froze, showing that at the moment the Ink Flame Fireball was released, the number 3.93 appeared above the player’s head.

"I understand now. The Earth Thought Bully detected the Lord’s characteristic energy values on the battlefield and then backtracked the footage to find me."

[That’s right. Although the Lord’s Life Soul characteristic doesn’t have a flight movement trajectory like the Ink Flame Ball, as long as there’s a detectable release value, you only need to adjust the perception screen to the Player Corps, conduct a thorough search of corresponding energy release points based on the energy outburst timing, and you can accurately locate the releaser.]

The Divine King couldn’t help but sigh upon learning the answer.

He initially thought the Lord’s Life Soul would bring him a considerable boost, but he didn’t expect that it would become a breakthrough point in the eyes of the Earth Thought Bully.

The more he interacted, the more terrifying he found the Earth Thought Bully.

He was almost driven into withdrawal.

Ending the consultation, the Divine King decided to head to the library for a knowledge crash course, navigating the ocean of knowledge in search of a winning method.

An hour later, while flipping through the book "Disguise Master," the Divine King suddenly saw a golden barrage flash through the live stream room.

The golden barrage was sent by a player he had tagged as "high priority."

Having been playing Monster World for half a year, he focused on only two players, more precisely one player and one was an external observer labeled as number 1.

This observer was extraordinary, often providing constructive comments in various live stream rooms.

Especially their "Divine Calendar Theory" proposed in the forum, which completely resolved the resource allocation that made Praying Life Soul players very troubled and how to reasonably and sustainably obtain Wish Power.

Observer 1: Divine King, the Lord’s Life Soul is your advantage. Choosing disguise means giving up your Lord’s Life Soul, which is undoubtedly reducing the pressure during confrontation by abandoning your advantage. I wouldn’t recommend doing this.

Seeing this barrage, the Divine King put down the book and eagerly asked:

"Number 1, what are your thoughts?"

Observer 1: Since the Earth Thought Bully has already locked onto you and collected a lot of your physical data, avoidance is not the only solution. Perhaps you can try to counteract using your already exposed identity...

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After an hour of communication, the Divine King felt suddenly enlightened.

He initially thought of abandoning the Lord’s Life Soul, trying to change his form and hide again within the Player Corps, making it difficult for the Earth Thought Bully to find him again.

But as the number 1 player said, doing so is undoubtedly self-harming.

The effects of the Lord’s characteristics are very fitting for battlefield use, and abandoning such a powerful ability is undoubtedly a loss.

After understanding number 1’s thoughts, the Divine King suddenly had an idea:

"Number 1, I think you have the capability for battlefield command. Are you interested in trying it?"

Observer 1: Assuming I take command, I can only convey my thoughts to you through text, and then you will convey them to the Player Corps, and only after they understand the instructions can action unfold. There are three delay stages, which severely impact the command efficiency. The Earth Thought Bully is different; his thoughts are commands, and there’s a significant difference in command efficiency. I have no advantage.

"No worries, failing isn’t the first time for me. I want to see your performance."

In the Divine King’s anticipation, observer number 1 replied:

Observer 1: We can try, but you need to prepare in advance according to my requirements. I have a way to reduce the command delay issue.

Divine King: No problem, I’ll organize manpower immediately.

Getting the confirmation from observer number 1, the Divine King was immensely excited.

This observer number 1 was absurdly strong, and he eagerly anticipated the peak clash between observer number 1 and the Earth Thought Bully.

...

Three hours later.

Emperor Tomb Mountain Range, West District.

A United Battle Group formed by sixty thousand players advanced toward the West District of the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range.

Simultaneously, at the center of Eclipse City.

Data Center.

A giant semi-transparent sphere emitting a soft blue light was floating at the center of the room.

Its surface was composed of countless tiny luminescent particles, with a flowing neural network pattern, rapidly changing, like the pulses during thought processes.

Surrounding the sphere were dozens of thin transparent tentacles, sensing changes in the external environment like nerve fibers.

The ends of the tentacles flickered with countless wandering light points; each node was a highly advanced information processing unit capable of assisting in processing information.

This was the symbol of the Moon Eclipse Clan’s highest wisdom and also the Earth Alliance’s highest intelligence, the super-intelligent brain: Star Network.

Beep!

A light screen image popped up in front of Star Network’s massive form.

Then followed a second light screen, third light screen, fourth light screen... soon the light screen images filled the entire room.