Monsters Are Coming

The lottery time in the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range is very familiar to veteran players and even new players who were once tourists.

Every now and then, it’ll happen once.

The three factions will form a tacit understanding during this period, temporarily ceasefire, and noisily await the "lottery" results.

The players eagerly hope the Earth Thought Bully will be nerfed in this version.

Ideally, among the five major moon phases, it would be the most unfriendly waning moon to the bully.

Under this moon phase, the production of Derivative Evil under the Earth Thought Evil Spirit will not decrease.

But the overall strength will significantly reduce, making it the golden time to level up with sacrificial power.

And what the Earth Thought Bully hopes for is a version enhancement.

Especially the Full Moon or Evil Moon that can significantly enhance Black Tide Energy.

If that happens, players will have difficulty even entering the field.

During this period, he only needs to focus on development, completely ignoring the player threat.

As for the Insect Race, their attitude is relatively carefree.

More like a "version trend follower."

Regardless of whether the moon phase is enhanced or weakened, they will automatically adapt to the strength level of the Earth Thought side to participate in the battle.

More is due to years of battlefield tacit understanding, knowing that the results of this phase will directly affect the subsequent war pattern, wanting to understand as soon as possible, so they will not initiate an attack.

Among these three forces, the one most concerned with the moon phase result is undoubtedly the Earth Thought Bully.

The change of the moon phase for him is like a game welcoming a crucial version update.

Whether it will sink into the gutter, or defy fate and leap to become the child of the version, all depends on what form the moon phase will ultimately freeze in.

In a strong version, the attributes of his army of Derivative Evil soar, and the Black Tide Energy in the air is inexhaustible.

In a weak version, the Black Tide Energy in the air reduces noticeably, and the refreshed Derivative Evil’s combat power is weak.

Faced with the harassment from players and the Insect Race, he is restricted everywhere, forced to defend with grievances.

Whether he is the True God of the version or the abandoned child of the version, the Earth Thought Evil Spirit cannot decide by himself.

Therefore, every moon phase change is a lottery for him.

It is a crucial time concerning the "game experience" and even survival pressure in the coming period.

At this moment, he stares at the sky, his heart tense, waiting for the "update result" to be released.

At this moment, the voice of the Evil Eye rings in his ear:

"Earth Thought, relax, the result will not change because of our emotions. Players have a saying that’s relevant: destiny, this piece of smelly dog shit, if you can’t resist it, then you can only enjoy it. Instead of worrying about the result of the moon phase, why not consider how to cope with the attacks from the Insect Race and Player Clan later."

"Relax? I’d like to, but if the moon phase result doesn’t come out, I can’t relax at all." The Earth Thought Evil Spirit turned around, glaring fiercely at the Evil Eye, and continued:

"If another waning moon comes, how am I supposed to live?"

Hearing this, the Evil Eye briefly thought and gave a serious answer:

"Based on modeling analysis of past data, if it is a waning moon, our defense budget will be reduced by about 47.5%. The specific coping plan is as follows: we recommend immediately implementing a conservation plan, prioritizing the cessation of all non-essential Black Tide Energy supplies to Corrosion Cores. Continue the defense mode of natural disaster + Plague Series in front-line tactics. Let the Player Corps advance 4393 meters towards the Tower direction to improve kill efficiency and avoid invalid consumption."

"In short, even in poverty, life goes on normally. In the worst case, with the support of the allies from the Evil Spirit Alliance, borrowing a bit of grain to survive the winter, just wait until spring next year, and we will still be a hero."

The Earth Thought Evil Spirit opened his mouth but said nothing, just looking at the Evil Eye helplessly.

This fellow, now keeps quoting player sayings, and completely won’t change.

Unwilling to argue with him:

"Shut up, you wretched eye."

"Alright, brave and mighty Evil Spirit Warrior."

Earth Thought: ...

Not paying attention to the impervious Evil Eye, his gaze turns to the sky.

Waning Moon, Waxing Moon, Half Moon, Full Moon, Evil Moon... the five moon phases flicker rapidly.

The blood-colored moonlight sometimes dim, sometimes fierce, casting bizarre reflections over the entire Emperor Tomb Mountain Range.

During this time, various illusory scenes briefly appear in the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range area.

The Black Tide Energy fluctuation enveloped Emperor Tomb Mountain Range scene, like an old TV with unstable signal, madly channel-hopping between various channels.

Projecting broken scenes of different moon phases into the real scenario.

The three factions also entered the final "shouting vote" stage.

"Waning Moon."

"Full Moon."

"Waxing Moon."

"Evil Moon."

"Chirp chirp chirp."

At the peak of this three-sided vocal struggle, the frequency of scene changes also reached its peak.

Every second, multiple illusory scenes corresponding to different moon phases appear simultaneously, then quickly disappear, switching to the next scene.

The entire Emperor Tomb Mountain Range seems to have sunk into a bizarre dream.

Accompanied by an invisible hum sweeping across the heavens and the earth, the fiercely vibrating blood moon, after high-frequency moon phase switching, suddenly freezes!

All the blood-colored radiance shrink inward like a tidal wave, condensed to its extreme, and the moon’s form becomes completely clear.

It presents a shape akin to a blood hook hanging obliquely in the Cang Qiong.

Not as complete and fierce as the Full Moon, nor as dim and weak as the waning moon.

The stability of the moon phase signifies the dust has settled on the outcome.

The previously chaotic illusory scenes also vanished into thin air.

At this moment, the battlefield falls into silence.

All eyes focus on this, which determines the next stage’s version warfare mode, the Waxing Moon.

The blood-colored moonlight pours down like mercury, instantly illuminating the entire battlefield, and the vast, cold energy waves spread out subsequently.