Monsters Are Coming-Chapter 1015 - 277: Adventure Craze, Swords Drawn at Giant Beasts

"Damn, it's sold already?"

Ah Lan summoned the space bag and glanced at his balance, instantly widening his eyes.

He couldn't understand which wealthy "fool" would spend 800,000 sacrificial power to buy this thing.

The life soul in his own star vein combination is cheap, has all the advantages compared to the March of the Dead, and doesn't have any restrictive conditions.

But the March of the Dead has a whole heap of problems.

First, you need corpses, and even after resurrection it can only have part of its power, seriously weakening its combat strength.

So, what's the use of buying this thing?

"Boss, is it sold?" Ah Qi curiously asked upon seeing the change in Ah Lan's expression.

"It's sold; snapped up for 800,000 in seconds. It happened so fast I feel like I lost a billion, always thinking it could fetch a higher price, but I can't figure out what's the use buyers find in it." Ah Lan shook his head and then activated the team trading mode.

He transferred 152,000 sacrificial power to each of his four teammates.

"Maybe the Arms Merchant Guild bought it for research, or maybe the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce took it; just earlier, a brother from the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce contacted me, trying to bid 500,000 for it."

Just as the team members were engaged in a lively discussion.

The Little Mage from the Earthquake Continent region, upon hearing the Challenger Tips about successful purchasing, took out the Wandering Dead Marching Fragment from his space bag, a smile appearing on his face.

Buying this for 800,000 was well worth it.

For players, rule fragments with too many restrictions are indeed not valuable.

But for the Spirit Breath Clan, it's simply a free opportunity.

The Spirit Breath Clan has been worrying about how to create rule items, and the Wandering Dead Marching Fragment is perfect for research.

More importantly, he can use sacrificial power to make the March of the Dead into a pseudo-rule.

For the Spirit Breath Clan, the value of pseudo-rule items far surpasses ordinary resources.

Ordinary resources are abundant in the Monster World, including many spirit plants and spirit ore that were once regarded as rare resources by the Spirit Breath Clan.

But acquiring pseudo-rules is difficult.

Even though there are many rules in the Monster World.

Both rules and pseudo-rules can only be obtained through wars, snatching them from the hands of other races.

And war means risk, possibly leading the Spirit Breath Clan to destruction.

This is the biggest difference between the player perspective and the alien race perspective.

Many items that aliens consider of ordinary value, or even unusable resources, can yield high sacrificial power when in the hands of players.

For instance, when the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce went to Alien Race Island to collect goods, they used shop items to acquire many valuable spiritual resources from the aliens, reaping significant profits upon resale at the Trading House.

While pseudo-rule fragments, seen as worthless by players, are unimaginably valuable to aliens, especially for weaker races without rule blessings, possessing a pseudo-rule could give their tribe more future possibilities.

They would be willing to pay not just 800,000 sacrificial power, but even 1,800,000 for it.

Having rule fragments means the Spirit Breath Clan can finally continue its research into rules, even creating new ones.

On another side, at Dream Island.

Just logged in, when Ah Lan learned a player was selling a pseudo-rule, he decisively added a friend to get in touch.

Upon hearing of the pseudo-rule fragment selling for 800,000 sacrificial power, he sighed in resignation.

Doing business with alien races, he knew very well that this item indeed has no value within the player system; ordinary players wouldn't use sacrificial power to buy it, but its external value is different.

Upon learning of the rule fragment being on sale, his first thought was to conduct several rounds of promotion in Dream Island's trading market.

Then hold an alien race auction to sell the rule fragment to the highest bidder.

He felt selling it for resources equivalent to 3 million sacrificial power was entirely feasible, some tribes might even be willing to exhaust their entire tribe's resources to purchase it.

Posessing the rule means having future growth potential, which cannot be calculated at the Sacrificial Emperor Zhao's price.

Emperor Zhao only assesses the essence of sacrificial items.

For example, throwing a Sky Dome Weapon System from reality to Emperor Zhao for recycling would be priced solely based on the metal material's quality and weight, ignoring all the advanced sculpting technology used to craft the system, as well as the time and labor costs involved.

This is why forum players jokingly say all Emperor Zhao recycles are quoted as scrap.

Pseudo-rule fragments can also be seen as high-tech items; selling them outside for a high price is quite possible.

Unfortunately, the pseudo-rule fragment has already been sold, and it's unclear whose hands it is in now.

Otherwise, he would be willing to pay extra to buy it back.

After a long silence, Ah Lan decided to post on the forum, raising the buying price to 1 million.

This price is naturally not his psychological price.

But as long as players with rule fragments come forward, the price is negotiable.

Ah Lan did not know that no matter how high of a price he offers, he could no longer buy back the "Wandering Dead Marching Fragment."

Because the buyer is exactly the "alien forces" in his eyes that are extremely eager for rule-type powers.

...

While all players are eagerly participating in dungeon mode.

Emperor Tomb Mountain Range, Heavenly Abyss Domain Node.

Spirit Network.

Ghost Teeth: Where did those player bastards go? Not a single one has appeared in five nodes; they must have finally given up under our joint attack. Our days of hardship are finally over.

Blood Pattern: Don't be complacent; they may be accumulating strength for a large-scale war against us. I feel players aren't so easy to give up.

Fuxin: They must have given up. Not a single one has been seen in this period; they definitely won't return. We're free now, but the alliance cannot disband; Earth Thought Boss is too strong; I still need to follow him and learn.

Iron Spine: Old Four, you only learned the spirit taunt tactic, what else have you learned?

Fuxin: Iron Spine your mom spirals to heaven, who are you calling Old Four? Don't use player language to disgust me; get lost!

Earth Thought: Everyone stop arguing. Players won't vanish. I've dealt with the Player Clan for a long time, so I know this is just a phenomenon where the Player Clan occasionally disappears for a while but quickly returns with greater strength. I suspect at this stage, players are undergoing some form of enhancement.

Iron Spine: Really? Coming back again, I'm almost sick of fighting them. To be honest, no matter how strong players are, I'm fearless. Before descending upon the Monster World, I've been to four small world battlefields, always starting at a disadvantage, never failing to turn the tide and wreck those small worlds. But players are genuinely different; even when devoured by the Black Tide, they fail to produce any Black Tide Energy. Such stingy creatures, I've never seen anything like it in my life.

Earth Thought: Brothers, no need to worry now; our task is to quickly develop during the player's disappearance period, initiating outward expansion actions. We should aim to become stronger during the player's absence and face the Player Clan with greater strength.

Fuxin: Earth Thought Boss, any suggestions for development? Should our nodes develop separately or concentrate resources on a single node for expansion?

Earth Thought: Whether to develop separately or focus resources, each has its advantages. Separate development accelerates expansion, whereas concentrated development more easily breaks through enemy blockades. I'll take a look at the environmental information around the five nodes first.

Upon finishing, Earth Thought Evil Spirit opened its eyes:

"Evil Eye, I need information on the five nodes."

"OJBK." Evil Eye nodded and then input the shared environmental information from the other four nodes into Earth Thought Evil Spirit's mind.

After reviewing the information from the four nodes, it seemed more suitable to develop separately.

The other four nodes do not have formidable enemies nearby; he can totally allocate the Black Tide Energy to these nodes, aiding them in pillaging and expanding.

About to make a decision, Earth Thought hesitated, suddenly recalling a force towards the east direction from the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range.

At the initial stage of the horizontal development plan, he first chose to push east, eventually stopping his devouring footsteps at the Golden Ocean Domain.

Upon investigation, a large number of giant creatures were found in the Golden Ocean, with which his controlled Black Tide could not contend.

This investigation severed one route in his horizontal development plans, leaving only the option to expand west.

Who can say when a formidable blocking force might suddenly appear to the west?

Then it would be a situation of being surrounded, unable to advance anywhere.

He deemed it wise to combine the power of the other four nodes to conquer the Golden Domain, considering his future prospects.

While there are other nodes available to support his development. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Having more paths is preferable to being trapped in a dead end.

A clear idea in mind, Earth Thought Evil Spirit reconnected to the Spirit Network:

"Prepare the Black Tide Energy and descend upon my node; let's go dark!"