Monsters Are Coming-Chapter 968 - 268: Player Account Hacked (Part 2)

"How about giving me a friendly price then."

"Sorry, there is no friendship between us, talking about sacrificial power is more practical."

Ji Chen: ...

After calling out to the Star Network again, he found that it was once again unresponsive.

Helpless, he could only walk towards the game pod, intending to earn sacrificial power in the game first.

The services of the Moon Eclipse Clan would have to be purchased with money after all.

Actually, upon reflection, even if he wanted to do so, he didn't have the capability.

Although there was still an imprint of the Coffin Space within him, he had already returned to Earth, and reconnecting to the Coffin Space created by the Dragon Descendants in the otherworldly world would require cross-space dialing, similar to what was done in Monster World.

Re-establishing the connection would require a huge energy expenditure.

Where could he find so much energy?

He could seek help from the Data City administrator, but the likelihood of being rejected was high.

After all, the Human Clan Federation also didn't have many spiritual resources; how could they possibly consume a large amount of spiritual resources on him?

The only solution was to make money in the game and spend it in reality.

For now, he'll be a Game Working Party player for a while.

Once his worries are settled, he'll pour all his energy into the growth of the player's body.

Just waiting for the wall between virtual and reality to shatter, the ant transforms into a dragon.

While his thoughts surged, the lid of the game pod slowly slid down, and Ji Chen's vision was gradually engulfed by darkness.

But it was at this moment that he remembered something.

In recent days, after delving into the background material of Monster World, he discovered that the environment of Monster World quite matched the "Legendary World" described by the Dragon Descendants, filled with endless resource wealth and various mysterious treasures, as well as many powerful races mastering Rule Power vying for the peak in this world.

Among them were many external forces who wanted to break through the limits already reached in the Small World on the larger platform of Monster World.

In this light, Monster World very much fits the Legendary World as described by the Dragon Descendants.

So, could it be that his Dragon Descendant brothers are currently striving in Monster World?

Thinking of this, Ji Chen suddenly felt excited.

...

Primordial Altar.

Qi Sheng had been keeping an eye on Ji Chen's situation.

But it was only a brief observation, and he soon lost interest.

He was more concerned about the series of otherworldly abilities Ji Chen possessed and how he paired them with the Life Soul.

These ability combinations, when linked with Life Soul Characteristics, could indeed yield good results.

But after simulated testing, he abandoned the idea of building this set of ability models.

This kind of ability was only effective in low-intensity wars during tests and was meaningless in high-level battles.

In the cutthroat battlefield of Monster World where everyone has hacks enabled, ordinary abilities have various insurmountable limitations.

TThe telekinesis used by Ji Chen seems strong, but is no threat to top-tier forces.

For instance, Ji Chen using telekinesis to challenge the Combat Insect Clan.

It won't take long for this ability to be completely nullified, rendering it incapable of causing any damage.

The Black Tide also has similar abilities.

The all-system armies can easily generate units tailored for counteraction.

The interactions between players and Earth Thought Bullies were never hindered by abilities mainly because players used rule-based abilities.

This also led to many players not finding Black Tide species difficult to kill.

But switching the perspective to external forces fighting with Black Tide, one can clearly see how terrifying the all-system units of Black Tide Demonic Spirits are, perfectly countering opponents in any form of warfare, and even suppressing the opponents' most advantageous abilities.

This is also the core reason why Qi Sheng gave up making various small Skills combined with Life Soul Characteristics.

He felt that sacrificial power shouldn't be wasted on meaningless low-level Strength.

The future belongs only to clashes of hacks against hacks.

If you don't cheat, you're destined to be eliminated by forces that do cheat.

After brief attention on Ji Chen, Qi Sheng's sight shifted to the Player Forum.

This round recruited two million players, bringing the total number to 3 million.

The most significant change brought by the surge in player numbers was the explosion in the number of forum posts.

Friend Group Recruitment Posts, Guild Recruitment Posts, Newbie Help Posts... Various types of posts kept emerging.

This made it very difficult for many players to surf the forum.

This differs from the screen-flooding mode of regional communication channels.

The Player Forum updates content by refreshing, and after refreshing ends, the listed posts can remain fixed on the forum interface, with new posts not popping up unless refreshed.

But with the increase in post numbers, it became difficult to find the post types players wanted to see.

Apart from posts released through the following list, players browsing the forum usually encounter many unwanted content.

This made Qi Sheng realize it was time to update the Player Forum.

This was only with 3 million players, and as the number of players grows, this issue will become more pronounced.

The first idea he thought of was to utilize big data recommendation algorithms to optimize forum content distribution.

The advantage of this model is obvious, it can provide players with the content they want to see.

By using data like the duration of players' visits and frequency of interactions, Guidance can quickly establish a user profile.

Combat-type players will see more videos related to the Ancient God Arena, Hunting, etc.; life-type players can more easily come across spirit meal preparation videos; Exploration Faction can more readily see the scenic features of different regions, and so on.

It can also precisely push posts published by different specialized creators to players needing such content.

But Qi Sheng ultimately decided to abandon this idea.

Behind convenience, in fact, hides the problem of the "information cocoon."