Monsters Are Coming-Chapter 996 - 274: Ultimate Point Allocation, Heavenly Demon System

From stone tools to metal, from cold weapons to hot weapons, from chemical energy to nuclear energy.

We continuously strengthen external tools but neglect our inner potential.

It's like many players' choices of Star Vein combinations. Once a faction is locked, the subsequent embedding develops along the direction that enhances this faction.

It's precisely because we advanced to where we are today through upgrading tools, we've accepted a pattern of thinking: stronger weapons equate to more advanced civilizations.

Now let's broaden our thinking.

Suppose in primitive times, humans did not allocate the first Skill Point to "tool use" but chose the path of spiritual growth or body enhancement. The trajectory of civilization's development might have been entirely different.

Of course, this assumption is fundamentally invalid.

After all, civilization's allocation must fit the environment first. Earth's environment, where Spiritual Energy is scarce, fundamentally doesn't allow humans to follow other systems of growth.

What I want to convey is that the inertia of our thinking leads us to believe that advanced technological weapons should be stronger. A single shot obliterating a planet is much stronger than the combat style of physical brawling.

Thinking that physical brawling is just low-end and primitive.

Remote weapons are strong, while close combat is weak.

In fact, even in the history of human weapon development, there's been a shift from melee to remote and then back to close combat.

In the primitive era, humans fought with stone axes, wooden spears, and fists. With the advent of stone throwing ropes and bows and arrows, the lethality greatly increased, switching to remote weapons combat.

Later, with the revival of close combat, heavy infantry appeared with thick armor and shields, and the lethality of remote weapons was severely weakened, making close combat the key to victory again.

Until the emergence of firearms, remote weapons completely suppressed close combat and melee weapons withdrew from the stage of history.

In the subsequent advent of Genetic Warriors, Super Humans could resist firearms with their bodies, and close combat ascended the stage of history once more.

This is a repeated switching process. There might be multiple back-and-forth development processes in the future.

This is the dynamic balance under the offensive and defensive game. When remote weapons are too strong, the means of defense will evolve, forcing adjustments in combat methods.

When close combat weapons become too strong, remote weapons will upgrade accordingly.

The examples provided here are just the long-to-short switches in the weapon tool aspect.

In fact, it's after human civilization obtained the Genetic Optimization Technology provided by the Moon Eclipse Clan that it truly started to allocate Skill Points to the technology tree of physical growth.

This is also a major trend in future development.

So your perspective is too limited, the core reason isn't as complicated as you think.

Body evolution doesn't equate to weakness.

Weapon evolution doesn't equate to strength.

The only way to derive answers from strength comparison is through war.

And Monster World is a battlefield for civilization allocation, when you see the vast majority of races choosing the path of body enhancement, it may not be the optimal path choice, but it is certainly the highest adaptability choice.

Finally, I offer my perspective.

I believe that whether it's the path of weapon enhancement or body enhancement, both are correct choices.

Therefore, the best path for civilization growth should be to add points to both growth systems at the same time (if conditions allow).

Referring to reality, the Moon Eclipse Clan used to add points to both genetic evolution and technological weapons synchronization. It's just that the subsequent genetic evolution model was abolished due to developmental issues, opting for the specialized path of weapon enhancement.

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This answer from a Research Party player had a truly imaginative perspective.

It allowed forum players to see the essence of the problem from a different angle.

During this period, the number of likes surged, even exceeding the number of likes of the original poster.

It also sparked a discussion among forum players on the pros and cons of weapon enhancement and body enhancement.

The discussion heat of this post reached the top three on the forum's historical leaderboard within 6 hours.

It attracted more bystanders to join the debate.

Qi Sheng watched the players' discussion throughout and subsequently inquired with Guidance about which mode is stronger.

Guidance's answer was simple: for low-level civilizations, any allocation works.

For high-level civilizations, the forms converge. Whether weapon enhancement or body enhancement, it's all about energy usage and development, which can be switched at any time.

Having obtained the answer, Qi Sheng did not continue to delve deeper into the players' discussion on this topic, his sight shifted directly to Jile Hall.

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Jile Hall, the main hall.

The palace space is constructed in a void, surrounded by Star Stones, with the magnificent palace serving as the only light source in the void space.

Countless Space Ties extend from the palace, with the ends connecting to Monster World, generating numerous branching space nodes.

Each branch is connected to a Jile Sub-Palace.

The Power of Extreme Joy produced as living beings burn in pleasure is injected into Jile Hall through Space Ties.

Inside the hall is a huge altar, and a majestic figure sits cross-legged on the altar.

Its figure is tall and slender, with the internal meridians faintly visible under purple skin, and its head lacks a fixed shape, constantly changing with the passage of time.

Any being seeing it will witness a different appearance.

On its chest, there are energy patterns, each representing a piece of Jile knowledge.

Behind it are a pair of large purple wings, slowly expanding and contracting with its breath.

This figure is the leader of the Jile Clan: the Lord of Jile.

At this moment, beside the Lord of Jile, Evil Language is reporting the recent developments and the expenditures on legion building.

Accompanied by Evil Language's narration, the Lord of Jile listened with an attentive ear.

In terms of gains, two new Jile Sub-Palaces were recently opened, and the generated revenue is gradually increasing.