Monsters Are Coming
Chapter 1256 - 330: Dawn of the Era of Evolution (Part 4)
Elderly elites from various races on the verge of aging would spend their fortunes buying game resources in exchange for Lifespan Extension Pills.
The design that deeply ties real-life survival needs with game growth inspires the players' desire to explore Monster World and acquire more sacrificial power more than any reward.
Secondly, it perfectly resolves the survival hazard issues players face in the real world.
The mechanical Eternal Life plan he envisioned requires massive restructuring of society and the construction of numerous large-scale transformation factories on Earth, given the synchronised Mechanical Ascension of all Earth's races is a monumental project.
However, the Real Mall only requires the establishment of a logistics hub in the real world to solve the problem.
From then on, earning sacrificial power in Monster World also paves the way for the evolution of the entire race.
At this moment, Star Network discovered an additional functionality in its mind.
This function is like a cursor, capable of manipulating it to generate an altar at any location.
This altar will refresh the items purchased from the Real Mall by the players in the future.
However, the ownership of the items naturally doesn't belong to it or the Moon Eclipse Clan but is delivered by the Moon Eclipse Clan to the hands of the purchasing player.
Deciding its location, Star Network's view locks onto the transport center in Eclipse City through the citywide camera coverage.
This giant silver-gray domed building is the logistical hub connecting the Moon and Earth.
The interior structure of the transport center is honeycomb-shaped, where fully automated mechanical arms rapidly shuttle along the tracks, sorting and transporting packaged goods such as the latest game pods and neural connection devices.
Cutting-edge technological products produced by the Moon Base are quality checked here before being received by space cargo ships for transportation to different nodes in Earth's low-earth orbit.
Following that, the belly hatch of the cargo ship releases numerous transport drones loaded with goods.
They swoop down towards various receiving points on every continent of Earth like migrating birds, delivering to the members of different cities within each race, or to the receiving points.
Though setting up a factory model on Earth is more convenient for transportation.
But Earth isn't the territory of the Moon Eclipse Clan; setting the Real Mall's receiving altar on Earth poses potential exposure risks.
Star Network's consciousness at this moment focuses on a vacant area in the core district of the transport center.
Instantly, space distortion trembles as if an invisible brushstroke is wildly painting in the realm between heaven and earth, with lines of crimson energy patterns emerging from the void, meandering like a dragon in the air.
In rapid intertwining and winding, they outline the shape of a primitive altar.
The base of the altar condenses out of golden light, and vague images of the Four Gods appear at the corners of the altar.
Yan Ming, who wields the Power of Space, Guidance, who controls All Things Analysis, Jiuyin, who holds Purification Power, and Superdimension, who governs All Things Extraction, appear as the projection powers of the Four Gods.
After appearing briefly, the four-colored energies disperse along with the blurred figures.
The last spiritual pattern on the altar closes, and the entire altar lands with a resounding audio, emitting a clear and penetrating tremor. ๐๐ง๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฃ๐ธ๐๐๐.๐๐๐
A cloud of crimson mist rises at the altar's heart, spinning to create a space vortex that soon also dissipates into invisibility.
The change at the transport center quickly catches the attention of the Moon Eclipse Clan's Governor.
Projections descend one after another near the altar node, observing the altar, with undisguisable curiosity on their faces.
Moon Eclipse Clan's 15th Governor "Shuang Ye" stared at the suddenly appearing altar for a long time, his silver-white hair dancing without wind, the chip on the back of his neck flashing as he spoke:
"Star Network, an abnormal spiritual structure has appeared in the transport center, I can't analyze the situation, request for decomposition." She asked with respectful inquiry.
Having sent the inquiry, light particles cast from the transport center's ceiling, slowly gathering, with Star Network's figure appearing as a little boy.
"This is a manifestation node influenced by High-dimensional Gods, associated with optimization in the real-world layer..."
Through Star Network's explanation, the arriving governors immediately understand what exactly has transpired.
"Apparently, my planning in the real world didn't satisfy the High-dimensional Gods, so He decided to intervene personally, creating a Real Mall to resolve various issues on the real-world layer." Star Network gestured humanely with resignation.
Hearing this, all the governors were silent.
Indeed, Star Network had already optimized reality to its utmost.
But many problems simply couldn't be solved by the technology of Star Network or even the Moon Eclipse Clan.
They only hoped that the High-dimensional Gods wouldn't be disappointed, as fathoming godly wills with mortal bodies is nearly an act of arrogance.
The only thing they could do was to do their utmost to cooperate with the layout of the High-dimensional Gods and fight for a place for the Moon Eclipse Clan in this wave of evolution that surpasses cognition.
"Back to your duties."
Upon hearing Star Network's response, the silhouettes of the Moon Eclipse Clan's governors abruptly dissipate.
Star Network's figure also disappears at this moment.
By now, the shop altar has been generated, and with the return of consciousness, Star Network suddenly notices that a new function, Evolution Mall, has appeared on the official website of Monster World.
Apart from Star Network, members of the Earth Alliance also discovered this point.
The official website of Monster World had always been the focal point of attention among the Earth Alliance members.
The sudden addition of new functionality instantly attracted a large audience clicking to view.
The redirected interface still bears Monster World's signature crimson background style, with a scarlet flame burning on the details page.
The homepage presents textual introduction information of the Evolution Mall.
[Evolution Store (Beta)]: Items within the store are traded using sacrificial power, and the beta version sells products via auction. Players with game qualifications can purchase mall items by consuming sacrificial power, with all items proportionally enhancing the players' bodies within Monster World after use; item types refresh randomly and irregularly.