Monsters Are Coming
Chapter 1273 - 334: Tombstones Bury All Realms, Multitasking (Seeking Monthly Ticket)
The dark red is the killing intent tempered by the flames of war, the dark green the decay of natural extinction, and the deep brown the madness nurtured in destruction.
The internal structure of the monument is fully realized in the mind of Earth Thought Evil Spirit.
Layer upon layer of memory lattice, compressed like a thousand-layer pastry with civilization information from different eras.
The entire Monument Forest resembles a vast array, with seven giant pillars at its center as the array eye, extending spider-web-like energy conduits at the base, converging into a massive consciousness aggregate three hundred meters underground.
But this is not a life form; it's more like a monstrous fusion of countless civilizations' dying wills.
And this special entity is connected to the rule lantern held by the elderly figure.
The decomposed images seen evoke thoughts of the Beast Player Clan in Earth Thought Evil Spirit.
They possess similar abilities.
By contacting the Primordial Monster, they can acquire the traits of the Primordial Monster's strength.
What stands before us is the entity that shelters destroyed civilizations, obtaining the strength once possessed by civilization.
Yet this force clearly cannot compare with the Beast Players.
Due to much information being disturbed by rules, even the Evil Eye can only roughly judge the characteristics of this force.
Its combat method should be to use the monument as a rule node, awakening the refined power of destroyed civilizations for warfare.
This mode is invincible in other worlds; as the rule devours more and more remnants of civilization, with a wave of the hand, they can summon the gone civilization forces through the monument to fight.
But in the Monster World, mechanics and potential importance far outweigh the number of participating soldiers.
No matter how many sheltered ragtag soldiers, they are ultimately just that.
In Earth Thought Evil Spirit's view, this force is perfect nourishment for the Black Tide.
Unable to detail this force's combat power situation, it decides to directly initiate tentative contact.
In the blink of an eye, the Evil Spirit rapidly forms within the black mist, like raindrops falling onto the Monument Forest.
Boom!
When the Black Tide's tendrils touched the edge of the Monument Forest, the entire plain suddenly trembled violently.
The hunched, elderly figure sitting cross-legged at the Center of the Monument Forest slowly raised his head, then lifted the lantern in his left hand.
In an instant, the engravings on all the tombstones simultaneously lit up, and stains turned into thick fluids, starting to flow.
The rule energy resting in the monuments was activated.
Crack!
The first monument exploded, pieces fused in the air to form a figure of bronze and fire, leaving lava-like burning footprints with each step it took.
Its head was a copper mirror engraved with text, reflecting the remnant of a civilization long gone in its mirror surface.
Next came the second monument explosion, a mechanical giant composed of gears and steam generated after fusing the broken monument's remains; its chest cavity operated thirty-six interlocked bronze gears, floating with countless miniature factory illusions.
The third monument, full of claw marks, cracked closely following, splinters flying to reconstitute, gradually forming a priest-like figure draped in feathered attire.
It wore a golden diadem, held a jade weapon in hand, etched with nine totems resembling the sun.
When it fully manifested, the temperature around it abruptly skyrocketed.
The fourth monument, coiled with chains, broke its binding; all rusted chains wrapped around the monument like living snakes, crushing the stone monument to powder.
With the sound of "ka-ka," they merged into a war colossus figure wielding 28 arms.
In each palm, it grasped weapons of different forms, symbolizing the weapon evolution era from the bone spear to the blade of destruction, spanning across 28 technological generations.
Beside this monument, a vast figure composed entirely of luminous text was reassembling... Next was the fifth monument, the sixth... nearly ten thousand monuments exploded in succession.
At this moment, Qi Sheng observed the newly emerging force closely.
Through decomposition, he understood.
This force is not simple.
Every warrior awakened from the monument is a perfect creation coalescing the essence of entire civilizations within a single existence, aptly named: Civilization Warriors.
Their imprints and decorations record a race's entire journey from ignorance to brilliance.
Unlike the undead or puppets, these Civilization Warriors embody the collective will, technology, and faith of a civilization, being the melted projection at the most glorious moment before its demise.
Ordinarily existing in the form of tombstones, they can transform at any time into mighty Civilization Warriors or Civilization Army.
This aspect is somewhat similar to soul beasts that devour a whole civilization.
However, soul beasts' devouring possession often leads to issues where a large amount of ability cannot be melted into a single shape.
The birth process of Civilization Warriors is more akin to rule-driven alchemy, unfurling with the entire civilization as a sacrifice, encompassing all characteristics.
According to decomposition-derived information, the entire process is divided into three steps.
First is the crafting of Civilization Bone.
That which lays the foundation of the tribe's civilization, technological achievements such as a "mechanical civilization warrior" wherein the most core energy and mechanical principles of that civilization are extracted, ultimately transformed into the perfectly interlocking transmission system within its chest cavity.
Each materialized body part retains the intellectual spark of its civilization researchers at their peak.
Next is Civilization Blood.
This part consists of the spiritual beliefs that drive societal operations.
Here, belief is not limited to the intangible faith in gods but encompasses all spiritual cores a civilization condenses over a long developmental course.
This includes fervent faith in collectivism, rational scientific belief, and unrestrained faith in freedom… These spiritual cores forge the self-awareness of a Civilization Warrior; from the moment of birth, they possess strong will and spiritual defensive power.