Monsters Are Coming

Chapter 1445 - 374: New Goal: We Will Meet Again_2

He once thought that his story had already ended with the conquest of the otherworld, that his broken body would eventually turn to dust in the Hometown World, and the obsession in his heart would be worn away by time.But destiny gave him an absurd and grand twist.

He descended into this vast and boundless Monster World.

Sharing the same land once again with the Dragon Descendant.

As a player, with immortal life, he embarks anew in this Super World.

Meanwhile, the Dragon Descendant and its kin, on the distant Black Domain Land, use their flesh and blood to fulfill the vow of ascending the peak.​

What was once the distance between life and death, now the two life trajectories run parallel in the same world.

He no longer needs to worry about the exhaustion of lifespan; he just needs to keep getting stronger on this vast stage to have everything.

Knowing the truth, Ji Chen felt a sense of fate that transcends reincarnation.

Back then, his conquest in the otherworld was for survival, for protection.

Now, his progression in the Monster World, besides getting stronger, also has a clear goal.

To meet the one who once dragged him out of the abyss of death, who, along with him and his brothers, overthrew the invincible White Demon Dynasty— his big brother, the "Dragon Descendant".

Unlike the period in the otherworld, now he truly is the protagonist of this world.

Recalling the bewildered expression he imagines on the Dragon Descendant’s face upon seeing him, Ji Chen is full of anticipation.

As they say on the forum: to return wealthy and not to one’s hometown is like wearing a brocade robe and walking in the night.

Ji Chen deeply agrees.

Similarly, meeting an old friend in a foreign land, if one does not show off, the reunion is in vain.

He can almost imagine the shock appearing on the Dragon Descendant’s cold and proud face, possibly even wondering if it is an illusion.

After all, in its understanding, he should have long been a dead man, lifespan exhausted, buried in the otherworld.

Then, he would certainly utter calmly:

"What, don’t recognize an old friend?"

And then, in the Dragon Descendant’s stunned gaze, he would reveal the Rule System ability that only a player could possess.

Showing off is a man’s romance.

And showing off in front of an old friend is the ultimate in romance.

The plot is already arranged, now all that remains is mastering the knowledge of Space Science.

But he’s almost sick of learning it.

Even with the Brain Overclocking Soul embedded, the learning pace is still slow.

Dimensional formulas, space node decomposition, space coordinates... Every time he learns the structure of a Teleportation Array, it feels like his brain is boiling.

Ji Chen rubs his temples, his eyes sweeping over the floating Space Runes below.

At the current pace, let alone traversing billions of mountains and rivers.

He couldn’t even pass the hurdle of editing space coordinates.

But if he doesn’t take shortcuts, attempting to traverse the Black Domain with mere body might mean he wouldn’t see the Dragon Descendant this lifetime.

Traversing with the body, distance is only one of the problems.

He knows the truth of the game, so he understands that players already have infinite life, so theoretically every region can be reached.

However, the biggest issue is actually death.

As a player, although he can be resurrected infinitely, each resurrection will return him to the start of the journey.

And among these billions of mountains and rivers, countless life-crushing chasms lie in wait.

In this regard, Exploration Faction players have the most to say.

With information gathered from Exploration Faction players, a forum Research Party player organized a table.

The data shows that Exploration Faction players exploring the misty (unopened) areas generally don’t survive more than a week.

The dangers on the journey include not only ferocious monsters but also various unknown traps.

The most renowned Trap Stream old fox on the forum is the Lord of Jile.

It’s called an entertainment city, but it is actually a hidden teleportation trap, transporting any encountered life to the Jile Palace, causing their downfall.

Additionally, the Game Space of the Youlü Council is also a hidden trap.

Too many "Voldemorts" lurk in the Monster World, specializing in ambushing passing life and using them as cattle and horses for producing rule-derived energy.

Including the Ancient God Race,which is also among such forces.

Exploration Faction players, through their actions and accumulated data, proved that there are ten thousand strange ways for players to die on their journeys.

The most reliable solution is to build a Space Transmission Array.

At present, the strongest in space technology is the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce, but they only learn the basics of constructing Space Transmission Arrays.

It can’t offer him any help at all.

This problem can only be solved by himself.

Standing high in the sky, observing the flowing trajectory of the Array, Ji Chen’s figure fell into the center of the array, starting to re-edit the array nodes.

Energy flows at his fingertips, and under the perception of the Eagle-Headed Demon and the Spiritual Eyes Attribute, the space nodes are presented in his mind.

Beads of sweat broke out on Ji Chen’s forehead, and the Brain Overclocking Soul was operating at its peak, his consciousness frantically deducing in the ocean of dimensional formulas.

"Again."

He murmurs lowly, his fingers drawing the final energy traces in the air.

In an instant, the virtual images of the Space Runes suspended on the Array trembled violently.

The center of the array then burst out with blinding light, and Ji Chen’s pupils contracted suddenly.

This time it seems promising!

However, the next second, the entire array suddenly twisted and deformed.

The space nodes, like dough squeezed by an invisible hand, emit the sound of shattering and tearing, and a pitch-black crack appears out of thin air, chaotic void turbulence gushing out.

"Finished!"

Ji Chen decisively retreated, using telekinesis to float his body and pull away.

Watching helplessly as the painstakingly constructed Teleportation Array is swallowed up by the void, the runes at the array center collapsing one by one, dissipating into starry dots in the air.

This attempt also ended in failure.

And he lost the recently accumulated space materials.