Reverse flow of the Yellow Springs

Chapter 100 Shelter
A violent thunderclap boomed from mid-air, and the Thunder-Treading Dragon Steed, enveloped in lightning, stomped its hoof towards the Hunting Insect!

Like a thunderbolt from the sky!

Its speed is so fast that even hunting insects have difficulty escaping.

It could only subconsciously raise its four muscular arms to withstand the sneak attack with its bare body!
The moment the dragon steed's hoof landed on the hunter insect's arm, an irresistible force slammed down.

At the same time, the ground beneath the hunting insect's feet softened instantly.

It's the power of cheese: swamp!
Cheese was amazed by the Thunder Dragon Steed that Li Yelai was riding.

However, thanks to their tacit understanding, she still provided corresponding assistance the moment Li Yelai made his move.

As a result, the hunting insect sank under the immense force of the stomping, and its lower limbs instantly disappeared into the ground.

However, it was a relatively advanced insectoid among the swarms of insects, and its bulging muscles actually withstood the trampling of the dragon steed.

At the same time, by exerting all its strength, it even managed to lift the dragon horse's front hooves.

However, Li Yelai, riding on the dragon steed, aimed the black umbrella at the head of the hunting insect.

Twist the black umbrella, and launch a hot-melt close-range attack!

boom!
At this distance, the molten metal bomb was impossible to dodge; the terrifying molten metal flow struck the hunter bug's horrifying face directly.

The immense heat and molten metal caused even the Thunderstrike Dragon Steed to retreat, while simultaneously causing the Hunting Insect's upper body to arch backward, as if its body were about to break. The terrifying flow of molten metal vaporized half of its face.

It let out an angry and fearful roar.

Li Yelai continued firing the thermal melt!
In an instant, the hunting insect twisted its body wildly, and its tail, like that of a giant python, lashed forward.

With its physical strength, that tail is enough to snap steel bars.

However, at this moment, it could only use its tail to withstand the second heat melt.

The price was that its tail broke off, exploding into a cloud of burnt, foul-smelling blood.

In the next instant, the hunting insect scurried out of the blood mist, using all four arms.

A thought struck Li Yelai: it actually severed its lower limbs, abandoned its tail, and forcibly escaped from the softened ground.

What a strong will to survive! This kind of enemy must not be allowed to live!

Despite losing its lower limbs, the hunting insect remains incredibly fast, using all four limbs to dash dozens of meters in an instant, about to merge with a large swarm of insects.

Once it enters the swarm, it will have a chance to rise again. It will take its revenge on these humans!

However, in that very instant, it heard a demonic whisper.

"Listen to me, your hands and feet are stiff!"

If it's just a natural bodily suggestion, the hunting insect doesn't need to pay any attention to it.

However, its psionic barrier is now almost gone, and the hunting bug has poor balance after losing its tail and hind limbs.

In an instant, the hunting insect, which was barely able to move with its four arms, froze and fell to the ground, rolling around.

It barely made it into the protection of the insect swarm, where dozens of beetles and burrowing insects blocked its way from Li Yelai.

Did it successfully escape the human encirclement and survive?
As it struggled to spread its four arms and brace itself to escape again, it saw lightning flashing in front of it.

Don't forget, it's facing a lancer!

Li Yelai let out a roar, and his dragon steed reared up, its scales crackling with electricity, before thundering as it charged forward!

The speed suddenly increased!

Then came the arduous task of drilling and chiseling!
That was a tactic used by heavy cavalry, which involved concentrating their forces to forcefully charge into the enemy's formation. It was a tactic with extremely high casualties but also great rewards.

Now, Li Yelai, enveloped in lightning, charged into the swarm of insects alone! He single-handedly pierced through the insect swarm!
He drew a long halberd from the black umbrella and swung it wildly, smashing and knocking away the insectoids blocking his way, and in an instant he rushed to the front of the hunting insect.

Relying on the powerful impact of the dragon steed, Li Ye thrust out his halberd, piercing directly into the hunting insect's mutilated face. There, it was completely unprotected by its carapace!
With the force of the impact, the halberd pierced through the muscle and bones, penetrating the alien's brain.

However, the hunting insect's body was extremely strong. Even with its head pierced, it still managed to raise its arm, trying to tear Li Yelai, who was approaching, to pieces.

'What Terminator?' Shock flashed through Li Yelai's mind, but his attack was not over. He quickly twisted his halberd.

Then, with a single hand, he executed the Eighteen Throws of the Crocodile!

The rapidly spinning trident instantly shredded the head of the hunting insect!

In the instant its head was shredded, the hunting insect's last remaining eyeball looked at Li Yelai and Cheese, its eyes filled with resentment and hatred.

But the next second, everything was torn to shreds.

The headless hunting insect corpse collapsed to the ground with a thud, twitched twice, and then remained motionless.

Li Yelai charged into the swarm of insects and killed the hunting insects!
The psionicists and soldiers bringing up the rear of the column watched this scene in astonishment.

He was immediately overjoyed. Although he didn't know which branch this psychic belonged to, he was definitely awesome!

Amidst the chaos, ten thousand soldiers beheaded the enemy general!

"Holy crap! I thought I was invincible, whose general is this?!" The man with the severed arm asked shamelessly.

“Ours,” Cheese replied with a bright smile, “Team One, Night General.”

"Your East City branch, Champion Team One?" the one-armed clerk exclaimed in surprise, "Wow, awesome! What a tiger general! Your Champion Team One is really something!"

The young processor, meanwhile, was looking at the cheese's profile.

That was the beautiful face that made him fall in love at first sight.

But unlike her previous serious and silent expression, she wore a joyful and gentle smile.

Her smile was so radiant and captivating, yet it bloomed only for that one person.
The young processor also knew that her budding crush had already ended.

Li Yelai's arrival undoubtedly gave the team a strong boost of confidence. The soldiers opened fire continuously, and the psionicists also unleashed their abilities one after another to cover Li Yelai's return from the swarm of insects.

After losing the hunting insects, the danger posed by this swarm was greatly reduced.

Li Yelai leaped into the air on his dragon steed, dodging the exploding ground worms. He safely returned to the back of the group.

After suffering heavy casualties, the Zerg swarm abandoned the pursuit and quickly retreated, carrying away the corpses of other Zerg.

"You've come at just the right time, and your entrance was quite dashing." Cheese swallowed a candy, patted the face of the Thunder Dragon Steed, and smiled at Li Yelai.

Shenjun's Ryoma was snoring, his somewhat foolish eyes staring blankly at the cheese.

This made Cheese chuckle, but she didn't ask any further about the origin of the summoned creature. She knew that Li Yelai was involved in a secret mission.

“I was close by, so I came as soon as I saw the flare gun,” Li Yelai replied with a smile. He was also very surprised to see his friend under these circumstances.

Upon seeing the two injured staff members behind Cheese, he said, "I'll take the injured to the shelter first."

He has a dragon steed, which moves very fast. He can carry the wounded back to the shelter first for treatment.

“No need. We still have some fighting strength. Besides, sending you back would only weaken the team.” The one-armed handler responded. Li Yelai’s sudden appearance and slaying of the hunting insects had already relieved a lot of pressure on the human team. The wounded were still in good condition. Keeping Li Yelai in the team was the best option.

The other young processor then spoke up, "Night General, are you one of the Four Senses?"

Li Yelai shook his head: "No, I'm Sanjue, so what?"

The young handler shook his head, gave a wry smile, and said, "Then it's alright."

He was well aware of the hunting bug's power, unless confronted head-on.

Otherwise, an ordinary level-three psychic would find it difficult to defeat such an elite monster. It excels at stealth and possesses powerful melee combat skills. It's virtually impossible to defend against.

However, Li Yelai charged into the enemy ranks and decisively killed him. This Night General is probably considered a master even among the three awakenings.

He was naturally completely convinced by Li Yelai.

Afterwards, Li Yelai released the dragon steed from its summons and continued to escort the team forward.

From the cheese's description, Li Yelai learned the code names of the two processors.

Both were processors from the South City branch. The middle-aged man's codename was Gaoshan. He was a Level 3 psychic.

The young man's codename is Red Belt. He is a Second Awakening psychic.

After an emergency assembly, the team escorting the people headed to the shelter, and on the way, they encountered the team escorted by Cheese.

After the two teams merged, they continued towards the shelter. However, they were ambushed by a swarm of insects halfway there.

Among them was a hunting insect.

Gao Shan's arm was severed by a sudden attack from a hunting insect.

If Li Ye hadn't come to the rescue and eliminated the hunting insects at an extremely fast speed, who knows what might have happened.

"The Hunting Bug is a mini-boss?" Li Ye recalled the Hunting Bug's strength and speed. If he hadn't ambushed and seized the initiative, he would have had a hard time fighting it.

Unless he uses his abilities! Whether it's the Xiang Yu mask or the Huo Qubing mask, Li Yelai has a chance to kill it before it can hide.

However, now that we are in the fog of disaster, using the Face Mask ability will inevitably trigger a powerful enemy.

Li Yelai might attract some dangerous things.

Or perhaps they were extraordinary creatures from the Doomsday Forest, like the Fire Crocodile Dragon, that were swallowed by the No. 71 Disaster Fog.

They are extraordinary beings, and even as victims swallowed by the calamity fog, they will not cooperate with humans. This is because most extraordinary beings lack the intelligence for such cooperation.

Alternatively, it could be other, more advanced swarm units.

Therefore, Li Yelai has been restraining himself from using the Myriad Manifestations Faceless Mask and has been trying to use the Void Realm Beast Language or the Mimicry Abyss Dragon Scale in combat as much as possible.

"The Hunting Bug isn't a mini-boss; it's just an elite monster," Cheese said, shaking his head. "Luckily, we only encountered one. If a dozen Hunting Bugs had been hunting together, our team would probably be wiped out."

Li Yelai's expression changed slightly; the Hunting Insect was quite powerful. It was practically a third-level psychic.

They're even coming in swarms? Li Yelai couldn't imagine whether he could handle more than three hunting insects at the same time. Even with his face mask activated, it would be tough.

Killing swarms of insects is indeed dangerous!

“Currently, the swarm may not have yet given birth to more advanced insectoid races. Therefore, the number of hunting insectoids is not large. But as time goes by, they will obtain more and more biomass.” Cheese continued, “We humans, even flowers, trees, and those extraordinary creatures, and even the corpses of their own swarms, will be devoured and transformed into biomass, giving birth to more swarms.”

"Wouldn't that mean we'd lose more and more the more we fought?" Li Yelai asked with a serious expression.

Humanity's fight against the Zerg swarm comes at a price: ammunition, medicine, food, and the sacrifices of soldiers and civilians.

In the fog of disaster, humans struggle to replenish their supplies. Meanwhile, the insect swarms multiply with each battle, recovering more biomass and thus creating even more swarms.

One side has no source, the other has an inexhaustible supply. How can they possibly fight like that?
The swarms of killing insects have not yet launched a full-scale attack on humans because they have not yet finished collecting their biomass.

Once those scattered supernatural creatures are all eaten, then it will be humanity's turn, right?

“That’s the danger of killing the swarm.” Cheese shook his head. “All we can do is try our best to prevent them from acquiring more biomass and hold out until human reinforcements arrive. Of course, the higher-ups may have their own considerations. What we need to do is wait for orders.”

Li Yelai nodded silently; it seemed that this was the only option for now.

Subsequently, escorted by Li Yelai, the team successfully arrived at the shelter.

This is a shelter located in the underground parking garage of a shopping mall. Thanks to the city's advance preparations, the shelter is well-stocked with food and medicine.

It can also make contact with other shelters.

When Li Ye arrived, all the exits of the shelter had been fortified.

However, the interior housed over three thousand people, and with the addition of Li Yelai's team, it felt somewhat crowded.

The shelter's defenses consisted of fifteen psionicists, fifty Iron Guards, and over three hundred city defense troops and militia.

Among the psionicists, the strongest is a processor from the North City, a powerful individual on the path to zeroing out the four senses.

Currently, the shelter's defenses appear to be adequate.

The authorities are also training more people to enable them to protect themselves.

However, the shelter was too crowded, and the food and medicine available there could only last for about ten days at most.

Therefore, the authorities could only implement controls and distribute food daily.

This initially angered some people, but their discontent quickly dissipated upon seeing the fully armed Iron Guards and city defense troops.
I don't know if my sister, the doll, Spark, and the captain are safe.

At one of the shelter's exits, Li Yelai leaned against the wall, pondering the communicator on his arm that had lost its signal.

Then, I saw a piece of dried meat and a bottle of mineral water being handed to me.

Cheese, carrying a bag in one hand and food and water in the other, said, "Eat something first to replenish your energy."

"Thank you." Li Yelai took the food and water. He was indeed a little hungry.

Cheese sat to the side and took a blanket out of the bag.

He draped one over Li Yelai, and then put another over himself. Afterward, he held a cup of hot coffee in his hands to warm himself.

Their task tonight is to guard the entrances and exits. Since psionicists have more acute senses, they need to take turns on guard duty.

A dozen minutes later, Li Yelai heard a violent roar. A violent gust of wind swept through the street. Billboards were blown away.

"There will be a typhoon in the fog?" Li Yelai was somewhat taken aback.

Cheese shook his head: "The Primordial Chaos Banner has been activated. This is the price for activating a forbidden object: a natural disaster."

Li Yelai seemed to be pondering something.

Is it a natural disaster? I wonder if we can make use of it.

(End of this chapter)