Reverse flow of the Yellow Springs

Chapter 113 Oracle
Endless fighting and wailing turned the sky blood red.

Humans and insect swarms fought fiercely in the ruins.

When ammunition ran out and psionic energy was depleted, humans engaged in a bloody melee with the Zerg swarm.

They fought savagely and fiercely, intertwining, embracing, and tearing at each other, plunging weapons or claws into each other's hearts. Even if their limbs were broken, they would still open their mouths and bite off chunks of flesh from their opponents.

Even death could not separate their remains.

When the last warrior embraced the glory of battle and perished alongside the enemy, all was calm.

The great sovereign within the calamity finally revealed himself. He let out a cry that resounded throughout the world from the depths of the calamity.

In the broken and silent city, only countless corpses piled up like mountains.

Humanity has lost; the Lord of Calamity will devour everything!
Li Yelai saw his relatives and friends in the mountain of corpses: Li Yunyan, Cheese, the doll, Yang Chen, and everyone else he knew. He also saw human warriors or civilians he had met once before.

They are all dead!
Endless pain and anger plunged Li Yelai into despair.

He struggled to open his mouth, trying to respond to the dead, to call out to his friends and kin. But he found himself unable to move an inch, nor could he utter a sound. He could only watch silently and helplessly as the Lord of the Calamity Mist surged forth from the depths of the calamity mist.

At that moment, drops of blood fell from the mountain of corpses, pooling into pools of blood, which eventually turned into a river of blood, flowing among the ruins.

Rivers of blood converged before Li Yelai, coiling around him and lifting him up, gradually sending him into the sky.

At the same time, beyond the blood-red sky, a colossal figure appeared, blotting out the sun. He sat on a throne, clad in blood-red armor, his figure seemingly merging with the sky.

He stretched out his arms, reaching through the sky, as if in response to Li Yelai who was drawing ever closer.

It seems that as long as one accepts His power, one can destroy the Lord of Calamity and avenge one's relatives and compatriots!
This is His divine gift, a gift known as the ascension of the demon!

Countless murmurs echoed through the mountain of corpses.

Come on, accept it.

'For the sake of two million compatriots! To avenge them!'

Their sacrifice will be the stepping stone for you to reach the summit!

Ascend to the heavens, mortals!

Believe in our Lord, embrace the glory of battle!

'Accept this gift and cut off its head!'

'A blood sacrifice to the blood god, a skull offering to the skull seat!'

'A blood sacrifice to the blood god, a skull offering to the skull seat!'

Countless corpses were shouting in unison, their voices echoing in the void and beyond the fog of disaster!

As Li Yelai was swept closer to the throne by the river of blood, his hands unconsciously reached out, as if he was about to accept this power!
then
Li Ye was awakened by the pain.

The puncture wound on his palm pulled him directly back to reality from his nightmare.

Looking at his raised, bandaged hands and the unfamiliar ceiling, Li Yelai's consciousness gradually returned.

I appear to be in a ward at some large shelter.

Was everything just a dream, or perhaps a divine revelation?
Could it be that you previously sought power from the being behind the Heart of Slaughter, thus attracting His attention?

Is it really that effective? It just appears out of nowhere!

No, it's cheese.
Li Yelai immediately got up from his hospital bed. His last thought was of the plague medical captain arriving. He didn't know Cheese's condition. He only knew that the plague medical captain was very good at snatching people from the jaws of death.

Li Yelai endured the pain in his arms and hands, took off his hospital gown, and put on the thick coat hanging on the wall.

As soon as I opened the door, I saw a medical worker standing there, stunned.

After a brief moment of surprise, the medical staff called out to the corridor with delight, "Night General, you're awake!"

Li Yelai quickly asked, "How is Cheese's injury?"

“Cheese?” The medical staff recalled for a moment and replied, “She woke up two days earlier than you, and there’s nothing dangerous about her.”

This relieved Li Yelai. At that time, Cheese was bleeding profusely from its neck, and its trachea and blood vessels had been pierced by sharp teeth, which terrified Li Yelai.

Hearing that everything was alright with Cheese, Li Yelai finally felt relieved.

Then, Li Yelai asked, "You woke up two days earlier than me? How long was I unconscious?"

"After you were brought back to the shelter, you were unconscious for three days," the medical staff replied. "The main reason was that your psychic energy was completely depleted, and the burden on the Well of Souls was too great, causing you to enter a deep sleep. Now that you have woken up, there should be no problem. However, your elbow is fractured and your palm is pierced. Even if you are a physically strong psychic, it will take some time to heal."

Li Yelai looked at his arms, which were wrapped up tightly, and nodded silently.

It was a penetrating wound, with bone damage, and then there was forced surgery, so it won't heal very quickly.

"Comrade Night General, please rest here for a while. You are wounded, so there shouldn't be any missions assigned to you at the moment," the medical staff instructed. "Your friends should be here to see you soon."

The medical staff wore a certain smile.

After all, quite a few people come to see Li Ye regularly, including two girls.

Li Yelai nodded.

Afterwards, Li Yelai sat in the room and began to analyze what had happened to him.

The nightmare I just had seemed like a divine revelation. Was it some kind of hint or choice given to me by the Blood God?

Alas. Looking back now, I really shouldn't have asked that Blood God for help back then.

Now we're in trouble, we've been targeted.

The blood god sacrificed to the blood god, the one whose skull was offered as a sacrifice to the skull seat, seems to be one of the five gods of chaos. However, Li Yelai's authority does not yet allow him to learn more.

However, there's not much to say now; the situation was far too dire. The cheese's neck was about to be bitten to pieces. Li Yelai pleaded with the gods and Buddhas for help.

Who would have thought that the first to respond would be the Third Face?

'I've begun my third interpretation of the character's persona, but unlike the historical figures I've portrayed before, this time it's a fictional character from a historical novel: Li Yuanba. What exactly is the definition of a persona? Is it recognition? Or inheritance?'

Li Yelai pondered, as he didn't know much about the historical novel.

All that is known is that Li Xuanba in the early Tang Dynasty and Li Cunxiao in the late Tang Dynasty were two of the prototypes of Li Yuanba.

Unfortunately, perhaps because he was a fictional character, Li Yelai didn't see any more scenes. He also didn't see Li Yuanba's memories. Naturally, he didn't acquire other skills, such as Xiang Yu's spear technique or Huo Qubing's horsemanship.
Moreover, in the first two masks, he saw the domineering Xiang Yu and the heroic young Huo Qubing.

I naturally wanted to meet Li Shimin, the Great General of the Tang Dynasty who defeated 100,000 with only 3,000 men and captured two kings in one battle. It's a little disappointing.

However, it cannot be denied that Li Yuanba's masked abilities are powerful. Li Yelai recalled the flair of that halberd strike, estimating it to be about ten times the power of his own full-force attack.

Judging from the fate of the Commander Insect.

In terms of power, the Dharma Form even surpasses the Four Senses Processor, Comrade Tieyu's Mimicry Dragon Claw.

After all, the Commander Insect could withstand the dragon's claws, but it couldn't withstand the slashes of the Dharma Form. Its size was a significant advantage.
Moreover, this is not the limit.

If you use Li Yuanba's mask and Mimicry: Abyss Dragon Scale at the same time, and fully charge up the Abyss Dragon Scale.

That output would be terrifying.

I'm just not sure what the conditions are for unlocking the mask. If I hadn't been struck by lightning and hadn't been so fanatically pursuing power, would I have unlocked other True Martial Path masks?

Just as he was pondering this, someone pushed the door open and entered.

It was a doll; she had changed into a frog doll costume and was holding an advertising board with words appearing on it.

[Great, you're finally awake! (o▽)o]
Li Yelai nodded in response: "I must thank you for your timely rescue."

Li Yelai remembered that at the last moment, it was Yang Chen and the doll who arrived and suppressed the swarm. Otherwise, even if Li Yelai had killed the commander insect, he would have been bitten to death by the swarm.

[If only I had arrived sooner, you and Cheese wouldn't have been so badly injured (＞人＜；)]
The doll was somewhat frightened. If Li Yelai hadn't worked hard, Cheese would probably have been decapitated, and Li Yelai himself would have been seriously injured or even killed.

If she had arrived earlier, she could have directly suppressed the Commander Insect.

"Don't overthink it, you're already fast enough," Li Yelai reassured the doll, then asked about the current situation.

After Li Yelai fell unconscious, Yueying and the other three captains from the other divisions arrived. They completely suppressed the battlefield and successfully brought back a large number of survivors and wounded, as well as the captured Commander Insect.

The authorities immediately mobilized various divine beings, whisperers, and psionicists. Through their mental manipulation, hypnotic suggestion, and dream illusion abilities, they quickly and efficiently conducted research on the Commander Insect.

The Commander Insect's special ability has been successfully discovered.

It possesses the ability to directly communicate with the Overlord of the Fog, and has the capacity to command the Zerg swarm and a superior learning ability. It is one of the few elite units within the Zerg swarm.

It is a special operations unit hatched by the Overlord of the Mist specifically to target human psykers. It also serves as the strategist unit within the Zerg Swarm. It can also be called the Strategist Zerg.

They lurk in the shadows, observing the various abilities and warriors of human psionicists and legions, and counter them with swarms of insects.

As a result, the swarm becomes significantly more dangerous after being commanded by the strategist swarm.

After acquiring this strategist bug, humans learned a great deal about the swarm's internal communication methods. Although it was difficult to completely decipher them, they were already able to interfere with the swarm.

This allowed many human warriors to survive, and the authorities took the opportunity to capture three strategist insects.

Through these strategist insects, the authorities even managed to glimpse the existence of the Lord of Disaster Fog.

However, the Lord of Calamity Mist seemed to have noticed something and immediately severed the connection with those strategist insects.

This rendered the official decapitation operation ineffective and even resulted in the loss of some personnel.

The situation remains dire; in addition to Shelter 99, several other shelters have been destroyed.

As the Fog Overlord acquires more and more biomass, the swarm is gradually evolving, becoming increasingly hostile towards humans.

We must find the master of the calamity fog as soon as possible.

[However, we are not without options (*｀皿*)] The doll responded somewhat angrily.

The forbidden object brought by Jing Lin, Tai Chi Yang, can establish a connection with the Tai Chi Yin of the outside world.

The two jade pendants can ignore the isolation effect of the disaster fog and react with each other.

The authorities used the jade pendant to send Morse code, establishing contact with the outside world and receiving substantial material support.

Furthermore, human legions and psionic teams have already voluntarily entered the fog of disaster, which has somewhat alleviated the pressure on humans within the fog.

However, it is said that the restricted areas outside the region have also taken some action.

Therefore, the outside world cannot throw all its combat power into the disaster fog at once. It must reserve the majority of its forces to resist the approach of the forbidden zone legions.

Currently, the official command is discussing how to find the mastermind of the disaster fog as soon as possible, and measures to deal with it have already been developed.

Using the jade pendant's ability to pinpoint the location, please have the Mad King strike directly for a fatal blow!

The only problem is locating the location of the Lord of Disaster Fog.

Even from the outside world, the giant city is facing danger, with two forbidden zones eyeing the third border city covetously.

This forces the Old Mad King to avoid entering easily, or even entering the disaster fog, and he must remain outside to oversee the situation.

Moreover, given the old Mad King's condition, it would be far too dangerous for him to face an almost endless swarm of insects.

His curse has drastically shortened his otherwise long lifespan. Facing the swarm of insects, he will likely exhaust his lifespan.

"There are some disagreements within the command regarding the next steps; some are radical, while others are conservative." Just then, a voice rang out from outside the door; it was Cheese, who had just arrived.

Her complexion had improved somewhat, and a trace of color had returned to her pale lips. A white scarf was wrapped around her neck, concealing the wound on her neck, which made her, who was originally quite capable, appear somewhat fragile.

Her eyes were filled with smiles and gentleness as she looked at Li Yelai.

"You saved me again, [Listen to me] pain shielding."

The pain in Li Yelai's arm and palm immediately lessened considerably.

"Wow, what a useful ability!" Li Yelai rubbed his arm and couldn't help but praise.

"Be careful, this only blocks the pain, it doesn't heal the injury." Cheese chuckled, glancing at the doll beside him. "You should have saved some of that bitter medicine instead of feeding it all to me."

The doll paused, then the words on the advertising sign in its hand appeared: [How do you feed someone? (°Д°)]
Cheese smiled without saying a word, his gaze toward the doll filled with teasing and quirky intent.

The doll seemed a little awkward for some reason. [I was just asking out of curiosity (ω)]
Li Yelai couldn't understand their riddles at all.

How did this turn into talking about medicine?

All I could ask was, "What are the tactics for 'radical' and 'conservative' respectively?"

"The radicals believe that external reinforcements should be sent directly and forcefully into the Fog of Calamity. They also plan to activate the Giant City nuclear missile to launch a preemptive attack on the swarm as quickly as possible and burn all the corpses. This would prevent the swarm from having any possibility of recycling biomass. As long as the Fog of Calamity cannot recycle biomass, it cannot create the swarm, and humanity will eventually find it and kill it!"

"Should we just wait it out? That's certainly very dangerous and radical. But theoretically, it's not a problem," Li Yelai pondered.

"The conservatives, on the other hand, believe that the radicals are too conservative."

(End of this chapter)