Reverse flow of the Yellow Springs

Chapter 131 General
After resolving the accommodation issue, Li Yelai asked the nun to take Li Yunyan back to the East City branch.

When Li Yelai met Li Yunyan, she was helping the nun walk in the lounge for rehabilitation training.

Before being rescued by the authorities, the nun's tendons in her hands and feet had been severed by the gunman.

However, thanks to the official miracle doctor's treatment, the severed meridians were reconnected.

Now, he has recovered to the point where he can walk without a wheelchair for the time being.

During the disaster, Li Yunyan stayed with her and helped her with her rehabilitation training.

The two got along quite well.

"Thank you for taking care of her during this time, Sister." Li Yelai stepped forward to greet her.

He paid tribute to this strong-willed girl.

The nun sat back in her wheelchair, a smile on her face: "It's nothing, I also enjoy chatting with Hyoga."

Glacier was Li Yunyan's code name.

"Oh? What are you talking about?" Li Yelai asked curiously.

"Cybernetic modification, huh?" The nun looked at her prosthetic arm. Her right hand had been severed by the gunner and turned into a Spiritless Armor. The authorities could only install a metal prosthetic arm on her.

"She gave me a lot of advice. Right now, I'm considering whether to install a sharp mantis knife, a long-range combat thermobaric hand cannon, or a powerful crane arm? Night General, what are your thoughts?"

Li Yelai was speechless for a moment and could only shake his head.

Then, he whispered to Li Yunyan, "Can't you speak properly? Are you rubbing salt into someone's wounds? She had no choice but to get a prosthetic body, and you, instead, are talking to her about this!"

“She asked me that,” Li Yunyan replied in a low voice. “I’ve been trying my best to avoid those topics.”

Compared to her brother Li Yelai, Li Yunyan, as the younger sister, has a much higher emotional intelligence.

Naturally, they wouldn't want to touch on the nun's sore spots, but unfortunately, the nun herself brought them up.

Seeing the brother and sister bickering, the nun felt a little envious and said with a smile, "Don't mind them. I'm already very grateful that I survived."

She had experienced a hellish nightmare; the physical and mental torment seemed to have killed her.

She is very satisfied and content with her current situation.

Then, Li Yelai asked, "Sister, could I ask you for a favor tomorrow? My friend is breaking through to the fourth level of awakening tomorrow, if..."

"Rest assured, if anything unexpected happens, I will interrupt the promotion process." The nun nodded: "This is not a difficult thing for me."

As a spirit-severer, the nun has a natural restraint towards forbidden objects.

Even Class B forbidden items couldn't cause a ripple in front of her.

She can directly block the other party's path to gain power in the virtual realm.

With her around, even if the forbidden items in the East City Black Prison get out of control, they can be easily suppressed.

Similarly, if a psionicist shows signs of losing control on their path to advancement, she can pull them back from danger before they become completely distorted.

The price might be that the other person will never be able to advance in their career. But at least they'll survive.
As Li Yelai said, he doesn't have many friends, so he has to prepare for the worst-case scenario.

"Thank you." Li Yelai breathed a sigh of relief, and after exchanging a few words, he left with Li Yunyan.

Watching them leave, the nun smiled and continued fiddling with her metal prosthetic limb.

With people coming and going at the branch office, Li Yunyan put on an anti-psychic helmet and headphones, lowered her head, held a suitcase in one hand, and grabbed Li Yelai's sleeve with the other. She looked somewhat strange.

The colleagues in the branch office were a little surprised to see this, but they still tried to keep their voices down.

This allowed Li Yunyan to safely reach the elevator in her new home.

After entering the elevator, she took off her headphones and said with a self-deprecating smile, "I guess I'm the only one in the Disaster Management Department who can't greet my colleagues."

"Don't worry, there'll always be a way," Li Yelai replied.

At least for now, she still has the nun as a colleague with whom she can have normal contact.

The situation is much better than it was at the beginning.

Li Yunyan nodded slightly, her expression somewhat forlorn.

Even after becoming a psionicist, she still had to bear this curse.

However, upon learning that the doll and the cheese lived next door...

Li Yunyan instantly perked up, her gossip-loving spirit ignited.

"Blood will flow like a river! Blood will flow like a river!" she shouted. "Will a scene like 'If you're so capable of stealing men, then open the door if you dare' actually happen? Hurry! I want to see it!"

"What's wrong with you?" Li Yelai was exhausted and dragged Li Yunyan home.

The next day, outside the Awakening Room of the East City Branch, Li Yelai and Ye Bushou were both holding their breath, waiting for something.

The next second, a surge of psionic pressure erupted from the room.

Meanwhile, within the virtual realm, a beautiful projection appeared beneath the starry sky.

The vast starlight converged, making the projection even more solid and beautiful.

This also attracted the attention of many creatures in the virtual realm, but as even larger and more powerful projections emerged, they guarded the beautiful projection.

Those creatures from the virtual realm eventually gave up and ceased their activities.

Outside the Awakening Room, the handlers looked delighted and then burst into cheers.

"Success! The projection is complete!"

"Cheese has successfully achieved four awakenings!"

"Our champion team has gained another fourth-level powerhouse!"

Yang Chen nodded with satisfaction, then turned and left.

Li Yelai's gaze was fixed on the girl sitting in the Awakening Room.

Cheese was slumped in his seat, drenched in sweat. He seemed to notice Li Yelai's gaze and looked back at him with a slightly dazed expression, as if trying to ascertain the truth.

Then, she revealed a tired yet joyful smile.

'See, I promised you,' she mouthed.

A few minutes later, in the quiet lounge.

Cheese wiped the sweat from her neck; the recent awakening had put a great strain on her body, leaving her completely soaked.

She took off her hoodie and sweater, revealing a somewhat overburdened women's vest, and teased Li Yelai, saying, "You're as nervous as a husband outside the delivery room."

Li Yelai was used to her flirtatious banter, so he looked away and handed her the hoodie and sweater, asking, "Congratulations on becoming a Fourth Awakener. How does it feel?"

"The awakening period went well overall, but the influence of the illusory realm was a bit troublesome." Cheese looked at Li Yelai's profile and chuckled. "Fortunately, I can still distinguish between the real and the fake. I can finally say that I have successfully achieved the fourth awakening."

After Cheese put on his clothes, Li Yelai asked, "How effective is your dragon roar? I've heard that some dragon roars can even summon meteors."

This was something Li Ye had heard other Ark voters mention before he arrived at the Ark.

Although it is far less powerful than a real meteorite, merely a rock that condenses in the air and falls, it should not be underestimated.

Cheese replied, "After drinking the Dragon Shout potion, a lot of fleeting knowledge flashed through my mind. I could only retain as much as possible while maintaining my willpower. The meteorite you mentioned is actually the power of the earth elemental, which I didn't obtain, but I still have quite a few other good items."

As he spoke, Cheese armed himself with his psionic powers and handed a soft whip to Li Yelai. "Hold on tight."

Looking at the whip in his hand, Li Ye asked, completely bewildered, "I'm not a sadist."

“Neither do I.” Cheese snorted, then swallowed a candy and looked at Li Ye, uttering a cryptic and archaic phrase.

Li Yelai understood the word through the language of the beasts in the virtual realm.

Disarmament

In an instant, the soft whip in Li Yelai's hand suddenly burst out with astonishing power, breaking free from Li Yelai's grasp.

Looking at the soft whip lying on the ground, Li Yelai was dumbfounded: "Huh?"

It should be noted that Li Yelai's physical strength is comparable to that of a fourth-level True Martial.

Its grip strength is also quite good, but it was still disarmed by a single sentence.

This ability isn't very effective against swarms of insects or supernatural beings, since most of them are unarmed. But against human psionicists, simply forcing them to discard their weapons is incredibly powerful!
While the opponent was still searching for weapons on the ground, Cheese unleashed his second Dragon Shout.

Cheese frowned slightly and ate two more candies: "I'm consuming so much sugar. I'll have to bring more candies from now on."

"After all, it's a very powerful ability. Why don't you try something else?" Li Yelai suggested. "Shall we go to the training ground?"

"Ah."

The two then headed to the training ground.

Li Yelai immediately activated Mimicry: Abyss Dragon Scale and picked up a hardwood gun.

As a fourth-level psychic, Cheese's strength grew, and her previous abilities were enhanced. The Dragon Roar further empowered her.

When Li Yelai charged forward, she used Dragon Shout to [Knock Back].

A powerful gust of air rushed towards Li Yelai, sending him flying nearly ten meters away.

Li Yelai was somewhat surprised, then controlled the distance, circling around to prepare to dodge the dragon's roar, while Cheese used the dragon's roar again [Charge].

The speed increased instantly, and Cheese once again widened the gap between itself and Li Yelai.

"That's a bit of a cheat." Li Yelai used his aerial stepping pursuit, which triggered a third dragon roar: "Shoot Down."

The aerial stepping failed for a second, causing Li Yelai to fall back to the ground.

"Alright, alright, is this how you play? Flying a kite, huh?" Li Yelai complained, quickly smearing a mask on his face, resembling Huo Qubing, the legendary swordsman who sealed the wolf's lair!
The Shadow Army moved as swiftly as the wind!

As the Shadow Army's light cavalry appeared, Li Yelai's speed suddenly increased to its limit, transforming into a black shadow that was difficult to detect with the naked eye, and instantly approached Cheese.

Then came the fourth dragon roar, "Fear."

Li Yelai's body stiffened briefly, as if he had encountered some dangerous natural enemy.

With that delay, the cheese had already wandered quite far. It had a 'come and get me' look on its face, as if it wanted to be taught a lesson.

“Let’s end this. If it’s just a friendly spar, I can’t catch up to you. How many Dragon Shouts do you still have left?” Li Yelai said, scratching his head.

"You've seen [Disarmament]. Besides the ones mentioned above, there's [Loyalty], which works on animals or supernatural beings with lower psychic levels than me, and [Sunny Day] and [Heavy Rain], which change the weather."

There are also two additional dragon shouts with support effects: [Armor] and [Sharpness]. These are similar to the psionic skills of the Fourth Awakening, enhancing psionic barriers and weapons. You can also master them after your Fourth Awakening.

Finally, the [Soul Tear] move, which targets the soul, cannot be used on you. Cheese explained, while eating a lot of candy.

"Eleven dragon roars, this potion is indeed powerful." Li Yelai pondered, "It truly lives up to its reputation for being a powerful combination of offense and support."

"Thanks to you." Cheese's eyes were filled with laughter. The dragon's roar suited her perfectly.

At that moment, the communicator in Li Yelai's hand beeped.

Li Ye opened the notification and saw official rewards, a message from the Equipment Department, and a notification from the branch saying someone was looking for him. He had been waiting for a while and hadn't noticed it earlier.

As recognition of Li Yelai's achievements in the disaster fog, the official rewarded him with a full 500 merit points, while the cash reward was not much, only 50,000 Giant City Coins.

However, the official team prioritized replenishing Li Yelai's equipment.

The message from the equipment department was to instruct Li Ye to collect the equipment.

As for who's looking for them, it seems to be the Jing family?

"They haven't given up on winning me over yet?" Li Yelai thought to himself, "That's fine, I was just looking for an opportunity to discuss this with Jing Lin."

He then sent a message to the Jing family asking them to wait a moment while he went to collect the equipment and would come over.

Cheese leaned closer and asked, "The Jing family invited you to their party, right?"

"You received it too?" Li Yelai asked.

"Yeah, I received the plush toy too. Jing Lin seems to have invited quite a few processors." Cheese replied, "Are you going?"

“Great idea, let’s go get some free food and drinks.” Li Yelai nodded: “I was just thinking of talking to him about something.”

Immediately, the two fell into deep thought, wondering how they could freeload food and drinks while the doll was in that state.

You can't exactly stuff it inside a mascot costume to eat, can you?

Afterwards, Li Yelai went to the equipment department and collected his full set of equipment.

Li Yelai's three-pointed sword was reforged into the Azure Dragon Halberd.

The halberd is 2.1 meters long, with a black blade edged in gold and decorated with a coiled golden dragon. Paired with a crimson shaft, it looks extremely domineering.

Li Yelai picked up the Azure Dragon Halberd and tried wielding it.

It feels great to hold, even better than the original Crimson Dragon Halberd.

“Because of the mysterious substance and airflow associated with this halberd, we have designed a new structure.” The civilian staff member pointed to the halberd’s handle and said, “This will allow you to use its abilities more precisely and effectively, such as slashing wind blades or unleashing whirlwinds.”

Li Yelai nodded slightly, then twirled his halberd and unleashed the Eighteen-Handed Thrusting Strike - Alligator Strike!

In an instant, a small whirlwind surged out from the rotating halberd ear.

"Very good, thank you!" Li Yelai praised.

"This is nothing, please take a look at this," the civilian staff member said with a smile.

Next came the Radiant Armor, a psionic armor.

Although the prices in the equipment department are outrageous, the craftsmanship and aesthetics are commendable.

With the same black background and gold trim, the jet-black scale armor paired with the gold beast-devouring shoulder and belly armor, as well as the thick breastplate, makes it look extremely majestic and domineering.

"This suit of armor uses a lot of the carapaces of insect hunters. It looks heavy, but it actually weighs less than ten kilograms. Its defensive capabilities are also quite impressive," the civilian staff member explained. "We have also made improvements to the joints to maximize the freedom the armor provides from restricting your movement."

Li Yelai put on the armor and moved around a bit; it was indeed very light and easy to move in.

Despite being heavy armor, it doesn't feel bulky at all.

When Li Yelai put on his helmet and removed his face armor, holding a long halberd, he looked more like a valiant ancient general.

Her originally ordinary demeanor suddenly changed.

It was as if they were ready to embrace the glory of battle at any moment.

"So, the 'Jiang' in 'Night General' is the same as the 'General' in 'General'," a civilian staff member chuckled in praise.

(End of this chapter)