Reverse flow of the Yellow Springs

Chosen by God? Part-time job?

Are you twisted, have you sworn into chaos, or have you not sworn into chaos?
Is that the one in red the Blood God?

Your champion team is really easy to be noticed by Him. Your aesthetic sense is highly similar to that of the Blood God!
Night cast him into chaos. In a mortal peril, he had no choice but to plunge into chaos, and become the chosen one of a certain chaotic deity.

If he was corrupted, why would he voluntarily reveal everything? Why not continue to infiltrate the official ranks? Or is it that he wasn't corrupted, yet he claimed to have become the chosen one, and since he wasn't corrupted, it was just a side job?

But what if the champion's successor truly becomes the chosen one of Chaos? What will Yang Chen think? Will the higher-ups, or other officials, still trust him?
Looking at the shocking intelligence in his hand.

Yin Huo couldn't understand it for a moment, but the situation was urgent, so he immediately sent the information back to headquarters.

Judging from the results, Li Yelai doesn't seem to have been tainted by the chaos. Of course, this is just speculation; the subsequent decisions will be made by the higher-ups.

Regardless of Li Yelai's current identity, the authorities must ensure he is out of danger first.

While transmitting intelligence, the authorities also prepared various supplies, which Jing Lin would deliver during the transaction.

The patriarch of the Jing family had already obtained details of Li Yelai's condition from Jing Lin. After the Yin Fire was treated, he asked, "General Ye's injuries are serious. I am willing to provide our Jing family's specially made spiritual fruit medicine."

Yin Huo was somewhat surprised, but still nodded and said, "Then thank you very much, Lord Jing Ji."

The old man smiled and said, "Night will penetrate deep into the forbidden zone, slaying human traitors, and then slaughtering a large number of creatures in the forbidden zone while escaping. Such a hero, my Yaoqingjing family will naturally provide him with some assistance! But you must remind him that if he has already used the spirit fruit elixir, he will develop resistance for a period of time. Be sure to use it carefully, otherwise his spiritual energy will be suppressed, and his injuries will not be able to heal."

As allies in the cooperation, the three members of the Jing family, namely the grandfather, grandfather, and grandson of Jing Ji, all knew about Li Yelai's actions.

Yin Huo nodded: "Please rest assured, we care about Ye Jiang even more than you do. He is our comrade and comrade-in-arms."

The Yaoqing Jing family is extremely concerned about Ye Jiang. The authorities have already conducted some investigations into this matter, but they always come to an abrupt halt when they get to the internal situation of the Jing family.

The truth about what the Jing family is deliberately hiding will be hard to find out without investigating in Yaoqing City.

Meanwhile, Li Yelai's intelligence was relayed to headquarters.

Just like the Yin Fire, the intelligence from before made several high-ranking officials in the processing department sweat for Li Yelai. Li Yelai fought his way from Silver Mountain City to the Broken Mountains and then turned back to fight his way back to the Great Snow Mountain.

If it weren't for the repeated assistance from the Night Scouts, Li Yelai would most likely have died on the way. It was an extremely dangerous journey.

The last piece of information, about becoming a part-time chosen one, sent chills down the spines of the higher-ups.

In the headquarters' conference room, several elderly people were having a heated discussion.

"Was the Night General not corrupted? Did he truly become the Chosen One?"

"Otherwise what? As an official psychic, who would joke about something like this?"

"To become that person's chosen one... that's terrifying!"

"Was he not corrupted because of his special status? We once speculated that there was some being behind him. It was that being who drove away the ghost immortals. Now, could it be that being who is also blocking the corruption of chaos?"

"What being could possibly stand against the Blood God? We psionicists don't even dare to utter that being's name directly, for fear of attracting attention. He is even part of the Void Realm! Apart from other Chaos Gods, who else could possibly oppose Him?"

"If Ye Jiang really becomes the chosen one, it will probably be a huge blow to Yang Chen."

“You’re all too pessimistic. He mentioned a part-time job, so he must have a way to escape corruption. Everyone has secrets, and he naturally has secret means as well,” an old woman said. “Besides, didn’t you see that he first inquired about the safety of Little Mad King and Ma Hongyi? Does a Chosen One of Chaos need to care about the lives of humans?”

“Don’t trust Little Mad King so much just because he’s his only teammate. He’s the Chosen One of Chaos. Once he receives the blessing of the Chaos God, his strength will even surpass that of the Forbidden Zone. If he were to ascend to demonhood, the consequences would be unimaginable,” a one-armed old man said, frowning.

"Night General once fought and slew for humanity, and now you know he infiltrated the Ark. He rescued the Spirit-Slayer nun for the Great City, brought intelligence about the 71st Calamity Fog to the Great City, and was in danger while killing a human traitor for the Great City. Give him some more trust." The old woman sighed, "Isn't he just a Chosen One? There have been Chosen Ones among the Champions, but they fought for humanity until their deaths."

The conference room was silent.

At this moment, the old man sitting in the main wheelchair spoke up: "No need to worry, let's get Night General back safely first. We'll judge for ourselves whether there's any risk. Night General has fought for humanity for so long, we must bring him back safely."

"Yes."

Meanwhile, Li Yelai waited in the hall and chatted with the captain for a few minutes.

And ask yourself if you would change your location if you had the five senses.

The captain patiently explained.

Only then did Li Yelai realize that there was a reason for the seating arrangement in the Ark Hall.

It is related to both strength and authority.

Those with greater strength can gain access to core positions and thus acquire greater authority.

Outside the Fourth Ring Road, the powers are the same, but from the Fourth Ring Road onwards, voters will need to conduct assessments.

It's quite difficult, so even those within the fourth ring are all experts at the sixth level or above.

Voters in the fourth ring can leave their supplies inside the ark for safekeeping. This essentially provides an extra, safe, mobile storage space. With an ark ticket, voters in the fourth ring can store valuables inside the ark; virtually no one can steal them.

The Ark voters in the third ring can obtain a safe room inside the Ark, which is quite spacious. They can adjust environmental parameters such as sunlight, air, water, and gravity. Ark voters can grow plants or cultivate other life forms inside. This is very convenient and safe for voters who need to conduct experiments.

The Ark voters seated in the second ring, including Jin Shan (Jade Blood Supreme of Black Origin City) and others, can even physically enter the Ark to escape the dangers of the physical world. This is simply divine skill!

Because only Ark Chosen can enter the Ark. If danger arises, powerful individuals at the second ring level can directly enter the Ark physically, perfectly evading most pursuers. The pursuers cannot enter the Ark.

This information also made Li Yelai somewhat uneasy; killing the voters of the Second Ring would be very difficult! If they couldn't be killed in one strike, the opponent would definitely escape into the Ark!

"What about the very center of the chain? What kind of authority does it have?" Li Yelai asked.

"You will gain access second only to mine. You will be able to freely bring living beings into the Ark and control the Ark to drop them to any location the Ark can reach," the Ark captain laughed.

Li Yelai's heart was in turmoil.

Imagine being able to directly transport living beings into the Ark and drop them into almost any location. Wouldn't that be an invaluable tool for transporting armies? If a giant city were to obtain such authority, it could efficiently send all its combat power to any location—the enemy's rear, the enemy's leader's location, the enemy's hideout. It could even bring comrades in danger into the Ark at any time, thus avoiding peril.

Just like Li Yelai now, Fang Zhou could directly send Li Yelai back to the giant city.

My God, the Ark's abilities are too powerful.

"Then Lord Chuhe must be very eager for this authority, right?"

“Indeed, it’s a pity. He can hardly pass the test to advance to the second ring now, let alone the first ring.” The captain replied, “Lord Copperface, try the test again after you reach the sixth awakening.”

Li Yelai nodded slightly: "I understand, Captain."

Chu He's desire for this ability is understandable, given that he and his companions are in the Lost Lands, facing various dangers and the encroachment of the forbidden zone's order.

Once he possesses the Ark, he will surely lead all his companions away from the lost land.

He suffered so much; with the human fleet almost completely wiped out, he couldn't bring all his companions with him.

The Ark became his final choice.

Unfortunately, the so-called assessment was extremely difficult, and even a powerful overlord like Chu He found it hard to pass.

If we could take Chu He and the others away through other means, it would be a good thing for Jucheng.

Chu He is a hegemon-level powerhouse; such high-end human combat power cannot be buried.

After a few more minutes, Li Yelai waited for Jing Lin to return to the ark.

He returned to his seat with a new hiking backpack.

"Lord Copperface, the Golden Bone you gave me is extremely valuable, and I've also brought you some of the supplies you need. However, considering your current precarious situation, I plan to give you the supplies gradually. Later, when you need more, just ask me for them," Jing Lin said. Of course, this was said for the captain's benefit, so he could contact Li Ye later.

"Thank you, that's good." Li Yelai nodded, and the hiking backpack instantly appeared in front of him.

Afterwards, Li Yelai opened his backpack and 'inspected' it for a while, then nodded and said, "In that case, I'll head back now. Goodbye, Lord Camellia."

"Goodbye." Jing Lin nodded in response, "Please be careful, it was quite a pleasant experience doing business with you."

“Of course you say it’s good, that golden bone is really expensive,” Li Yelai said with a smile.

Then, the two returned to the physical world.

Upon returning to the cave, Li Yelai felt a bone-chilling cold. The temperature inside the cave seemed to have dropped further, a stark contrast to the warm and bright Ark Hall.

Li Yelai exhaled a puff of white mist and immediately opened his hiking backpack with one hand.

They poured out the supplies. There were medicines, warm clothing, a dozen or so small tin cans of unknown purpose, a strangely shaped oil lamp, and some jerky from extraordinary creatures—well, it didn't look like the insect jerky variety.

Li Yelai grabbed a piece of jerky, stuffed it into his mouth and chewed, and found a letter in the inner pocket of his backpack.

That was an official notification to Li Ye.

The first point concerns the supplies provided. Besides food and clothing, the authorities also found a forbidden item for Li Ye: a blazing oil lamp. This forbidden item has the effect of heating up and even igniting spiritual energy. Normally, its use would ignite the spiritual energy and burn the user. However, in the current environment, this is no longer a concern.

Official speculation suggests that this forbidden object allows Li Yelai to move normally at altitudes below 500 meters in the Great Snow Mountain, but as a precaution, he should not exceed 450 meters. Otherwise, even if his spiritual energy were to heat up, he would be instantly frozen.

The required fuel is psionic energy and rock marrow fuel (a specialty of the lava mining city). The authorities prepared more than a dozen bottles of rock marrow for Li Yelai.

If necessary, he could try to cross the snow-capped mountains using a blazing oil lamp.

Secondly, there is the Jing family's special spiritual fruit medicine. If Li Yelai has already used this medicine before, his body will develop resistance within ten days. He will have to wait until the resistance is over before using the medicine again, otherwise it will just be a waste of medicine.

Thirdly, do not reveal the matter of God's Chosen to anyone. The third border city may trust you, but other major cities or human factions may not think so.

Fourthly, Little Mad King and the Night Scouts have already left the restricted area, so please rest assured.

Li Yelai breathed a sigh of relief after putting down the letter.

Previously, when Li Yelai was being chased by the golden-haired angel, Ye Bushou came to his aid. Later, as they approached the Great Snow Mountain, a powerful figure also shielded Li Yelai from the Sixth Awakening Angel.

Now that he knew they had safely escaped the restricted area, Li Yelai felt a little relieved.

Afterwards, Li Yelai painfully removed his armor and clothes, put on the cotton-padded clothes provided by the authorities, and used splints and bandages to fix his twisted arm.

Li Yelai was in so much pain that sweat beaded on his forehead, and he chewed the dried meat in his mouth until it was crushed. There was nothing he could do; only three or four days had passed since he took the Jing family's medicine. He still had drug resistance, and the injury to his arm would likely be difficult to heal.

Should we stay put and wait for the drug resistance to wear off so the injuries can heal?
Or should we go directly into the snow-capped mountains, control our altitude as we advance, and get out of the mountains as soon as possible?
Li Yelai swallowed the dried meat and pondered for a moment. Then, he picked up the blazing oil lamp, filled it with rock marrow fuel, and used his aerial stepping technique to approach the cave ceiling.

As Li Yelai approached the cave, he felt the spiritual energy barrier freeze. He immediately activated the surging flames.

The psionic barrier returned to normal, and at the same time, I felt a surge of heat within my body. Even the surrounding snowflakes showed signs of merging.

"It seems the height of the cave entrance is still within the range that the oil lamp can withstand." Li Yelai had an idea; then he could try to escape the cave first.

Li Yelai was incredibly unlucky. If he could, he wouldn't want to hide in the cave, especially if there was another collapse.
He estimated that he would be completely trapped inside the cave.

There's no way around it then. At that point, we'll probably only be able to rely on the Ark to continuously obtain food and supplies, while being imprisoned in this awful place.
Li Yelai pondered for a moment, then suddenly seemed to remember something and took out his navigation compass. Its pointer was still pointing in a certain direction within the snow-capped mountains.

Maybe I can find some good stuff?

After making up his mind, Li Yelai returned to the original spot, packed his backpack with forbidden items and other supplies, hung a red longbow on his body, and carried a black and gold dragon-patterned spear in one hand, with a blazing oil lamp hanging from the spear tip.

They walked step by step toward the cave entrance, entering the snow-capped mountains. (End of Chapter)