Reverse flow of the Yellow Springs

The Ark's storage space is very convenient; simply activate the Ark ticket with your mind to place items from within the space next to you.

To collect items, you need to touch them and guide them into the space.

Li Yelai originally thought that only things he had to lift up himself could be stored in the space.

Surprisingly, the Ark can take it away with just a touch. How convenient! The Ark is truly a wonderful thing!
Li Yelai's storage space is quite large, so now the Qinling headquarters is going to be robbed!

Afterwards, Li Yelai and Jing Lin bid farewell to the captain and left the ark.

Li Yelai had to go back to prepare to coordinate with his teammates, while Jing Lin was to transmit intelligence about the fleet and the church back to Jucheng.

Deep within the Qinling headquarters, in a secluded fortress room.

A white light suddenly shone from the room, and Li Yelai, dressed in luminous armor, stepped out of the light.

This time, we've had a very fruitful harvest.

Upon returning to the physical world, Li Yelai was about to share his joy with Little Mad King when he discovered that the room was dark, with only faint moonlight filtering through the small window.

On the bed, the beautiful girl was fast asleep. Perhaps because she was asleep, her usually cold and beautiful face now showed a hint of gentleness.

Her body was slender and well-proportioned. Even through the blanket, one could vaguely see her amazingly long legs, which were gently outlined by the soft, thin blanket, adding to her mystique.

She lay on her side on the bed, her fair and beautiful back exposed, a masterpiece bestowed by heaven. Bathed in moonlight, her skin was like solidified cream, white and delicate, covered with a faint silvery sheen, shimmering with a captivating luster. It made one yearn to explore it further.
"Is she asleep? Well, it's so late. I really shouldn't disturb her. I'm so careless."

Li Yelai thought to himself, and quickly looked away, intending to go to the hall to remove his armor.

But the next second, the girl's slightly sleepy voice rang out.

"Teammate, you're much earlier than planned." Little Mad King seemed to yawn, then sat up wrapped in the blanket, her smooth hair cascading down, covering her delicate collarbone, yet exuding an unusual charm.

She looked at Li Yelai: "It seems you succeeded in your challenge, and even completed it ahead of schedule."

Originally, Li Yelai planned to challenge himself for three days. Considering the dangers of the Dead Sea wrecked ship, Li Yelai estimated that he would have to stay for three days.

However, Li Yelai and Jing Lin encountered the border fleet, thus completing the challenge ahead of schedule. They even sacrificed the head, one of the core components.

It's only the second night now.

"Sorry to disturb your rest," Li Yelai replied with his back to her.

"It's nothing. I was just too relaxed these past two days and didn't realize you were back right away."

These past two days have been a rare period of leisure and relaxation for Little Mad King.

She usually hides in the wilderness or restricted areas, and must be careful and vigilant at all times.

Now that she's had two days of peace and quiet, she realizes she's been a bit lax.

But in reality, even while she was asleep, she clearly sensed Li Ye's return; her perception remained sharp.

Seeing that Li Yelai had his back to her, Little Mad King put on her pajamas, got off the bed, sat on the sofa next to her, and said, "Is the challenge dangerous, teammate?"

Li Yelai then looked at Little Mad King and nodded, saying, "There were some risks, but it also allowed me to witness the glory of a hero."

Li Yelai told Little Mad King about his experience in the Dead Sea wrecked ship.

“You have done well, which is the greatest comfort to them. If I die in battle one day, you must use the Horn of the Styx to awaken me and let me fight alongside you.”

But you were still a bit too hasty, rashly offering your head to the Blood God. It will indeed increase your psychic power, but it could easily corrupt you. I've reviewed the church's records; a considerable number of followers have lost their way during the blessing, becoming mindless killing machines. They're even worse than a vampire.”

Li Yelai nodded: "Indeed, but in order to make that thing at the core of the Dead Sea ship tremble, we had no choice but to use the Blood God as our banner. The power of Chaos is great, and that being that is suspected to be 'Nine Infants' dared not act recklessly against the Blood God. Only in this way could the Yan Yun ship escape from the wreckage."

"The Yan Yun, a machine spirit?" Little Mad King pondered for a moment before replying, "It is rumored that such strange beings do exist. Some machines can develop self-awareness in environments with abundant virtual power. However, this is actually very risky, and not all machine spirits are as loyal to humans as the Yan Yun."

“Yes, even the fleet warriors say so. They warn the giant city to be careful of the birth of machine spirits. If machine spirits appear in the equipment within the giant city and are corrupted by chaos, it will be a huge disaster.” Li Yelai nodded in response.

"Secondly, there are the two forbidden items you brought back. The Emotion Pocket Watch is of great help to us. But what is the effect of this black staff?" The Little Mad King grabbed the black staff and tried to bend it with both hands, but it wouldn't bend an inch. He poured spiritual energy into it, but received no response.

"I don't know how effective it will be, but at least it can be used as a weapon. It's really tough," Li Yelai replied.

"This is probably the most frustrating use of a forbidden item," Little Mad King asked. "Is the planned timeline still unchanged?"

“Yes, it remains the same,” Li Yelai replied. “The operation will still be launched on the fourth day.”

The original plan was for the support team dispatched by the giant city to launch an attack on the main headquarters.

The initial date was set for the day after Li Ye was to complete the challenge.

That is, the fourth day of the challenge.

Even if Li Yelai completes the challenge ahead of schedule, the time will not be changed, and in fact, there is no time to change it.

Communication between the giant city and the frontline scouts was primarily conducted by runners. The fastest scouts would travel back and forth to make contact.

After all, transmitting information through a virtual space carries the risk of being intercepted.

Even if there are coded messages, the other party will be on guard if they can't understand them.

Therefore, communication with the giant city will be greatly delayed.

Then we will continue according to the original plan and launch multiple attacks on the headquarters on the fourth day.

This is not a full-scale offensive; the Night Scouts who were able to get here don't have many men.

There are probably only three or four groups, and two captain-level experts.

One of the captains is Captain Moonshadow.

For safety reasons, they did not contact the nearest major city in Sichuan to request assistance.

The real concern was that there might be church agents among them, which would expose the operation.

With only three or four night watchmen and one captain, it was naturally impossible to take down the entire headquarters.

Of course, when it comes to trash-talking, Captain Moonshadow could probably take on the entire headquarters single-handedly.
But their mission was actually to launch a feint attack. As long as they could get the church forces at the headquarters moving and create some chaos, they would give Li Yelai an opportunity to act.

By then, the main headquarters should be too preoccupied to deal with the Night Scouts' feigned attack.

Li Yelai will prepare even more troublesome opponents for them, namely those ancient powerhouses sealed within the Blood Sealing Ore Crystal!
In truth, these dangerous sealed blood crystals were well-hidden, their exact locations unknown even to Li Yelai. However, Li Yelai, facing formidable adversaries, would resolve these troubles and bring these ancient powerhouses to his doorstep!

This is the official plan, but Li Yelai has his own plans.

Li Yelai planned to take advantage of the chaos to enter the treasure vault.

Take everything, what you should and shouldn't take! The Chaos Artifacts, the Great Demon Skull? Hey, they're all furry now! They're all for humanity!
Then, another lucky spin. Spin it to unleash a natural disaster. Destroy the entire treasure vault!

Bury or destroy everything you can't take with you!
Of course, there will be many unexpected events and risks along the way.

The enemies that Li Yelai has attracted may be too powerful. Or perhaps, the calamity that Li Yelai has brought is uncontrollable.

All of these factors will put Li Yelai in grave danger.

However, if the plan succeeds, Li Yelai will not only severely damage the headquarters, but also seize a large amount of supplies.

"Looking at it this way, I really am suited to be an undercover agent," Li Yelai grinned.

As an Ark voter, you can securely communicate with Jinglin and Jucheng, and even move supplies out of thin air.

And his own curses finally found a purpose!
Misfortune is indeed unfortunate, but to trigger misfortune upon an enemy is humankind's good fortune.

Indeed, it would be better to take advantage of a few more Chaos factions for free.

“But there are still risks. We need to plan more detailed steps.” Little Mad King reminded him, “We can’t let the church people have even the slightest suspicion about you.”

Li Yelai nodded: "I know. After that, I still have to go to Border City No. 2."

There's a conspiracy brewing in Border City No. 2, and Li Yelai has to get involved!
No matter what Fen Xiao wants to do, even if it's just to go to the second border city to celebrate a birthday, Li Yelai will make him suffer.

Then, Little Mad King said, "Then you should rest first. You've been fighting continuously in the Dead Sea wrecked ship for so long, you should get some rest too. Besides, you smell a bit strong right now."

That's true. The smell of the sea and blood on Li Yelai was indeed quite strong.

"Ahem. Okay, I'll go take a shower first." Li Yelai was a little embarrassed: "You go and rest too, I'll go to the sofa."

"No need, the bed is big, and I've had enough rest these past two days," Little Mad King replied. "You should rest first."

"Thank you very much then." Li Yelai nodded slightly, then removed his armor and went into the bathroom to wash up.

Washing away the bloodstains allowed my tense muscles to relax a little.

When Li Yelai lay on the bed, he could still feel a warmth under the thin blanket, as well as a certain cool fragrance lingering on the blanket.

Meanwhile, the fatigue accumulated from the continuous battles soon overwhelmed him, and he quickly fell into a deep sleep.

Meanwhile, Little Mad King leaned back comfortably on the sofa, enjoying the feeling of being trusted by his teammates.

'This feeling is really nice,' she thought to herself.

While Li Yelai was sound asleep, in a remote valley near the Qinling headquarters.

A handsome young man, clad in ancient dragon armor and carrying a shield and axe, was talking with the Night Scouts around him.

This was none other than Captain Moonshadow.

At this moment, he listened calmly as everyone reported the intelligence.

“In the abandoned city of Chang’an, there were many scavengers and small caravans. We found that there were quite a few members of the Ember Cult among them.”

"The Qinling Mountains exhibit spatial folding, revealing hidden caves within, and are easy to defend and difficult to attack."

"Three hours ago, a sixth-level expert flew out of the mountains, seemingly on patrol."

"At least for now, the intelligence is very accurate, and the enemy's defensive lines are very clear." A female captain in red armor said, "Moonshadow, can we trust the map you brought?"

“Of course, Sister Lieyang.” Yueying smiled. “We will simply follow orders.”

This female captain was the commander of the West City branch unit whom Li Yelai had met once in the fog of disaster.

Captain Lieyang of the Myriad Paths.

She once transformed into a three-legged golden crow, igniting a massive swarm of insects. She was also the first mythical mimic Li Yelai encountered.

Captain Lieyang narrowed his eyes and looked at Yueying, saying, "May I ask where the information for this map came from?"

Moonshadow smiled without saying a word. The information that someone had become the Chosen One of Chaos was too terrifying.

Even Tsukikage herself nearly choked to death when she learned the information.

If it weren't for the unique nature of Moonshadow's curse, he wouldn't have become the commander of this operation.

Normally, even captains shouldn't know this kind of information.

"It seems you're still hiding something from us. Your East City branch is truly impressive, managing to plant spies in a place like this? This must be one of the four major headquarters of the Ember Church, right?"

Lieyang snorted lightly: "Some time ago, I could clearly sense that a group of mysterious powerful individuals came to the giant city, but afterwards there was no trace of them. The giant city sealed off the news. Even we captains couldn't find out. Do you know about this too? Is this related to your East City branch?"

That was actually an event about the return of the former champion team. Because the information was too shocking, all those involved signed a confidentiality agreement.

Tsukikage herself only learned of the information after she accepted the mission.

Yueying nodded and said, "It is indeed related, but it's a secret. You'll find out sooner or later."

"You're keeping this so secret? You're even wary of the captain? We're not Little Mad Kings, are we not worthy of your trust?"

Lieyang frowned; the feeling of being watched by his teammates was unpleasant.

In the end, she could only sigh helplessly: "Fine. This is also to protect the hidden agents. After all, there have been traitors among the captains. It's better to be careful, as long as you can ensure the accuracy of the intelligence. Just don't let there be any double agents."

“You can rest assured about that,” Moonshadow replied. “The intelligence source is very accurate.”

"It seems you trust that spy very much and hope he is safe." Lieyang replied, "Our West City branch has also sent spies to infiltrate the church, but none of them could get into the core. The corruption of Chaos is too terrible. Even the most steadfast warrior will have his mind changed drastically after being blessed by Chaos. A spy who can enter the headquarters and has not been corrupted is really too precious and too dangerous."

Yueying thought to herself, "If you knew that that undercover agent was almost a boss, you would probably be even more shocked!"
As for danger, other hidden stakeouts can indeed be very dangerous.

But even if you told the church that this mole was a mole, they probably wouldn't believe you. (End of Chapter)