Reverse flow of the Yellow Springs

As a beam of light fell and disappeared, Li Yelai returned to the Ark Hall after a long absence.

Here, the lights are still on, and the place is still magnificent.

It's as if no matter what calamities occur in the outside world, this place will always remain the same.

This is the ark that is said to have survived all calamities.

When calamity strikes, its chosen people will be safely transported to the next era, becoming the spark of the new world.

Of course, that's assuming you live to see that time.

Li Yelai glanced around and saw Camellia (Jing Lin) sitting next to him and Dawn (Yun Yue) not far away. He also saw Chu He, who was located on the Third Ring Road.

The group exchanged glances but did not speak.

It must be said that Yunyue's disguise was very realistic.

A beautiful and tall girl disguised herself as a muscular man who was over 1.9 meters tall, and there was not a single flaw in her disguise.

At the same time, Li Yelai also noticed some unfamiliar figures. They seemed to be new voters.

It's unknown what will become of this ark in the future—whether it will remain hidden in the world and safely weather the calamities, or whether it has already been discovered and sunk.

The next second, Li Yelai's gaze was drawn to the painting on the wall.

In the third mural, azure flames burst forth, transforming into magnificent blue lotuses. Compared to the previous ones, they became clearer and more dazzling, as if they were about to spread out of the scroll. However, the rest of the scroll remained blurry.

According to information shared by the Rangers and the official sources, the Azure Flame Lord's legion will descend ten thousand years from now. He is too far removed from this world.

This might be the reinforcements from ten thousand years later that the human traitor, Meiwu, spoke of.

Meiwu once said that humanity would absolutely not be able to survive for ten thousand years. Therefore, she wanted to abandon the vast majority of humanity and make peace with the forbidden zone, thus extending her existence for ten thousand years.
It's laughable that the order of the forbidden zone is so distorted, second only to the corruption of chaos. This is nothing but the sophistry of a traitor.

Perhaps some species will survive, but they will no longer be human.

The Yunling civilization, a powerful civilization from the future, has some of its strongest members who are from forbidden zones. They refer to humans as "Old Humans" or "Pure-Blooded Humans," and the authorities even suspect that the governor might have human blood.

Theoretically, they are a variant of humans, yet they still harbor hatred towards humanity. This explains everything.

The Lord of Azure Flames is too far from this world, but His power is now gradually beginning to influence the physical world.

Those wilderness rangers are the best proof of that. But compared to other Chaos factions, they are far from enough.

Its followers have virtually no foundation; not to mention any Chaos Demons or Chaos Princes, its followers are few and far between. The number of Wild Rangers is probably less than that of a single branch of a church.

There were no so-called demon army or demon generals, nor were there any fixed bases or territories.

Furthermore, the Lord of Azure Flames has a racial fastidiousness. There are no followers of His in any of the forbidden zones. Even if someone begs for faith, begs to be corrupted, He ignores them completely.

Other factions also have a small number of followers in the restricted area, acting as informants and spies.

However, as He gets closer, His influence will become stronger.

This third painting should represent His influence.

It's a good thing that the Rangers and the Giant City are now allies.

It's rare to see good news depicted in a mural.

The fourth mural remained unchanged. Captain Yang Chen dared not approach the inland megacity precisely to guard against this.

However, it could also be a scene of him going to provide assistance to a giant city after it was afflicted by a fog of disaster.

The fifth mural is naturally the Tree of Time. Scenes of a celestial palace appear in the painting, and in the corner, one can see a broken serpentine staircase. A terrifying figure appears in a rift in time, as if about to step into this world, and the scene freezes at that moment.

But this is the only image that can remain.

In reality, of the three future lines, one was sunk by misfortune before it even began to emerge.

Humans don't even know what the other looks like.

The Scaled Emperor, who was moving against the tide, was blocked by the immortals. The anchor point for the future was destroyed by future human powerhouses. He can only wander in the long river of time.

As for Yunling's governor, he was killed by the sword-wielding woman from the future.

None of them were able to step out of the crevice.

It's understandable that the scene would freeze in this moment.

But what caught Li Yelai's attention was a newly appeared painting.

The sixth image shows a turbulent ocean, and beneath the surface, there seems to be some strange and indescribable dense dark shadows emerging.

Just after one calamity ended, another omen appeared?

Li Yelai frowned, and the other Ark voters also fell silent as they looked at the mural.

"The calamity in the sixth image, does it come from the ocean? That's somewhat expected. The ocean is far more terrifying than the land. On land, there are colossal cities and forbidden zones locked in a standoff. But in the forbidden zones of the ocean, there may be no rivals." One of the Ark's voters said, "Perhaps it's some aquatic forbidden zone civilization that wants to advance onto the land?"

After the disaster, humanity lost its exploration of the ocean.

The last recorded human fleet was the Border Fleet of Border City No. 1.

Some ships may be able to navigate in shallow waters, but deep waters are an absolute no-go zone!
Even if a psionicist uses aerial stride to move above the sea, they may still encounter strange attacks.

This makes it extremely difficult for humans to cross the ocean, and also leaves humans completely ignorant of what lies within the deep sea.

"It's hard to say. We have no information about the sea, nor do we know the exact location where the calamity will strike. Surely it can't be a general offensive against the entire coastline?" one of the Ark voters said.

“If they have that kind of strength, then even the Forbidden Zone will have to join forces with the Giant City,” a creature from the Forbidden Zone said quietly.

"Hmph, hard to say." One human voter sneered, "Killing them all together is in line with our goal."

"If humans have such power, why build high walls? Is it because they like them?" a creature from the forbidden zone mocked.

"Alright, let's wait for the book bearer to arrive with the specific information," a voter from the Ark said.

At this moment, someone noticed Li Yelai and couldn't help but laugh, "Hey, Copper Mask, you're still alive? That's really something."

"Black Umbrella, Wolf Map, Star, Phantom, plus your former boss Golden Armor. The voters who cooperated with Lord Jinshan in the operation in City Three are all dead now. Yet you've survived until now. You're definitely one of those guys on the Bookholders' list. You're really tough."

One voter joked, "We all thought you'd been killed too since you didn't come to the rally last time."

Black Umbrella had been missing for a long time and was confirmed dead by the captain.

At the gathering before that, Star and Phantom were brutally murdered in front of everyone, suspected to be the work of Wild Ranger.

After Lang Tu fled in panic, he also went missing and was confirmed dead.

These are the people who are collaborating with Kingsoft to cause trouble in Border City No. 3.

Subsequent intelligence revealed that they had collaborated with the Chaos faction and were killed by the authorities.

But voters believe this is retaliation from Border Town No. 3.

Everyone assumed that 'Copper Mask,' who hadn't come last time, had also met his end. What a pity, such talent.

"What does finding the Golden Armor in the Giant City have to do with my Bronze Face?" Li Yelai replied with a smile.

"Heh, I remember you and Camellia both frequented the area around the border city. You must have infiltrated the Divine Palace this time, right?"

Many Ark voters turned their attention to Li Yelai and Jing Lin. In the past month, they had learned about the Asgardian War through various channels.

The human megacity, within the Asgardian palace, fought against two civilizations from the future, paying a heavy price but ultimately emerging victorious.

At the same time, they also gained a lot of intelligence and supplies, and even the legendary inheritance of the Heavenly Court.

Intelligence and technology from the future, ancient yet powerful heritage, treasures of even higher technology, and certain powerful blessings.
This made the voters of the Ark extremely envious.

It's true that the greater the danger, the greater the reward. Many Ark voters regretted not going to Asgard back then.

Of course, if they had known in advance that there would be a calamity in the Celestial Palace, they probably wouldn't have gone.

Some Ark voters chuckled to themselves; they had entered the Asgard Palace and indeed gained some resources and intelligence.

For the vast majority of voters, the bronze mask and camellia, who were suspected of entering the Asgardian palace, became the targets of their inquiries.

"Hehe." Li Yelai chuckled softly, "It wasn't in vain that I risked entering the Immortal Palace. I did obtain some good things. I'll introduce them to everyone after we've all arrived."

"Looks like you've really gotten a lot of good stuff, kid." Many Ark voters' eyes gleamed, and some creatures from the forbidden zones were also quite tempted.

Soon, as beams of light lit up, Ark voters from all over the world arrived at the Ark Hall.

The person holding the book, as always, made their grand entrance last.

But this time, many voters looked at the most mysterious book holder with a mocking gaze.

After all, at the last gathering, the person holding the book lost his composure in front of everyone.

When the long, serpentine steps in the picture broke and the heavenly palace fell, the person holding the book was astonished like never before.

And it instantly detached from the ark, which was a first for it.

It shattered the mystique surrounding the person holding the book in everyone's eyes.

It turns out that even beings like this can get angry.

Of course, Li Yelai knew that there would be more and more of these moments of anger in the future.

The person holding the book naturally noticed these gazes, but he did not react. Instead, he calmly said, "As usual, I will explain the murals after all the speeches and transactions are over."

"Now, voters, the rally begins." Captain Ark's voice faded.

Li Yelai then said loudly, "Everyone, as you've probably guessed, I won't hide it from you. I did indeed enter the Immortal Palace and obtained some good things there."

“You’re quite generous. Take it out and let me see what good stuff you have,” a female voter from the Third Ring Road said. “If it’s a divine artifact, I’m willing to pay a high price.”

Since blessings cannot be traded, the only options are items like inheritances and secret treasures.

Among them, the most precious is the divine offspring.

"You dare to even think about it?" Jin Shan, sitting in the second-ring seat, said calmly, "A divine artifact is worth more than your life!"

Raising a divine abomination from scratch is extremely difficult. Even in forbidden zones, there are very few divine abominations.

“I won’t even look at the divine abomination. With you guys here, you can’t compete with it anyway.” One voter laughed, “I’m more interested in what kind of secret treasure it is.”

The secret treasure from the ancient Heavenly Court possesses technology far surpassing that of any forbidden civilization!
Li Yelai nodded slightly upon seeing this.

He then pulled his clenched left fist out of his suit pocket.

As the fist slowly released its grip, golden peas fell to the ground.

The next second, golden light flashed, and twenty-two golden-armored divine generals appeared.

Almost all the Ark voters were stunned, then speechless with surprise.

"Scattering beans to create soldiers? Oh no, you've gotten the real inheritance!"

"It actually has the strength of the five senses?"

"A mimicry of celestial soldiers? You actually managed to bring out something like that?"

What surprised everyone even more was...

Each golden-armored general is filled with spiritual energy, not artificially generated, but rather due to an active structure within them resembling a well of souls.

What a technology this is!
A summoned creature made from ashes that is just as powerful as the Black Umbrella.

No, it's even stronger than the summoned ashes.

The spiritual energy of summoned creatures made from ashes is only 30% of their original power. It's hardly usable as a combat tool, while these celestial soldiers are all at the fourth or fifth level of awakening! And their ability to autonomously regenerate spiritual energy is truly a technology of the ancient Heavenly Court!

Many voters were immediately impressed, and they instantly understood the advantages of this mimicry of a celestial soldier.

Jing Lin and Yun Yue both reacted with surprise, showing that their acting skills were quite good.

Of course, Yunyue might be telling the truth; she didn't know Li Yelai would bring this up for a trade.

Some creatures in the restricted areas frowned.

Because these golden-armored generals, while waiting for orders, had their lifeless eyes fixed on him, as if they were about to make a move at any moment.

This is another advantage of the Mimicry Gods: they can only be activated by humans.

This effectively eliminates the possibility of it entering the restricted area.

“I’ve seen mimicry celestial soldiers on the battlefield,” a fourth-ring voter said quietly, clearly having also entered the Celestial Palace at the time. “How many do you have?”

“It depends on the amount of compensation,” Li Yelai replied, the subtext of which was quite clear.

"I see. The large Heavenly Soldier Furnace was acquired by the authorities and placed in Furnace Mine City. And it is said that some smaller and abandoned Heavenly Soldier Furnaces were discovered and taken away by some families. Are you one of them?"

Li Yelai smiled without saying a word.

After inquiring about the effects of the Heavenly Soldier Furnace, the others all stared intently at Li Yelai.

By simply adding the materials, one can forge celestial weapons, which are invaluable treasures for any organization or family!
As long as there is a sufficient supply of materials, we can continuously forge mimicry of celestial soldiers. These are all sources of combat power!

Whether used to build an army, serve as bodyguards, or as a trump card for younger generations of the family, it is an excellent choice!
But it is clear that Li Yelai will not sell the Heavenly Soldier Furnace, but will only trade the Mimic Heavenly Soldier.

A guide price was also provided.

A normal-sized Grade B weapon can be traded for two Five-Awakening Mimicry Celestial Soldiers. A Grade C psionic weapon can be exchanged for two Four-Awakening Celestial Soldiers.

Other items or mysterious substances can be traded at the discretion of the trader.

This price is outrageous, yet it's kept within the limits that most voters can afford.

This left voters in a dilemma, but Li Yelai thoughtfully offered a solution.

Similar to the previous Black Umbrella trading model.

The trader provides the materials, and he refines them. After taking a portion of the fire cost, he can still trade for at least four Heavenly Soldiers.

But the quality is largely a matter of luck.

'That's not bad. With Ark around, this guy can't embezzle us. It's just that he's a bit too opportunistic,' the voters thought, eager to try.

Jing Lin inwardly gasped. He felt Li Yelai was far too insidious! (End of Chapter)