Reverse flow of the Yellow Springs

Five trees located in different parts of the mountain were quietly altered, with branches pointing in different directions being cut off. This was the emergency assembly signal for the night scouts.

This also means that the night watchmen who infiltrated the city-state have obtained important intelligence!

"I didn't see this mark when I woke up this morning," Cheese said solemnly. He seemed to have forgotten to tell Li Ye that he had fallen asleep in the middle of the night.

Li Yelai didn't notice the flaw in his words, and instead asked with a solemn expression, "Where is the assembly point?"

“A hidden temporary base. I’ll take you there. We should be able to get there before tonight.” Cheese said, arriving at the cave entrance. After glancing at the approaching movements in the distance, he added, “Until then, we need to evade the search team. Let’s go down. What bad luck, I just took a shower.”

As she spoke, she tossed out a four-sense mimicry celestial soldier and stuffed the clothes she and Li Ye had changed out of into the soldier's hand.

He then issued an order for it to continue advancing southwest without returning.

"Xiaoye, did you bring your swimsuit? We can't use the psionic barrier later," Cheese asked.

"They had underwater breathing, so they didn't consider this point," Li Yelai shook his head.

Although he had storage space, he only prepared ordinary clothes or other equipment.

Who would have thought that you need to prepare a swimsuit for a mission?

"Oh yeah, I've put my clothes in your space then," she muttered, taking off her black trench coat.

Li Yelai also changed his clothes and put them into his storage space.

Then, the two jumped off the cliff in the cave.

A dozen minutes later, following the scent of the hounds, the city-state's legion successfully located the cave.

They did not approach rashly, but instead deployed their forces from a distance, with heavy crossbows aimed at the cave and several powerful psionicists walking through the air.

One of the powerful figures pointed one hand at the cave.

Zeroing Path - Dazzling Flash!

A blinding light burst forth from the cave, and almost instantly, several psionicists swarmed forward.

But they found the cave empty.

“They’ve already left,” a psionicist responded after detecting the traces. “They should have been resting here last night, and they couldn’t have been gone for more than half an hour.”

"Can you confirm the number of people or their genders?" a general wearing dragon armor asked.

"It should be a man and a woman." A psionicist wearing animal skin armor sniffed and chuckled. "It seems they did some things. They're really bold. Even when being chased and running for their lives, they still have this kind of interest. These outsiders all say we're too open-minded, but they're pretty much the same."

"That might be more exciting," another soldier laughed.

Some of the soldiers also smiled.

"The two of them did something," the Dragon Armor General pondered to himself.

Based on previous investigations, it appears that the experts in the giant city all acted separately.

Now, the two are acting together, and they are a man and a woman.
If there is a champion agent among them, then he should have already been parasitized.

Once the opinions of those above are parasitized, a blood sacrifice will be automatically initiated, forcibly elevating them to the status of God's Chosen.

Currently, there is no indication of this.

Could it be that the champion agent isn't here? Or is it because he sensed he would be parasitized, and therefore didn't actually complete that kind of thing?

'Wow, truly worthy of being the champion's agent. Even without being parasitized, he would still be affected by the Heartless Fruit. And with a woman already parasitized, how could he possibly restrain himself? No wonder the adults hate the champion so much. To be able to suppress one's desires so much—what's the difference between him and a monstrous beast?'

Suddenly, the hunting dogs on the cliff howled.

Someone immediately said, "General, it must be the scent they left behind when they left. It seems to have been processed in some way, making it difficult to detect."

"It's alright, keep chasing them. They'll slip up sooner or later." The Dragon Armor General shouted, "Remember, capturing an outsider will earn you a promotion and a higher rank. Of course, you can still dispose of the prisoners you capture."

"Yes, sir!" the soldiers shouted excitedly.

Some were commoners, some were slaves. For them, transcending class was virtually impossible. Now, such a golden opportunity had presented itself. They would fight with everything in their power!
The general in the Flood Dragon Armor remained indifferent. These people had already been parasitized by the Heartless Fruit and were meant to be sent to their deaths.

To die at the hands of the champion's agent is an honor for them.

"Champion Agent, hundreds of thousands of people have flocked to you because of your name. Don't insist anymore, accept the Lord's protection," he thought to himself.

The Church's remaining forces on the second level have all been mobilized. Even the soon-to-be chosen overlord is quite interested in becoming the champion's proxy.

They didn't realize that while they were following the scent away...

Li Yelai and Zhishi were still soaking in the river below the cliff.

Both of them can breathe underwater, and without using any psychic abilities, it would be difficult for outsiders to detect that someone is lurking in the turbulent water.

The odor will be dispersed and blocked by the water flow.
The two hid underwater and walked two miles along the riverbed without disturbing any aquatic life.

"The ability to breathe underwater is truly amazing," Cheese murmured. "We don't have gills, yet we can breathe."

"Hmm, it seems they breathe through their skin. Wearing a diving suit would actually make it harder for us to breathe," Li Yelai responded. "If there's no oxygen in the water, we probably won't be able to do anything. So, we can't be reckless."

"Okay," Cheese replied, noticing bubbles rising from their mouths and noses. The bubbles rose and merged together.

This made her eyebrows and eyes curve into a smile.
As they moved forward, the riverbed grew deeper and the light became less. Their vision began to blur.

Cheese grabbed Li Yelai's wrist: "You don't have dark vision, don't slip."

She had just gained darkvision, so she was completely unaffected at this moment.

"Then please, don't lead me astray." Li Yelai nodded; he really couldn't see very well now. Normally, he could use some abilities to illuminate the way, but he couldn't use psionic energy now.

He felt his hand being gripped tightly; the girl's soft fingers were holding his palm.

It guided him forward in the pitch black.

The feeling is subtle, like having lost all your sight, yet having a reliable companion holding your hand.

"Something's up, let's stop for a moment," Cheese suddenly whispered in his ear.

At the same time, Li Yelai also felt a strange twisting sensation coming from the water on his left. It seemed as if some enormous creature was moving.

Li Yelai slightly raised his free left hand, ready to draw the halberd from the Well of Souls at any moment.

'What is that?' Li Yelai's muscles tensed. Encountering an enemy under these circumstances wouldn't be easy.

"A one-eyed dragon is about a hundred meters to our left and slightly ahead. It shouldn't have spotted us yet," Cheese said. "There's a crevice here; let's hide there first."

A one-eyed dragon? Li Yelai's heart skipped a beat as he remembered the unlucky dragon he had bumped into and sent to the second level.

If we're talking about bad luck, Li Yelai undoubtedly deserves to be number one, so this thing (referring to another character) probably has to be in the top three.

He was invincible at the bottom of the lake the first time, but when he surfaced, Li Yelai bumped into him and brought him to this perilous second level.

First, they were attacked by the pale captain's avatar in the ruins, and somehow, they ended up hiding in this godforsaken place.

He was really unlucky. After being pulled by the cheese for several dozen steps, Li Yelai felt himself being stuffed into a small crevice in the rocks. Then, a soft body pressed tightly against Li Yelai.

It was cheese; after she helped Li Yelai into the crevice, she stood in front of him.

'What are you doing?' Li Yelai whispered. He reached out and touched the body in front of him, wanting to move her behind him.

His physique is stronger, and his combat power is greater. How can he let the cheese stand in his way?
As Li Yelai moved, he could clearly feel Cheese's body stiffen.

"You can't even see it, what's the point of forcing it?" Her voice trembled slightly. "Besides, you absolutely mustn't touch it. It might already be parasitized by Silence."

Then, Li Yelai sensed a huge object stirring the water and rapidly approaching.

The two people squeezed into the crevice between the rocks felt their hearts beat faster.

The dragon seemed to have closed to within twenty meters of the two. Li Yelai could even feel its strong heartbeat and the accompanying stench of blood. He guessed the dragon was injured.
Li Yelai held his breath, tightly hugged the girl in front of him with his right hand, and raised his left hand.

Although he cannot kill the enemy, he can still cripple them.

However, unleashing psionic energy fluctuations will attract enemies.

Even so, he wouldn't allow the girl to be threatened. The vision of the future had become a nightmare for him, and he absolutely wouldn't allow it to happen!
Fortunately, a dozen seconds later, Li Yelai sensed that the dragon that had been coiled not far away had gone away. Perhaps the one-eyed dragon was still injured and had not been able to detect the presence of the two of them.

This relieved him; at least the danger was over.

"Have you gone far?" Li Yelai asked in a low voice.

"Hmm," the girl with her back to him whispered, "You're hurting me."

Only then did Li Yelai feel the soft touch in his palm, and immediately let go of his hand.

Sorry, I didn't notice.

From the darkness came the soft humming of a girl.

The next second, Li Yelai felt his chest being gripped twice forcefully, then his arm was pulled again: 'Smooth things out, let's go.'

After walking underwater for about an hour, the two finally came ashore on a deserted rocky beach.

"It's finally here," Cheese exclaimed.

The two dragged their wet clothes into the woods.

"Is it far from here to the meeting point?" Li Yelai asked, turning to look at Cheese. He was taken aback.

Previously, both of them had taken off their black trench coats and placed them in Li Yelai's storage space in preparation for going into the water.

Underneath the cheese trench coat, she wore an oversized white T-shirt and black trousers.

Her style of dressing is always loose-fitting.

But now, the river water soaked her T-shirt, the loose garment clinging to her skin, outlining her defined curves. At the same time, the wet T-shirt became almost translucent, revealing her flesh beneath.

As soon as she got ashore, she unbuckled her trousers, intending to change out of the heavy, wet trousers.

As the trousers fell down, her fair legs appeared beneath the hem of her T-shirt.

In that instant, a seductive voice resurfaced in Li Yelai's mind once again.

Li Yelai looked away: "You were changing clothes without saying anything beforehand? How many times do I have to tell you before you listen?"

He didn't see that Cheese's face was slightly flushed, but he reached out and put his hand on Li Yelai's shoulder, using Li Yelai's support to take off his wet trousers.

"You've seen it before, you've touched it," Cheese whispered.

"Sorry, that was an accident," Li Yelai said awkwardly.

“It wasn’t all an accident,” Cheese said, his tone tinged with a hint of resentment.

In other words, after an accident, the doll beat her to it.
The jealousy that had been barely suppressed surged up again under the influence of the Heartless Fruit.

Li Yelai fell silent, feeling a familiar stirring within him.

She then took out the clothes she had prepared from her storage space and handed them to Cheese.

Then, they walked a few steps away and came behind the tree, where they changed into clean clothes.

The cheese was changed more quickly, which made her notice Li Yelai's black trench coat hanging on the tree branch.

Inside the trench coat were three cloth pockets. Two of them gave her a vague sense of dread, while the other had a familiar pattern.

This made Cheese pause for a moment, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.
The spies gathered in an abandoned mine near the city-state.

When Li Yelai and Cheese bypassed the search teams and checkpoints along the way and arrived at the abandoned mine, it was already evening.

Under the cover of night, the two saw the assembled powerful officials.

Now, including Li Yelai and Zhishi, a total of seventy-eight Night Watchmen have arrived here.

In order to avoid being wiped out in one fell swoop, the officials have dispersed, and some people may still be on their way.

Among them, Li Yelai saw Captain Yueying, who had gotten lost after entering the second floor with him.

They were all extremely surprised to see Li Yelai and Cheese arrive together. Some of them sighed.

Because the clothes under the cheese trench coat didn't fit well and were clearly men's clothes.

The fact that the two appeared together made them somewhat pessimistic; had even the champion's agent been parasitized?

They all knew to some extent about Cheese's attitude towards Li Yelai.
Yueying then said to the people around her, "I guess not, what do you think?"

"It's hard to say!" Liu Yun said, "Cheese is very rational and won't drag others into the abyss for his own selfish desires."

Yueying nodded slightly: "Besides, that's Yang Chen's successor, his brain is second only to the champion. I guess not."

Li Yelai, unaware of the discussions around him, greeted everyone after entering the mine.

"Everyone, I've arrived." Li Ye looked at Yueying: "Captain Yueying...you..."

Moonshadow sighed, "There are intelligence operatives. Before I even made contact with them to obtain information about the Heartless Fruit, I had already killed a group of extraordinary beings. Now, they've already been parasitized."

Captain Moonshadow was also killed by the Heartless Fruit at first sight. Among the official powerhouses on the second level, only Li Yelai remained.

"And you?" Yueying asked.

“I received the notification but didn’t act. I haven’t been parasitized yet,” Li Yelai replied.

This surprised many night watchmen.

Yueying glanced at the cheese and said with a strange expression, "As expected of you."

Immediately, Yueying's smile faded: "Now, we've found the location where our comrade is being held." (End of Chapter)