Reverse flow of the Yellow Springs

Under Li Yelai's intervention, the Yanluo organization, which was supposed to grow into a first-class force in the future, was completely wiped out.

Almost all of its high-ranking members were wiped out, and the psionicists and returnees it cultivated were also killed.

Especially after discovering the tragic plight of those abducted children and the methods they used to artificially bring them back to life.

The Night Scouts' attacks grew increasingly fierce, giving the powerful members of the Yama Organization no chance to surrender.

The Devil May Cry Mine is an underground deposit rich in extraordinary minerals. However, anyone who enters the mine will have their life force drained. For psychics to mine it would be extremely costly, and a single misstep could result in the loss of a precious psychic.

So they contacted several caravans and purchased young children. Their vitality was greater, and they could survive longer in the mines than adults. Moreover, they were easier to manage and brainwash than adults.

The children who were brought there were given special protective gear and equipment so that, despite their weakness, they could engage in mining.

After a period of training, they went deep into underground mines to extract minerals.

If they cannot hand over enough minerals, they cannot even guarantee their food.

When the night ghouls rescued them, many of the children were emaciated, and some, not yet eighteen, already had a full head of white hair.

Most people looked numb, unable to see the emotions that children should have.

Those who truly cannot persevere will be used as material for artificial reincarnation.

They will endure extreme torture, in the moments of greatest emotional anguish and rage, before being buried alive in a morgue.

Subsequently, they become ghost soldiers or other kinds of returnees.

These cruel methods enraged the night scouts. Surrender? Surrender your mother's ban!
They didn't know they were wrong; they knew they were going to die!
As a result, by the time the night scouts stopped, there were hardly any survivors left in the Yama organization.

The remaining survivors will be kept for interrogation. We will extract information from them about the caravans or factions they traded with. They will be dealt with later!
The champion team was originally a sharp blade and a weapon against humanity's enemies, but they don't mind cleaning up humanity's own house.

They wouldn't let a single caravan that provided them with children escape!

With everything settled, the three Night Scouts headed to the settlement to contact the nearest major city and official caravans.

Li Yelai, on the other hand, entered the Ghost Cry Mine alone.

As he entered the cave, he heard countless wails. It was as if someone was whispering curses within the dark mine.

At the same time, Li Yelai could clearly feel that the surrounding environment seemed to be devouring his life force.

That power wasn't strong, but it was absolute; even a sixth-sense psychic couldn't stop this subtle change.

But Li Yelai possesses the mythical mimicry of the Qilin.

With the protection of the 'Qilin Body', resistance to abnormal statuses is increased.

This resulted in Li Yelai's life force being absorbed in very small amounts, almost negligible.

However, as he went deeper into the layers, Li Yelai could feel that the rate at which life force was being extracted was getting faster and faster.

This is no big deal for the Chosen Ones. Go ahead and beat me to death!
But for other psionicists, this is a big problem.

At the very least, someone like Old Mad King absolutely cannot come here.

"Sure enough, something is buried deep inside; it's absorbing life force. The closer you get, the more life force it absorbs." Li Yelai gradually went deeper.

Within the timeline of 'Candlelight Night,' the forbidden zone revived, putting immense pressure on the human metropolis. Even after discovering the Ghost Cry Mine, they had no resources to explore its deepest secrets. They essentially provided free rein to the immortal faction.

Now it's time to give it a try.

As the chosen one of the immortal gods, Li Yelai is not afraid of lacking vitality.

However, Li Yelai did not dare to open Facebook inside the mine.

Based on his understanding of his own misfortune, he believed that if he opened his face in the mine, a collapse would occur within three seconds. He did have some sense of reality.

So he picked up his flashlight and ventured deeper into the mine, reaching its deepest point half an hour later. Or rather, the deepest point that had already been excavated.

Here, life passes by very quickly. Even with the blessing of protection, Li Yelai could feel himself aging.

Li Yelai picked up a specially made pickaxe and began to clear a passage.

With Li Yelai's help, the digging progressed quite quickly. The excavated stones and minerals were then directly stored in the storage space.

As Li Yelai dug deeper for half an hour, the feeling of being devoured grew stronger. Li Yelai's once powerful blood and energy also began to wane.

Li Yelai also saw more extraordinary minerals, which were related to the mystery buried deep underground.

After Li Yelai dug down nearly a hundred meters, even he felt a sense of weakness.

"If I could move the mask, I might be able to break through the ground instantly and speed up the digging. Or I could have the psionicists on the Divine Path dig remotely, which would be better than me digging myself," he thought to himself.

Immediately, his previously sluggish blood and energy surged again. He activated Incomplete Mythical Mimicry: Qilin.

His body grew stronger and stronger, his hair turned bluish-white, and his eyes shone with a clear light.

At that moment, he transformed into a human-shaped Qilin.

Then, the excavation was accelerated again.

However, after digging down several dozen meters again, Li Yelai suddenly found himself in a hole.

This startled him, and he quickly used his aerial stepping technique. Luckily, he didn't fall.

He initially thought he had unearthed an underground cave or some kind of underground river.

But as the lights came out, he discovered that it was a man-made underground space.

What a godforsaken place!
This made Li Yelai's brow twitch, but he quickly calmed down. It wasn't surprising; as the calamity fog swallowed everything, much of the terrain had been altered. This place was likely one of those altered landscapes.

Li Yelai unleashed the Mimicry: Crimson Thunder Dragon Claw. Crimson lightning illuminated the area.

This was a small underground space with obvious signs of human intervention. Li Yelai saw several steps, and on a small platform at the top of the steps, he saw a bronze coffin. The coffin was nearly three meters long and quite large. He wondered how it had ended up here.

As Li Yelai's gaze fell upon the bronze coffin, his eyes seemed to be stung.

At the same time, Li Yelai noticed that the shadows around him were gradually approaching.

It seemed to be devouring the lightning, devouring Li Yelai.

But the champion's cape behind Li Yelai moved without wind, and the shadows stopped in their tracks and then slowly receded.

"A defense mechanism?"

At the same time, Li Yelai felt his life force rapidly slipping away.

This must be it; this bronze coffin is absorbing the life force of nearby creatures.

Looking at the bronze coffin so close to him, Li Yelai hesitated for a moment before reaching out to touch it.

He actually planned to put the bronze coffin directly into the Ark's storage space, which would eliminate the risk of official mining of the Ghost Cry Mine. However, the moment he touched it, Li Yelai's expression changed slightly, and he quickly withdrew his hand.

The rapid draining of life force was to be expected, but Li Yelai discovered that he was unable to directly store it into the Ark's storage space.

Was this bronze coffin inhabited by an living person?
Or rather, is what is buried alive?
Li Yelai decisively gave up and quickly retreated.

The bronze coffin seemed to tremble slightly as well.

The next moment, a shadow loomed over the coffin, enveloping it and continuing to sink deeper underground.

Surprisingly, it revealed a sense of resistance?

"You monster, you've drained so much of my life force. And now you're complaining about me? You're the filthy thing! The filthy thing!"

Li Yelai complained.

However, he abandoned the idea of ​​forcibly taking the bronze coffin and began to return the way he came.

When he returned to the surface, Cheese and the others who were waiting outside the mine stared wide-eyed.

Li Yelai now has a lot of white hair, and although his body is still relatively strong, his skin is somewhat withered. His once extremely powerful qi and blood have declined severely.

“You look at least fifty years older.” Cheese pinched Li Yelai’s arm. “You’ve skipped the handsome young man stage and become a handsome old man.”

"Keep praising him!" Liu Yun complained.

Immediately afterward, Li Yelai activated the Eternal Chosen Face from a safe location.

Soon, Li Yelai's white hair turned back to jet black, his skin returned to normal, and his depleted life force was perfectly replenished.

He went from being an old man to a young man.

After removing the mask, Li Yelai said, "There's something dirty down there. I disturbed it, and it fled deeper. This actually reduced the life-absorbing power of the upper levels."

“That’s good, it makes our mining operations much easier. However, we can’t do anything about it right now that it could absorb a sixth-sense psychic like this. Let it stay here for now.” Liu Yun nodded after thinking for a moment: “Perhaps, we can wait for the giant city to send more experts with divine paths to take it down remotely.”

Li Yelai nodded. If it weren't for the Eternal God's Chosen, the other six senses would have really turned into old men after having so much life force absorbed.

"How is the corpse-raising site?" Li Yelai asked.

"After excavating, we found many corpses, even some from creatures of forbidden zones. We also found some weapons, but they were too ancient. Most of them could only be reforged and dismantled." Cheese replied, "The so-called corpse-nurturing ground is more like a buried battlefield. Corpses there don't easily decompose; instead, they are nourished."

“Well, we won’t need the corpse-raising grounds, but at least we shouldn’t let the immortal faction get them.” Li Yelai nodded: “They’re excellent breeding grounds for undead and plague knights.”

"Not at all, it's completely unnecessary," Liu Yun said. "You are also the Chosen One of Chaos, and you are also the Chosen One of Immortality."

Li Yelai looked at Liu Yun strangely: "What do you mean?"

“As the chosen one of the immortal gods, you should be able to sign contracts with humans, right? After they die, they can become members of your zombie army. That's where the zombie-raising ground comes in handy,” Liu Yun said.

“That’s tantamount to throwing the contractor into the abyss of chaos.” Li Yelai frowned.

"What do we care about chaos if we can continue the fight for humanity? Aren't you also a chosen one of the Chaos Gods?" Liu Yun said. "We... don't have many choices."

Overwhelmed by discomfort and sorrow, Li Yelai changed the subject: "Let's talk about it back in Jucheng. Has the aid from Jucheng arrived yet?"

"We haven't arrived yet, but our comrades have contacted a caravan from a major city. They will assist us in escorting the children and taking the criminals into custody," Cheese chimed in.

"very good."

With the arrival of a large caravan, the group set off again.

This caravan was a trading caravan between the Lava Mine City and the Bashu Mountain City.

Among them were several handlers from the border town. Upon learning of their compatriots' needs, they immediately changed course and came to assist.

The caravan representatives naturally had no objections; traveling with a champion would make their journey much safer. Surely no one would be so foolish as to attack a caravan with a human champion present?
The rescued children were also very well cared for in the caravan. They received meticulous care and treatment.

Li Yelai and his group hitched a ride, gradually approaching Border City No. 3.

Along the way, the psionicists and high-ranking members of the caravan would visit Li Yelai from time to time, all hoping to make contact with the ninth-generation champion.

After a brief exchange, Li Yelai got into an SUV. He gazed silently at the scenery outside the window.

Cheese, who was driving, glanced at him and said, "Still thinking? Liuyun didn't actually mean any harm."

“I know. I’m just thinking. Is this really the way to go?” Li Yelai replied, “To forge contracts with others using the power of chaos.”

As the chosen one of the Chaos Gods, although he received it for free, Li Yelai was well aware of the power of Chaos.

If one uses the power of the Eternal Chosen God to enter into a contract with others.

After that person dies, they will definitely become a living corpse.

This is also considered immortality within the immortality faction, but in reality, the undead will eventually decay in an extremely painful way.

The undead are irrational. Currently, the only undead that Li Yelai knows of who still possesses rationality and thought from his previous life is Zhao Gang, the captain of the Giant City Fleet.

The captain, for unknown reasons, became a zombie, yet he still remained loyal to humanity.

These are extremely rare cases; for others, becoming zombies means they truly become unconscious corpses.

Turning our fellow countrymen into living corpses?
Li Yelai dared not imagine that the heroes who fought to the death for humanity would become the minions of chaos. That would be blasphemy!

Li Yelai instinctively resisted this method.

"If I'm ever about to die, turn me into a zombie," Cheese whispered. "Even if I become a zombie and have no fighting power, at least we can still fight side by side, right?"

“That’s impossible,” Li Yelai whispered.

"Okay then," Cheese chuckled as he drove, "while it's hot?"

"You do have some problems!" Li Yelai complained.

As the caravan moved forward, the towering walls of Border City No. 3 came into view.

More than a month later, Li Yelai finally returned to Jucheng.

As the giant city drew ever closer, Li Yelai slowly exhaled.

"Finally, they're back."

Advance to the sixth level of enlightenment, eliminate the Heartless Fruit, and face the Chosen Ones of Chaos.
So much has happened this past month.

Cheese responded softly, "Yes, a lot has happened."

She saw the welcoming procession at the city gates.

I also saw the girl dressed as a mascot. (End of Chapter)