Reverse flow of the Yellow Springs

Chapter 511 Dirty Things?
'Being tricked? Betrayed in what way? Betrayed by whom?'

Along with the shock and doubt in Zhou Ding's mind came a frantic warning from his inspiration!
The inspiration that was originally ethereal has now transformed into a tangible roar!

Danger! Extreme danger! Escape! Escape immediately!

His muscles trembled all over, his heart pounded, and his blood was practically boiling.

All of this was a warning to him to escape.

That was an immense fear between life and death, a danger that was absolutely impossible to face directly!

However, from his perspective, the danger level of the Mech God's core was still low.
As always, it has never changed.

This made him feel dazed, but it also brought him to his senses.

That was clearly his biggest trump card, and the means by which he had grown to where he is today.

The repeated generous rewards made him completely trust the 'numerical values' he saw.

He's like the protagonist in a novel, a genius destined for greatness who falls from grace halfway through his life. Yet, through a series of unexpected events, he gains his own cheat system.
He should have risen to power through his special abilities, surpassing all others and defying fate!

Little did they know, it was all a scam.
Those numbers may be true, but some of them must have been modified.

We've been tricked, so what? We've been tricked.

When did it start?
"Purple Feather!!!" He let out his final roar before being enveloped in endless pain. The mechanical cube instantly burst into red light, the rays devouring Zhou Ding's flesh and blood, making him feel as if he had been torn to pieces.

Meanwhile, Zi Yu, inside the virtual realm, let out a joyful laugh.

'Why be angry? Zhou Ding, as an actor, you should be laughing and letting the story reach its climax!'

'Great Lord of Change, Wise God of Deception! Look here, what a magnificent spectacle this is!'

'And I, Ziyu, will bring the story to its climax!'

"Awaken, once glorious and supreme civilization! Let your roar resound in this world, proclaim your arrival to the entire void!"

"Let the firepower of the Annihilation Titans cleanse humanity! Just as you sank the ancient Celestial Court back then!"

She laughed wildly, disregarding her image; the piercing laughter penetrated Zhou Ding's mind, causing his soul to crumble.

This is all a scam!

Several years ago, when she learned that the core of the Machine God had ended up in the Zhou family of Nancheng, she began to carry out her plan.

She selected many people from within the Zhou family, and among them, she chose Zhou Ding, who possessed the greatest talent.

Zhou Ding's talent is undoubtedly strong; otherwise, he wouldn't have grown so rapidly.

The reason he failed to get promoted time and time again was because of her interference.

She drove a promising genius step by step into despair, and then, in his most desperate and frantic moments, gave him the greatest hope.

She guided Zhou Ding to find the previously undiscovered core of the Machine God.

Through the rewards from defeating the Titans, Zhou Ding gained partial knowledge of the Annihilation Titan, allowing him to gradually unlock the Mech God Core!
Make the Zhou family notice his unusual behavior, and while the Zhou family is investigating, modify the favorability rating Zhou Ding sees, making him believe that the Zhou family intends to bury him. Lure him away from the Zhou family and bring him here.

At the same time, the danger value was modified to deceive Zhou Ding's inspiration, making him lower his guard against the core of the machine god.

Of course, the favorability rating that Zhou Ding saw was also just modified.

Forced him to despair. Forced him to completely unlock the core of the Machine God!

Finally, the story reached its climax!
A genius yearning for recognition, through her schemes, gradually descended into the abyss, bringing immense harm to humanity!
What a brilliant conspiracy this is! It must be favored by the gods!

The moment Zhou Ding lowered his guard, the performance would inevitably begin.

The values ​​he trusted were all modified by Zi Yu, guiding him to break with the Zhou family and leading him to his own end.

Meanwhile, Li Yelai and his three companions, who were moving rapidly through the darkness, along with the iron armor, also felt a terrifying pressure.

This caused Li Yelai's expression to change slightly: "It seems we're heading in the right direction!"

"Is it really going this way? Could it be that the old patriarch has already clashed with Zhou Ding?" Zhou Hao asked, filled with doubt and surprise. This power seemed far too strong. Moreover, it was still increasing.

“Zhou Ding has such a trump card? We probably can’t handle this job,” Grenade Thrower remarked.

However, the next second, the running Iron Guard Armor collapsed to the ground, its internal mechanical spirit seemingly having reached its limit.

But its metal fingers are pointing forward.

It seemed they wanted Li Yelai and the others to arrive as soon as possible.
“Alright, we’ll walk the rest of the way ourselves,” Li Yelai said softly. “You’ve already shown us the way.”

Upon hearing this, the unmanned Iron Guard armor seemed to let out a sigh.

Then, the arm fell to its side, and there was no more sound.

The loyal machine spirit completed its final mission.
This left Zhou Hao and his companions with mixed feelings.

Li Yelai then spoke up: "From now on, I will take over. Everyone, please step down."

"You? We'd be in trouble even if we all went up against this kind of enemy together, why are you being so reckless?" Strawberry frowned.

“That’s right, let’s evacuate here. This is beyond our control. We need to get the authorities involved.” Zhou Hao sighed, “Of course, I won’t forget your compensation.”

"Are you really sure you can do this? Don't you need our help?" For some reason, the grenade thrower's tone was extremely respectful.

"No need, you all go out first and evacuate the nearby residents. My companions should be on their way. As for that thing... I'll deal with it!" Li Ye said, then instantly accelerated and disappeared from everyone's sight.

This shocked Zhou Hao; the speed was outrageously fast. It was definitely not the kind of physical strength that someone with only five senses could possess.

"What exactly is this storm?"

“You might not believe it,” Grenade whispered, “but your side job has come to light.”

"champion!"

At the same time, with the release of the Machine God's core, the captain-level powerhouses within the giant city were alerted.

They vaguely sensed something unusual coming from the virtual realm.

The dolls and cheese group on the ground suddenly increased their speed.

Meanwhile, dozens of kilometers away, in a warm and quiet room.

Yang Chen, who was watching TV, suddenly looked out the window, his expression changing slightly.

"Something's wrong!" He immediately threw on his clothes and rushed out onto the balcony. He took a wrong step and was sent flying hundreds of meters away.

Inside the room, a girl dressed in thin clothes with pale skin was gritting her teeth.

"Of all times, it has to come to cause trouble, damn it!"

As he spoke, he put on a black trench coat and rushed out onto the balcony.

Meanwhile, on the headquarters building in the main urban area, an elderly man squinted at the night sky.

Immediately, he threw out a lump of molten metal.

On the other side, almost simultaneously, the core of the Machine God emitted a crimson light. A terrifying pressure erupted in the physical world.

The fully unsealed core of the Machine God revealed its dangerous side.

At this moment, the vast amount of mechanical metal surrounding Zhou Ding instantly decomposed and reassembled.

Those machines whose souls had been activated let out another silent wail as they were disintegrated and devoured.

A massive metal skeleton was rapidly deployed around the core of the machine god.

At the same time, Zhou Ding let out an extremely painful howl as his Soul Well was seized and forcibly expanded by a violent force. "Old Patriarch!" he cried out in anguish, pleading.

He wanted to end it all, but at this moment, he couldn't even detonate his own psionic well.

Hearing his wails, and feeling the terrifying pressure like a mountain range.

Zhou Yuan's face was extremely grim; he had genuinely considered taking Zhou Ding back into the family. The Zhou family desperately needed a genius to rise to prominence.

But now, everything is beyond repair.

And he had to personally attend his funeral!

“Silly child, why don’t you believe me?” Zhou Yuan sighed painfully, his eyes turning cold.

With the complete revival of the Machine God's core, all the machines present were dismantled, freeing Zhou Yuan from the barrage of fire. However, the increasingly intense and terrifying pressure, along with the rapidly forming metal giant, foreshadowed the danger he would face.

Without hesitation, he raised his battle sword, and his aged body erupted with immense power. A warhorse emitting plumes of black smoke emerged from beneath him. Netherworld Path - Shadow Rider!
The next moment, he increased his speed to the limit, and sonic booms erupted as he instantly attacked Zhou Ding!
"Enemy of humanity, die!"

As a powerful figure of the older generation, he had witnessed far too many deaths.

This includes his two clansmen who became official captains.

The deaths of his people filled him with grief, but he knew clearly that there was no time for sorrow! He had to eliminate this enemy of humanity immediately!
Even if he couldn't eliminate the monster, he had to buy as much time as possible for the authorities to discover and become aware of it!

The sharp battle blade slashed directly at Zhou Ding at supersonic speed!
He could tell that this forbidden object seemed to be using Zhou Ding's Soul Well. As long as Zhou Ding was destroyed, the forbidden object's growth rate should decrease.

However, the core of the machine god suddenly trembled, and the molten metal that was being reforged in mid-air transformed into a metal ring, which precisely blocked the supersonic slash with a single impact.

"You can't protect him!" Zhou Yuan roared in fury after his failed strike. His warhorse neighed and leaped into the air once more.

Like a shooting star, it spun rapidly within this small space.

The next moment, the meteor split into seven streaks, all rushing towards Zhou Ding.

Netherworld Path - Flowing Phantom Strike!

Like seven supersonic spears, they attacked Zhou Ding simultaneously.

However, the computing power of the core of the machine god has been unleashed.

Even when faced with seven supersonic attacks, it can easily calculate their movement routes and defensive angles.

The metal fist swung, deflecting seven attacks in succession.

Zhou Yuan's aged skin was now bulging with veins. His speed increased again, clearly indicating that he was going all out.

But the metal sphere seemed to provide absolute defense, absorbing all of Zhou Yuan's attacks.

Meanwhile, the amount of liquid metal surrounding the core of the machine god is increasing.

The metal in the network tunnel was extracted and decomposed, and dense cracks appeared throughout the underground shelter.

The towering metal giant was also rapidly taking shape, the first thing to appear being a huge mecha head.

Its eyes glowed red. In an instant, it had absorbed most of the information about this world.

Furthermore, as it is filled with metallic substances, its computing power will increase, and its strength will become stronger.

It easily obtained a large amount of information.

'Border City No. 3, the closest to it is the Old Mad King. Does this world of the Nine Li Demon Body also have a Warlord?'

'A human champion, like the Human Emperor or the Master of War, a being destined for greatness?'

'The Tree of Time, the Rhythmic Spirit Civilization, the Scaled Skeleton Civilization. Laughable seedlings of civilization, unable even to be extinguished by the sun, yet they dare to call themselves powerful?'

'The fifth god of chaos, the lord of azure flames. In my silent years, a fifth god has actually appeared in chaos.'

'Ancient Heaven'

Upon receiving this information, the core of the machine god flickered slightly. It seemed to be experiencing some emotional fluctuations, such as hatred and disgust.

"They severely damaged our Great Expedition and annihilated 'my' human civilization, but ultimately they were sunk by our warships! Merely defeated enemies!"

In an instant, it learned a great deal of information.

And they came to realize the current predicament.

It must be said, believers in these treacherous ways are truly disgusting.

It actually revived within the giant city.

While this could severely damage humanity, it could also be destroyed by the human ruler before it reaches its full potential.

It needs more resources and computing power to grow; staying here would be dangerous.

At that moment, it sensed several dangerous creatures approaching.

The closest creature was a being imbued with primal fear.

She's a human woman, and she's rapidly approaching; her abilities are quite troublesome. But the curse isn't a concern.

Further away were two formidable individuals. One of them, in particular, was radiating golden light, and was likely the human champion.

No, at a closer distance, it seems like something else is approaching?

This is really troublesome. I need to distract them a bit to buy myself more time.

'Then, let's unfold the anti-organic equation!'

A dangerous command was disseminated, and instantly, a large number of machine spirits within the area were activated and controlled, launching attacks on all organic matter!
At this moment, Zhou Yuan's attacks became more and more frequent. His eyes were bleeding and his aura was weakening, but his offensive became stronger and stronger.

They even increased the number of Phantom Strike attacks to eight.

He has surpassed his own limits!

This trouble was caused by the Zhou family, and he wanted to resolve it personally.

But his bravery annoyed the core of the machine god.

It is not yet fully developed and still needs to allocate some computing power to deal with Zhou Yuan.

So, when Zhou Yuan launched another attack with his clone...

The metal sphere suddenly transformed into a gigantic iron fist, smashing out at several times the speed of sound. It precisely located Zhou Yuan's body and struck him directly.

The warhorse beneath Zhou Yuan neighed in agony as it was shattered by a single punch.

Zhou Yuan himself was sent flying by a punch, crashing heavily into the cracked wall.

This impact caused the already crumbling underground shelter to collapse, with large amounts of boulders falling.

But amidst the collapsed ruins, Zhou Yuan's figure reappeared, severely injured, struggling to rise from the rubble and sand.

The sword in his hand was broken, but it was still pointing at the core of the machine god.

He raised his broken sword at a metal giant that was over thirty meters tall.

"How persistent you are, human. As the first human to pay homage to the Titan, I can grant you a dignified death." The Titan looked down at the dying old man. A torrent of data surged within his eyes.

But the next moment, its gaze turned elsewhere.

Its alarm has sounded; something even more dangerous is approaching!
The evaluation of computing power is extremely strange.
Keep out of reach?

"What dirty thing?"

(End of this chapter)