Reverse flow of the Yellow Springs

"I have never betrayed humanity, not in the past, and not in the future! Even in front of the human champion, I have a clear conscience!"

"Everything I do is for humanity!"

Even if I bear the infamy of chaos!

The old man's voice was deep yet resolute: "If you disagree with me, you can kill me and sever those chaotic minions. But I still say, this may be an opportunity."

"The human champion is indeed very strong, and he also brought powerful reinforcements. The Heavenly Soldier Furnace is even more peculiar."

"But when faced with an almost endless stream of terrifying demons, humanity is always at a disadvantage!"

"We must use unconventional methods to defeat the terror!"

The old man's expression was as hard as a rock.

"So, you've found Chaos," the middle-aged man said bitterly. "You clearly hate Chaos the most."

To prevent the city lord from being corrupted by chaos, certain dangerous judgments were made.

This led to the formation of a supreme council that assisted and limited the power of the city lord.

Each member of parliament has their own corresponding responsibilities.

The old man named Liu Bo is a member of the Supreme Council who controls the Judgment Team within the giant city and is also the top person in charge of handling chaotic matters.

He acted decisively and ruthlessly. He personally ordered the elimination of any event or person involved in chaos and pollution, leaving no room for leniency.

However, in a chaotic conspiracy, his son and daughter-in-law were unfortunately corrupted. Upon learning the news, this ruthless senator did not hesitate and personally led a team to carry out the purge.

No one knows what expression he wore when he slaughtered his corrupt relatives.

Since then, he has become increasingly cold-blooded, even extreme!

This made the city's adjudication team a force that the people avoided at all costs.

Because those who are taken away for investigation almost never return alive.

When chaos appears in the wilderness settlements, he will ruthlessly issue orders to carry out saturation plasma and thermal bombardment.

He was called an executioner and a madman, with only risk and reward in his eyes.

He was the person in the giant city who understood Chaos the most, and also the person who hated Chaos the most.

And this is the very being who, after the arrival of the calamity fog, actually began to consider borrowing the power of chaos.

"It is precisely because I understand Chaos well enough that I know their true nature," Liu Bo said in a deep voice. "No matter what Chaos's purpose is, no matter what our fate will be, in the end, we must fight the Calamity Mist to the death!"

"Of course I know the consequences of my actions. I'm prepared to retaliate."

"Whether we ultimately conquer the Fog of Calamity or not, we will not leave alive!"

"I will not allow the chaos here to spread to the human world!"

"I will pull the power of chaos to the opposite side of the calamity fog!"

"Whether it's a Chaos Sacred Artifact or a Chaos Demon."

"At our cost! We will deliver a crushing blow to the calamity!"

"We can all die, but we must not let the No. 49 Fog of Disaster continue to exist!"

Liu Bo's voice was calm and firm as he looked at the middle-aged man: "Trust me, Zhenshan!"

Zhenshan remained silent for a long time before saying softly, "You're really crazy. The champion won't agree to your plan, and neither will the assembled human prodigies!"

"Their presence relieved a lot of pressure for us. But," Liu Bo paused for a moment, "I truly wish they hadn't entered the disaster fog. They are heroes of humanity... It shouldn't have happened... It shouldn't have."

After hesitating for a moment, Zhenshan asked, "What is the explanation for chaos?"

"They said a distinguished person would come to sign a contract with us," Liu Bo sighed. "I just didn't expect the champion to come first."

On the other side, Li Ye descended from the sky and landed on the fortress outside the East Third Shelter.

Strong human beings had already noticed and came to greet them.

Li Yelai saw several team leaders from the champion team, and also his old friend Ma Hongyi.

After greeting Minglang and Liuyun, Li Ye looked at Ma Hongyi and was about to greet her.

Ma Hongyi spoke first: "You call me Old Ma? I'll get angry! Don't think I don't know the name of your mount!"

"What kind of talk is that?" Li Yelai clicked his tongue.

Then, Li Yelai asked earnestly, "What's the situation at the front?"

"The situation was very critical a while ago, with the Zerg swarm and the Greenskins launching a joint attack. The defensive pressure was immense! But then the Zerg Lord died, and the Zerg swarm went out of control. The intensity of the war dropped sharply. We were also able to quickly build a new defensive line."

"However, the number of orcs is increasing day by day, and we have to send teams to continuously burn the forests, kill the big ones, and burn their spores."

"We are currently in a state of large-scale, high-frequency, low-intensity combat."

Liu Yun replied, "Captain, it has to be you again. You actually took down the Insect Lord so quickly."

“Originally, we planned to join forces with you to form a kill squad and use the Möbius strip to carry out a decapitation strike.” Minglang laughed, “After all, we in Border City No. 3 have dealt with the Insect Lord before, so we were quite adept at it. I didn’t expect you to take it down by yourself. Sure enough, the monster spawner can spawn monsters anywhere.”

“It wasn’t just me; Little Mad King assisted me,” Li Yelai said. “I’ve pretty much used all my trump cards.”

"More importantly, there's the Rakshasa King. His teleportation ability is too abnormal. Many orc troops were able to scatter to other areas because of his teleportation. It even rendered our defenses virtually non-existent for a time. Fortunately, you killed him too. At least we don't have to worry about large numbers of enemies suddenly appearing inside our defenses."

“There are many monsters that want to kill me,” Li Yelai said. “The name ‘monster spawner’ may sound unpleasant, but it’s quite fitting.”

“It’s a pity that your curse doesn’t have a wide enough range. If it could cover hundreds of kilometers, we could just stay by your side and keep killing the leader-level demons. Once we’ve wiped out all the leader-level ones, we’d have the advantage,” Ma Hongyi said.

"Fortunately, I now have the means to accurately decapitate the enemy. After determining the tactics, I'll try to see if I can take down a few more leaders," Li Yelai replied.

"The Little Mad King and the Puppet have both risen to the rank of Overlord, and you have killed so many leaders. The situation is gradually improving."

The group shared information and returned to the fortress together.

Then, Li Yelai saw the middle-aged man and the old man in military uniform at the fortress gate.

The two were clearly of high status, and many of the mobilized psionicists and soldiers saluted them.

“Old Li,” Ma Hongyi whispered, “There are two councilors. The younger one is Zhenshan, and the older one is Liu Bo.”

Li Yelai nodded, indicating that one of the two had engaged in some kind of cooperation with Chaos.

This is also the main reason why Chaos has not yet spread. Otherwise, given Chaos's nature, it would directly begin corrupting the various sanctuaries. And once humanity discovers this, it will inevitably launch a fierce counterattack, giving the Terror Demons plenty of entertainment.

Although Li Yelai is a human champion, people trust his fighting strength and will.

However, if it is necessary to mobilize the combat power and legions of various shelters to attack the 'points', then the cooperation of the councilors will be required.

They are the military and political leaders of the human side in this current fog of disaster.

“Councilor Zhenshan, Councilor Liu Bo.” Li Yelai clasped his hands in response, “It’s an honor to meet you.”

“We’re just people who have heard so much about you. Welcome, champion.” Zhenshan stepped forward and shook Li Yelai’s hand. “Truly, heroes emerge from among the young. When I was your age, I didn’t even have five senses yet.”

Zhenshan spoke with extreme politeness, but his muscles were taut. He seemed hesitant, struggling with something.
Liu Bo's eyes flashed, and he said in a deep voice, "Thank you for your support, Champion. I have had the honor of meeting the third generation. Indeed, Champion never disappoints."

"You flatter me," Li Yelai replied. "I have a plan that requires your cooperation."

“I know. We also happen to have a plan that we'd like to share with you,” Zhenshan said. “Please, let’s discuss it in detail.”

Li Yelai naturally wouldn't refuse, and turned to his companions, saying, "Liuyun, Minglang, come with me, the rest of you go and rest first."

Liu Yun and Ming Lang nodded and followed behind Li Yelai.

Liu Bo remained silent upon seeing this.

Zhenshan then said, "Champion, I hope the three of us can talk further. Some information is not suitable for outsiders to share."

Li Yelai frowned slightly, showing an expression of apparent confusion.

But he didn't insist, and said to Liuyun and Minglang, "Then I'll leave the guard to you."

The two nodded, though they didn't think the champion was in any danger.

This put Zhenshan at ease.

The three then arrived at the command room deep inside the fortress.

Outside the command room, three captains were stationed.

After entering the command room, Zhenshan activated a series of mysterious barriers and even used a secret treasure to completely seal off the council.

This is because they are worried that the content of their conversation will be discovered by outsiders.

After the three were seated, Li Yelai didn't mince words and said directly, "Two councilors, the purpose of my trip is to ask for your cooperation in capturing the 'point' leading to the third level."

“I know, we have received the message from the Golden Wing Overlord.” Zhenshan nodded: “The Heavenly Soldier Furnace is on the third floor. As long as we can connect to the third floor, we will be able to obtain a continuous stream of help from the Heavenly Soldiers.”

"The Heavenly Soldiers Furnace is a good thing," Liu Bo said. "As long as we have enough resources, we can create psionic combat units. This can greatly alleviate our disadvantage of insufficient combat power."

"But as you've seen on the front lines, you've killed the Rakshasa King, cutting off the orcs' ability to launch attacks at will. But this has also forced the orcs to attack from our side."

Zhenshan said, "Therefore, the maximum number of troops that can be sent to the front line is three thousand soldiers, and three companies of mountain city guards. As for the psionicists, you can take fifty people, and the Sixth Awakening can take a maximum of five. You cannot take the Overlords. The rest can only be sent to other shelters to provide combat power and legion support."

“I’ve calculated that this level can only accommodate a maximum of less than 20,000 troops. Any more than that, and the defenses of the various shelters will collapse.”

Li Yelai knew that this was the limit for the human side; unless they abandoned the sanctuary, they really couldn't spare any more troops.

“No need to push it to the limit. As you all know, the doll has already advanced to the Overlord level. With her abilities, taking over the ‘point’ shouldn’t be too difficult.” Li Yelai nodded. “Moreover, we are not fighting alone. After we launch our attack, our comrades on the third level will also launch an attack. We will attack the forbidden zone legion that occupies the ‘point’ from both sides.”

“That makes sense, but we can’t contact the third level. There will be a time lag,” Liu Bo reminded him.

The third layer also allows communication between the Tai Chi Yin and the Tai Chi Yang of the outside world through forbidden objects.

Meanwhile, the outside world can use airdrops to inform other dark entities of some messages and coded messages.

However, the first and second dark sides can only receive intelligence, but cannot respond.

It's impossible to get the people on the third level to prepare and provide support in advance.

“Don’t worry about that. I’ve already communicated with the city lord, and they may have already prepared the attack ‘points.’ It’s even possible that they’ve already deployed them before we attack,” Li Yelai replied. “Moreover, we have our strongest assassin. She might be able to pass on intelligence to us in advance.”

"That little mad queen? Can she handle it?" Zhenshan frowned.

“You have doubts about her because of her own curse,” Li Yelai replied. “In reality, she is an extremely reliable comrade-in-arms. It is because of her that I have no worries.”

Seeing that Li Yelai trusted Little Mad King so much, Liu Bo and Zhenshan had no choice but to nod in agreement.

Then, Zhenshan continued, "Secondly, there's that silver mech. It escorted the survivors back to the shelter and brought back a lot of information about the Terror Demons. Was that also your doing?"

“Indeed. I possess a forbidden item that can nurture machine spirits. Clearly, the technology of Annihilation is superior to that of the Forging General. This has resulted in machine spirits loyal to humanity.” Li Yelai replied, “We must keep that mech well hidden. Don’t let the Forging General discover it beforehand. I plan to seize it when the opportunity arises. If possible, we’ll have it forge more mechs to assist humanity.”

“Annihilation? This civilization was extremely powerful, and it seems to have had some connection with the orcs at their peak.” Zhenshan nodded after thinking for a moment: “If that’s really the case, then it would be for the best.”

After discussing these matters, Zhenshan and Liu Bo fell silent.

After waiting a few seconds, Li Yelai asked, "Gentlemen, is there any information you want to tell me? Why are you being so mysterious?"

Zhenshan spoke up: "Your Excellency Champion, no matter what happens later, please remain calm and do not rush to take action. Even if you disagree, please wait for him to finish speaking."

Li Ye glanced at the silent Liu Bo, a thought struck him, and he nodded slightly: "Okay."

Liu Bo pressed a button, and soon the secret door to the council chamber opened.

A figure emerged from within; it was a little girl who appeared to be quite young.

She appears to be only thirteen or fourteen years old, yet her spiritual energy level is equivalent to the five senses. Clearly, it's impossible for someone her age to possess all five senses, meaning she must have some kind of power maintaining this appearance.

What's even more startling is the unsettling aura of chaos emanating from her.

Liu Bo said in a deep voice, "As you know, the gap between humans and demons is so vast that we don't have many options. Therefore, I intend to..."

Li Yelai remained expressionless, while the little girl approached with a mocking look on her face.

Zhenshan looked tense, worried that if the champion suddenly attacked and killed the human traitor, no one could stop him.

Her gaze swept over Liu Bo, then turned to Li Yelai.

"Don't you understand? He hopes to..." The girl's expression suddenly froze.

Then, she approached slowly, her steps trembling.

Finally, to the astonishment of Zhenshan and Liu Bo, he knelt before Li Yelai.

"My lord." (End of chapter)