Reverse flow of the Yellow Springs

Tens of thousands of shells tore through the night, leaving crimson trails across the sky like a dazzling meteor shower. This was humanity's steel fist! A deadly symphony unleashed from the shelter's ammunition reserves!
In that instant, all the defensive barriers above the restricted area were fully activated.

It was a thick mist that formed a barrier as smooth as a mirror.

The moment the first wave of shells struck the barrier, strange physical phenomena unfolded in the sky above the battlefield. Upon contact with the mirror-like surface, the projectiles created concentric ripples, accompanied by high-frequency vibrations, and most were bizarrely deflected in all directions. Stray bullets traced chaotic, crimson trajectories across the night sky, some even bouncing back towards the human positions.

This is the mirror-like defense that the penalty area team is so proud of.

However, under a sufficient and dense barrage, even the mirror barrier, representing the pinnacle of technology in the restricted area, could not completely block all the artillery fire.

Shells tore through the barrier and pounded heavily on the positions of the troops in the restricted area.

The troops in the restricted area were caught off guard and thrown into disarray by the bombing.

"What's going on? Humans launched an attack?"

"They've only met up for less than five hours. Don't they need to rest after such a long march?"

"How could there be so many shells? Those shelters usually fire their anti-aircraft guns directly, how could they still have so many shells hidden there?"

"More importantly, what are the scouts doing? The enemy army has set off, and not a single message has been sent back!"

They all deserve to be executed!

The Forbidden Zone Legion was stunned and terrified; they knew that humanity had assembled its legions and taken countermeasures.

But the humans, having fought their way from east to west for hundreds of kilometers, had only rested for a few hours. To launch an attack in the dead of night seemed utterly unexpected. And were all the scattered scouts and sentries dead? How could they not have given timely warnings of the advancing enemy army?

After a brief moment of shock and panic, the penalty area legion quickly regrouped.

One of the restricted area generals was directly hit by artillery fire, but he emerged from the flames and roared, "Don't panic! The auxiliary troops, go and stabilize the front line! They have no more than 50,000 men! The rest of you, activate the Meridian Array!"

"Let them see the strength of the Demon Abyss Mountain Legion! Let's wear them down on our defensive line!"

As soon as he gave the order, the slightly disorganized Legion quickly regrouped.

They had already built a solid defense line, so that humanity would have no chance to recover.

The Abyss King has deployed an elite legion and several forbidden items.

These elite battle groups from the core of the restricted area voluntarily stepped into the fog of disaster.

As creatures of the forbidden zone, even if they die in battle, they will at most be banished back to the Void Realm.

And hundreds of years later, they will be able to return to the forbidden zone. They are immortal!
Therefore, disregarding the risks, they used the disaster fog to completely crush humanity at the cost of their own lives in this lifetime!
Want to make a comeback?

Forget about it. Whether you're a champion or an empress, all those human prodigies from different giant cities, die in the fog of disaster!
What is glory? This is true glory!

What other forbidden zone could possibly kill so many human prodigies in one fell swoop? This is the highest honor belonging to Demon Abyss Mountain!

Therefore, the arrival of the champion did not make them feel troubled, but rather excited. Yet another human genius who has courted death!

The general who had just spoken thought so; he was a high-ranking officer in the elite Chongshan Legion of the forbidden zone.

He knew all too well the strength of the Chongshan Legion. They were adept at defensive warfare, skilled at constructing various mysterious fortifications, making them the strongest defensive legion within the forbidden zone.

Even if other restricted zone legions wanted to break through their carefully constructed defenses, they would have to send at least several times the number of troops!

The human champions cobbled together a legion of at most 50,000 people, or even fewer.

How can we fight a well-organized mountain army?
The moment of confusion was simply because we were caught off guard by humans.

But it was still foolish; a surprise attack might be effective, but it also deprived human soldiers of proper rest, inevitably weakening their fighting capacity!

Once the Meridian Array is activated, humanity's offensive will be completely destroyed!

Looking at the fierce battle raging at the edge of the defensive line in the distance, the commander of the restricted area sneered inwardly, only to hear the explosions of battle erupting from the battlefield.

The commander of the restricted area glanced to the side and saw spears falling one after another. These were giant spears constructed from some kind of mysterious dark gold substance, each over five meters long.

The mirror-like defensive barrier, already overloaded by countless artillery bombardments, was simply unable to deflect such an attack. The dark gold spear crashed down, its terrifying power shaking the defensive line and tearing the earth apart!
"The human overlords have made their move! Quickly, activate the meridians! Ask the overlords to take charge of the formation, hurry!" The general of the forbidden zone was horrified and hurriedly urged his subordinates to activate the formation.

For elite legions, while fighting against enemy legions, they must also be wary of the enemy's elite warriors.

After all, a group of soldiers from the forbidden zone with the third or fourth awakening, or at most the fifth awakening, would be slaughtered when facing a hegemon!

It was simply a matter of different paths the enemy took, and how quickly they could kill. With their defensive barriers disrupted, they were completely powerless to retaliate.

The penalty area commander gave orders while quickly retreating.

Arrive at a certain point in the defense line and quickly enter it.

As a powerful psychic with five senses, he is also part of the Synergistic Network, capable of mobilizing most of the psychic energy in this area for both offense and defense. He can even fight opponents of higher levels!

Of course, this comes at a price, but they have no shortage of sacrifices these days!
"Activate the meridians, stabilize the battle line. Combat troops, hold the human legion! Watch me blast them to pieces!" The Forbidden Zone general roared, pressing his arm against a dark rock, and then unleashing his Soul Well!
'Ding'

'Ding'

In that instant, a large number of nodes connected, and countless units of psionic energy were coordinated and linked together, transforming into a dense and complex psionic matrix!

Meanwhile, on the battlefield, bizarre psionic constructs emerged. They were alien colossi, and as the psionic energy grew thicker, the colossi became increasingly solid.

The different colossi had different focuses.

Above the defensive line where this general was located, there appeared a Xie Mai construct that was over thirty meters tall, with a rudimentary humanoid form and a head that was actually a giant eyeball.

Further ahead were some larger, thicker, and more bulky Xie Mai structures.

Behind them was a structure with giant wings.

The front-line synergy constructs are defense-oriented, capable of deploying defensive force fields to shield soldiers from ranged attacks and also to crush human tanks.

The supporting structures at the rear are focused on aerial combat. Each attack has the power to break through the psionic barrier of a sixth-awareness psychic!

The construct he controls is focused on ranged attacks!

As the commander of this restricted area activated the meridian, his consciousness connected with the construct.

[Scanning the battlefield, 20283 enemy units detected, 140234 friendly units detected, 333 synergy nodes detected, and 50382 synergy support units detected]
A flood of data rushed into my mind.
At that moment, he felt invincible!

He instantly grasped the data of the entire battlefield.

"Damn it, only 20,000 men, and they dare to charge at my 100,000-strong army?" He laughed in anger, and at the same time, he noticed the most conspicuous enemy.

It was a gigantic flying dragon, wreathed in crimson flames and lightning, streaking across the night sky and heading straight for the defensive line.

A construct flew up to block it, but was torn to shreds.

It easily dodged the construct's psionic rays.

With unstoppable momentum, it broke through eight structural structures in succession.

On the flying dragon stood a figure. He wore black and gold armor, wielded a crimson halberd, and his blood-red cloak resembled a battle banner!
With his arrival, the fighting spirit of the human warriors on the entire battlefield surged, and despite being outnumbered, they frantically broke through the defenses.

Is this what a champion is?
In that instant, the penalty area general felt an overwhelming fear, the pressure of facing the champion head-on.

Even now, connected to the construct, he felt fear, and his body trembled involuntarily.

What kind of monster is that? How can it possess such a terrifying aura when facing an army of 100,000?
But he quickly calmed down. One hundred thousand against two thousand, the advantage is mine! You human champions may be strong, but I, the ruler of the penalty area, can still fight!
He decisively aimed at the dragon in mid-air, gathering psionic energy, preparing to coordinate with the other constructs for a volley. Shoot down that champion!
However, he strangely saw that some remote constructs located behind him suddenly paused.

It sensed that the three constructs in the same array as itself suddenly collapsed and disintegrated.

'What's going on? The enemy is still in the first defensive position.'

Before his thoughts could settle, a death knell tolled in his mind.

In that instant, his intuition frantically urged him to escape immediately. He reacted in the blink of an eye. Enemies had reached his rear. Even with the Qi Convergence Array activated.
But it was too late. In the instant he turned his head, he saw the corpse of his personal guard, and a flash of cold light.
Then, he stopped thinking and his head fell to the ground.

A dozen seconds later, a powerful human arrived at the scene and saw a pile of corpses.

"Holy crap, they're all dead again? That guy was too fast!"

"Although I don't trust her, her abilities are truly formidable!"

"Stop talking, hurry! Charge in! Don't waste the opportunity the champion and the doll have created for us!"

A powerful human passed by the head, sneered, and kicked it away.

Meanwhile, in the fortress further back, the core combat forces of the restricted area gathered together.

One of the overlords is currently working on the meridians.

A colossal structure, over 100 meters tall, is emerging. It has several twisted arms supporting its upper body. Its head consists of only a single, enormous mouth.

A terrifying aura emanated from him, even surpassing the strength of a hegemon.

The other overlords and the Six Awakenings were there to control the protectors.

"An assassin has infiltrated." The Forbidden Zone Overlord, wearing a red mask, spoke up: "Is it that female assassin? It's terrifying; her stealth skills are astounding. We absolutely cannot let her leave the Disaster Fog alive!"

“Our meridians here can detect her. We perform a regional detection every three seconds.” Another overlord with chains wrapped around his wrists sneered, “After all these decades, how have you become so cowardly?”

"Imprisoned in the abyss, you've fallen behind the times," the red-faced overlord said calmly. "You don't understand how troublesome humans are."

The Chain Lord sneered without speaking. He had been imprisoned for too long and truly had no idea how far humanity had progressed.

Immediately, the red-faced overlord looked at the flying dragon and human figures circling high in the distance.

"Those are the champions, and the ones who created that empress. Prioritize attacking them; once they're dead, the human offensive will crumble."

The Chain Overlord frowned: "Shouldn't we wait for him to get close? At this distance, it might be difficult to eliminate him directly."

"The risk is too great. No one in this world wants the champion to get close, let alone with the Empress present." The red-faced overlord gave the order: "Abyss main cannon, fire!"

The colossal structure emitted a deafening roar.

It opened its serrated mouth, and the layers of psionic matrix inside began to spin wildly, compressing the massive amount of coordinated psionic energy to the extreme!

A twisted black singularity formed in its mouth, swallowing up even the surrounding light.

boom!
A jet-black beam of death, over thirty meters in diameter, tore through the heavens and earth.

Wherever the ray passed, space shattered like fragile glass, and the ground vaporized instantly upon contact with the beam. Lava-like cracks radiated outwards for kilometers, creating a terrifying attack that instantly reached hundreds of miles away!
In that instant, the giant dragon, besieged by the flying constructs, was grazed by the black light. Its overlord-level physique instantly dissolved and shattered, causing it to plummet from mid-air. But in the next second, the dragon, now reduced to only half its original size, suddenly spread its wings. Dragging its scattered internal organs, it accelerated and attacked once more.

At the same time, countless spears of dark gold material bombarded the giant structure, causing its defensive force field to be damaged and rebuilt time and again.

"It worked! Charge up again!" the red-faced overlord shouted.

"Short-term energy accumulation"

"Never mind those guys' lives or deaths, as long as the champion dies, it doesn't matter if tens of thousands of others die! Absorb them!"

On the other side, in the fortress beneath the giant structure, a large number of beings were having their spiritual energy forcibly extracted. Even ordinary people were having their soul wells forcibly opened to extract their spiritual energy.

The price they pay is that their bodies begin to shrink and their lives are burning out.

Among them were humans from forbidden zones, captured human soldiers and civilians, and even other terrifying demons.

They are all having their spiritual energy and life force drained, and they are dying in droves.

Outside one of the arenas, a middle-aged human from the forbidden zone was lashed hard by a creature from the forbidden zone.

"You care whether they live or die? Lu Peng! If they don't die, then go recharge!" The creature from the forbidden zone was extremely agitated: "Do you think you're still human? You lowly wretch!"

The human from the forbidden zone, named Lu Peng, nodded tremblingly: "I understand. I'll send them in right away."

Yes, he is no longer human.

Decades ago, during an operation, he was captured as a military psionicist and thrown into the Dark Abyss.

Over the decades, the forbidden zone order completely warped the bodies and minds of him and his comrades.

They became the first generation of Forbidden Zone humans, the lowest level in the Forbidden Zone, and the lowly people in the mouths of the Forbidden Zone creatures.

He is no longer human.

He lost his human identity, and he also lost his wife and daughters.
He delivered another batch of firewood to the production site, but as he was leaving, he saw a woman in a black trench coat.

The woman's limbs were broken, and she was injected with drugs, rendering her unable to even commit suicide. She could only become the kindling for the Qi Meridian Array, burning and being consumed.

But at this moment, the woman glared at him with her last bit of strength.

Looking at the woman's face, Lu Peng's lips trembled. He heard a kind of rustling sound, a war song, a war song unique to mankind!
"Lu Peng, what are you doing? Hurry up!" The creature's whip fell again, leaving a deep gash on his body, a bloody mess that revealed the bone.

Seeing Lu Peng turn around trembling, the creature from the forbidden zone sneered: "You bastard."

His response was Lu Peng's most ferocious attack.

The creature in the forbidden zone, possessing the fifth sense, was knocked to the ground by Lu Peng, who possessed the fourth sense. Lu Peng picked up a dagger and stabbed it in the neck, but the psychic barrier blocked the attack. Only the sharp tip pierced the neck, leaving a shallow bloodstain.

"You're insane!" The creature from the forbidden zone exclaimed in shock and anger, punching Lu Peng in the chest and shattering his sternum.

Lu Peng seemed oblivious to everything, continuing his frenzied stabbing: "I am human, I am Lu Peng, political commissar of the 13th Regiment of the Mountain City Field Army! Champion, kill them all, kill them all!"

He roared in anger, and his skull was smashed open.

His arm hung limply at his sides, yet he had plunged the blade into the throat of the creature in the forbidden zone.

His roar drove even more people in the forbidden zone into a frenzy.

Those original humans from the Forbidden Zone sparked a rebellion!
"I am human, Colonel Bai Luo of the 11th Regiment of the Mountain City Field Army!"

"I am human, Liu De, the administrator of the southern part of the mountain city!"

They roared, as if overpowering the distorted order of the forbidden zone, proclaiming their human identity!
The creatures of the Forbidden Zone were filled with shock and rage, slaughtering one 'traitor' after another. Even those second- and third-generation Forbidden Zone humans who had not rebelled were killed or driven into the arena.

Meanwhile, those 'traitors' smiled.

Because their riot disrupted the transmission of the meridian array.

The colossal construct could no longer accumulate energy under the bombardment of the dolls and could only hastily fire its Abyss Main Cannon.

The weakened main gun did indeed hit the dragon, and the massive dragon disintegrated in mid-air.

However, its wreckage, carrying with it thousands of troops, crashed into its core control area.

Within the core control area, another area scan sounded.

[Friendly units detected: 12934.]
[Enemy units detected: 1]
As the scattered ash and dust settled, a figure emerged from the smoke and dust, his champion's cape fluttering behind him.

"I will witness your bravery!"

"I will bear your sorrowful wishes!"

"Your enemies, I will face them!"

"Now," Li Yelai stepped out of the dust, his fighting spirit soaring, "let's kill them all!"

(I've been having terrible writer's block lately, so I tried writing a chapter from a different perspective. However, I won't be able to meet the full attendance requirement, so I'm uploading 4,000 words first. The revised version is 5,000 words.) (End of Chapter)