Reverse flow of the Yellow Springs

The peace that the major city-states of mankind longed for ultimately did not come.

Even though the remaining alien civilizations have been wiped out one by one by human heroes and become history, the crimson curse that devoured the world has not faded as prophesied. It continues to spread, sweeping in at an even more frenzied pace!

The blazing fire walls that once protected the border cities were now being relentlessly swallowed by the crimson tide. The energy of each blazing fire stone, which served as the core of the barrier, was being rapidly depleted at a rate hundreds of times faster than before.

The magnificent Great Wall, which was originally capable of withstanding the curse for decades or even centuries, quickly dimmed and collapsed within just a few days.

Meanwhile, the still massive army of the Byzantines easily crossed these suddenly defunct defenses, like a flood of death bursting its banks, heading straight for the heart of the human city-states!
This sudden upheaval plunged the human city-states, who were basking in the joy of victory and looking forward to a stable future, from heaven to hell in an instant. The terrifying gap between hope and reality almost shattered everyone's defenses.

They had clearly defeated the chaotic faith that had existed in the world for thousands of years and destroyed those alien civilizations with glorious histories.

It has clearly created an unprecedentedly wonderful situation!
Why did the end of the world arrive in such a sudden and desperate way?

They saw hope, but were met with its shattering!
When Wanfeng City fell, news of the countless martyrs arrived. Resentment, anger, hatred, and despair—all sorts of extreme emotions surged and fermented wildly in the various city-states, threatening to completely ignite all order and reason.

Faced with this ultimate catastrophe sweeping the world, humanity's heroes reacted differently, yet made the same choice.

Take the initiative, rush to the most dangerous front lines, and rescue as many trapped people as possible!

Jing Tieyingjie took the lead and led the knights into the occupied area, carving out a temporary refuge in the crimson tide.

Legal hero Chang Hui led his legal staff to set up legal barriers, trying to buy precious time for the evacuation operation.

The other heroes also displayed their abilities, either blocking the torrent of bewildered people or organizing the evacuation of the masses.

No hesitation, no retreat.

Even knowing full well that this might be a journey of no return, they still went without hesitation.

They are human heroes, and when the end of the world came, they became the last backbone supporting this world.

Meanwhile, on the core battlefield, the still massive number of Wanderers continued their relentless assault on the Abyss defenses. With severely insufficient manpower for defense, Li Yelai once again unleashed the Heroic Spirit Sea.

The figures of Dawn and Candlelight appeared as summoned, stepping once again onto this scorched earth.

But the expressions of both heroic spirits were equally solemn. The moment Dawn appeared, it sensed an overwhelming, almost tangible despair. This extreme despair was most likely to ignite Azure Flame's faith, but it also foreshadowed that the situation had reached its most difficult point.

In Zhu Ye's eyes, the sun and moon seemed to rotate faster than ever before. As the most bloodthirsty champion in human history, all his glory came from slaughter: annihilating the Forbidden Zone Legion, wiping out the Chaos Demon Army, beheading the Supreme Being, and killing a Prince. It seemed that as long as he stood on the battlefield, all powerful enemies would eventually be wiped out.

However, mere killing cannot solve the immediate problem.

They have eliminated all of humanity's most formidable enemies, and the battle has decided the fate of the world!

But the march of doomsday did not stop. Even with unparalleled martial prowess, they felt a sense of powerlessness, a sense of bewilderment as they looked around with their swords drawn – a cruel reality they could not change even with their utmost efforts.

Who can truly kill the malice of the entire world?

"Xia Ming, did you foresee this coming?" A human hero spoke in a hoarse voice, his tone filled with indescribable weariness.

“I never believe in so-called prophecies.” Xia Ming sighed softly, “But this prophecy can give our compatriots a glimmer of hope in the darkness. Therefore, I have never publicly denied its authenticity.”

He paused, his voice lowering: "Even now, deep down I still hope that the prophecy is true. But sadly, our hope has been shattered."

"Lord Xia Ming, do you have a solution to this desperate situation?" the holy and heroic Su Qiao asked solemnly, while nodding slightly to Zhu Ye beside him.

The other three heroes also looked at Xia Ming. They had gathered here precisely to seek a last chance of survival; otherwise, they would still be fighting desperately on the front lines.

But where could they place the rescued people? This required Xia Ming's judgment. Undeniably, he was one of the world's most intelligent scholars.

“My White Stone City has indeed been secretly developing floating island technology.” Xia Ming finally spoke, but his words were heavy: “But it is still in the experimental stage, and each floating island needs a wonder controlled by a great supernatural being as its core energy source to maintain its operation.”

Upon hearing this, Li Yelai, who was standing to the side, was startled.

Floating islands? Lifting the entire island into the air?
You must understand, that crimson curse devours the earth and the sea. Perhaps by hovering in the sky for an extended period, one could truly escape the curse's corrosive influence!

Similar creations do exist in the real world.

The forbidden zone known as the "Floating Island" was famous for its floating island technology, with many of its floating islands used as war fortresses or family territories. He never imagined that such an astonishing technological concept could be born in a world where divinity was completely locked away.

Is this the miracle of life's survival?
"Floating island?"

"Wow! You actually had this kind of skill hidden away! I'll never call you a bookworm behind your back again!"

"Quickly! Activate the floating island immediately! Then take all our comrades..."

The excited words came to an abrupt halt.

The ecstasy on the faces of the heroes froze instantly.

A floating island, as the name suggests, is ultimately just an "island." Even if it could truly soar through the sky, how many people could it accommodate?

"Theoretically, a standard-sized floating island is enough to sustain 200,000 people in the long term." Xia Ming seemed to see through their thoughts and directly gave that cold number, "This is the theoretical limit."

The "two hundred thousand" heroes fell into a deathly silence.

Even the least populated city-state has nearly two million inhabitants. Two hundred thousand is far too insignificant!
If this news gets out, I wonder how many people will fight tooth and nail for those 200,000 spots.

Even heroes themselves, who wouldn't want their blood relatives and friends to live?
After a brief silence, one of the heroes suddenly looked up, his eyes burning with final determination: "The quantity is too small! Whatever resources you need, we will do everything in our power to assist you!"

"Increase the carrying capacity to two million!"

"No! Just create more floating islands! You can mobilize all the remaining resources in this world!"

"If one isn't enough, build ten! We'll do everything in our power to save as many as we can! We'll buy you time!"

"As I said, there are still technical problems that haven't been solved." Xia Ming sighed, "To support the floating island, we need a population of over three million to provide the spectacle."

The wonders contain the power of faith of the people of that city-state, which is why some large city-states can accumulate great supernatural powers more quickly.

For the floating islands to support 200,000 people in the air and sustain themselves indefinitely, a large city-state-level wonder would be required to continuously power them. However, with the Crimson Curse engulfing the world, where could one find three million living people to maintain the operation of a single wonder?

Despair... Utter despair, poured like ice water into the hearts of everyone present.

“Don’t give up.” Su Qiao took a deep breath, a resolute look appearing on his holy face. “We still have the Blazing Abyss. We can use this formidable barrier to build a final refuge beneath the abyss. Even if the hope is slim, it can give more people a chance to breathe… at least, let them… live a little longer.”

Li Yelai then turned his gaze to Dawn: "Lord of Azure Flames, could you lend a hand?"

“Our Lord is already doing it.” Dawn looked at the distant horizon: “He has never abandoned humanity. Even now, as He is still fighting the Four Gods in the High Heavens, His gaze has never left this land.”

As if to prove his words, a vast expanse of blue flames, as clear as the sky, suddenly ignited on the distant horizon!
The raging azure sea of ​​fire collided violently with the surging crimson curse, unleashing indescribable fluctuations of law. The azure flames even suppressed the spread of the curse for a time, forcing it back.

That was the power of the Lord of Azure Flames, who was fighting against the malice of this world.

The raging blue flames seemed poised to ignite all the crimson curses!

However, in the next instant, a strange phenomenon occurred.

The supreme blessing from the Lord of Azure Flames, the azure flames symbolizing hope and resistance, began to twist and disintegrate in the area where they came into contact with the scarlet tide, transforming into countless dark red, angular, irregular geometric shapes. Then, like pen marks erased by an eraser, they quickly dissipated into the air.

A more fundamental and absolute force is resisting—no, more accurately, erasing—the existence of Qingyan!

It's like a cold, impersonal system ruthlessly deleting a piece of erroneous code that shouldn't exist!

However, the blue flames surged again, and the indomitable resistance was launched once more, further delaying the spread of the crimson curse. Resistance, erasure, and resistance once more.

"Even the power of the Chaos God isn't enough?" The human heroes looked grim, but dared not hesitate, and led their teams to the border to rescue more people.

They didn't know if it made sense, but at least they had to do something.

Dawn sighed, "In such a hopeless world, my strength, enhanced by the Azure Flame, has surpassed all my enemies, but there are no enemies left."

With that, he took a step forward, a blue flame igniting in his eyes: "I will try to find the source, though I have no hope. But if there is a source, I will crush it."

At the same time, Zhu Ye spoke up: "The Blade of Vengeance is not in good condition right now. If the situation continues to deteriorate, we are preparing to remove her from the world."

“In her current state, it wouldn’t be safe for her to isolate herself from the world,” Li Yelai responded.

The outside world is not only chaotic but also inhabited by the Celestial Walkers. Without her memory, going out would only lead to her death.

“Then awaken her memories before the final moment. Try different methods, main body. She depends on you a lot, so you have to take on the responsibility of protecting her.” Zhu Ye paused and said, “Don’t make a choice you’ll regret!”

“Of course.” Li Yelai nodded. “We’re all Li Yelai, so why do I feel like you’re so eloquent?”

“Because I completed university courses, I’m smarter than you.” Zhu Ye rarely showed a smile, and he mocked Li Ye’s diploma.

He then turned and left, with the holy hero following closely behind.

Li Yelai, on the other hand, continued to hold the Abyss defenses. It was indeed unsuitable for him to go to the rescue with Little Mad King in tow.

At the same time, he also knew what the heroes wanted to do. The Crimson Curse could indeed be repelled. For example, Li Ye could clear a certain range of the Crimson Curse by using Nightfall before he arrived.

He can do it, and so can other psionicists, it's just a matter of power and range. But this kind of cleansing is a drop in the ocean compared to the Crimson Curse, it will be covered by a new curse in seconds.

From the divine speed flowing through his body, Li Yelai could sense that Dawn and Candlelight were fighting hard.

As time went on, large numbers of surviving people were continuously transferred to the rear of the defensive lines. These were all civilians whom heroes had risked their lives to rescue from the fallen city-states. The number of people was increasing, but fortunately, with these heroes in command, large-scale chaos had not yet broken out.

In the past few days, Xiao Kuangwang's condition has changed significantly. She no longer clings tightly to Li Yelai's arm, but instead takes his hand in hers. The confusion in her eyes seems to have lessened, replaced by other emotions.

She is recovering. She is struggling to return little by little from that fog of cognition.

But apart from that, it was all bad news.
Until a certain moment, Li Yelai felt the sudden interruption of the divinity within him, and the power of faith that had been trying to assimilate Li Yelai vanished with a roar.

The invincible Li Yelai, who made a limited-time appearance, is now offline.

After sighing, Candlelight and Dawn returned to the Sea of ​​Heroes.

"The chaotic wonder you used is about to be devoured by the Crimson Curse. That one has made a move." Xia Ming brought more accurate information: "Several other heroes and city-states are in the same situation as you, but ultimately they were powerless to reverse the situation."

No matter how bravely the heroes risked their lives, they ultimately failed to save more people.

One city-state after another was utterly swallowed up by the Crimson Curse. The heroes, deprived of the support of their wonders, did not choose to flee. Instead, before their psychic energy was exhausted, they desperately released their last rays of light to fight the curse, and before they were assimilated into the Wanderers, they destroyed their own bodies with their own hands.

Some people were caught up with and swallowed up by the curse during their evacuation, while the heroes who escorted them chose to face the end together with their people.

The holy and valiant Su Qiao fought alongside Zhu Ye to the very last moment. After Zhu Ye's figure vanished, she exhausted her remaining strength, buying precious half an hour for the fleeing civilians behind her.
The Red Sea Hero's transport fleet was caught up by a curse on the river. Having long since lost its wonder, she stood calmly at the bow of the ship, choosing not to go ashore.

Jing Tieyingjie frantically tried to build a new Great Wall of Radiant Fire, but ultimately exhausted, he met his end along with his comrades who had sworn to follow him to the death.
Li Yelai remained silent as Xia Ming recounted one piece of bad news after another in a low voice.

At this moment, he and Little Mad King stood quietly on the fortress wall.

Ahead lay a dense, terrified mass of survivors on the plain. Across the defensive line, the suffocating color of the crimson curse was clearly visible, silently spreading. Even if the azure flames ignited, they would only be extinguished. A force was rejecting the azure flames' intervention.

In just a few hours, everything will be swallowed up.

"Lord Li Yelai, prepare to leave." Xia Ming smiled. His White Stone Wonder was inside the defensive line, but that didn't change anything; the Crimson Curse was approaching the wonder.

"Our world is about to restart, and we may reappear, but don't throw your life away here."

"But if possible, please witness our final moments."

"I will"

Li Ye looked towards the last wonder of this world, and the figure of 'Jun Fu' had already appeared. He was dressed entirely in black, as if he were sending humanity off to its final resting place. (End of Chapter)