Reverse flow of the Yellow Springs

[The 12th Regiment of the Masked Army is withdrawing for rest and reorganization; the 4th Regiment of the Shattered Fang Army is taking over to provide cover! Beware of the left flank of the defensive line; a squad of Calamity Heirs is attempting to infiltrate!]
[The Seventh Bloodseeker Regiment, having completed rest and replenished their psionic potions, has been deployed to the battlefield and continues tracking the main orc force in the mountains!]
[The thirteen standing legions of the Southern Territory have arrived at the outer perimeter of the second battlefield and are urgently deploying the 'Purifying Flame Array' and 'Stone Wall Barrier' to construct the third line of defense!]
[Damn it! The defensive line is only half-built, and dozens of aberrations have appeared in the valley behind! The construction crew is under attack! Kill them! Expand the perimeter, clear the area before rebuilding the defensive line!]
[The seven overlords of the Western Frontier have arrived at the designated coordinates with their respective family private armies. Supreme Lord Chique has incorporated them into the right-wing assault force of the 'Beast Extermination Legion,' ready to deploy them immediately!]
[Urgent report from the First Battlefield! The Supreme Being, the 'Nightmare Weaver' of Paradise Lost, has personally intervened! His Nightmare Domain has enveloped a hundred-mile stretch of sea, instantly annihilating over 300,000 low-level Calamity Offspring and successfully killing three evolving node creatures! However… the distorted psionic energy reaction deep within the sea is still surging, failing to eradicate the source!]
[On the main battlefield, our forces and allied fleets have consistently maintained a superior firepower and layered advantage. But the most troublesome issue is 'eradication'! These wretches are like sludge in the sea, wave after wave washing away only to be replaced by another, impossible to eradicate! Otherwise, the overlords and supreme beings would have ended this war long ago!]
[The Rift Legion continues its eastward pursuit of the fleeing Orcish horde! All slain Orc corpses must be collected and incinerated, using purifying flames to ensure every remains are reduced to ashes, leaving absolutely no spores behind!]
[Urgent! A 'Rotting Winged Vulture' has migrated after consuming half an orc corpse. Its excrement and shed feathers are suspected of carrying live spores, scattered over an area exceeding fifteen kilometers!]
[Immediately clear all flying supernatural creatures from that airspace! No, eliminate all living beings! Ground forces, in coordination, clean up any potentially contaminated vegetation and soil! Ancient dragons and ancient beasts alike, exterminate them all!]
[Attention! The Gemstone Family's forbidden heirloom, the 'Gemstone Doll,' has arrived at the front lines and is about to launch an indiscriminate crystallization attack in Area 7. All units must evacuate this area immediately! Repeat, evacuate immediately!]
[The Bauhinia family's treasured artifact, the 'Withered Rose,' is about to be activated, purifying Valley Nine with psionic energy. All unauthorized personnel must leave immediately!]
[Tragic news from the Dark Sea! A swarm of invasive species has escaped its encirclement and infected an entire migrating school of giant sardines. Their numbers are incalculable, and they are currently spreading southeastward with the ocean currents!]
[Latest monitoring data! The overall psionic level of the Calamity Offspring race has surged again, confirming a collective advancement to the Fourth Awakening level! The individual strength of its node creatures has stabilized at the Overlord level, and clear signs of divine contamination have been detected!]
[Attention all combat units! Orc spores must be completely incinerated with high-temperature spirit flames! Weapons, armor, and even soil and rocks they have come into contact with must be thoroughly purified! Battlefield 17 reports: A noble's private armory, which once stored captured orc weapons, has suddenly swarmed with orcs overnight! They looted the armory, and although they were promptly wiped out, some orcs have already dispersed into the surrounding area!]
[Who can teach me how to find those spores that are invisible to the naked eye in the mountains, forests, and rivers?]
Internal military intelligence reports, marked with different levels of urgency, came from various parts of the lost territory and were continuously gathered in Li Yelai and Chu He's hands through the deciphered animal-hide paper treasures.

Looking at these intelligence reports, which are filled with anxiety and confusion between the lines.

The people in the conference room at the Tide Gathering Place had rather complicated feelings.

Once upon a time, these nobles and legions, high above and looking down on humanity as mere ants and weeds, were the elite of the forbidden zones.

It is a dark cloud of despair that hangs over the entire human race and cannot be dispelled.

Now, these once arrogant entities are overwhelmed and exhausted by multiple calamities.

“Apart from the main force of the Calamity Legion on the front lines of the first battlefield, the other two places, whether it is the remnants of the Calamity Legion inland or the orcs we have scattered, are actually in a situation of being chased and beaten.” Li Yelai analyzed: “They have not yet truly grown up.”

"That's right." Chu He nodded. "What's most troublesome about the Calamity Heirs and the Beastmen right now isn't their direct combat strength, but their almost shameless ability to spread and their tenacious vitality. Apart from the first battlefield, which is a head-on war of attrition, in the second and third battlefields, the Forbidden Zone isn't that it can't be defeated, but that it can't find them, kill them all, or defend against them. Most of their forces are currently bogged down in a quagmire of tracking, clearing out, establishing blockades, and repeatedly purging them."

He paused, his tone grave: "However, the sheer number of Calamity Heirs is truly terrifying. They have collectively advanced to the Fourth Awakening. Millions, even tens of millions, of Fourth Awakening spiritual energy units, even if their individual strength is not great, their combined power is enough to overwhelm everything. The pressure on the front lines is immense."

"If it were a psionic overlord like the Zero Path or the Whisper Path, who possess powerful area-of-effect attacks, they might be able to inflict effective damage. But if it were an overlord like me from the True Martial Path, I'd probably be worn down to death."

He looked at Li Yelai and said, "Old Li, you shouldn't be afraid of group attacks, right? At least, at the moment, a Calamity Heir at the fourth level shouldn't be able to stop you without using large-scale formations or forbidden treasures to seal off the space."

"More or less." Li Yelai nodded slightly.

After becoming a hegemon, his combat system is completely different from before, and he has a highly efficient way to deal with group attacks.

Once the "Oddity and Calamity" skill is activated, he and all enemies within its range will become "disaster stars," making him a target for Li Yelai to replicate natural disasters.

Meteorites falling from the sky, lava gushing from the earth—all sorts of indiscriminate natural disasters will mercilessly sweep across the battlefield.

Especially after acquiring the scope and the Annihilation Spear, and being able to loot the Tindaros hound pack for free.
Its ability to inflict damage on groups has increased dramatically.

The army that surrounded and killed Li Yelai was killed before they even saw a shadow of him.

However, the former consumed a significant amount of spiritual energy, while the latter consumed very little.
The principle is to summon Dawn Lord through the Sea of ​​Heroes, and then Dawn Lord summons Tindaros Hound to temporarily mark Li Yelai. Due to the phenomenon effect of sharing the same fate, enemies will also be marked by Tindaros Hound.

Thus, the hungry Tindaros hounds, trapped in the gaps of time and space, will follow these clear marks and swarm to all targets sharing the same markers to launch a frenzied hunt and feast that transcends dimensions!
During this process, Li Yelai only needs to maintain the summoning of Dawn Lord and the unfolding of the Calamity-Shattering Phenomenon, which does not consume much energy.

The ones who get tired are the hunting dogs that rush between different dimensions and feast to their hearts' content.

And they clearly enjoyed it.

After all, the opportunity to mark so many foods at once is a rare treat for them.

Li Yelai could even hear the communication between the hunting dogs through the language of the beasts in the virtual realm.

[So much meat! So much fresh meat!]
[This 'person' is such a good friend!]
[After this wave, who knows how long we'll have to wait for the next one!]
Legend has it that in a time so distant it's hard to trace, there once lived a muscular man who also worked with Tindaros hounds.

But the enemies that tough guy faced were often more outrageous than the last, causing the poor hunting dog to frequently fall into the miserable situation of going hungry for three days and nine meals a day.

They even occasionally face terrifying beings that send chills down the spines of near-immortal, ethereal monsters like the Tindaros Hounds. Well, if they even have scalps.

It wasn't until later that the hunting dog finally got to eat food of 'god-like' quality.

um, yes.

That burly man was none other than the Lord of Azure Flames. No wonder He specifically designed the Chaos Contract for the Hound of Tindaros to use by His followers; He was clearly an expert.

"The restricted area is in complete chaos right now. All the families have exhausted their resources and are running around like headless chickens." Li Yelai looked at the military reports and said with some regret, "If the timing weren't so bad and the situation weren't so unfavorable, I would have liked to take a stroll through the treasure troves of those families in the restricted area who are in such a mess."

The lost lands are truly overflowing with wealth.

Because they possess a vast continent and its folded space, and considering that Chu He and his group have already discovered hundreds of production sites, the ancient noble families who inherited their lineages countless years before entering the physical world must possess an unimaginable wealth of resources and treasures hidden within their family treasuries.

He didn't yet have the guts or the strength to steal the treasure trove of the King of the Forbidden Zone. But he certainly had the audacity to plunder one or two family treasure troves that had been weakened and left empty amidst the chaos!

Especially those heirlooms and strategic treasures that are regarded as trump cards by various families and are not easily used, Li Yelai was extremely envious just thinking about them.

The Mirror of No Distance and the Spear of Annihilation that Li Yelai acquired were inherited treasures. In the eyes of Immortal Lord Chang Le, these were magic weapons.

That's why the penalty area was once glorious.

If Li Yelai had a few more treasures of this caliber, he would have more confidence when facing the Blood Sea Supreme.

These things belong to humankind!

Unfortunately, now is the most crucial moment for their escape.

The fate of three thousand compatriots hangs in the balance as five warships set sail.

Any action that might trigger a high level of alert in the restricted area is tantamount to playing with fire, and could very likely lead to the loss of all previous efforts, dragging the entire group into an abyss of no return.

“Although I am also tempted,” Chu He said, “now is not the time to take risks. What we need most right now is secrecy and speed. No amount of supplies and treasures is as important as three thousand lives. We can make that decision.”

Then, Chu He glanced at the Little Mad King sitting quietly beside Li Yelai.

"Of course... if Lord Jiang Ling's memories can be restored at this time, then... just pretend I didn't say anything. I also want to see the strength of the strongest assassin."

"What a pity, otherwise we could have opened the eyes of those country bumpkins in the restricted area," Li Yelai replied.

The Little Mad King, who had been quietly listening to their conversation, turned his head slightly, his empty eyes looking at Chu He, then back at Li Yelai. He remained silent as always.

"Alright, let's not think about that for now." Li Yelai asked, "How's the forging of the General going? How much longer?"

"We can set sail in two hours at most," Chu He replied. "The dispatched survey teams are also returning. They will bring all of Hongmu's animal hides into the activity range of the orcs or calamity offspring. At the same time, they have also set up distress crystals in various places. When we set off, those distress crystals will be triggered, further attracting and disrupting the attention of the restricted area."

"The last trouble we face is the border legion of the lost lands, and their fleet," Li Yelai said with a smile. "And I happen to be the least afraid of fleets."

Currently, Li Yelai's "Oddity and Fate" phenomenon has a coverage area of ​​20 kilometers in diameter. This means that as long as Li Yelai infiltrates within 10 kilometers of the fleet, he can directly influence the powerful figures in the restricted areas within that area.

Even without going through too much trouble, they could simply share the vehicle killer. If they were lucky, those warships could be towed back for major repairs, while the unlucky ones would simply explode and sink.

Of course, if the warship has a mystical formation to deal with unusual phenomena, then if necessary, Li Yelai can only let them experience natural disasters such as meteorites, whirlpools, and tsunamis.

"Once we set sail, I will detach from our ships and quietly approach the enemy fleet, trying to sabotage it without them noticing. Either sink it with the vehicle killer or seize it with the Machine God Core," Li Ye said. "In short, don't force your way in unless absolutely necessary. Although the Immortal Lord has an eccentric personality, his mastery of formations is truly strong; he should be able to access the forbidden zone's divination radar."

"Understood." Chu He nodded. "Then hopefully everything will go as planned."

At this moment, the two noticed that another piece of intelligence had popped up on the animal skin paper in front of them.

This time, however, it caused a slight change in their expressions, because the military report was not being delivered from the front lines, but from the 12th Army Corps of the Navy and Land Forces, the Forbidden Zone Legion stationed on the edge of the Forbidden Zone that humanity was trying to break through.

[A large number of unidentified vessel wrecks and dense sea fog have been discovered in the waters bordering the seventh and ninth patrol zones to the north!]
[Further reconnaissance confirmed that the area around the wreckage contained high concentrations of virtual realm pollution and abnormal spacetime folds! It is suspected to be a product of a restricted area or secret realm, and some chaotic pollution was detected! It has been named 'Ghost Ship' for now.]
The patrol vessel 'Nutao' lost contact in the area an hour ago.
[All ships in port are ordered to set sail immediately in combat formation and conduct a comprehensive search of the northern waters! All observation posts and detection towers along the coast are placed on high alert!]
[Requesting support from the Inner Army to seal off all possible coastlines for potential landings! Requesting the Holy Palace to dispatch a powerful expert proficient in the Void Realm and Cursed Paths to investigate!]
Even Li Yelai, who had fought against the Supreme One with his sword, changed color at this moment.

A ghost ship? At this time?
A comprehensive investigation?

Chaos contamination? Could it be the Chaos Fleet?

That shouldn't be the case. How could Chaos suddenly appear here?
Of all times! At this crucial juncture, when they are about to make a breakthrough with all their might! (End of Chapter)