Reverse flow of the Yellow Springs

Five warships, named Homecoming, silently sailed forward under the cover of night.

The psionicists suppressed all psionic fluctuations and remained vigilant about the situation on the sea.

The machine spirits of each warship have awakened, automatically adjusting various data to ensure that they maintain their forward speed while in a silent state.

Immortal Lord Chang Le also restrained his original frivolous expression, and manipulated the array to shield himself from external perception.

Li Yelai, Chu He, and the others kept a close eye on any military intelligence reported on the parchment so they could adjust their course as needed.

Time seemed to be held back by the viscous seawater, passing by exceptionally slowly. When Li Yelai looked up from the parchment for what felt like the umpteenth time and glanced at the timer, he discovered that only two hours had passed since they left the port, and the voyage was less than a hundred kilometers.

Anxiety seeped into my heart like icy seawater. Silence was safe, but it was too slow.
This made Li Yelai anxious. Although this was the safest way, the longer it dragged on, the more uneasy Li Yelai became.

"If I were at a higher level, I could simply unleash my Dharma form, mimicking the Kunpeng, and drag the fleet along." Li Yelai sighed softly. The mythical Kunpeng form allowed him to switch between the two forms at will, and the divine general Dharma form would further amplify his power. However, his overlord-level spiritual energy was ultimately insufficient to support such a terrifying feat.

"Don't overthink it, Old Li." Chu He's voice sounded softly from the side: "If you activate your Dharma form and then use your mimicry, the Supreme One's gaze will probably sweep over you before you even set off. Calm down, we've waited for almost seventy years, a dozen more hours won't make a difference."

That's what he said, but Chu He's tense muscles betrayed his anxiety, which he was trying hard to hide.

Yes, nearly seventy years have passed, and the pure-blooded humans of the lost land are eager to escape. We cannot allow patience to cause problems.

A long-cherished wish is finally about to be fulfilled.
There can be no mistakes whatsoever!
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The presence of two calamity-ridden species, three bloody battlefields, and the combined efforts of the human champion and the immortal lord Chang Le, all working to create this unique possibility, have made it possible. Only success!
Li Yelai and Chu He calmed down and continued to examine the information on the animal parchment.

Ultimately, the Forbidden Zone failed to control the spread of the orc spores. It is said that some extraordinary creatures devoured the orc corpses, which ironically spread the spores. As a result, the difficulty of hunting and capturing them in the Forbidden Zone increased exponentially.

Now, the entire mountainside is truly a sea of ​​green. The defensive barrier of the restricted area has completely failed.

This, to some extent, also strengthens the calamity-inducing body.

Orcs are a fighting species created by some being. Their racial characteristics give them extremely strong resistance to corruption. Even the Chaos Faith cannot corrupt them. Especially when they gather together, their powerful reality distortion ability becomes their most advantageous weapon!
The orc leader in the No. 49 Disaster Fog is a prime example; the sheer number of orcs gathered together is enough to cause his twisted development.

However, the individual strength of the Calamity Heirs is all at the fourth level, and their strength is now far superior to that of the orcs who have not yet grown up. Therefore, they have gained a huge advantage when the two sides fight.

The dead orcs will transform into new Fiends, which is equivalent to a significant increase in the population of Fiends.

The orcs, driven by their war against the Calamity Spawn, rapidly evolved, transforming from their initial blades and spears into armored units, including orc motorcycles, orc war chariots, and even orc armor. A hulking orc commanded his legion to charge the Calamity Spawn while uttering some incantations.

Both sides became increasingly powerful due to the outbreak of war.

Even though the forbidden zone side quickly eliminated a large number of calamity offspring and orcs, it could not reverse this trend.

This is a cataclysmic disaster! Even in the penalty area, it has shown enough destructive power.

This is good news for Li Yelai and the others, but it means that the main force of the restricted area has been lured away by them.

Meanwhile, the search for the ghost ship 'Mist Sea Ghost Ship' also began at the edge of the restricted sea area.

Through the deciphered parchment, Li Yelai and his team discerned the approximate locations of the fleets. The Homecoming Fleet must bypass the areas where the restricted zone fleet might appear, continue its advance, and ultimately force its way through their island chain defenses.

Time passed second by second in the almost frozen atmosphere of tension.

Under the protection of the Heaven-Deceiving Array, the returning fleet quietly advanced towards the northwest.

However, five hours after setting sail, when the fleet quietly entered a relatively safe area between two regular patrol routes, the tension in the command room instantly reached its limit!
On the parchment, an identification signal that was in standby mode suddenly lit up and was approaching the mark!

"Why is there a fleet here?" Chu He lowered his voice. "This is not a pre-designated patrol area at all, and there is no transfer notice on the parchment!"

"Boss," a powerful human intelligence officer, quickly analyzed the situation and responded, "Judging from the movement trajectory, this is likely a replenishment fleet that temporarily departed from 'Greyfin Port' to reinforce the Southeast Fourth Patrol Zone, or a logistics supply ship dispatched by a main fleet. The fact that they did not share the network to update their precise location and route in real time is simply an accidental intersection of routes."

"Damn it, what kind of face is this?" Chu He gritted his teeth: "Order the entire fleet! Highest level silence! All engines shut down, auxiliary systems enter minimum power standby mode! Shut down all non-essential psionic devices, all deck personnel enter the interior, and no one is allowed to make a sound! Wait for them to pass!"

The order was swiftly and silently relayed. The hum of the engines of the five warships ceased abruptly, and even the faintest instrument lights went out completely, merging into the darkness and silence, like five massive reefs drifting with the current.

Chu He turned to Li Yelai: "Old Li, prepare for the worst. If... if they discover us, or if we deviate from our course and might collide, we must strike first and destroy them completely as quickly as possible! The Dead Sleep Palace is not a forbidden zone at sea after all. Their naval fleet, whether in terms of equipment, training, or tactics, is not top-notch. We have a chance!"

This is certainly the worst possible outcome.

Once a battle begins, if you cannot instantly kill all enemy units, cut off all communications, and perfectly conceal the fluctuations of the battle...

Then the news or unusual psionic ripples will inevitably spread, immediately attracting the attention of the higher-ups in the restricted area.

What will follow is more patrol fleets and aerial reconnaissance units, and may even directly alarm the overlord or even the supreme ruler sitting in the rear!
By then, the escape will have completely devolved into a desperate chase.

The fleet's speed was far inferior to that of those high-level psionicists.
Li Yelai, Chu He, and Xiao Kuangwang, these top combatants, may have a chance to escape, but the fleet carries many ordinary people and low-level psionicists. They will lose their last mobile fortress.

“It’s not that time yet.” Li Yelai’s gaze pierced through the porthole of the bridge, looking at the few faintly visible points of light on the dark sea in the distance: “You continue to maintain absolute silence, just like real reefs. I’ll take care of those ships.”

Immediately, Li Yelai turned and left the bridge, while Little Mad King grabbed his arm and followed him closely.

The two quickly reached the silent deck. A cold sea breeze, carrying fine spray of water, hit their faces, and the lights of enemy ships in the distance rose and fell on the waves, becoming clearer and clearer.

Without any hesitation, Li Yelai and Little Mad King jumped directly into the sea.

This is certainly not suicide or a double suicide for love.

Li Yelai and Little Mad King had consumed the spiritual plant, the Sand Tang Fruit, which granted them the ability to breathe underwater. With their powerful physiques at the overlord level, even without using any spiritual energy, their physical strength alone was enough to silently slither underwater to the bottom of the warship.

On the other side, aboard the warship, Captain Qie Long of the restricted area was inspecting his ship.

As a noble family of moderate size within the restricted area, the clan has only two overlords.

Since he didn't have many resources, he took a different approach and devoted most of his family's resources and all his energy to the research, development, construction, and personnel training of naval warships.

His private army was no longer a traditional land force, but rather sailors and marines skilled in navigation, artillery handling, and damage control.

He even took risks to conduct clandestine technology transactions with several restricted maritime areas, and even obtained forbidden blueprints and materials through smuggling channels of certain chaotic forces. Step by step, he improved and pieced them together, finally creating the experimental ship on which he placed high hopes.

He knew very well that after the Holy Palace had digested the resources of the lost lands, it would sooner or later have to go to war with the nearest few ocean forbidden zones, and even the human civilizations on the other two continents and various land forbidden zones.

Developing the navy should be the primary goal, but many families have not seen this and are still addicted to the hunting game.
What a waste of talent! If only I had their talent and resources...
Just
Long thought to himself that once the Forbidden Zone was fully engaged in war, the navy would be the main force of the Forbidden Zone army. By making preparations in advance, he could gain sufficient glory and resources in the future war, thus increasing his chances of becoming a hegemon.

"And this mission to search for the 'ghost ship' might just be the first step our family takes towards true rise!" Qie Long stroked the cold hull of the ship, his eyes gleaming with excitement. His warship, a combination of the strengths of various families, needed a real battle to prove its worth, and a merit to earn more attention and funding from the Holy Palace.

He envisioned the future so beautifully.

Then--

He then heard his beloved warship suddenly emit a mournful cry, followed by the alarms of various assassins.

For a moment, he thought he had crashed into a ghost ship.

However.
[Warning: Core engine psionic circuit overload! Power output out of control!]
[Alert: Main propulsion compartment cooling matrix has collapsed! Temperature is rising rapidly!]
[Alert: Psionic detonation has occurred in the ammunition compartments of the third and fifth weapon magazines on the port side! Automatic fire suppression system has failed!]
[Alert: Abnormal stress on the keel! Unexplained twisting observed amidships!]
boom

Seeing the fireball that shot out from the belly of the warship, Qie Long felt a chill run down his spine.

"My newly built warship!"

He quickly issued various remedial orders, and at the same time, he began to personally take control of the warship.

However, the moment he turned the control lever, his hand suddenly felt light, and the originally sturdy control lever broke off right at the base.
Only a bare base remained, still trembling slightly. Qie Long's eyes widened: "Damn it, why?"

"Damn it, get other warships to come to our aid and tow this ship back! I need to find out what happened!"

"Furthermore, the guards of the armory shall be executed immediately! Those responsible for the maintenance of the warships shall also be executed immediately!"

He roared angrily, especially after the warship went out of control and crashed into a reef, which made him even angrier.

He was naturally unaware that, at the bottom of his beloved flagship, Li Yelai had just released his arm from the warship.

That's a vehicle killer, kid!

Watching the restricted area fleet retreat in panic, Li Yelai, hidden in the seawater, chuckled and exhaled a string of bubbles. Little Mad King, who had been following closely behind him, also imitated him, blowing a string of bubbles.

The two waited in place for a while. Apart from a powerful human from the forbidden zone who accidentally fell into the sea and happened to spot Li Yelai, and was immediately choked by Li Yelai, no new enemies were lured out during this time.

The curse of inevitably encountering a powerful enemy means that a second powerful enemy will not appear until the first one dies or escapes.
So, after the fleet left, Li Yelai decisively crushed the neck of the human from the forbidden zone.

'Let's go back. ’

In this way, the restricted area fleet would only assume that there was a problem with the warships, rather than that they had been attacked.

This would neither alert the restricted area nor prevent the restricted area fleet from retreating, thus allowing the homecoming fleet to continue its advance!

Meanwhile, in the core area of ​​the lost land, inside a huge golden palace.

A tall, imposing overlord of the forbidden zone knelt on one knee, bowing to the three coffins floating within the palace. They were a white jade coffin, a black stone coffin, and a bronze coffin. The overlord earnestly reported everything the forbidden zone was currently facing.

"Hmph, it's time to let them have some exercise." A detached voice came from the black stone coffin: "No need to interfere, just treat it as training."

“No.” A gentle, compassionate female voice echoed from within the white jade coffin: “Population is our Holy Palace’s most precious resource, far surpassing those inanimate objects. Our Holy Palace has no shortage of resources, only a lack of population; we cannot afford to deplete it further. If it were merely the Calamity Heirs, allowing the four forbidden zones to train their troops in rotation, with the fittest surviving, that would be one thing. But now, even creatures from ancient civilizations like the ‘Beastmen’ have appeared.”

She paused, then continued, “You should know better than me just how powerful the ancient orc civilization, which has not yet completely ‘degenerated,’ once was. This ‘weapon’ originating from ancient times is still in our forbidden zone, and its power has not yet fully recovered. Allowing it to grow unchecked would be extremely risky.”

The thoughts of the white jade coffin and the black stone coffin seemed to converge on the bronze coffin that remained silent.

“Look at ‘He’,” the voice of the white jade coffin carried a hint of complexity: “Back then, it forcibly devoured the fragments of the Primordial Demon God. Even though it was just a fragment, it possessed a terrifying will and almost backfired on Him, leading to His current state. This lesson from the past must not be ignored.”

The bronze coffin remained silent. However, as the gazes of the two beings swept over it, an extremely heavy and terrifying heartbeat resounded from within the coffin!
A muffled thud did not travel through the air, but exploded directly in every inch of the palace, and even deep within the soul of the overlord-level powerhouse present!

The kneeling overlord swayed slightly, forcibly suppressing the metallic taste in his throat and the trembling in his soul, and lowered his head even further.

"Enough." The being in the black stone coffin seemed to withdraw its gaze from the bronze coffin: "It is indeed not an interesting thing for a king-level orc to appear in my territory. Let those good-for-nothing juniors have it a little easier."

He seemed to have made a decision.

"Their biggest problem right now is that they can't pinpoint the spores that are spreading like dust, and the remnants of the Calamity-Bearing Bodies that are good at hiding. Since their eyes aren't working well, let's help them 'see' this world more clearly."

The voice just fell.

A streak of dark light flashed out from the black stone coffin.

Then, the sky above the palace suddenly changed!
A giant eyeball appears!

This eyeball is not a physical object, yet it is more striking than any star.

It was indifferent and ruthless, its pupils seemingly reflecting the mountains, rivers, and all living things of the entire land.

Immediately afterwards, the order of the entire lost territory seemed to be completely awakened by this giant eye.

An invisible and intangible wave of energy, centered on the palace, spread outwards in all directions!

Wherever the shockwave passed, mountains, rivers, forests, and deserts remained as they were.

But all the hundreds of millions of living beings that live on this vast land.

Whether powerful supernatural beings, ordinary wild beasts and birds, or humans from forbidden zones, or even the lurking calamities and orc spores, all felt a sense of oppressive pressure as if locked onto by a gaze.

It penetrated all physical concealment, the disguise of psychic energy, and even the form of flesh and blood, imprinting the mark of their existence with crystal clarity!
There's nowhere to hide!

Their precise locations were captured and marked instantly!
In the forward command posts throughout the restricted area, all high-level detection arrays, warning compasses, and psionic maps flashed and rang wildly at the same time, instantly filled with dense, clear, and scalp-chilling red dot markings!
Meanwhile, the invisible wave of energy, governed by rules, did not stop after sweeping across the land.

It continued to spread at a constant and unstoppable speed toward the vast ocean surrounding the lost land.

A turbulent sea, a deep and unpredictable ocean floor, and islands scattered like stars in the sky.
Just as the front of that blast wave swept across a stretch of sea.

The entity within the black stone coffin emitted an unexpected sound.

"Hmm?" (End of Chapter)