Reverse flow of the Yellow Springs

"Whether it's ascension to demonhood or sacrifice, humanity, even in defeat, will drag the enemy down with them!"

"Champion, please promise me. If that moment comes, you must use any means necessary to crush the calamity fog!"

Li Yelai gave Liu Bo a deep look.

This old congressman is indeed more obsessed than he expected!
Li Yelai's appearance did allow him to take advantage of, or rather, to exploit, Chaos for free, but he still felt that the impact was not enough.

However, Li Yelai agreed with his idea, nodding and saying, "If humanity is truly destined to lose, neither the Calamity Fog nor the Terror Demons will survive!"

He held the Lucky Wheel and the Chaos Artifact in his hands, and was truly beyond saving, so he exploded with the Disaster Mist!
Drag the enemy down to hell with them, and let all the demons of terror perish with humanity!

Liu Bo continued, "Give us a few days, and the power of the contract will spread throughout the human legions that fill this layer of space."

"Our soldiers are better suited to the Immortal Contract than to psionic powerhouses."

"We will collect and preserve the remains of our fallen soldiers."

Li Yelai nodded slightly: "The Styx Horn I brought."

Liu Bo's expression changed slightly, and he nodded solemnly: "I understand. I will make the arrangements."

As a high-ranking official in the mountain city of Bashu, he naturally knew about this strategically important forbidden item.

The Immortal Army Pact can only turn the target into a zombie. However, the psionic power will inevitably decline drastically. The well of souls of zombie psionicists remains unrepaired and in a broken state, with their psionic power less than 30% of what it was in life.

However, it has no effect on soldiers who are not psionicists. In fact, because they lose the sense of pain due to zombification and their physical limitations are unlocked, their explosive power will actually increase.

The Immortal Army project aims to arm the undead with self-destructive weapons that are unusable by living people, allowing them to shine their final glory.

Now, the Styx Horn brought by Li Yelai provides humanity with yet another means.

The downside is that it only lasts for eight hours.

They cannot sustain combat like the Immortal Army.

But during those eight hours, humanity's heroes will return from the underworld, fighting for humanity once again in peak condition!
Liu Bo, on the other hand, had a complicated expression. Not only had the champion led a team into the calamity fog, but he had also brought the Styx Horn.
This made him feel both fortunate and disappointed, fortunate that humanity had another trump card amidst the fog of disaster.

The loss is likely if humanity ultimately fails to suppress the calamity fog. This strategically important forbidden object may be lost.

“Champion, if I were outside the fog of disaster, I would absolutely not allow you to enter it,” Liu Bo said.

“I’ve heard the city lord say something similar,” Li Yelai said, “even about the trump cards I brought.”

“I don’t deny your strength, nor do I deny the advantages you bring us. But the city lord is right, this calamity fog is just too risky,” Liu Bo said. “Otherwise, I wouldn’t have thought of using the power of chaos to perish together with you.”

"The appearance of Wanlong Lake has drawn together the most talented individuals from all walks of life. However, their support for our mountain city was swallowed up by the disaster fog. While this has given us the confidence to face the disaster fog and strengthened the combat power of humanity within it, it is still a heavy blow to humanity as a whole!"

"Some powerful human figures have said that if top geniuses like Ye Su and Ash were here, humanity might gain a greater advantage. You may have heard of this."

Li Yelai nodded silently. He had met several outstanding talents from outside the region, such as Yan Shuang and Wei Jie.

They had told Li Ye about the strength of Ye Su, Ashes, and others.

Ye Su, one of them, is from the same clan as the anthropomorphic Ye Han. They are both from the Kunlun Ye family.

Ash seems to be cursed to devour life, making it even more powerful. After all, it possesses the ability to instantly kill.
If they had also entered the fog of disaster, the situation for humanity would have been much better.

They are all extremely talented individuals, perhaps no less so than the champions.

Unfortunately, for various reasons, they were all unable to reach Wanlong Lake in time before the outbreak of war.

Then war broke out, and a single event had far-reaching consequences.

Following the unusual activity at Demon Abyss Mountain, the other forbidden zones also erupted into chaos. The giant city and the forbidden zones faced off.

As a result, powerful figures like Ye Su and Ashes had no chance to arrive.

Li Yelai strongly suspected that this was related to the person who possessed the book.

That bastard probably foresaw the impending consequences of the calamity fog. Through various schemes, he delayed the arrival of Ye Su and the others.

This allowed Ye Su and the others to avoid entering the disaster fog.

This is what the holder of the book meant by controlling fate and excluding those top geniuses from this risk in advance.

As for the rest, they were abandoned by the book's holder.
"Ha! You beast! I'll chop you up sooner or later!" Li Yelai exhaled.

"But this idea is wrong!"

"This calamity fog is far too dangerous; our chances of defeat are very high! So many human prodigies have already been trapped by it. If we fail, each of the great cities will lose the geniuses they have carefully nurtured—future supreme beings and even kings!"

"When the battle in the forbidden zone began, I did not despair. When the calamity fog arrived, I did not despair. But when I learned that so many of humanity's prodigies were trapped in the calamity fog, I truly despaired."

"Your companion doll may one day become an emperor, and the assassin you trust may one day become a king. And they are both trapped in the fog of disaster."

"The risks we've faced have been far too great!"

"Under these circumstances, how can we invest more prodigies? If we lose, we'll have nothing left!"

"Forget about the golden age of mankind; humanity is about to face its most painful years."

"You are the champion, and you have deceived the gods to become the chosen one of the Chaos Gods who favors humanity. You can draft a Chaos Pact for the Great City, allowing humanity to obtain the power of Chaos with low risk."

“You are very important to humanity. You shouldn’t have taken this risk, shouldn’t have entered the fog of disaster! Even in front of Sword King, I would say the same thing!” Liu Bo said, “If we fail, we will truly have nothing left.”

"If I could, I would prefer that our mountain city face the No. 49 Disaster Fog alone. Even if our giant city is completely destroyed, it won't affect the various prodigies; they are the future of humanity."

“Then don’t fail,” Li Yelai said. “Councilor Liu, you’re being a bit too anxious. Failure means losing everything, so keep winning!”

After a moment of silence, Liu Bo nodded slightly: "Do everything you can. You can take Captain Pepper with you. He is trustworthy and can cooperate with you to mobilize the legion."

"Okay, thank you very much."

Afterwards, Li Yelai left the command room, while Liu Bo and Zhenshan issued orders, and the officers of each legion went to the command room.

They will sign contracts and pass them down layer by layer until the power of chaos permeates the great city.

Meanwhile, messenger squads rushed out of the shelter and headed to various areas of the giant city.

All the shelters will mobilize their forces and join Li Yelai in attacking the Forbidden Zone Legion! Li Yelai, meanwhile, has invited several powerful individuals to his shelter.

Li Yelai naturally wanted to take the members of the champion team with him.

Their combined strength is even greater.

Following them were several family prodigies, including Ma Hongyi.

Due to the limited number of people, Li Yelai could only invite a few, which left the remaining prodigies somewhat disappointed.

They really want to challenge the champions.

"It has to be you, Lao Li." Ma Hongyi looked at the somewhat regretful prodigies and said, "They used to be very arrogant, and it took them a lot of effort to get along with each other. Now, they've become much more convinced of your abilities."

“They trust the champion’s status,” Li Yelai replied. “By the way, Lao Ma, I heard you’ve cleared the eighth floor?”

"Don't call me Old Ma anymore. Whatever you want." Ma Hongyi said helplessly, "My luck is much better than Little Mad King's. The enemy I encountered happened to be the echo of a familiar powerful figure. I spent some effort wearing him down. Otherwise, I would have reached the seventh level at most."

"The blessing I received is the 'Extreme Speed ​​Assault' effect, which grants a speed bonus. The faster I am, the higher the attack bonus. If I can maintain my maximum speed, the attack bonus can increase by 90%," Ma Hongyi said. "Fortunately, my original speed is not slow, so it's quite suitable."

Li Yelai nodded. If he also had the blessing of 'Extreme Speed ​​Strike', the power of Cute Star Flying Crash would be even greater.

It's a pity. Li Yelai felt that the protection he received was still not enough.

He seems to have received many blessings.

But in fact, most of it came from the spiritual plants that Li Yelai consumed.

It's a minor buff that provides resistance to various abnormalities. It's not particularly difficult to obtain.

Secondly, there are the two mythical mimics, the Qilin and the Kunpeng, who bring blessings.

The only actively acquired buffs are the Oathsworn's 'Range Attack Specialization, Lightning Strike Version' and 'Rainbow Piercing the Sun'.

The blessing of the Chosen One of Chaos is only triggered when the corresponding Chosen One's face is activated.

"Still a bit lacking. I'll have to see if they can get me a few more buffs from the forbidden items in the mountain city. Even if it's not something like 'Extreme Speed ​​Strike' with its high damage increase, something at least will do."

Li Yelai pondered for a moment, then turned to ask the captain of the mountain city, Pepper: "Among the forbidden items in the mountain city, are there any that can provide protection?"

"Blessing?" Captain Pepper was a muscular man in his thirties. He wasn't very tall, but he was extremely rugged. He just had a stern face and no expression.

He knew some secrets and was one of the people Liu Bo sent to assist him.

After thinking for a moment, he nodded: "Of course there are, two. One of them is too risky. The other one is relatively safer, but such taboo items are usually kept at headquarters, and headquarters is located on this floor."

"It's not on the third floor of headquarters either. Then it must be on the first floor." Li Yelai nodded slightly. He wasn't in a hurry.

An hour later, Minglang, the Chaos believer who had gone to track him down, returned.

Li Yelai, along with Ma Hongyi and others who were aware of the situation, immediately found a room to gather information.

Minglang emerged from the shadows and said, "That guy went to the border between the southeastern city and the suburbs. There I saw organized Plague Knights and a large number of Chaos Fanatics. Among the cultists were humans and Forbidden Zone humans. They occupied that area of ​​the city and hunted down quite a few Terror Demons. So far, they haven't used any Chaos Ritual."

"They weren't randomly teleported by the Dark Side?" Ma Hongyi frowned. "Or did they reunite after being separated in the disaster fog?"

"The Chaos Artifact isn't called that for nothing. It's probably activated to resist the teleportation from the Dark Three Heavens. At least most of them weren't randomly teleported away, preserving their organized fighting force. That's actually good news; otherwise, a bunch of Plague Knights running rampant would have been a disaster," Liu Yun said.

“White Cliff is on this level, and Jade Face is on the third level? This would allow me to integrate the power of Chaos to deal with the orcs.” After thinking for a while, Li Yelai said, “Then let’s set off. Let’s lead the troops directly toward the West City branch. We can also take some civilians with us and escort them to the shelters in the rear. At the same time, we can take over the troops and combat power of the various shelters along the way.”

"We've traveled from east to west, traversing the territory occupied by the Terror Demons. Even with troop transports, we can't go very fast," Ma Hongyi said. "Although the Zerg are defeated and the Orcs are blocked by the East Third Sanctuary, with the Champion in charge, the leader-level Terror Demons dare not show their faces. But many Terror Demons are irrational and rely entirely on instinct. Be careful!"

Ma Hongyi paused for a moment, then said, "It's a pity. If Mo He were here, with her abilities, she would be the most adept at this kind of troop deployment. Perhaps it could have been done even faster."

Li Yelai nodded silently in agreement.

The team then set off.

The fortress gates opened, and troop transport vehicles started up, carrying nearly 30,000 civilians to the rear.

Almost all of them were children and the elderly, as well as some pregnant women.

Now, on the eastern front, young men and women alike have flocked to factories, either for militia training or to repair fortifications.

Some of them naturally felt fear and wanted to retreat to the relatively safe rear.

But they also know that in this war, only one side can survive!
The main force continued its advance, while the psionicists dispersed as scouts to eliminate any demons or other troublemakers blocking the march.

The demons naturally seized the opportunity, seeing the civilians who had left the sanctuary as a tempting piece of meat.

No matter how strong the champion is, or how vigilant the psionicists are, they cannot protect so many humans at the same time.

They still have a chance.

However, Li Yelai caught a giant bear-like demon that was trying to attack the vehicle at the back of the convoy.

They simply beheaded him, then skinned him, roasted him over a fire, and distributed the meat to the people to eat.

This scene quieted the demons considerably.

The effects of the hunger terror persist, and humanity remains in a state of food shortage.

The demons want to devour humans, and humans want to devour them just as much.

But this was not enough to scare away the many Terror Demons, who were still waiting for the right moment to make their move, waiting for the leader-level Terror Demon to take action.

However, as the group moved forward, they approached the various shelters.

The civilians were resettled, and the number of soldiers and psionicists gradually increased.

The team's momentum is getting stronger and stronger.

The champion, positioned at the very front of the team, resembles a battle flag that inspires morale.

As the march progressed and more troops assembled, the momentum grew stronger and stronger until...
No more terrifying demons dared to stand in their way! (End of Chapter)