The Reversal of Heaven Begins with The Smiling, Proud Wanderer

Lin Mu also wanted to test whether the "Negative Reversal System" would trigger a response when his life force was drained, so he immediately laughed and said, "Come on, there's plenty."

As he spoke, he reached out and wrapped his arm around Yue Qiluo's slender waist, pulling her into his embrace and kissing her.

"Woo~"

Caught off guard, Yue Qiluo let out a short whimper, a hint of shame and annoyance flashing in her eyes.

She instinctively wanted to push Lin Mu away, but the next moment, feeling the powerful energy between her lips and teeth, her resistance was instantly overwhelmed by greed.

"Since you're courting death, don't blame me!"

She sneered inwardly, her eyes flashing with a deep red light. She immediately took the initiative and began to frantically absorb Lin Mu's essence without any hesitation.

Lin Mu's essence was hundreds or thousands of times higher than that of ordinary people, and it was extremely pure. For Yue Qiluo, it was an irresistible temptation.

She took a deep breath, and the surging energy rushed into her soul, bringing a sense of satisfaction far exceeding that of any living being she had ever devoured. Like a little cat encountering catnip, she was instantly intoxicated, becoming incredibly excited and intoxicated.

Her previously stiff body softened, her arms wrapping around Lin Mu's neck like vines, her whole body clinging to him like an octopus, greedily taking what she wanted, letting out soft, satisfied breaths.

[A reversible condition has been detected—loss of vital essence.]

Side effects: Weakness, fatigue, and decreased life energy.

[Negative Reversal: Doubles the return of vital energy and enhances life force.]

The moment the system notification sounded in Lin Mu's mind, a strange feeling immediately occurred.

Lin Tian immediately felt that the essence that Yue Qiluo had just absorbed from him was instantly returned to him in double the amount and in a purer form.

The more intensely Yue Qiluo absorbed the energy, the more and faster the energy returned!

After a long while, the intoxicated and greedy wicked smile on Yue Qiluo's face suddenly froze, replaced by extreme horror and disbelief!

She felt like she had absorbed so much that she was "full" of energy, both her soul and body were saturated.

On the other hand, Lin Mu not only did not appear weak at all, but was radiant, and his aura seemed even more unfathomable than before. The arm around her was still strong and powerful!

[What's going on? Is his life force inexhaustible? How is that possible! Even a thousand-year-old spirit couldn't possibly have such a vast amount of life force!]

Although she couldn't understand it, her instincts told her she couldn't continue, or she might "choke to death."

Yue Qiluo suddenly broke free from Lin Mu's kiss, jumped off him, staggered a step before regaining her balance, her chest heaving slightly, and two unusual blushes appeared on her pale cheeks due to energy overload.

"Is that all you've had? Want some more?"

Lin Mu felt the power within his body increase out of nowhere, and licked his lips with lingering satisfaction, as if it was someone else whose essence had just been drained.

Yue Qiluo looked at Lin Mu as if he were a monster, her eyes filled with surprise and doubt: "I'm getting more and more curious about you... You lost so much of your original essence, yet you're completely unharmed?"

Lin Mu laughed and said, "Isn't this good? I'll take care of you from now on, and you won't have to go out and work hard to find 'food'."

"Hiccup~"

Yue Qiluo subconsciously let out a burp, and a pure energy aura overflowed.

She did feel that her cultivation had improved a lot, and her physical body had been nourished like never before, turning fair and rosy, and even becoming more vibrant and beautiful.

After staring at Lin Mu for a while, Yue Qiluo suddenly tilted her head and revealed an innocent smile: "Then it's settled. I'll follow you from now on, and you're not allowed to abandon me, or I'll never let you off the hook."

"You can follow me, but you have to be obedient."

Lin Mu reached out and ruffled Yue Qiluo's hair, as if petting a cat, then looked outside and said, "Now, come with me to take care of something."

"Where?"

"The Marshal's Mansion".

A cold glint flashed in Lin Mu's eyes.

The wind is picking up; it's time for Wen County to get a new leader.

Yue Qiluo's eyes lit up immediately, and she nodded like a well-behaved younger sister, saying, "Okay."

Gu Xuanwu's mansion was located in a small Western-style building that was converted from the original county government office in Wen County. It was considered the most impressive building in Wen County.

Several listless guards stood at the entrance, carrying rifles.

Lin Mu led Yue Qiluo straight toward the gate.

"Stop! What are you doing?"

Upon seeing this, the guard quickly raised his gun and lazily reprimanded him.

Lin Mu didn't even look at them. He simply waved his hand, and his mental energy surged out like an invisible tide.

Several guards were thrown backward as if hit by a runaway carriage, without even uttering a sound. They crashed heavily into the gate and wall behind them, slid down, and passed out.

The commotion immediately alerted the guards inside the manor, and sharp whistles, panicked shouts, and chaotic footsteps erupted all around.

"Someone has broken into the Marshal's Mansion!"

"Protect the commander!"

……

Lin Mu continued walking, leading Yue Qiluo into the front yard as if strolling leisurely.

Upon hearing the news, the soldiers rushed over and raised their guns. However, the bullets flew to within ten feet of Lin Mu, then slowed down as if hitting an invisible quagmire, and then hovered in the air, unable to move forward even an inch!

The soldiers stared in disbelief at the bizarre scene, as if they had seen a ghost.

Lin Mu's eyes turned slightly cold, and a powerful mental pressure spread out from him!

The soldiers who rushed over felt as if their heads had been hit by a heavy hammer. Their vision went black, and they collapsed to the ground in swathes like felled wheat.

The resistance in the entire front yard was completely dismantled in just a few breaths.

"What the hell! Who's got a death wish and dares to trespass on my 867 Marshal's Mansion?!"

A rough and irritable voice came from the main building.

A man in his thirties, dressed in a yellow woolen military uniform and carrying a Mauser pistol, charged out menacingly. He was none other than Gu Xuanwu, the commander of Wen County.

Behind him followed a young adjutant who looked refined but had gloomy eyes, dressed in a gray woolen military uniform.

It was Zhang Xianzong, who looked just like Fan Xian.

The two were followed by about a dozen guards.

"Two people?"

When Gu Xuanwu saw the scene in the courtyard—soldiers lying all over the ground, Lin Mu strolling in leisurely, and Yue Qiluo hiding behind him, curiously looking around—he was first stunned, then flew into a rage: "Only two people broke in? Are you all useless idiots? Shoot them down!"

He raised his gun and fired, and Zhang Xianzong and the guards also fired at the same time!

"Bang bang bang!"

Intensive gunfire rang out.

However, a bizarre scene unfolded once again.

All the bullets aimed at Lin Mu and Yue Qiluo hovered in front of them again, as if time had stood still.

The bullet fell to the ground.

Gu Xuanwu, Zhang Xianzong, and others found that their hands holding the guns were not obeying their commands, and the muzzles of the guns were turning uncontrollably, either pointing at their own temples or at their colleagues next to them!

"what happened?!"

"No! Don't shoot! They're on our side!"

"What kind of evil magic is this?!"

Gu Xuanwu's face turned deathly pale, and cold sweat instantly soaked his back. He desperately tried to control his hand, but found that the pistol was as if welded to his head, firmly pointed at his head.

Zhang Xianzong's face was also deathly pale, his eyes filled with fear and disbelief. He tried to let go, but found that his fingers were completely out of his control.

[Ding! You have come into contact with the influential figure Gu Xuanwu, triggering a side quest: Find the traitor.]

[Mission Requirements: Within one month, help Gu Xuanwu find the traitor within the team.]

[Task Reward: Randomly selected.]

[Ding! You have come into contact with the influential figure Zhang Xianzong, triggering the side quest: Ascend to the Top.]

[Mission Requirements: Within one month, help Zhang Xianzong rise to power and become the warlord of Wen County.]

[Task Reward: Randomly selected.]

I glanced at the two seemingly contradictory system tasks that suddenly appeared.

Lin Mu slowly walked up to Gu Xuanwu and Zhang Xianzong, who were unable to move due to the suppression of their mental power:

"Kneel down."

"I have a request of you."

Chapter 104: So what if I'm playing you?

The moment the word "seek" was uttered, an invisible spiritual pressure suddenly descended!

"Puff-"

"Puff-"

One after another, the sound of kneeling rang out, mixed with painful groans and the ear-piercing sound of guns hitting the bluestone ground.

Led by Gu Xuanwu and Zhang Xianzong, none of the dozens of guards in the courtyard were able to stand up; they were all pressed to the ground by the terrifying pressure and could not move.

Gu Xuanwu felt as if he were carrying two mountains on his shoulders, and every bone in his body was groaning under the unbearable burden.

Veins bulged on his forehead, large beads of sweat rolled down his cheeks, and even breathing became extremely difficult.

Gu Xuanwu struggled to lift his head, his vision blurred by sweat, and he could only barely make out the man standing with his hands behind his back, his clothes fluttering even without wind.

"A true hero! A hero!"

Gu Xuanwu practically spat out the words through clenched teeth: "What...what exactly do you want? Gold and silver? Territory? Women? Whatever I, Gu Xuanwu, have, I'll give you without hesitation! I only beg you, hero...to show mercy!"

"A wise man knows when to yield"—this was his motto for survival after years in the military.

There is no shame in bowing down and submitting when faced with a force that is simply beyond our control.

Zhang Xianzong, kneeling to the side, was in a similarly disheveled state, but the moment he looked up, his gaze was suddenly captivated by the slender figure behind Lin Mu.

Yue Qiluo was dressed in ancient costume, her face was so exquisite that she didn't look like an ordinary person, her eyes were clear and innocent, yet she also had a kind of indifference that came from having experienced the world.

The sunlight shone on her, as if coating her with a hazy halo.

Zhang Xianzong's heart skipped a beat, and an unprecedented thrill swept through his body.

That's the feeling of being moved.

Although he had several concubines, those ordinary women were all forced upon him by Gu Xuanwu, and he didn't like them at all.

But the girl in front of me... is completely different.

It was a stunning beauty that struck his very soul, making Zhang Xianzong instantly believe in the "love at first sight" described in the book.

At this moment, with his life hanging in the hands of others, Zhang Xianzong could only suppress the pounding in his heart, lower his eyelids, and dare not show the slightest abnormality, for fear of attracting Lin Mu's attention.

Lin Mu slowly paced back and forth, his gaze falling on Gu Xuanwu, his voice calm: "Since Commander Gu is so generous, I would like to borrow your head for a while. Will you lend it to me or not?"

"Wha...what?!"

Gu Xuanwu was struck dumb, his face turning deathly pale instantly. His eyes, as big as copper bells, widened in terror.

Lin Mu stopped looking at him and instead turned his gaze to Zhang Xianzong, who was standing to the side.

“Zhang Xianzong, is that right? I’ve heard that you come from a scholarly family, but later abandoned your studies to join the army. You are quite capable and more sensible than Gu Xuanwu, and you know how to assess situations.”

Zhang Xianzong's heart was pounding so hard it felt like it was going to burst out of his chest.

He suddenly raised his head, his eyes blazing with a fierce light of survival and ambition, staring intently at Lin Mu.

"Now, I'll give you a chance."

Lin Mu's voice carried an air of indifference that suggested he controlled everything: "From this day forward, Gu Xuanwu will step down as the Commander-in-Chief of Wen County, and you, Zhang Xianzong, will succeed him as the Commander-in-Chief of Wen County."

Upon hearing this, Gu Xuanwu hurriedly replied, "Hero! I, Gu Xuanwu, am also capable of serving you. Wen County was conquered by my brothers, and all the brothers here respect me!"

"If you spare my life, from this day forward, I, Gu Xuanwu, and all the officers and soldiers of Wen County will obey you. If you tell me to go east, I will never go west!"

Upon hearing that he was to be appointed commander-in-chief, Zhang Xianzong trembled with excitement. Seeing Gu Xuanwu shouting, he feared that Lin Mu would change his mind, so he immediately bowed and thanked him: "Xianzong thanks you for your promotion, sir. I will never forget your kindness. From now on, everyone in Wen County will follow your lead!"

Lin Mu looked around, his gaze sweeping over the guards still pinned to the ground in terror, and his voice suddenly rose: "Did you all hear that? From this moment on, Zhang Xianzong is the new commander-in-chief of Wen County! Who agrees, who disagrees?"