153: Chapter 153 Sudden Bad News: Monster Tide Arrives Ahead of Schedule

The dawn of Chaos Valley was torn apart by an alarm.

It wasn't an encrypted transmission from the Heavenly Secret Pavilion.

It wasn't a routine coordinate update from the Eternal Star Domain Reception Station.

It wasn't the morning training horn from the Azure Dragon Hall Martial Arts Practice Field.

It was a sharp, screeching sound Lin Ye had never heard before, a mix of spiritual power overload and equipment destruction—bursting without warning from the spare communication terminal Qin Ruoxue had left in the conference room.

[Emergency Transmission · Heavenly Secret Pavilion · Highest Priority]

[Sender: Qin Ruoxue]

[Sending Coordinates: Eternal Star Domain · Reception Station · Heavenly Court Outpost]

[Signal Strength: 7% (Relay node severely overloaded)]

[Encryption Level: Heavenly Secret Pavilion · Top Secret]

[Content Decoding...]

[Decoding Complete]

— — —

Qin Ruoxue's voice came from the communication terminal.

It was not her usual professional tone—calm to the point of coldness, every word precisely calculated.

It was something else.

Hoarse.

Urgent.

Carrying a fatigue of seventeen hours without sleep and—something Lin Ye had never heard in the five months he had known her—

Fear.

“Lin Ye.”

“Big Dipper Star Field · Yao Beast Tide.”

“Erupted early.”

“Not the ‘three months later’ stated in the server-wide event announcement.”

“It's today.”

“Right now.”

— — —

[System Notification: Your communication terminal has received 127 unread messages from “Big Dipper Star Field · Yan State · Chaos Valley”]

[Earliest: 3 hours 47 minutes ago]

[Latest: 17 seconds ago]

[Sender: Heavenly Court Remaining Garrison Headquarters · Acting Commander · Yun Que]

[Message Summary:]

[- 03:47: Signs of large-scale Yao Beast gathering detected at the Yan State northern defense line, requesting intelligence support]

[- 03:21: Northern First Watchtower lost contact, presumed destroyed]

[- 02:58: Yao Beast swarm has broken through the three outer defense lines of the north, estimated numbers > 50,000]

[- 02:34: Yan State official garrison is retreating, they informed us “unable to reinforce Chaos Valley”]

[- 02:11: Yao Beast swarm split, main force of about 30,000 moving towards Chaos Valley]

[- 01:47: Confirmed Yao Beast species: Berserk Blood Wolf (Rank 52-55), Crystal-Armored Giant Rhinoceros (Rank 58-62), Gold-Devouring Ant swarm (Rank 55) — at least three different populations appearing simultaneously, extremely unusual]

[- 01:23: First outer defense line of Chaos Valley has engaged the enemy. All 237 remaining members of Azure Dragon Hall have taken combat positions]

[- 00:57: First defense line in critical condition. Enemy appears to have command units, tactical coordination far exceeding normal beast tides]

[- 00:31: Black Tortoise Hall reserve squad has fully committed. Deputy to Zhou Tieshan · Chen Zhong killed in action (Rank 47)]

[- 00:12: Vermilion Bird Hall arrow tower ammunition depot breached by Crystal-Armored Giant Rhinoceros. Deputy to Chu Yunxi · Lin Shuang killed in action (Rank 45)]

[- 00:03: Gap torn in the second outer defense line of Chaos Valley. Enemy numbers still increasing, we have no reserves left]

[- 00:00: We are waiting for you in front of the main hall.]

[— Yun Que · Heavenly Court Remaining Garrison Commander]

[Current Status: HP 41%, commanding in front of the Third Defense Line]

— — —

127 messages.

The last one.

17 seconds ago.

Lin Ye stood in place.

His right hand pressed on the hilt of his sword.

His knuckles were white.

But they were not shaking.

— — —

The doors to the tactical conference room were pushed open within 3 seconds.

Su Qingyue rushed in first.

Her Ice Soul Sword was broken; she now wore that spare fine-grade longsword at her waist—the blade was 2 millimeters thinner than her usual one, but she had adapted to it over 47 hours.

The sword was one-third unsheathed.

Shi Potian was second.

The nano-repair film on his right arm still had 41 hours until degradation was complete; he forcibly tore it off with his left hand—that left hand with forty-seven bone fractures, necrotic muscle, and charred skin.

Beneath the film was new, pink skin.

Two shades lighter than his original skin tone.

The nerve connection was not yet fully stable.

When he tore off the repair film, his right arm twitched unconsciously for 0.3 seconds.

He did not frown.

Zhou Tieshan was third.

The bone reinforcement of his right arm was complete; the humerus, encased in the giant beast's carapace, was 1.7 kilograms heavier than his left arm.

When he stood at the door, his right fist was already clenched.

The alloy luster on the edge of the bone plate shone with a cold, cyan hue in the morning light.

Chu Yunxi was fourth.

Her body temperature was 37.1°C, the source of infection completely cleared.

The three deep, bone-reaching burn marks from her right thumb to her wrist, after being repaired in the Eternal Star Domain Medical Pod, were reduced to three faint pink lines.

She held that spare bow.

The bowstring was pulled to two-thirds tension.

Chen Hao was fifth.

It had been 72 hours since his right hand had recovered from the electric shock injury, and the nerve connection was 100% complete.

When he stood at the door, his right-hand fingers were unconsciously grasping at the air—that was the tactile sensation of a mecha control stick.

The energy core of the chaos unit no. 1 was currently in standby mode at the workshop.

Core temperature: 37°C.

Standing by.

Lu Xinghe was sixth.

His mental sea was still dead silent.

But when he stood at the door, his right palm held that star compass, which had split into seventeen pieces and been glued back together piece by piece.

The adhesive was ordinary epoxy resin.

Optical path error +17%.

Unable to activate any Formation.

But he held it.

Yun Qianxue was seventh.

The green lotus staff in her hand—the top was shattered, the staff body was covered in cracks, and the Flame of Life inside was completely extinguished—had a newly wound, pale cyan thread on it.

It was the embroidery thread she had taken from the hem of her robe last night.

She used it to tie the three shattered crystal petals of the staff head back into place.

It didn't glow.

It didn't conduct spiritual power.

But the shape was restored.

Zhao Wuji was not there.

He was at the Reception Station.

Qin Ruoxue was not there.

She was at the Reception Station.

Chen Hao was there.

He was the only one in the expedition team whose pupils shrank to the point of almost losing focus when he heard the seven words “Chaos Valley is in imminent danger”.

Not because of fear.

Because the chaos unit no. 1 was still in the workshop.

His mecha.

His right hand.

His 47 days.

His dream.

— — —

Lin Ye looked at these seven people.

Seven seconds.

He spoke.

His voice was calmer than he expected.

“Yao Beast Tide.”

“Three months early.”

“Scale > 50,000.”

“Currently attacking the Third Defense Line of Chaos Valley.”

He paused.

“The main force is not there.”

“The remaining garrison is 237 reserve members between Ranks 40-50.”

“Two have already died.”

— — —

No one asked “why so early”.

No one said “this isn't fair”.

No one had any emotional reaction.

Seven people stood in place, seven pairs of eyes looking at Lin Ye.

Waiting.

— — —

“chaos unit no. 1,” Lin Ye said.

Chen Hao's reply came at the same time:

“Energy core preheated.”

“Weapon System on standby.”

“Pilot—boarding.”

— — —

Chen Hao turned.

He didn't run.

Every step he took was steady.

47 meters from the tactical conference room to the Mecha Workshop.

He walked it in 17 steps.

With every step he landed, the magnetic anchor on the sole of his foot—experimental equipment he had spent three days adding to his combat boots, originally scheduled for testing next month—left a 2-millimeter deep suction mark on the floor.

Step 17.

He stood at the feet of the chaos unit no. 1.

He looked up.

The 9.7-meter tall silver-blue steel giant was slowly turning its head in the morning light.

The cockpit hatch opened.

He climbed up.

This time, he didn't use the lift platform.

Bare-handed.

47 days ago, when he boarded for the first time, it took him 11 seconds.

This time, 3 seconds.

— — —

[chaos unit no. 1 · Start Sequence]

[Pilot: Chen Hao]

[Neural Link Synchronizing...]

[Synchronization Rate: 0% ... 17% ... 34% ...]

[52% ... 71% ... 89% ...]

[100%]

[Synchronization Completion Time: 1.7 seconds]

[2.3 seconds faster than the maiden flight test]

— — —

Chen Hao opened his eyes.

His field of vision split into three.

Top-left: Mecha optical sensor view—workshop dome, morning light, seven figures standing at the door.

Top-right: System data stream—energy core 97%, particle rifle capacitor 94%, right shoulder joint hydraulic oil temperature 31°C, magnetic anchor at soles awaiting activation.

Center: His own hands grasping the control sphere.

His right hand was not shaking.

— — —

The chaos unit no. 1 took its first step.

The workshop floor emitted a dull metallic echo under its 17-ton self-weight plus 9.7 times gravity simulation load.

Second step.

Third step.

It walked out of the workshop door, standing in the morning light.

On the left shoulder armor, the sun symbol engraved with “Hao · Heavenly Court's First Machine” was reflecting a pale golden luster.

— — —

Lin Ye stood at the workshop door.

He looked at the chaos unit no. 1.

Three seconds.

He turned to Su Qingyue.

“Teleportation array,” he said.

“Back to Chaos Valley.”

— — —

Su Qingyue didn't ask “the teleportation array needs 30 seconds to preheat, is that enough?”.

She didn't say “we just came back from the ancient road, everyone is carrying injuries”.

She didn't do any rational analysis.

She just placed her hand on the teleportation array control core.

[Teleportation Array · Activate]

[Target Coordinates: Big Dipper Star Field · Yan State · Chaos Valley]

[Injecting Spiritual Power...]

[Estimated Completion Time: 27 seconds]

— — —

27 seconds.

Lin Ye turned.

He looked at the remaining six people.

“Shi Potian.”

“Here.”

“The nerve connection on your right arm isn't stable yet.”

“For this battle, use your left arm.”

“Yes.”

“Zhou Tieshan.”

“Here.”

“The bone reinforcement on your right arm was just finished, it's still in the adaptation period.”

“The first defense line has already been broken, the Third Defense Line cannot be lost.”

“Where is your shield?”

Zhou Tieshan took down that spare shield from his back.

Fine-grade.

Not the Black Tortoise Shield.

The shield surface was as clean as new, without any combat traces.

“Go break it in,” Lin Ye said.

“Yes.”

“Chu Yunxi.”

“Here.”

“Your body temperature is normal now.”

“But the spare bow's range is 30 meters shorter.”

“The height of the arrow towers in Chaos Valley is 17 meters.”

“Is a 30-meter drop enough to compensate?”

Chu Yunxi gripped the bow arm.

“Enough.”

“Lu Xinghe.”

“Here.”

“Your star compass isn't fixed yet.”

“The Formation patterns can't produce a spiritual power response.”

“I need you to use that compass to mark the density distribution of all Yao Beasts within a 7-kilometer radius of Chaos Valley within 30 seconds of landing.”

“Not a Formation.”

“Math.”

Lu Xinghe looked down at the star compass in his hand, split into seventeen pieces and glued back together.

Optical path error +17%.

Unable to activate any spiritual power circuit.

But the dial could still turn.

The pointer could still swing.

He looked up.

“...Yes.”

“Yun Qianxue.”

“Here.”

“Your green lotus staff has gone out.”

“Healing techniques require a spiritual power conduction medium.”

“You need a new staff.”

Yun Qianxue looked down at the green lotus staff in her hand with the pale cyan thread tied to the top.

The three shattered crystal petals were tied back into place by her with embroidery thread.

It didn't glow.

It didn't conduct spiritual power.

But she held it.

“...Not needed,” she said.

Lin Ye looked at her.

Three seconds.

“Good.”

— — —

[Teleportation Array · Countdown to Activation]

[7 seconds]

[6 seconds]

[5 seconds]

Lin Ye turned around.

He looked at the star gate that was taking shape.

Behind the gate was Chaos Valley.

It was the home he had built with his own hands, using 47 days of Mecha Workshop time, 127 Star Beast cores, five years of 30% Spiritual Qi revenue, three open fractures on Shi Potian's right arm, 47 minutes of Su Qingyue's extreme cold backlash, and 60% of the skin on Chen Hao's hands charred—he had exchanged all this for it.

[4 seconds]

[3 seconds]

[2 seconds]

[1 second]

[0 seconds]

— — —

A pale blue beam of light shot into the sky.

Seven figures disappeared into the depths of the star gate at the same time.

— — —

Chaos Valley.

The first second Lin Ye stepped out of the teleportation array, he smelled blood.

Not the “combat effect” in the game where the bloody smell was diluted and optimized by the System.

It was the real, thick, bloody scent—steaming from the wounds, corpses, and armor that had not yet cooled—from seventeen hours of bloody battle, 237 remaining members, and two dead.

He saw the Third Defense Line.

The composite defense fortification he had personally supervised and built before leaving for the Eternal Star Domain, requiring “a 30% increase to resist a Rank 60 beast tide,” using 47 tons of Star Brilliance Alloy Type I, and completed by 37 members of the Black Tortoise Hall working day and night for 11 days—

At this moment, 47 meters to the east, there was a 3-meter wide gap.

The alloy steel plate at the edge of the gap was rolled outward, the surface covered in claw marks up to 5 millimeters deep.

That was the mark left by the head-on collision of a Crystal-Armored Giant Rhinoceros.

17 meters directly behind the gap was the temporary expansion tent of the Chaos Valley Medical Pod.

On the ground at the entrance of the tent, two stretchers were placed side by side.

The human shapes on the stretchers were covered with the silver-gray burial cloth of the Heavenly Court.

The hem of the burial cloth hung down.

[part:gemini-3.0-flash]

On his exposed right wrist, he wore an Identity Bracelet numbered [Azure Dragon Hall · Reserve · 047].

That was Chen Zhong.

Zhou Tieshan's deputy.

Level 47.

Three days ago, he was still in the Mecha Workshop helping to debug hydraulic pipelines.

Now he lay there.

———

Zhou Tieshan stood before the stretcher.

His right arm—reinforced with giant beast carapace bone plates, capable of smashing a 3cm deep hole into the ground with one punch—

Hung by his side.

Not clenched into a fist.

Not trembling.

He just stood there.

Looking at the right hand wearing the No. 047 bracelet.

For a long time.

Then he turned around.

Walking toward the gap in the Third Defense Line.

His backup shield—an Excellent Grade shield, its surface clean as new, never having experienced any battle—

Was held in his left hand.

———

Lin Ye didn't look at Zhou Tieshan's back.

He was looking at the very center of the Third Defense Line.

Someone was standing there.

Yun Que.

Heavenly Court Garrison Commander.

Level 43.

Dao Palace second floor.

Sword Cultivator.

Five months ago, Lin Ye picked him up at the entrance of a small dungeon on the border of the Yan State. Back then, he was only Level 37, his equipment was a mix of Rare Grade pieces, and his weapon was an Excellent Grade longsword with three unrepaired notches on the blade.

Lin Ye asked him: "What can you do?"

He said: "I can stand in front of others."

So he was assigned to the Black Tortoise Hall.

Not as the Hall Master.

Just one of the seventeen Reserve Squad Leaders under Zhou Tieshan.

Now.

He stood in the very center of the Third Defense Line.

His level was 43.

His health was 41%.

His left hand held that Excellent Grade longsword, the blade covered in fine cracks from the hilt to the tip.

His right arm was completely gone from below the elbow.

That wasn't a game effect.

It was the tusks of a Crystal-Armored Giant Rhinoceros that had taken it from him 47 minutes ago.

He didn't collapse at the entrance of the Medical Pod.

He stood here.

Waiting for Lin Ye to return.

———

"Yun Que," Lin Ye said.

Yun Que turned his head.

His face was as pale as paper; excessive blood loss made his pupil's light reflex 0.3 seconds slower.

But he saw Lin Ye clearly.

"...Boss," he said.

His voice was very soft.

As if he were saying, "The weather is nice today."

"Third Defense Line, from the west side to the east side, total length 370 meters."

"Currently 1 gap, 3 meters wide."

"Enemy main force of 30,000 is regrouping 7 kilometers to the north."

"The next wave of attack—"

He paused.

"In about 17 minutes."

———

Lin Ye looked at him.

Three seconds.

"Medical Pod," Lin Ye said.

Yun Que shook his head.

At the stump of his right arm, the bandages were soaked with blood and then dried, now hardened into a dark brown crust.

He didn't look at his severed arm.

He looked at Lin Ye.

"I am the garrison commander," he said.

"The defense line hasn't been held yet."

"I cannot step down."

———

Lin Ye didn't say "This is an order."

He didn't say "You've done well enough."

He didn't say any words of comfort that could be recorded by the System, quantified and evaluated, or written into the faction's merit book.

He just said:

"Stand behind me."

Yun Que was stunned for a moment.

Then he took a step back.

Standing behind Lin Ye.

———

Lin Ye turned around.

He looked at the darkness slowly pressing in from outside the defense line.

The morning light had been completely obscured by the dust kicked up by the Yao Beast swarm.

On the horizon, countless pairs of crimson, ghostly green, and dark gold beast pupils, within the eye sockets of 30,000 Level 55-62 Yao Beasts—were all staring at Chaos Valley.

[Yao Beast Tide · Yan State Direction · Third Wave]

[Estimated Scale: 31,000-34,000]

[Composition:]

[Berserk Blood Wolf: 17,000-19,000, Level 52-55, Speed-type, skilled in coordinated siege]

[Crystal-Armored Giant Rhinoceros: 8,000-9,000, Level 58-62, Defense-type, main force for frontal Breakthrough]

[Gold-Devouring Ant Swarm: 6,000-7,000, Level 55, Mixed-type, confirmed differentiation into soldier and worker ants]

[Suspected Command Unit: 1, Level ???, located approximately 3 kilometers behind the beast tide, precise location cannot be determined]

[Distance to Chaos Valley Third Defense Line: 4.7 kilometers]

[Estimated Contact Time: 16 minutes]

———

Lin Ye drew his sword.

That Fine Iron Longsword brought back from the Trial Ancient Star, with three 3mm deep cracks on the scabbard, now glinted with an extremely restrained cold light in the dust-filled morning light.

The blade was two-thirds out of its scabbard.

He didn't pull it out completely.

He just gripped the hilt.

Then he spoke.

Not to anyone.

To Chaos Valley.

"chaos unit no. 1."

"In position."

———

The magnetic foot anchors of chaos unit no. 1 left two adsorption marks, 3mm deep and 47cm long, on the alloy platform at the center of the Third Defense Line.

The 9.7-meter-tall silver-blue steel giant, with a particle rifle on its shoulder, had an energy core in its chest cabin pulsing with silver-blue light at a frequency of once every 1.7 seconds.

Chen Hao's voice came through the mecha's loudspeaker.

Not the team channel.

But the all-channel.

It was the first time in these 17 hours of bitter fighting in Chaos Valley that a voice from the expedition team, in the truest sense, rang out—

"Heavenly Court Mecha Sequence 001."

"chaos unit no. 1."

"Reporting for duty."

———

The 237 garrison members on the defense line—now 219 remaining—all looked up at the same time.

They saw that mecha.

They saw the sun symbol engraved with the character "Hao" on its left shoulder armor.

They saw the pulsing energy core in the center of its chest cabin, of the same origin as the Seventh Fleet of the Eternal Starfield.

They saw the 2.7-meter-long particle rifle on the back of its right arm—the barrel coating had been personally completed by Chen Hao, having scrapped 3 test barrels before the 4th reached standard.

They saw it.

47 days.

During these 47 days, they had heard the name of the new department, "Mecha Workshop," from various channels.

They knew the Heavenly Court was building mechas.

They knew the person in charge was Chen Hao.

They knew the progress was "smooth," "fast," and that "trial runs could start next month."

But they had never seen one.

Now.

They saw it.

———

Lin Ye didn't look at those raised heads.

He looked at the horizon.

4.7 kilometers.

16 minutes.

30,000 Yao Beasts.

1 suspected command unit.

2 dead.

219 reserves with an average level of 44.

7 expedition members who had rushed back from the Ancient Path.

1 mecha.

———

"Chu Yunxi," Lin Ye said.

"Present."

"How many arrow towers are left?"

Chu Yunxi didn't look at the data pad.

She didn't need to.

"17 hours ago, 7 towers."

"Now, 3 towers."

"East 2, West 3, Center 1."

"The central tower's ammunition depot exploded when the giant rhinoceroses broke through; now the west tower is the main fire point."

———

"Lu Xinghe," Lin Ye said.

"Present."

"Yao Beast density distribution within a 7-kilometer range."

Lu Xinghe lowered his head.

The star compass in his hand, which had shattered into seventeen pieces and been glued back together, had its dial rotating slowly in an irregular rhythm.

Optical path error +17%.

Spiritual power circuit 0%.

But he looked at the pointer.

"East side," he said.

"2.3 kilometers away, there is a dense area."

"About... 4,000 beasts."

"They are moving toward the flank of the defense line."

———

Lin Ye didn't ask "How do you know?"

He didn't say "Your compass is broken."

There was no questioning.

He just turned to Shi Potian.

"East side."

"4,000 beasts."

"15 minutes."

"Is it enough?"

———

Shi Potian didn't speak.

He raised his left fist—the one with forty-seven shattered bone fragments, necrotic muscle, and charred skin, which had withstood three punches from a Level 70 Ancestor Phantom without falling during the Ninth Trial of the Ancestor Star—

To his chest.

Then he turned around.

Toward the east.

———

[Shi Potian · Hegemon Blood Concentration: 0%]

[Deep Depletion State: 159 hours remaining]

[All Attributes -90%]

[Unable to use any Super Armor skills]

[Currently available combat power: 8% of normal state]

———

He walked east.

Every step left a 2cm deep footprint on the ground.

That wasn't Hegemon Blood.

That was his 17.3-ton weight—the "aftereffect" brought back to the Big Dipper Star Field after being compressed for 47 hours under 9.7 times gravity on the Trial Ancient Star, which increased his bone density by 11%.

He didn't walk fast.

But every step was steady.

———

2.3 kilometers to the east.

4,000 Crystal-Armored Giant Rhinoceroses were turning.

———

Zhou Tieshan stood in the center of the gap in the Third Defense Line.

His backup shield—that Excellent Grade shield, its surface clean as new, never having experienced any battle—

Was thrust into the ground by him.

The bottom of the shield sank 7cm into the alloy layer.

He braced the back of the shield with his right knee.

His left hand pressed against the edge of the shield.

Waiting.

———

Chu Yunxi ascended the west tower.

17 meters.

37 steps.

She took 4 seconds.

Standing at the top of the tower, she glanced down at her right hand.

The three pale pink lines from her thumb web to her wrist were almost invisible in the morning light.

She pulled back the bowstring.

The range of the backup bow was 30 meters shorter than the flame feather bow.

But the west tower was 17 meters high.

A 30-meter drop.

It was enough.

———

Yun Qianxue stood at the entrance of the temporary Medical Pod.

She had no staff.

That green lotus staff—its head shattered, its body covered in cracks, the flame of life inside completely extinguished, and the three crystal petals on the head tied back in place with pale green embroidery thread—

Was held in her left hand.

An extremely faint, almost invisible green fluorescence glowed in her right palm.

That was [Emergency Healing · Fragment], obtained by forcibly burning Mental Energy in the absence of a spiritual power conduction medium.

Consumes 3% of maximum Mental Energy per second.

Healing effect: 7% of the normal version.

She stood here.

Because people would fall on the defense line.

She had to rush forward the moment they fell.

———

Lu Xinghe knelt in the very center of the Third Defense Line.

He placed the star compass, shattered into seventeen pieces and glued back together, on the ground.

The dial was still turning.

The pointer was still swaying.

He closed his eyes.

Mental Energy 0%.

Spiritual power 0%.

Formation perception 0%.

But he listened.

Listening to the extremely faint friction—almost drowned out by the sound of the wind—as the pointer moved across the dial.

East 2.3.

West 3.7.

North 4.1.

South—none.

South was the Main Hall of Chaos Valley.

It was the place they had to protect.

———

Lin Ye stood where he was.

He didn't look toward the east side.

He didn't look toward the west tower.

He didn't look toward the gap in the defense line.

He looked at the northern horizon.

There, 30,000 Yao Beasts were gathering.

There, an unknown existence, a suspected command unit that could not be precisely located, existed.

There, was the direction Chaos Valley must defend.

———

He drew his sword.

The blade was fully unsheathed.

That Fine Iron Longsword brought back from the Trial Ancient Star was covered in notches from the 47-hour expedition, and there was a fine crack in the center of the blade extending from the hilt to the tip—a permanent injury left by the closing eyelids of a Star Core Giant Beast when he stabbed it in the eye socket.

But he gripped it tightly.

Chaos Divine Power was squeezed out, drop by drop, from his depleted Meridians.

[Lin Ye · Current Status]

[Health: 47%]

[Divine Power: 0% (Completely Depleted)]

[Chaos Domain: Unavailable (Cooldown remaining: 3 hours 17 minutes)]

[Chaos Heaven Opening: Unavailable (Insufficient Divine Power)]

[Void Step: Available (Consumes Health instead of Divine Power)]

[Current Mode: Disabled (Automatic Protection)]

———

He raised his left hand.

Pressing it against his chest.

There, in the deepest part of his Storage Ring, lay the last of the 10 vials of Chaos Original Fluid.

47 days ago, Zhao Wuji had handed it to him at the Reception Station.

In 47 days, he had never used it.

He took out that vial of Chaos Original Fluid.

Bit open the tip.

Tilted his head back.

And downed it.

[You have consumed "Chaos Original Fluid · Diluted Version"]

[Current Divine Power: 0% → 30%]

[Skill Cooldown Speed +200%, lasts for 60 seconds]

[Next "Law Interference" type skill: Cost -50%, Effect +70%]

[Side effect: Cannot be targeted by any healing skills for 6 hours]

———

Lin Ye put down the empty vial.

He gripped his sword tightly.

Chaos Divine Power began to flow again in his Meridians that had been depleted for 47 hours.

Very slowly.

Very sluggishly.

Every drop felt like it was rubbing against sandpaper.

But he gripped his sword tightly.

———

On the horizon.

30,000 pairs of beast pupils.

Lit up at the same time.

———

[Chapter 153 · End]