Arc 11The Black Tide and the Heart

Xu Le used Guyinduo technology and the Furnace to help Zion withstand the Black Tide, then uncovered the Lightforging Heart beneath the city. After the battle, he chose a Yellow Springs Fruit, which Yan Luo identified as a key and offered to use to take him somewhere.

  • Xu Le defeated Zhou Di, Nuo Yi, Luo Na, and Jade Swan, then revealed his angel form and advanced to LV3-Pretender.
  • Xu Le demonstrated the Guyinduo Technology Core to Zion’s councilors, won approval to run for councilor, and watched Moen kill Madam Aqi.
  • Xu Le proposed tiered access to basic Guyinduo energy, prepared specialized squads for the Black Tide, and led the defense of Area 3 with the Furnace and new weapons.
  • Xu Le fought the Mirror Twins during the Black Tide while Zion’s Orbital Cannon struck the approaching giants and hordes.
  • Xu Le defeated Mirror Twins in the Furnace, then told Yan Luo he wanted humans to lead Zion and coexist with Guyinduo energy and some Oddities.
  • Xu Le killed Wang Xi and fought Meng Po, whose memories showed Night Fiend destroying Lightforging and the soul world collapsing.
  • Xu Le uncovered the Glowing Left Ventricle beneath the Black Tree roots, and Zion’s airships destroyed the Black Tide as the city praised his technology.
  • Xu Le chose the Yellow Springs Fruit in the Mother Tree Realm, and Yan Luo recognized it as a key and told Xu Le to eat it.
Chapters 251–275 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 251A toad lusting after swan flesh

Luo Na, Zhou Di, and Nuo Yi attacked Xu Le at the Bright Soap Factory, but Xu Le turned the battle around and revealed that Zhou Di’s Fate ritual had a deadly consequence. The chapter ended with black flames consuming Zhou Di as Xu Le identified the countless threads he had sent into him as his Fated Death.

  • Luo Na ambushed Xu Le, but his coordinated attacks with Toad and the Witch Cicadas forced her to defend herself while Zhou Di and Nuo Yi prepared their own moves.
  • Jade Swan fought Toad, while Luo Na trapped the Witch Cicadas and joined Nuo Yi in overpowering Xu Le.
  • Luo Na pinned Xu Le with Fate Spikes, but Xu Le feigned defeat, stabbed her, and tore away her false face.
  • Zhou Di invoked the Curse of Fate, causing the Red Moon to draw Threads of Fate from himself, Xu Le, Nuo Yi, and Luo Na.
  • Countless Threads of Fate erupted from Xu Le and entered Zhou Di, where black flames ignited; Xu Le called them his Fated Death.

Ch. 252Advancement to LV3-Pretender

Xu Le defeated Zhou Di, absorbed his Guyinduo Power and Fated Death, and advanced to LV3-Pretender after revealing his angel form. He then captured Luo Na and destroyed Jade Swan with an enhanced lightning attack, while Wang Shu discovered that an unknown figure had killed the escaping Viscous Oddity.

  • Zhou Di became a Level 4 Black Sword Familiar and killed Nuo Yi before attacking Xu Le, who let himself be pierced and burned while waiting for his chance.
  • Xu Le immobilized Zhou Di by absorbing his Guyinduo Power and Fated Death, then revealed his angel form and advanced to LV3-Pretender.
  • Xu Le shot Luo Na in the legs and trapped her, while Toad held Jade Swan in place for Xu Le’s enhanced golden lightning attack to destroy it.
  • Ai Li and Xia Libo joined Xu Le and Toad after the battle, and the group noticed that Wang Shu was missing.
  • Wang Shu saw an unknown fireball kill the escaping Viscous Oddity near the Bright Soap Factory and decided to report it to Xu Le.
  • Yan Luo arranged six bars of yellow soap into a pyramid and considered treating Xu Le with more respect after learning he had reached Level 3.

Ch. 253Xu Le the Polluter

After reaching Level 3, Xu Le discovered that his overflowing Guyinduo energy was contaminating those around him and asked Yan Luo how to control it. He began discussing ways to manage the pollution, then showed Luo Na the Guyinduo Soul Tree and energy cores, while using her concern for Gu Beichen to pressure her into trading secrets.

  • Xu Le hosted a bonfire feast at the Bright Soap Factory, and Ding Ke recognized Toad and joined the gathering.
  • Xu Le felt energy escaping his body, and Ding Ke identified it as Guyinduo pollution caused by his newly expanded energy capacity.
  • Yan Luo explained that Xu Le could control the pollution by circulating his energy internally or consuming it continuously, and Xu Le considered adapting his electromagnetic cannon into a sustained ability.
  • Xu Le brought Luo Na to the Furnace Core, where she recognized the Guyinduo Soul Tree and mistook his energy cores for forbidden human transmutation.
  • Xu Le refused to reveal how he made the cores and threatened to spread false information about Luo Na to Gu Beichen, prompting her to hesitate.

Ch. 254Yesterday's declaration

Xu Le questioned Luo Na about the Guyinduo Fate Cards, then learned that a powerful Zion expert had watched the fight without intervening. Gu Beichen volunteered to become the Red Moon Holy Temple’s new spy, while Madam Aqi was summoned to witness a new miracle at the No. 5 Testing Area.

  • Wang Shu and Gu Beichen discussed Gu Beichen’s feelings about the Red Moon Holy Temple and toasted their friendship.
  • Xu Le questioned Luo Na about the Red Moon Holy Temple’s spies and Guyinduo Fate Cards, then told her that the Furnace extracted pure energy from Guyinduo Oddities.
  • Luo Na left Gu Beichen a pure yellow crystal before Xu Le confirmed that she was dead.
  • Xu Le explained to Wang Shu that Zion’s top experts viewed both sides in the conflict as dangerous, and exposed Gu Beichen’s claim that he was drunk as an act.
  • Gu Beichen declared that he would replace Luo Na as the Red Moon Holy Temple’s spy, then protested when Xu Le and Wang Shu ignored his speech to discuss dinner.
  • Madam Aqi found no news about Wang Xi’s people in the newspaper and was summoned by Lord Moen to the No. 5 Testing Area to witness a new miracle for Zion.

Ch. 255Killing and burning the bodies

Madam Aqi arrived at the Council testing grounds to witness Moen’s promised miracle and found Xu Le alive, while Ai Li and Wang Shu killed and burned two guards outside. Moen presented the Guyinduo Technology Cores to Zion’s Councilors as a renewable energy source that could replace Moonstone, then prepared to demonstrate it with a weapon.

  • Aqi accepted Moen’s invitation and went to the testing grounds, where her bodyguards joined Ai Li and Wang Shu at the entrance.
  • After two guards mocked Ai Li, she killed one and Wang Shu killed the other; they poured Lamp Oil over the bodies and burned them while nearby guards pretended not to notice.
  • Aqi entered the testing grounds, found Xu Le alive, and exchanged polite insults with him as they walked toward the gathering.
  • Xu Le joined the Councilors, while Moen explained that a new renewable energy source could replace Moonstone and power devices that had previously been impractical.
  • Moen fitted a Guyinduo Technology Core onto a hand cannon and raised it to demonstrate its power.

Ch. 256Zion would enter the Guyinduo Technology Era

Xu Le demonstrated the Guyinduo Technology Core’s power to Zion’s councilors, winning approval to run for councilor. Moen then killed Madam Aqi, and Li Wen explained that Moen had acted as a dying man to give Xu Le an answer, leaving Xu Le to wonder what would happen if Moen survived.

  • Old Moen tested a handheld energy weapon, then Xu Le and Xia Libo demonstrated the Guyinduo Technology Core’s power aboard Xia Libo’s airship, destroying a tank, a defensive wall, and a nearby building.
  • Moen argued that Xu Le’s invention qualified him to run for councilor, and Li Mingqi, Zuo Yi, Ai Li, and other councilors approved his candidacy despite Madam Aqi’s objections.
  • After the other councilors left, Moen shot Madam Aqi dead in front of Xu Le and Xia Libo.
  • Li Wen explained that councilors could not kill one another, but the others had tacitly accepted Moen’s act because he was near death; Xu Le then asked what would happen if Moen did not die of old age.

Ch. 257This guy was a real bastard

Xu Le attended Moen’s banquet after learning that Moen had exhausted his options to prolong his life, and he discussed his path toward becoming a councilor with Ai Li. There he encountered Wang Qing, Wang Xi’s younger brother, and invited him to the Bright Soap Factory to meet Xiong Nuo'an.

  • Li Wen told Xu Le that Moen had already acquired much of Zion’s Longevity Fruit supply but still faced limits and enemies who wanted him dead.
  • Xu Le, Ai Li, Wang Shu, and Xia Libo arrived at Moen’s estate, where Xu Le saw Moen’s castle-like home and collection of portraits of women he had slept with.
  • Xu Le and Ai Li talked about his progress toward becoming a councilor, while Ai Li privately wondered whether she was fulfilling her role as his girlfriend.
  • Xu Le recognized Wang Qing, who was watching Ai Li, and joined him in discussing her appearance and military uniform.
  • Xu Le introduced Ai Li as his girlfriend, revealed that he was the Xu Le who developed the Guyinduo Technology Core, and invited Wang Qing to the Bright Soap Factory to meet Xiong Nuo'an.

Ch. 258I wanted to go home and touch her legs

Xu Le discussed Zion’s energy policy and his growing influence with Moen and Li Wen after a banquet, while hoping to go home with Ai Li. The chapter ended with Ai Li pointing out that Xu Le’s proposal for free basic energy could earn him considerable public prestige.

  • Wang Qing praised Ai Li to Xu Le before leaving, and Ai Li asked Xu Le whether he thought she was gorgeous.
  • Ai Li promised Xu Le that he could touch her legs when they got home, but Moen kept him at the estate to discuss his new status and the temptations that would come with it.
  • Moen asked Xu Le for his views on allocating energy from the Guyinduo Technology Core, and Xu Le proposed free basic energy for eligible Zion citizens alongside tiered consumption.
  • Moen and Li Wen warned that Xu Le’s free-energy proposal could have dangerous political effects, then discussed converting Moonstone Weapons to Guyinduo technology before the Black Tide.
  • After the meeting, Ai Li told Xu Le she had overheard his proposal and asked whether he realized it could win him public prestige.

Ch. 259Disguise-Boundary-Crossing Gate

Xu Le explained to Ai Li that he wanted public support to overcome the divided power of Zion’s council system, then helped oversee the opening of two city gates. As the Furnace destroyed a wave of Oddities, Xu Le studied the Boundary-Crossing Gate and created a portal inside the Furnace Core.

  • Xu Le told Ai Li that Zion’s fair council system divided power among allies, neutrals, and enemies, and Ai Li recognized that he wanted public support and prestige to rise above them.
  • Xu Le and Ai Li shared an intimate moment in the car before returning to the Bright Soap Factory, where Xia Libo sent Xu Le back to his post.
  • Soldiers opened city gates 3-1 and 3-2, drawing Oddities into the underground passage, where the Furnace, Golden Thunder, Red Sha, and Black Flame destroyed them.
  • A Level 3 Deathly Silent Walker reached the Furnace, but the Black Flame bound it and the combined powers broke it down.
  • Xu Le studied Warlock Luo’s Boundary-Crossing Gate technique and used Demon Eye-Ordinary Disguise to create a gate inside the Furnace Core.

Ch. 260Xiaoqian found Xiaobei

Xu Le used the Boundary-Crossing Gate to visit Ai Li, and the two spent the night together. The next day he discovered Ai Li had gained a Guyinduo Mark, then went to the Zion Progressives Building, where a woman deliberately collided with him and fell.

  • Xu Le opened a Spatial Gate and went to Ai Li's room, where she accidentally punched him as he emerged.
  • Xu Le and Ai Li spent the night together, and he left the next morning through another Boundary-Crossing Gate.
  • Ai Li found a tree-shaped Guyinduo Mark on her back, and Xu Le told her it gave her the Key to Sha and asked her to learn its energy.
  • Xu Le returned to the Furnace Core chamber, where Yan Luo showed him twenty-two blocks of soap produced by the Furnace.
  • Xu Le and Wang Shu went to the Zion Progressives Building, where a woman collided with Xu Le and fell; Xu Le accused her of trying to scam him.

Ch. 261I have to go back and look after Xiaobei

Xu Le discussed protecting the Furnace during the coming Black Tide with Li Wen and proposed a sweeping energy-pricing plan based on Guyinduo technology. After Li Wen invited him to dinner, Xu Le declined so he could return home and look after Xiaobei.

  • Xu Le deliberately bumped into a woman, then accused her of trying to scam him when she fell.
  • Xu Le told Li Wen that the Furnace’s performance against powerful Oddities during the Black Tide was uncertain and requested three squads equipped with Guyinduo Technology Weapons and some of Moen’s products.
  • Li Wen agreed to provide the equipment and said Zion would publicize Xu Le’s achievements while keeping him largely out of public appearances.
  • At Li Wen’s request, Xu Le outlined free basic energy, low-priced consumption tiers, and Guyinduo energy blocks priced far below Moonstone.
  • Xu Le declined Li Wen’s invitation to dinner because he needed to return home to look after Xiaobei.

Ch. 262I have to go back and take care of Xiao Qian

Xu Le secured Wang Qing’s offer to provide intelligence on Wang Xi and became the public face of Zion’s new energy source as the Black Tide approached. On May 30, three Enforcer squads arrived at the Bright Soap Factory under Xu Le’s command, led by his eldest uncle Xu Weiwen, with the Red Moon Calamity only hours away.

  • Xu Le and Wang Shu confronted Wang Qing, who agreed to hand over intelligence on Wang Xi and his family’s airship business in exchange for joining them.
  • Xu Le saw Zion’s campaign praising his energy research and promoting his candidacy for Councilor, while Ai Li packed to move in with him and declined Li Qingcheng’s dinner invitation because she had to care for Xiao Qian.
  • As the Black Tide neared, Xu Le trained in his Demon Eye disguises and helped Ai Li cultivate sha and use her Guyinduo Mark while staying inside the Furnace.
  • On May 30, three Enforcer squads entered the Bright Soap Factory and reported to Xu Le, with his eldest uncle Xu Weiwen leading Black Tide Special Squad 123.
  • Xu Le checked the visible moon and saw that the Red Moon Calamity would begin in less than five hours.

Ch. 263This weapon defies science

Xu Le equipped Xu Weiwen’s Law Enforcer squad with Guyinduo weapons and explosives for the coming Black Tide, insisting on discipline and warning them that their new armor offered limited protection. After leaving Ding Ke in Yan Luo’s care, Xu Le joined Ai Li and Wang Shu and rallied the defenders.

  • Xu Le secured Xu Weiwen’s promise that his squad would obey orders and led the soldiers to the Furnace Technology Equipment Room.
  • Xu Le demonstrated the Aidida Warblade’s destructive power and introduced the squad to its other weapons and protective equipment.
  • Xu Le reprimanded Xu Weiwen for interrupting him and stressed that the squad’s new protection could not save them from powerful Oddities.
  • Xu Le demonstrated the Dice explosive, then issued each soldier two bars of soap and thirty Dice for the Black Tide.
  • Xu Le left Ding Ke with Yan Luo and rallied the defenders with Ai Li and Wang Shu.

Ch. 264Giant

Xu Le directed Zion’s defenses to funnel the Black Tide through Area 3’s open gate and used the Furnace and new weapons to destroy the advancing Oddities. After a Level 4 Black Knight was killed by a branch from the Furnace, a giant appeared near Urban District 4 and an identical Xu Le confronted him.

  • Xu Le ordered the guards to let Level 3 and lower Oddities pass through gate 3-2 while the Furnace drew them in and destroyed them with Golden Thunder, Red Sha, and Black Flame.
  • Xu Le’s elite troops fired their Guyinduo-powered Aidida battle blades into sectors 3-1 and 3-3, devastating the low-level Oddities.
  • Xu Le told the troops to leave one Level 4 Black Knight alive, and the Furnace’s blue branch pierced and consumed it before it reached the core chamber.
  • Ai Li sensed a huge presence approaching from the direction of No. 4 Urban District, and Xu Le spotted a giant on the strategic plain.
  • A little girl’s voice asked Xu Le whether he was looking at her, and Xu Le found an identical version of himself pointing an identical Black Staff at him.

Ch. 265Mirror Twins

Xu Le and his allies fought the Mirror Twins, whose mimicry and mirror abilities made her difficult to harm, and drove her away from the wall. As another Giant approached Area 3, the Mirror Twins appeared inside the Furnace Core Room behind Yan Luo, who asked whether she had betrayed them too.

  • Ai Li shot a fake Xu Le, and Xu Le and the others realized the Mirror Twins could copy their appearances.
  • Xu Le spotted the Mirror Twins on the Flesh Giant and attacked her after she appeared on the wall and unleashed ghosts.
  • Xu Le ordered Ai Li and Wang Shu to draw the Mirror Twins away from the wall, and Wang Shu fought her after she copied his bear form.
  • Xu Le and Ai Li used their Dice to blast apart the Mirror Twins' copied bear body, but she vanished and said she would return after visiting an old acquaintance.
  • Xu Le saw another Giant heading toward Area 3, while the Mirror Twins appeared behind Yan Luo in the Furnace Core Room and he asked whether she had betrayed them too.

Ch. 266Heavenly Justice

Yan Luo defeated Mirror Twins in the Furnace Core while Zion’s defenders repelled successive Black Tide attacks. As Area 4 came close to being overwhelmed by coordinated Oddities and multiple giants, Xu Le requested the Orbital Cannon, which began charging overhead.

  • Mirror Twins questioned Yan Luo’s loyalty to Guyinduo, but Yan Luo declared that protecting its lord was its duty and cut Mirror Twins down with a warblade.
  • Xu Le handed command of Area 3’s defense to Xu Weiwen, whose artillery and Furnace Squad destroyed the Level 5 Blood Giant.
  • Ai Li detected surging Moon Spirit as Red Roars, Triangle Ironheads, and Ghost Demons attacked Zion, with Area 4 suffering heavy pressure from their coordinated assault.
  • Xu Le and the others watched more than a dozen Rock Giants and Grass Giants approach while Ghost-Type Oddities swarmed around them, threatening Area 4’s defenses.
  • Xu Le used his authority to request the Orbital Cannon with the password Heavenly Justice, and an Airship deployed the weapon as blue energy gathered in its barrel.

Ch. 267Underwater Breathing

After Zion’s Orbital Cannon devastated the giant Oddities, Xu Le returned to the Furnace to check on its condition and warn Xia Libo about Mirror Twins. Mirror Twins trapped him in Mirror Water, but Xu Le used Underwater Breathing and an unknown ability to counterattack as she grabbed him.

  • Zion’s Orbital Cannon destroyed the center of the Oddity horde and crippled the giants attacking District 4, while Mirror Twins watched the weapon’s power in surprise.
  • Xu Le left Ai Li and Wang Shu to defend the wall, then used Boundary-Crossing Gate to return to the Bright Soap Factory.
  • Xu Le told Xia Libo that the Black Tide had brought many Level 5 Oddities and warned him about a blue-skinned Level 4 Polluter who had likely reached the Furnace.
  • Xia Libo asked whether there would be another Furnace, and Xu Le assured him that Zion’s progress would continue.
  • Xu Le entered the Furnace Core chamber and found himself trapped in Mirror Water, where he recognized Mirror Twins and used Underwater Breathing to stay composed.
  • Mirror Twins approached to seize Xu Le’s leg, but another creature grabbed hers and revealed a gaping maw and steel fork.

Ch. 268My Lord Is Kindhearted

Xu Le defeated Mirror Twins in the mirror water and returned to the Furnace, then crossed a Spatial Gate to confront her again outside the city. Mirror Twins pleaded for his recognition as lord, but Xu Le left her fate to Toad.

  • Xu Le and Toad fought Mirror Twins in the mirror water, interrupting her Mirror Copy and draining her power with a Forbidden Summoning Array.
  • Xu Le's summons turned on Mirror Twins, and Toad and the living corpses overwhelmed her before Xu Le cut off her head and shattered it.
  • The mirror water disappeared, and Xu Le returned to the Furnace, where Yan Luo confirmed Mirror Twins had come there and Ding Ke rested on the Guyinduo Soul Tree.
  • Xu Le used a Boundary-Crossing Gate to reach a barren cliff, where a red Mirror Twins was recovering and declared that he had passed the Guyinduo's test.
  • Xu Le summoned living corpses and sent Toad to handle Mirror Twins as she begged him to let her go.

Ch. 269Join the glorious evolution

During the Black Tide, Xu Le returned to the Furnace and told Yan Luo he would use Guyinduo power to advance humanity rather than become a Guyinduo leader, persuading Yan Luo to join his plan. Elsewhere, Wang Xi watched the Orbital Cannon’s power and continued supervising a mysterious search beneath the Guyinduo Black Trees.

  • Xu Le left the Mirror Twins’ battle, returned to the Furnace, and comforted Ding Ke beneath the Soul Tree.
  • Xu Le explained to Yan Luo that he was human, intended to become a Zion councilor, and wanted to usher in an era of human coexistence with Guyinduo energy and some Oddities.
  • Yan Luo agreed to help Xu Le begin the Guyinduo Technology Era, and Xu Le left the Furnace with Yan Luo’s support.
  • Wang Xi watched the Guyinduo Black Trees’ roots search underground while a cloaked figure warned him not to lose focus after seeing the Orbital Cannon.
  • Wang Xi asked what they were searching for, then changed the subject by criticizing a girl for staying up late, prompting the cloaked figure to explain why people resist sleep.

Ch. 270Meng Po

Wang Xi and the Guyinduo Offspring searched among the withered roots while discussing Xu Le and the Red Moon Calamity. Meng Po attacked Wang Xi, but Ai Li and Xu Le intervened; Xu Le then shot Wang Xi after reassuring him that they would talk.

  • Wang Xi told the cloaked Guyinduo envoy that Xu Le’s weapons had made Zion’s defenses formidable, and the envoy called Xu Le an obstacle while ordering the search to continue.
  • Old Man Wu arrived on the River of Souls with Meng Po, who warned Wang Xi to be quiet and attacked him when he questioned her intentions.
  • Wang Xi’s Level 4 bodyguard fought Meng Po, but she shattered his rock-form body and seized his soul.
  • Ai Li struck Meng Po with lightning while branches from the Golden Radiance Tree restrained Old Man Wu’s oar, and Xu Le arrived beside Wang Xi.
  • Wang Xi begged Xu Le for help and offered information, but after Xu Le promised they would talk, he pressed a gun to Wang Xi’s forehead and shot him.

Ch. 271The Sun in the Sky

Xu Le fought Meng Po with help from Ai Li, Wang Shu, and Toad, then used a Guyinduo Branch to see memories hidden in her. The memories revealed Bai Ye’s destruction of the Gundo Mother Tree’s soul world and the ferryman’s search for Lightforging, leaving Xu Le with new clues about Night Fiend and the vanished world.

  • Xu Le rebuked Ai Li for killing an attacker, then sent her to help Wang Shu fight the ferryman while he faced Meng Po.
  • Xu Le evaded Meng Po’s attacks and Soulless People, escaped with Substitute Life, and summoned Toad to batter and pin her down.
  • Xu Le touched the contents of Meng Po’s shattered skull with a Guyinduo Branch and saw memories of the soul world’s collapse.
  • Xu Le witnessed Bai Ye kill Yan Luo, leave the Gundo Mother Tree, and become Night Fiend as the soul world perished.
  • Xu Le saw the ferryman ask Meng Po to use her Soulless People to find Lightforging, the thing Night Fiend had torn apart.

Ch. 272A glowing heart

Xu Le discovered that a glowing blue crystal buried beneath the rotten Black Tree roots was a left ventricle, suggesting something important remained underground. He requisitioned the site for the Zion Progressives and left Li Wen and Xia Libo to help investigate.

  • Xu Le recalled Meng Po’s memories that Night Fiend had torn apart Lightforging, whose head Lighthouse used as a light source and whose torso had become the Sun.
  • Xu Le, Ai Li, and Wang Shu killed Wang Xi and Meng Po and struck the fleeing ferryman with a coin, causing him to fall into the Soul River.
  • Ai Li detained Wang Xi’s workers and confronted a Law Enforcer captain, but Xu Le requisitioned the excavation site and sent the patrol away.
  • Xu Le connected his Guyinduo Branch to the Black Tree roots and asked Wang Shu to summon Xia Libo and Li Wen with trusted workers.
  • Xu Le dug beneath the roots and revealed a blue crystal that he identified as a glowing heart’s left ventricle.

Ch. 273When night ended and dawn broke

Xu Le identified the excavated Glowing Left Ventricle as part of a child of Guyinduo and proposed extracting its energy for Zion, while Li Wen backed his commitment to humanity. The Black Tide surged but was defeated by Zion’s Orbital Cannons, and two elderly Temple agents watched as the Lightforging Heart remained in Zion.

  • Li Wen ordered Secretary Liu to secure the excavation site with guards from the Council, while Xu Le explained that the heart belonged to a child of Guyinduo and could provide energy.
  • Xu Le argued that humanity should lead Zion and proposed extracting Ancient Yin Duo Energy from the heart rather than turning it into equipment; Li Wen agreed that humanity, not the Red Moon or Guyinduo, should be master of the world.
  • Xu Le used the Guyinduo Black Tree’s roots to lift out the Glowing Left Ventricle, and the gathered people heard oddities howling as the Black Tide stopped and began to pile up.
  • Li Wen ordered the Orbital Cannons prepared, and Zion’s airships annihilated the Black Tide before dawn, prompting cheers and a broadcast praising Xu Le and Guyinduo Technology Core.
  • After Xu Le and the others left, an elderly man questioned an elderly woman about allowing the Lightforging Heart to be taken; she said the Temple’s requirements were met because the heart remained in Zion and its energy would be extracted.

Ch. 274Rewards beyond expectations

After Zion’s victory over the Black Tide, Xu Le rested before meeting the others in the Mother Tree Realm to choose Guyinduo Fruits. He secured a deal for a Longevity Fruit for Moen and received several Relics, then found five valuable Fruits offered for his own selection.

  • Yi Xiaoya dismissed an old man’s warnings about the Children of Guyinduo and defended their research into Ancient Yin Duo Energy.
  • Zion gathered and sorted Oddity corpses after the Black Tide, while Xu Le and Wang Shu left Ai Li to supervise.
  • Xu Le returned to the Bright Soap Factory, asked Yan Luo to watch over him, and entered the Mother Tree Realm.
  • Chi Xiao introduced Duo Lei as the new member and explained why the group needed to cultivate Xu Le’s favor.
  • Xu Le offered three times the market price for a Longevity Fruit, and the fat man sold him one while the others gave Xu Le Relics.
  • Xu Le approached the Gundo Mother Tree and received five possible Fruits: Longevity, Lesser Element-Earth, Mystic-Yellow Springs, Intermediate Element-Evil Flame, and Superior Creature-Qilin.

Ch. 275A choice like gambling

Xu Le received five Fruits after the Red Moon Calamity and chose the mysterious Yellow Springs Fruit over the reliable Qilin Fruit. After learning that Lighthouse’s Lower City had fallen while its Upper City stayed out of the battle, he left the gathering and Yan Luo urged him to eat the Fruit so they could go somewhere.

  • Xu Le used Guyinduo Vision to identify the Qilin Fruit as a powerful Canine Type origin and the Yellow Springs Fruit as a Mystery Fruit extended from Guyinduo.
  • Xu Le chose the Yellow Springs Fruit, concealing its identity from the others by calling it an ordinary Longevity Fruit.
  • Chi Xiao and the others discussed how the Red Moon Calamity had gone in their cities, including the Red Moon Holy Temple’s victory, Tianrui Lifeng’s defense, and Zion’s perfect defense.
  • Luo Juya said Lighthouse’s Lower City had fallen to the Black Tide while the Upper City had not joined the battle, leaving the Night Watchers to fight outside the High Tower.
  • Xu Le left the Mother Tree Realm, and Yan Luo recognized the Yellow Springs Fruit as a key and told Xu Le to eat it so he could take him somewhere.
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