[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-lord-of-all-heavens-from-a-wasteland-farm-to-a-d":3,"chapter-lord-of-all-heavens-from-a-wasteland-farm-to-a-d-lord-of-all-heavens-from-a-wasteland-farm-to-a-d-chapter-230":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Lord of All Heavens: From a Wasteland Farm to a Divine Court of Myriad Worlds",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2344423,4582,"Chapter 230: Flicker of the Cradle, Wall of Sacrifice","lord-of-all-heavens-from-a-wasteland-farm-to-a-d-chapter-230",230,"\u003Cp>The crimson electronic eyes, like the entrance to hell, locked onto Lingna. The mechanical head that intruded was covered in pale composite armor, its lower jaw a rotating array of cutting teeth that snapped open and shut, spitting sparks of energy and emitting a grating hum. This was no ordinary scavenger—it was a specially modified “Hound” unit, engineered solely for tracking and hunting!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without warning, the Hound’s shoulder armor slid open, revealing two black muzzles as searing energy began to surge instantly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scent of death surged toward her! There was no room to dodge in this confined space!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this critical moment, Lingna, acting purely on instinct, slammed her finger down on the cold cylindrical device in her hand!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hssss—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not the expected weapon activation, but instead, a thick, motionless fire-suppression pipe above her head suddenly ruptured, blasting out a torrent of white, ultra-cold condensation foam! This foam possessed extreme asphyxiating and instant-freezing properties—originally designed to extinguish energy core fires!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The white foam drenched the Hound unit, instantly coating its sensors and weapon ports! The gathered energy was violently interrupted, crackling with sparks. The Hound emitted a distorted, glitching electronic screech, its movements freezing momentarily as its crimson eyes flashed wildly, trying to clear the obscuring foam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Opportunity!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ignoring the icy sting of foam splashing onto her skin, Lingna lunged sideways with all her strength, driving the metal tube she’d been using as a cane straight into the seam of the Hound’s neck armor—the usual weak point where wiring converged!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The metal tube bent under the force, failing to pierce fully—but it caused a short circuit and interference! Sparks erupted across the Hound’s body, its movements turning erratic as its mechanical claws flailed wildly, smashing debris in all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Interference successful! Target’s sensors and mobility system temporarily damaged! Recommend immediate evacuation!】 The Sentry’s voice crackled urgently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evacuate? Where to? There were surely other scavengers outside!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lingna’s gaze fell on the torn entrance behind the Hound. Its positioning and chaos had inadvertently blocked other units from advancing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had to break out! Staying here meant certain death!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She drew a sharp breath, suppressing pain and fear, and spotted a gap in the Hound’s swinging claws. Like a limping but swift cheetah (despite her wounds), she darted beneath it, bursting out of the cramped maintenance compartment!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The main corridor outside was exactly as expected! Three other scavenger units, slightly different in design and clearly optimized for long-range support and blockade, stood ready! They hadn’t anticipated the target emerging this way—and the brief delay in their firing was all Lingna needed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Energy beams seared past her, melting craters into walls and floor. She didn’t dare return fire—her only thought: run! Toward the depths of Passage Three leading to the Seventh Ecological Garden!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sentry! Navigation! Fastest route!” she screamed inside her mind as she stumbled through rubble and obstacles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Go straight two hundred meters, then left. Watch for overhead collapse risk!】 The Sentry responded instantly, projecting the route onto her retinas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind her, the Hound had shaken off the condensation foam, roaring in fury, joined by the other scavengers in relentless pursuit! Energy beams exploded around her, heat waves shoving her forward—she felt death brush past her multiple times!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her right shoulder wound split open again, blood seeping through the crude bandage, agony threatening to black out her vision. Her strength drained rapidly; her sight blurred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t fall! Absolutely don’t fall! That child is still waiting!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether driven by conviction or desperate adrenaline, she miraculously covered the two hundred meters, whipped around a corner, and plunged into a far older, more severely damaged passage. The walls here were no longer cold alloy, but a special bio-based material, mostly carbonized and blackened, with faint traces of twisted, long-dead plant roots entwined within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This had once been part of the ecological garden!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Detected high-concentration life-energy residue ahead… Matches previously sensed distress signal! But signal is extremely unstable, rapidly decaying!】 The Sentry warned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lingna’s heart clenched. She ran harder, and at the passage’s end, she saw a massive circular door—composed of transparent crystal and metal, now riddled with cracks and torn open by some immense force. Beyond it lay a broader, shadowed space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scene near the door was horrifying: at least a dozen scavenger unit remnants lay scattered everywhere! They’d been torn apart from within by some unimaginably powerful force—clean, smooth fractures, not from explosions, but as if sliced by claws or energy blades. Many carcasses were coated in a strange, slowly writhing, dark red moss-like substance, slowly decomposing and consuming the metal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A brutal battle had occurred here—very recently!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lingna had no time to ponder. The pursuers were upon her. Without hesitation, she charged through the broken door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond the door, the space opened up—but it was a dead, apocalyptic wasteland. It appeared to be a vast circular chamber, once lush and teeming with life, now all withered, carbonized, and buried under thick ash. At its center stood a massive, blossom-like device of crystal and metal—but now it was riddled with holes, cracked and dented, its once-flowing emerald energy fluid long dried and leaked, leaving only dull, congealed traces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the “Cradle”?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More chilling still: the chamber walls were lined with dozens of small, damaged crystal pods, like a hive. Most were empty, or held only faint, tiny, charred bones. Only the central, largest pod—the core of the “blossom”—still emitted a faint, intermittent green glow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The child’s distress signal came from there!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, that glow was visibly dimming, like a candle in the wind!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hold on! I’m coming!” Lingna shouted toward it, sprinting toward the center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, the instant she neared the central “blossom,” a sudden transformation occurred!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dark red, moss-like substance devouring the scavenger remnants—suddenly stirred—surged together like living matter, coalescing into a blurry, writhing, one-meter-tall humanoid form. No face, no details—only pure, revolting hunger and malice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This thing radiated an energy field she’d never felt before—neither abyss nor shadow—making her soul tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dark red humanoid made no hesitation—it lunged at Lingna with shocking speed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lingna had no time to dodge—she instinctively raised the bent metal tube before her chest!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hss!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The humanoid’s arm sliced through the metal tube like a hot knife through butter, then slammed into her chest!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ugh!” It felt as if a siege ram had struck her full force. She flew backward, crashing into withered plant debris, spewing blood, her vision going black—she nearly lost consciousness instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her sternum might be broken… breathing became excruciating…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dark red humanoid, having struck, did not pursue. Instead, it turned toward the nearly extinguished “blossom,” extending its writhing tendrils—as if to devour the last vestige of energy!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No… not…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lingna’s consciousness struggled in darkness. She saw the scavenger units had entered the chamber—but they too feared the dark red entity, holding back, spreading out to encircle it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She saw the dark red tendrils about to touch the “blossom”…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despair washed over her like ice water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, beneath the skin covering her right shoulder wound, the long-dormant Order Mark and Thorn Mark of the World Tree’s young branch—stimulated by the dark entity’s pure malice and the “blossom’s” dying life-energy—flared back to life with one final, faint, yet impossibly pure emerald glow!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light vanished instantly, causing no harm to the dark humanoid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was like a pebble dropped into a dead lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wum—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deep, subterranean hum, as if rising from the earth’s core, echoed through the entire chamber—or rather, the entire Seventh Ecological Garden ruins! The ground trembled slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the thick, long-dead plant roots on the walls and the carbonized debris on the floor ignited with countless thin, gold-green energy lines—like circuit patterns—awakened by the faint Order glow, or enraged by the dark invader.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These energy lines instantly wove together, forming a thin but unbreakable gold-green energy barrier directly before the “blossom,” just barely halting the dark humanoid’s tendrils!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sssss!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tendrils clashed with the barrier, emitting corrosive hisses. The barrier flickered violently—clearly unsustainable—but it held.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dormant ecological garden defense system—or the Ark’s final innate power—had been briefly activated!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sudden change stunned everyone. The dark humanoid shrieked silently, attacking the barrier furiously. The scavenger units opened fire, energy beams striking the barrier and sending ripples across its surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lingna lay on the ground, watching this sudden turn of events—the gold-green barrier flickering, as if about to shatter at any moment, the “blossom” behind it still faintly glowing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew she was dying. Her consciousness was slipping away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just before darkness swallowed her completely, through the flickering barrier and the flashes of gunfire, she seemed to see, etched faintly on the surface of the central “blossom” crystal, the pale, blurred, tear-streaked face of a little girl—looking at her with worry and gratitude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And again, that faint mental impression reached her fading mind:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...Thank you... you... run... they... woke... more... ‘hunger’... woke...”\u003C\u002Fp>",1480,"2026-06-21T00:09:54.226Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","f51f38efd79040b913cb85f5f140af38fdcb35f09e5d92fda421123234f6f455","lord-of-all-heavens-from-a-wasteland-farm-to-a-d-chapter-231","lord-of-all-heavens-from-a-wasteland-farm-to-a-d-chapter-229",247,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flord-of-all-heavens-from-a-wasteland-farm-to-a-d-cover.jpg"]