[{"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-31":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},2344224,4582,"Chapter 31: The Misty Forest, Corrupted Thorns, and the Silver-Haired Priest","lord-of-all-heavens-from-a-wasteland-farm-to-a-d-chapter-31",31,"\u003Cp>The smoke in the depression had not yet fully cleared; the air reeked of rust, burnt debris, and faint ash. Hope Outpost, like an ant colony battered by a storm, stubbornly rebuilt its life from the ruins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wrench’s badly burned arm was wrapped in cloth soaked in purified water; he winced in pain but was full of energy, circling the shattered remains of the steam crossbow, cursing Black Scorpion while pondering ways to “recycle and reuse,” his pea-sized eyes gleaming with greed for metal. After a day of unconsciousness, Xiang Lingna finally awoke, her small face still pale and her spirit drained, as if all strength had been sapped; the two saplings that had exhausted their essence and turned to ash left her silent for a long time, merely staring blankly at the empty bowl. Ali’s back wound had reopened; combined with blood loss and forced exertion, she was extremely weak, spending most of her time resting, yet her remaining right hand never released the dark blue short crossbow, her gaze colder than the wasteland’s metal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo became the busiest person. He directed the still-mobile Wrench and Xiang Lingna to clear the battlefield, recover usable metal fragments, and reinforce the shattered wooden palisade. The water purifier, miraculously undamaged by the explosion, became the foundation sustaining everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Land resource panel:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>**Food: Radiation-resistant potatoes (growing stage) stock: extremely low (some plants damaged)**\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>**Water: Stable output (purifier) stock: moderate (demand increased)**\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>**Construction: Wood (extremely low), metal fragments (high), special alloy (moderate)**\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>**Special: none (saplings perished)**\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>**Status: Post-battle reconstruction (moderate damage)**\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Losses were severe, but the core remained. Yet in Lin Mo’s mind, the image of the withered forest and the elf’s lament remained etched like a brand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“System, can you reopen the passage to the elf world?” Lin Mo silently asked within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【『Sorrow of the Elves』 world fragment anchor status: stable.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Primary passage (temporary) closed. Reopening requires substantial energy. Current land energy reserve (residual Life Seed \u002F natural dispersion): under 5%.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Recommendation: Stabilize current land, enhance core energy, or locate a high-purity energy source.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Energy! Again, energy! Lin Mo stared at the Life Seed on his chest—its glow dim, its touch cool—and frowned. The wasteland was barren; besides radiation, where could high-purity energy come from? Did he have to raid Black Scorpion’s nest?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he wrestled with this thought, Wrench limped over, holding a fist-sized, charred black block torn from the wreckage of the assault platform, its surface scarred by fire and still attached to severed wires.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boss Lin Mo! Look at this!” Wrench’s pea eyes sparkled. “The energy cores of Black Scorpion’s ‘Iron Dogs’ and ‘Iron Turtles’! Burnt, sure—but Wrench the Great can smell the residue inside! Good stuff! Absolutely good stuff! If we can refine it…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Energy core? Lin Mo’s spirits lifted. “Can you refine it? What do you need?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hard! Very hard!” Wrench scratched his charred green hair. “Need a high-temperature furnace! Special solvents! And… uh… Wrench the Great’s secret recipe! Plus, the quantity’s too small—these broken cores together might barely light a bulb.” He weighed the charred block in his hand, deflated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A drop in the bucket. Lin Mo’s fleeting hope sank again. His gaze swept the depression, finally settling on the stubborn patch of potato field. Green leaves swayed gently in the wasteland’s breeze, radiating an unyielding vitality. Perhaps… plant growth itself was a form of energy accumulation?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Days later, when the first potato sprout bloomed a tiny, inconspicuous pale purple flower, Lin Mo’s Life Seed suddenly pulsed—a faint but unmistakable rhythm! Like a sleeping heart awakened! Simultaneously, the system alert sounded:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Detected stable life cycle established in land (primary agriculture)! Minute life energy feedback to land core! ‘Life Seed’ activity slightly enhanced! Current energy reserve: 7%!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Agriculture! Life cycle! Lin Mo suddenly understood! Farming didn’t just solve food shortages—it slowly nourished the land’s core, accumulating energy!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lingna! Expand planting! Put potatoes in every empty patch!” Lin Mo ordered immediately. Xiang Lingna’s eyes lit up, as if she’d found new purpose; she nodded firmly and began carefully collecting mature potato tubers for propagation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ali’s wounds healed rapidly in the purified water and relatively stable environment. Though her left arm remained useless, her back wound had scabbed and peeled away, leaving jagged scars. Her strength recovered substantially; she began light recovery training around the depression, movements still swift and precise, though lacking their former explosive power. She silently wiped her crossbow, her gaze occasionally drifting eastward—the direction Black Scorpion had retreated, her target for blood vengeance. Lin Mo noticed she sometimes traced the dark blue patterns on the crossbow’s grip, her eyes deep, as if recalling the faint silver glow on the dead tree within the Thorn Portal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wrench, meanwhile, became obsessed with dismantling Black Scorpion’s tech wreckage. With crude tools and mad imagination, he tried reverse-engineering the mechanical hound’s energy drive, even dreaming of crafting himself a “super armor” from the assault platform’s plating, muttering nonsense like “energy weapons” and “electromagnetic cannons,” occasionally triggering small explosions that left him covered in soot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Peace lasted less than a week. One evening, while tending the expanded potato field, Xiang Lingna suddenly pointed to the edge of the furrow and cried out: “Brother Lin Mo! Look! What’s this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo and Ali hurried over. Emerging from the damp, freshly turned soil were several tiny, never-before-seen sprouts. They glowed a pale gold, their leaves like the finest feathers, trembling gently in the wasteland breeze, emitting an extremely faint yet utterly pure… natural scent? Radically different from the surrounding radiation-resistant potatoes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is it… a seed from the elf world?” Lin Mo’s heart trembled! Had it drifted over during the Thorn Portal’s opening?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Detected alien plant ‘Starlight Moss’ (juvenile)! Contains faint natural energy! Can slightly purify soil radiation!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Detected Weiliang  ‘Sorrow of the Elves’ world origin seepage! Land core ‘Life Seed’ resonance strengthened! Energy reserve increased to 9%!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed! Though the passage was closed, the link between the two worlds had been established! The elf world’s origin power was slowly seeping into his wasteland land!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hum—!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A low, chilling hum suddenly rose from the ruins on the eastern edge of the depression! The sound had a metallic scraping quality—and it was growing closer!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alert!” Ali instantly entered combat stance, raising her short crossbow. Lin Mo snatched up his rifle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the dim twilight, three sleeker, smaller mechanical units—far swifter and more agile—slid from the shadows of the ruins like ghosts! No longer dog-shaped, they resembled enlarged metallic spiders, their eight counter-jointed legs moving soundlessly, backs fitted with rotating scanning probes and two slender, glowing dark-blue energy rifles!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Black Scorpion’s ‘Stealthers’! Recon and harassment models!” Wrench poked his head out of the workshop, face darkening. “They’ve got energy weapons! Watch out!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he finished speaking!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zzzt—!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three dark-blue beams, like venomous snakes striking, shot instantly from the spiders’ back-mounted rifles! Not at people—but at the center of the depression: the roaring water purifier!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No!” Lin Mo’s eyes bulged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beams moved too fast—no time to intercept!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Puff! Puff! Puff!” Three beams struck the purifier’s main casing with pinpoint accuracy. No violent explosion—only the impacted metal instantly glowing red, then melting and vaporizing like candle wax. Three fist-sized charred holes appeared. Clear water gushed out like a fountain!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The purifier! Destroyed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn it!” Lin Mo roared, raising his rifle and firing at the nearest “Stalker.” Buckshot struck its smooth armor, leaving only shallow dents. Ali’s bolts shot out too, but the spider’s movement was unnervingly erratic—the bolts grazed its body and flew past!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three “Stalkers,” having struck their target, didn’t linger. Their electronic eyes flashed red, as if recording damage, then their eight legs surged, launching them like bullets toward different ruins, vanishing in an instant. Only the gushing water and silent despair remained in the depression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black Scorpion’s retaliation struck like a viper’s bite—precise, cruel, hitting the vital point. They had destroyed Hope Outpost’s lifeline!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo stared at the rapidly draining water and the smoking ruins of the purifier, a cold fury and helplessness sweeping over him. Wrench rushed over, staring at the melted holes, face grim: “Energy weapons… high-temperature plasma beams… repair… impossible…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Lingna watched the dried irrigation ditches and the wilting potato sprouts, silent tears streaming down her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ali walked to the purifier, knelt, dipped a finger into the last remaining purified water, and tasted it. It was still crisp—but carried the bitterness of the end. She lifted her head, her icy gaze fixed on the direction the “Stalkers” had vanished, her killing intent solidifying like steel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No water… we won’t last three days,” Lin Mo said, voice dry and hoarse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hope, it seemed, had once again reached its end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, at the edge of this abyss of despair, Lin Mo’s Life Seed suddenly pulsed with an unprecedented, strong, and clear rhythm! A faint but tenacious will—carrying the dampness and decay of the forest—directly entered his mind:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>**“Passage… stable… energy… gathering… Thorn… rebirth…”**\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, he clearly “saw” on the edge of the land resource panel, a faint, twisted thorn-shaped symbol slowly glowing brighter. Beside it appeared:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>**【Secondary Passage Node (Sorrow of the Elves): Maintained (energy supply: 0.1%)】**\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>**【Status: Spatial coordinates recorded. Energy injection may attempt one-way activation of micro-passage (non-material \u002F low-mass information transfer only)】**\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elf world! Liya Na! They were actively attempting contact! And… had they found a way to stabilize a spatial node? Even if only for information, this meant… hope was not extinguished!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo snapped his head up, eyes blazing with light in the depths of despair: “There’s still a way! Ali! Lingna! I need your help! We… must speak to another world!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wasteland’s water had run dry, but the wellspring of hope spanning the heavens might yet trickle, against all odds, deep within the dying forest.\u003C\u002Fp>",1628,"2026-06-21T00:09:53.357Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","c639f35abcb9a8f9b5f5d1b107b4cff44aa961034f8d594fb6a82d868558263e","lord-of-all-heavens-from-a-wasteland-farm-to-a-d-chapter-32","lord-of-all-heavens-from-a-wasteland-farm-to-a-d-chapter-30",247,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flord-of-all-heavens-from-a-wasteland-farm-to-a-d-cover.jpg"]