[{"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-39":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},2344232,4582,"Chapter 39: Silver Glow at the Lake","lord-of-all-heavens-from-a-wasteland-farm-to-a-d-chapter-39",39,"\u003Cp>The agony of spatial tearing felt like ten thousand steel blades scraping through bone marrow; even though the dark-gold shard’s shield absorbed most of the force, Elly still felt her body crushed and reassembled by invisible might. Before her eyes, bizarre, swirling blocks of light spun rapidly; beside her ears, the sharp shriek of tearing space echoed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time seemed stretched thin, yet also vanished in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Plop!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Icy, bone-chilling lake water instantly swallowed Elly! The violent impact drove her to the bottom, filling her mouth and nose with water thick with the stench of decay and sweet rot. The shield formed by the dark-gold shard flickered once upon entry, resisting the initial impact and pressure—then its glow vanished completely, dissolving into dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elly snapped her eyes open! The freezing water stung every nerve. Above her, the lake water was murky, tinged with an eerie purple, light barely penetrating. She assessed her situation instantly, kicked hard with her legs, and shot upward like a fish!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Splash!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elly burst from the water, gasping. Before her lay a lifeless lake, its water thick as oil, a sinister purple-black, its surface blanketed by thick gray-white fungal mats and rotting plant debris. The air reeked with suffocating withering mist—thicker, fouler than the mist near Liyana’s side. Around the lake, countless twisted, towering black dead trees, covered in purple fungal blotches, stood like silent, malevolent sentinels. This was—Moonshadow Lake!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She immediately looked at her hand—the dark-gold shard had turned to ash; the one-time shield was gone. The biting cold and the withering essence within the water began to corrode her body; her skin prickled with pain and numbness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Lingna’s coordinates were pinpoint accurate! Elly realized she was at the lake’s center. She scanned around—the murky water held a faint, pure silver glow, flickering deep below the lakebed! Moonlight Crystal!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The target was within reach—but so was the danger!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the dead forest along the shore came a grating, teeth-chilling “creeeak.” Those giant dead trees, like sentinels, had come alive! Cracks split their fungal-covered trunks, revealing cloudy yellow eyes. Thick, root-like “arms,” woven from rotting wood, slowly lifted!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Roar—!” A low growl echoed through the dead forest! Dozens of massive corrupted tree-men stomped forward, crushing the fungal mats along the shore, closing in on Elly at the lake’s center! Their huge, corrupted arms churned the water, churning up filthy waves!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elly was instantly trapped! In the water, her movement was severely restricted; her short crossbow was useless. Her only weapon was the alloy dagger strapped to her thigh. Her foes: over a dozen thick-skinned, monstrously strong corrupted tree-men!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The icy water drained her strength faster; the withering mist eroded her will. Yet Elly’s gaze remained cold, showing not a trace of fear. She drew a deep breath and plunged downward—aiming straight for the faint silver glow at the lakebed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only by seizing the Moonlight Crystal could she hope to survive!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corrupted tree-men on shore roared in fury, slamming their massive arms into the water, sending towering columns of filthy spray skyward! More tree-men stepped directly into the lake, their heavy footsteps churning the silt below, making the water even murkier!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elly moved like a nimble fish through the murky water, dodging the colossal arms crashing down from above and the churning undercurrents. The withering essence clung to her like a parasite, making her body heavier, her movements slower. She gritted her teeth against the biting cold and corrosive pain, relying on superhuman will and aquatic skill, inching closer to the silver glow below!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Closer! Even closer!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lakebed came into view: buried deep in thick silt lay a palm-sized, perfectly round crystal, radiating a soft, pure lunar glow. Though muffled by the filthy water, its light still shone like a beacon in darkness!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elly’s eyes blazed! She reached out, grasping for the crystal!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as her fingertips neared the crystal—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“BOOM—!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive shadow engulfed the lake’s surface! A corrupted tree-man king, far larger than the others, its body encrusted with thick clusters of purple crystal, stepped directly into the lake’s center! Its massive, siege-hammer-like corrupted arm, tearing through the water with a howling wind, slammed down toward Elly at the bottom—too fast to evade!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elly’s pupils contracted—life or death!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, in the Wasteland Hollow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The “Scavenger” mobile fortress stood like an unshakable mountain, halted five hundred meters beyond the hollow’s edge. A pale blue energy shield, like an eggshell, encased it entirely. Three heavy plasma cannon turrets charged to full power, their eerie blue glow locking onto the hollow’s center like the gaze of death itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Surrender! Or! Annihilation!” A cold, emotionless electronic voice boomed across the entire hollow through massive speakers. The source: a platform slowly rising atop the “Scavenger.” Standing upon it was a middle-aged man in a white lab coat, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, his hair immaculately combed. His eyes burned with fanaticism and indifference—as if observing microbes in a petri dish. It was the “Doctor” of Black Scorpion!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had arrived in person!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Doctor’s gaze swept over the hollow’s crude defenses like a man surveying ants. His eyes finally fixed on the deep fissure within the hollow—his gaze ignited with ravenous greed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Objective One: Destroy all resistance. Objective Two: Capture the spatial node carrier. Objective Three: Seize the vein-core fragment.” The Doctor issued his cold command. “Fire.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zzzt—BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three thick beams of eerie blue plasma, like spears of divine punishment, tore through the air, radiating annihilation, slamming into the hollow!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The final judgment of the Wasteland had descended!\u003C\u002Fp>",921,"2026-06-21T00:09:53.357Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","baf1333bc4147e1b6341bcf726a2ba59baa7606bc90fcc94f32cdc338bea773c","lord-of-all-heavens-from-a-wasteland-farm-to-a-d-chapter-40","lord-of-all-heavens-from-a-wasteland-farm-to-a-d-chapter-38",247,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flord-of-all-heavens-from-a-wasteland-farm-to-a-d-cover.jpg"]