[{"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-96":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},2344289,4582,"Chapter 96: Chaos","lord-of-all-heavens-from-a-wasteland-farm-to-a-d-chapter-96",96,"\u003Cp>The moment the wrench slammed the button, his already severely damaged probe case emitted an unprecedented, ear-piercing screech! The orange-red energy patterns on its surface blazed blindingly bright, like molten iron! Countless fine arcs of electricity leapt and exploded wildly across the exposed wiring and shattered casing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hum—!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A violent, chaotic energy storm, laced with the high-frequency oscillations and shrill noise unique to thornsteel particles, erupted outward from the probe case like an invisible shockwave! This was no targeted attack—it was indiscriminate, suicidal energy venting!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first to be struck was the rotting flying dragon diving downward, its claws mere inches from the Stardust Barrier!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ga—!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dragon let out a shrill, distorted scream of agony! The chaotic energy storm slammed into it! Its rotting flesh collapsed and shattered as if struck by an invisible hammer! The high-frequency thornsteel particles tore through its fragile internal tissues like billions of steel needles! The dragon tumbled from the sky like a broken kite, crashing into the ruins, twitching a few times before going still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately after, the chaotic energy storm slammed into Elly as she was gathering her second wave of decayed claw energy!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elly’s body stiffened violently! A flash of intense pain and confusion flickered in her grayed right eye! The gathered claw energy instantly dissolved! The pure decay force seemed acutely sensitive and repulsed by this disorderly, chaotic energy saturated with thornsteel interference! She clutched her throbbing tumor on the left arm, letting out a scream that blended Elly’s own pained moans with the corrupted will’s furious roar, staggering backward several steps—her attack broken!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the Stardust Barrier protecting Lin Mo shuddered violently under the impact of the chaotic storm, its glow dimming further, yet it held.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the cost of the wrench’s desperate strike was immense!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After unleashing this final “firework,” the probe case’s core overloaded—the orange-red light vanished instantly, spewing thick smoke and a pungent stench of burning insulation, reduced to a heap of sparking scrap metal. The wrench himself was thrown back by the blast’s recoil, crashing hard onto a pile of rubble several meters away, his body charred black, one arm twisted unnaturally, blood oozing from nose and mouth, unconscious at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chaotic storm subsided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cost: the wrench severely wounded and unconscious, the probe case utterly destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The results: one flying dragon instantly killed, Elly’s attack interrupted and thrown into brief confusion, the other flying dragon startled by the violent chaos, retreating to a higher altitude and hesitating to approach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Copperbeard seized this fleeting opportunity! Pain and poison darkened his vision, but his massive mechanical arm plunged into the charred earth beneath him, holding him upright despite the agony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Elly!” Copperbeard roared at the writhing, tormented figure, his voice like sandpaper scraping, “Listen! You’re Elly! Guardian of the Thornheart! Not a puppet of the Rotclaw! Think of Lin Mo! Think of Lingna! Think of the home we protected!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His roar pierced through the corrupted whispers, striking a hidden corner of Elly’s consciousness buried beneath gray haze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elly clutched her head, her body trembling violently! Her grayed right eye and the single clear left eye flickered wildly! The tumor on her left arm pulsed more violently, purple-black pus gushing like a fountain! She screamed incoherently, locked in a brutal internal struggle against the terrifying contamination within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Eh... Lin Mo... Lingna... Thorn...” Fragmented syllables forced painfully from her ashen lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hum... hum...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint, soothing, beckoning pulse of thought, like a stone dropped into stagnant water, spread quietly from beside the geofault fissure. The pulse did not come from the unconscious Lingna—but from the withered, buried sapling of the World Tree!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At its tip, where the withered yellow bud had long died, a trace of emerald green—so faint as to be nearly imperceptible—flickered once more, witheringly, stubbornly, as if expending its last shred of essence, transmitting a fragmented thought:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[...Elly... sister... return...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[...Thorn... calls... homeland... needs... you...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This faintest of calls, like the final straw, broke the corrupted will’s frantic counterattack within Elly’s mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aaah—!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elly let out a soul-rending scream, collapsing to her knees, her right hand—covered in gray, keratinous growth—driving deep into the charred earth! The murky gray haze in her right eye receded like a tide, revealing briefly clear ice-blue pupils filled with endless pain and struggle! The tumor on her left arm ceased its violent pulsing, its cracks temporarily closing, yet the purple-black veins still snaked grotesquely across half her body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She lifted her head, ice-blue eyes fixed on Copperbeard, on Lin Mo unconscious within the Stardust Barrier, on Lingna buried beneath the charred earth behind him—her gaze heavy with despairing sorrow and profound exhaustion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go...” she rasped, the word scraping like a whetstone, “Take... them... go... I... can’t... hold... much longer...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She yanked her hand free from the charred earth—the gray keratin on it seemed slightly faded. She pointed toward the depths of the withered forest, away from the fortress ruins. “There... an... old-world... underground pipe entrance... might... lead... deeper...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No sooner had she spoken than the clarity in her right eye flickered like a candle in the wind, the gray decay spreading again! The tumor on her left arm resumed its ominous pulsing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hurry... go!” Elly hissed through gritted teeth, spinning around and seizing a burning chunk of thornsteel wreckage beside her with her now slightly strengthened hand—she would buy her companions their final moments of escape!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Copperbeard stared at Elly’s resolute, agonized back, then at the unconscious Lin Mo, Lingna, and wrench. His grimy dwarf face twitched violently. He slammed his foot down (a searing pain shot through his injured leg) and roared like a beast: “Go!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His massive mechanical arm snatched up the unconscious wrench, pinning him under his armpit. His other hand, ignoring the agony, heaved away the charred earth covering Lingna and gently lifted the frail girl into his arms. Then, dragging his wounded leg, he used his last strength to stagger toward the Stardust Barrier protecting Lin Mo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The barrier, already thinned by the wrench’s earlier “firework,” was barely holding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Copperbeard smashed his mechanical arm against its edge!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The already crumbling light barrier shattered on cue, dissolving into specks of milky-white light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The already crumbling barrier shattered instantly, dissolving into specks of milky-white light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Copperbeard ignored the searing pain in his chest, his huge hand grabbing Lin Mo’s charred body and slinging him onto his broad, scarred shoulders! The Stardust Crystal on Lin Mo’s chest emitted a faint warmth upon contact, momentarily suppressing the corrosion in Copperbeard’s wounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One dwarf, bearing three unconscious companions (Lin Mo, Lingna, the wrench), stumbled like a wounded grizzly into the shadows and swirling dust of the ruins—each step leaving footprints mixed with blood and purple-black pus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind him, the roar of Elly battling the burning wreckage echoed, along with her muffled, agonized, corruption-laced screams. Above, the flying dragon, after a moment of hesitation, let out another greedy screech and gave chase!\u003C\u002Fp>",1155,"2026-06-21T00:09:53.357Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","8e8b8cc7e8b7e41240a3f74225c0fbf9f74fe7333f5a531eaea99548ca6a7997","lord-of-all-heavens-from-a-wasteland-farm-to-a-d-chapter-97","lord-of-all-heavens-from-a-wasteland-farm-to-a-d-chapter-95",247,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flord-of-all-heavens-from-a-wasteland-farm-to-a-d-cover.jpg"]