A Night of Desperation-Chapter 233: Maze 231

“The Research Department means that since you were able to pass through the Black Disaster Rift alone for so long, you must have very rich experience. If the test goes smoothly, the higher-ups intend to invite you personally to join the elite force directly under the Research Department and enjoy senior benefits. So when you arrive there, there might be some enhanced humans who have been demoted who are not convinced, so please, Mr. Lin, bear with it and try not to get into conflicts with them,” the captain said.

Yu Hong raised an eyebrow. This statement was quite interesting, hinting that in the city, the term ‘enhanced human’ had become synonymous with instability and irascibility.

“Among the enhanced humans now, are there any famous figures? How powerful can they be?” he asked curiously.

“There’s an internal testing leaderboard at the institute, generated from test data, but it doesn’t represent actual combat,” the captain replied succinctly. “The one with the highest speed is nicknamed Cobra, a fully enhanced human specializing in speed, who can sprint a hundred meters in four seconds starting from zero, excelling in short-range high-speed direction changes. His speed is quite exaggerated.”

“The strongest in terms of strength is nicknamed King of Strength, a fully enhanced human who can lift a car weighing three tons with his bare hands. Besides these, the body density of these enhanced humans is extremely high;ordinary people can’t even stab them with a knife no matter how hard they try. They are entirely not the same species as us.”

“… ” These data… Yu Hong glanced at the outside buildings and suddenly felt humanity was doomed…

His expression could not show any anomaly, but the perceptive captain still perceived a hint of worry.

“Let’s not talk about this for now;once we reach the institute, if the information you provide, Brother Lin, is valuable, you might make a fortune,” he said with an envious smile.

“Thank you for your kind words,” Yu Hong smiled.

Soon, no one spoke in the car.

Outside the car window, passing through district after district, winding here and there, the surrounding buildings gradually became less frequent.

After more than ten minutes.

Squeak.

The car stopped, leaving thin black marks from the tires on the ground.

Several people got out of the car in turns. Yu Hong followed behind and arrived at a place resembling an ancient mansion, painted black.

Outside, the guard verified their identities and let them in.

Upon entering, Yu Hong observed with a scrutinizing attitude, looking left and right.

Directly inside was a huge white sand training ground, where pairs of black-clad people in tight clothes, possessing abnormal physiques, were sparring.

Unlike others, these individuals were surrounded by researchers in white coats who were taking notes and occasionally commenting.

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After a while, Yu Hong was taken to a single-story black building.

The room was divided into two sections by a partition of reinforced glass.

He was on the right side undergoing verification;on the left, there were people standing and talking, occasionally glancing this way.

“What am I doing now?” Yu Hong looked at the captain waiting beside him.

“You’re waiting to finish your verification depositions and to collect intelligence. A professional will come to talk to you;just explain what you know,” the captain replied adeptly.

“How long will it take?” Yu Hong asked.

“About half an hour, possibly longer if you have much to say, but the rewards and benefits will also be better,” the captain said with a smile.

“Alright.” Yu Hong fell silent, letting the medical staff start collecting his fingerprints, checking his blood pressure, breathing, Red Value radiation levels, etc.

“I heard you’re new here? To get senior benefits straight away!?”

As he sat in the room for his exam, an irritable male voice quickly floated in from outside.

Soon, accompanied by footsteps, two burly men with floral turbans and White Tiger tattoos all over their arms entered one after another.

They immediately noticed Yu Hong, who was undergoing the examination.

“Fuck! I’ve been working my ass off for two months! Couldn’t secure a single spot for senior benefits! Why does this kid get them the moment he arrives, huh!?” The man at the front, almost as tall as Yu Hong with a height over two meters, walked up to Yu Hong.

Without any courtesy, he reached out and grabbed Yu Hong by the collar.

“I’m an enhanced human, too! Why should I be inferior to you, you loafer, huh!?” He shouted loudly.

Ah seemed to be his catchphrase;he had to add it after every sentence.

“Chen Qidong! Stop causing trouble! He’s just returned from the outside, bringing back important Black Disaster information,” the captain who had brought Yu Hong here said, standing up to scold.

“Mind your own fucking business!!” The man turned to yell at the captain, “Think you can boss me around just because you have a gun!? Believe it or not, I’ll kill you and your superiors won’t do a thing to me!”

This belligerent man named Chen Qidong cursed loudly at the captain, causing the captain’s face to turn grim, his grip on his gun creaking.

“So you’re saying, if you’re strong, you get privileges?” Yu Hong asked while sitting.

“What about it!? I just saw it;your Red Value is zero! You’re just a lucky piece of trash!” Chen Qidong, stimulated by Yu Hong’s calm appearance, got even angrier.

He pointed at Yu Hong.

“I could kill you just as easily…”

Bang!!

Suddenly, a palm strike swept swiftly and landed on his right cheek.

With a muffled thud, Chen Qidong was sent flying out the door, sliding across the training ground and leaving a trail over ten meters long.

He lay on the ground, head dizzy, attempting to prop himself up with his hands, but failed and fell down again.

Inside the room, the nurse conducting the check held the pulse oximeter in her hands, motionless, forgetting what to do next.

The captain and two other team members stayed frozen in place, their guns offering no sense of security as they looked at Yu Hong, who was still sitting, feeling tingles in their scalps. That was the strength-type enhanced human, Chen Qidong, and the door was made of thick hardwood, engineered for high strength, which had previously withstood numerous brawls among enhanced humans…

“What just… happened??” The captain asked, bewildered, looking at the shattered wooden door, wondering if he had just hallucinated.

“I said I was lucky as a joke, but he actually believed it,” Yu Hong retracted his raised palm and placed it in front of the nurse again.

“May I continue?”

“…Oh…” The nurse trembled, her face turning pale as she quickly clipped the oximeter onto his finger.

“Brother!!” At that moment, another bulky person who had entered the room with Chen Qidong realized what happened, let out a scream, and hurriedly rushed out to help Chen Qidong and check his injuries.

The enhanced individuals who were originally training outside now stopped and gathered around.

“Brother, you still say you’re not an enhanced individual…?!” The captain looked at the unchanging face of Yu Hong as he swallowed saliva.

“Even if you’re strong, you shouldn’t have hit an enhanced person here… they… usually stick together… look outside…”

By then, the enhanced individuals outside had already gathered around Chen Qidong to check on him.

Some squatted down to look at his injuries, some took out their phones to make calls, and some frowned as they looked toward Yu Hong inside the room.

“Actually, I’m not that strong,” Yu Hong said as he checked his blood oxygen level, stood up, and moved his arm.

“I’m just a little stronger than them here.” He gestured a tiny bit with his fingers.

“Hehe… a tiny bit stronger… Chen Qidong might have been at fault, but all he did was spew some rude words, nothing uncivil. Was it necessary to give him a concussion?”

At that moment, a woman about one meter ninety tall, with extremely well-defined muscles and dressed in a tight black protective suit, without a helmet, pushed through the crowd and walked toward Yu Hong.

This woman’s muscular lines were extremely exaggerated, even larger than Yu Hong’s.

“Friend, isn’t that going a bit too far?”

“This point, indeed, was my mistake,” Yu Hong nodded. He walked out of the room and stood a meter away from her.

“I went a bit too hard, excessively so.”

His tone was sincere and his demeanor calm, immediately making the enhanced individuals present ease their expressions.

“I am here to apologize to him.”

Yu Hong turned sideways, slightly bowing to Chen Qidong, who still couldn’t get up, his expression one of regret.

After finishing the gesture, he then looked toward the muscular woman.

“However, the severity of my action is my own affair;this is a conflict between Chen Qidong and me. Do you really need to meddle?”

“I… If you’re excessive, why shouldn’t I intervene?” The woman’s face turned red. Unlike second-level enhanced individuals like Chen Qidong, she was one of the four strongest individuals in this research institute division, naturally qualified…

Bang!!!

Again, the same palm strike harshly landed on the woman’s left cheek.

She tried to resist, but she was horrified to find that the force was so mighty that even with all her strength, she couldn’t stabilize her body or block that simple slap.

The tremendous force flung her like Chen Qidong, rolling over a dozen times on the ground and viciously crashing into the inner wall of the fence, motionless.

Seeing this scene, the crowd finally erupted in shock.

Before, a slap giving Chen Qidong a concussion was nothing special;several people here could do that.

But now, a slap knocking out the muscular woman, that level of strength was terrifying. It’s important to remember her strength and weight were more than double Chen Qidong’s.

“Power… King of Strength!?” Someone couldn’t help but whisper speculation.

“Impossible! The King of Strength just went to the front line of the military department to clear the Black Disaster two days ago!”

“Then who is it…”

“That’s another King of Strength then!”

Pairs of shocked and awe-filled eyes converged on Yu Hong.

“So you mean this is what you said about being just a little stronger than them??” The captain, with a stunned expression, slowly walked out of the room.

“The investigation has ended. Who is the highest authority here? Can someone please come out and meet?” Yu Hong did not answer the question but instead posed another request.

His time was limited;he was willing to cooperate with the inspection because his true intention was to make contact with the research department’s officers and, from them, the higher echelons.

From the rough understanding on the way here, the second Aurora City’s five commissioners each represented one of the five forces.

The research department was represented by Minister Adili Muhe.

So, causing a disturbance, displaying strength and value, drew senior attention, thereby gaining the opportunity for contact and asking for related intelligence.

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Inside a deserted high-rise office building in Aurora City.

A tall figure wearing a black metal human mask stood silently at a high level of the building.

“Ran away? Can’t find them?” At that moment, this figure was communicating over a long distance through a wristwatch.

“They have someone using a jammer to block the positioning, and some people deliberately led the pursuers away. By the time we arrived, they had vanished,” a helpless female voice floated from the other side of the watch.

“There’s not much time left. Mr. Yang on the other side has been dealt with, and the specially dispatched teams have all been handled. Now it’s just your side left. If they happen to contact the other branches… it’s going to be a big problem,” the masked person spoke solemnly.

“Don’t worry, the association now controls most of the security points within the city. Even if we’re discovered, with the power we hold, no one can save them,” the voice from the watch confidently responded.