A Night of Desperation-Chapter 261: Final Game 1

Surging blue mist began to spread in the air.

Yu Hong squat down near the edge of the Ultimate Gate, closely observing the ancient symbols that were emerging on the gate.

The symbols themselves didn’t seem carved, but rather naturally grown and condensed.

Yu Hong reached out and gently touched them.

The symbols on the gate were ice-cold to the touch, the material hard.

As soon as he made contact, a massive surge of True Origin Divine Light flowed into his arm and then into his body, joining the Inner Qi within his Dantian.

“This feeling, it’s as if the True Origin Divine Light itself is trying to accelerate my cultivation, to make it stronger.”

Yu Hong furrowed his brow;he didn’t like elements beyond his control.

There was no doubting that the True Origin Divine Light was one such element now.

Standing up, he took out a piece of charcoal and sketched all the symbols onto a plank of wood, preparing to study them on his own.

Awooo!

Suddenly, a distant and faint beast roar came from afar.

It seemed as if some creatures were in conflict, colliding with one another.

The blue light in the surrounding air started to vibrate slightly, then rushed towards the source of the sound the next second.

Yu Hong glanced in that direction, his view obstructed by a farther Black Fog, obscured from clear sight.

He couldn’t be bothered to pay attention to it, considering all the chaotic Spiritual Tides and local inhabitants, conflicts were inevitable.

Compared to the changes in the Ultimate Gate, which he couldn’t control anyway, he’d rather stick to his own pace.

Standing in the courtyard, he looked at the large pit blasted into the ground, knelt on one knee, and gently placed his right palm on the surface.

“Strengthen.”

In an instant, his mind wrapped the entire Array of the inner and outer courtyard underground.

Wrapped with them were a pile of confiscated relics of the Black Disaster as well as the huge skull he had obtained from slaying the Black Giant.

Rather than a brief repair, it was better to merge and strengthen directly.

This time, he intended to perfect the entire Array according to his previous idea.

“Strengthen the Slaughter Spirit Array, direction: retractable to cover the exterior of the safe house cave, extendable to cover the surrounding area, forming a buffer zone.”

Yu Hong seriously planned to leave the place, mobilizing the entire camp to avoid becoming a target for other factions.

Soon, a black line flashed, and the feedback from the Black Mark sounded.

“Strengthen the Slaughter Spirit Array?”

A countdown surfaced on the ground: 5 days 11 hours 2 minutes.

“It’s a bit long, but… perhaps it’s due to the excessive number of relics thrown in…”

With so many relics, Yu Hong was somewhat expectant about the strength of the Array after the enhancement.

“Yes!”

He affirmed resolutely.

Aaang!!

The Multi-eyed Bird’s roar came from a distance once again.

He ignored it and, after confirming the strengthening, got up and entered the cave, sitting at a wooden table with the sketched symbols and patterns.

“First, let’s try injecting Inner Qi to see, one by one…”

There were twelve types of symbols on the gate, and he planned to test each carefully.

Taking them out one at a time, injecting Inner Qi, and feeling the changes.

This was Yu Hong’s most rudimentary research method for now.

One after another, the symbols were ruled out as useless, but soon, a hook-like symbol underwent a strange change when injected with Inner Qi.

Droplets of water began to surface slowly on the surface of the plank with the injection of Inner Qi.

“Water droplets?” Yu Hong was puzzled and quickly wiped them dry with a paper towel, then tested again.

Why would a symbol that condenses water droplets appear on the Ultimate Gate of a Light Disaster?

Were these symbols truly formed naturally? If not, who had carved them?

Yu Hong vaguely sensed many secrets hidden within the True Origin Divine Light. He stopped his motions and stared at the symbol for a long time but did not continue to delve deeper.

Instead, he recorded the function, input the amount of Inner Qi, and after a rough repeat test to ensure no issues, he began the next one.

Practicing Tao Breath Circulation, he integrated the study of symbols and patterns into his Yishan civilization glyph system.

The combination of runes could do many things, greatly enhancing environmental adaptability.

In a sense, the glyph system could even create Arrays on its own. It’s just that Yu Hong felt he was not yet powerful enough to do this step.

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With a rumble, the underground minecart continued to drive deeper into the tunnel.

Li Wang and fourteen others formed an inspection group, currently hiding within the minecart, quietly awaiting their destination.

They had maintained this posture for over an hour.

As Li Wang and the others were about to sneakily activate an electronic device to check the surroundings…

Finally, the automatic speed of the minecart slowed down.

“Welcome to the new world,” a sweet female voice resonated from the surrounding walls.

“All minecart and escort personnel, please undergo the first inspection and protection protocol of the new city,” the female voice sounded again.

Inspection protection?

Li Wang’s heart tightened as he quickly gripped the grenade gun in his hand.

He stealthily peeked over the edge of the minecart.

“Target detected!” The female voice instantly sounded.

Bang bang bang bang!!

In an instant, a barrage of machine-gun bullets erupted, spraying on the sides of the carts.

“Screw them!” Li Wang roared fiercely as he stood up, bracing against the machine-gun bullets and returning fire.

Boom!

A grenade flew out, exploding into flames that shook the entire underground space with reverberating sound waves.

Ordinary people couldn’t last a second in such an environment, likely going deaf immediately.

But the enhanced humans had no such concerns.

Li Wang led the way, and the others stood up one by one, firing back towards the direction of the machine gunshots.

Tat-tat-tat-tat!

Bullets flew, ricocheting, shattering chunks of the stone walls.

The investigation team’s marksmanship was precise, and a minute later, the gunfire quieted down.

Dozens of automatic gun points and surveillance points around them had all been removed.

The heavy armored suit on Power King was now full of dense dents, showing how many times he’d been targeted.

Click.

He replaced a magazine and reloaded with grenades.

“Let’s go. Since we’ve been discovered, make it fast!”

Xue Ningning and Ou Li, along with Yiyi, regrouped in threes like the others, following closely behind Power King as they charged deeper into the tunnel.

They traversed nearly a hundred meters of tunnel.

Suddenly, the path opened up to reveal a hemispherical rock hall.

The walls of the large hall were gray and black, with giant black bats hanging upside down from the ceiling.

Each bat was the size of a human head, and their eyes glowed faintly red, with devices that seemed to be explosives strapped to their backs.

“Please present your pass.” The sweet female voice rang out again, clearly, this one was an idiot.

Boom.

Xue Ningning shot the hidden speaker from where the female voice emanated.

At the same time, everyone opened fire, aiming precisely at the bats.

Before the bats could get close, they were accurately shot and exploded by the barrels of the guns.

“Charge, charge, charge!!”

Power King continued to rush into the tunnel.

Yiyi and the others followed closely behind.

The third attack came swiftly, as a Black Blood Person guarding the passage suddenly lunged out of the darkness.

After killing three team members, it was finally subdued when Power King used a special white foam gun, firing a large quantity of foam to suppress the Black Blood Person’s regenerative abilities.

Someone immediately stepped forward to wrap the Black Blood Person with specially made bandages.

“This thing can’t be killed, only suppressed with inhibitors for now, keep going! We only have an hour, hoping to resolve this within the hour!” Power King yelled.

The group’s objective was to at least capture a member of the Eternal Life Association as evidence for interrogation.

After rushing through the third hall, simple decorations began to appear around the stone walls.

Symbols representing the App Mountain civilization also began to emerge on the walls here.

Inside the fourth hall.

Surrounding the minecart tunnel in the middle, two bizarre black winged humanoid statues were built on either side.

Both statues were sitting cross-legged on stone platforms, with their black wings drooping behind, covering their naked bodies.

The group had just entered.

Suddenly, the winged statues began to tremble violently, and fine cracks spread across them.

“Be on guard!” Power King shouted.

Everyone immediately spread out, automatically forming an array with their guns aimed at the statues.

Bang!!

In an instant, the statues exploded, and a swarm of dark, oppressive worms poured out.

Each worm resembled an enlarged maggot.

Their wrinkled bodies, formed in circular sections, writhed on the ground like earthworms.

Each one was as long as a grown person’s arm and had begun scurrying rapidly toward the people as soon as they hit the ground.

Tat-tat-tat-tat!

The sound of gunfire erupted as everyone aimed and fired as accurately as possible at the maggots.

However, the thickness of the maggots’ skin was beyond their expectations, requiring at least five shots each to kill.

This was with bullets made from a mix of luminous stone materials.

Regular bullets had no effect on them and passed through as if through an illusion, hitting the ground.

Hiss.

Rings of black maggots gradually surrounded everyone, herding them toward the center.

Radiation Hand Grenades were thrown out one by one, exploding invisible negative radiation charge, which also shattered some of the maggots.

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But it did little good as thousands of maggots closed in.

Everyone fired desperately, using continuous shifts of shooters to maintain a steady stream of fire.

“Suppression guns!” Power King shouted.

At once, everyone pulled out suppression guns and pulled the triggers at the maggots.

Hiss.

A mass of sticky foam gushed out, rapidly solidifying upon contact with air, submerging and adhering the wriggling maggots.

The situation was momentarily at a standstill.

Just as everyone thought they could suppress the maggots with suppression guns and continue forward,

Boom.

Boom.

Suddenly, a tall figure stepped out of the darkness ahead, quickly closing in on the group.

Then the shadow accelerated, sprinting.

Its heavy footsteps cracked the ground, blowing open deep pits.

Lin Yiyi was the first to spot the newcomer, and she immediately shifted her gun to aim at him.

Bang-bang-bang!!

Three continuous shots.

All three bullets struck the figure, sparking off harmlessly.

Luckily, the rest of the team reacted, turning their suppression guns toward the figure, using their super-speed dynamic vision to achieve precise hits.

The suppressant quickly took effect.

The figure, mired in copious foam, began to slow down but still lumbered step by step towards them.

Swoosh.

A whistling object flashed by.

The figure suddenly threw a fist-sized rock, striking the closest team member.

The team member’s chest caved in, and he was thrown backward, breathless from the impact.