Night of Despair-Chapter 108 - : Departure at 106

Chapter 108: Departure at 106

Yu Hong’s expression remained impassive as he continued to drive past, showing no intention of stopping.

The car sped past the girl, whipping up a cold gust as it went forward.

The girl’s expression changed abruptly as she stood up, not caring about her exposed body. Her previously pitiable expression now turned grim.

From the hallway behind her, rustling footsteps emerged as two more female figures appeared, each armed with guns and knives.

The three cursed at the retreating car, spewing expletives before returning to the hallway and disappearing.

Hearing the voices, thick with a local accent, Yu Hong instead slowed down and stopped the car, making sure his talisman array was in place. He stepped out and turned towards the entrance of the building.

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Bang.

Halfway there, a hard stone was launched by something and smashed against the helmet on his forehead.

The chalky residue of the stone left a stain on the dark green helmet.

Yu Hong paused for a moment, then looked up toward the upper floors of the building.

In a second-floor window, a woman with a ponytail holding a slingshot looked at him in shock. She couldn’t believe her powerful slingshot had failed to have an effect.

She had successfully ambushed others with this very slingshot before—one shot, one hit.

“Hello,” Yu Hong said with a grin to his counterpart.

Suddenly, he lunged forward with the speed of an arrow, dashing to the entrance of the building and charging up to the second floor, two steps at a time.

At the doorway of the second-floor stairwell, the three girls from before were still there, not having managed to go inside. Upon hearing the noise, they turned around.

They saw Yu Hong, clad in an enhanced gray lizard suit, bursting through the narrow hallway entrance.

Standing over six feet tall, with a broad and muscular figure, Yu Hong resembled a fierce black rhinoceros as he stormed up the staircase towards the trio.

Thump!

One of the women raised her hand and fired a shotgun.

A burst of pellets slammed into Yu Hong’s chest, but they only made him pause slightly.

Without a glance at the women, he charged straight for the security door and threw his body into it with all his might.

In the middle of the impact, the edges of his suit brushed against two of the girls, crushing their arms against the security door.

Crack.

Ah!!

Following two screams, the tremendous force of the collision slammed the two women against the door.

As the door collapsed inward, they were sent tumbling after it, one arm of each girl mangled beyond recognition, evidently crippled.

Yu Hong reached out and grabbed the remaining woman, who was half-naked. He seized her by the hair and dragged her into the room.

“Let go of me! You…” the half-naked woman struggled and cursed fiercely. But she was immediately silenced as Yu Hong smashed her head against the wall.

Thud.

Her gaze became vacant in an instant; her mind was hazy, and she fell silent.

The room had a two-bedroom, one-living-room layout. Yu Hong’s first sight inside the living room was several desiccated corpses hanging in midair.

These bodies were all stripped bare, their fleshier parts having been carved away, leaving only wounds.

Two of them had been eaten to the point where only their upper bodies remained, and their lower halves were mere bones.

“Put down my daughter!” the woman from the balcony, previously armed with a slingshot, now held a gun resembling a dark tube, aimed in their direction and bellowed.

“Put her down!”

“I just need to ask for directions,” Yu Hong said as he looked at her. “Do you know where Anxi Bridge is?”

The map had detailed directions on how to reach Lulong County, but it lacked specifics for the county itself; even after enhancement, it was merely a refinement of the original layout.

“I told you to fucking put her down!” the woman screamed, hoisting her gun. “Release my daughter!”

“Alright,” Yu Hong nodded, turned, and pressed the unconscious girl against the wall. With one hand he drew a long dagger and plunged it in fiercely.

Shick!

The blade pierced the girl’s shoulder, protruding from her back and pinning her to the wall.

The intense pain startled the girl awake, and she screamed and wailed, reaching for the dagger but not daring to touch it.

“To encounter friendly living people in such an environment, it seems today is my lucky day,” Yu Hong said with a smile.

“Fuck!!” The enraged woman pointed her gun, but she didn’t dare pull the trigger. The man was too close to her daughter, so close that her daughter would be hit by the bullets if she fired.

“You answer when I ask,” Yu Hong spoke once more.

“Fine… ask!” the woman said through gritted teeth.

Yu Hong repeated his earlier question and quickly got the answer.

“Anxi Bridge is close. Just follow this road straight ahead, turn right at the fork, pass through a farmers’ market, and you’ll see it!”

“Thank you,” Yu Hong nodded, pulling the knife from the wall and hurling it forward with a fierce throw.

Whoosh!

The dagger whirled and spun, its screeching flight ending as it smashed into the face of the gun-wielding woman.

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Blood splattered, and a gunshot echoed.

Unbothered by the gunfire, Yu Hong strode forward, shielding himself from the bullets as he pressed the woman’s head against the wall.

Thud.

The wall shuddered violently. A mixture of red and white substance smeared the surface.

Yu Hong withdrew his hand, picked up the gun, and gave it a quick check.

“Pfft, beggar.”

He stood up discontentedly and turned to walk towards the remaining two wailing individuals.

With one kick to each head, accompanied by the cracking sound, the two women with severed arms were silenced.

Only the unconscious, naked girl remained.

The girl appeared at most sixteen or seventeen years old. Yu Hong walked up to her.

“May you be a kind person in your next life,” he said softly.

Thud.

The dagger plunged mercilessly into the girl’s forehead, then was pulled out. Yu Hong shook off the blood and walked away.

Downstairs, as he stepped out of the building, he got back into his car and continued driving along the street.

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As Yu Hong was heading towards Anxi Bridge,

In Lu Long County’s underground safety facility, another fully-armed squad was slowly making its way toward the power supply room.

This group consisted of four people, all carrying firearms, all equipped with submachine guns, and wearing standardized Stray Dog bulletproof gear.

Stray Dog gear, a most basic model available in the market, might sound rudely named, but it offered a great cost-to-performance ratio. Its defensive power was nearly as good as the Gray Lizard’s, though it was less flexible and lacked a breathing valve. However, even with these shortcomings, it was a highly coveted high-value gear among civilian players.

It was the reliability of this gear, coupled with luck, that had gotten this team recruited by a nearby smaller stronghold.

After many dangerous missions, their coordination had improved, gradually turning them into a fairly strong elite squad.

“We’re coming up to the power supply room Wei Hongye mentioned. Stay safe, everyone. We’ve made it this far; don’t get hurt now and end up needing a long recovery,” the team leader, Zhao Huaijun, whispered a reminder.

“Don’t worry, there probably won’t be anyone in this place. We helped Wei Hongye out with a big favor to get this connection. No one else has a clue why we’re here,” one of the team members chuckled.

“With a nuclear power generator, we’ll have a stable electricity supply once we get back! No worries about water supply or being able to turn on the lights at will. Dealing with the Blood Tide will be much less exhausting than before,” another team member said with a relaxed tone and a laugh.

“We’ve been lucky this trip, no troubles on the way, just—”

Bang!!

Suddenly, a gunshot rang out.

The man who was speaking, positioned to the side, was shot in the forehead on the spot. His helmet caved in, cracked, and blood quickly flowed, filling the inside of the helmet. He fell silent immediately.

The remaining three froze, but they quickly reacted.

“Old Ma!! Fuck!! Who the hell is firing?!” Team leader Zhao Huaijun exploded in rage, drawing his gun and firing a barrage down the right corridor.

But from the corridor, a dark figure charged out, bearing through the bullets and approaching Zhao Huaijun.

A slap came crashing down on his head.

Whoosh!

The sound of wind howled.

Zhao Huaijun roared, threw away his gun, drew his knife, and stabbed forcefully towards the attacker’s palm.

He dared to lead a team to scavenge for a nuclear power generator because he too was a luminous stone radiation mutant; his arms were much stronger than a normal person’s. He had never been afraid of a contest of strength!

He had once led his team to kill a dangerous tier-two Blood Tide Big Skin. Facing monsters, he may be a bit hesitant, but against humans… and with a dagger against a palm?

Thud!

A muffled sound exploded. His dagger was firmly caught by the other’s palm and held in place.

The tip of the knife had indeed pierced the palm, but it only drew a little blood. Beyond that, no other visible wounds could be seen.

“Another group here! This bait works wonders, hahaha!” The attacker flung his hand, wrenching the dagger from Zhao Huaijun’s grasp, and with his other hand, he smashed down.

Thud.

His punch met Zhao Huaijun’s fist, creating an explosive sound.

The immense force numbed Zhao Huaijun’s entire body, nearly bringing him to his knees, struggling to stand.

‘A monster with full-body enhancement!!’

Zhao Huaijun was horrified as he recognized the identity of his opponent.

He suddenly remembered hearing from some survivors who had fled to the stronghold, mentioning that many Radiation-Enhanced People who once lived off mercenary work, due to the rapidly worsening external environment, were now grouping together to scavenge for more resources and weapons.

Their leader was a bald monster known as Black Crow, and he had gathered around him seven or eight powerful enhanced individuals and mercenaries.

In this environment, almost none left alive were weak; the weak had already been eliminated in the past.

As he was guessing the identity of his opponent, his teammates behind him were knocked to the ground by two dark figures.

“The fourth wave, not bad, hahaha, this is what they call waiting for the rabbits. The boss is truly wise!” A burly dark figure laughed as she picked up a team member, flipping them over as if inspecting a fat pig.

“It’s not that I’m wise, they’re just stupid,” the bald leader grabbed Zhao Huaijun by the neck, lifting him up.

His enormous strength caused Zhao Huaijun to struggle wildly but to no avail.

“You keep this up… you’ll be exterminated by the joint forces sooner or later!” Zhao Huaijun managed to voice out angrily.

“The joint forces? The front lines have collapsed, buddy.” The bald Black Crow laughed, pulling the man closer and headbutting him in the forehead, knocking him senseless and weakening his entire body. “I’ve drawn in three waves of people here, killed at least twenty, and the joint forces haven’t touched me.”

“Keep it up! Sooner or later, you’ll attract someone stronger than you!!” one of Zhao Huaijun’s teammates shouted hatefully. “And I can’t wait to see how you die!!”

“Someone stronger? Who? Blood Bird? Murder Cannon? Butcher? Ice Blade? Which of them is stronger than me?” Black Crow sneered menacingly. “Threatening me? The real players have long gone to Hope City, where there are powers recruiting them. Anyone left outside is trash, either exiled or useless, and you call yourself strong?”

“Oh right, that Lang Feng from your stronghold, his strength is quite decent. If he really comes looking, that might be a problem,” Black Crow suddenly pondered.

“That’s alright; you’ve reminded me. Once we’re done here, it’s time to hit the road,” he gestured with his hand. “Brothers, grab the nuclear power generator, and let’s move out!”