Night of Despair-Chapter 124 - : Information Four

Chapter 124: Information Four

Yu Hong sat in front of the communicator, turned on the machine, and quietly waited for the time to pass.

He had to find a way to notify Aisena on the other side, asking them to stay inside as much as possible. Staying in the underground Pyroxene Secret Room was the safest method.

Sitting there, he had finished updating the information on the people behind him, so he took the opportunity while waiting to quietly cultivate his Inner Qi.

He had completed the first level of static exercises, and now that he was practicing the second level, it was clearly much smoother, and the condensation of Inner Qi was also much faster.

At that moment, he was one-third away from achieving the second level of Inner Qi. According to his previous progress, in a few days at most, he would have the full second level of Inner Qi, and his confidence in surviving would be even greater.

After all, the Black Mark sometimes required Inner Qi as a backup energy source.

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Time slipped away bit by bit, and soon, Yu Hong ate some nutrient paste and took a short rest; it was almost ten o’clock.

“Hiss… Uncle Yu Hong, are you there?” Aisena’s voice came on time from the other end of the communicator.

“Nana? Now, listen quietly to me!” Yu Hong’s spirits were lifted, knowing that the other side might be in great danger, so he quickly clarified Li Rushan’s situation and things they needed to be cautious of.

“That’s good to hear about Dad. I have remembered everything you’ve said, Uncle,” Aisena answered obediently.

“What about your two sisters? Make sure they don’t run around recklessly,” Yu Hong cautioned.

“We understand, but Sister Song Wei left early. We noticed she hadn’t returned, so we came out with some things to look for her,” Lin Haini quickly took over the conversation. “But don’t worry, all the talisman plates placed in the windows and doors of the stone house are intact; staying inside shouldn’t be a problem.”

“I suggest you go back immediately,” Yu Hong’s brow furrowed.

“But Song Wei isn’t here… She has the key for entering and exiting the area…”

“Let Nana go back first!” Yu Hong insisted decisively.

“… I understand,” Lin Haini, who was not one to be oblivious, caught the tone and immediately agreed.

“Alright, that’s it. Do not come to the stone house for contact in the future. If there’s a problem, Old Li will later go straight to the house and communicate with you through the post office.”

“Okay!”

Snap.

The communication cut off, and Yu Hong let out a long sigh of relief.

“I hope they’re safe.”

The people around him were already too few. If it continued like this, and there was no one left to talk to, that would really be terrible.

He stood up, started to prepare something to cook, and while the stove was warming up, he went to the door and looked outside.

The luminous grass in the courtyard swayed silently in the night breeze.

In the window of the wooden house in the yard, Li Rushan stood motionless, gazing at the glowing ground, momentarily at a loss for words.

Yu Hong looked at him, shook his head internally, and pulled the shutter back down.

Days passed, one by one.

One day, two days, five days, ten days…

The area around Baiqiu Village was peaceful; everyone hid in their secret rooms, not venturing out.

Yu Hong didn’t know how Nana and Lin Haini were, nor did he know the status of Zhou Xueguang; all he knew was that he and Li Rushan were about to burst from staying cooped up.

Without firewood, even with lighting, they had to go out to collect it.

Because flames represented safe drinking water in this environment where most water sources were poisonous, without fire, they could not boil and disinfect water, meaning they would suffer severe dehydration.

Humans can survive a week without food, but not a week without water—that would be certain death.

So, with only two days left before the Black Mark strengthened, Yu Hong had no choice but to leave the safehouse, cautiously gathering some dry wood.

Creak.

The wooden door slowly opened.

The morning light, filtered through the haze, spread evenly around the cavern, making the white even whiter and the dark colors lighter.

Yu Hong, dressed in a white bear suit and holding a Wolf Fang Club, with all the remaining talisman plates in his pocket, carefully descended the stone steps.

He moved to the side of the wooden house and squeezed a few nutrient pastes through the window slit.

“How are you feeling?”

“I’m planning on going back,” Li Rushan said in a heavy voice. “After so much time, that creature should have left the area. I can’t possibly continue to live like this indefinitely, dragging it out.”

He paused.

“Thank you for looking after me during this time, but no matter what, I must return today.”

Over these nights, he, too, had seen the fluorescent luminous grass but asked no questions.

To ensure their safety in such a dangerous environment was in itself the greatest act of kindness.

“I’ll go out with you,” Yu Hong thought it over; since he was going to collect firewood anyway, it would be better to join Old Li. Two people could support each other.

Of course, it was absolutely not to see when the sunlight materials would arrive. Absolutely not.

Yu Hong stood outside the wooden house, quietly waited for a little while, adjusting the slightly restless Inner Qi within him.

During this time, he had made five more Vortex Talisman Plates. The greatest advantage of this new talisman plate was that there was no need for Black Mark strengthening. It only required the consumption of Inner Qi, channeled into the ink, to easily form.

Including the previous talisman plates, he had a total of six, all of which had been placed long enough to fully saturate their internal capacity.

It was also because of this that he had the courage to go out to fetch wood.

Before long, the door of the wooden house opened, and Li Rushan, looking haggard with his hair and beard having grown significantly and in utter disarray, walked out.

He nodded to Yu Hong and took the lead, with Yu Hong following, no more than five meters behind.

The two quickly left the courtyard and headed towards the post office, and along the way, Yu Hong kept bending down to pick up firewood. It was Li Rushan, eager to return, who disappeared into the mist ahead.

Plop.

Suddenly, a soft sound came from behind Yu Hong.

He had planned to catch up quickly, but upon hearing the noise, his expression turned serious, and he looked back.

Through the fog, about ten meters away on the grassland, stood a quiet, indistinct figure.

The person wasn’t very tall and seemed a bit thin. The distance was too great and the haze too thick to make out any details.

He seemed to be wearing very old clothes, the kind of workwear from decades ago, with a gray shirt on top and black trousers on the bottom, his hair a mess, clearly revealing he was male.

Soon, the fog thickened, and the person disappeared, buried by the mist.

“Hello,” Yu Hong greeted the other, arms cradling firewood, as he tentatively called out.

Pitter-patter.

Suddenly, a strange light sound erupted much closer behind him.

His heart leapt, and he whirled around.

There was nothing behind him, only the thick fog.

He scrutinized deep into the fog, sensing for any figures that might emerge around him.

His gut told him that this time, the person behind him likely wasn’t just one person, and moreover, probably didn’t act according to the three-time kill rule Zhou Xueguang had mentioned…

Pitter-patter.

Suddenly, a third light noise sounded right at Yu Hong’s back.

The sound was so close it was as if the person making it stood right behind him; any larger movement upon turning could potentially brush against them.

Yu Hong felt as though his blood had frozen solid, goosebumps madly erupting on his skin.

A ghastly pale face with the stench of rot had closed in on the nape of his neck and shoulder, poised to draw even nearer at any moment.

‘Now is the time!!’

His eyes beneath the goggles snapped wide open.

His right arm smashed violently into his own chest.

Crack.

Just then, a fourth noise mixed with his blow against his suit erupted behind him, the two sounds spreading together.

Whoosh!!!

In an instant, a terrifying radiation burst forth from Yu Hong as the center, rippling out in invisible, horrifying waves.

The explosion caused by using five Vortex Talisman Plates at once yielded an exaggerated negative value luminous stone radiation blast of over three thousand.

The piercing alarm of the detector wailed frantically!

Invisible spherical ripples spread out from Yu Hong, covering the surroundings and forming an enormous sphere with a diameter of over ten meters.

And within this sphere, a hazy figure emerged from the fog like a reflection in water, twisted and distorted by a massive impact, as if pausing a movie scene.

The figure stood behind Yu Hong, in a reaching stance, then could no longer move an inch.

Following that.

Boom!!

Yu Hong turned around, raised his leg, and his Inner Qi exploded in an upward kick.

Low sweep leg!!

Right at the moment the opponent seemed to be frozen, he struck full force, directly hitting the figure’s legs.

The legs snapped instantly like sugarcanes, emitting a crisp sound.

Then Yu Hong swung the Wolf Fang Club horizontally with a sweep of his hand.

The terrifying blow generated a shrieking in the air and, in a flash, achieved its purpose.

The Wolf Fang Club hit the figure squarely but met empty air, passing through and striking a large tree to the side.

Thud!

Wood chips scattered.

Yu Hong pulled out the club and without a second word, took off running.

In less than two seconds, he vanished into the fog, single-handedly clutching the firewood and heading back towards the cave.

After a quick sprint, he returned to the luminous stone courtyard, leaped over the low wall in a dive, effortlessly rolled on the ground to break his fall.

Firewood scattered everywhere, but that cold, bone-piercing sensation on his back was gone.

Standing up, Yu Hong looked back over the wall.

Just now, that figure stood outside the wall, body much more blurred than before.

It faced him, clearly watching this side.

‘The Vortex Talisman Plate’s explosion worked, but it seems to only temporarily paralyze these Evil Shadows,’ Yu Hong frowned tightly, recalling everything that had just happened.

‘The figure behind seems to stiffen up when washed over by negative radiation.’

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He noted this reaction.

Standing straight, Yu Hong caught his breath, hugging the firewood while intently staring at the figure, slowly retreating into the cave until he completely shut the door, finally breathing a sigh of relief.

‘Now that the firewood issue is resolved, it should last at least two days. Next… as long as we survive, we can attain a perfect safe house with both energy and water!’

‘However, my direct kick landed on that guy, while the Wolf Fang Club did nothing. It seems my new Inner Qi indeed has some effect, albeit weak, on injuring or controlling these spectral and Evil Shadows…’

Standing at the door, Yu Hong looked out at the figure still hovering outside the wall and took up pen and paper to note it down.

This note’s content would become reinforcement material for the Black Mark in a few days.

Just as Yu Hong prepared to turn away,

Suddenly, his gaze sharpened as he saw that the blurred figure outside the courtyard wall, unbelievably, lifted a leg and stepped forward!

That figure actually stepped into the courtyard filled with luminous grass!!!!

Hiss.

In an instant, the luminous grass all around it blackened, disintegrated, and turned to ash.

“This damn thing!!” Yu Hong tensed up and quickly pressed his hand on the Black Mark, not hesitating to inject all of his remaining Inner Qi into the luminous stone mark linked to him.

‘Mark recharging complete, do you wish to open the second mark?’

“Huh???” Yu Hong’s eyes widened, astonished.