Night of Despair-Chapter 169 - : 167 Planning

Chapter 169: 167 Planning

Seventeen days of intensive training felt incredibly long.

But Yu Hong knew he had no choice.

Without replenishments from the luminous stone mines, if he couldn’t find new sustainable resources to combat the Black Disaster, all he could rely on was the Black Mark to blindly devise stronger methods.

Otherwise, everyone in the camp would die. Perhaps ultimately, only he could barely escape with his Inner Qi.

But in such harsh conditions, should he encounter any dangerous Black Disaster while escaping without the camp’s protection, his death was certain.

The camp provided a warm domicile, clean and nutritious food, and there was no need to live in fear and sleep restlessly every day.

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Also, because of the ample energy at Black Wind Camp, they could use light to repel the troublesome Blood Tide Blood Ticks.

‘Looking back, the Blood Ticks and Blood Tide that we initially encountered seemed like harmless stones… compared to the later Black Disasters, they are insignificant…’

Yu Hong, weakened, leaned against the stone wall, gasping for air, and thought to himself.

Taking advantage of the time his Inner Qi was recovering, he got up, took a sip of water, and went upstairs.

He glanced outside.

The sky beyond the wooden door was pitch black, with no moonlight visible.

He sat down at the wooden table, picked up a newly enhanced nutrition paste, and tore it open to eat.

The chilly nutrition paste tasted somewhat like seafood meat porridge, and it was pretty good, fresh and tasty.

After swallowing a few bites, Yu Hong rinsed his mouth with water and his gaze involuntarily fell on the communicator.

He thought for a moment, got up, and went down to the basement to take a large portion of the enhanced nutrition paste out, delivered them to Old Li’s place, then quickly returned and sat back at the wooden table.

He lightly touched the communicator, a hint of hesitation showing on his face.

‘Is it only my area’s luminous stone mine that has problems, or are other places also…’ This doubt continuously lingered in his mind.

As time slowly passed, and after his Inner Qi had completely recovered, Yu Hong decisively took a Radiation Hand Grenade to one side and finally pressed the power button of the communicator.

Snap.

Instantly, a faint sound of electricity hissing came from the speaker.

Yu Hong rotated the frequency tuning knob, attentively listening for any slight noise that might emerge.

Before long, suddenly a voice of someone speaking flashed through the speaker.

Yu Hong hurriedly rotated it back.

“…If this continues daily, our manpower won’t last much longer. Fewer people are willing to become blood attractors, some have even started to desperately resist…” a familiar female voice was heard.

It was Wei Song!

Yu Hong instantly remembered, followed by the sound of another male voice.

The moment the male voice spoke, he recognized it as Zhang Kaijun.

Zhang Kaijun’s voice was highly distinctive, detached, indifferent, harsh, like a clump of icy dregs, devoid of emotion.

“Then use them to make the extraction fluid matrix.” He spoke indifferently, “This round of Black Disaster has already formed a general fixed range. High-level Black Disasters won’t move their domains at random. Before forming, my researchers found that they could be guided in advance to fix their territories in farther, more remote places. If these people aren’t willing to make sacrifices to explore routes even at such a crucial time, they will be of no use afterward and turning them all into matrices is their only end.”

“That’s too extreme…” Wei Song sighed.

“Extraordinary times require extraordinary measures. This topic can stop now. Besides, long time no see, Yu Hong.” Zhang Kaijun’s voice changed, greeting Yu Hong who just connected.

“…Indeed, it has been a long time. Previously, I attempted to access the channel but encountered a Black Disaster that could invade and attack from the communicator…” Being able to contact others, Yu Hong felt a great sense of relief.

Zhang Kaijun and the others were his only channels to understand the external world in this isolated era.

And Guan Cao…

“Guan Cao is now…” he began to speak.

“His underground base has already been abandoned. The red radiation value inside severely exceeds standards. It’s impossible for anyone to survive.” Zhang Kaijun replied.

He paused for a moment, then continued.

“Yu Hong, how’s the situation over there?”

“It’s troublesome. I’ve encountered a very dangerous situation here,” Yu Hong said solemnly. “My base is built near a luminous stone mine, but now…I went mining the other day, and I found that the entire luminous stone mine had completely…completely turned black. It’s gone!”

“Those disgusting rats have been there!” Wei Song couldn’t help raising his tone, “It was the Meisha family! I knew it! Damn! These bastards, I’ll catch them someday and flay them…”

She suddenly became furious, and a myriad of curses and filthy words burst from her mouth.

“All the luminous stone mines in the East River are mostly gone,” said Zhang Kaijun, relatively calm. “Fortunately, I established a large fortress early and collected a large amount of luminous stone in advance. The stockpile should last me for decades.”

He paused to give Yu Hong time to digest the information.

“Yu Hong, you are talented. Why don’t you come here? Without luminous stone, your camp cannot hold, and you will eventually have to relocate. Here, aside from luminous stone, we also have an extraction fluid that has effects comparable to those of luminous stone.”

“Extraction fluid?” Yu Hong frowned, puzzled. “What is that?”

“It’s the main material developed here to deal with the Black Disaster,” Zhang Kaijun replied. “Humans can absorb Red Value. Why does the Black Disaster chase living people? Have you considered this question? I guess not. I recruited more than ten high-level researchers from Silver Tower, who, through research and extraction, found a key substance in the human body that attracts the Black Disaster. They extracted this substance at a high concentration. Just a small amount can make the Black Disaster mistake it for a living person, thus luring it elsewhere.”

“Additionally, based on the extraction fluid, we have also developed an expulsion fluid, which was completed based on a major project before the collapse of Silver Tower. Similarly, the expulsion fluid is derived from the negative radiation of luminous stone. It utilizes trace components of luminous stone to extract the content most repugnant to the Black Disaster. This expulsion fluid works well on all Black Disasters with Red Value under one thousand. If sprayed on oneself in advance, it can make the Black Disaster mistake a person for a large luminous stone, and hence stay away from the human body. The advantage of the expulsion fluid is that it doesn’t consume much luminous stone. It just needs to mimic the radiation fluctuations of luminous stone and simultaneously mask the body’s own fluctuations to achieve the effect of repelling the Black Disaster, and its use time is extremely long.”

Extraction fluid and expulsion fluid…!

Listening to Zhang Kaijun’s descriptions, Yu Hong was genuinely impressed.

Both substances were not developed for direct confrontation. It seemed that the existing survivor strongholds also understood that hiding and repelling were better choices than fighting.

“Why isn’t it effective on high-risk Black Disasters above one thousand?” Yu Hong asked.

“Because we suspect that high-risk Black Disasters have developed a certain primary intelligence,” Zhang Kaijun’s reply was blunt and straightforward. “What do you think? Want to come over? Your place is currently covered by clouds of radiation from Speed Men and Insect Men. If you can hold on during this period, I can send someone to pick you up.”

“No need. Given the distance, no one can guarantee that there won’t be any problems.” Yu Hong flatly refused, as he naturally couldn’t just abandon the camp he’d been buildin for so long.

“That’s alright, since you managed to open communication now, it means you can still stand your ground,” Zhang Kaijun said calmly. “Considering the Black Disaster intelligence you provided earlier, I will also offer you the intelligence on the Black Disaster malcodes for free.”

He cleared his throat.

“No matter what method you used to contact us, isolating malcodes is actually simple. It uses the principle of the Pyroxene Secret Room, which places the communicator into a similar high-concentration negative radiation environment like the Pyroxene Secret Room. The denser the negative radiation surrounding the communicator, the less it will be attacked by malcodes. Moreover, I also have some intelligence on Insect Men…”

He continued to describe the communal nature of Insect Men as well as their various abilities.

Yu Hong similarly shared his own intelligence on Speed Men. The two sides achieved mutual assistance in terms of intelligence sharing.

Witnessing this, Wei Song also offered some Black Disaster intelligence she had encountered, although far from as valuable as the others, it still filled in some gaps.

“By the way, the relocation of Aurora City is complete, and the national broadcast has resumed synchronization,” Zhang Kaijun reminded. “After you finish with us here, Yu Hong, you might want to tune in and listen.”

“Alright, is the frequency still am500?” Yu Hong asked.

“Yes, it hasn’t changed, now is still in a 24-hour loop,” Zhang Kaijun answered.

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“The senior officials are nothing but cowards! They prematurely withdrew so many troops, causing so many deaths!” Wei Song clenched her teeth.

“So there was a coup inside Aurora City, now the commander of the East River United Forces is someone else pushed forward by another group,” Zhang Kaijun said. “The cowards from before were mostly killed. The coup almost burst out just as Aurora City was closing, likely premeditated.”

“…I understand, the current situation only allows us to concentrate our forces to preserve the seed, but…” Wei Song’s voice trailed off.

“Before the Black Disaster outbreak, East River had 1.9 billion people, how many are left now? Maybe not even tens of millions… With such a dire situation, they still thought about gathering troops to protect themselves and escape first, really… Don’t they know that soldiers have families too?” Zhang Kaijun unusually showed a hint of scornful emotion.

“Maybe they’re just too scared,” Yu Hong added faintly.

The relocation of Aurora City cost so many lives in Baihe City, although he had no personal or close relationship with that area, he still empathized with the demise of innocent lives and felt the same disgust towards those so-called high-level officials.

The three of them, via the communicator, exchanged some more intelligence on air contamination. Wei Song shared her experience in creating air filter patches, using wood and some special soil and stones, combined with water to cleanse and reuse the polluted breathing valve filter patches in repeated use.

These were all proven experiences, and Yu Hong took notes meticulously, gaining a great deal.

Especially regarding the dangers his camp might face going forward, he learned from Zhang Kaijun that Insect Men attacks were most likely. As for the radiation strength of Speed Men, it was still slowly increasing but fixed in one location.

However, Insect Men were quickly approaching from three directions.

Two hours passed in the blink of an eye, and even when the channel closed, Yu Hong was still reluctant to end the conversation.

He put down his pen and stretched his hands.

Recalling Zhang Kaijun’s earlier suggestion, he quickly stood up and gathered a pile of reconfigurable Vortex Talisman Plates.

These were the talisman plates he redesigned after learning that the luminous stone mine was gone.