A Night of Desperation-Chapter 226: Trouble 2

“The response method is divided into three steps. The first step is to use the whirlwind talisman array to break and release a negative-value radiation pulse as soon as one enters within a three-meter distance. The second step is to take the luminous stone blanket…” Zhang Kaijun’s words were cut off.

Click.

The car door opened.

Yu Hong jumped down from the passenger seat, and strode towards the survivors.

Whoosh!

A towering white flame ignited on his body.

Intense airflow and negative radiation pulsed from him as the center, rapidly expanding in all directions, circle after circle.

Ahh!!!

The survivors screamed like innocent people encountering a thug as they saw Yu Hong approaching. They retreated in panic, their screams resembling those of rubber chickens.

In just a few steps, they were jostling against each other, stumbling and dispersing into the Black Fog, quickly disappearing from sight.

Yu Hong retracted his Inner Qi and turned back to the car, closing the door.

“Let’s go. Heh, it’s the end of the world, and they still dare to swindle?”

He chuckled coldly, grabbed a stick of nutrition paste, and bit into it.

Zhang Kaijun silently watched the whole process of Yu Hong driving away the Black Disaster.

“Now I understand why you can live so well by yourself in dangerous areas,” he said somberly.

“Good that you know,” Yu Hong nodded.

“…That power called Inner Qi, can it really not be passed on to others for use?” Zhang Kaijun asked again.

“Want to try?” Yu Hong reached out a finger, touching it to the back of Zhang Kaijun’s hand.

Hiss.

A strand of Inner Qi, as fine as a hair, flowed from his fingertip into the skin on the back of his hand.

Instantly, a hideous red blood mark appeared swiftly on the back of Zhang Kaijun’s hand.

It was as if the subcutaneous tissue was bleeding inexplicably, creating a new wound.

Pop!

The blood mark then burst open, spraying out a small stream of blood and splattering the steering wheel and dashboard with droplets of blood.

Zhang Kaijun maintained a calm expression, quickly opened the car drawer, and took out medicine, gauze, bandages, skillfully bandaging and stemming the bleeding in under ten seconds.

“It seems that it won’t work,” he said with regret.

“It’s probably not compatible. According to my experience and understanding, every person’s Essence Qi and physique are unique, so the Inner Qi cultivated by each person is also bound to be unique. The moment someone else’s Inner Qi enters another’s body, it causes a rejection reaction, similar to organ transplantation,” Yu Hong explained.

Hum.

The convoy started up and continued forward.

“A very clear explanation, although rejection isn’t quite like that,” Zhang Kaijun nodded. “Then, is it possible to analyze the commonalities among them and then cultivate a seed for each person to cultivate Inner Qi?”

“What do you mean?” Yu Hong raised an eyebrow.

“The emergence of Inner Qi must have had an initial stimulus, an initial starting environment. If we reproduce this environment, this stimulus, could we… reproduce Inner Qi?” Zhang Kaijun answered.

“Sorry, I can’t do that,” Yu Hong shook his head.

The cultivation of Inner Qi started with transformation through the Black Mark, only then was it successful.

And the Black Mark, could not be exposed or moved, let alone lent to others.

He had experimented before;others couldn’t even see the patterns of the Black Mark, let alone touch it.

“Is that so… Not enough sacrifice?” Zhang Kaijun asked.

“It’s not about sacrifice, but about the impossibility,” Yu Hong corrected.

The two fell into silence again.

The convoy also accelerated continuously along the highway.

Whenever they encountered Black Disaster blocking the road, Yu Hong would get out of the car and take a stroll;to the Black Disasters large and small, currently below level six, in Yu Hong’s presence, they were merely a slap away.

The journey went from morning to afternoon.

At last, the convoy drove into a city district called Qingrong County, and moved into a backup base that Zhang Kaijun had prepared in advance.

Once everything was organized and settled down, talisman arrays densely covered and formed the Pyroxene Secret Room. The defensive lines were also set up layer by layer.

A few members of the research department, under the lead of Old Xu Yingsheng, clung to Yu Hong’s hand and did not want to let go.

Having witnessed the exaggerated effects of Inner Qi on the way, their desire for Inner Qi and their urge to research it had reached a peak.

Unfortunately, Yu Hong couldn’t possibly stay here to cooperate with their research;his own camp would be very dangerous without the protection of the Array after being away for too long.

A few dragon lizards alone definitely couldn’t hold up.

Therefore, he and Zhang Kaijun made an agreement, asking them to research drugs that could enhance and transform humans.

In exchange, he would periodically provide them with enough clean drinking water for their use.

Before leaving, Yu Hong used the Condensing Water Technique to gather nearly two tons of water, filling the base’s water storage tank completely, before leaving on his own.

For him, condensing water was just a matter of spending some Inner Qi and time. As long as he maintained a balance where consumption equaled replenishment, he could condense about ten kilograms of water in a minute.

Two tons, or two thousand kilograms, meant the problem could be solved in about two hundred minutes.

Used sparingly, this water would last them quite a long time.

Eight o’clock in the evening.

Yu Hong was escorted to the exit of the underground base by Zhang Kaijun and others.

The base was located under the underground parking lot of an office building, with the exit being the garage entrance and exit of the parking lot.

“This is far enough, everyone go back,” Yu Hong, carrying a box of enhancement drugs given by the research department to boost the human physique, turned back and waved to the group seeing him off.

“Remember the enhancement drugs for human transformation I want. Make sure to get them for me next time.”

“Mr. Yu, can’t you really take us with you?” Two beautiful women in the crowd couldn’t help but ask again.

“Heh, next time for sure,” Yu Hong chuckled, waved his hand, and turned to leave.

The two women wanted to follow, but were stopped by an older woman nearby.

Although Black Wind Camp was located in an extremely dangerous area, the presence of Yu Hong, who possessed Inner Qi, still made it quite attractive.

Of course, when the two women communicated, they meant they wanted to become official members as soon as they entered. The cost was helping the other party with chores and various needs, but alas…

At the garage exit.

Zhang Kaijun and Old Xu from the research department watched as the green beam from Yu Hong’s atomic lamp gradually disappeared as he left.

“He’s really a miraculous person,” Old Xu couldn’t help but sigh.

“Compared to all the strange and bizarre abilities from the Black Disaster, it’s nothing,” Zhang Kaijun said.

“But have you ever seen anyone like him, or even someone with similar enhanced abilities?” Old Xu asked.

“…Indeed, I haven’t,” Zhang Kaijun shook his head. The abilities of enhanced humans were varied and many, but they generally revolved around strength, protection, speed, and disease resistance, among other physical aspects.

Like Yu Hong, they had not seen even one.

“Why not apply to join his side?” Old Xu asked.

“This is the most suitable arrangement for us now,” Zhang Kaijun slightly shook his head, “He can withstand harsh enough environments;we cannot. While ensuring our own safety, we can still enjoy some of the resources he can provide. This is our best option.”

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Aurora City.

In the pristine white corridor of the hospital.

Xin Zhilei lowered her hand from the glass wall, retracting her gaze from inside the hospital room.

“Have you found the person?” she asked softly.

Her subordinate smiled.

“It’s been taken care of. The second remnant of the Meisha family was completely obliterated through close-range saturation bombing by the tracker. However…”

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“However, what?” Xin Zhilei frowned slightly.

“However, Lin Yiyi who was with him didn’t die. We couldn’t act when we saw her during the follow-up cleanup of the scene, especially since there were people from the Military Committees in the team,” the subordinate said in a low voice.

“That girl has been with the Meisha family for so long, she might have already learned some truth about the matter,” Xin Zhilei said.

She rotated her wrist. “Where is she now?”

“On her way back.”

“Once she enters the city, we’ll deal with her together. How are the preparations within the city? When we make our move, don’t let that Yang surname escape.”

“Absolutely not. He’s tied up with the repairs of the water reservoir.”

“Do you think that the list on the USB might be in Sean’s hands?” Xin Zhilei sighed.

“Hard to say, no one expected the Meisha family to have held back a move. Once that list gets out, the commotion it would cause would be too great,” the subordinate answered in a strange and indolent tone.

“Since Frerika wasn’t found, it could only be in our region, and only two Meishas have entered this area, so there’s a fifty-fifty chance. Too bad, it would have been better if it could have been destroyed by the bombing,” Xin Zhilei said, looking somewhat weary.

“Lists can be copied, ma’am. Also, with the rescuing team, with many mouths comes chatter, our people are in the minority. In case Lin Yiyi says something she shouldn’t, and it’s overheard by others…” the subordinate reminded.

“Fine, that’s enough. Once Lin Yiyi returns to Aurora City, control everyone immediately. Don’t worry about the committee members for now. Use Black Disaster contamination as a reason to swiftly isolate and deal with everyone except for our own. I’ll come up with an excuse for the committee afterward.”

“Understood.”

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Yu Hong returned to the camp first with a box of medicinal liquid.

Outside, the temperature kept dropping, and the medicinal liquid froze, forming dark brown ice pillars in the box.

He had run wildly towards Aurora City, taking three days, only to end up losing his direction and nearly getting lost, which forced him to return the way he had come back to the camp.

Unable to get a message from Yiyi and unable to find a route to Aurora City, Yu Hong could only ask Old Zhang to set up the equipment and then provide satellite cloud map support.

After returning, he replenished the camp with some cooling water and set down the medicinal liquid. Then Yu Hong headed out to the yard.

Looking at the pitch-black fog outside.

‘After this round of enhancement, I must enhance an item that can guide direction, like that previous map.’

He held a ball of black water in his right hand the size of a fist, churning and twisting continuously, forming the character for ‘black’ one moment and ‘water’ the next.

‘Having chosen the second liquid, I’ve almost got the hang of controlling the Black Water. Next, it’s time for contact and adaptation of the two liquids to the body.’

The fourth layer involved choosing the second liquid, and the following Fifth and Sixth Layers mainly involved integrating the liquid into oneself, producing enhancements beneficial to the body.

Of course, it wasn’t something that could be achieved in a short time.

Yu Hong wasn’t in a hurry;the main purpose of practicing the Condensing Water Technique was to resolve the water problem. Now that it was temporarily solved, there was no rush.

“Let’s take a look at the enhancement drugs now.”

He reached out, opened the box, and took out a vial of medicine that was said to slightly increase muscle strength and activity.

According to Old Xu, if an ordinary person drank the medicine every day for a year, their physical strength should increase by twenty to thirty percent. However, it was only limited to the first year, and drinking it any further would be futile.

Other medicinal liquids had similar effects;they were all based on samples from enhanced humans’ research materials and were the resulting concoctions.

‘Enhancement drugs, direction…’

Yu Hong pondered.

He skipped giving a direction and simply let the Black Mark enhance on its own.

Auto-enhancement generally meant improving one grade on the existing basis, like upgrading a water cup to a filtering water cup.

That was without adding any other synthetic substances.

If other things were added, the results of enhancement would be significantly influenced.

‘Should we enhance the transformation drugs?’ Black Mark inquired.

‘Hold on,’ Yu Hong suddenly paused, as if he had thought of something, and chose to postpone.

He relaxed his grip and then clenched again.

‘Enhancement drugs, direction: similar to Superman-like strength!’