A Night of Desperation-Chapter 251: The Secret

The Black Ship slowly left Prison Island.

Yu Hong sat on the deck, his Inner Qi continuously flourished along with the Dao Breath Circulation, rapidly generating new blood, flesh, and bone cells as white light emanated from his Inner Qi, forcing itself on the damaged parts of his body.

Soon, he felt much better but upon lifting his hand to look, he realized it was just an illusion.

His arm healed incorrectly due to the accelerated healing by Inner Qi, resulting in disjointed bones.

It looked somewhat deformed.

“Agrius…Prison Island… It seems this place needs a thorough investigation. What exactly is that golden lightning?”

Yu Hong sat cross-legged on the deck, silently pondering solutions.

However, with severely limited information, any method seemed futile.

“The last time I activated the Condensing Water Technique, I didn’t extract any liquid from that creature. Either it truly has no liquids inside, or my power is insufficient to forcibly extract it.”

Suddenly, he remembered the people he had seen inside the windows he had previously climbed past.

They seemed somewhat neurotic, but with the right guidance, perhaps some information could be gleaned.

“I can’t hear sounds, but if they’re still rational, writing shouldn’t be an issue…”

Yu Hong had a plan forming in his mind.

“Initially, Agrius didn’t appear;it showed up later, possibly because I climbed too high. Initially, I could have communicated with the people at the lower windows through writing to gather information.”

Thump.

The Black Ship returned, arriving at the timber bridge camp.

Yu Hong limped off the boat and followed the timber bridge back to the camp’s rear, sensing the Array’s imprints in his mind.

Sure enough, the load on the Array had lightened somewhat.

If the previous load was ten, it was now only seven.

“It seems my earlier actions drained some of Agrius’s power on Prison Island. Although not much…but it will need at least a few days to recover, which gives me some time to heal.”

Enduring the pain, he returned to the camp’s cave.

Yu Hong firmly closed the door and exhaled. He flopped onto a chair and removed his suit.

The reinforced lizard suit was tattered and worn, hardly making a difference whether worn or not.

He threw the suit on the ground, took off the rest of his clothes except for his shorts, stood up, and inspected his injuries.

Both legs had fractures of varying degrees, especially the right leg, which had a noticeable indent in the shin.

“Although I lack medical knowledge, if healing continues like this, I’m sure to have bodily balance issues…”

Yu Hong looked at the fractures on his legs, pondered for a moment, then sat down on the ground. Using his only uninjured left hand, he drew two lines on the ground with a charcoal pencil.

Then, he began to gently probe the injured areas with his palm.

Having circulated his Inner Qi for so long, he was quite familiar with the structure of his bones and muscles.

Feeling the flow of Inner Qi, he soon identified the areas where the Inner Qi was blocked or delayed.

Then…

Crack.

He suddenly tore apart the recently healed fracture, endured the severe pain, aligned and fitted the two bone ends together like assembling blocks.

After fixing that, he proceeded with the other leg and his right arm.

Fortunately, his bones were hard and resilient, and the fractures were not comminuted, requiring no debris removal.

By the time he finished with all his injuries, he was drenched in sweat and his face was pale.

Sweat soaked a large patch of ground beneath him, leaving a clear imprint.

Boom!

Boom!

Heavy thudding sounds came from outside again;the Black Disaster had begun anew.

But by now, Yu Hong had neither the energy nor the spirit to check;he just glanced at the two imprints in his mind.

The Array had been activated, starting to counter the invading Black Disaster.

The lair continued diligently breeding dragon lizards.

After checking, he collapsed onto the ground, falling into a deep, groggy sleep.

Outside the gate, noises from elephant worms, Multi-eyed Birds, Withered Women, and various other creatures of the Black Disaster mingled together, relentlessly approaching the camp’s Array.

The Array, transformed into transparent crows rising from the ground, relentlessly slowed, ignited, and obliterated the Black Disaster.

The enhanced version of the Wind and Fire Slaughter Spirit Array, seemingly precarious, was now exhibiting unimaginable resilience, continually recovering and attacking.

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As Yu Hong fell into a deep sleep,

outside Black Wind Camp, within the dark Black Fog.

A human-shaped creature, entirely black, was silently approaching the camp.

The creature held a bag that seemed to contain white powder.

“This batch of bait should attract enough Black Disaster creatures to lure the Snow Demon to feed.”

An electronic whisper emitted from the belly of the human-shaped creature.

“Personally, I think it might be better to have the executive department transfer this plan to Aurora City, their military power far surpasses that here,” a silent drone hovering in mid-air behind the creature suggested in a cold electronic voice.

“We were set for a comprehensive test anyway. Frica already tried once. Snow Demons aren’t afraid of sunlight materials or luminous stones. After the Black Disaster, the Cold Disaster will be a completely different classification, requiring completely different countermeasures. I guess all of Aurora City’s preparations will be useless against the Snow Demon and the upcoming stronger Cold Disaster,” replied the human-shaped figure.

“But the power of Inner Qi demonstrated here at Black Wind Camp appears to be a unique avenue, separate from technology, so the association asked us to lure Snow Demons here to try. The ceremonial uses of the Yingshan civilization are diminishing, and we must find replacements.”

“What if it’s effective? What if it’s not?” asked the drone.

“If effective, we’ll capture the people and collaborate with the association for experiments, until the association grasps the true power of Inner Qi.”

“As for being ineffective… do I even need to ask?”

The drone remained silent.

Indeed, if it had been ineffective, the Snow Demon would have already wiped out the camp.

They continued moving forward, and soon, less than a hundred meters ahead, they could see the Black Disaster creatures that were besieging the camp.

Clusters of crawling Shadow Black Bugs, flickering Evil Shadows, huge Multi-eyed Birds circling in mid-air, and some unknown flying creatures that resembled the Black Disaster.

Large swarms of the Black Disaster surged like thick black tides, wave after wave, into the Array. Then, the Array burned them to ashes, annihilated them, and turned them into black smoke.

The human-shaped being and the drone stopped, lifted the bags they were carrying, and then aimed towards the camp direction.

“Whooo….”

Suddenly, a pitiful cry came from behind them.

The human-shaped being and the drone shuddered slightly as if disturbed by something, their bodies involuntarily put down the bags and turned to look behind them.

Lines of Shadow Black Bugs brushed past their sides, seemingly unnoticed.

Yet strangely, only they seemed affected by the sound.

The human-shaped being’s gaze sharpened, looking in the direction of the crying.

Slowly, the fog dissipated there,

revealing a beautiful girl crouching under a large tree.

The girl had long hair reaching her waist, wore simple black shorts and ultra-short shorts with slightly torn black pantyhose. She was hugging her knees, sitting pitifully by the tree.

“Something’s wrong. I clearly used a special secret medicine to reduce my activity, and most of my body has been modified. I shouldn’t still be targeted by the Black Disaster’s Evil Shadows!” the human-shaped being said gravely.

“This Evil Shadow seems a bit special….” A confused voice came from the drone.

“Are you kind-hearted people passing by….” The girl lifted her head, tears sliding down her pretty face to drip on the ground.

“I am so scared…. Save me… I don’t want to die….”

“It’s so cold here….”

“Perhaps she’s a modified person who wandered away from the camp,” the human-shaped being said hesitantly. “My detector didn’t go off.”

“That’s possible. She must be a modified person with special cold-resistance abilities,” the drone concurred. “Let’s take her back. I want this girl for myself;she’s quite pretty and would make a good private pet.”

The human-shaped being nodded and led the way towards the girl, with the drone following behind.

The two left the lure powder in their bags behind, taking the girl with them as they slowly walked toward the distant Black Fog and left.

They disappeared into the darkness after a short while.

About half an hour later,

the girl’s figure reappeared under the same tree, still sitting with her knees hugged, her pretty face wet with tears, looking pitiful.

“Who will come, who will save me….”

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On the LCD screen of the detector, the time displayed was 9:12.

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Inside the cave,

Yu Hong slowly woke from his grogginess.

He felt pain all over his body even in places that weren’t injured, causing bursts of sharp pain.

He sat up and looked down at himself.

His abdomen, thighs, and arms, areas he thought were intact, were all covered in dense red scars.

Like subdermal bleeding, these dark red fine scars covered his entire body.

“I’m so badly injured….” Yu Hong had slept, feeling refreshed. He tried moving his limbs and faced no issues,

but there was still some pain, clearly requiring some time to heal properly.

He slowly leaned against the wall to stand up, the Black Mark-enhanced White Bear suit he had set up before leaving already completed.

The intact White Bear suit was resting near a wall by the furnace.

‘Agrius is quite powerful. If I can’t handle it soon, the Array might continue to suffer from erosion.’

Yu Hong sat down on a chair and tore open two tubes of nutrient paste to consume.

‘It looks like I should prepare a fallback plan.’

He thought for a moment, squatting with one hand on the ground.

‘Enhance the Black Wind Camp.’

At that moment, he confirmed the coverage area in his mind, encompassing the entire camp.

The cave, inner courtyard, outer courtyard, all the ground Arrays and the layer of soil beneath them.

This was the full extent of Black Wind Camp in Yu Hong’s mind.

‘Direction: Add mobility feature!’

Yu Hong silently recited.

Suddenly, a black line flashed, surging from the Black Mark into the ground.

Soon, a feedback appeared.

‘Do you want to enhance Black Wind Camp?’

A countdown automatically appeared beneath Yu Hong’s feet, showing a dark red value the size of a washbasin: ’27 days 17 hours 9 minutes’

“…..”

Yu Hong silently released his right hand from the ground.

A month was too long. If he wasn’t currently facing any issues and was in a stable transition period, he might consider enduring a month.

But… the erosion of the wooden bridge could at most last a few more days before consuming all of the Array’s defensive power.

And once the Array’s protective power was gone, the Black Disaster outside would enter unobstructed.