Night of Despair-Chapter 120 - : Intermittent Disturbance Four

Chapter 120: Intermittent Disturbance Four

Whoosh—the sound of the wind flashed by, but the silver talisman plate swiped at nothing; there was nothing behind him, only a swath of empty fog.

Yu Hong got up, looked around, then quickly glanced at the detector, which still showed normal values.

‘Trouble,’ he knew in his heart that it must be another new type of shadow.

This style, these tactics, during daylight no less, definitely not those crude Blood Tide monsters.

Thinking quickly, he rushed out of the courtyard and cast a final glance at the stone house.

The inside of the stone house was empty, as if nothing had happened.

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‘I should go ask Zhou Xueguang right away, but with the current situation, the outside environment might be extremely dangerous, just heading over there…’

‘No, even if I don’t go, he’ll definitely come out for picking up firewood or moving things, so it’s better that I go and warn him now!’

It wasn’t out of kindness, but if what appeared just now was indeed a new Evil Shadow, then he must gather as much comprehensive information as possible to use as a foundation for strengthening the Black Mark in the future.

Zhou Xueguang had come down from the frontlines and was widely knowledgeable; it was very likely he knew plenty of relevant intelligence.

So he had to hurry over to find him and remind him, to prevent any incidents and missing out on detailed information.

Making a snap decision, Yu Hong resolved to turn toward Old Zhou, that is Jenny’s subterranean safe house, and headed in its direction.

He moved rapidly, practically running.

The mist swept by his sides, and the cold wind howled.

Beep!

Suddenly, a sharp sound came from the detector in his hand.

Yu Hong’s heart skipped a beat as he scanned his surroundings, finding no sign of anything.

But the detector kept sounding the alarm nonstop.

He picked it up to look.

‘1842.215’

!!!

Yu Hong’s face changed dramatically; the value had exceeded his estimated safety range.

Alarms blared in his mind as he waved the detector frantically, but the reading barely changed.

‘What’s going on?? Is the detector broken?? Or is the Red Value in this area particularly strong??’

He quickened his pace, attempting to move away from the spot to avoid the environmental impact of the Red Value.

But after a short dash to the area near Zhou Xueguang’s dugout, the alarm on the detector in his hand was still going off without end.

Thud thud thud, thud thud, thud.

Three consecutive knocks, forming the second secret signal agreed upon by the three of them.

“Old Zhou. Don’t open the door; it’s me, Yu Hong.”

Yu Hong surveyed his surroundings and crouched down by the edge of the dugout to speak.

“Something’s off outside, I need to ask you a few questions!”

“No need, I’ve already written it down, about the most common trouble on the frontlines, which we are about to encounter.”

Zhou Xueguang’s voice came from below the dugout.

Soon, a rolled-up piece of white paper came through the ventilation hole in the wooden planks and fell onto the grass beside it with a plop.

Yu Hong pinched the roll of paper and picked it up.

“Something’s not right outside; you stay put for now.”

“I understand; be careful yourself, I feel like something is about to arrive. You’d better go back to your own safe house right now,” Zhou Xueguang said quickly through the barrier.

Whoosh…

Without hesitation, Yu Hong pocketed the paper roll and bolted.

While running, he swiftly unrolled the paper to check its contents. The first item was exactly what he wanted to know.

‘Interval Person 1—The Person Behind.’

‘This is a type of Evil Shadow that always stays behind people, usually allowing the attacked to see them three times. After three times, it will suddenly strike from behind. Its method of attack is unknown, as are the means of defense.

Method of handling: When the Person Behind attacks, they only target one person at a time, moving on to the next only after the death of their previous target. When I was on the frontlines, it took two individuals drawing blood together to lure it to a remote and uninhabited underground cavern, where we detonated the cave, burying and isolating it completely.’

There was a second item on the paper, but at this moment, Yu Hong no longer had time to read it.

Because the alarm from the detector in his hand was becoming even more piercing.

And the reading had soared from the previous thousand-plus value, rapidly climbing to over three thousand!

3422.548!!

This exaggerated value caused Yu Hong’s heart to wrench with urgency.

Even all the talisman plates on him combined couldn’t counter such an exaggerated Red Value!!

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Rushing forward, he began to feel an icy coldness on his back as if a chunk of ice was clinging there, chilling his entire body.

Soon, the mist up ahead gradually dispersed, revealing the one-meter-high courtyard wall of the mountain cave safe house.

It was then that Yu Hong abruptly halted.

Because there, just outside that ring of white walls, stood an indistinct white figure quietly peering over the fence.

‘How many times is this!?’ At that moment, Yu Hong guessed that he might have encountered the type of Evil Shadow known as the Person Behind from Interval People.

Luckily, he didn’t panic. This wasn’t his first encounter with an Evil Shadow, and besides, he still had the silver talisman plate on him with his home courtyard planted with luminous stone grass right in front of him.

Hiss!

He took a deep breath, watching the figure outside the walls with its back to him.

With a sudden grip on a stack of talisman plates, he strode forward boldly.

Even though the Red Value couldn’t be neutralized, if he just endured a moment and then quickly entered the courtyard, it was still doable.

Moreover, he still had that…

Beep beep beep!!

The piercing alarm of the detector became even more shrill.

As Yu Hong drew closer and closer, the sound grew louder and louder.

Pfft!

Suddenly,

the white figure vanished without a sound. Just as Yu Hong neared, the figure disappeared abruptly as if it had never existed in the first place.

He charged at nothing, the alarms on his body stopped instantly, and he leaped over the compound wall into the luminous stone grassland.

After rolling on the ground, he slowly got to his feet.

‘Where did that guy go??’ Yu Hong stood up straight, calmly looking back. Behind him was a monotonous circle of grey-white walls; beyond was a hazy mist, with only a few nearby trees faintly visible. There was no trace of the figure from moments ago.

Once sure it was safe, he sighed with relief and quickly checked the talismans on his body.

“!!!”

He felt for his talisman plates and realized they had all turned to a used-up grey-white color.

Even the two Silver Talisman Plates had turned grey, clearly exhausted in the encounter just now.

Looking at these talismans, his mood suddenly grew heavy.

‘This isn’t even a formal attack… Even Silver Talisman Plates couldn’t hold… All signs indicate that what’s attacking us is most likely a high-level Black Disaster, and at this time, it’s probably an intermittent person who has slipped through the front lines.’

‘The Black Mark is still reinforcing the entire safe house and can’t be spared. Now, I have to rely on my own strength to survive.’

He took out a scroll and walked to the front of the wooden hut, gently knocking.

“Old Li?”

Click.

The wooden door swung open abruptly, a hand grabbed him, and pulled him inside.

Bam.

The door closed again.

Li Rushan made a quieting gesture to the somewhat surprised Yu Hong.

The two men crouched down back to back against the wall, close together.

“Old Li??” Yu Hong, unsettled by his actions, whispered with a lowered voice.

“Shh… don’t make a sound, listen,” whispered Li Rushan.

His face was covered in sweat, his lips cracked, and his eyes darted around unnaturally as if he was constantly surveying the surroundings.

Yu Hong held his breath and listened quietly.

Sure enough, once they were silent, the noises around became much clearer.

Besides their own sounds, there seemed to be an almost imperceptible footstep noise behind them.

The footsteps seemed to be creeping closer and closer from not far behind, through the wooden door one could hear the soft sounds of footsteps on the dirt.

Closer and closer…

“Since you left, I’ve been hearing this sound, it repeats every little while,” whispered Li Rushan. “No matter where I sit, the sound comes from behind me, even if I sit against the wall, or even lie on the ground!”

“I felt something was off since I got back. Do you have any more talisman plates? Give me more!”

He pulled out a Silver Talisman Plate that Yu Hong had given him previously; most of the silver had already disappeared, leaving only a little trace, clearly about to be used up.

Yu Hong’s heart tightened.

Now that Black Mark was still reinforcing, once the Silver Talisman Plate was depleted, facing the unknown new Evil Shadow, and with no way to make new Silver Talisman Plates, it would be truly dangerous.

“Did you go out just now?” he pondered for a moment, then asked in a low voice.

“I went out for a short while; I wanted to test the pattern of that ghostly thing,” nodded Li Rushan. “Using your Silver Talisman Array, I figured out one of its patterns.”

“What?” Yu Hong felt a sense of urgency; compared to the other survivors, Old Li indeed had some tricks up his sleeve.

“This thing is different from Language Person; Language Person bursts out all at once, but this one steadily consumes a person. It attacks and erodes us every moment,” swiftly explained Old Li. “So, just like Zhou Xueguang said, as soon as we meet it, the erosion starts, but the speed is not fast. If a person has something to neutralize it, they should be able to hold on for a while.”

Yu Hong took out pen and paper and quickly recorded onto the white sheet from Old Zhou the patterns that Li Rushan had summarised to prepare for later reinforcement methods against the Black Mark.

“Check if there is anything to supplement, and I’ll go get the talisman array,” he stood up, handing the paper to Old Li.

So far, this new appearance of the Evil Shadow, though feeling dangerous, had not fully erupted.

He must think of ways to delay as much as possible until Black Mark’s reinforcement was complete.

“Be careful,” Old Li took the paper and watched as Yu Hong hurriedly opened the door to leave. He bent down to examine the contents on the paper.

Walking out of the wooden hut, Yu Hong surveyed the surroundings and immediately noticed something amiss.

He stood in the middle of the luminous stone grass, looking left and right at the ground.

‘The lawn… has shrunk…’ The luminous stone grassland represented a small patch of purified land forcibly cleared within the harsh environment outside. Now, this sanctuary was beginning to shrink.

Taking a deep breath, he quickly entered the cave and took some new talisman plates to pocket.

Back at the main gate, Yu Hong reflected on the previous events.

‘Firstly, everything began when Li Rushan came back; it’s possible he brought something back from out there unknowingly.’

‘Secondly, if this Evil Shadow is confirmed to be the Back Follower among the intermittent people, then the danger level is at least six. This level is nearly impossible to resist, we can only rely on Blood Tide to lead it away… Just when my Black Mark reinforcement isn’t finished…’

‘Then, what can I use to delay the confrontation temporarily?’

He paced around the cave a few times, found all the remaining talisman plates; there was one Silver Talisman Plate left and over twenty regular talisman plates. That was all the stock left.

Of course, this didn’t count the symbol boards of the talisman array on the walls inside the cave. These were intended for use in the Pyroxene Secret Room and could not be moved at will.

‘Trouble…’ Yu Hong felt a tightness in his chest. ‘This little stuff won’t hold off the new guy…’

He walked to the main gate, looking out.

Having entered this place, he distinctly felt the absence of the previous chill behind him. But he couldn’t stay inside forever, water, food, and various materials needed for farming had to be procured from outside.

Standing at the doorway and pondering, Yu Hong’s expression suddenly changed, his eyes catching sight of something in the courtyard on the outside lawn area – a new circle of darkness had appeared at the perimeter.