Night of Despair-Chapter 183 - : Mind

Chapter 183: Mind

“It’s earlier again….”

Yu Hong stood up, walked to the door, and looked through the observation window at the hallway outside.

The hallway also had a window facing the outside, which was made of wooden lattice.

At this moment, the sky beyond the lattice window was completely dark.

“How long was daybreak this time?” Zhang Kaijun’s voice came from the communicator.

“….Half an hour… maybe even less, the actual time the sun was up wasn’t much, and it never got fully bright.” Yu Hong answered in a grave tone.

“We should prepare….” After a moment of silence, Zhang Kaijun cut off the communication and logged off.

Boom…

Thunder rolled, and fine raindrops fell once again, hitting the ground and trees with rustling sounds.

Yu Hong turned off the communicator and switched on the electric lights.

He threw his dirty clothes into the fully-automatic washing machine, let it wash, then opened the door and went out, meeting Zhou Xueguang who also came to the common hallway.

“Boss… the daylight… it’s early,” Zhou Xueguang looked equally troubled. “Wasn’t it supposed to last three months? How long has it been??”

“Get ready…” Yu Hong didn’t say much. “For the safety around the camp, I’m planning to deal with the level eight Speed Man wandering outside in the next few days, don’t go out unless it’s necessary. Even the direction of the vehicle track, don’t go.”

“Okay. I promise not to drag you down, boss.” Old Zhou nodded seriously.

However, upon hearing the boss talk about a level eight Black Disaster as casually as if he were going out to chop wood, he couldn’t help but recall the tragic scene of those four Insect men dying miserably in the camp.

At that time, the boss strolled over and picked up the belongings left behind by the others.

From beginning to end, the Insect men couldn’t even get close to the boss…

That scene had a profound impact on him.

He had no doubt that even if the Insect men really got in front of the boss, they would be nonchalantly slapped in the face and squashed on the spot.

No doubt about it, the boss was that kind of person.

Strong and muscular, with a large build, an expressionless face, killing people like hemp…

Old Zhou took a deep breath and decided that he must be even more respectful when speaking with the boss in the future, in case the boss accidentally put too much strength into a joke, wouldn’t he be….

“What are you thinking about?” Yu Hong saw his weird expression and casually asked.

“Nothing… just thinking about what rules and regulations need to be improved and supplemented,” Old Zhou said quickly.

“Okay, now that the daylight is even shorter, don’t go too far when you’re outside…” Yu Hong reminded him.

“Boss, are you clearing out the Black Disaster outside to gather some wild vegetables and herbs for the last time?”

“No, just to ensure the safety passageways are clear. You reminded me, we must ensure that plants like wild vegetables are replenished for nutrients…” Yu Hong frowned.

“I can take care of that. After the boss has dealt with it, I’ll go out and transplant some non-toxic dark-light wild vegetables back here, with the camp’s illumination, they can barely survive. But they need specific light tubes since the wavelength of light they absorb is different from regular light,” Old Zhou seemed to know a bit in this aspect and spoke with authority.

“Then I’ll leave it to you,” Yu Hong nodded.

He walked out of the stone castle and left through the main gate of the corridor.

He had already changed into a full set of reinforced gray lizard suits, with white vapor continuously spewing from the sides of the breathing valve.

Click.

Click.

Step by step, he walked out of the inner courtyard, out of the outer courtyard, and arrived at the secondary safety zone.

Yu Hong looked around, scanning for signs of Speed Man with his naked eyes while also searching with the black lizard suit in operation.

Nine newly enhanced black lizards, with him as the center and a radius of three kilometers, began to inspect and search rapidly.

One by one, the shadows were casually corroded and vanished by the black phlegm, and due to the high-risk Black Disaster driving them out, there were only the lowest level shadows here, and not many of them.

Before long, Yu Hong closed his eyes slightly.

‘Found it!’ He inhaled gently, his vision entering one of the black lizards.

Whoosh!

The view instantly crossed over forests and grasslands, rocks and soil, and quickly stopped in front of a dead black tree.

In front of the dead tree, a slim figure in yellow clothes and a white skirt was moving slowly forward. She seemed to wander aimlessly, walking non-stop, as slow as an ordinary person taking a stroll in the woods.

Her overly clean and neat clothes, juxtaposed with the wet environment from the falling Light Rain, created an inexplicable sense of discordance.

Long hair fell over the Speed Man’s face, concealing it as she walked silently forward.

Suddenly.

Pfft.

A mouthful of black phlegm flew out and hit the side of her skirt.

The large blob of black phlegm stuck to the hem of her skirt, heavy and thick, already beginning to slide down the fabric.

The Speed Man stopped.

She turned around, ignoring the black phlegm, chose a different direction, and continued forward.

But she didn’t get far.

Pfft!

Another mouthful of black phlegm shot out, hitting her right in the chest, the large area of black phlegm partially soiling her pristine chin.

Crack.

The Speed Man’s hands slowly clenched into fists.

She seemed to be getting angry, extremely angry!

Yet!

She changed direction again, this time trying to hurry, speeding up and walking tens of meters in a few strides.

This direction was completely away from the camp, opposite to it.

Pfft!

Unfortunately… another mouthful of black phlegm, striking the side of her face.

The black viscous phlegm slowly slid down, from her hair, her barely visible cheek, trickling down…

Silence…

Seconds of silence passed.

Suddenly.

Hiss!!!

Piercing laughter filled with anger abruptly resonated through the surrounding air.

Speed Man’s body suddenly emitted a circle of invisible radiation, which instantly neutralized the black phlegm.

She spun around and dashed directly towards the Black Wind Camp!

Before long, she once again saw the outline of the Black Wind Camp directly ahead.

Outside the camp stood a nearly two-meter tall, burly humanoid figure.

It was Yu Hong.

“Why does this guy look so angry?” he wondered, somewhat puzzled as he watched Speed Man rapidly approaching. He seemed to sense her fury.

“Could it be that even high-risk Black Disaster entities can have human-like emotions? Thinking about it, what exactly is the origin of these Black Disasters, and why do they take human form?” These questions suddenly flashed through his mind.

“Let’s give it a try…” Once he made up his mind, ideas quickly swirled in Yu Hong’s head.

Pfft!

In an instant, nine gobs of black phlegm flew at high speed from all around, all of them striking Speed Man who was rapidly closing in.

Now, her entire body was covered in thick, black phlegm. The heavy sour stench amalgamated into one, instantly transforming her into a concentrated source of noxious fumes.

Speed Man froze, stopping in her tracks.

Silence.

Ahhhhhhhhh!!!

Suddenly, an ear-piercing and exaggerated shriek burst forth from her body.

Her speed explosively increased, and she fiercely charged towards Yu Hong.

Yu Hong’s face remained expressionless, as he held back the Inner Qi in his Thunderbolt Leg. He exerted his strength, retreating with astonishing velocity.

His body blinked into the outer yard, entering the range of the Array.

“Judging from the other party’s reaction, Speed Man should possess basic simple cognitive abilities, otherwise, she wouldn’t be coming for me; she should be dealing with the nine spitting black lizards instead.”

He calmly continued to back away while his eyes, through the helmet, observed Speed Man carefully.

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Just as Speed Man entered the outer yard.

A flock of transparent Black Crows materialized out of thin air, with black sparks attached to them.

The crows began to dive repeatedly at Speed Man.

Pfft, pfft, pfft.

Just three seconds.

Speed Man’s advances had already significantly slowed down, a fate worse than the Insect Man. At least the Insect Man initially had an astonishing speed, far surpassing that of ordinary humans.

But she was different; her speed from the start was that of an average person walking. Even in a rage, her speed was at best akin to a person running.

Thus, five seconds later…

Speed Man got stuck in the middle of the outer yard, motionless.

One leg was raised, moving forward, but she couldn’t seem to step down at all.

Pfft, pfft, pfft, pfft!!!

At this moment, a dense mass of black phlegm rained down like a storm, spraying from all directions and sticking to her.

And she could do nothing about it.

Hiss.

Her figure flickered a few times, attempting to teleport, but, regrettably, the suppression from the Array was too potent, rapidly neutralizing her Red Value radiation.

Her teleport seemed to require an instant’s consumption of a portion of the Red Value to expand and release throughout her body. However, being restrained by the Array, the Red Value radiation had no chance to expand before being neutralized.

As such, this Rank 8 Speed Man could only stand stiffly outside the camp yard, utterly unable to move.

Countless globs of phlegm soon submerged her into a black mess, while the Array’s erosion and burning also rapidly reduced her size.

Not half a minute passed.

Speed Man grew smaller and smaller until she finally dissolved completely, becoming a puddle of black phlegm on the ground.

The black smoke slowly dissipated, the phlegm steaming away, leaving no trace behind.

From beginning to end, she couldn’t even emit a final scream.

“No bones this time?” Yu Hong walked to where she disappeared and crouched down to inspect carefully.

But there was nothing on the ground, which left him somewhat disappointed.

Last time, the materials from Speed Man were integrated into the Array, yielding quite impressive results, granting those slowing Black Crows the ability to teleport short distances.

He had hoped he could get more this time, but unfortunately…

Standing up, he took a breath of relief.

“The biggest trouble, Speed Man, is dealt with. Now I just need to use the black lizards to clear the surroundings.”

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In the desolate mountain forest.

Mist shrouded everything.

Wei Shanshan stumbled forwards as she ran, with no shadow, no insects, nothing around her.

Her body still wore the luminous stone blanket, but it was torn in places.

Her white T-shirt and jeans were already dirty and turned to a grey-black color, the original patterns indistinguishable.

“Shanshan… come here… come to mommy…” The voice of her mother, Qiu Yanxi, suddenly called out from behind.

Wei Shanshan’s body shivered, and her pace quickened even more.

She ran frantically in the opposite direction, so desperately that she didn’t notice the delicate, eerie, purple-tinged patterns that had surfaced on the exposed skin of her arms and neck.

They resembled veins, but they were far too numerous and dense.

Unknowingly, a black mountain wall loomed up in the forest ahead of her.

A crude fence circled outside of the cliff. Several black silhouettes with guns and talismans moved back and forth, patrolling.

“Help… help me!” Wei Shanshan saw people, as if they were saviors, and immediately yelled out, dragging her weary body towards them.

“I have an enhancer detector that can detect Black Disaster Rifts! Save me!!” Wei Shanshan shouted.

“I know how to use the detector! Please… save me!!”