Night of Despair-Chapter 149 - : Attitude One

Chapter 149: Attitude One

Two days later…

Black Wind Camp, inside the cave.

Yu Hong carried a can of sunlight material paint and held the instruction manual, feeling somewhat surprised in his heart.

Before strengthening this thing, he thought at most it would just enhance the sunlight material to become a stronger version: better camouflage effect, improved repelling effect.

But now… after it was really enhanced, he realized that this thing was somewhat different from what he had imagined.

Like many other items before, the sunlight generation paint, after being strengthened, came with an instruction manual.

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It detailed the effects of the paint after enhancement with plenty of writing.

‘Sunlight No. 1 Paint: Also known as Venus No. 1 protective paint, it provides a rather strong camouflage capability after application, significantly reducing the attention drawn to the painted object.’

“When I strengthened it, I didn’t give any direction; I let it enhance randomly, but I didn’t expect it to turn out like this.”

Holding the paint, he didn’t even need to think to know that this Venus No. 1 was definitely much stronger than the previous camouflage ability. Three days of enhancement couldn’t have been in vain.

While the high-risk Black Disaster still hadn’t arrived, he decided to first try applying it to see the effects.

Walking out of the cave, he carried the paint and took a round trip around the camp.

“Boss, are you preparing to apply Sunlight No. 1?” Old Zhou approached and asked quietly as he saw the situation.

“Yep, any suggestions? This is my improved version that can enhance camouflage capabilities and reduce the chances of being discovered by the Black Disaster,” Yu Hong shamelessly continued to establish his image as a scientific researcher.

“Boss is so talented!” Old Zhou gave a thumbs up. “Speaking of ideas, I actually have one. This amount of paint, in fact, if you really apply it everywhere, it won’t be of much use. It’s better to use it primarily on your vehicle…”

The vehicle?

Yu Hong narrowed his eyes, carefully looking at the paint—there was probably just enough to cover the outer layer of the cave, but this use was actually not very meaningful as it wouldn’t enhance the defenses of the camp’s exterior.

On the other hand, if used on the vehicle, going out to search for supplies, save people, or gather talent, it would greatly enhance safety.

“That makes sense.” He nodded in agreement. “Anything else? Any more suggestions?”

“There’s also the way we used it on the front lines before, directly soaking and applying it to weapons. For example, applying it to some high-powered luminous stone bombs. Of course, we used it to increase the power, but after your improvements, it can completely increase the weapon’s concealment. Like, pulling it out in front of the Black Disaster and throwing it out.”

Old Zhou couldn’t help but laugh.

Yu Hong laughed as well.

This idea was creative.

“That’s a good idea,” he agreed with a nod.

“There’s also a similar use like the water supply system, if I remember correctly, your cave stronghold still lacks a ventilation system, right? It can also be reserved to enhance the ventilation system. This material can effectively prevent things like Shadow Bugs from penetrating.” Old Zhou’s suggestions were all very appropriate.

Yu Hong thought for a moment and decided to save it for now, to use on the vehicle when it returned.

Carrying the paint back to the camp, just as he entered, he heard the strange cries in the distance once again.

“Those two women haven’t come by these last couple of days, have they?” he asked casually.

“Yep, haven’t seen them. Probably tangled up with the Multi-eyed Birds,” Old Zhou nodded without any special reaction.

He was a perceptive man, knowing the boss didn’t like those two, so he decidedly didn’t mention offering help.

Although both women were good-looking and well-formed, he had seen plenty of pretty female soldiers at the front, and he’d become numb to how many people died. Whether pretty or not, it’s just a matter of where the flesh happens to be.

Once a bullet goes through, everyone’s the same.

“Multi-eyed Birds, huh…” Yu Hong didn’t show any reaction.

But in his mind, he was considering if those two women couldn’t withstand the Multi-eyed Birds, they might try everything to join the camp. But if they didn’t have strong enough weapons for protection, even if it was the camp, could it really stop the Multi-eyed Birds?

“If those two women come by in the next few days, be careful. A cornered dog will jump over a wall. Harried by the Multi-eyed Birds, they might cause trouble,” he warned.

“Got it,” Old Zhou nodded.

He was a veteran, with firearms and bullets provided by Yu Hong.

Although not many, being on alert for an attack from the two women was not a big problem.

Of course, Yu Hong couldn’t place all his hope on him alone. The patrols of the black lizards could also ensure that the secondary security perimeter around the camp would not be breached.

Back in the cave, he continued to diligently practice the Thunderbolt Leg Technique while using the Black Mark to produce a large number of Vortex Talisman Plates.

The luminous stone powder needed to make the talisman array also required strengthening regular luminous stones, so the Black Mark was indispensable everywhere.

Ding Shao and her companion had previously dug up hundreds of pounds of regular luminous stone to exchange for water, which was just enough for the strengthening and would last a long time.

Time passed slowly in this stable training period.

In the blink of an eye, another week gone by…

Inside the cave, Yu Hong extended one leg forward, his toes lightly touching the ground, his knee lifted, eyes tightly closed.

Invisible, tiny particles flowed consecutively into his skin through the surrounding unknown vacuum. After the circulation of the Infinite Qi Condensing Technique and refinement by the Black Mark, these particles rapidly converged into his Dantian, transforming into the Inner Qi of the Thunderbolt Leg Technique.

Sss.

Suddenly, his mind seemed to explode with a faint sound.

Yu Hong opened his eyes, his skin and muscles all over his body suddenly tensed up before gradually relaxing.

In his abdomen, the fourth strand of Inner Qi had taken shape.

‘The accelerated effect of the Infinite Qi Condensing Technique is now fully displayed… Indeed, it’s worth the price!’

He had just condensed the third strand of Inner Qi, which, just as he expected, the fourth strand took just over a week to form.

Compared to the painfully slow process of condensing one strand of Inner Qi a month before, this was unimaginably faster.

‘It looks like, it’s almost time for the high-risk Black Disaster…’

He ended his practice, wiped off his sweat, and went upstairs.

Old Li had not returned yet. But the high-risk Black Disaster was about to arrive.

He turned on the communicator, sat down at the wooden table with a thump, and poured himself a glass of water.

“Yu Hong has arrived, and the Red Value radiation has started to soar over there,” Zhang Kaijun’s voice came from the communicator. “An 8th-grade high-concentration radiation cloud has moved to your surrounding area. Don’t go outside if it’s not necessary these next few days.”

“Understood…” Yu Hong replied. “Still can’t determine what type it is?”

“Can’t. I can only observe the general direction of change from the macro satellite cloud map,” Zhang Kaijun answered.

“No worries, I appreciate it. I have pretty much prepared everything I can here,” Yu Hong sighed.

Vortex Talisman Plates, luminous stone talisman plates, Radiation Hand Grenades. In these days, he had continuously made a large number of them, mainly focusing on producing Radiation Hand Grenades.

There were now over one hundred and thirty of them placed in the corner. If it weren’t for the fact that the Vortex Talisman Plates inside needed to absorb radiation to full capacity for Black Mark optimization, he estimated he could make over one hundred and fifty.

All nine Black Lizards had also fully matured and were evenly patrolling the area automatically, ensuring basic security.

Underground fencing in the secondary security zone, a circle of Vortex Talisman Arrays had been buried as traps. As soon as a gun was shot or a heavy footstep fractured the ground, causing the talisman array to break, it would instantly release a vast amount of negative-value radiation.

The fence was also densely covered with new Vortex Talisman Plates.

These storage-type talisman plates were very useful and could also serve as powerful, disposable bombs against the Black Disaster.

This time, Yu Hong had prepared to the utmost.

‘Pity all I have are one-time explosive weapons. If only I had a continuous area protection method, it wouldn’t be such a hassle. Having to hurriedly replenish after one is triggered is inconvenient. If there were self-replenishing and repairing techniques, that would be great…’

Such an idea surfaced in Yu Hong’s mind.

Meanwhile, the communicator was still buzzing on the other side.

“What about Guan Cao? Why haven’t we heard him online these last few days?” Zhang Kaijun was asking Wei Song.

“I don’t know; the last time I talked to him the day before yesterday, there seemed to be some malfunction at his base, and he went offline to repair it. He hasn’t come back on,” Wei Song replied, with a somewhat concerned tone.

“He’s too far underground for me to observe anything. He has to rely on himself,” Zhang Kaijun replied gravely.

“He’s alone underground, he should be fine, there isn’t much other interaction,” Yu Hong offered reassurance.

“Speaking of which, I just received a clue last night. It’s from the Blood Attraction Force elites of the newly joined Aurora City. They delved into the high-risk mining area relics and discovered some of the origins of the Black Disaster,” Zhang Kaijun continued.

“What does that mean?” Wei Song’s tone deepened, “Have they finally made progress in investigating the origin of the Black Disaster?”

“Yeah, after Old Zhou told me, I went to investigate the Meisha family and indeed found some peculiarities. After the Black Disaster broke out, the people from this family strangely disappeared collectively from their family estate.

I mobilized a lot of resources, and aside from myself, I found another power that had been investigating them years ago.

From the investigation records of this power, I found that the Meisha didn’t live in Hope City nor in Aurora City, and their traces couldn’t be found anywhere. Only occasionally did news of Meisha people come from near the remnants of relics around the world.”

“Are they avoiding something?” Yu Hong frowned.

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“Possibly. The power is vast, but since it was investigated by frontline personnel and recorded, I can fish out relevant records too,” Zhang Kaijun answered. “Of course, during peacetime, I would have been discovered by them already. But now… heh.”

With the collapse of order and countless deaths, the force searching might also have been severely weakened, no longer able to continue their previous searches.

“Talk about the Black Disaster origins progress,” Wei Song steered the conversation back.

“It’s simple. In the Yarn Aurora City near Flirica, which is near the first outbreak site of the Black Disaster, Flirica’s Blood Attraction Force went deep there and found a new secret chamber. They say it was discovered when they used explosive weapons and caused part of the cave structure to collapse, burying people inside. Later, when enhanced humans were digging the exit, they accidentally unearthed a new secret chamber.”

“It seems like a significant discovery,” Yu Hong said softly.

“Yes. Inside, they found compelling evidence of the Meisha family’s deep involvement in the outbreak of the Black Disaster. So now, Flirica’s higher-ups are notifying the world, hoping all the allied forces’ high commands can help find the Meisha family,” Zhang Kaijun went on.

“What’s the use of finding them now? Can they stop the Black Disaster?” Yu Hong asked with a frown.

“The intelligence indicates that before the Black Disaster broke out, the Meisha family frequented that secret cave, consistently removing ancient paintings, artifacts, to sell and support their family’s expenses.”

“And then, the Black Disaster broke out? From that place where they took things?” Wei Song spoke up.