Desperate Night

‘The outside world is getting worse and worse, I must prepare for the rainy day. Since it is determined that these two are the key to my safety, then after the weapon enhancement is completed, I will focus on strengthening these two. ’

‘The formation must achieve an all-round protection effect, covering the underground and the sky, and the range must be expanded, and the buffer space must be increased. Avoid the black disaster that is too fast to cross the formation and rush to the core area. ’

‘The appearance of the dragon lizard means that many of the residues of the black disaster have a good enhancement effect, and the airflow crows in the formation are also effective. Therefore, it is also important to collect such residues and use them for synthesis and enhancement in the future. ’

‘After the nests of the dragon lizard are built, we will study whether they can be further enhanced. If not, we will study new synthetic creatures. If there are one or two marks, there may be three or four. We must explore this aspect in the future. ’

Yu Hong quickly recorded all the key points.

‘Compared with the internal strength training, I now see clearly that directly strengthening the formation and the imprinted creatures will get much greater improvements. In this increasingly dangerous environment, the best strategy is to first obtain a safer living environment and then practice internal strength. ’

After determining the strengthening of the formation and movable creatures such as dragon lizards, Yu Hong had a goal in mind and relaxed a lot.

Although he was still worried about Yiyi's situation, he had done everything he could now and could only pray for her silently.

Yiyi seemed to have a special physique. When she was quiet and motionless, she would be ignored by the black disaster and not be attacked. This physique made her survival rate higher than others.

In addition to the equipment and supplies he gave her, as long as she was careful and not reckless, she would slowly retreat when encountering high-risk black disasters and observe the fluctuations of the red value of the detector at any time. There shouldn't be any big problems.

Yu Hong cooked something and took a rest for a while, then continued to practice. The improvement brought to him by the fifth level of the Thunder Leg was far beyond his expectations. His movement speed and burst response speed were enhanced far beyond ordinary people.

‘After ensuring the running speed, the next step is to improve the protection ability. Many black disasters dare not even touch them. Once they fight, they will definitely be restrained. Therefore, the protection of oneself must be improved. Choosing a suitable method is the key.’

Imagining the future, he finished practicing and refining his internal energy, and then turned on the communicator.

This time, the communicator seemed to be interfered with. It did not connect to Zhang Kaijun's channel immediately, but emitted bursts of hissing current.

After waiting for a while.

The communication returned to normal.

Zhang Kaijun's rather tired voice came from the speaker.

"Sorry, something happened here and I'm dealing with it." The voice was accompanied by bursts of gunfire.

"Is this a portable communication?" Yu Hong asked.

"Well, it's just a portable extension." Zhang Kaijun replied, "Two hours ago, I received an unfortunate news that I need to inform you."

". What do you say?" Yu Hong paused and said. In this world, there is rarely good news, and he has gotten used to it.

"The investigation team failed." Zhang Kaijun said, "They joined the elite from Aurora City. They took a helicopter and found that someone had entered Black Tree Village before them. So the investigation team decided to split up. One part tracked the people in front and tried to contact them to get more information. The other part went straight to the ruins of the Black Tree Village where the black disaster first broke out, but..."

"I have a question. The country must have investigated the source ruins before. If nothing was found before, why can the investigation team be guaranteed to find clues now?" This is what Yu Hong has always been puzzled about.

"According to the information from unknown sources, the first Aurora City got the news that the black disaster originated from the black well, and the black well originated from the seal of the ruins. At the beginning, because no one confirmed it, it had not received support. Later, the situation worsened and there was nothing to do. The formation of the investigation team was considered to be the last try." Zhang Kaijun replied.

"In other words, Aurora City and you don't know whether the investigation team can be useful?" Yu Hong understood.

He heard that someone went into Black Tree Village first, so he guessed that it was probably Yiyi and An An. But it is not ruled out that there will be other people.

"Yes, the specific details are all in New Aurora City. It is said that there are linguists there who have deciphered some unknown texts in the ruins and found some of the reasons for the outbreak of the black disaster. But at that time, there was no evidence to prove its effectiveness, so it was shelved. Now the situation is different." Zhang Kaijun explained.

Yu Hong completely understood this time.

In other words, at the beginning, the higher-ups did not take these information about seals seriously. Later, other methods were tried, and too many people died. There was no other way, so they decided to try these mysterious methods.

"In addition, the people I sent out for the transaction should be here soon. The second round will come along the black disaster rift, which is not a big problem." Zhang Kaijun said.

"Okay." Yu Hong responded.

Snap, the communication was disconnected.

He sat at the table, was silent for a while, sighed, stood up, and continued to practice in the basement.

In the current situation, what else can he do besides practicing?

Compared to going out, it is the best choice for him to stay where he is and continue to strengthen the camp.

Time flies fast in hard practice.

Just as Yu Hong was fully immersed in his practice, the patrolling dragon lizard outside the camp suddenly gave him a reminder through the mark.

This was his order, to report to him in time if there was any movement other than the black disaster.

Yu Hong paused his Qi training, looked outside through the dragon lizard's vision, quickly put on the enhanced suit, left the cave, and came to the fence of the outer courtyard.

It was already dark gray time.

Outside the fence, stood a short man covered in a thick black cloak.

He lowered his head, wearing a thick rusty helmet around his neck, and coughs with phlegm sounds came from the breathing valve from time to time.

Compared to Yu Hong, he was only as tall as his chest, with gray-white pyroxene runes and hidden runes printed all over his body.

The hidden runes were obviously ineffective, and the lines that did not inject inner energy were immediately ineffective in Yu Hong's eyes.

"I am Shu Cheng. I have been entrusted by Commander Zhang from Gray City to come to the Black Wind Camp to trade the resources needed." The man lowered his head, his voice was humble and calm, and there was no trace of the panic and fear of the refugees and survivors outside. .

"You ran such a long way alone?" Yu Hong was a little surprised. He raised his eyes and looked at the thick fog behind the other party. There was no one behind him. The farther position was submerged in the fog and could not be seen clearly.

"More than that, there are three of us. In order to safely transport resources and goods, we have all undergone a certain degree of body modification. Please forgive me, Mr. Yu." The man who called himself Shu Cheng continued.

"Renovation?"

"Yes. Due to the emergence of high-risk black disasters, the design of a single-layer pyroxene chamber cannot be effective. Therefore, the expert team of Gray City has given triple guarantees of reducing the aura of living people, increasing the number of layers of the pyroxene chamber, and assimilating and masking the aura. Suggestion." Shu Cheng smiled.

"Reduce the living breath. You guys?" Yu Hong's eyes narrowed. Before he could finish his words, he was stunned by the other person's right calf.

Shu Cheng's right leg is not a flesh and blood body, but a prosthetic leg.

Immediately afterwards, the other party picked up his left leg, and his left hand turned out to be a black metal prosthesis.

"In addition, the raw meat on my body has been reduced to the limit as much as possible."

Shu Cheng took off the hood of his cloak, revealing his bare ears and nose.

Both his ears and nose were cut off!

"According to research, the Black Disaster targets fresh flesh and blood and is a special group that carries out hunting and erosion operations. Therefore, as long as the total amount of fresh flesh and blood on one's body is reduced as much as possible, one's sense of existence can be greatly reduced."

"." Yu Hong was speechless.

"In addition, the skin all over my body was tattooed with pyroxene powder. There are three layers in total: one layer of skin, one layer of inner armor, and one layer of coat. I need to protect it from leaks when walking, which is quite hard." Shu Cheng Smiled.

"So what about assimilation to cover up the aura?" Yu Hong asked. "How did you do it?"

"Ah, this!" Shu Cheng let out a weird low laugh. He put his hood back on and lowered his head like a hunchbacked dwarf.

"According to laboratory test calculations, some of the radiation residues of low-level black disasters are implanted in our bodies. As a researcher, you should also know that sometimes low-level black disasters are not necessarily worse than high-level black disasters. It is just that some are more lethal and The scope is not large and the expressiveness is a bit poor.”

He paused and continued.

"We will implant this kind of black disaster remnant into the body and let it emit red radiation slightly higher than the environment. This will confuse the breath of living people. Of course, the price of this is that our life span will be shortened to five years. Years or so. But it doesn’t matter. Even so, there are still many people willing to undergo this surgery.”

Yu Hong was speechless.

He originally thought that some of the survivors he met before had done everything to the extreme in order to survive, but now, seeing Shu Cheng coming from Huicheng, he knew what it meant to go to the extreme.

"Okay, let's exchange resources as soon as possible? Some of the things you need have been brought here," Shu Cheng said.

"Okay!" Yu Hong turned back and carried out the vortex talisman board from the cave. This thing is not like a radiation grenade. It requires black seal reinforcement to complete the design and processing.

This thing can be mass-produced with internal energy, so it is not considered precious.

Two hundred vortex talisman boards were prepared, paired with a radiation grenade, and were given to the opponent to study the structural design. After that, Huicheng would be able to transform the vortex talisman boards into radiation grenades in batches.

This can also greatly increase the defensive strength there.

The main thing Yu Hong trades here is pyroxene powder. After the pyroxene mine disappeared, pyroxene powder became a scarce resource.

Two hundred vortex talisman boards and a grenade consume less than one kilogram of pyroxene powder, and the pyroxene powder in exchange is two hundred kilograms.

This is more than enough to last a long time with macros.

In addition to pyroxene powder, these things were also exchanged for a bucket of Sunshine No. 7 special material paint.

"Pyroxene powder will be offset by the red value in the air under the current environment, so I dare not bring too much, please understand. This is the first transaction. Here comes a simple monitoring system for you, equipped with an ordinary power plug Just use it.”

Shu Cheng took out a white packaging box from the pocket on his back.

The box is the size of a magazine and as thick as a dictionary.

On the surface is an LCD screen with advertising images surrounded by six miniature cameras.

The words Jinhe Technology are printed on the side.