A Night of Desperation-Chapter 74: Night Rain (4)

After enduring over an hour of heavy leg training, Yu Hong’s mood completely stabilized. He then ate a protein bar and drank a full cup of water.

Only then did he put on the red value detector and the second restored silver symbol array, and opened the door.

Thud.

He jumped down the stone steps and looked at a patch of withered and blackened Luminous grass, his mood heavy.

The attack that happened yesterday really exceeded expectations. He couldn’t imagine how anyone other than him survived an attack of such power and intensity.

‘Perhaps they have other methods to avoid direct confrontation, just like the Luminous stone mats,’ he thought to himself.

Walking out of the yard, suddenly, the value on the red value detector changed.

It dropped from a positive single digit to a negative single digit.

Yu Hong’s expression shifted, and he quickly moved the detector to pinpoint which direction’s radiation was affecting the value.

Soon, he held the detector up and found a small patch of luminous stone grass growing outside the yard on the right side.

The luminous stone grass here seemed to have survived because it was farther from the cave and had not participated in yesterday’s major confrontation.

Yu Hong’s mood brightened, and the heavy feeling seemed to ease a bit. He quickly dug up the grass and transplanted it into the yard in front of the cave.

After doing all this, he spent more than ten minutes and then walked briskly toward the post office.

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Knock, knock, knock.

Outside the post office stone house.

Yu Hong knocked on the fence with force.

This time, it didn’t take long. The stone house was soon opened, and a tall, muscular man, carefully carrying a little girl on his back, walked out.

It was Li Runshan.

Slap.

Li Runshan threw a crumpled piece of paper towards him.

Yu Hong caught it and unfolded it.

“Did you hear any invisible sounds around you? If you did, don’t speak. We’ll communicate by writing.”

Yu Hong quickly thought of yesterday’s experience and the strange behavior of the Zhou Xiaoling sisters. He nodded solemnly.

Soon, the two of them communicated by writing on the ground with stones, across the fence.

“When you came here yesterday, I also gave you a paper ball, but you didn’t even look at it. You just knocked and shouted, and your expression was strange.” Li Runshan wrote seriously. ṞＡΝöᛒÊs̈

“I did come yesterday,” Yu Hong furrowed his brows. “But I only knocked on the door, I didn’t shout anything!”

“Didn’t shout? Impossible. I came out and still heard you calling me, and even calling my daughter’s name,” Li Runshan wrote.

Yu Hong paused for a moment and carefully recalled. After practicing his martial arts, his energy had greatly increased, and he could remember things clearly, especially something that happened only yesterday.

He wrote with certainty: “I’m sure. I only knocked on the door. I didn’t shout your names. I was waiting for you to respond with a signal after I knocked, but you didn’t make any sound.”

“Seems like it’s the influence of the ‘Whisperer’,” Li Runshan’s expression turned grim.

He quickly shared the report on the Whisperer with Yu Hong. Yu Hong also recounted everything he had experienced yesterday.

After their exchange, Li Runshan’s eyes were more serious than ever.

“I’ve received information that a convoy heading this way was coming from Yuhe City, where the Whisperer outbreak occurred. So, this convoy most likely brought the Whisperers here.” He quickly wrote. After Yu Hong read it, Li Runshan wiped it off and wrote again.

“The Zhou Xiaoling sisters you met yesterday are probably one form of infection from the Whisperers. Fortunately, your place has a lot of talismans and Luminous stones, which resisted the sound’s trickery. You didn’t leave the cave, or the consequences would have been unimaginable!”

“So, what should we do now?” Yu Hong felt the situation was quite tricky.

“Let’s not speak for now. Let’s communicate by writing for the time being,” Li Runshan said. “You’ve already survived one outbreak of the Whisperer infection last night, so you should be safe for now. I plan to check out the convoy. If possible, we’ll completely eliminate them, to avoid them being a constant threat.”

“How do we eliminate them?” Yu Hong’s eyes turned sharp as he quickly wrote.

“According to the wireless communication feedback, the current solution for dealing with the Whisperers is to clear all infected beings. As long as there are no infected beings within one kilometer, they’ll naturally dissipate over time and vanish,” Li Runshan replied.

“Good!” Yu Hong quickly nodded. Yesterday, he nearly died. If he had rushed out of the cave without the arrays protecting him, he would have certainly been done for.

Such a dangerous evil must not be allowed to linger nearby!

“By the way, go check on Old Zhou and ask him to join us,” Yu Hong added.

Li Runshan nodded.

The two quickly packed up their things, took paper and pens with them—Yu Hong didn’t have paper, so he borrowed some from Li Runshan.

After making sure Aisena was settled and warned her not to respond to any outside sounds, they quickly left the post office and headed toward Old Zhou’s house.

The post office and Old Zhou’s house were only a few hundred meters apart, just across a small hill.

They soon arrived at Old Zhou’s hole.

Knock, knock, knock.

Li Runshan stepped forward and knocked on the door with a wooden stick.

No response.

His face slightly changed, and he knocked again, rhythmically.

Knock, knock. Knock. Knock, knock, knock.

They waited after knocking.

Still no response.

Li Runshan and Yu Hong exchanged glances. One went to the door, the other to the window.

“Who?” Suddenly, Old Zhou’s voice came from behind the door. “Who’s out there!?”

His voice was filled with vigilance, fear, and terror, as if he had just been startled.

Li Runshan pressed his lips tight and knocked again with the wooden stick.

Knock, knock, knock. Knock, knock.

“Who’s knocking!? Go away!” Old Zhou’s voice rang out again, this time mixed with fear and anger.

Li Runshan frowned, tore off a piece of paper, wrote something on it, and slid it into the door’s ventilation hole.

He pushed it hard.

The paper rolled into a strip and was squeezed through.

But after only two seconds.

Snap.

The sound of the paper falling to the ground came from inside.

“Who’s out there!? Respond!” Old Zhou’s voice came again, “If you don’t speak, don’t blame me for being rude!”

Click.

The sound of a gun’s safety being unlocked came from inside the door.

Yu Hong remained unfazed and stepped forward, blocking Li Runshan. His reinforced white bear suit had already been tested and could withstand close-range gunfire.

“Respond!!” Old Zhou shouted from inside.

Suddenly, a piece of paper was pushed to Yu Hong’s side: Open the door.

Yu Hong’s eyes narrowed, and he drew his gun, shooting at the door lock.

Bang!!

A large hole appeared in the door lock.

The power of the reinforced handgun was fully demonstrated, even startling Yu Hong himself, not to mention Li Runshan behind him.

Both of them shuddered, looking at the broken door lock and the still-smoking barrel of the gun.

Bang.

Yu Hong was the first to react, kicking the door open.

The door swung wide.

Everything was silent.

The two stood outside, motionless.

They simply looked inside the door, at the lifeless body of Old Zhou on the ground, his eyes wide open, his mouth agape, but with a smile on his face, a strange, delighted smile.

It seemed that before he died, he wasn’t frightened, but rather had welcomed death, getting everything he wanted.

“This is the Whisperer.” Li Runshan wrote a line for Yu Hong.

Then he stepped forward to deal with Old Zhou’s body.

Soon, a fire started, consuming Old Zhou along with everything around him.

Thick smoke billowed, and Li Runshan and Yu Hong didn’t have time to adjust their emotions before they quickly headed back, first checking on Aisena to ensure she was safe. Only then did they start moving toward the highway.

According to Li Runshan’s information, the convoy was coming from the highway, using the main road.

The two walked cautiously, stopping occasionally, always on alert for anything that might happen.

No one dared speak, afraid that something might sneak into their conversation, into their voices.

In this eerie silence, they soon found the bus convoy parked by the roadside.

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Five buses, all gray-white, with thick white metal plating on the lower halves of the vehicles, and many thick wooden planks nailed up inside the windows as shields.

The two were about to approach the buses when suddenly, Li Runshan gestured for Yu Hong to stop.

He picked up a rock the size of an egg and threw it forcefully toward the buses.

In the sunlight, the stone flew out of the forest, passed through the air in a perfect arc, and struck the roof of the second-to-last bus.

Clang.

The rock shattered on impact, rolling down the front-right side.

A complete silence.

None of the five buses made a sound. No one responded.

Seeing this, Li Runshan’s expression grew even more serious. He took out a magnesium stick and exchanged a glance with Yu Hong.

The two split up and moved toward the convoy from opposite sides.

A few minutes later.

The two reached the last bus, one on the left and one on the right.

Yu Hong, wearing his reinforced white bear suit and holding a wolf tooth club, with all his defensive points maxed, extended his club to hook the bus door handle.

He pulled it outward.

Creek.

The metal door opened with ease.

It wasn’t even locked!

The gray-white bus door, which wasn’t even properly latched, was effortlessly pulled open by Yu Hong.

The inside was pitch dark, so dark that even the bright sunlight outside could only light up a small area around the door.

Yu Hong looked at Li Runshan, who had circled around. Li Runshan signaled him to go inside.

He nodded and, using his wolf tooth club to clear the way, pulled out the silver talismans hidden in his outer pocket.

With one foot on the door step, he used it to jump and entered the bus.

Poof.

Suddenly, his body swayed, and he retreated again.

Standing at the bus door, he acted as if he had sprained his ankle.

Li Runshan gestured to him, but Yu Hong repeatedly shook his head, pointing at his ankle to indicate that he couldn’t continue, his foot hurting badly, and that it was up to Li Runshan now.

Yu Hong cupped his hands in apology, stepping back.

Li Runshan: “.”

If it weren’t for the fact that he saw Yu Hong moving smoothly as he stepped back, and knowing that Yu Hong had specifically trained his legs, and if his IQ wasn’t still relatively normal, he might have actually believed the act.

At a loss for words, Li Runshan shook his head and pointed to himself, signaling that it was his turn.

Armed with a machete and a stack of talismans he bought from Yu Hong, he moved toward the bus door.

Poof.

Suddenly, his body hunched over, clutching his stomach in a painful manner, and he began retreating again.

As he backed up, he also pointed at Yu Hong, making hand gestures to show that his stomach was hurting unbearably, that he couldn’t handle it, and couldn’t straighten his back.

The daunting task of exploring the bus interior had to fall to Yu Hong now.

Yu Hong was speechless.

Watching this guy try to outdo him in acting, neither of them wanted to take the first step into the unknown.