Night of Despair-Chapter 146 - : Cultivation Two

Chapter 146: Cultivation Two

“Is it those two women causing trouble?” Yu Hong frowned as he quickly returned to the first floor, first removing the panel to check outside, confirming it was indeed Old Zhou, Zhou Xueguang.

He stood at the door with a hesitant expression, looking as though he wanted to speak but stopped himself.

Click.

Yu Hong opened the door and stepped outside.

“What’s going on?” he asked in a deep voice.

“It’s not those two, it’s Doctor Xu…” Zhou Xueguang whispered.

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Yu Hong said no more and walked into the yard, where he first saw Doctor Xu, Xu Ruoying.

She was sitting on a rock in the yard, gently pressing a hand on her stomach.

“Yu Hong, you’re here,” Xu Ruoying called out as she first noticed Yu Hong approaching.

Her demeanor was very normal, completely different from her initial madness.

“Are you alright?” Yu Hong asked, his tone somewhat concerned.

“I’m fine…” Doctor Xu revealed a gentle smile, and for some reason, her smile was filled with anticipation.

“Boss, look at her stomach,” Zhou Xueguang softly tapped Yu Hong from behind.

Yu Hong immediately sensed something was amiss.

Doctor Xu Xu Ruoying’s stomach seemed unusually large.

“Is her stomach bloated?” he frowned deeply as he looked toward Old Zhou following him.

But this time, it wasn’t Old Zhou who answered him, but Doctor Xu herself.

“I’m pregnant.”

She answered seriously and with hope.

Yu Hong’s eyes widened. Pregnant?!

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He couldn’t believe it, Doctor Xu returned… and now she was pregnant??

“Whose is it?” he blurted out.

“I don’t know…” Xu Ruoying shook her head, “When I was detained, about ten people were involved with me daily. There were too many, I couldn’t tell whose it was exactly.”

She seemed much more normal now, a stark contrast from her previously restless, darting eyes.

“But it doesn’t matter… the important thing is that he is my child!” Doctor Xu’s tone changed, her face showing intense anticipation.

Yu Hong, looking at her now, could clearly see that this sudden child had become her last pillar of normalcy.

“Take care then, we have enough food and drink here, don’t worry,” Yu Hong reassured after a moment.

In fact, since hearing that Doctor Xu had been captured, he had suspected she might have been violated, but he never anticipated this development.

“Thank you! I can manage basic wounds and make medicine, and once I’ve recovered a bit, I can make some sutures from animal sinews. I won’t be a freeloader,” Xu Ruoying smiled.

“Alright.” Yu Hong nodded. He exchanged a look with Old Zhou, sighed, and turned back to the cave.

Shortly after, he retrieved a stash of nutritional paste and handed it over to Old Zhou.

“This is a month’s worth. Keep it safe, and take the mushrooms, cockroaches, and lizards you collect, process them and leave them at my door. I’ll deal with them later.”

“Mm.” Old Zhou nodded. Glancing at Doctor Xu, who was no longer looking this way, he asked again, “What about those two women? They’ve been patrolling outside these last few days.”

“No hurry,” Yu Hong shook his head. Although he was irritated by Ding Shao and her companion, he wasn’t to the extent of directly driving them out or wishing them dead.

“The camp is running low on luminous stones. Have them go to the mining area and transport some back as a trade for access to the water source,” he instructed.

“Okay,” Old Zhou nodded. “One more thing, Nana has been asking when Li Rushan will be back. Do you have any news?”

Yu Hong shook his head.

Li Rushan had been gone for some time, and by all accounts, he should have returned by now in a vehicle.

But there was still no sign of him, clearly something had happened.

“Don’t worry, he took so much with him, even if something unexpected happens, he should be able to come out unscathed. We’ve faced many types of Black Disasters, with his caution, there should be no problem.”

“Ha, caution my ass,” Old Zhou made a disdainful face, “If it were him dealing with Ding Shao and her friend, he might have already taken things to the bed by now.”

“…” Yu Hong was speechless. Given Li Rushan’s personality, it was indeed a possibility.

He silently patted Old Zhou’s shoulder.

“By the way, I’ve recently cleared the area around the camp. I’ll outline a new safety zone soon, and within this area, you can move around to gather firewood, pick wild vegetables, or dig in the soil.”

“Really?” Zhou Xueguang was taken aback.

“Of course.”

“Give me some talismans first, I’ll go test them out.” He was very cautious.

“Sure…” Yu Hong waved his hand, fetching some Vortex Talisman Plates and ordinary talisman plates from the cave for Old Zhou.

Then he went back to continue practicing the Infinite Qi Condensing Technique.

However, after closing the door and drinking some water, as he was about to pull down the shutter, Yu Hong saw Old Zhou by the courtyard wall, exchanging something with Ding Shao across the wall through a talisman plate.

It appeared they were exchanging a multifunctional pocketknife.

Yu Hong shook his head but did not stop them, pulled down the shutter, and turned around to continue practicing his cultivation technique. He had to master the Infinite Qi Condensing Technique early to rapidly increase his Inner Qi cultivation progress.

The practice of the Infinite Qi Condensing Technique proceeded without any surprises, everything falling naturally into place. Clearly, this cultivation technique was a special version tailored specifically to the Black Mark for him.

Three days passed in a blink.

On the night of the third day, the time displayed on a detector standing by: 11:15 PM.

Inside the basement of the cave.

Yu Hong, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, suddenly opened his eyes.

A faint current of air, centered around his body, began to swirl subtly but then quickly dissipated, as if it were an illusion.

“It’s done…” he exhaled deeply. This auxiliary internal cultivation method had a straightforward main process—essentially, it involved diverting one’s focus outward to find particles suitable for oneself and, through the rapid conversion by the Black Mark, allowing these particles to rapidly become part of oneself under the influence of Inner Strength, thus greatly accelerating Inner Qi cultivation.

“Essentially, it’s actually a practiced skill; you can achieve it with more practice… The key is that it extremely complements myself…” Yu Hong lifted his hand. After practicing this cultivation technique, he felt his perception of the surrounding environment had greatly enhanced, as if he could sense the countless tiny particles suspended in the air around him at all times.

“Next, let’s try the Thunderbolt Leg Technique…”

With a trace of expectation, he finally began to practice the Thunderbolt Leg, which he hadn’t practiced for a long time, after three days.

With a mere thought, the Inner Qi in his lower abdomen began to swirl like a vortex, rotating at high speed.

Ordinarily, the Inner Qi refinement of the Thunderbolt Leg Technique directly absorbed countless particles from the surroundings. But this time, the particles it absorbed were the matching particles pre-absorbed by the Infinite Qi Condensing Technique.

The Infinite Qi Condensing Technique acted like a pre-filter, absorbing suitable particles first, then allowing the Inner Strength of the Thunderbolt Leg to absorb and transform them.

This practice made Yu Hong unwittingly reveal an ecstatic expression.

He felt his transformation speed of Inner Qi was faster than he could have imagined compared to before.

While previously at the second level of the Thunderbolt Leg Technique, he had only accumulated two strands of Inner Qi, and the third strand was only half accumulated.

Yet, with the aid of the Infinite Qi Condensing Technique, this half-accumulated third strand of Inner Qi rapidly expanded and solidified like an inflating balloon.

Its condensation speed was so fast that it was estimated to complete the Qi condensation in less than three days.

“With this rate, my refining speed of one strand of Inner Qi on the second level should be about one strand per week! The speed of Qi Cultivation has improved by at least half!” Yu Hong estimated joyfully in his heart.

The fullness of Inner Qi determined the recovery speed of the Black Lizard, luminous grass, and also dictated the frequency of his finishing moves during combat.

The significant improvement in the speed of Qi Cultivation plunged Yu Hong into a fervent state of secluded training.

The imminent peril of the Black Disaster gave him a strong sense of urgency.

Soon, another two days went by in the blink of an eye.

At the outer perimeter of the Black Wind Camp.

Sparse luminous grass spread across the ground, enveloping the entire camp in a big circle.

After successfully forming the third strand of Inner Qi, Yu Hong and Old Zhou began to build a new courtyard wall along the perimeter of the big circle.

The construction method was simple: they first dug a clear and evident trench to mark the specific boundary.

The trench, about one meter deep, after being dug, was helped by Ding Shao and another to insert thick wooden planks and a large number of coarse branches into the ground to secure them, forming a rudimentary fence.

Relying on the resources of the camp to survive, these two naturally came to do the heavy lifting as called upon by Yu Hong.

The range of the big circle was completed in only half a day with the efforts of four people.

“From now on, this fence-enclosed area will be our secondary safety camp boundary. Don’t go out to the farther exterior, it’s much more dangerous,” he instructed Old Zhou and Aisena.

The two were wandering within the new boundaries.

Though the diameter had only expanded by a few meters, the area enclosed was much larger than before.

It included a few trees, slopes, rocks, and patches of weeds.

“I understand. The new safety zone contains quite a bit of humus and wild vegetables; we could get some seeds and seedlings to plant. There are a few types of hardy weeds that grow easily; we could plant them inside the fence,” Old Zhou was already enthusiastically starting to allocate uses for the new area.

“And these dozen trees, if we could get cameras, we could easily set up a simple monitoring system to cover the entire camp’s surroundings. A pity that the fog is too thick and visibility is not far.”

“Additionally, if we later welcome more people into the camp, the living arrangements can easily be sorted out.”

Seeing his enthusiasm and organized planning, Yu Hong straightforwardly spoke up.

“Alright then, you take care of assigning the living arrangements and such in the future. All good? Acting as a future camp director,” he joked.

“Sure, leave it to me,” Zhou Xueguang promised, patting his chest enthusiastically. “Since coming to this camp, these have been the most stable days I’ve had since the Black Disaster hit. Even when I was on the frontline, despite other units covering us, I never felt as at ease as I do here.”

He had vaguely sensed that something outside the camp was discreetly driving away the shadow. But with his sensitivity, he could not detect what it was, yet from his probe into Yu Hong’s background, he surmised that it definitely had something to do with the boss.

“That’s right. I have special technical means to monitor the safety of the camp’s perimeter at any time, so I will send an early warning if there’s any danger,” Yu Hong nodded.

“That’s good… But to tell the truth, now that we have water and power, the only thing we lack is a greater sense of security. If we could build the surrounding walls and coat them with sunlight material, the safety would greatly increase. This material naturally emits a kind of invisible radiation that Black Disaster extremely detests, automatically keeping it away from here. Unless the crowd gathers in large numbers, attracting more than the repelling effect, it would attract a Black Disaster attack,” Old Zhou explained.

Yu Hong nodded in agreement, gazing at the newly demarcated secondary safety zone, feeling a hint of accomplishment in his heart.

Building such a large safe camp in such a dangerous environment was no easy feat, and only he knew this.

“Mr. Yu.” At that moment, Ding Shao approached from not far away, raising her hand to indicate she was unarmed.

“Can we talk?” she asked sincerely, her calm gaze resting on Yu Hong’s face.