Night of Despair

Chapter 112: Harvest 2

“Aurora City had previously issued a notice, dividing us enhanced people according to corresponding danger levels. Enhanced people with only localized limb enhancements, after training, could easily surpass ordinary people and reach the same danger level as ordinary Blood Tide Black Insects,” Langfeng sighed and explained.

“Among those with localized enhancements, the difference between the upper and lower limits is huge. The stronger ones can even reach danger level two, capable of confronting Blood Tide Monsters like Big Skin head-on. But…”

He paused.

“But the higher level three can only be reached by those fully enhanced. Their strength, speed, burst, and physique are all far superior to ours, and they’re not afraid of low-concentration Red Value radiation. They have great resistance to the illusions of Evil Shadows, and their survival capabilities far exceed ordinary people. They wouldn’t even be affected by some poisonous, spoiled food.”

He glanced at Yu Hong, who was listening intently.

“Of course, there are many fully enhanced people, but the truly formidable ones are those who already possess many skills. If it’s just an ordinary person, they’re just slightly stronger than wild Blood Tide Monsters.”

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“Is it true that fully enhanced people can withstand danger level three monsters?” Yu Hong asked.

“There is such a claim, but those monsters can revive endlessly. The confrontation is also for a short duration, not perpetually,” Langfeng answered.

“That’s still quite impressive…” Yu Hong himself knew what a danger level three monster entailed, understanding how difficult it was to deal with that level of creature.

Not to mention, the elephant worm from before was of this level. Being able to directly confront such large monsters was already very impressive for frail humans.

“Actually, Blood Tide Monsters can still be dealt with, worst case scenario using weapons, bombs. But the dangers from the Evil Shadows line are much more troublesome. Our only reliance are the various luminous stone series of tools and equipment, along with Sunshine series materials,” Langfeng sighed. “This time the higher-ups dispatched the Blood Attraction Force partly to deal with Language People.”

“Language People are level four, right?” Yu Hong frowned, “Indeed, compared to the level four Multi-eyed Bird, these creatures are harder to handle.”

“So the higher-ups had no choice, only able to task the Blood Attraction.”

“Blood Attraction… This force is more elite than the rest?” Yu Hong was hearing this name for the first time and was curious.

“Blood Attraction… actually…” Langfeng shook his head, “Actually, the name itself reveals it. They were never created to defeat or resist monsters and Evil Shadows… they are actually sacrificial soldiers, using their own blood to lure Evil Shadows and monsters to remote, uninhabited deadly places…”

Yu Hong fell silent.

He found it hard to imagine, what kind of person would voluntarily make such a sacrifice for the greater good.

Seeing that everything was almost moved into the car, he looked at the sky, knowing it was time to leave. With a four-hour journey ahead, he hadn’t miscalculated, and they should be able to return to the safehouse before dark.

“If it really becomes unbearable, you can come to my place. Not to mention anything else, I myself make Large Pyroxene Stones, and in terms of resisting Evil Shadows, there’s a luminous stone mine nearby which makes it even more convenient,” Yu Hong finally invited.

“Good! If there’s really no other way, we’ll consider it,” Langfeng nodded earnestly.

Yu Hong closed the door, started the car, and at that moment, the solar-powered car had regained 60% of its battery power. He rolled down the window and looked towards Langfeng and his group.

“By the way, are there any recognizable features of fully enhanced people?”

Langfeng thought for a moment and replied, “The parts of our bodies that are enhanced can be detected with a Red Value detector showing negative values. Generally, according to public data, the higher this value, the greater the degree of enhancement and the greater the enhancement received. Fully enhanced people, their values are far beyond ours, we are generally between -5 and -9, while they are generally above -12, with high values even at -19. The examination method is to carry out a Red Value check closely against the skin while they are resting and relaxed.”

“Thanks!” Yu Hong waved his hand and rolled up the window.

This trip was a complete success, not only did he acquire the nuclear motor, but he also made some kind and generous friends, and was given a bunch of dried meat, dried mushrooms, biscuits, canned foods to take back.

This put him in a very good mood.

Driving the car, watching in the rearview mirror as Langfeng and the others gradually disappeared in the mist, Yu Hong sighed, feeling a bit of melancholy.

If it weren’t for the Black Mark, he actually wanted to stay with more people. That way, he wouldn’t be lonely, wouldn’t have no one to talk to, wouldn’t have to do everything alone.

But unfortunately…

Driving the car, watching the gray fog split open ahead, the empty streets, thinking about how the nuclear motor would provide electricity back at the safehouse, and how for the next several decades they wouldn’t have to worry about energy or water problems… life was going to get better.

That slight sense of loneliness in Yu Hong’s heart was instantly diluted.

‘Right, since the value on the bodies of the enhanced people can be detected by a Red Value detector, and the higher the value, the greater the enhancement amplitude. What about me? Do I have values on my body too?’

This thought suddenly flashed through his mind.

‘Let’s try it.’

He had plenty of detectors anyway. Controlling the steering wheel with one hand, he took out a detector with the other, took off his right glove, and pressed the detector’s sensor tightly against his skin.

Then, he relaxed.

‘0.121.’

The detector beeped, and the data appeared.

“It seems useless… I’m not in the same system as the enhanced people,” Yu Hong shook his head slightly, moving the sensor away from his skin, যেহতু the detector then quickly recorded the Red Value in the air, which rose above twenty.

Soon, with the humming sound of the motor, the car left the county and headed back in the direction it came from.

The journey was uneventful, and within tens of minutes, he drove on the mountain road near Huafeng City.

This time he did not encounter the black humanoid monster he had seen before, but left the area without any incidents.

“Um!? Colloid??” Yu Hong squinted his eyes, sensing something was amiss.

He suddenly recalled the over two-meter-tall black colloidal humanoid he had encountered before.

The car slowly decelerated, Yu Hong turned off the engine, and parked by the mountainside, to prevent it from falling down the opposite cliff.

Then he opened the car door and got out.

“Is there a problem? What does it mean to block the road like this?” He walked forward, looking around to ensure that the bald man was alone.

“Meat… hehe… lots of meat.” The bald man revealed a foolish smile, saliva trailing down from the corner of his mouth, and dripping onto the ground.

He looked at Yu Hong with eyes like someone eyeing a large, delicious piece of roast meat.

“Run…” Just as Yu Hong prepared to ask more questions, the middle-aged man next to him came to, struggling to shout loudly. @@novelbin@@

“Get in the car!! Run!! This guy… is Du Chengtao! A fully enhanced human!!”

“Du Chengtao?” Yu Hong hadn’t expected to encounter this person just after hearing his name on his way back.

A fully enhanced human, classified as of the highest danger level three — a powerful freak.

This was the comprehensive assessment given by Aurora City and Silver Tower.

“Run!” Seeing that Yu Hong hadn’t moved, the middle-aged man clenched his teeth, picked up a wooden stick, and struggled to stand.

“I’m a military officer who escaped from the front lines! That guy has completely lost his mind! He blocks the road to catch people to pickle into jerky!!” he said, mustering all his strength.

“So… get in the car!! Quick, cough cough…” He spoke too hastily and started coughing. “Run!!”

“Are you saying he eats…” Yu Hong’s expression darkened as he looked towards the officer.

Bang!!

Just then, a fist-sized stone, whistling through the air, fiercely struck him on the forehead.

The rock, under the force of a tremendous impact, shattered into several pieces on the spot, scattering a small cloud of white dust.

Such a stone, striking the human head with such force, would have caused dizziness and possibly a broken neck even with a bulletproof helmet, instantly killing a normal person.

The dull sound of the impact also made the middle-aged officer tremble, and he painfully snapped back to reality.

“I’ve been telling you to run…. Why….” He knew another innocent had succumbed.

Throughout his journey, he had already seen at least three innocent people knocked unconscious by Du Chengtao and taken away to be made into jerky.

If he hadn’t held other value to Du Chengtao, he would have been skinned and slaughtered long ago.

And now… there was another victim, but the situation seemed somewhat different than he had anticipated…

On the highway, Yu Hong was interrupted, a crack appeared on his helmet visor, obstructing his view.

“I hate it most when someone interrupts me while I’m speaking…..”

He slowly turned his head to face the other side.

Du Chengtao was touching his bald head with a puzzled expression, apparently wondering why his stone hadn’t been effective.

Quickly, he stooped down, picked up a stone as large as a millstone by the roadside, and with a foolish laugh, fiercely hurled it at Yu Hong.

Whoosh!!

The stone whistled as it tore through the air heading straight at Yu Hong.

Boom!!!

In an instant, the stone shattered, exploding in midair.

Yu Hong, carrying the Wolf Fang Club, burst through the drifting lime, his footsteps thudding loudly on the ground, leaving behind footprints as clear as ink stamps.

One second.

He covered the ten-meter distance in a flash.

Yu Hong gripped the club tightly with both hands and ferociously swung it, smashing it at Du Chengtao.

The massive Wolf Fang Club, with its fearsome barbs, swooped down and landed on Du Chengtao’s shoulder.

Clang!!

Surprisingly, it produced not a sound of crushing flesh but one similar to metal striking metal.

Du Chengtao didn’t even grunt as he was sent flying like a cannonball into the mountain wall on the left.

“Scum that survives by eating people.”

“Since you’re already living a life worse than death, let me send you to death!!”

Yu Hong, wielding the Wolf Fang Club, didn’t wait for Du Chengtao, bloodied, moaning, to get up, but charged forward and swung the club.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!!!

He raised it and relentlessly smashed it against the mountain wall.

The mountain wall crumbled, rocks tumbled, and chalky debris flew, filling the broken highway with loud echoes of the Wolf Fang Club smashing the rocks.

The military officer standing by the roadside was now completely stunned.

“Am I… dreaming?!!”