Night of Despair

Chapter 64: Method Two

“I was just trying you out just now,” Li Rushan said indifferently, “It looks like your suit works quite well. So, since you want to increase the intensity… I’ll get serious now.”

With his daughter before him, he couldn’t show any weakness.

Immediately, he took a deep breath, his left leg trembling slightly.

After testing the strength of the opponent’s protective suit a few times, he knew that ordinary attacks were useless against it. Even ground techniques required knocking the person down first.

So, the next step was to take this guy down!

Puff puff puff!

In an instant, he rushed forward, crouched down, and kicked fiercely at the knee of his opponent.

With a bang, the opponent shook a bit, and instantly dispersed the force of the kick to the surrounding large protective panels.

The dispersed force couldn’t shake the thick, wide steel boots at all.

“Damn! This is exaggerated!” Li Rushan couldn’t understand how his weight of over 200 pounds, charging at just a knee, only made the opponent sway??

“Does it need to be this exaggerated?” He felt he might be at a big disadvantage this time.

Then, as he retreated, he saw that Yu Hong had thick, sturdy spikes under his feet, used to anchor himself to the ground!

Speechless…

Li Rushan didn’t know what expression to use for the scene before him.

Was this how fearful he was of being knocked down? Just the weight of the lower body was probably already fifty pounds. Fifty pounds of bulletproof steel plate, what kind of concept was that?

A normal bulletproof vest, even the heaviest type, weighed no more than twenty kilograms for the whole body.

And his…

Just the weight of the lower half of his legs was over fifty pounds…

“Again!” Li Rushan’s face inside the helmet could no longer smile.

Next, he truly intended to get serious.

As a postman, especially one stationed alone in a dangerous area, his strength naturally wasn’t limited to what he had just shown.

“I’m using the Milshig Fighting Skill, commonly used by the military. This fighting skill originally comes from a small country abroad, created and blended into a practical combat technique to resist foreign invaders, aiming to quickly move to an opponent’s blind spot and then strike their vitals. It is fierce and extremely likely to cause disability, so it was introduced and modified in our country for actual combat,”

Li Rushan explained briefly.

“You can first get a feel for it.”

This time, he truly didn’t plan to hold back any longer, except for that last resort. This time, he had to make a good show in front of his daughter and properly maintain the glorious image as a father.

Immediately, he took a quick step, moving swiftly to Yu Hong’s side, his elbow striking Yu Hong’s lower back.

“One.”

He quickly circled around again, his hand chop landing on Yu Hong’s side neck.

“Two.”

Circling once more, he dodged the opponent’s swinging hands and punching moves, his palm slapping Yu Hong’s left chest.

“Three!”

Then he quickly retreated, standing still and breathing slightly.

“Do you feel it? If combined with a high-strength dagger, you would have already died three times. If it were a gun loaded with armor-piercing bullets, you’d be nothing but a living target.”

“…Again!” Yu Hong didn’t waste words. He came here, paying money to train, precisely for this purpose!

Immediately, he actively charged step by step toward the opponent.

The training continued for over three hours, until the sun set and the temperature began to drop.

Yu Hong continually adapted to Li Rushan’s style of fast movement and striking vitals.

In front of an even more intensively strengthened Polar Bear Suit, heavy strikes were no longer a problem; the key was balance, not falling. Once he fell, the opponent could completely use many external environments to defeat him.

So, under the power of silver dollars, Yu Hong came to Li Rushan every day to train.

While practicing his Heavy Leg Skill, he continuously sparred with Li Rushan, then pondered countermeasures. If he couldn’t figure it out, he would just ask Li Rushan. After all, he had paid the money.

Days passed.

Yu Hong’s responses became more timely, and his follow-up moves increasingly kept up with Li Rushan.

The Heavy Leg Skill’s enhancement to his leg strength also made the force of his leg strikes grow increasingly powerful, and the weight of the White Bear Suit felt lighter and lighter to him.

Even later on, he gradually began to get used to kicking with weights on. His leg speed became faster and fiercer, and once he struck, it was devastating.

As time went on, even Li Rushan no longer wanted to confront his kicks head-on but chose other ways to deal with them.

Time passed day by day, and slowly, the warm flow spurred by Yu Hong’s practice of the Heavy Leg Skill began to spread throughout his body.

The transparent keratin layer on his legs grew thicker, and his leg strength increased. Moreover, the sixth channel of Inner Qi naturally nourished itself, gathering in his lower abdomen.

Soon, two periods of intense growth passed.

Yu Hong’s physique had expanded hugely, moving closer to the aggressor, White Python Guo Xudong, compared to when he was at his weakest.

His weight also reached over 160, as measured by Li Rushan.

Early in the morning,

In the stone courtyard of the post office,

Li Rushan and Yu Hong sat opposite each other, both wearing thick bulletproof suits to prevent attacks from external parties.

“Based on the specific details you described, I reckon that the person who attacked you must also have come from the post office,” Li Rushan leaned back in his chair, lazily analyzing with his legs crossed.

“His style is quite balanced, with powerful strength and moderate speed, and his dodging method is military fighting skills, that is, Milshig Fighting Skills—albeit slightly modified in his offensive approach. Clearly, initially, he did not aim for your vital spots and had no intention of killing you. This means his primary goal was to capture you.”

“No… he kept hitting my vitals later on, the head, the chin, all of them,” Yu Hong countered.

“That’s because he realized your protection was too tough; without targeting the vitals, he couldn’t affect you, so he had no choice,” Li Rushan laughed. “You need to know, he surely had a gun. With the marksmanship of a postman, just aiming at a gap in your bulletproof suit and firing two shots in the same spot, you would undoubtedly die.”

“….” Yu Hong was at a loss for words.

“Are you training hard now intending to seek revenge?” Li Rushan asked again.

“I am considering it,” Yu Hong didn’t hide it, “Do you have any advice?”

“Advice? I’ll just ask you one thing. If you go out alone for revenge, it will definitely take a long time, right? How do you ensure your food and lodging?”

“I’ll bring portable luggage, prepare for some time, and return after finishing,” Yu Hong replied.

“Do you know who sent them? Do you know where they are now? Do you know how many people there are? Whether they have heavy weapons?” Li Rushan pressed further.

“…. Indeed, I don’t know,” Yu Hong shook his head. “But… isn’t that why I came here?” He looked up at Li Rushan.

“What do you mean?” Li Rushan widened his eyes. “You actually want me to help you gather intelligence? And then use this intelligence to commit a crime!?”

“How about it? Are you in?” Yu Hong asked, unflinching.

“You’re pushing me into doing something wrong!!” Li Rushan stood up abruptly.

“Twenty talisman arrays,” Yu Hong stated calmly.

“I’m alone, and I have to take care of a child; you have to consider my difficulties!” Li Rushan exclaimed.

“Add twenty anti-inflammatory pills,” Yu Hong upped the offer.

“Deal!” Li Rushan quickly agreed. Yu Hong’s anti-inflammatory pills had been tested once before by Li Rushan, and they were very effective and popular when traded with the supply team. In these times of scarce medicine, they were a valuable commodity with a good price; twenty pills might equate to about two silver yuan with some luck.

“I’ll immediately send a message to my colleagues at other post offices; based on your description, that person must have come from the nearby Baihe City. After all, it’s not realistic to walk from further places like Hope City. From the random items you retrieved, it’s apparent he used to be a postman before being sacked and becoming a mercenary. Plus, with his skill level and the physique you described, it shouldn’t be hard to find him. Such people tend not to be nobodies,” Li Rushan quickly said.

“Great! I’m relying on you for this,” Yu Hong stated earnestly.

“No problem, to be honest, your current skills are already attracting a lot of pests. Have you ever thought about paying a price to protect yourself?” Li Rushan’s face reemerged with a subtle smile from his helmet.

“What do you mean…?” Yu Hong began to understand.

“In these times, just one person can’t achieve much. So… you need a group of bodyguards dedicated to ensuring your safety,” Li Rushan smiled. “You know, although our post office is vast and has many experts, there are always some who quit for this reason or that. So… with your skills and wealth, I suggest that it’s best you hire some people to ensure your safety. Along with security, you could also hire people to produce food and such, work collaboratively, and build a small-scale rural outpost.”

“…. I need to think about it…” Yu Hong hesitated as the other’s words made a lot of sense.

“Like now, you’re alone. If you go out for revenge, someone might just occupy the safehouse you’ve worked hard to build. How long can a door lock last? But if you have people around to help you watch, or if you hire people to seek revenge while you stay safe in a cave, eating, drinking, and sleeping, wouldn’t that life be much better than what you currently have?” Li Rushan muttered temptingly.

“What about you?” Yu Hong pondered before asking, “Aren’t you tempted? If you could get the technology for the Large Pyroxene Stone from me, wouldn’t you be interested?”

“The post office has rules against getting involved. Plus, such behavior once discovered would immediately cost me my job, and I might even be hunted down. Although it’s a chaotic time, the authorities are still trying to maintain the last bit of order,” Li Rushan responded.

“Of course, another reason is that I feel you… have potential. Aurora City actually has the technology to refine Large Pyroxene Stones, but it requires large machinery, and the cost isn’t much different from yours. The reason it hasn’t affected you is that your production is too low, the demand for Large Pyroxene Stones is too high, and the distance is too far. But to take such risks for this technology… I’d rather not.”

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“Right now, what really needs to be dealt with isn’t making money, but other things… The Black Disaster grows stronger each year, and the shadows are also increasing. No matter how much money you make, you need to be alive to spend it.”

Yu Hong somewhat understood the other’s mindset.

“Are you… thinking of investing in me?”