A Night of Desperation-Chapter 270: Believed to be Two

Yu Hong didn’t respond, only lifted his head and gazed at the huge black pool gradually forming in mid-air.

The pool’s phantom almost resembled the real rock pool.

Same size, same decoration, the only difference was that in the phantom, there were countless oppressive and heavy black waters swirling within.

“Everyone, leave here,” Yu Hong made a decision.

He planned to try it out, for if successful, it might suppress the further evolution of the Black Disaster.

Leiya and another had already given chase. Xue Ningning and two others didn’t express any objections and were quickly picked up by a dragon lizard, one by one, and taken out.

Lin Yiyi was also fetched by a dragon lizard called by Yu Hong, holding her on the dragon lizard’s back and carrying her out.

Soon, in the entire pool, only he stood still.

“Now… let’s see… which is stronger, the Light Disaster or the Black Disaster…”

Yu Hong took a deep breath, looking up at the gradually descending pool’s phantom.

Swoosh.

He spread his arms, releasing the restriction of his Cultivation Technique on the Cosmic Divine Light.

Hum…

Faint blue light started to emerge on his body, growing larger and denser.

The soft blue light gradually became bright, dazzling, glaring.

“Come on!!”

Yu Hong rapidly circulated his Inner Qi, using Condensing Water Technique to absorb the surrounding black water, turning it into Inner Qi, and continuously protecting himself from the mutual annihilation of the two great forces.

Thunderbolt Inner Qi and the two powers were not from the same system, but Inner Qi could freely blend into Cosmic Divine Light and also merge into the black water of the Black Disaster.

It was a versatile power.

Hum!!

The blue light inside Yu Hong’s body wildly stimulated the surrounding massive amount of Black Fog.

Countless Black Fogs started to spin around him as the center, flying, forming a huge circular vortex.

As a large amount of Black Fog was consumed, the descent of the Night Pool also faced a concentration shortage, slowly decelerating.

Boom!

At the underground passage exit.

A dragon lizard shot out, gently placing the person it was carrying in its mouth onto the snow.

In addition, there were five members in black robes ruined by Agrius.

They too were bound by Leiya and another person, carried, and crawled out of the passage.

The moment everyone just climbed out, they saw Lin Yiyi carried by a dragon lizard, crawling out of the passage as well.

“We finally… won!” Leiya looked at Lin Yiyi with complex eyes.

She had prepared for many years, put in so much effort, hardship, all for revenge, for herself, and for those uncles and aunts of the Meisha family who became neither human nor ghost because of the consequences.

But now… although she had won, the feeling it gave her was like punching fiercely into cotton, a hollow feeling.

“Quick, look! What is that!?” Suddenly, Ou Li’s voice startled everyone present.

Leiya, Saren, Xue Ningning, Li Wang, all the still conscious people, turned to look in the direction Ou Li was pointing.

But just as they turned their heads, the eyes of everyone stunned.

Light!

In that direction, at the horizon where the earth meets the sky.

A faint blue light was shining, lighting up.

The blue light, like water ripples, was enveloped by dense Black Fog, as if separated by a layer of black veil, not very clear.

But even so, everyone could clearly sense that the blue light was slowly, gently, becoming brighter and larger.

“Could it be… another new Black Disaster?!” Ou Li speculated.

“No… no, that’s not right!” Leiya frowned and observed, recalling the words of the Eternal Life President before his death.

And that blue light gave a completely opposite feeling to the Black Disaster.

“Perhaps… it’s not the Black Disaster…”

“What is it then!?” Ou Li said.

“Whatever it is, it can’t be worse. The world is already like this anyway,” Leiya replied.

“Have you noticed something wrong?” Xue Ningning also voiced.

“What?” Leiya was startled, then she observed intently, suddenly remembering. “Wait! The surrounding Black Fog… it’s thinning!!”

Now that she mentioned it, everyone indeed noticed that the black haze around them seemed truly to have become thinner.

At least now one could see objects several tens of meters away.

Hum!!

Just then, the ground buzzed, as if something had exploded underneath.

The vibrating hum persisted for a few minutes, then ceased.

Shortly after, a fleet of helicopters beaming searchlights approached from this side.

Also coming were numerous armored vehicles covered in spikes, like rolling fortresses.

Aurora City’s heavy troops had arrived.

According to the agreement, once the headquarters of the Eternal Life Association had been confirmed, if the first objective could not be met, these troops would be the suicide squad, among whom large yield hydrogen bombs transported would be manually detonated, perishing together with the Eternal Life Association.

This was the last precaution.

But luckily, everything ended smoothly.

Click.

Suddenly, a light noise came from the passage behind.

Everyone turned around and saw Yu Hong stepping forward, his cheeks adorned with faint blue fluorescent, eerie patterns.

“There’s no more trouble… The Night Pool couldn’t descend, everything is thoroughly concluded,” Yu Hong said. “Also, there is the association’s hidden main base, the underground new city, that Aurora City needs to handle.”

“On that point, please rest assured, Mr. Yu Hong, we will properly deal with all the survivors of the new city.”

The loudspeaker’s sound rang out.

A helicopter slowly descended and landed.

The cabin door opened, a familiar figure with white hair and a cane, slowly walked out.

The figure lifted his head, and within the transparent visor of the helmet, a male face very similar to Chen Yaofeng appeared before Yu Hong and others.

“Commissioner Chen Xiguang…” Yu Hong said, surprised.

He hadn’t expected such an elderly, frail commissioner to personally take a plane here to command on the frontline.

Not just him, Xue Ningning and others also hadn’t expected Commissioner Chen Xiguang to personally join the battle;they were all momentarily stunned.

His body was weak and ill;even being on the frontline, he couldn’t really do anything.

But he still came.

Considering what they had guessed before, that they were merely bait, a team meant to attract the main force’s firepower.

Thinking about another completely annihilated team they saw on the way back…

Their faces all turned grim.

“When the mansion is about to collapse, there will always be someone to turn the tide,” Chen Xiguang looked at Yu Hong, his expression one of sigh. “This time, I must thank Consultant Yu for his full support again.”

Yu Hong had served as the military consultant of Aurora City, so this title wasn’t incorrect.

“Eliminating the Eternal Life Association is a common desire of us all. Besides, I only came to save people,” Yu Hong said calmly.

His gaze fell on the armored vehicles lined up one by one;from these vehicles, he keenly sensed an extremely terrifying, massive power hidden within them.

If it erupted, this power could instantly destroy dozens of kilometers around.

‘Nuclear weapons??’ Yu Hong thought anxiously.

Even now, being so close to humanity’s ultimate weapon of mass destruction, his whole body bristled, and goosebumps erupted uncontrollably.

If it exploded, even with his body’s strength, he would undoubtedly die.

While he was thinking this, Chen Xiguang had already walked in front of Li Wang and others, bowing deeply.

“I’m sorry, all the decisions were made by me,” he said somberly. “I won’t ask for your forgiveness, nor do I regret making such choices. I just…”

He straightened up, supported by the guards, looking toward the distant blue horizon.

“Had no choice…”

“If you had failed, the 5-million-ton hydrogen bomb I brought would manually detonate here. Within a 40-kilometer radius, everything would be reduced to ashes instantaneously;light radiation, high temperature, penetrating radiation, shockwaves would destroy everything within a hundred kilometers.”

“I was already prepared to be buried here with everything…” Chen Xiguang’s aged gaze swept over everyone.

“But… you succeeded!”

A relieved smile appeared on his face, a joyous, hopeful smile from the depths of his heart.

“Congratulations,” he said smilingly.

Watching this scene, everyone’s nerves unconsciously relaxed.

Yu Hong’s gaze landed on the fortress-like armored vehicles, silently contemplating.

Everything was finally over.

Yiyi’s origins were completely unveiled.

The Eternal Life Association was eradicated, finally dissolving the greatest internal malignancy of humanity.

From now on, there was no need to worry that while combating the Black Disaster, someone would stab them in the back.

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He looked at the eased atmosphere around everyone and also sensed Chen Xiguang’s readiness for death.

“Speaking of which… should we hurry back and secure the hydrogen bomb… being this close, just in case it accidentally detonates…” Ou Li couldn’t help but say anxiously.

“It’s okay, detonating it would actually be a very troublesome affair. A hydrogen bomb isn’t an ordinary bomb,” Chen Xiguang responded calmly.

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The turmoil belonging to the Eternal Life Association was completely over.

The ending was marked with the president’s death, with Lin Handong, representative of the six high-ranking members of the association, during the arrest process, three committed suicide from guilt, three were captured, and began undergoing professional interrogation to disclose more intelligence about the Black and Cold Disasters.

And Aurora City Commissioner Chen Xiguang, after personally escorting the hydrogen bomb, on the second day upon returning to the city, committed suicide with a gun in his office.

Leaving behind a confession before dying, he took all the past negative policies, harsh policies upon himself.

Endorsed by the remaining commissioners, his son Chen Yaofeng took over the position of the first commissioner, smoothly transitioning through power handover.

Yu Hong, from the few high-level members of the Eternal Life Association, learned much about the Black Disaster from the Source Disaster and obtained the Twelve Rituals left by the Yingshan civilization.

Besides, on Lin Yiyi’s side.

Knowing that everything was false, Lin Yiyi, who had lost her support in life, yet in the end, revived her desire for life and found meaning to continue living thanks to her mother’s self-sacrifice.

Although the memories were false, she still had her mother, friends, and friends like Xue Ningning, who had gone through life-and-death trials for her!

So, after talking with Yu Hong, she decided to join her friends and cooperate with Leiya to completely eradicate the Black and Cold Disasters and continue their journey.

The dust had settled.

Yu Hong, carrying the dragon lizard, Agrius, also finally decided to return to camp, heading back to the Ultimate Gate.