A Night of Desperation-Chapter 459: Peaceful One

Inside the safe house.

Yu Hong and Yiyi were sitting opposite each other on the first floor of the house, by a dining table with a window that looked outside.

Since everything could only be seen through a peephole, for convenience, Yu Hong made some minor modifications to the structure of the safe house when integrating the Black Light into it.

An additional window was added inside the house. People didn’t need to crowd at the door to see outside.

Besides that, the room was also redesigned into a standard square shape. It gave people the illusion of being in a real building.

Yu Hong sat on the chair, watching Yiyi happily preparing minced meat to make dumplings. This was a method of eating he had taught her.

Yiyi would be very happy whenever people returned.

So sometimes he also wondered if the more foolish a person is, the easier it is for them to be happy.

"Yiyi, did you hear what I just said?"

"Yes, I heard. Going to find the land of vitality, no problem, I’ll accompany you," Yiyi looked up and smiled sweetly at him.

Yu Hong returned the smile.

"But this way we will go to many dangerous places. Aren’t you scared?"

"I don’t know, but if it weren’t for you, I would have been gone long ago. Dying isn’t really that scary. And I have you with me, don’t I?" Yiyi laughed.

Her smile was brilliant, not minding the possibility of death at all.

This sparked a thought in Yu Hong’s heart, to try making Yiyi break free from her semi-Black Disaster identity.

Since fusion was possible in the past, there must be a way to separate in the future.

The only trouble was that half of the Black Disaster in Yiyi was actually her mother. This was the fundamental reason Yiyi didn’t want to completely eliminate that half.

"The space inside the house has been expanded. I’ll go back and ask Ku Chan and Chi Xiao. I estimate they will probably leave with us, just this few people," Yu Hong said.

He had observed for a while and realized that, just like him, Ku Chan could hardly lead a normal life, engaged in cultivation day in and day out. Her cultivation was skyrocketing like a rocket. She would often go to Quan He for sparring.

According to Quan He, Ku Chan now had the strength of top Heavenly Masters in the Heavenly Master Mansion.

Without her, she might have been able to suppress an era.

And this was Ku Chan after losing Chi Xiao. She did not rely on Emperor’s Weapons, nor Spirit Light amplification, and still managed to achieve such explosive improvements.

Yu Hong couldn’t help but marvel at the strength of the Red Food Method.

Of course, he wasn’t lacking either.

Tai Ling Skill had officially begun training the Sixth Layer, and had introduced Spirit Disaster Radiation. However, he didn’t know where to absorb Wind Disaster Radiation from and had to give up on that for now.

The Outer Eye of the Chaotic God Heavenly Eye, after testing, was confirmed to be extremely similar to Cai Jing Taoist’s abilities.

He also began preparing for his next enhancement.

He wanted to see just how strong and powerful the Outer Eye could ultimately become.

Watching Yiyi make dumplings, Yu Hong recalled the content of his conversation with Brother Hu.

He actually had a big question.

That was: Since the Savior Ship could find the land of vitality, why didn’t Ancient Starry Sky God Agrius rely on the Savior Ship to find the land of vitality by itself, instead of having captains, countless times weaker than it, take turns on hundred-year cycles?

’One possibility is that Agrius itself is trapped somewhere, unable to move, and therefore must rely on the captains. Relying on contracts to achieve its goals.’

’Another possibility is that the deal with Agrius is a scam, using the land of vitality as a lie to deceive the captains into making contracts with it, harvesting cognitive batteries.’

’However, the second possibility is not very realistic. If it’s about harvesting cognition, is a captain’s cognition enough for an Ancient Starry Sky God to consume? With its immense power, it could easily leach a bit and absorb the cognition of the beings on a whole planet which would be far more cost-efficient than a captain’s. This feels more like recycling, using this mechanism to select the right candidate.’

Yu Hong shook his head.

’Never mind, with my current level of cognition, I’m not at that level yet, so thinking more about it is pointless. Anyway, I have the Black Mark, so I might as well try and see if the Savior Ship can really find the land of vitality. I don’t believe I can’t enhance myself to the limit in a hundred years.’

The power of an Ancient Starry Sky God to shatter a planet with a slap gave him a new goal.

’Maybe I should try it out and see how big of a territory I can shatter with a slap. I haven’t tried it until now.’ A sense of curiosity suddenly sprouted in Yu Hong.

"Done! The dumplings are ready!" Yiyi called out happily at this point. "I’ll go boil them."

"Good!" Yu Hong got up smiling, ready to prepare the soy sauce and vinegar for dipping the dumplings—Yiyi liked to dip in vinegar, but he liked to mix with seasonings and soy sauce.

Looking at Yiyi’s busy figure, and with the safe house now inadvertently remodeled to resemble the setting of his home from his past life.

A familiar sense of warmth stirred something indescribable in Yu Hong’s heart.

He sensed something he hadn’t felt for a long time, a sense of belonging...

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Ten days later...

Night.

Yu Hong, Ku Chan, and Chi Xiao stood on top of a small hill in a park near Hope City, looking at the brilliantly lit beautiful city.

The magnificent lights, burning like flames, in gold, white, red, and blue... various neon lights intertwined, with the noise of sounds heard in the distance, surging back and forth.

"Take one last look. Who knows how long it will be before we can return next time," Yu Hong said.

He had already explained to the rest about the correct usage of the Savior Ship—that once it began, they must travel continuously until it stopped on its own.

If they returned, they would have to start all over.

Which meant that for this journey, their eating, drinking, and all necessities would have to be resolved at the closest supply points along the way.

"How’s the preparation for drinking water and food, young Yu Hong?" Chi Xiao asked gravely. "Some places might not even have water to drink. If we get trapped and can’t get out, being stuck for too long could pose a problem."

"Don’t worry, we have plenty for the three of us to drink for a few years," Yu Hong said indifferently. He had specially brought a large amount of food and water. He had even installed a wastewater purification device, intended for cycling the internal water sources.

As for food, it was the easiest to solve. Many places should have edible things. As long as they’re checked properly with instruments, there’s no issue. For this, he prepared a cage of testing mice. These small creatures bred quickly, were convenient for testing, and required little food. They could be fed first to check, and once ensured there was no issue, they themselves could eat.

The main trouble was still the air. The comprehensive recycling oxygen system that Chen Yaofeng from Hope City assigned a lab to design for him was many times stronger than the previous air circulation system. It could maintain a good effect on oxygen content, humidity, and temperature.

With these basics, even if the Black Mark was damaged, it could be repaired and strengthened in time.

"Didn’t Senior Quan He come to see you off?" Ku Chan asked.

"She said her coming would only add to the worry, better not to come, and wished us a smooth journey. It’s best not to come back," Yu Hongdao replied. He took out his cell phone, which displayed a message of well-wishing from Quan He.

"That makes sense. Coming back means not having found it;if you do find it, you definitely won’t need to come back," Ku Chan nodded.

"Couldn’t it be that we found it and came back to pick up others?" Chi Xiao said.

"That’s true," Ku Chan nodded earnestly.

"Alright, time to go after finishing watching," Yu Hong dusted off the non-existent dust on himself, took a deep breath as if wanting to keep a bit more of this place within his body.

Then he turned around.

Boom!

Just then, fireworks suddenly shot skywards above Hope City.

The fireworks burst, forming rows of the blurry text.

’Safe travels’.

Yu Hong turned his head back, looked in the distance to see the tallest tower in Hope City;Chen Yaofeng, Yu Hen, Yu Mo, and many high-level leaders from Qingchen Temple and the Spirit Alliance were all there, watching from afar.

"Let’s go," black fog surged behind Yu Hong, and the wooden bridge faintly appeared.

He stepped onto the bridge, followed closely by Ku Chan.

But only after a few steps,

An eerily black figure, like a massive clump of seaweed, appeared on the bridge.

The dense Red Value Radiation spread out.

Yu Hong paused mid-step.

"Has it already started?" he eyed the Black Disaster, pulling out a detector from his pocket and pressed a button.

Beep.

The LCD screen displayed the value: 117024.532.

"It’s approaching the level of a Speed Man," Yu Hong recalled that the Red Value for a Speed Man was about over a hundred thousand.

This was roughly the range for a Level Eight Black Disaster.

"Don’t worry, I’m here," Quan He’s voice suddenly came from behind, close at hand, as if she stood right behind him.

Yu Hong was about to speak, then suddenly sensed something, glimpsing sideways.

Ao!

A white figure flashed from his right side, landing gently.

It was a pure white Immortal Crane, taller than a man.

The Immortal Crane glowed with white fluorescence all over, its pose graceful and eyes proud.

As soon as it landed, it pierced the Black Disaster with its beak, skewering it like spearing a fish, then looked at Yu Hong, turned and soared into the sky, disappearing again as a streak of white light.

"Even a character like Long Qingzi can divide his spirit and be reborn;isn’t it a normal thing for me, Quan Hezi, to divide my spirit thousands of times?" Quan He’s light voice came from behind.

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Yu Hong nodded, finally letting go of the last bit of concern in his heart.

He stepped forward to the door of the safe house.

The heavy door slowly opened.

Yiyi had already been waiting at the doorway.

"We’re leaving," Yu Hong said.

"Okay!" Yiyi nodded vigorously.

Yu Hong and Ku Chan filed in.

The door behind them shut with a bang.

Outside, amidst the black fog, the faint light from the wooden bridge and Hope City quickly receded.

Everything turned pitch black again.

Click, the door was locked from the inside.

Layers upon layers of complex and precise Arrays on the walls and door continuously activated.

The nuclear reactor, combined with the power core of the Savior Ship, emitted a faint vibration and humming sound.

The few people came to one of the long rectangular windows on the first floor. They watched the pitch-black Black River outside.

The only light in the river was the white glow seeping from the safehouse.

In the river, monsters known as Evil Shadows were intermittently attracted by the light, sinking and floating.

They drew near because of the light, then hesitated or retreated as they felt they could not tackle the safehouse.

Hum.

The river and the monsters were gradually left behind.

The surface of the river started to move quickly, turning into a blur.

The safehouse began to accelerate.

Yu Hong set the moving speed of the safehouse to maximum in his mind. Then he let it move forward on its own.

After confirming that the safehouse could move autonomously without further attention, he turned around to look at Ku Chan and Yiyi.

"Next, perhaps we can name this safehouse to distinguish it from others. After all, we may have to live here for a very, very long time," he suggested.