Desperate Night

About ten minutes later, Black Lizard No. 2 crossed the road and crawled into the sunken canyon on the other side of the road.

There were jeeps that rolled down, clothes and items left by the dead, and traces of charcoal after the fire.

But here, the sense is still clear.

Yu Hong saw the mess in the canyon through Black Lizard No. 2.

‘Keep going.’ He moved his mind and controlled the black lizard to continue crawling farther away.

Soon, it exceeded the range of one kilometer, and the sense quickly weakened. The picture could not be seen, but other than that, he could still control the actions of the black lizard, but he could not see the picture.

Yu Hong did not stop, but continued to let Black Lizard No. 2 move farther away.

It was not until it was close to the range of two kilometers that the state sense of Black Lizard No. 2 became more and more blurred, reaching the point where even the sense was a little difficult.

“It seems that the control limit is two kilometers.” Yu Hong was unexpectedly satisfied.

‘If the internal energy is used for catalysis, each black lizard can lay a lizard egg every three days. From this point of view, this black lizard should soon be able to form a dense combat force. ’

Yu Hong was calculating in his mind.

He now had two internal qi, both of which were of the second-level quality, and one could give birth to a black lizard egg.

‘With my internal qi recovery speed, it is enough to give birth, but I don’t know if there is a limit to the number of black lizards that can be controlled by the mark.’

I did it when I thought of it.

The crisis was approaching, and he was unable to rescue the little stutterer. The two pressures made Yu Hong feel more urgent.

He simply sat cross-legged at the door, closed his eyes and continuously input internal qi into the black lizard in the second mark.

After the two internal qi were used up, it was just enough to give birth to two black lizard eggs.

The internal qi recovery time was more than three hours, which was slower than before. It was obvious that the quality of the internal qi was much higher, and the recovery was also much slower.

Three hours later, Yu Hong gave birth to two black lizard eggs again. Then he went back and forth until the sixth black lizard egg was born.

The second mark could no longer input internal qi.

‘The hatched black lizards, including the eggs, are exactly nine in total. Is this the limit of the second mark? ’

Yu Hong opened his eyes, thought for a moment, and opened the cave door.

After going down the steps, he walked directly to the courtyard wall.

The courtyard was empty. Zhou Xueguang and Aisina went back to their own rooms to rest. Their even breathing could still be heard faintly.

Yu Hong did not wake them up. He stood by the courtyard wall and stretched out his hand with his palm facing up.

Puff puff.

Suddenly, in the foggy forest outside, a sound of flapping wings approached rapidly.

Then a black shadow the size of a kitten flew out and landed accurately on his palm.

The black shadow revealed its appearance, which was an enlarged version of the black lizard.

It was Black Lizard No. 1, and it was also the earliest hatched imprinted creature.

Compared with the size of a palm at the beginning, it is now as long as an adult's forearm.

A pair of withered yellow eyes are embedded in the dark body, and the transparent insect wings on the back are folded and retracted under the protection of the black hard shell, which looks weird and cold.

Holding Black Lizard No. 1, Yu Hong thought for a moment, then gently threw it, letting it fly back to the forest and disappear into the mist.

‘Patrol in a circle around the yard to drive away all the ghosts. ’

He planned to thoroughly test the combat effectiveness of the grown black lizards before the high-risk evil shadows arrived.

After the order was issued, Black Lizard No. 1, the only almost adult individual, began to crawl around the yard quickly.

Yu Hong monitored the situation on the map in his mind.

Around the yard, three difficult areas had been marked by the previous patrol of Black Lizard No. 2.

These were all dangers that the black lizards could not drive away on their own.

The first place was by a waterway in the direction of Baiqiu Village.

The second place was a section of the path to the pyroxene mine.

The third place was under a withered old locust tree on the left side of the road to the post office.

In the patrol safety map in Yu Hong's mind, these three places were marked as three dark areas, which meant that they were hidden with black disaster dangers beyond ordinary ghosts.

Soon, Black Lizard No. 1 encountered its first danger.

In the foggy forest, a skinny woman sitting on a horizontal branch appeared in front of it.

The woman was wearing a ragged and wide long skirt, which was gray and stained with blood.

At the same time that Black Lizard No. 1 found her, she also found this side.

Puff!

Suddenly, Black Lizard No. 1 raised his head and spurted out a mouthful of venom instantly.

The pitch-black venom was like a sharp arrow, instantly crossing a distance of more than ten meters and accurately hitting the woman's long skirt.

Ah!

The woman twisted and melted all over, like a candle under high temperature, struggling. In less than three seconds, she dripped from the branch and turned into a pool of black mucus.

‘Awesome! ’ Yu Hong felt relieved. He didn't expect that the black lizard would be so lethal after growing up.

‘It seems that although ordinary ghosts can regenerate continuously, with the patrol of black lizards, I can also maintain a relatively safe living area. ’

He was in a very good mood at this time.

Then, he watched Black Lizard No. 1 come forward, suck the melted black mucus into his mouth quickly, and swallow it.

Then he continued patrolling.

The second time, two ghosts appeared together, holding hands, like two brothers, slowly floating silently in the forest mist.

As soon as the two ghosts found Black Lizard No. 1, they took the initiative to attack, quickly flew close, and grabbed the black lizard.

Hiss!

The place where Black Lizard No. 1 and the ghost began to smoke rapidly, and the black smoke made the ghost's body slightly distorted.

With a puff, another mouthful of venom spurted out. Black Lizard No. 1 turned over to dodge, watching the two ghosts twist and roll, melting into a new pool of black mucus.

It continued to move forward, sucking the mucus, and it also felt slightly weak.

Obviously, the touch of the ghost just now was not without damage to it.

‘Is three the limit?’ Yu Hong determined the data in his mind.

It seems that nine adult black lizards should be able to drive out the activity area of ​​30 ghosts.

Considering that there are other black disasters wandering around, and the regeneration speed of ghosts varies, the future safe area patrolled by the nine black lizards was quickly estimated and circled in the map in his mind by Yu Hong.

This area just covers the circular range of 200 meters around the yard.

‘When all the black lizards hatch and grow, this new safe area will be ready. At that time, it will be easy to get humus soil and wood materials. ’

Yu Hong felt a little more relaxed.

The role of the black lizard is stronger than he thought. It is equivalent to creating a safe area that can adjust activities at any time. It can also detect the approaching direction of high-risk black disasters in advance.

‘Standard sentinel. ’ He finally gave the definition of the black lizard.

After a rest, Black Lizard No. 1 continued to execute his cleaning order, while Yu Hong focused his sensing vision on the distant Black Lizard No. 2 again.

Not long after, he suddenly exclaimed, and his expression became slightly surprised.

‘Is there anyone? ’

Black Lizard No. 2 returned to the range within one kilometer and began to wander and patrol in a hidden manner.

This investigation, but it did not expect to find a passenger car that had overturned on the ground.

Gray passenger car.

The car overturned from the road and fell into a deep ditch. The exterior of the car was sealed with thick metal plates, and all windows were closed.

From a distance, it looked like a shriveled bean pod at the waist.

In the car, several painful and wailing figures were wriggling and struggling, trying to crawl out of the twisted car body.

Their legs were injured and blood was flowing everywhere. It dragged a long mark all the way in the carriage, like a brush dipped in blood.

Yu Hong's vision looked through the black lizard and roughly judged that among the five survivors, only three could survive, and the lower bodies of the other two were completely broken and bleeding heavily, which would definitely not stop.

The three survivors were all slightly injured and did not affect their movements.

After hesitating for a while, Yu Hong decided to go over and see what the other party's character was like. If he was not the kind of bad and disgusting type, saving him might help him get more manpower.

He couldn't run away now, so he could only rely on others to go out and achieve his goal, and he was seriously short of manpower.

After confirming, Yu Hong immediately ordered Black Lizard No. 2 to patrol quietly nearby, drive away the ghosts, and ensure the safety of these people.

He himself put on the enhanced gray lizard suit, quickly left the yard, and rushed towards Black Lizard No. 2.

A few minutes later.

He came to the bus that had overturned on the road.

Before he got close, he was discovered by the survivors.

"Here!"

One person waved at him excitedly.

Yu Hong approached and paused.

He recognized one of the three survivors.

"Doctor Xu? Why is it you?!"

The remaining three were all women, or rather, all the people in the car were women.

Yu Hong judged from the bodies at the door of the car that they were probably a female escape team for self-protection.

This can be seen from the uniform suits and guns on the bodies.

This kind of female team was what Lao Li had told him before. In this chaotic era, many women have become vulnerable groups that are persecuted. Under the collapse of rules and order, many women spontaneously form small groups for the purpose of self-protection in order to avoid harm.

Many of them took the initiative to undergo local pyroxene radiation surgery.

"Yu Hong!" Doctor Xu's arm hung weakly at her side, her hair was messy, and her face was covered with blood. If she hadn't been close, she couldn't see her facial features at all.

Seeing Yu Hong at this time, she became emotional.

"Help me! I'm dying! Ah. I'm in so much pain!!" She covered her arm and wailed loudly.

"Wait first. Don't move." Yu Hong glanced at the other two.

The two were wearing helmets and gray-white women's suits. They supported each other, one of them holding a submachine gun in his hand, and they were facing this side, looking at him vigilantly.

"Wait first if you need help." Yu Hong kept a distance from the two people, walked over, and grabbed Xu Ruoying's shoulder.

"It hurts! The bone here is also broken!!" Doctor Xu screamed.

So Yu Hong could only grab her long hair with one hand and the collar of her neck with the other hand, and use both sides to lift her up.

"It's good that you can still scream. At least the pain means that your nerves are still alive." Yu Hong sighed, carried the person and turned to leave in the direction of the safe house.

"I'm so miserable, Yu Hong really, I'm so miserable." After Dr. Xu was picked up, her emotions were much more excited than when she left.

At that time, she was full of expectations for going to Hope City.

And now.

"The patent for herbal medicine was stolen, and I became a pharmaceutical machine. I work from morning till night, sleep for five hours, and go to the toilet in a transparent cubicle. I escaped nine times! Every time I was caught and beaten, hahahaha, I think it's better to be killed by the black disaster than to live a hellish life!" Xu Ruoying was hanging in the air, and her emotions were a little broken.

As she talked about her experience, she couldn't stop crying.

"Actually, I got used to it by the end, ah! It didn't seem to hurt much after being beaten too much. I didn't expect that the opportunity would come for me to come out instead of escaping!"

She started laughing again as she spoke.

Yu Hong noticed something keenly.

There seems to be something wrong with this guy's mental state.