Desperate Night

One hour and fifty-one minutes, or two hours, is not long for Yu Hong.

He added firewood while waiting.

Unconsciously, the number of black insects outside the door decreased, and light shone faintly from the vent.

It was dawn.

He slowly walked behind the door and opened the window.

There was a hazy gray fog in the forest outside, blurry. The sun illuminated the gray fog, turning everything gray and white.

Suddenly, Yu Hong smelled a choking smell in his nose, and he couldn't help but take two steps back, frowning slightly.

He looked back at the strengthening medicine, and there were still a few minutes.

He was not in a hurry at the moment, and sat down quietly and waited.

Not long after, the number on the surface of the black soil returned to zero.

Its whole body was twisted and blurred, and in less than a second, it quickly became clear again.

After being clear, the original soil had turned into a plate of six black capsules.

The words on the back of the capsule were written: antidiarrheal medicine, usage: one capsule at a time, once a day. Side effects: abdominal pain, constipation, gastrointestinal discomfort.

Yu Hong's face lit up, and he quickly ran over, picked up the medicine, picked out a pill and put it in his mouth, then picked up the boiled water that he had filtered and boiled before, and swallowed it mouthful by mouthful.

After taking the medicine, he felt much more at ease.

The strengthening ability of the black mark has never gone wrong. Since it is marked as an antidiarrheal medicine, there must be no problem.

The medicine was swallowed, but it didn't work yet. Yu Hong had nothing to do, so he started to pick up tools and use the unused wood blocks to make a new water filter cup.

Anyway, as long as it is simple and well done, the strengthening can be perfected.

By the way, he also took a protein bar and put it in his mouth.

This thing is said to be able to last a day, and he plans to try it.

While holding the saw to do handicrafts, he turned on the radio.

The radio station was modulated and had not been touched.

When it was turned on, a voice came out, in the form of an interview between two people.

".The major disasters in Youyun City are not isolated cases in the past two years. According to statistics from CCTV reporters, since the emergence of the black disaster, special disasters across the country have been on the rise. Among them, the casualties caused by ghost shadows and blood tide monsters are not serious. They only caused more damage in the early stage of the black disaster. But in the subsequent stable environment, the real cause of the increase in casualties is the evil shadow, which is more dangerous than the ghost shadow."

"The evil shadow is not afraid of ordinary pyroxene, moves very fast, and is highly contagious. Although the frequency of appearance is extremely low, it only appears once in a while, but once it appears, the harm caused is far greater than the previous two.

The disaster in Youyun caused a total of more than 600 casualties, which can be compared with Flicka's initial case, the town of Char."

"Yes, then does Professor Han have any suggestions for us?" asked the radio host.

"There is only one suggestion. Try to go to the larger Hope City stronghold, where there are more advanced weapons and stronger protection. One person cannot find a way to fight against the evil shadow. Thank you."

"Okay, by the way, you mentioned before that the Silver Tower Joint Research Institute will soon launch a blood tide ghost shadow protection survival manual. I wonder if it is true or false?" the host asked.

"Well, I have heard this news, and I don't know whether it is true or not. But now, the environment outside the city is getting worse and worse, the blood tide and ghost shadows are increasing, and the night time is getting longer and longer, and the demand for lighting is increasing. I personally think that the Silver Tower has the obligation and responsibility to issue such a manual."

"The last question. An audience member asked: In a gathering place with many people, if you encounter danger, many people will die, and the possibility of being affected is also greater. Just like the Pokoff incident a year ago and the music box incident five months ago, both caused large-scale casualties. In addition, there are more incidents that have not been reported, which have occurred in various corners. What do you think of such doubts?"

"These are what I want to warn you about. According to the investigation, these incidents are all caused by evil shadows. Its high Contagious, can spread quickly through anyone who comes into contact with its medium. This is also the key to its ability to cause a large number of casualties.

As for the evil shadow, we now have no effective means of dispersing it except isolating and dispersing the place where its medium appears. "

"What about the high-concentration pyroxene bomb?"

"No, the evil shadow is more dangerous than the ghost shadow because they can recover very quickly after being dispersed without any damage. So once you encounter it, you must leave quickly. Now there are more and more evil shadow incidents outside, which will also lead to more and more strict inspections of people entering the major Hope Cities, so I advise the survivors outside to enter the bunker in the city as soon as possible, otherwise they may face the situation of being unable to enter and lack of supplies later."

Then came the closing remarks and thanks. The professor left the live broadcast room with the host's gratitude. The show ended and turned into soft music.

Yu Hong sat on the stool and listened attentively for a while.

He didn't expect that the seemingly safe Hope City stronghold outside was actually facing such a great danger.

'That's right, there are many people, and there are naturally more dangers attracted. If I were a ghost shadow monster, I would also go to crowded places to find food first. ’

Coming back to his senses, he sighed softly.

He stood up and put a rough wooden cup on the ground, then, as usual, wrapped the charcoal with cloth and blocked the mouth of the cup.

Finally, he reached out and pressed it to strengthen it.

The countdown number appeared: 3:02.

“Huh? Why did the time get longer?” Yu Hong remembered that the last strengthening took only two and a half hours.

Why this time?

He looked at the new cup he made. The workmanship was extremely rough. It was just a square wooden bowl chopped with an axe, and a messy hole was dug in the middle with a chisel.

It was much worse than the wooden cup that he made carefully the first time.

‘Could it be that it took longer because of the workmanship? ’ He had a vague guess in his heart.

He secretly made a note of this.

After resting for a while, he felt better. After starting to strengthen the water filter cup, he also got up to clean up, dumped out the garbage, feces and urine, changed into the new clothes he got, went out to collect firewood, and looked for puddles to get water.

After a series of things,

three hours passed in a blink of an eye.

The cup was also strengthened, and it was no different from the previous one.

He took it and tried it, and it really worked well.

That day, he didn't run around anymore, but picked up firewood all day near the cave.

The dry firewood was wet by the rain, but it was good for making some small things.

Three hours passed in a blink of an eye, and Yu Hong strengthened another water filter cup.

Together with the previous one, there were two in total.

He paused and didn't plan to continue, but picked up the tool set he had been using.

This set was put together by Xiao Jieba himself. It includes saws, axes, chisels, shovels, screwdrivers, etc. It can be said to be quite complete.

Yu Hong plans to strengthen it well for his subsequent use, otherwise it will be troublesome to strengthen it after it breaks. It may become a repair.

In the cave, he put all the tools together, held them up with rags, and then reached out and pressed on the rags.

‘Strengthen tool set, direction: firm and strengthen. ’

Hiss, a black line flashed. A countdown suddenly appeared on the rag: 1:12.

A very short time.

Yu Hong retracted his hand and thought.

‘It seems that this strengthening has a lot to do with my requirements. The more difficult the requirements, the larger the span, and the longer it takes. And a completeness is required, but I don’t know what the minimum completeness must be. ’

He estimated in his mind and found a place to sit down and rest temporarily.

The antidiarrheal medicine is very effective. In six hours, he didn’t have diarrhea once, and his body didn’t feel anything wrong.

The remaining medicines can be kept and stored for future use, and of course they can be taken out for exchange at critical times.

Feeling better, Yu Hong went out for the last time in the afternoon, walked around and got familiar with the environment. Then he returned to the safe house and began to sleep and rest in advance.

Unable to sleep at night, he planned to exercise according to the advanced physical training method.

Before going to bed, he could not waste the strengthening time of the black mark and could not let it idle.

So he went to check the condition of the tool set first.

Walking to the corner, Yu Hong was stunned.

In the corner, all the tools that were originally in tatters were now fixed by a black metal fixing frame.

The tools on it were no longer worn out and damaged before, and they were all brand new.

And the surface of the tool material seemed to be covered with a layer of gray-black unknown substance, and the thickness became larger, which looked much stronger.

"Wow. This effect is amazing, only one hour" Yu Hong praised, reaching out to take down a saw.

The saw teeth were broken before, but now when I look closely, all the breaks are gone, and the saw teeth are much sharper than before.

After another compliment in his heart, Yu Hong began to look for the next target to be strengthened.

Now in the cave, food, water, and tools are all guaranteed for the time being.

The only thing left is the resting place that needs to be strengthened.

His eyes fell on the thick, smelly quilt.

‘This strengthening also comes with cleaning, let’s strengthen the quilt once and try it. It would be even better if it can be made into a type that will not mold, is thin and easy to wash.’

Thinking of this, he walked to the gray-white quilt that the stutterer gave him, squatted down, and stretched out his hand.

‘Strengthen the bed, direction: mildew-proof, insect-repellent, thinner and easier to wash.’

The request flashed through his mind.

A black line flashed out from the black mark on the back of his hand, and it went into the quilt in the blink of an eye.

The countdown number appeared: 10:14.

‘So long? ! ’ Yu Hong was stunned. But on second thought, his request seemed a bit too much, and the bed was bigger, maybe these were the reasons.

Ten hours, from now tonight, until dawn, I can wait!

He was sure in his heart and quickly confirmed the black mark's question.

Suddenly, the black countdown on the quilt began to flow.

The fire rose, and in the cave, Yu Hong was also jogging in the middle of the empty space and began to exercise.

At the same time, pay attention to breathing, mindfulness, and muscle strength at any time.

It is still difficult to coordinate the three together.

He kept trying, repeating, occasionally stopping to add firewood, and as time passed.

Slowly, in the second half of the night, he gradually began to find the feeling of coordination between the three.

As he jogged, he gradually heard some subtle sounds of water flowing in his ears.

The sound was very small at first.

As time went on, the sound gradually became louder and louder.

Even the influx of black insects outside the door could not suppress the sound.