Chapter 123: Information 121
Thinking about this,
Yu Hong couldn’t contain his curiosity any longer. He put on the Vortex Talisman Plate, slowly opened the door, and quickly walked toward the outer edge of the courtyard.
As he passed the wooden house, he could still hear the repetitive rustling sounds of tossing and turning—obviously Li Rushan couldn’t sleep at all.
He decided not to disturb Old Li and walked directly to the outer edge of the luminous stone grass, crouched down, and carefully inspected the newly sprouted tender grass.
The new grass blades were slender and tough, their tender green flecked with tiny milky-white spots—there didn’t seem to be much difference from before.
But Yu Hong took out the Enhanced Red Value Detector and pressed the switch.
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Imdiately, the LCD screen beeped and displayed continuously changing values.
‘-183.226.’
‘-191.178.’
‘-191.091.’
The numbers kept fluctuating continuously between 183 and 192.
This made Yu Hong’s face reveal an evident anomaly.
‘I rember the close-range detection value of the luminous stone grass used to be around 120… now it has skyrocketed to over 180…’
He checked again to confirm the values, then stood up, stepped back a few paces, and returned to the area where the old luminous stone grass was.
Once again, he crouched down and brought the detector close for asurent.
‘-121.182.’
‘Exactly!’ Yu Hong’s eyes lit up as he continued to change locations and asure, and in five consecutive places, they were all around 121.
‘This indicates it’s not that the luminous stone grass has evolved on its own, or strengthened itself. Rather, it’s my Inner Qi that has improved, causing the newly produced luminous stone grass to have enhanced radiation.’
‘This ans, if my Inner Qi improves more, and becos stronger, then the strength of the luminous stone grass might further increase.’
Yu Hong deduced this conclusion; although it was just a guess, in this despairing world where no hope was seen, such a conclusion filled one with increased anticipation.
With that thought, Yu Hong quickly stood up and returned to the cave to continue practicing the Basic survival leg technique.
Now, when he practiced, he felt filled with motivation.
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The sky was gray.
Near Baiqiu Village, the postal stone house.
Click.
The living room’s underground entrance door was gently pushed upward.
A slender figure, clad in a Protective Suit, quietly erged from the ground, looking around cautiously.
Once sure no one was around, she slowly crawled out of the underground entrance, and closed the door behind her.
According to the schedule, she had to co up to adjust the solar panels and check how much the communicator had charged, because the sunshine was getting shorter, charging ti was reduced, and it was becoming increasingly troubleso to charge the communicator due to low battery, so she also had to manage the ti to adjust the position of sunlight exposure correctly.
Of course, these were all justifications.
The key reason was, previously, they had heard knocking sounds underground, but when they ca up, they found no one, so she found an excuse to co up and check, and also to get so fresh air before it was completely dark.
The figure walked into the living room and stopped in front of the communicator on the table, revealing a stunning and voluptuous face.
She was one of the two people taking care of Aisena—Song Wei.
Because Li Rushan hadn’t returned for a long ti, she felt too uneasy staying underground, complaining about poor ventilation and the omnipresent moldy sll, so she couldn’t resist coming up to the stone house to breathe so fresh air.
Despite Lin Haini’s constant persuasion, telling her that Li Rushan had instructed them not to go to the surface before he left,
but Song Wei was unconvinced, staying continuously in the mold-slling underground would eventually lead to lung diseases, she thought.
She didn’t want to suffocate in such a remote underground place so young.
Click.
She sat down on the wooden stool, relaxing her body against the chair’s back.
“Comfortable.”
She couldn’t help but exclaim.
Looking at the outside courtyard, which was growing dark and nearly completely dark, she slightly shifted on the wooden plank, then quickly turned on the communicator, and picked up the luminous stone blanket from the side, draping it over herself.
Patter.
The sizzling sound of electricity ca from the communicator, there was no sign from Yu Hong’s side, and according to the agreent, they were supposed to connect at around ten at night.
But Song Wei hadn’t co up for the connection—she showed a hint of anticipation on her face, quickly adjusted the communicator’s knob, switching it to reception mode.
Hiss. Soon, the static noise began to decrease, and a series of faint musical notes drifted out from the inside.
Quiet, soft, and filled with sorrowful tunes slowly floated from the communicator.
For a mont, the grim and cold stone house seed to gain a touch of elegance due to the music.
Song Wei lay her head on the table in front of the communicator, relaxing her body. Actually, ever since Li Rushan left, she would secretly co up every day to listen to music alone.
This could montarily relieve her increasingly oppressive mind and body….
Snap.
A noise erupted behind her.
Song Wei abruptly stiffened and quickly turned her head.
Behind her was the dark hallway leading to the living room.
The hallway, about seven or eight ters long with a faint mist, vaguely allowed one to see the quiet, empty living room at the end.
By now, it was almost dark, and both the living room and the mist had taken on a strange, gloomy blue tint.
It was a blue almost reaching black, symbolizing depth.
Under such a blue, everything in the living room had turned into one color.
Song Wei frowned slightly, not paying it much mind, turned back, and continued to fine-tune the communicator, trying to make the sound clearer.
Patter.
Suddenly, another noise ca from behind her.
She suddenly turned around, looking again.
The deep blue living room was still empty, and the hallway was quiet.
“Who’s there?” Song Wei couldn’t help but ask aloud, feeling that it was Nana or Haini playing a prank on her.
There was no response.
Suddenly, she rembered the warning Li Rushan gave before he left.
“If you notice anything wrong, wrap yourself in the luminous stone blanket without hesitation! Hide for half an hour first.”
He had arranged a luminous stone blanket for each of his two won.
Song Wei turned back, thought for a mont, and was about to lift the luminous stone blanket to cover her entire body.
Snap.
The sound suddenly rang out again, right behind her, not more than a ter away.
So close!
That proximity and the sudden noise made Song Wei shiver all over, almost losing grip on the luminous stone blanket.
She stood up from the stool in a hurry, her face pale, and accidentally tore a small cut on the edge of the luminous stone blanket without noticing.
But she didn’t realize it, and quickly turned off the communicator, hurrying toward the wooden bed.
Plop!
She ducked under the wooden bed, completely covering herself with the luminous stone blanket, curling up.
Only then did she realize in horror that her luminous stone blanket had a tear!
Through the tear, she could see the scene in front of the wooden bed.
“!!??”
Seeing the tear montarily threw Song Wei into a panic.
“How… how did this happen!? Where did this tear co from…?? I had checked it earlier… why…”
She trembled as she quickly pinched the tear closed.
Snap.
A new sound once more ca from behind her.
Song Wei shook violently, and a profound terror surged through her heart.
Her back felt like it had fallen into an icy cave, numb and stiff, nearly unable to move.
‘Wait!’
Suddenly, she jerked into realization.
‘My back… my back is against the wall! Where is the sound coming from!!?’
Song Wei stiffly, slowly, turned her head bit by bit.
Then, she saw it.
On the luminous stone blanket behind her, a blurred smiling face quietly erged.
The smiling face was only a fist’s distance from her.
It was as if soone was lying beside her, close to her body, pressing their face against the luminous stone blanket, right at the position of her neck behind her.
Snap.
Another crisp sound.
The wooden bed was empty again, regaining its calm.
A completely whitened luminous stone blanket lay quietly disheveled on the bed, with no trace of anyone else around.
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Inside the cave safe house.
“I’m a bit worried about Nana and the others…” Li Rushan’s worried voice softly transmitted through the short-range communicator.
“There’s nothing we can do. I went to check, but encountered the thing you talked about on the way. It always followed behind , impossible to shake off, indeed more dangerous than the shadow and Language Person because it silently consus the talisman luminous stones you carry.” Yu Hong quietly replied while drawing on the talisman plate.
They were communicating through an unenhanced short-range communicator. Among the miscellaneous items Yu Hong had collected earlier, he had found this pair of devices. Thought initially useless, they turned out to be quite functional at this ti.
“Do you have a note?” Li Rushan asked.
“No, there wasn’t ti. That thing was chasing too closely.” Yu Hong said, “Did you leave one yourself?”
“I warned them not to co out. The woods might be fine, but I’m worried about Weiwei…” Li Rushan’s tone carried a trace of weariness.
“Just make sure Nana is safe, that’s all. In tis like these, when you can’t even protect yourself, why think about protecting others?” Yu Hong stated calmly.
He had always disliked Li Rushan sheltering two beauties. In such a hostile environnt, seeking after beauty seed like courting death.
“Seriously…” Li Rushan sighed, “Old Yu, do you think we can hold out for long??”
“I don’t know.” Yu Hong replied.
“No supplies, no communication, staying here completely isolated from the outside.” Li Rushan said, “Shadow, Language Person, Blood Tide, elephant worm, Multi-eyed Bird, dangers are increasing… but our available resources and weapons are diminishing…”
Yu Hong remained silent, knowing what the other said was true.
At this rate, they definitely wouldn’t last…
His mind was also swiftly contemplating future directions. Unlike others, even in the harshest external environnts, he had the Black Mark, which could enhance nearby objects and find new hope.
“The talisman plates are barely holding up outside.” he whispered, “I’ll try to find new technologies… If we can get our hands on sunlight materials, maybe our situation might improve.”
“I’m starting to worry whether the guy delivering the materials will co, can he make it here…” Li Rushan sounded uncharacteristically down.
In Yu Hong’s mory, he always seed cheerful, as if nothing could trouble him. But now…
“At ten o’clock, I’ll contact the post on the other side, but don’t get your hopes up,” Yu Hong said.
“I’m not hopeful. The communicator is inside the stone house due to signal issues. If Weiwei or the others turn on the communicator upstairs, it’s likely…” Li Rushan said, his breathing growing rougher, clearly anxious.
Yu Hong didn’t speak further. The two fell silent for a while before disconnecting to save battery.
There were twelve more days until the enhancent was complete.
If they acted rashly during this ti, and the talisman plates ran out, the situation could get even worse.
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