Desperate Night.

Chapter 123 123 Mark
"The second mark! ? ? "Yu Hong was stunned.

The pyroxene grass was his first mark-bound creature, and he couldn't even count how much help it had given him. If it weren't for the pyroxene grass, his gate would be eroded by blood tide bugs every day, and he would have to spend a lot of Black Mark time on restoring the gate every day.

Even large blood monsters like elephant worms may not be able to stop it.

Such a mark that binds a creature may seem ordinary and simple, and its function is also very ordinary, but in such an extremely dangerous world, the effect it can have is really huge.

And now, the black seal actually has a second seal location! ?

After Yu Hong was shocked, he was overjoyed.

But this was not the time to be happy. He came to his senses and stared at the figure outside the window who was trying to step into the pyroxene grass yard.

He was sure that the guy was definitely not a ghost, and there was a high probability that he was the real person behind the scenes.

It's just that before, it might have been disgusted by the continuous negative red value emitted by the pyroxene grass, but now, for some unknown reason, it actively tried to enter the range of the courtyard wall.

hiss.

Yu Hong watched helplessly as all the pyroxene grass within a few meters around the figure rapidly turned black, shattered, and turned into ashes.

As he continued to inject internal energy into the mark, new and stronger pyroxene grass began to grow in the mud around the figure.

Snapped.

The figure took another step inside and then stopped.

His body seemed to be constantly emitting invisible radiation power, fighting against the pyroxene grass that was constantly recovering around him.

Time passed slowly.

ten seconds.

Thirty seconds.

Fifty seconds.

Finally, the figure slowly retreated, step by step, out of the courtyard wall and stood outside the wall again.

He raised his head, with a blurry smile on his face, and glanced at Yu Hong. Then he turned around and disappeared into the mist.

At the same time, the grass inside the courtyard wall, which had turned into black and gray, quickly returned to its original state with the supply of internal energy.

Yu Hong let out a long sigh, with sweat visible on his forehead.

He just thought that the pyroxene grass yard could not be stopped. If it really could not be stopped, he would not have enough countermeasures to fight against the people behind it.

If the yard was breached, he would only have the pyroxene chamber in the cave safe house to rely on.

"This time, even the pyroxene grass yard couldn't be driven out. It seems that the pyroxene grass alone can't withstand the people behind it."

Thinking of this, he retracted his gaze, sensing that only a small portion of his internal energy was left in his body, and he also realized how dangerous the situation just now was.

'Second mark. What should I bind this time?'

He breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, and looked around the cave.

The dark red charcoal in the fireplace slowly emits heat, and on the wooden table in the middle is a black box-like communicator. On one side is a solar panel responsible for generating electricity.

Yu Hong's eyes swept through all the things one by one.

"The function of the mark is to regenerate and recover quickly, and it can be strengthened as the internal energy becomes stronger. This thing is closely related to my cultivation. I must bind it with something that can protect my safety better than the pyroxene grass."

"Inanimate objects are definitely not an option. They are too cheap compared to living objects, and they can't recover on their own."

'For living things, plants can choose new weeds, vines, bushes, and even trees outside!'

Yu Hong turned around and pulled open the baffle, looking at the trees outside that were faintly illuminated by the light of the pyroxene grass.

Each straight tree is at least ten meters tall, thick and strong.

'The advantage of a large tree is that it is not easily damaged, but it grows slowly and has a fixed range. However, the radiation it emits is definitely much greater than that of pyroxene grass.'

Yu Hong felt that if the big tree was used as the mark binding object, the synthesis time would probably be quite long.

"Besides, the Black Seal has not been strengthened yet, so the Seal Binding cannot be used in the short term. I remember that the initial binding of the Seal was done by accident when I used pyroxene and wild grass to strengthen it. Now that there is an extra Seal slot, it only means that I can synthesize a living creature for the second time to bind it. This process must still use the Black Seal Strengthening."

'That is to say, I still have to wait until the black seal is strengthened before I can bind the second seal.'

Thinking of this, Yu Hong calmed down.

At this moment, everything is focused on the moment when the strengthening of the black seal ends.

"Two more days. Almost there." He took a deep breath, closed the baffle, and went back to continue practicing.

The new internal energy allowed him to directly touch the person behind him, which meant that the integrated technique was beginning to show the ability he had requested in the first place.

He optimized his martial arts in order to gain the ability to fight against strange shadows and evil shadows.

"Try Harder!"

He whispered to himself.

Keep practicing hard.

As for what the second mark was bound to, he now had an idea in his mind.

When a person completely immerses himself in something and focuses on doing it, time will pass quickly.

In a blink of an eye, two days passed.

In the basement of the cave.

Yu Hong sat cross-legged, his body suddenly trembling slightly.

He opened his eyes, and a hint of joy from the bottom of his heart appeared on his dirty face.

"It's done!!"

The second internal energy was now silently rotating slowly in his abdomen.

There are two internal energies in total. This is the result of his re-cultivation of the martial arts.

Just like before, the second level of the basic survival leg technique also requires the accumulation of nine internal energies before entering the next level. This technique now has a total of six levels. And the higher the level, according to the instructions in the book, the more environmental red value needs to be absorbed.

This is also the fundamental reason why the red radiation in the air in the cave safe house is extremely weak.

It's not just the pyroxene grass that offsets it, but also the radiation from the talisman array and Yu Hong's own continuous absorption.

"Today is also the last day for the Black Seal enhancement to end!"

Yu Hong was full of expectations.

He stood up, stretched his limbs, walked out of the basement, and came to the newly excavated third stone chamber, which was the energy control room he set up.

The nuclear power motor he obtained, as well as the water supply system and other main parts were placed here.

In fact, this was not the first time that Yu Hong came to check on the situation these days. He was so impatient that he came every day to check and study the nuclear motors.

During this inspection, he discovered a problem.

This nuclear power generator itself is not perfect. In a corner at the bottom, there is a subtle engraving: K238 Experimental Model.

This led Yu Hong to speculate that this thing might just be an experimental model with incomplete functions and far less value than the complete models used in Hope City, so it was left there and no one moved it away. This was related to what Wei Hongye said about the incomplete micro-nuclear energy technology.

That's why Wei Hongye used him as bait to exchange interests.

"But it doesn't matter. With the black seal, even if it's an imperfect experimental model, I can completely repair it!"

Yu Hong looked at the countdown numbers that kept changing on the wall.

There is only one minute left and the reinforcement is about to end.

He concentrated and looked at the nuclear generator in front of him with great anticipation.

'From today on, I won't have to worry about energy for a long, long time.'

This exciting thought kept running back and forth in his mind.

hum!
Suddenly, Yu Hong felt numb all over.

Everything in front of him, everything around him, everything in the entire safe house cave, was completely blurred at this moment.

It was blurred for a moment, not even 0.1 second, and he felt as if his vision was blurred as if something passed by and obscured it.

Then, everything changed.

The small basement, which was rough and primitive just now, suddenly turned into a square room with smooth and thick inner walls, all black.

The nuclear motors disappeared, as did the water system components.

Instead, there are two integrated box covers embedded in the wall.

Yu Hong walked over and opened the black box cover on the left. There was a red skull mark on it and red words written on it: Energy main control box.

Inside the box lid are switch buttons that are responsible for the power supply to all the basement rooms.

After closing the lid, Yu Hong opened another white box lid.

A huge water droplet was painted on the surface of the lid with blue paint.

Inside are water source switches corresponding to each room.

Snapped.

He closed the lid, took a deep breath, turned around and ran all the way up to the first floor.

The first layer of the cave, the place connecting to the exit gate, has also changed at this time.

The walls of the cave were completely regular, turning into a thick black color, as if they were coated with a hard metal coating.

Everything else was still in its original place, except that the wall on the right side of the fireplace was recessed, revealing a rectangular washbasin.

The platform is made entirely of stone, smooth and flat, without any patterns.

There are only three structures: the faucet, the sink, and the drain pipe. At the same time, the entire washbasin is also black, as if it was coated with a layer of paint like the wall.

Yu Hong took a deep breath, went over and turned on the faucet.

Wow.

A stream of clear water suddenly gushed out from the faucet.

Continuous and endless.

Looking at the white flowing water, Yu Hong pursed his lips and his face trembled.

He couldn't remember how long it had been since he had seen this most ordinary flow of tap water.

Only those who have lived in such a terrifying and dangerous environment in the wild for so long like him can understand how precious it is to have water supplies anytime and anywhere.

Looking at the rushing water, Yu Hong felt an indescribable emotion in his heart.

"From now on, I finally don't have to go out to find water, I finally don't have to worry about taking a shower, and I finally don't have to sleep with these smelly equipment, clothes and bedding on my head."

At this moment, his eyes unconsciously became moist. Only he himself could understand how painful it was to sleep every day next to those smelly, slippery, sweaty bedding and clothes.

Standing there and turning off the faucet, Yu Hong tried to calm his excitement and went to check the power supply.

Just as he imagined, each room had a switch to control the lights. Light bulbs were also naturally embedded in each room, and the switches and wires were buried in the wall.

The entire safe house looks like a carefully renovated three-bedroom, one-living-room apartment, with no traces of the original roughness or artificial excavation at all.

Not only that, Yu Hong also found reserved wall socket plugs in each room. Although they were all made of stone and not the familiar plastic products, it made him suddenly understand why this strengthening would take so long.

It now seems that a lot of time was spent filling in the many small details of the safe house.

He checked all the rooms one by one, three basements and a main hall.

He carefully examined every inch of the corner.

As he repeated the checks, the joy and comfort that welled up in his heart slowly returned to calm.

(End of this chapter)