Desperate Night.

Chapter 219 219 Scar III

Gray city.

On the empty passages along the city wall, scattered soldiers in full-body protective suits were like teams of black ants, patrolling slowly and tiredly.

Piles of light red foam can be seen on the ground from time to time.

These bubbles can be seen everywhere, as if they were sprayed randomly and discarded on the roadside.

Some of the foam piles are big, some are small, and some are even in the shape of humans.

It was like a bunch of light red growths growing on the entire surface of the Gray City.

Zhang Kaijun was wearing protective clothing and watching the scene through goggles.

“How effective is the isolation bubble?” he asked.

"Very good. We can isolate all sources of infection as quickly as possible and prevent the further spread of most infectious black disasters." A tall and burly bodyguard behind him answered.

"Give credit to the research department." Zhang Kaijun said calmly. "How long can the water last?"

"After about five days, according to the instructions of the Engineering Department, all the water was used for the cooling cycle of the nuclear power plant to prevent the temperature from over-high and the nuclear reaction facility from burning down," another person answered.

"Can't we delay the collection of ice and snow outside?"

“Unfortunately, the number is too small.”

"That is to say." Zhang Kaijun walked to the edge of the city wall and looked at the gray city under the bright lights. "If we can't come up with a solution within five days, we will face the loss of energy and water, and have to move to find water?"

Too many people have died in the city.

There were a few people sitting sparsely in the central square below. They were all sitting under the lights, next to the cooling water pipes, wrapped in thick quilts, their bodies stiff and motionless, and it was unclear whether they were dead or alive.

Several teenagers, with even younger children, seemed to be looking for their relatives everywhere.

"I'm afraid so." The subordinate responded. "There are only about 2,300 people left alive in the city. This is after we recently brought in a lot of people from outside. But if there is no water, no one can survive."

"There is still a lot of water reserves in Aurora City. If you want to leave, just go ahead." Zhang Kaijun said calmly.

"Where are the supplies?"

“Keep half, and give each of the rest a standard external unit.”

"Yes."

The subordinate left.

Zhang Kaijun stood there, beside the city wall, turned around and looked outside the city.

Black fog was rolling outside. There were no stars or moon, and no distant views. The thick black fog was like a huge wall, blocking the entire Gray City.

The cold wind was howling, and suddenly a snowflake slowly fell and landed on his shoulder.

"How can I survive?"

He murmured softly, stretched out his hand, and gently caught a piece of snow.

"Ajun, come out and play, it's snowing!"

A familiar female voice suddenly came from the black fog outside the city.

"We are all waiting for you outside. What's the point of hiding in the city and deceiving yourself?"

"It was just an illusion inside the city. Once you get out, you'll know that the black disaster is all a lie. There is no black disaster at all. You were just hallucinating."

Familiar voices kept coming from outside the city. These were voices that only Zhang Kaijun could hear.

The voice that each person hears from the ghost in the black fog is unique and there is no overlap.

No one else will and can hear such sounds.

Zhang Kaijun's face was calm. He reached his right hand into his pocket and grasped a hard gun handle.

Turning around, he walked back.

Just then, a team of patrol officers saluted him and passed by.

Bang.

Suddenly, a gunshot was heard behind me.

Zhang Kaijun suddenly tensed up and turned around to look.

Among the patrol team that just passed by, a female member shot herself in the face.

The bulletproof helmet had been opened long ago, and there was a mess of blood inside, and nothing could be seen.

She fell to the ground, her body twitching continuously. The team members around her hurriedly dragged her aside, and everyone's hands were shaking.

is suicide.

Zhang Kaijun walked over, squatted down, looked at the young face with a huge bullet hole on the forehead, and remained silent.

A team member nearby took out a small red bottle and sprayed it at the still twitching corpse.

Pink foam was sprayed out quickly, covering the entire body, along with all her equipment.

Soon, the place turned into a human-shaped pink foam pile. This was to prevent the black disaster that might appear on her body.

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Black Wind Camp.

The snow covered every corner of the camp.

Inside the cave.

The black edge of the communicator reflected a faint worn luster.

There is a brown base underneath, which slowly emerges after the black paint is worn off.

A pale, rough man's hand reached out to cover this place and stabilize the communicator.

With the other hand, he held the FM knob and slowly adjusted it to find the channel.

Yu Hong sat at the table, frowning slightly.

Ten minutes passed.

No matter how he adjusted and searched, there was no voice in the communicator.

hiss.
The subtle sound of electric current continued to ring, and although there was sound, it gave people a more lonely feeling.

"Minister Xin Zhilei can't be contacted, how come even Wei Song and Lao Zhang can't be contacted?!" Yu Hong's joy at having just achieved a breakthrough and gained the special features of the technique had now disappeared.

He had originally planned to contact Aurora City and Gray City, hoping to obtain some mutant and enhanced blood samples.

but.
Snapped.

He turned off the communicator and stood up.

'Something must have happened.'

He knew in his heart that Zhang Kaijun's character was extremely cold and stable, and if it weren't for an unexpected event, he would never give up daily communication.

After all, the exchange of information and intelligence may save many lives in many cases.

Standing up, he walked to the basement and sat cross-legged in the center of the training room.

On the ground was a sheet of the basic water condensation technique he had written earlier. "It only has the same function of condensing water, so let's call it water condensation technique."

Picking up the torn piece of paper, he glanced at it and checked it briefly. After making sure there was no problem, he took a deep breath.

'Strengthen the water condensation function, direction: increase water output power and increase durability.'

As for these two requirements, he doesn't care about the others.

The main purpose of this technique is actually to solve the problem of water sources and long-range attack methods.

Therefore, increasing the water output power can simulate means such as a high-pressure water gun, and increasing the endurance is to serve as a source of drinking water when needed.

Soon, a black line flashed, flowing out from the back of the hand and merging into the paper.

'Do you want to strengthen the water condensation skill?'

"It's done!"

Yu Hong felt relieved, knowing that he had finally completed the creation of a basic exercise method on his own.

Although the threshold for this technique is relatively high, one must first be able to sense the many particles in the surrounding vacuum and filter out the hydrophilic energy particles that one needs.

But this technique was originally meant to be used by myself alone.

The difficulty of popularizing the exercises was beyond his ability to master now.

After confirming that it was possible to strengthen, Yu Hong did not start immediately. Instead, he reached out and picked up a blue light book from the ground. This was the book he got from Xinghe Taoist of Zhengyuan Sect.

After thinking for a while, he put down the booklet and picked up another booklet he had prepared.

That is the mysterious Taoist scripture: Pure Yuan Ding Ling Sutra.

After hesitating for a while, he still didn't join the reinforcement.

'What I need now is to quickly learn the water-condensing technique so that I can use it, rather than strengthening a powerful and special advanced technique. I can't master such a technique in a short time. I can add it later when I strengthen it.'

Suppressing the temptation in his heart, Yu Hong put down both booklets.

"I will modify it later. There will be opportunities for enhanced synthesis in the future," he comforted himself.

He reached out his hand again, pressed on the paper, and started strengthening again.

This time, a black line flashed, a countdown appeared, and the strengthening officially began.

'12:8.'

Not long.

Yu Hong breathed a sigh of relief.

"The simpler the technique, the better, and the faster the practice, the better."

Bang.

Bang.

Bang.

The sound of a black giant passing by came from a distance.

Yu Hong was already used to it. He got up and left the basement. He went to the micro nuclear generator to check it out.

The temperature inside the nuclear power plant is very high. It is around minus 30 degrees Celsius outside, but it is above plus 30 degrees Celsius here and is still rising slowly.

Yu Hong was sure that there was no problem with the reactor. Although he didn't know how to check it, as long as the temperature did not exceed the limit of the dial and there was no radiation leakage, everything would be fine.

With nothing to do, he connected the received radar to a power source after dinner and tried to use it.

The radar has a built-in color display screen. In order to prevent the signal from being blocked, Yu Hong moved it to the second floor of the stone fort.

After some tinkering.

hum!
The screen lights up.

It was all black, with a silver pointer spinning clockwise.

Yu Hong took a look and the radar opened the cover at the bottom, revealing a row of operating switches.

From left to right, the first black switch is the power switch.

The second switch is temperature.

The third is accuracy.

The fourth one is the blood tide monster.

The fifth one is Ghost!

"This is an improved version. Of course, who would still produce the old version of radar at this time?"

Yu Hong looked at the black radar screen that was the size of a human head and checked the temperature.

despair.

The switch is on.

Suddenly, the radar screen turned blue rapidly. In the light blue, three dark blue dots were moving quickly from left to right.

Yu Hong's mind moved, and combined with the vision of the black lizard outside, he determined that the nearest dark blue dot was the black giant that had just passed by the camp.

Then he turned down the temperature and turned on the blood tide switch.

Snapped.

Swish!
Dozens of red dots suddenly appeared on the black screen. They were evenly distributed, but none of them were close to the camp.

The entire camp area looks like a bare circle.

Nodding with satisfaction, Yu Hong turned off this and turned on the last ghostly switch again.

laugh!
In an instant, the entire screen turned bright red.

Countless densely packed bright red colors surrounded a small area of ​​black in the middle of the camp.

Like a small black island in the red sea.

"So many!?" Yu Hong was shocked.

But soon he felt something was wrong.

"No, if there are so many, how did the transport team get in? From here, there is no crack around!"

"No, it shouldn't be like this! This radar should detect ghosts based on the concentration of red values. The reason why the area around the camp is so red is probably because of the wooden bridge at the back. The black ship is a combination of millions of red values ​​after all."

After careful inspection, Yu Hong did not find any specific dots on the radar that represented individual evil shadows.

He stood up and hurried to the back to check the wooden bridge, and found that there was no change. The wooden bridge did not erode the formation, but seemed to be embedded in the camp.

Back at the Stone Castle, thoughts came to his mind.

"Can we also strengthen this wooden bridge and the black ship and make them part of the camp?"

He had already experienced the role of the black ship, which could take him to various mysterious places. It was also very strong and not easily damaged.

(End of this chapter)