Desperate Night.

Chapter 34 034 Trouble (Thank you, Saint Immortal, Leader of the Qitian Alliance)
The three of them left the stone house immediately, and Jenny returned with Eve, who was standing at the door looking nervous.

Doctor Xu and Yu Hong exchanged candles for some pyroxene and went back to make repairs.

Carrying the things, Yu Hong did not go back directly, but first came to Old Yu's original residence - a small hilly cellar that looked like a grave mound.

When I opened the cellar door, the stench of mold and rotten meat immediately rushed out.

He held the stick, suppressed his nausea, and gently went in.

About ten minutes later, he came out of the cellar, smelling bad, holding a black-covered notebook in his hand, and walked away.

Return to the cave safe house.

Yu Hong returned to his previous regular life rhythm. He exercised in the morning, went out to collect firewood, water and vegetables at noon, and studied the black seal and strengthened his reading in the afternoon.

Two days passed in the blink of an eye.

Click.

At noon, inside the stone house, Yu Hong broke a dry branch into two pieces, shortening it to a length that could be easily put into the fireplace, then threw it aside and moved on to the next one.

Suddenly, the corner of his eye fell on the countdown behind the gate.

The numbers there were down to the last few minutes.

"It's almost there. Soon, we will know what the effect will be when we strengthen it to the upper limit this time." He was full of anticipation.

Although the threat of evil shadows has spread to the post office gathering place, as long as he is not infected, with the talisman array strengthened by the black seal, he does not believe that the ghost shadows and evil shadows can hurt him silently.

The only thing I was a little worried about was how effective the talisman array would be against the evil shadow. No one knew if it would be able to withstand it without actually trying it.

A few minutes passed quickly and the countdown numbers returned to zero.

laugh!
A blur completely enveloped the talisman formation behind the door, but it became clear again in an instant.

The talisman array that appeared again had completely changed its appearance. Its originally gray and white lines had turned into a light silver after being strengthened.

The runes of the rune array also changed from the previous pyroxene level to another new pattern. This time the pattern was much more complicated than the pyroxene, and contained many details of depth and shallowness.

"It looks like it's very effective, but I don't know how it works in practice." Yu Hong looked at the talisman array with some delight, and reached out to touch it, feeling that its surface was unusually smooth, as if nothing had been carved on it.

"Not bad, not bad. Next, if I grind the augite into powder and make it into augite graphite, will the effect be stronger?" He now has roughly grasped the lower limit of the black seal.

It is true that each object can only be strengthened once, but if the strengthened object is processed again and a large amount of its own things are added to it, it can be strengthened again.

The difference is that the proportion of your own things must account for the majority.

"It just so happens that the evil shadow may be nearby, and with the soldiers who came before, we must be careful at all times."

Yu Hong has also simply placed some warning objects around these days, such as thin ropes tied between trees. These ropes are hidden in the grass and cannot be found if you look carefully and slowly. As long as the rope is touched, the bell connected to one end will ring.

The bell was found in the stone house where Lao Yu lived, but now it is used as a cordon.

After coming to his senses, Yu Hong went to another corner again, took a large piece of pyroxene, began to grind it, add water and carbon.

Soon, with ease, a new piece of graphite was produced.

This time, he did not carve anywhere else, but picked up a prepared wooden board and carefully began to draw the large pyroxene rune array.

The runes of the silver rune array were too complicated. He observed them carefully, even paying attention to the depth, but he could not learn them for the time being.

So he chose the jade rune that he was becoming more and more proficient in, which was the enhanced rune that came with the jade pyroxene.

Soon, more than ten minutes later, a brand new wooden board with a symbol array drawn with graphite appeared in his hand.

Then he stretched out his hand, pressed it, and began to strengthen it.

And it’s not just ordinary enhancement, it’s enhancement that reaches the highest limit.

After a while, a new countdown appeared on the board: '2nd 1:04.'

Yu Hong also looked as if his whole body was hollowed out, and the difficult determination began to intensify.

He planned to make as many preparations as possible. If Jenny and the others failed to raise meat, they would most likely have to go into Lao Yu's basement to move food.

He had no idea how strong the evil shadow was, so he could only do his best.

If it really doesn't work, he plans to try it himself with Lao Yu's notebook.

But this is the last resort, because if you start from scratch, you will definitely fail many times and encounter many troubles.

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In a blink of an eye, another five days passed.

Post office gathering place, Jenny's cave.

"The peak season is coming. We are running out of dried meat, Mom. Do you have any hidden food? I'm so hungry!" Eve slumped on the bed, flipping through a romance novel in her hands.

"Didn't we just eat?" Jenny's voice came from the workshop. "I've given you all the jerky. There's no more at home. I'll go see Dr. Xu tomorrow to see if I can borrow some."

She had given most of her food to her daughter, but after five days, she had not been able to try to grow edible mushrooms.

Growing mushrooms is the first step in raising lizards, but now, she doesn't even know how to start. I used to see Lao Yu grow mushrooms easily and quickly, and I thought it was very simple, but now it seems too slow.
"But mom, I'm so hungry." Eve complained, "I've already borrowed it from Dr. Xu once, so it must be gone."

"Be patient, it will be healed soon. We can use mushrooms and wild vegetables to deal with it first." Jenny said helplessly.

The disappearance of Lao Yu put her in a difficult situation. She had planned to grow her own food, but Lao Yu came back unexpectedly. She thought she didn't need to grow her own food, so she stopped.

Unexpectedly, when it was almost time to replenish food, Lao Yu was gone!

This caused both Jenny and Dr. Xu to become hungry due to lack of food.

"Old Yu should have it at home, right? Why don't we just go get it?" Eve said unhappily. "He's gone anyway, so we can just take it if we want."

"No, what if the black handprint spreads?" Jenny was shocked and quickly said in a stern voice. "I can help you deal with any trouble you have at other times, but you must listen to me this time! Don't, don't, don't go to Old Yu's place, it's very dangerous!!" Seeing her mother so determined, Eve had no choice but to nod and say that she would never go.

She just rolled her eyes, lowered her head, and touched her hungry stomach, as if her whole body was feverish. She wanted to eat meat, meat, and meat.

I miss the food piled up at Lao Yu's place. It is said that Lao Yu also has candies and drinks bought from the town. If I can eat them, it will be so great!
"The person has been dead for such a long time, the black handprint must have disappeared. Besides, I just went in to get something and left without touching any black handprint, so there must be no problem!"

She disagreed in her heart.

Seeing that the peak season is approaching, the dried meat reserves at home are running out. If I don’t stock up quickly, I’ll end up starving to death instead of being bitten to death by insects.

Now the canned food my father left behind has finally run out, and I can only rely on outside supplies. If I don't go out now, I won't have the energy to go out when I'm hungry.

Eve responded verbally, but while waiting for her mother to go out to ask Dr. Xu for food, she quietly slipped out of the cave.

Without wandering around, she quickly came to the smashed door of the stone house, then turned on the atomic light flashlight with a hint of fear on her face. However, her hungry stomach forced her to hesitate for a moment, but she finally made up her mind and rushed in.

Not long after, she tiptoed out again and climbed out of the basement.

Because she was afraid that her mother would find out and scold her, she only found a small bag of food at the door. This was the snacks she hid for herself, and she decided in her heart that she must not let her mother find out, otherwise she might get spanked again.

After returning home, Eve carefully hid the food, and her mother didn't find it, which made her feel quite accomplished.

The next day, she went out to collect firewood under the pretext of going out, and went to Lao Yu's basement, where she lit the candles, searched for food, and had a good meal.

The same thing happened on the third day.
As time passed day by day, Eve didn't notice at all that as she continued to go in and out of the basement of the stone house, the place she entered was getting further and further in from the vicinity of the previous basement entrance.

After finding out that everything was alright, her vigilance gradually decreased. She lit candles every day and ate leisurely in the basement.

Soon, the reserve of jerky in one room was finished, and she continued to open the next room.

As time passed, she finally came to the bedroom where Lao Yu had been attacked before.

In the dark corridor, there was a candle lit at regular intervals, and the bright candlelight gave Eve a great sense of security.

After eating secretly for so many days, she was very sure that there was nothing wrong with this place and it was not dangerous. Her mother and Dr. Xu were simply scaring themselves.

Humming a little tune, she walked to the door of Lao Yu's bedroom, glanced at the scattered clothes on the floor, and also noticed the black handprint on the sleeve.

"As long as I don't touch the black handprint, it'll be fine. It sounds so scary, but it's nothing at all, right?" Eve stepped over the clothes and went into the bedroom.

With the help of the candlelight in her hand, she quickly searched through the drawers in the bedroom, looking for food and good things.

She lit up every corner of the dark and cold basement with Lao Yu's candles.

The real reason is that she doesn't cherish her own things. These materials originally belonged to Lao Yu, but now they are being wasted and enjoyed by Eve without restraint.

After some searching, she soon cheered and pulled out a piece of white chocolate from a cupboard.

"This is delicious!" She stuffed it into her mouth and hummed with satisfaction.

Snapped.

Just then, there was a slight knock at the bedroom door.

Eve paused, turned her head and looked carefully, and found that one of the candles at the door of the room was out.

Snapped.

Just as she turned her head to look at the door, she heard a slight sound beside her and the candle in her hand went out suddenly.

Eve looked back hurriedly, but saw nothing.

She looked at the room which was gradually becoming darker and felt a little scared.

"I have to go back." She took two steps back nervously and hurried towards the door.

Just as she was about to step over the pile of clothes at the door.

call!
Suddenly, two candles in the corridor at the entrance went out.

Suddenly, only two candles were left lit in the corridor.

Eve was so frightened that her whole body trembled, her feet slipped, and she sat down backwards.

Bang!
She sat down hard on the ground, her butt hurting a lot.

Just as she hurriedly tried to get up, suddenly, her whole body froze.

Look down.

The place where she sat was right on top of Old Yu's pile of clothes!
"No way!?" She felt cold all over and her scalp was numb. She stood up and ran out.

But she didn't notice at all that there was a clear black handprint slowly taking shape below her waist and buttocks.

call!
After she left, the last two candles in the corridor were blown out.

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In the blink of an eye, it is time for the peak period to come.

At this time, Yu Hong, Dr. Xu and Jenny made an appointment to meet and exchange supplies.

In the safe house, Yu Hong carefully took everything he could take. After training for this period of time, his physical fitness had improved significantly, and there was also a hint of coolness in his body.

In other words, he now has three cool airs in his body that he can use.

"I hope Jenny can figure out how to farm jerky. Otherwise, I can hold out for a while, but they definitely can't."

After packing up his things, Yu Hong opened the door, looked at the bright sunshine outside, strode out, and headed towards the post office gathering place.

(End of this chapter)