Desperate Night.

Chapter 408 Hope 408

Yu Hong felt increasingly depressed.

He walked around the city carefully.

The entire Taizhou city area and the previously established safety zone had now completely fallen and collapsed.

I didn't see any living people, nor did I see any spiritual disaster or black disaster monsters.

Maybe all the monsters were attracted to other places where there were more people.

Half an hour later.

He stood on a high place at the edge of a ruin and took a last look at this world that was once full of hope.
'Perhaps, from the very beginning, the Dingtian Plate was just a beautiful illusion'

Yu Hong now recalled that the spiritual disaster had eroded this world too deeply. Any sorcerer could easily summon the gods from heaven to earth. Could it be that any sorcerer had the ability to break through space communications?
That's obviously impossible.

“Hopefully, there will be a time to come back.”

Yu Hong raised his head and looked at the several gates of all spirits that were slowly condensing and emerging in the gray fog.

Recalling the great hope in everyone's eyes when Master Quanhe was born.

The relaxation and joy when success is imminent.

"This world is full of lies. There is no hope anymore."

He murmured under his breath.

Returning to Qingchen Temple, he found a piece of black ground that had been pressed hard, pierced it deeply with his fingers, and wrote a message.

'I will come back, Senior Quan He. If you see this, please take care of yourself. If anyone sees this, please go to the surrounding area and hide well, and leave your hiding place here, and contact me when I come back. Hang on, there will be hope. Only by living can you see hope.'

He didn't know what to carve, and it was even possible that these words would be destroyed by spiritual disasters in no time.

But there wasn't much he could do.
After carving the words, he did not go anywhere else, nor did he look for other people.

Yu Hong returned to the main hall of the Taoist temple.

He glanced at the unknown monk's corpse and sighed. Black fog surged out from behind him and the sound of a black river was heard.

He turned and walked towards the black ship.

puff.

Suddenly a soft sound was heard.

Yu Hong hurriedly looked in the direction of the sound and saw a figure covered in blood, holding a dagger and walking into the side door of the Taoist temple.

There was a faint glow of light on the figure's body. He walked very slowly, step by step, with blood dripping from his feet.

"Ku Chan!" Yu Hong was delighted. This guy actually came back!

He quickly stepped forward, and the spiritual light from his body spread over and poured into Ku Chan, helping him to strengthen his recovery ability.

At this moment, a large amount of spiritual light suddenly poured into Yu Hong's body.

At this moment, a large amount of spiritual light gathered behind him, and even a silver vortex began to emerge, slowly rotating, as if trying to condense something.

The sudden return of inspiration made Yu Hong's face darken.

With this intensity, a large number of spiritual practitioners were annihilated.

Dense and tiny threads of spiritual light continuously connected and then disconnected.

This means that each time the spiritual light returns, the amount is not large, but the number is extremely large.

Yu Hong held onto Ku Chan, put one of his hands under his arm, and walked into the black fog together.

Walking on the wooden bridge and about to board the boat, Yu Hong suddenly had an idea and turned around to look in the direction of Qingchen Temple.

This sight made him freeze in place.

When looking at the area where the Qingchen Temple is located from the black fog, the space is actually filled with dense black cracks.

Click.

As time goes by, these black cracks are actually expanding further.

Deep inside the crack, one could faintly see gray mist pouring out, and the spiritual pressure of the spiritual disaster seeping in.

"What does this mean!?" Ku Chan asked weakly.

Obviously, although he was seriously injured, he still saw it.

"I don't know," Yu Hong answered in a low voice. He put the man down, and the two stood beside the black boat, looking back at the Qingchen Temple space, which was gradually showing more and more cracks.

The two looked at the Taoist temple space which was showing more and more cracks.

Yu Hong finally turned around, took Ku Chan with him, and boarded the black ship.

"Where are we going?" Ku Chan lay down on the deck.

"Go to a safe place. At least, it's safe for now." Yu Hong replied softly.

Standing on the boat, he suddenly thought of those isolated island-like places he had encountered before.

Think of the black cracks you just saw.
The inexplicable feeling of depression in my heart is getting heavier and heavier.

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A few days later.

Black Wind Camp.

A group of simple ice houses are scattered around the safe house, forming a small village.

Below all the igloos was a large pattern that was constantly flashing with a faint fluorescent light.

Outside of that is a newly built circle of simple fence.

Further out of the fence is the ultimate gate of light disaster, which continuously releases blue light mist to block the black disaster on the periphery.

Ku Chan stood by the camp fence, looking at the blue light mist flowing out of the Ultimate Gate outside, looking haggard.

"How's your recovery going?"

Yu Hong's voice came from behind him.

"It's okay. Thanks to Lingguang." Ku Chan replied, his tone wooden and dazed, as if he had lost all goals and revealed extreme emptiness.

"That's good." Yu Hong walked up to him and looked at the Ultimate Gate together. "I thought you couldn't get used to eating nutritional paste and cockroach meat." "Can we still go back?" Ku Chan asked in a low voice.

"I don't know." Yu Hong replied.

"Then what's the point of us staying alive? We can't do anything and can only linger here?" Ku Chan closed his eyes with a painful expression.

"I don't know either." Yu Hong answered again.

"You don't know? Then why did you save me?" Ku Chan turned his head and stared at Yu Hong. "I have lost everything. Wouldn't it be better if I died there? Instead of living in despair and pain, death would be the end of everything and I wouldn't have to worry about anything!"

"Because I haven't given up hope." Yu Hong replied, also turning his head and looking at the other person. "Just like you finally returned to Qingchen Temple."

Ku Chan was silent for a moment, then asked, "Where is hope?"

"I have explored in the Black Disaster. Do you remember the ship you took? It is called the Ship of Life. It is a ship of hope built by those who once fought desperately against the source of disasters such as the Black Disaster and the Spiritual Disaster. It can take me to find the place of life." Yu Hong replied.

“So that’s why you showed up on Ponderosa Island in the first place?”

Taoist Master Yuhen slowly approached from behind and sighed.

"Yes. The boat brought me to the land of hope, but unfortunately I still couldn't catch it." Yu Hong whispered.

"Since we can find one, can we find the next one?" Yu Hen asked.

"Yes. But from my observation, each one of them is facing the threat of source disaster." Yu Hong nodded.

"Then do you think that just by searching like this again and again, we can really fight against the spiritual disaster? The black disaster?" Ku Chan asked.

"I don't know." Yu Hong shook his head. "I only know that if I don't look for it, hope will never appear."

“Maybe you are right.” Ku Chan said after a moment of silence.

"Would you like to join us?" Yu Hong asked, "Become one of my crew members, and let's go find hope together."

"." Ku Chan did not speak. Instead, he turned around and walked away silently.

Yu Hong let out a breath and looked towards Taoist Yu Hen.

"Uncle Master, are you adapting to the environment?"

"We have to adapt even if we don't like it. We can't go back anyway." Yu Hen sighed, "Others were also very nervous and worried at the beginning, but now that we have settled down, things have gradually calmed down. Everything around here is very quiet, and the Black Disaster is also very weak. That light gate won't hurt us, and as long as we don't take action first, we can coexist peacefully. In fact, if you think about it carefully, it's no different from living in the polar regions. It's just that the monsters are a little stronger."

He paused.

"It's Ku Chan, his Dao Qi has soared a lot this time. Now even Zhao Jingtan and the others can feel the obvious discomfort when they meet him. His Dao Qi is growing too fast. This Dao method is not normal. It's impossible for him to be so reckless without any sequelae."

"I'll take you to Hope City in a few days. That's the branch of Qingchen Temple that I founded here. The number of people may be a little too many." Yu Hong changed the subject.

"I remember now, you specifically asked me and Yu Mo, where is the emotional pit?" Yu Hen said helplessly.

At this moment, thinking back to the past and comparing it to the present, he felt a sense of unreality, like a dream.

Who could have thought that just a few days later, he would be in such a miserable situation with only these few people around him.

We can only live in the camp every day. There is a blue light gate just outside. There is nothing around, only ice and snow.

The only food they can eat is cockroaches, mushrooms, and lizards.

"The environment over there in Hope City might be better, and there will be more people. At least you won't be as lonely as here. You just need to learn the local language." Yu Hong hopes to build Hope City into his own base.

After the power of Qingchen Temple is integrated into it, it has a strong complementary effect on both parties.

"I hope that people who have lost their home will have no place to belong no matter where they are." Yu Hen sighed.

It can be seen that everyone in the camp is in a vicious state of extreme anxiety.

Yu Hong comforted his uncle and master, and then went to Hope City as soon as possible.

After arranging the pick-up, he once again boarded the black ship and headed for Qingchen Temple.

But this time, the black ship failed to dock in the black fog. It kept circling in the previous position for a long time without finding a place to return.

After returning to the camp, Yu Hong did not tell anyone else about this. Instead, he took a rest and continued to go out to look for the entrance to Huangsong Island.

He entered from Huangsong Island at the beginning, but unfortunately, he couldn't even find Huangsong Island this time.

The black ship drifted towards an unknown distance.

After drifting for a long time and encountering nothing, Yu Hongcai had to return.

This side of Black Wind Camp.

The survivors successfully contacted Hope City, who accepted them and gave them a separate building to live in the city, and hoped that they would be integrated into the defense system.

Most of the people present chose to go to Hope City.

Only Ku Chan and Qing Huang chose to stay and follow Yu Hong.

The three of them went out by boat every day to search for the world of Huangsong Island.

But there was nothing there.

After sending away the people in the camp one after another, Yu Hong simply took Zhang Kaijing on board as well, so that she would be left alone and might cause trouble.

He, Qinghuang Kuchan, and Zhang Kaijing, the four of them, were the permanent crew members on the black ship.

Time passed slowly, as everyone gradually adapted to the extremely cold life here. Compared with the terrifying intensity of the spiritual disaster, the black disaster here was simply a kindergarten and there was no sense of danger at all.

The long-lost sense of security made the escaped warlocks feel unprecedented peace of mind.

But this peace of mind did not last long and disappeared again.

Because the temperature started to drop again. And the air seemed to be becoming unbreathable.
Yu Hong also had to calm down and start thinking about where his hope for the future lies.

The power of the black disaster and the spiritual disaster far exceeded his expectations. Even Quan He, who was a level stronger than him, was still alive or dead.

The only solution now may lie with Hei Yin.

And how to use the black seal to find a ray of light in this desperate future, this is what he has to do next.

A little bit of strengthening over time is no longer enough to resist external pressure.

What they need is a real qualitative change.

The black seal, which can only be strengthened based on a complete foundation, may be able to find a way out within the existing foundation.

(End of this chapter)