Desperate Night

Amidst the torrent of colored lines.

The Black Spirit steadily advanced. Silence reigned within the ship.

Feisina and Chixiao had witnessed such aspects of humanity countless times, so they remained indifferent. However, Ku Chan, Yiyi, and Gafili were somewhat moved.

Unlike them, Yu Hong felt a mix of emotions, including some anticipation.

In reality, it was the inherent goodness within the boy Badaka that failed to endure until the end.

Seated cross-legged at the helm in the main control room.

Yu Hong gazed at the countdown timer on the wall, faintly glowing red. When the final minute reached zero.

'The next thing that needs to be enhanced is still the Outer Eye.'

First, he would enhance the Outer Eye to its limit, then use it to strengthen the Chaotic Divine Eye skill, ultimately resisting the Ultimate Sun. This was Yu Hong's plan.

Now that the Black Spirit's strength was sufficient, he could restart his long-term Outer Eye enhancement plan.

Removing his eye patch, he took out the eyeball from his right eye, holding it suspended in his palm with a single hand.

'Enhance the Outer Eye, focusing on: Chaotic Divine Light and the limit of teleportation abilities!'

This time, with a clear understanding of his abilities, Yu Hong's goal was also very clear.

In the next instant, black lines flowed out, and the black imprint's inquiry arrived.

Yu Hong quickly confirmed, and a new countdown timer appeared—'55 days, 11 hours, 09 minutes'.

'The time has indeed increased. My skill has improved, and the enhancement limit has also been raised,'

He speculated inwardly.

Soon, a tremendous suction force pulled at him, causing all the internal energy within his body to pour out frantically.

But at this point, Yu Hong's Tai Ling skill internal energy was endless due to the Light Well.

Buzz.

As the reddish-purple internal energy frantically poured into the Outer Eye.

The previously experienced weakness never occurred again.

After a full hour of energy extraction, the enhancement energy storage finally ended.

Yu Hong made sure the countdown timer on the Outer Eye was flickering slightly before carefully placing it back into its socket and putting on the eye patch.

Having done everything, he closed his eyes and began to cultivate the Chaotic Divine Eye skill with all his heart.

He didn't know how much time had passed.

Bang.

Suddenly, the Black Spirit seemed to have hit something hard, its speed greatly reduced, even slowing to a halt.

Sensing something was wrong, Yu Hong opened his eyes and looked out the circular window.

"Hmm?" Suddenly, he widened his eyes, as if suspecting he had seen wrong. He blinked again and looked closely.

The scenery outside the window remained the same.

In the torrent of the colored storm, a massive red ship resembling an ancient Chinese pavilion boat was slowly docked next to an irregularly shaped black and gray rock.

The rock was extremely large, like a small island. Its surface was covered with rugged black stones.

In the center, there were also remnants of ruined man-made structures.

The remnants were all gray-black, and no building was intact, only broken walls and ruins.

The massive red pavilion boat was docked at the edge of this island, and figures could vaguely be seen moving back and forth on the ship.

"To think that there are other ships that can navigate the storm! ?" The expression on Yu Hong's face changed from astonishment to joy.

He had always thought that he was the only one searching for a place of survival. But now it seemed—

He was not alone.

Soon, the other party seemed to have discovered the Black Spirit, and the massive red ship trembled slowly, detached from the island, and moved towards this side.

Yu Hong controlled the ship to remain still, waiting quietly.

Bang.

The two ships, one large and one small, finally made contact and were close together.

"Hello, is anyone there? Who is your captain?"

A gentle voice penetrated from the opposite side.

Yu Hong took a breath, judging that this was pure mental communication. This method did not require language switching.

He got up, opened the door, and came to the first floor.

Everyone had already noticed the contact of the large ship and was gathered at the window, quietly watching outside.

Seeing Yu Hong come over, Ku Chan turned and made way.

"Captain, I didn't expect that besides us, there would be other ships that can navigate the storm?!" The look in his eyes under the mask seemed very surprised.

Besides surprise, there was more joy.

Obviously, the fact that they were no longer alone brought him considerable psychological comfort.

"Don't rush, I'll make contact. The other party is asking. Did you hear?" Yu Hong said.

"Yes, the mental power is strong. It seems his strength is not weak," Ku Chan nodded.

Yu Hong came to the window and looked at the opposite ship from the side.

From this angle, now that the ship was closer, its immense size was more apparent.

That size even gave people a somewhat bloated feeling.

"This is the Black Spirit, I am Captain Yu. You are?" Yu Hong did not say his full name, only giving his surname.

"We are the Red Haze, I am Captain You Can. I am very happy that you and I can meet in such a great source disaster. The probability of this is lower than being hit by a meteorite when you go out," the man on the other side seemed happy.

"We are also very happy to meet the same ship, it is too dangerous here," Yu Hong agreed. "What is your destination?"

"We are the Ark of Salvation, it will automatically go to a place of vitality," Captain You Can replied.

"We are the same, also the Ark of Salvation. I would like to ask, is it possible that besides us, there are other Arks of Salvation still looking for a place of vitality?" Yu Hong asked.

"Yes. There are a total of fifteen I can contact now. Some were built by ancient forces that have been destroyed, and the captain has been replaced many times, and even the hull has been rebuilt many times. Some are newly built by powerful forces, and there are several system sources for the Ark of Salvation, such as the Golden Finch Tower, the Heavenly Wish Sect, the Righteous Origin God Sect, and so on. We are from the Golden Finch Tower. How about you?" You Can introduced friendly.

"We are from the Righteous Origin God Sect," Yu Hong did not hide it and answered directly.

"For the first contact, I won't invite you to the ship as guests, but we can exchange contact information. I have a small contact group for the Ark of Salvation here, would you like to join?" You Can said.

"Is that possible?" Yu Hong was overjoyed. "Navigating in the source disaster, is it possible to communicate remotely?"

"Yes, the source disaster is just chaos, not absolutely invincible at all times. As long as it is not a particularly deep place, such as the relatively safe comfort zone now, the communication problem is not difficult," You Can smiled.

"I'll send you something, you catch it."

He said.

In the next moment, the bottom of the red ship, Red Haze, clicked and popped out something like a yacht, approaching the Black Spirit.

After a while, the yacht arrived at the door, stopped, and then released a transparent bubble from the bottom.

After doing this, the yacht turned and returned.

Leaving the transparent bubble floating in the torrent of the storm.

Yu Hong's perception probed out, contacting the bubble for a moment. Confirming that there was no danger inside.

Only then did his mind move, and the internal energy of the Tai Ling skill extended from the inside of the Black Spirit, wrapped the bubble, and pulled it back.

Whoosh.

In an instant, the door was opened to let it in, and then closed.

With internal energy resisting to form a barrier, after this increase in proficiency, not a bit of the storm leaked in.

Yu Hong reached out and pinched the bubble, looking at what was inside.

It was a seemingly ordinary laptop.

"This is the communicator?" He took the laptop, put it on the table, and turned on the power button.

Hiss.

A faint hissing sound rang out.

The computer screen flickered, and then slowly lit up sixteen gray dots.

The dots were lined up at the top of the screen.

Below the dots, in the large black area of the screen, a dialog box slowly appeared.

'Please select a language.'

In the dialog box, the same sentence in various written languages rolled quickly.

Yu Hong recognized Night Text at a glance.

Immediately select Night Text.

The scrolling of the dialog box stopped, and then quickly switched to new text.

'Do you want to select the current location as the new communication address? Yes, No.'

"Yes," Yu Hong clicked on the option.

'Please say the name of the communication address in the corresponding language, add the word end to finish.' the dialog box prompted again.

Yu Hong did as he was told.

Finally, after filling in two more question dialog boxes, the seventeenth dot on the screen appeared and lit up.

'Communication connection is starting'

The dialog box hovered motionless.

About five seconds later.

Under the gaze of Yu Hong and the others, all the dots on the screen began to change.

Including Yu Hong, seventeen dots, three of them turned green.

The names were displayed below the green dots respectively.

'Red Haze', 'Black Spirit', 'Light Shadow'.

"Hello, can you hear me? I'm You Can," the Red Haze dot flickered, indicating he was speaking.

"Can hear," the Light Shadow dot flickered, "Another new captain has joined us, welcome!" A lazy female voice came out.

"Glad to join everyone," Yu Hong quickly greeted.

"Young man? Sounds very tender. You Can, where did you get him?" The captain of the Light Shadow was surprised.

"What do you mean I got him? I was resting in the safe zone and happened to encounter their Black Spirit approaching," You Can explained.

"Hehe... I believe you," The captain of the Light Shadow smiled strangely.

"Alright, enough with the chit-chat. Captain Yu, this is our main communication platform. As long as you're not too deep into a Source Calamity, you should be able to connect. The others aren't online right now, but you can chat with them later when you get the chance," You Can explained.

"Thank you!" Yu Hong sincerely expressed his gratitude.

At that moment, he truly felt that he wasn't alone, not isolated and helpless.

At least there were so many captains like him, diligently exploring and searching for that ultimate place of survival.

"No need to thank me. Why do you think we built this platform? Isn't it so we can help each other and exchange information when needed?" You Can said.

"That's right. Although the distance is too great to provide direct practical assistance, the support of information alone can avoid the vast majority of dangers," the captain of the Light and Shadow said in agreement.

"That's perfect, I have a question I'd like to ask," Yu Hong pondered for a moment, organizing his thoughts.

"Every place I've been to has always been destroyed shortly after my arrival. Is it just that I happen to be encountering worlds on the verge of destruction, or are we the ones bringing about their destruction?"

"That's because we're always at the crest of the wave. Like a sea wave, we're at the very front, being pushed forward. A huge wave will follow soon after we arrive," You Can sighed. "Simply put, it'll be like this at the beginning. If you don't go out and leave the ship to reset, the worlds you encounter will gradually change. You'll understand then."

"You said you were going to charge once. How many times did you persist this time?" the captain of the Light and Shadow suddenly asked.