Night of Despair-Chapter 483 - 481 Future 1

The night deepened.

The boy Badaka carefully approached a massive object within the construction debris.

The thing was round and plump, like a giant hot air balloon, yet overall it looked like a large cargo ship.

Faint white lines occasionally flashed across its dark shell, full of sci-fi vibes.

"How is it?" Xiaomei’s voice came through the walkie-talkie.

"It’s still in the interval period, I haven’t seen the proton phosphorescence." Badaka replied softly.

"According to my calculations, it’s still seventeen minutes. You can leave yourself five minutes to return, be safe." Xiaomei advised.

"Got it." Badaka nodded unconsciously, as if seeing his sister’s solemn advice.

Snapping back to reality, he quickly approached the large, dark object.

Since the disaster Proton Sea erupted five years ago, this was the first time he had seen such a massive and complete artificial construct on the surface.

Before long, he was within twenty meters of the big object.

He carefully picked up a tree branch and poked the object’s shell.

Very hard.

The branch broke easily.

"Hello." A sudden voice entered his mind.

Badaka was startled and quickly stepped back a few paces, warily staring at the large, dark object.

Hiss.

A gap suddenly opened on the object’s surface, revealing a window-like area.

Inside appeared a big, robust man with black shoulder-length hair, wearing an eyepatch.

The single exposed eye of the man glowed faintly red, exuding a sense of danger.

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"Are you talking to me?" Badaka looked around and refocused his gaze on the figure.

"Of course." Yu Hong nodded, "I can’t speak the language here, so I’m using brainwaves to communicate with you directly."

"You can do that!?" Badaka’s eyes widened in shock.

"What’s your name?" Yu Hong asked gently. "Just think in your mind whatever you want to say."

"That’s incredible!?" Badaka was astounded, "I’m Badaka. Who exactly are you people? From the Alliance or the Celestial Star?"

"What do the Alliance and Celestial Star mean?" Yu Hong asked. Just arriving, he needed to first understand the situation here.

"You don’t even know about the Alliance?" Badaka was shocked again, "Five years ago, the Proton Sea erupted, destroying ninety-nine percent of the world’s cities and conglomerates. A few humans survived in some sealed underground shelters. But the Proton Sea continues to erupt periodically. You don’t even know about this?"

"Uh..." Yu Hong glanced at the approaching Ku Chan, who shook his head, indicating he too was unaware of the Proton Sea.

Fisina and Chi Xiao also shook their heads. Clearly, they were clueless as well.

"Can you elaborate on what the Proton Sea is?" Yu Hong asked seriously.

"Uh...." Badaka found it a bit unbelievable, but suddenly thought of a possibility.

If the other party had just come from a very safe and hidden place, perhaps them not knowing about the Proton Sea could be understood.

So he patiently explained.

"The Proton Sea is a terrifying disaster capable of instantly annihilating all technological devices and biological structures. Specifically, it targets anything with a stable energy structure. Whether it’s humans, animals, or plants relying on chemical energy, or the smaller bacteria, viruses, fungi, and other precisely functioning technological tools and devices, they’ll all perish instantly."

"Is there no way to counter it?" Yu Hong frowned.

"None, you can only hide in very thick inorganic shelters," the boy answered.

"What about food and water?" Yu Hong asked again.

"Find stored supplies from before, since plants and animals can’t survive, bacteria can’t live, some are kept in shelters for captive breeding and planting," Badaka replied. "But it’s getting harder now because the Proton Sea seems to have started having erosion effects on inorganic shelters."

"Don’t you have anything other than technology here? Like magic?" Yu Hong asked again.

This question, however, earned him a look from the boy as if he was insane.

"Have you been reading too many novels...?" He couldn’t help but ask.

"Well.... How about shadows? Special abilities? Or spiritual energy creatures?" Yu Hong continued to ask.

"What are you talking about?" Badaka said helplessly, "In a few minutes, the Proton Sea is going to erupt again, your thing doesn’t seem thick enough, I advise you to return to where you came from, or it might be dangerous."

He raised his wrist to look at his watch.

"I have to go, if I don’t leave now I might not make it back. It’s a pity I didn’t find anything to eat or drink out here."

Suddenly, something flew toward him.

Badaka immediately raised his hand to catch it.

Upon looking, it was a bottle of clear, clean water, about a liter in amount.

He looked at Yu Hong in shock.

"Is this... for me?"

"Of course. I’m right here, looking forward to seeing you again," Yu Hong smiled and waved goodbye to him.

Swish.

The window closed.

Everything was quiet again.

Badaka gazed at the bottle of exceedingly clean and clear drinking water. It was incredibly precious to survivors now, usable for disinfecting and cleaning wounds.

On the black market, such water could at least fetch three days’ worth of rations!

And that person had just easily given it to him.

"Generous gentleman!" Badaka delightedly tucked the water safely and bowed towards the figure, turning to quickly run back the way he came.

He soon disappeared into the shadows.

Inside the Black Spirit.

Yu Hong watched the boy’s departing figure, then turned back to the others.

"How about it? Any results from the analysis?"

"The air index here is different from other places," Ku Chan said. "There aren’t any energy particles in the air, even the radiation energy from the Source Disaster is scarce. It’s strange."

"I can’t recover any natural energy either," Fisina nodded. "Since there’s no Divine Power here, I rely mainly on natural energy to sustain my body, which includes the four major elements of earth, water, wind, and fire, but there are none here, meaning it’s impossible for there to be mages."

"What about gods?" Yu Hong asked.

"I also didn’t feel the presence of any Power of Faith. So there can’t be any gods," Fisina shook her head.

"Black Disaster, Spirit Disaster, Wind Disaster, Light Disaster, I sensed none of the radiation energies; it seems something here is completely cleansing away all energy," Yu Hong nodded.

"What should we do now?" Ku Chan asked.

"Wait. If that kid doesn’t return, we’ll leave directly; if he comes back, I plan to trade with him," Yu Hong replied. "For now, this place seems to be a very pure material world with no supernatural phenomena. But we must remain vigilant."

He looked at everyone.

"Everyone should focus on their activities and improve their strength as much as possible. We may face more difficult challenges in the future, so staying prepared to tackle problems is crucial."

"Actually, you could just find me a world to set me down in...." Fisina raised her hand.

"If there’s a suitable one, possibly, but you have to pay off your passage first," Yu Hong looked at her.

He understood Fisina’s wish to leave, after all, she was just an ad-hoc crew member without emotional ties or loyalty.

After confirming the arrangements, Yu Hong condensed the water he had given away back again, replenishing it.

This world allowed water to be condensed from the air, so water supplies could be resolved through Power Spell. That was fine, but food posed the real challenge.

Standing at the window, he quietly observed the outside, waiting for the Proton Sea mentioned by the boy to arrive.

The clock on the wall slowly ticked away a few minutes.

Finally.

A large patch of black, oily liquid began to appear outside.

They surged out from the darkness, swiftly engulfing all the buildings, skyscrapers, and ground they traversed.

These black, oily liquids quickly reached the front of the Black Spirit, immediately making contact with the outer walls of the Black Spirit.

Hiss.

A subtle corrosive sound was heard, and the slight Array energy remaining on the Black Spirit instantly collapsed and vanished.

"It really can destroy all energy structures," Yu Hong attempted to extend his perception outward.

But as soon as he did, his spiritual power was cut off abruptly, disappearing in an instant.

There were no shadows, no monsters, no earth-shaking explosions or flames, nor any supernatural beings.

There was only this endlessly flowing black, oily liquid, quietly devouring all the energy it came in contact with.

Time slowly passed.

About half an hour later, the black liquids started to become transparent, then vanished without a trace in front of Yu Hong.

He halted his cultivation and looked out the window.

"Interesting.... A substance that can exist in this environment is definitely the best energy insulator."

At this moment,

Yu Hong’s expression suddenly changed.

A faint blue light naturally emanated from his entire body.

The blue light quickly transformed into red, the color belonging to the Inner Strength of the Sixth Layer of the Tai Ling Skill.

But then this red started to continue transforming, from dark red, slowly shifting into a deeper shade of red-purple.

’Something’s wrong!! The Tai Ling Skill is going to break!!’ Yu Hong was alarmed.

He hadn’t been cultivating the Tai Ling Skill recently, focusing instead on the Chaotic God Heavenly Eye Scripture. He planned to replace Tai Ling Skill with this Martial Arts, but the progress of Tai Ling Skill without practice was faster than the Chaotic God Heavenly Eye!

And seemed to be getting faster!

This gave Yu Hong an ominous premonition in his heart.

Realizing why the Taiyuan Orthodox Sect was eliminated and devoured by the Ultimate Sun,

’Although there is Tao Breath Circulation cultivating automatically, this progress is too fast!’ Yu Hong realized if he didn’t take measures soon, he would have to rely on Black Mark optimizing the Tai Ling Skill.

Hoping the Cultivation Technique optimized by Black Mark could prevent the Ultimate Sun’s devouring.

Yet, it seemed unlikely, given just those few dozen days of enhancements to solve a top-level Source Disaster Core like the Ultimate Sun.

Clearly infeasible.

Yu Hong sensed the vast Inner Strength beginning to converge naturally in his abdomen. He forcibly suppressed the panic he felt and carefully experienced it.

Massive amounts of Tai Ling Skill were rapidly coalescing into a dumpling-like form, then further reduced to a dark red light dot.

The light dot began to gradually move, outlining a bizarre and complex three-dimensional symbol.

Slowly, Yu Hong seemed to hear a series of shrill wails echoing in his ears, countless human voices wailing, roaring, screaming in agony, despair, and tears.

A blue silhouette of the Ultimate Sun seemed to appear before his eyes.

Crack.

Suddenly, Yu Hong returned to his senses, again perceiving his internal situation.

He found a vortex-like blue sphere calmly floating in the middle of his abdomen.

In the vortex’s center, countless distorted, agonized human faces flowed, spun, emitting dense wailing.

Simultaneously, endless terrifying Inner Strength of the Tai Ling Skill surged madly from within the sphere, continuously enhancing Yu Hong’s body strength, recovery speed, and energy resistance.