A Night of Desperation

Chapter 357: outburst three

"All gone missing? Have government Magicians checked it?" Yu Hong’s expression slightly changed as he quickly asked.

"They checked, confirming it’s residue of the Spiritual Domain, and not of a common level. Two Magicians were backlash-hit, and perished instantly," Yu Hen replied.

"The Seven Evil Alliance and Spirit Disaster are erupting together; it seems that it’s not a coincidence. Moreover, I suspect that this isn’t the only incident in the vicinity," Yu Hong stated seriously.

"What are you planning to do?" the elderly Yu Mo looked at his disciple.

He had already grown somewhat familiar with Yu Hong’s approach.

"To prevent the unexpected, have everyone immediately use the Spirit Station as a point, connect into a line, blockade the inner area, and ensure the safety of everyone inside. Divide into four teams to patrol the surroundings continuously day and night. If they encounter unbeatable forces, immediately retreat into the Spirit Station and use the Array there to counter the enemies. Could you arrange this, Master Uncle?" Yu Hong looked at Yu Hen.

"Of course. Isn’t the Spirit Station meant for times like this? To become a refuge for ordinary people and Magicians in the surrounding area is indeed a wise move!" Yu Hen now thought that Yu Hong’s approach was precisely about taking precautions before anything happened, preparing everything possible in advance.

Truly visionary.

"Notify the government there, call Mayor Xu directly, tell him, within the Eight Diagram Array linked by the Spirit Station, some protection can be provided. If they encounter incomprehensible strange incidents, they should retreat into the range of the Spirit Station Array immediately!" Yu Hong continued.

From the moment he heard the news of the Seven Evil Alliance’s attack, his heart had been wildly pounding, as if something from the sky was pressing down on everything.

Pressing down on his every nerve.

If his premonition wasn’t wrong, starting today, perhaps the Spirit Disaster would truly erupt!!

This world might soon face the real apocalypse...

After making all arrangements, Yu Hong did not go to Lushan Village, instead letting Zheng Ming, who possessed the Spirit Light amplification, lead the team there.

These Dao Seeds are already capable and of good nature; with some training, they might well become usable main forces in the future.

The current key issue is that the local Taoist Sect lacks sufficient attention to the Source Disaster, only focusing on dealing with the Seven Evil Alliance.

After everyone had left, Yu Hong stood alone in the temple hall, looking up at the huge statue of Heavenly Venerate.

"It seems I can only rely on myself... No matter where, one cannot escape the internal struggles of humanity."

Countless thoughts flashed through his mind, eventually settling on a crazy idea that he had been hesitant about.

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Two days later.

The case in Lushan Village was declared to be completely buried due to mudslides and landslides. However, those who had seen the site knew that there could not be any mudslides, and landslides in the vicinity were even less likely.

Zheng Ming led a team to assist in the investigation but found nothing; they only found that all living beings there, including livestock, seemed to have vanished in an instant.

Meanwhile, in Qingchen Temple, Yu Hong officially received the investigative report sent by Deputy Mayor Xu Jianfeng.

Following the report’s locations, he immediately led a team to inspect them.

North of Taizhou, Seven Peaks Mountain.

At the foot of the mountain, large stretches of grass and woods appeared faintly gray-black, lifeless on the surface without any sounds of birds or insects.

The whole area seemed to have entered a silence mode suddenly.

Rustling.

In the woods, Yu Hong bent down with a small spade to scoop up some soil and examined it closely.

"The roots in the soil are all withered," he sighed.

"That’s right, the death of this soil and woodland only occurred in the past few weeks, and it’s not just that. Only two rivers in Taizhou, Wu River and Sanding River, are found with dead fish and shrimps floating, with the water emitting a foul smell."

A member of the environmental testing department explained from behind him.

"Is there anything else?" asked Yu Hong.

"There’s one more thing, I’m not sure if it’s related," said the professor from Taizhou University, specializing in environmental studies, hesitantly.

"Say it, I’ll judge," Yu Hong said.

"Lately, I’ve always felt that the frequency of having nightmares while sleeping at night has increased a lot," the old professor whispered.

"Nightmares? What kind, can you talk about it?" Yu Hong suddenly remembered the bloodshot eyes of the passers-by he had seen on the street.

"There’s all kinds of content, but no matter what the dream, once dreamed, it always turns into a nightmare," the old professor said helplessly, rubbing his temples.

"Speaking of which, it’s strange, but I feel much more comfortable and reassured being near you, Taoist."

Yu Hong nodded, knowing this was the effect of integrating Cosmic Divine Light, Spirit Light, and Inner Strength.

"Anything else besides these?" he asked again.

"That’s all for now," the professor answered.

"Alright, let’s head back and discuss further," Yu Hong said solemnly.

The two turned and left the woods, heading toward the bulletproof car waiting for them outside.

By the black bulletproof SUV, stood a fully-armed, double-gunned camouflaged soldier.

This was a bodyguard arranged by Xu Jianfeng due to concerns for their safety.

The professor was mostly walking toward the car, elaborately narrating to Yu Hong the details of the animal corpses they had previously come across to investigate.

At that moment, Yu Hong raised his head and glanced at the camouflaged soldier.

"Li, are you feeling unwell?"

The soldier was lowering his head, standing straight but breathing rapidly, with sweat-drenched forehead hair, appearing quite distressed.

"No, I’m fine, just, a bit, hot...hot," the soldier replied softly.

"That’s good. Let’s head back first," the professor nodded, opening the car door, about to get in.

Just then, he suddenly heard a series of gunshots.

Bang bang bang bang!!!

The soldier’s submachine gun began firing continuously.

At this moment, the old professor turned his head and saw the jet-black muzzle of a gun being raised and aimed at him.

His mind went blank, his entire body tensed up, and he was completely stunned.

Bang!

Just then, a large hand reached out from the side, suddenly grabbing the muzzle of the gun and pulling it upwards.

Bang bang bang bang!!

A series of gunshots rang out, and this time all the bullets were shot into the sky.

It was Yu Hong!

The old professor came to his senses and saw Yu Hong, who had just had a calm expression, now with dark eyes and his right arm muscles bulging menacingly, protruding from his Daoist robe, gripping the soldier’s gun barrel.

"Get in the car first!" Yu Hong’s voice sounded.

The old professor had no time to react when he felt an invisible force pushing him, and he stumbled into the car.

Bang.

The car door closed.

Outside the car.

Yu Hong tore off the submachine gun that was out of bullets and pushed away the shaky camouflaged soldier with one hand.

"Xiao Li!"

As he called out to the other party, he quickly took out three Spirit Talismans, but unfortunately, none of them worked.

Soldier Xiao Li sat on the ground in a daze, sweating profusely all over.

"So hot... hot..."

While Yu Hong was examining the Spirit Talismans, Xiao Li suddenly reached down, pulled the pin from the grenade at his waist.

Click.

Boom!!

A deafening fireball instantly enveloped Yu Hong and half of the car.

The orange flames swept around, burning the dead grassland to a charred black in an instant.

The dirt flew, creating a significant hole in the ground.

Pfft.

The flames dispersed.

Yu Hong, with a silver light shining on him, wore a grim expression, looking at the dead beyond dead camouflaged soldier in front of him.

"It seems like this is the real impact of the Spirit Disaster on the environment..."

He quickly checked the car; the side of the door was dented inwards, and two tires were burned and deformed, obviously inoperable.

Bang.

He forcibly pulled open the car door, pulling out the professor, who was dizzy from the explosion.

"We need to leave now!"

"How... how do we leave!?" the old professor almost went mad.

"The car is unusable; let’s call another one on the roadside."

Yu Hong grabbed the professor and quickly left the SUV, passing through several fields and reaching the highway leading to the city.

A gray sedan was coming evenly from behind.

Yu Hong stood by the roadside, waving his hands to signal it to stop.

Hum!

But instead of stopping, the car accelerated.

Amid the humming sound, the car charged straight towards the two.

Bang!!

Yu Hong stood still, a silver Spirit Light emerged in front of him, blocking the impact of the three-ton sedan.

Under his feet, a circular depression suddenly formed, the Spirit Light dispersing the impact force of the car.

The silver Spirit Light stably shielded him and the old professor, leaving them completely unharmed.

The sedan, in contrast, had its front lifted, the metal bar dented, and the engine hood emitting thick smoke, stopping right there, leaving the professor dumbfounded.

"Ah!! Hahaha!! I’ll crash into you!! I’ll kill you all!! Hahahaha!!"

Although the airbag had deployed in the driver’s seat, the driver still showed a crazed expression, frantically stepping on the gas pedal and shouting hysterically.

Yu Hong glanced at him; the driver was a young man in a gray shirt, appearing to be an office worker, wearing black-framed glasses which normally suggested a gentle demeanor, but now his ferocious yelling completely shattered that image.

With a flick of his hand, the Inner Qi shot out, shattered the car window, and wrapped around the man like ropes.

Bang.

The man was thrown out of the window, landing heavily on the highway.

"Kill! Kill kill kill!!!" Even so, the man still shouted aggressively with bloodshot eyes.

Yu Hong cautiously sensed his spiritual power fluctuations. In front of the bewildered professor, he took out a multimeter, pressed it closely to the man’s forehead, and measured.

Beep.

The LCD display showed a value: 2.785.

"He’s completely abnormal now," Yu Hong sighed.

The normal adult male’s spiritual power fluctuations are fixed at 1 on a multimeter.

Now, this man’s spiritual power fluctuations had reached more than double, meaning the extra part of the spiritual power in his body was either overdrawn or simply not his own...

Doo-doo-doo-doo...

The phone ringtone rang.

Yu Hong quickly took it out and answered the call.

"Temple Master! It’s bad, the city’s streets are in chaos!! Cars are crashing everywhere, there are crazy people running around stabbing with knives!!" Zheng Xia’s panicked voice came through the phone.