Accident I (Thank you Cyanobacteria God Descends to Earth Alliance Leader)

Chapter 25: 025 - Change - Part 1 (Thank you Cyanobacteria God Descends to Earth, Alliance Master)

One hour and fifty-one minutes, or rather, two hours, wasn't long for Yu Hong.

He added firewood while he waited.

Unknowingly, the number of Black Worms outside the door decreased, and light faintly shone in through the vents.

Dawn had arrived.

He slowly walked behind the door and opened the peephole.

The mountain forest outside was shrouded in a hazy gray fog, blurry and indistinct. The sunlight illuminated the gray fog, turning everything into shades of gray and white.

Suddenly, Yu Hong smelled a pungent odor that stung his nostrils, causing him to take two steps back, his brow furrowed slightly.

He glanced back at the medicine being enhanced; there were still a few minutes left.

He wasn't in a hurry, so he sat down quietly to wait.

Before long, the numbers on the surface of the black soil went directly to zero.

Its entire body twisted and blurred for a moment, less than a second, before quickly returning to clarity.

After becoming clear, the original soil had turned into six black capsules arranged in a strip.

The back of the capsules had the following words written on them: Anti-diarrheal medicine. Usage: One capsule at a time, once a day. Side effects: Abdominal pain, constipation, gastrointestinal discomfort.

Yu Hong's face lit up with joy. He quickly ran over, picked up the medicine, pried out a capsule, and stuffed it into his mouth. Then, he picked up the previously filtered and boiled cool water, swallowing it down in mouthfuls.

He felt much more at ease after taking the medicine.

The Black Mark's enhancement ability had never failed before. Since it marked it as anti-diarrheal medicine, it must be effective.

The medicine hadn't taken effect yet, and Yu Hong had nothing to do, so he began to pick up tools and use the spare pieces of wood to make a new Water Filter Cup.

Anyway, as long as he made a simple one, the enhancement would perfect it.

Along the way, he also grabbed a Protein Bar and stuffed it into his mouth.

This thing was said to be able to last a whole day, and he intended to try it out.

While sawing and doing handicrafts, he casually turned on the Radio.

The radio station was already tuned and hadn't been touched.

As soon as it was turned on, a sound came out, in the form of a two-person interview.

"...The major disasters in Youyun City in the past two years are not isolated cases. According to statistics from the main station reporter, since the appearance of the Black Calamity, special disasters across the country have been on the rise. Among them, the casualties caused by Eerie Shadow and Blood Tide monsters are not very serious. They only caused more damage in the early stages of the Black Calamity. However, in the subsequent stable environment, what really caused the number of casualties to skyrocket was the Evil Shadows, which are more dangerous than Eerie Shadows."

"Evil Shadows are not afraid of ordinary Glowstone, move extremely fast, and are highly contagious. Although they appear very infrequently, only occasionally showing up, once they appear, the damage caused is far greater than the previous two.

"The disaster in Youyun this time has caused more than six hundred casualties, which can be compared with the initial case of Frica, Charlestown."

"Yes, so does Professor Han have any advice for us?" the radio host asked.

"Advice... there is only one: try to go to larger Hope City strongholds, where there are more advanced weapons and stronger protection. One person cannot find a way to fight against Evil Shadows. Thank you."

"Okay, by the way, you also mentioned earlier that the Silver Tower Joint Research Institute will soon launch the Blood Tide Eerie Shadow Protection Survival Handbook. I don't know if it's true or false?" the host asked.

"Well, I've heard this news, but I'm not sure if it's true. However, the environment outside the city is getting worse, the Blood Tide and Eerie Shadows are increasing, and the nights are getting longer, which increases the demand for lighting. I personally think the Silver Tower has an obligation and responsibility to publish such a handbook."

"One last question. A listener asks: Densely populated areas face greater danger, more deaths, and a higher chance of being affected. Like the Bokefu Incident a year ago, and the Music Box Incident five months ago, both caused massive casualties. Besides these, there are many more unreported incidents happening in corners everywhere. What are your thoughts on this kind of questioning?"

"What I want to warn you about is that these incidents, according to current investigations, are all caused by Eerie Shadows. Their high infectivity allows them to spread rapidly through anyone who comes into contact with their medium. This is the key to their ability to cause mass casualties.

As for the Eerie Shadows, we currently have no effective means of dispelling them, other than isolating and dispersing the places where their medium appears."

"What about high-concentration Glowstone bombs?"

"No, what makes Eerie Shadows more dangerous than Eerie Shadows is that they recover extremely quickly after being dispelled, without any damage. So, if you encounter them, be sure to leave quickly. The increasing number of Eerie Shadow incidents outside will also lead to stricter screening of people entering the Hope Cities, so I advise survivors outside to enter the city bunkers as soon as possible, otherwise it may be too late and you may face the situation of not being able to enter and lacking supplies."

Next were closing remarks and thanks. The professor left the studio amidst the host's gratitude. The program ended, and soft music began to play.

Yu Hong sat on the stool, engrossed in listening for a while.

He didn't expect that the seemingly safe Hope City strongholds outside were also facing such great danger.

'That's right, more people naturally attract more danger. If I were an Eerie Shadow monster, I would go to places with more people to find food first.'

Coming back to his senses, he sighed softly.

He got up, placed a rough wooden cup on the ground, and then, as usual, wrapped charcoal in cloth and stuffed it into the cup's opening.

Finally, he reached out and pressed down, enhancing it.

Countdown numbers appeared: 3 hours 02 minutes.

"Huh? Why is the time longer?" Yu Hong remembered that the last enhancement only took two and a half hours.

Why this time? He examined his newly made cup. The workmanship was extremely rough, just a square wooden bowl casually split with an axe, with a messy hole dug in the middle with a chisel.

It was much worse than the carefully made wooden cup he made the first time. 'Could it be that the workmanship is causing the time to be longer?' He vaguely guessed in his heart.

He secretly noted this point.

After resting for a while, feeling a little better, he started enhancing the Water Filter Cup. He also got up to clean, dumped the garbage and excrement, changed into the newly acquired clothes, went out to collect firewood, and found puddles to fetch water.

A series of things were done,

And three hours passed in the blink of an eye.

The cup was also enhanced, and it was no different from the previous one.

He tried it and it worked well.

He didn't run around that day, but instead collected firewood near the Mountain Cave all day.

The dry wood was wet from the rain, but it was good for making small things.

In the blink of an eye, another three hours passed, and Yu Hong enhanced another Water Filter Cup.

Including the previous one, there were two in total.

He paused, not planning to continue, and instead picked up the tool set he had been using.

This set was put together by Little Stutterer herself, including a saw, axe, chisel, shovel, screwdriver, etc., which could be said to be quite complete.

Yu Hong planned to enhance it properly for his future use, otherwise it would be troublesome to enhance it after it broke. It might turn into repairing.

Inside the Mountain Cave, he gathered all the tools together, wrapped them in a rag, and then pressed his hand on the rag.

'Enhance toolset, direction: sturdy reinforcement.'

Hiss, a black line flashed. A countdown immediately appeared on the rag: 1 hour 12 minutes.

A very short time.

Yu Hong withdrew his hand, lost in thought.

'It seems this enhancement is greatly related to my requirements. The more difficult the request, the greater the span, the longer the time. And it also needs a completeness, just don't know how much the minimum completeness must be.'

He estimated in his mind, temporarily found a place to sit down and rest.

The anti-diarrheal medicine worked very well. In six hours, he didn't have diarrhea once, and his body didn't feel anything wrong.

The remaining medicine can be kept and stored for future use, and of course, it can also be taken out for exchange at critical moments.

Feeling better, in the afternoon, Yu Hong went out one last time, walked around to familiarize himself with the environment. Then he returned to the Safe House and began to go to sleep early to rest.

He couldn't sleep at night. He planned to exercise his body according to the Advanced Physical Training Method.

And before going to sleep, he couldn't waste the Black Mark's enhancement time, couldn't let it be idle.

So, he first went to check the condition of the toolset.

Walking to the corner, Yu Hong was stunned.

In the corner, the various tools that were originally tattered were now all fixed by a black metal frame.

The tools on it were completely devoid of their previous dilapidated damage, and now they were all brand new.

And the surface of the tool material seemed to be covered with a layer of gray-black unknown substance, and the thickness also increased, looking much stronger.

"Tsk tsk... Amazing, this effect, only an hour" Yu Hong praised, reaching out and taking down a saw.

Some of the saw's teeth were broken before, but now, upon closer inspection, all the breaks had disappeared, and the sharpness of the teeth was much stronger than before.

Praising again in his heart, Yu Hong began to look for the next enhancement target.

Now in the Mountain Cave, food, drinking water, and tools are temporarily guaranteed.

Only the remaining resting place needs to be strengthened.

His gaze immediately fell on the thick, smelly cotton quilt.

'This enhancement also comes with cleaning, try enhancing the quilt once. It would be even better if it could become a type that doesn't mold, is light and easy to wash'

Thinking of this, he walked to the gray-white quilt that Little Stutterer gave him, squatted down, and reached out his hand.

'Enhance bed, direction: mildew-proof, insect repellent, lighter and easier to clean.'

The request flashed through his mind.

The black line flashed out from the Black Mark on the back of his hand and instantly burrowed into the quilt.

The countdown numbers appeared: 10 hours 14 minutes.

'So long?!' Yu Hong was stunned. But on second thought, he seemed to have asked for a bit much, and coupled with the larger size of the bed, perhaps these were the reasons.

Ten hours, from tonight until dawn, he could afford to wait!

His heart settled, and he quickly confirmed the Black Mark's inquiry.

Instantly, the black countdown on the quilt began to flow.

Flames rose, and in the Mountain Cave, Yu Hong jogged slowly in the open space, starting his workout.

At the same time, he paid attention to his breathing, visualized in his mind, and coordinated with his muscle exertion.

It was still difficult to coordinate all three together.

He kept trying, repeating, occasionally stopping to add firewood, as time passed.

Slowly, in the latter half of the night, he gradually began to find the feeling of coordinating the three.

As he jogged, he gradually heard a faint sound of flowing water in his ears.

The sound was very small at first.

As time went on, the sound slowly grew louder and louder.

Even the influx of Black Worms outside the door could not suppress the noise.