Secrets 2 (Thank You Chief Genius Gargamel Alliance Master)

The sky was dusky, almost dusk.

In front of the Mountain Cave Safe House.

Knock, knock, knock.

A series of rapid knocks echoed.

Jenny stood at the door, a knife in one hand, knocking with the other.

"Yu Hong! Got a deal for you?" She looked at the sky, knowing night was approaching and she needed to hurry.

"What deal?" Yu Hong asked from behind the door, separated from her by a Wooden Door.

He hadn't expected Jenny to come to him so late. But it was also expected, she would come sooner or later.

"About my daughter, it was my fault, I apologize to you. But everyone is selfish and wants to live. I hope you understand that." Jenny said quickly, her eyes warily watching other directions outside.

Yu Hong, inside the door, sneered upon hearing this.

She almost infected him and Doctor Xu, such a big deal, yet she made it sound so trivial.

He originally thought Jenny was somewhat normal, but now it seemed she was just like her daughter.

"What do you want to say? We have nothing to talk about." He said coldly.

"I want to buy all your extra Glowstone, with something you absolutely can't refuse." Jenny said quickly.

"The High Tide Period is coming soon, I don't think there's anything that I can't refuse." Yu Hong remained unmoved.

"You can listen first." Jenny continued, not at all surprised by Yu Hong's answer.

She continued on her own, "You probably don't know how Eve and I came to this place in the first place. White Mound Village is just a very remote village, why would our family take the initiative to travel thousands of miles to come here?"

Yu Hong didn't speak. From this point of view, it was indeed a bit strange.

"My husband used to be a researcher at the Silver Tower United Research Institute. Silver Tower doesn't just refer to one place, but a collective term for a large number of research institutions around the world."

Jenny continued.

"In his research, he discovered that some places in the world are the source of the initial appearance and derivation of the Black Calamity. White Mound Village is a similar case. So..."

"So he brought our mother and daughter here to find the root cause. He taught Eve from a young age, and both of them had good attainments in ancient languages. They discovered an underground ruin near this village."

After a pause, Jenny exhaled.

"Of course, none of this is the most important thing. The most important thing is that my husband brought out a liquid metal from inside the Silver Tower, which can be used like spray paint. Its name is Sunshine One."

"This liquid metal is currently the only substance in research that can block and isolate Eerie Shadows." Jenny sighed.

"I still have a small bottle of this metal, which I can use to trade with you. I'll trade it for all your large Glowstone!"

Sunshine One? There's such a thing?

Yu Hong was skeptical, and didn't speak for a moment. Strangely, Jenny didn't urge him, but continued to speak while standing outside the door.

"You can think about it carefully. Now Eve is hiding in the Sunshine One room, which can temporarily isolate the Evil Shadow, but she can't stay inside forever. As soon as she comes out, she may be entangled by the Evil Shadow. So, after the High Tide Period, I will come again! I hope you have made a decision by then."

Having finished speaking, Jenny quickly left the doorway, jogging and soon disappearing into the woods, her movements as agile as a cheetah.

Before long, she returned to the cave where she lived.

Closing the door, locking it, she came to a stop outside the silver metal door where her daughter was.

Squatting down, Jenny saw that outside the silver metal door, a bag of Glowstone placed on the ground had turned into white powder at some unknown time.

Her expression changed instantly.

"Eve, are you still there?" she quickly asked loudly.

"Yes, Mom!" Eve quickly responded from inside.

"According to the pattern of attacks, this thing's next attack should be in six hours. I'll use the Red Value Detector to judge; the environmental red value will reach a peak of over two hundred before the attack! Glowstone can neutralize the red value as much as possible, offsetting the peak, preventing it from manifesting and attacking. So, the only thing I can do next is to find as much Glowstone and Large Glowstone as possible and put them around you to neutralize the environmental red value!"

Jenny said in a deep voice.

At this time, she was completely unlike the person she was in front of Yu Hong and Doctor Xu.

She clearly knew far too much, without any concealment or pretense.

"I know... I'll be fine... It's just that this Black Handprint is driving me crazy, wanting me to infect more people. It gives me a feeling, as if, as long as I can infect enough people, I can avoid harm!" Eve replied loudly from inside.

"It's okay, just like before, as long as we have what your father left behind, I will cure you! It's okay, Eve," Jenny comforted.

"I believe you, Mom," Eve responded in the same way.

Then, Jenny began to prepare the food they needed, while also preparing for the coming High Tide Period.

***

Night slowly descended.

Yu Hong stirred the firewood in the Fireplace, simmering the thick soup he had just added to.

The Wooden Door and the Silver Symbol Array had been restored, and next, he had to keep the Black Mark, preparing for the next possible enhancement.

In the afternoon, Jenny's words kept echoing in his ears.

'Ancient language? One of the origin points of the Black Calamity? Sunshine One?'

These things, these names, cast a veil of mystery over his mind, as he had originally thought White Mound Village was just an ordinary mountain village.

In fact, Yu Hong had always been curious about one thing, and that was where did the red Symbol Array on the surface of the Glowstone come from? It didn't feel like a product of modern technology.

And this modern society, which clearly had advanced technology, must have its own ways of dealing with Eerie Shadows and Blood Tides. What was this method? And now, Jenny had given a possible answer.

It was very likely Sunshine One.

Thinking of this, he stood up, walked to the corner, and took out a stack of newspapers that he had moved from Little Stutterer's place, flipping through them page by page.

Soon, his hand stopped. He took out one of the newspapers.

There was a report in this newspaper that mentioned this Sunshine One material.

'...Regarding the newly developed special liquid metal, Professor Peng Siwei translated it as Sunshine One. This liquid metal has the characteristic of solidifying when exposed to light. The initial discovery was also around several Black Calamity origin points. The creation of its material is believed to be generated along with the Black Calamity.'

"There really is such a thing..." Yu Hong's expression was slightly stunned.

He also thought of Doctor Xu's words, that Jenny and her daughter had encountered extremely dangerous High Tide Periods many times before, and had survived safely.

Coupled with Eve's temperament and personality, which were out of sync with her surroundings.

Looking at it this way, Jenny and her daughter definitely have secrets, and not ordinary ones.

"Judging from her tone just now, she was very sure that she and her daughter could survive the High Tide Period. Maybe it's the effect of Sunshine One."

Thinking of this, Yu Hong felt a slight stirring in his heart.

Bang!!

Suddenly, a loud noise came from the front door.

He turned his head to look at the Wooden Door.

The door was shaking slightly, as if some huge animal was frantically ramming it from outside.

Bang! Bang! Bang!!

Continuous heavy impacts and loud noises were incessant.

Black insects began to pour in rapidly from the vents like sand.

These insects had black carapaces, slender and dense short legs, and hideous, centipede-like mouthparts.

But no matter how ferocious they were, the moment they entered the Safe House, they were melted by the firelight, turned into black smoke, and dissipated into nothing.

Yu Hong's expression was calm. The High Tide Period was not much of a threat to him now. He only needed to wait for Big Hide to leave before quickly repairing the door.

Taking advantage of this time, Yu Hong paid attention to the changes in the door's strength while constantly drawing ordinary Symbol Arrays, and then reinforcing them with Black Marks.

These Symbol Arrays were all drawn on ordinary wooden boards, and then he stacked them together piece by piece, connecting them into a whole with pre-made wooden nails.

In this way, a large Symbol Array array disk made up of nine wooden board Symbol Arrays was successfully completed.

The High Tide Period lasted a full six days. Yu Hong made a total of three such Symbol Array array disks. Two of them were made of ordinary Symbol Arrays stacked together, and the last one was made with a silver Symbol Array as the core, stacked with ordinary Symbol Arrays, belonging to the silver core version.

It was to deal with the Evil Shadow Withered Woman that might come at any time.

Soon, the High Tide Period passed.

Early the next morning.

Yu Hong opened the door to go out to replenish firewood, and soon heard a faint sound of footsteps approaching.

He returned to the stone steps at the entrance of the Mountain Cave and looked out.

He saw Jenny and Eve in the distance of the forest, approaching quickly.

Six days had passed, and Jenny had become more haggard, with dark and sunken eyes. She had lost a lot of weight.

Her daughter Eve was the same. Her originally bright blonde hair had lost its luster, and she had become timid and fearful.

But no matter what, it had been six days... She was still alive, and had not been taken away by the Evil Shadow, which in itself represented abnormality.

Seeing the two approaching, Yu Hong didn't say a word, quickly returned to the house, closed the door, and waited quietly for the two to arrive.

His initial impression of Jenny and her daughter had become blurred, replaced by a special feeling with a hint of mystery.

Soon, the two stood outside the Wooden Door, separated from Yu Hong by only a door panel.

"It's been six days, how's your consideration going? Perhaps you need to test the effects." Jenny's hoarse voice inquired from outside the Wooden Door.

"How do I know if the Sunshine One you're talking about is real? In the end, you don't have what I need, the exchange between us isn't equal," Yu Hong said coldly.

"People always want to live," Jenny said, "Eve just wants to live, is she wrong?"

"She's not wrong," Yu Hong said, "But that has nothing to do with me. I have no reason to help you."

"But we have no choice," Jenny said, she reached out and grabbed a wooden stick, the end of the stick was her daughter Eve's hand.

The two were connected by such a stick.

"I said, that has nothing to do with me," Yu Hong said calmly. He didn't want to bother with people like Eve who wanted to secretly infect others.

"You have this ability! That's what makes it your business!" Jenny raised her voice.

"I have no obligation to help you," Yu Hong retorted.

"But we have no other choice!" Jenny replied, "Don't force us..."

Her eyes became more profound and dangerous.

"How am I forcing you? I don't have the ability to save you, is that what you call forcing you??" Yu Hong was almost amused by her, he had only heard of such people before, but he didn't expect to actually encounter them in reality.

"Faced with the pressure of death, in order to survive, many people can do anything," Jenny's eyes became more and more calm.

And behind her, her daughter Eve stepped forward and stood out.

"But if you help us at this time, we will be very grateful to you," Jenny continued.

"I don't need your gratitude," Yu Hong said in a low voice.

"Then we'll just die together," Jenny smiled. "Eve will sit against your door from now on, if she dies here, the Withered Woman Black Handprint will remain at your door, and your Mountain Cave Safe House will be completely abandoned, becoming one of the sources of Evil Shadow breeding! As long as you go out, you will be stuck with the Evil Shadow Black Handprint!"