Desperate Night

Yu Hong's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly rushed up to move the debris away.

By the time he dug Kuchan out, his waist had been flattened by something unknown, crushed to about the thickness of a hand.

It was as if a small road roller had run over his waist.

Too tragic.

Yu Hong couldn't bear to look, but Kuchan seemed to be in good spirits.

"It's a good thing you're a Grand Celestial Master, you can always find another body if you lose this one," he sighed.

"Don't! Alliance Leader, where am I going to find a body to switch to around here?!" Kuchan groaned upon hearing this.

"There are plenty of white mice over there, just make do with one for now," Yu Hong sighed.

"I don't think I'm that desperate..." Kuchan said after a moment of silence.

"Then try healing yourself first, and if it really doesn't work, pick one and give it a try," Yu Hong said helplessly.

"Don't worry... I still know a few spells to accelerate recovery!" Kuchan gritted his teeth. "I even have a master's degree in cell genetics!"

Yu Hong shook his head and walked to the side, checking on Yiyi's condition. Yiyi was doing alright; she and Chixiao had been knocked into the fireplace together. The space inside was small, so she hadn't been hurt too badly.

Except for her foot being pierced by the hilt of Chixiao Sword. She was currently knocked unconscious.

Yu Hong pulled her out, treated her injuries, and then went to check on Kuchan, finding that he had used some unknown method to restore his waist.

He finally felt relieved.

"We haven't been out for very long, have we...?" He looked around at the messy state of the house and sighed. "Do I have a jinxed constitution?!"

"It's good that everyone's alright, don't worry," Kuchan struggled to find a more comfortable position to lie in.

"Alliance Leader, I suggest you go check out what's happening outside. I have a bad feeling," he reminded.

Yu Hong nodded.

"Your reminder is timely, but I already sensed it. It's indeed not good. Now, I have one good news and one bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?"

"Can I have the bad news first?" Kuchan exhaled. "Candy tastes sweeter when eaten later."

"The bad news is that the ship is broken again. We might be lost and don't know where we are. What I can confirm is that we have left that destroyed world," Yu Hong said.

"Then what's the good news?"

"The good news is that we successfully passed through the river channel blocked by the mountain."

"So, we can't go back even if we wanted to?" Kuchan asked.

"It's good that you understand," Yu Hong said calmly.

He came to the broken glass window, looking at the chaotic rainbow-like halo outside.

The halo was like many colors of paint mixed together, but not quite fused.

Each color was stirred into chaotic lines.

All the lines were intertwined, like a colorful and brilliant abstract painting.

"With that crash, we don't even seem to be in the Black River anymore... I don't know where this place is," he said, watching the colorful lines sliding past the window, reaching out to gently touch them.

Hiss.

The fingertip that touched the lines emitted a faint white gas. It seemed to be corroded.

"The only thing I can be sure of is that this isn't the depths of the Black Calamity, nor the Spirit Calamity, Wind Calamity, or Light Calamity," he retracted his hand, seeing a white scar on his fingertip.

"Then what do we do?" Kuchan said speechlessly.

"I need time to repair it. Don't worry, I'll handle it," Yu Hong replied. "The top priority now is to repair the outer protective array and the outer walls. Otherwise, it'll take too much of my inner force to isolate the inside from the outside."

"Also, our stored food and drink are all ruined..." he continued, although he could use the Black Mark to strengthen and restore the mixed ingredients.

But that wouldn't be worth it.

Safety is the top priority.

As for food and drink, we can make do with these mushy things.

"It's a good thing we didn't get off the ship, otherwise..." Kuchan recalled everything that had happened before, still feeling lingering fear.

"Let's rest for a bit first," Yu Hong pointed his finger, and white-skirted speedsters emerged one after another.

"Go clean up the room," he ordered.

A total of thirty speedsters, under the effect of Extreme Summoning, spent less than half an hour re-organizing and cleaning the room.

Yu Hong, on the other hand, had already placed his hand on the wall and began to repair the safe house with the Black Mark.

Soon, a blood-red countdown appeared on the wall, visible only to him.

'19 days, 11 hours, 24 minutes.'

"Looks like the damage is severe, the repair time is very long," Yu Hong sighed.

"I think we shouldn't put any uncovered or unsealed containers inside," Kuchan suggested.

"That makes sense," Yu Hong nodded. He immediately discussed with Kuchan how to respond to and prevent similar situations in the future, based on what had happened this time.

Time passed slowly.

Before long, more than an hour had passed.

The colorful lines outside the window gradually began to fade, and the released colored light became thinner and thinner.

Finally.

Whoosh!

Suddenly, a crisp sound of branches and leaves rustling came from outside.

Poof.

The safe house stopped abruptly.

Yu Hong frowned and looked outside, trying to restart the safe house in his mind, but it was useless. The house only shook a little, and then there was no other reaction.

He walked to the window and looked outside.

Outside was lush greenery, full of tall dark green trees, dense gray shrubs, and waist-high emerald green weeds.

"Looks like we've arrived at the next place," he said, turning his head.

"Isn't the ship broken?" Chixiao suspected.

"Yes, it's broken and can't move, so this place counts as the next stop. Otherwise, it might still be able to move," Yu Hong nodded helplessly.

"Do you think you're being funny?" Chixiao mocked.

Slap.

Kuchan slapped him on the forehead.

"Show some respect to the Alliance Leader!" Kuchan said sternly.

"I..." Chixiao was furious, "You dare hit me, this old man...!!"

Slap slap slap!!

Kuchan dragged his battered body over and slapped him a few more times, leaving Chixiao a little dazed.

No damage, but extremely insulting.

"You little brat!! If it weren't for the fact that you're injured right now!!" Chixiao roared.

"You wouldn't dare to say that even when I'm not injured," Kuchan said without changing his expression.

Yu Hong ignored the two arguing and stood at the window, looking out into the distance.

"I'm saying, if we don't get off the ship, how can we replenish our supplies?"

"Dig up soil and grow our own food... Also, these branches, leaves, and insects should all be edible," Kuchan said.

"I'll try..." Yu Hong was about to try when his gaze suddenly froze, and he looked up into the distance.

There, he could clearly see, even though it was blocked by thick branches, a behemoth was slowly flying past outside the forest.

That behemoth was at least thirty meters long, similar to Aggress, but much larger and thicker.

Its height alone was more than ten meters.

It was pure white, covered in snake-like scales.

It was a pure white dragon with an elegant and beautiful body.

A two-winged, snake-necked white dragon.

'A typical Western dragon appearance,' Yu Hong thought. This was the second time he had seen a dragon.

The last time was on Old Woman Marissa in the Black River.

The white dragon looked down at the forest below, seemingly spotting the damaged Blacklight.

Whoosh.

It flapped its wings, circled in the sky, and then found a point of support, landing directly.

With a crash, the white dragon forced out a dragon's nest in the forest, landing a little in front of the safe house.

Yu Hong sized up this beautiful creature.

Its scales were as smooth as a mirror, and through the sky behind it, he could see the peak of a pure white snow mountain in the distance.

Bang.

The white dragon landed gently on the ground, lowered its head, and used its large blue eyes to observe the situation inside the house up close.

"Can you speak?" Yu Hong asked in Night Tongue.

The white dragon shook its head.

". . ." Yu Hong, Kuchan, Chixiao.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to. I was using telepathic communication, it's a special dragon language spell," the white dragon finally spoke, with a very young male voice.

"You all seem to be humans?" It asked a seemingly pointless question seriously.

"So, there might be something here that isn't human?" Yu Hong asked in return.

"It's good that you're human. Wait a moment." Without saying another word, the white dragon turned around and flew off, its powerful wings smashing away the obstructing branches.

After waiting for about five minutes, the white dragon descended from the sky again, landing slowly.

It opened a single wing and took out a wrinkled baby from under it.

The baby was wrapped in a dirty brown diaper, eyes closed, motionless, lying on the dragon wing scales, seemingly about to die.

But Yu Hong knew he was still alive, because he could feel his heart still beating not far away.

"This is?" Yu Hong looked at the white dragon.

"I'm chasing after a group of my enemies. I found this in the ruins after their attack. He should still have a breath left. Whether you want to save him or not is up to you," the white dragon gently placed the baby in front of the window. "Although your carriage looks very poor, and seems to have suffered severe damage. But, you have women, you should be able to take care of this child," the white dragon said in a deep voice.

"This is the first time I've talked to a dragon," Kuchan supported himself as he stood up, looking through the window at the white dragon.

"I also recognize humans who have a friendly attitude," the white dragon said gently.

Kuchan nodded, turning to look at Yu Hong.

"Alliance Leader, can't any of us get off the ship? Can't we find a way around this restriction?"

"I'm not sure, but now that the ship is broken, I guess I can't go back even if I get off," Yu Hong patted the window sill. The safe house and Blacklight's light spots that he sensed in his mind had dimmed and gone out, turning into gray stones, floating in his mind. Waiting to be repaired.

"Also, this restriction is mainly for the captain, you are not restricted," Yu Hong recalled his conversation with Brother Tiger, and replied.

"That's good." Kuchan looked at the dying baby, and decisively flipped out of the window opening.

Then he came to the white dragon's wing.

His height was like a black bean next to a white cloth, compared to the huge white dragon wing that was over twenty meters wide and thirty meters long. Unnoticeable.

"I can help save him temporarily, but we don't have any supplies, no food or drink, he won't survive. So, can you help us replenish our supplies?" He also transmitted the message with mental thoughts.

Sorcerers also have such spells.

Perhaps it was because the methods used by both sides were different, but the white dragon's blue eyes revealed a hint of surprise.

"You are also a mage? There are actually two mages in a carriage? That's rare."

After thinking for a moment.

It shook its head.

"Sorry, I still have important things to do. This is your human child. I've already done a lot by doing this."