A Night of Desperation

“I was just testing you earlier,” Li Runshan said calmly, “It seems like your suit works well, so since you’re stepping it up, I’ll get serious now.”

With his daughter in front of him, he couldn’t afford to back down.

He immediately took a deep breath, and his left leg started to tremble slightly.

After a few attempts to gauge the strength of his opponent’s protective suit, he realized that normal attacks wouldn’t do anything. Even ground techniques wouldn’t work unless he could knock the person down first.

So, his next plan was clear: bring this guy down!

Puff, puff, puff!

In an instant, he rushed forward, crouched low, and delivered a powerful kick to the opponent’s knee.

With a thud, the opponent swayed slightly but instantly dispersed the force across the large surrounding protective panels.

The dispersed force didn’t even shake the heavy steel boots.

Li Runshan couldn’t understand it. He weighed over 200 pounds, and crashing into someone’s knee only made them wobble slightly?

‘How ridiculous is that!?’

He felt like he might lose big this time.

Then, as he stepped back, he noticed something strange at the bottom of the opponent’s feet—there were thick, sharp spikes used to anchor him to the ground!?

Li Runshan was speechless, unsure of what expression to wear in the face of this.

Just how afraid must this guy be of being knocked down? The lower half of his body alone must weigh at least 50 pounds. Imagine what 50 pounds of bulletproof armor steel would feel like!

Normal bulletproof vests, even the heaviest versions, rarely exceed 20 kilograms for the entire body.

But this suit? Just the legs alone weighed over 50 pounds.

“Try again!!” Li Runshan’s face, hidden under his helmet, was no longer smiling.

This time, he was really planning to get serious.

As a courier, especially one stationed in a dangerous area, his strength was clearly not just what he had shown so far.

“What I’m using is the military’s commonly practiced Milshig combat technique. This martial art originated from a small country as a method to fend off foreign invaders. It focuses on rapidly moving into the opponent’s blind spots and delivering powerful blows to vital points. It’s vicious, often crippling, and was later introduced to our country for improvement,” Li Runshan briefly explained.

“You can experience it yourself.”

This time, he wasn’t holding back. He had to show off in front of his daughter to maintain his fatherly image.

With a swift step, he quickly circled around the opponent’s side and struck a sharp elbow to their waist.

“Once.”

He immediately circled again, slashing his hand down to the opponent’s neck.

“Twice.”

Once more, he circled, avoiding the opponent’s wild punches, and slapped the opponent’s left chest with his palm.

“Three times!”

Then he quickly retreated, standing still and catching his breath.

“Do you feel that? If this was combined with a high-powered short knife, you’d be dead three times over. If it was a gun with armor-piercing bullets, this suit wouldn’t be much protection. You’d be a sitting duck.”

“Let’s go again!” The opponent, Yu Hong, wasn’t wasting words. He was here to train, after all, and that’s exactly why he was paying for it!

The training session lasted for over three hours, until the sun began to set and the temperature dropped.

Yu Hong kept adapting to Li Runshan’s rapid, vital-point targeting style. With the enhanced White Bear suit, heavy strikes weren’t a problem anymore; the key was balance—he couldn’t afford to fall. If he did, his opponent would use the environment to finish him off.

Every day, Yu Hong came to train under Li Runshan’s guidance.

He worked on strengthening his leg power and practiced with Li Runshan, constantly coming up with new strategies. When he couldn’t figure it out, he would ask Li Runshan for advice. After all, he had paid for the training.

As the days passed, Yu Hong’s reactions became quicker, and he started to keep up with Li Runshan’s movements.

The enhanced leg power made his kicks stronger and stronger. The White Bear suit didn’t feel as heavy anymore. In fact, the more he trained, the easier it became to handle the weight while kicking. His leg speed increased, and his strikes became increasingly powerful—when they hit, they felt devastating.

Eventually, even Li Runshan started avoiding head-on collisions with his kicks, opting for other ways to deal with them.

Days passed, and Yu Hong’s intense leg training started to spread warmth throughout his body.

The transparent, thickening layers on his legs became harder, and his leg strength grew heavier. Meanwhile, his sixth internal energy point naturally developed, gathering in his lower abdomen.

Soon, after two cycles of intense growth, Yu Hong’s physique had expanded significantly. Compared to his initial weak self, he was beginning to resemble the attacker, Bai Mang (White Python) Guo Xudong.

His weight also exceeded 160 pounds, as recorded by the weighing scale at Li Runshan’s place.

One morning, in the stone courtyard of the post office.

Li Runshan and Yu Hong sat opposite each other, both wearing thick bulletproof suits to avoid outside attacks.

“From the details you’ve described, I’m guessing the person who attacked you is also a former postal worker,” Li Runshan said, crossing his legs and leaning back in his chair as he analyzed lazily.

“His fighting style is well-balanced—heavy on power, moderate on speed, and using military combat techniques, Milshig to be exact. It looks like he adapted his attack method slightly. Initially, he didn’t aim for your vital points and didn’t seem to want to kill you. This suggests his main goal was to capture you.”

“He later targeted my vital points—my head, chin, and so on,” Yu Hong countered.

“That’s because he realized your protection was too thick. Without targeting your vitals, he couldn’t land a hit. He had no choice but to change tactics,” Li Runshan chuckled. “And you should know, he definitely had a gun. With a postal worker’s shooting skills, if he aimed for the gaps in your bulletproof suit and hit the same spot twice, you’d be dead for sure.”

Yu Hong had no reply to that.

“Are you planning to take revenge?” Li Runshan asked.

“I do have that intention,” Yu Hong admitted openly. “Got any advice?”

“Well, I just have one question for you. If you’re going out to take revenge on your own, it’ll take a long time, right? How are you going to handle food, lodging, and supplies?” Li Runshan asked with a grin.

“Carry portable luggage and prepare supplies for a while, then return once I run out,” Yu Hong answered.

“Do you know who sent them? Do you know where they are now? How many of them are there? Do they have heavy weapons?” Li Runshan asked again.

“I… don’t know,” Yu Hong shook his head. “But… that’s why I’m here, right?” He looked at Li Runshan.

“What do you mean?” Li Runshan widened his eyes. “You want me to help you gather intel? And use that intel to commit a crime!?”

“What’s it gonna be? Are you in or out?” Yu Hong asked, his expression unchanged.

“You’re forcing me to make a mistake!!” Li Runshan shot up from his seat.

“Twenty rune arrays,” Yu Hong said calmly.

“I’m just one person, and I’ve got a kid. You have to understand my difficulties!” Li Runshan shouted.

“Add twenty pieces of anti-inflammatory medicine,” Yu Hong added.

“Deal!” Li Runshan agreed quickly. He had already tested the anti-inflammatory medicine that Yu Hong offered and found it highly effective. When traded with the supply team, it was very popular. In a time when medicine was scarce, it had become a valuable commodity.

“I’ll send a message to my colleagues at other post offices. From what you’ve described, that guy is probably from Baihe City. Other distant places like Hope City are too far to walk from. Based on the items you brought, it’s clear he used to be a postal worker but was dismissed and became a mercenary. His skill level and physique make him easy to track down. People like him aren’t nobodies,” Li Runshan said quickly.

“Great! I’ll leave it to you,” Yu Hong said seriously.

“No problem. To be honest, your skills are starting to attract a lot of attention. Have you thought about paying a price to protect yourself?” Li Runshan smiled under his helmet.

“You mean…” Yu Hong began to understand.

“In this world, you can’t do everything alone. You need a group of bodyguards to keep you safe,” Li Runshan laughed. “You know, our post office is huge and has many skilled individuals, but some quit for various reasons. With your skills and financial resources, I’d recommend hiring some people to protect you. Once you’re safe, you can even hire people to handle food production and so on, working together to create a small outdoor village base.”

“I’ll think about it,” Yu Hong hesitated, as Li Runshan’s words made sense.

“Think about it. Right now, you’re one person. If you go out for revenge, your hard-built safe house could be taken over. How long can a door lock hold up? But if you have people watching over you, or if you hire someone else to take revenge while you stay in a secure cave, eat, drink, and sleep—doesn’t that sound much better than what you’re doing now?” Li Runshan whispered, tempting him.

“And what about you?” Yu Hong pondered for a moment before asking. “Aren’t you interested? If you could get the technique for refining Luminous Stone from me, wouldn’t you want it?”

“The post office has rules against our involvement in these things. If I’m caught, I’ll lose my job and might even get hunted down. Even though this is a chaotic time, the higher-ups are still trying to maintain some kind of order,” Li Runshan answered.

“Besides, I feel you’ve got a lot of potential. The Luminous Stone refining technique is already available in Aurora City; they just use large machinery to extract it. The cost is not much higher than yours. The only reason it hasn’t affected you is because your output is too low, and the demand for Luminous Stone is huge. The distance involved makes it unfeasible. But to risk everything for this technique? I’ll pass.”

He smiled.

“What we really need to deal with right now isn’t making money, but other things. Black disasters keep getting worse every year, and the specters are increasing. No matter how much money you make, if you’re dead, you won’t be able to spend it.”

Yu Hong began to understand Li Runshan’s mindset.

“Are you trying to invest in me?”

(End Of Chapter)

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