Blind Spot
Chapter 112 - 102 acquisition of four

Chapter 112: 102 acquisition of four

"It’s nothing, someone from Utopia just came by and asked me a few questions before leaving. It was quite baffling. They seem to be looking for someone." Li Chengyi did not elaborate.

"Looking for whom?"

"The complete entity that wiped out Ash Company before."

"Him? It seems Utopia, perhaps, wants to seek revenge. Tell your friend to be careful."

"Got it," Li Chengyi responded, "I’ll let the boss know, so I won’t call directly."

After hanging up the phone, he sat in his seat, glanced at the note, and chose not to share it with the company, instead pocketing it.

Getting up, he scanned to pay and pushed back his chair, when suddenly his body tensed.

The surrounding noise had quieted down at some unknown point.

The bustling crowd that was there just a few minutes ago had now completely vanished.

On the street, all of the stores and tables were empty, with not a single person in sight.

Click.

A streetlight in the distance went out.

The street, previously illuminated by streetlights, was instantly plunged into darkness, rendering it invisible.

Click, click, click, click.

As if in rhythm, streetlights continued to go out, advancing toward Li Chengyi.

All areas that lost the streetlight’s glow were turned into darkness, not even moonlight remained.

Li Chengyi looked up at the sky and realized that even White Star, which had been in the night sky, had disappeared.

The entire sky above was a sheet of darkness, like a bottomless black swamp.

’Another blind spot?’

Coming to this realization, he turned towards the direction where the streetlights remained on.

There, just over ten meters away from him.

A small supermarket, brightly lit, was standing in silence.

Apart from the small supermarket, all other shops had lost their light, and from the outside, they appeared to be filled with an opaque darkness.

Only the small supermarket, through its glass windows, still displayed its shelves, checkout counter, and beverage cooler.

From a distance, Li Chengyi could vaguely see a grey silhouette standing at the window, looking outward.

Staring in his direction.

It seemed the figure was looking at him.

’Silent Store...’ Li Chengyi instantly realized that this blind spot didn’t seem like a new kind, but rather an old acquaintance.

Click.

The streetlights continued to go out, the darkness drawing closer.

Li Chengyi turned and decisively ran towards the Silent Store.

Although he didn’t know what that darkness was, his keen senses instinctively told him not to let himself touch the darkness or something extremely terrifying might happen.

He quickly reached the short distance of a dozen meters.

Ding-dong.

Seemingly detecting his approach, the door of the Silent Store opened automatically, emitting a crisp electronic sound.

Upon closer inspection, the grey figure he had seen inside the store had vanished.

Li Chengyi took a deep breath, didn’t enter, but turned and quickly went to the greenery area in front.

In the greenery, several violet chrysanthemum-like flowers swayed gently with the breeze of his approach.

’Feilian, that’s it!’

Li Chengyi sighed in relief, one event chasing the next, with no rest in between.

No sooner had the terrorist from Utopia left than the blind spot arrived.

According to the Escape Method, he had only bought two different items from the store, and according to Zhong Hui’s notes, he still needed a third to completely disengage from this place.

But to grasp Feilian, he intended to try not to disengage, to keep farming these flowers, to absorb their Flowers’ essence, to complete his evolution.

With a steadied mind, Li Chengyi once again eyed the rapidly approaching darkness.

The streetlights had gone out right up to where he was drinking the juice earlier.

The chair he had been sitting on, along with the ground, and the shops, everything had been engulfed in darkness, invisible as if dissolved.

Without hesitation, he reached out swiftly to touch the violet flowers.

’Feilian: (Contaminated): Perennial plant, commonly...’

’Flower Language Technique: Inferior Shadow Dragon Bloodline.’

Ignoring the explanations, Li Chengyi’s mind moved, directing the Flowers’ essence towards his new Divine Flower Position, the fourth position.

’Do you choose Feilian (Contaminated) as your fourth main flower?’ the Mark of the Evil Flower inquired.

’Yes!’

Li Chengyi almost suppressed the joy in his heart, responding forcefully.

Suddenly, numerous streams of cool Flowers’ essence swiftly turned ice-cold, all threading into the fourth Divine Flower Position and forming a clearly defined violet pattern of Feilian there.

’Floral Dress collection percentage: 1%. Available evolution opportunities: 5.’

Phew...

Li Chengyi breathed a sigh of relief; typically, the collection rate for Flowers’ essence was 1% per flower.

He glanced at the greenery area outside, where by now all the streets had fallen into darkness, and all streetlights had gone completely dark.

Only the light from the Silent Store illuminated the greenery area and the three steps, becoming the sole brightness in the engulfing darkness.

Without further ado, he rapidly touched the remaining six Feilian flowers, one after the other.

’Floral Dress collection percentage: 7%.’

"It looks like I’ll have to come here often in the future." Li Chengyi sighed.

Seven points per visit, he would need at least fifteen visits to fill up the collection.

Considering that most blind spots refresh at least once a week, he needed a minimum of 98 days, or roughly fourteen weeks, to completely gather the Feilian Floral Dress.

’This is at the very least, not accounting for the precise calculation of the Silent Store’s refresh cycle.’

Having done this, Li Chengyi reluctantly circled the greenery area to make sure no flowers were left untouched.

Seeing that the darkness had stopped at the greenery’s edge and was not advancing further, he then shook his head and walked towards the Silent Store.

He stepped through the gate and looked around cautiously.

"No new people, good. No need to worry about more deaths increasing the difficulty."

"Where was that gray figure just now?"

Li Chengyi walked cautiously further in, moving between the meticulously reorganized shelves.

The shelves that he had wrecked earlier were now completely restored to their original state.

Moreover, he noticed something else.

The products on these shelves had different appearances from last time.

Li Chengyi went up to a shelf, reached out, and picked up a doll keychain hanging from a hook on the corner of the shelf.

The doll keychain, only half the size of a palm, had shoulder-length black hair, appeared to be a girl, and her eyes shone with a joyful purple. She wore a white bellyband embroidered with little red fish.

There were five dolls on a chain, all connected by a silver metallic chain.

"This wasn’t here last time."

Li Chengyi thought for a moment and put the dolls down, thinking that if he took different dolls again this time, it’s likely that the blind spot would completely break away.

In the future, Flash Appearance may not ensure entry into the Silent Store every time.

For the sake of safety, it was necessary to leave a fixed position. To prevent the inability to enter through memory flashes, one could use a fixed cyclical forced entry mechanism into the blind spot.

After putting down the doll, he started looking for canned goods and juices among the shelves.

Soon, on the snack and beverage shelf, he found a spot filled with juices and canned goods.

He casually picked a fancier packaged beverage.

Li Chengyi extended his hand and pulled it off the shelf.

The beverage’s golden packaging was adorned with flamboyant black characters, none of which he recognized, except for the label with a line of description he could understand.

"Kumquat mango juice—Price *, production date *, and expiration date *."

After checking it out, Li Chengyi took the beverage in hand, ready to leave.

Suddenly, he furrowed his brow.

There was only one bottle of each variety on the beverage shelf, and removing one would leave a gap.

Now that he had taken the kumquat mango juice, a gap had appeared there as well.

The gap faced directly in line with his chest.

At that moment, he faintly felt a strange chill emerging from the gap and blowing against his chest.

Li Chengyi squinted, bent over, and looked through the gap.

Inside was just the empty shelf space; there was nothing.

Through the gaps in the products on the opposite shelf, he could still see the white light on the other side.

Hiss...

Suddenly, a tall woman in a black silk dress slowly walked past the opposite shelf.

Through the gaps in the products on the opposite shelf, he saw the woman moving at a steady pace, moving from left to right.

Li Chengyi’s brow furrowed even more.

He hadn’t started checking out yet; why were these things suddenly appearing?

Unexpectedly, the woman didn’t stop but simply walked past the gap as if she hadn’t noticed him.

And that’s when Li Chengyi realized that the lighting on the other side of the gap seemed different from this side!

"That light is clearly dimmer," he observed attentively.

Not only that, but he also noticed that the product shelves on the other side were covered in rust, looking very old.

Many products there also had blood stains on their packaging, completely different from the clean items on this side.

"Could there be another hidden supermarket?" Li Chengyi speculated.

The Silent Store was full of mysteries: who ran it? Where did the products come from? What was the darkness outside the shop? Why was there nobody around, and no cashier? And who was repairing and maintaining these items?

All of this remained unanswered.

But if there was another hidden supermarket, perhaps he could find the answers to everything.

Li Chengyi snapped out of his thoughts and continued to observe through the gap in the products.

Swipe!

Suddenly, an eye, also peering through the gap from the opposite side, looked this way.

It was a child’s eye.

Black, without any whites, just an abyssal vortex.

Eye to eye, Li Chengyi felt a bone-chilling cold sweep over his body, his mind beginning to feel slightly delirious, dizzy.

A heavy wave of drowsiness sprang from his heart, seemingly about to spread throughout his body.

He wanted to leave, but his body was limp and powerless, unable to move as if bound by something.

"Radiance Field!" Suddenly, he reacted, immediately activating the Flower Language Technique.

A warm and invisible force field suddenly enveloped him, dispelling the drowsiness and cold.

In an instant, everything before his eyes vanished.

The child’s pitch-black eye disappeared as well, with only the normal gaps between the products on the opposite shelf revealing the product shelves on the other side.

Standing straight up, Li Chengyi held the kumquat mango juice and took a deep breath.

He suddenly felt a stinging pain in his eyes and reached up to touch them.

Only then did he discover that the corners of his eyes had cracked, with fine splits appearing on the outer corners of both his eyes.

When he touched it, there was even blood.

"If I didn’t have the Radiance Field, and just now I had maintained eye contact with that eye for a while..."

He felt a chill down his spine, not knowing what would have happened, but certain it wouldn’t have been something he wanted.

Holding the drink, he immediately left without lingering and quickly walked towards the checkout counter.

Last time, two people died; this time, without thinking, it was definitely going to be much more difficult.

Every death increased the difficulty once.

And after killing a monster inside the blind spot, a stronger monster would appear next time.

These two facts had been confirmed both in the company’s records and in his personal experience.

So, this time... it might be extremely dangerous!