Blind Spot
Chapter 130 - 120 disappears 4

Chapter 130: 120 disappears 4

After taking the money, the three men’s expressions softened, and they lowered their guns.

"You guys, did well. Alright, we won’t pursue this matter with you any longer. Everyone, go back,"

said the squad leader with a wave of his hand and a breezy tone.

"Go back? Since nobody is around anyway... how about we let our clients take a look inside, what do you say? As long as we don’t talk, no one will know..." Li Wei said cautiously with a placating smile on the side.

"That won’t do; there are orders from above, no one is allowed to enter this place. No one!" the squad leader emphasized vehemently.

Li Chengyi narrowed his eyes, feeling something was amiss.

Why is no one allowed to enter this place that has been abandoned for thirty years?

What exactly is the backer of Blue Deer up to?

But the other party was the local armed force here, numbering in the thousands; he had researched the information before he arrived.

It was not advisable to offend them.

If they didn’t allow him during the day, he would just come at night.

He didn’t believe that this place would be guarded twenty-four hours a day.

Immediately, he and Elf gave a slight nod.

"Understood! We’ll leave right away, instantly!" Elf quickly replied.

"You’re just lucky you ran into us this time. Other teams would shoot at sight, without even a glance. And if you died, all your belongings would still end up ours anyway. It’s just that we are relatively kind-hearted," the squad leader said earnestly.

"Yes, yes, yes..."

The three kept responding.

"Considering you’re sensible," the squad leader started laughing, "this place should open up in two days."

The trio took the hint.

Under the watchful eyes of the squad, they put their flying gear back on and flew back the way they had come.

It wasn’t until they were completely out of sight that the squad, with their guns, slowly walked away.

Counting the money with smiles all over their faces as they walked.

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Night, 21:00.

Outside the earthen wall of Mukesa Town.

A dark figure quietly approached, attempting to climb over the wall from the left side.

Suddenly, he paused in his movements.

He heard the sound of footsteps from inside, not just one person, but seemingly a group.

Whir.

Not far in the sky, a swarm of drones circled, surveying the entire perimeter of the town.

Li Chengyi pressed his back against the wall, avoiding the drones’ scanning.

’What’s going on? What are these people doing here? An abandoned dilapidated town, what’s there to investigate?’

He stealthily peeked out from the side of the wall.

Troops of soldiers armed with guns, some even carrying rocket launchers, strode by.

Their stature varied, with some clearly having received Strengthening Injections, low-quality ones at that, giving them twisted and ugly faces and grotesquely muscular bodies.

Some had simple limb modifications; the scene was quite impressive, at a glance there were no less than a hundred people.

Dozens of drones also circled overhead.

’So many people...’

He dared not show himself, instead quickly retreating towards the direction he came from.

Alone outside, he dared not rush headlong as before, for there were no flowers to repair his Floral Dress here.

He had to be cautious and careful.

He returned to the accommodations Elv had arranged for him.

Li Chengyi quietly went back to his room, took off the Floral Dress, and washed his body.

Then, before sleeping, he finished practicing the basic fist techniques of the Dragon Whisker Sect and quietly fell asleep.

Elv had promised to inquire about the situation and see when they could enter.

It was a good time for him to come back and get in touch with Rainbow Candy and the others.

"Are you there? How’s the situation?" — Cheng Yi.

"I’ve arrived here, but something’s not right. This place... definitely has Blind Spots! I almost had a Flash Appearance earlier!" — Rainbow Candy.

"You too?" — Cheng Yi.

"Yes, I found a house burned to ashes, covered in black handprints. The boy who killed his own family is said by locals to have committed the act wearing black gloves, and there are indeed legends here about how being touched by a black hand can make someone disappear and die forever." — Rainbow Candy.

"I’ve... also encountered a Flash Appearance here. But it wasn’t a complete entrance, just a peripheral flash." Li Chengyi carefully described the situation he encountered during the day.

"It seems like the Blind Spots of the Tightening Grasp are somewhat like merged Blind Spots!" — Da Hei.

"We didn’t find anything here." — Xiao Zhong.

"Hmm, everything’s normal here." — Dragon Gate Crane.

"How could it not be normal when you just order takeout in your hotel room every day?" — Da Hei.

His resentment was evident.

"I’m guarding our rear base for you guys." — Dragon Gate Crane.

"Brother Cheng, your side does indeed seem more eerie. It was right of you not to conflict with Blue Deer. Blue Deer’s strength is not simple. I checked the information.

Their not just any common Sutan local armed forces, there seems to be a major power secretly funding them in the background. Weapons, Modification Modules, even Flying Yi, they have sponsors for all of them. In Sutan, without restrictions on weapon modules, Reinforced Humans and Flying Yi can be very destructive. You all must be extra careful." — Rainbow Candy.

"Don’t worry, we’re not that reckless. We still have a bit of patience to wait." — Cheng Yi.

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In the northern part of Mukesa, Fuldong City.

A brightly lit, magnificent standalone villa’s backyard.

In the swimming pool, blue water was slapped into small, whitish splashes.

A pale-skinned Sutan man swam to the edge of the pool in one breath, wiped the water from his face, and slowly climbed out, gripping the handrail.

"Commander Simon, there’s been another inquiry about the Mukesa incident. This time they came from Yi Country." A man with a small mustache, dressed in khaki military uniform, walked to the edge of the pool with his cap in hand and reported with a salute.

"Yi Country or White Star, it’s just like the media journalists last time, wanting to investigate the initial incident. Just don’t let them in." The pale-skinned man got out of the water, wrapped a towel around himself, and rubbed his wet, brown hair dry.

"Understood, but as per international convention, we don’t have the authority to keep reporters out indefinitely," the mustachioed officer said with a low voice.

"Do I need to teach you that?" Simon frowned, "Just keep putting them off for next time, extend the time given, that’s all. We’re not saying they can’t enter, it’s just not possible for now. Later, we will definitely allow it. As for when ’later’ is, that’s up to us to decide, you understand?"

"This... understood." The mustachioed officer nodded slightly.

"The experiments tied to Mukesa are very important, and there can be no slip-ups, so, be vigilant and don’t let anyone find a loophole again," Simon rebuked.

"Yes!"

All soldiers around him responded in unison.

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Two days later.

Greenway Moon Airport Hotel.

On the balcony of the suite, Li Chengyi, Elv, and Li Wei, the three of them were seated around a small round table.

"I just went to see my uncle, they have some connection with Blue Deer over there. Their response is that in five more days, we will be allowed to freely inspect the site," Elv said softly.

"Is the money still enough?" Li Chengyi asked.

He had given a bribe of three hundred thousand Yi Yuan, which translated to just over three million Sutan dollars.

It was a lot for this place.

"Spent one hundred and fifty thousand, half left, it should be enough. This time we found a mid-ranking officer from Blue Deer, the information should be credible," Elf said.

"Five days...." Li Chengyi calculated the time, it should still be manageable.

But this blatant waste of time, just waiting around, was making him increasingly impatient.

"Don’t worry, just five days. Let’s wait. Their military expenditures are high every day, they can’t keep it up forever," Li Wei consoled.

Li Chengyi nodded.

If it weren’t for the difficulties in resupplying here and the uncovered issues with the Rainbow Candy, he would have charged into Mukesa the second day to find the clues directly.

But now that there was a chance to get in through normal means, enduring a few more days... wasn’t a big problem.

Hope...

In a place like this, Li Chengyi worried not just about unnecessary conflicts with Blue Deer.

There was also the chance that the Floral Dress might get damaged, and suddenly dragged into a blind spot....

In a severely deteriorated state, entering a blind spot was akin to seeking death.

He needed to maintain his best condition at all times. That was also an important reason for behaving properly until now.

"Wait a bit longer."

"Alright, then I’ll wait a few more days."

Li Chengyi frowned, picked up the carbonated beverage from the table, and drank it down in one gulp.

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Five days later....

"What’s the situation?" Li Chengyi, with dark circles under his eyes, looked at Elf as she walked in.

"...." Elf had an ugly expression, slightly shaking her head at him.

"Fuck!" Li Wei, who had come in after her, cursed out loud, "Those bastards took our money and now they say we need to wait another five days, claiming they have an escapee hidden inside Mukesa, requiring them to scour and search!"

"I heard it’s seven days on my side," Elf said gravely.

"Wait a bit longer..." Li Chengyi’s face was also grim.

He had been checking Mukesa practically every night for the past days. But every night he saw that the abandoned town was tightly and heavily surrounded by Blue Deer’s forces.

"They can’t keep this up indefinitely."

Even with confidence in his own strength, Li Chengyi didn’t believe he could take on hundreds or thousands of people alone.

This wasn’t like before in the city, facing armed militants in small numbers.

This time, there might not be experts like Zhou Yan from Utopia, but there’d be plenty of slightly less skilled elites, seasoned fighters born from battlefields, certainly not in short supply.

"Wait a bit longer..." Li Chengyi said with a heavy voice.

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Outside the earthen wall of Mukesa Town.

Hiss.

Hiss.

Purple-black metallic armored boots slowly stepped into the sandy ground, creating small pits.

On the side of the boots, luminous purple patterns like circuits faintly glowed with a breathing effect.

Gazing at the distant, hazy silhouette of the abandoned town at night.

Li Chengyi stretched out his hand to drape a greyish-black cloak over his head, covering not only his head but also the purple glow from the Floral Dress.

Bowing his body.

Bending his knees.

Hiss!

In an instant, he became a shadowy figure, rushing towards the entrance of Mukesa’s earthen wall.

He couldn’t take on hundreds or thousands of people.

But if it was just a quick battle to wipe out these nuisances, taking advantage of the temporal gap to investigate and understand what that tunnel was all about, there shouldn’t be a big problem.

After all, merely guarding an abandoned town couldn’t constantly have high-end forces stationed there.

As for the earlier talk of waiting, it was just a pretext to stabilize Elf and the others.

"Who’s there!?"

"Something’s rushing over here!!?"

Boom!!!

An armored truck blocking the entrance was hit by a purple and golden flash, creating a colossal gaping hole right in the driver’s door.

Behind the truck, three soldiers who were just right in the way lifted their guns to fire.

Hiss!

A flash of gold.

They slid down, bisected from the waist, screaming as their guns misfired, spraying bullets at their surrounding comrades.

At the entrance, Li Chengyi suddenly stopped, grabbing two nearby soldiers and throwing them inside.

Boom!

The ground inside the town erupted with yellow flames and flying earth - triggered land mines.

Whirring sounds approached from behind him.

Three black rockets with undulating trajectories swiftly closed in.

Li Chengyi turned around and threw something, a dark light flew out, hitting the rockets squarely.

With a thunderous explosion, flames and smoke scattered, enveloping the others’ field of vision in smoke and dust.

Following that were two more explosions.

The other two rockets also detonated.

"Drones can’t lock on!? What the hell is that thing!?" someone yelled from a distance.

"Where’s the person!?"

Rat-a-tat-tat, the shrill sound of gunfire densely wove a net, engulfing the entire area where Li Chengyi was standing.

Whiz!

A dark light quickly swept past three men, leaving a trail of blood, and returned on a curve.

Without pausing, the dark light continued to mow down the remaining soldiers around, along with some drones that were too close and got slashed down.

In the midst of the smoke, Li Chengyi leaned against the earthen wall with one hand drawing a thing.

The dark light once again burst through an armored van parked by the road, then flew back, reverting to its original form, a giant ax with a door panel shape.

"Initiate automatic cruise mode," a mechanical voice announced.

Whiz!

The giant ax flew out again, chasing the drones in mid-air, relentlessly chopping them down.

The speed discrepancy between the Flying Yi and the drones made it seem like popping balloons, with a new small fireball created with each hit.

After a dozen seconds, the Flying Yi returned, drawing a line of blood on the ground before flying back in front of Li Chengyi, then melted, transforming into a silver suitcase.

He picked up the case and walked into the town.

Leaving behind only a cluster of patrolling soldiers’ bodies.