Blind Spot
Chapter 163: Intersection of 152, Section 4

Chapter 163: Intersection of 152, Section 4

To test the limit of the Radiance Field.

Li Chengyi specifically selected some plants whose flowering period had passed.

But this time it didn’t work; he could only revive the plants and make them healthy, but he couldn’t change their flowering period.

From morning to afternoon, he had basically confirmed the effects of the new Radiance Field.

As long as the plants had a bit of vitality, his field could revive them.

But it came at a price.

The price was his spirit; after reviving many plants, he felt a noticeable increase in exhaustion.

Clearly, this consumed his Consciousness Power.

Having determined the effect of the Radiance Field, Li Chengyi began to select the types of flowers that could serve as the main species for members to choose from later on.

Time slipped by.

With time, the progress of the Feilian increased by another seven.

But the difficulty of the Silent Store also began to climb. The strength of the monsters that appeared was at least double that of before.

Speed, strength, toxicity,—all were enhanced across the board.

It meant that Li Chengyi was also rapidly growing stronger, as the Radiance Field was extremely effective against the monsters inside the Silent Store.

Otherwise, this shopping trip would surely have resulted in injury.

Seeing that the Shadow Dragon Bloodline was about to be perfected, Li Chengyi didn’t want any complications to arise.

He decided to behave and quietly waited for time to pass.

Additionally, after the boss had left, to support the maintenance of the Flying Yi and future team expenses.

And to embark on the path of a Pure-blooded Mechanist,

Li Chengyi and Da Xiong had a discussion, and finally determined the profit model for the garden.

Early December.

Everpeace Garden.

"Happy birthday to you~~~"

Rainbow Candy, accompanied by Da Xiong and the Dragon Gate Crane, carried a birthday peach the size of a human head towards a bewildered Li Chengyi.

What was even more baffling was that.

The word ’king’ was written big and bold in the center of the peach.

"Come on, eat the peach! Happy 25th birthday, Brother Cheng!" Rainbow Candy said with a cheerful smile.

"It’s not... you got it wrong. My birthday was last month. I’ve already forgotten it," Li Chengyi said, laughing and crying at the same time.

"Last month was too hectic, everyone was dead busy, but it’s not too late to make up for it now," said Dragon Gate Crane with a laugh. "It’s rare for Sister Tang to have such kind intentions, she insisted on driving hundreds of kilometers to buy this peach."

His smile conveyed a hint of bitterness.

In reality, he was the one who went to buy it... but since Sister Tang was present... he dared not speak the truth.

The bitterness was his own, but the credit went to Sister Tang.

"No need to be polite, Brother Cheng. It just occurred to me to add a touch of novelty," Rainbow Candy said with a nonchalant wave of her hand, exuding an air of generosity.

"Alright... then thank you," Li Chengyi stood up, took the peach, and felt a touch of warmth in his heart.

"By the way, I’ve prepared a list of main flowers for you all, and you can choose one that will be yours. In the future, I’ll plant them in our garden," he said, having already compiled a list of perennial flowers.

"We can choose our own?" Da Xiong instantly perked up, as most girls have little resistance to beautiful flowers and plants.

"Think it over when you get back, no need to rush to decide now," Li Chengyi said with a smile.

"This is indeed worth considering," Da Hei surprisingly showed interest too, pinching his beard and immediately pulling out his phone to research.

"Won’t different climate conditions in different areas cause them not to survive?" Xiao Zhong cautiously asked.

"Don’t worry, I’ll handle it," Li Chengyi assured.

Suddenly, everyone scattered, each looking up their favorite flowers.

Leaving Li Chengyi alone with the birthday peach as big as a human head.

He shook his head, picked up a knife, and split it in two.

After having the peach at Everpeace Garden, he returned alone to the plant garden.

He went to the previous experimental flower area to have a look around.

At this point, all thirty pots of Jiutou Flowers in the experimental area experienced a change.

With the continuous irrigation of the diluted blood of the Shadow of Resentment, their color had transformed completely.

The colors of the flowers had all turned a strange purple-black.

And from the core of every flower bud, a pale golden viscous liquid was oozing out.

Li Chengyi named this liquid Fierce Essence.

Its origin, of course, was based on the Flower Language Technique of these contaminated Jiutou Flowers.

From the tests conducted by Da Xiong’s analysis, this Fierce Essence was found to have a strong neural stimulating effect, capable of enhancing the transmission speed of neural signals in the human body for a short period—making it an extremely valuable material for medicinal research.

The profit point of Li Chengyi’s plant garden originated from here.

He had long speculated that cultivating mutant plants might allow him to profit from their by-products.

He just hadn’t expected that day to come so fast.

He carefully collected the Fierce Essence from each pot of flowers, placing it into a small, delicate glass bottle.

From thirty pots of Jiutou, he collected a hundred milliliters of essence.

Now, this essence was being bought up by the Xu Family group managed by Da Xiong’s household.

Based on the price of other neural stimulant raw materials on the market, they had given a high bid of 120,000 per milliliter.

Those hundred milliliters amounted to tens of millions of funds.

thus, Li Chengyi’s concerns about cash revenue had been temporarily resolved.

Because Jiutou couldn’t always be in bloom, this income was not continuous.

It was only possible to collect it for two to three months a year, two to three times a week.

But that was more than enough.

"Brother Cheng."

As he was sealing the essence bottles, Li Chengyi heard Da Xiong’s voice from behind.

"The collection is complete." He turned around and handed over the essence.

"There’s more this time than last." Da Xiong took it, looked at the pale gold liquid inside, and his eyes curved up with a smile.

"Sometimes there’s more, sometimes less. You guys take it for drug synthesis substitutes, how are things now?" Li Chengyi asked.

"We succeeded the day before yesterday, substituting one of the main ingredients of the commonly used Stimulant No. 4 on the market. Because the essence is so pure and the effects are strong, we can definitely reduce the dosage and dilute the costs. Now we can make at least three hundred more per pill of Stimulant No. 4!"

Da Xiong was obviously in a good mood.

"That’s good to hear. I was afraid you’d be making a losing deal," Li Chengyi said with a smile.

"How could that happen. Oh right," Da Xiong’s smile faded, "the matter of the Fierce Essence has attracted attention. In the coming time, there might be inquiries from other forces, Brother Cheng, be on your guard."

"With the situation as it is, the Jiu Yi inspection team coming, do they still dare to make a move?" Li Chengyi was surprised.

"People always take their chances, and some things, they prefer nobody to have them over letting their opponents possess them," Da Xiong said seriously. "It’s precisely because the production of the essence is limited. If there was more, impacting the market share, that’s when the trouble would really escalate."

"Understood," Li Chengyi nodded.

Looking at the small garden in front of him, he frowned slightly.

Da Xiong’s words reminded him that it was time to seriously perfect the industry.

This was only the first time, and in the future, he might cultivate even more diverse and strange flowers.

There would definitely be some of practical use.

Was he to do nothing all day and just stay here guarding the house?

"Da Xiong, do you have any suggestions?"

"Hire people," Da Xiong replied. "Set up security, and like other companies, hire some tough security consultants, then this turf is secure."

"How do we ensure that hiring people is secure?" Li Chengyi was completely green in this area.

Da Xiong was far more familiar with the operation of companies and industries than he was.

"Two ways," Da Xiong held up two fingers.

"First, hire a security company; they will be responsible for a large number of security staff."

"Second, the official human resources department holds special events for veterans every year. If you need a large number of staff, want good quality, and are willing to offer high compensation, you can go and try.

I suggest Brother Cheng pick the second option, which helps the local government with the employment of veterans, earning goodwill from local authorities. Many of these veterans are burdens to the local government, with political tasks that require them to be properly settled in jobs."

"Then let’s go with the second option," Li Chengyi nodded. "When is the special event?"

"There’s one at the beginning of the New Year next month," Da Xiong was clear about these matters.

"Great! Let me know when the time comes," Li Chengyi said.

"No problem."

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Suiyang City, the Association Building.

One after another, members of the association walked into the meeting hall and sat down in their seats, which had their nameplates.

Suiyang wasn’t large, it could only be considered a third-tier city in the province, but in such a place with a registered population of just four to five million, there were thirteen members present from the association.

Among these thirteen, some were from business, some from notable clans, some were technical experts, Mecha Engineers, and of course, there were government officials.

Two of whom had had their sons dealt with by Li Chengyi.

Xu Family’s Xu Zhenchang.

Tie Feng Group’s Zheng Kai.

And there was another, Ding Zaocheng, the Deputy Director of the Suiyang Security Bureau, who had also crossed paths with Li Chengyi.

As soon as he sat down, Zheng Kai looked at Xu Zhenchang.

"The person in charge of the visiting inspection team is a member of the Jiu Yi. We must take advantage of this to completely take down that guy."

Xu Zhenchang’s expression was unreadable. Ever since the hacker expert he had hired spontaneously combusted right in front of him, his ambition had somewhat waned.

"My son Zhongsheng is out of danger now; let’s put an end to this."

"You’ll miss out on a perfect opportunity and be nothing but a coward your whole life?" Zheng Kai pressed in a low voice.

He was young and couldn’t swallow this insult.

Seeing old Mr. Xu Zhenchang still unmoved, Zheng Kai’s face grew increasingly sullen.

"Do you really think a clone can replace your real child? Old Mr. Xu’s ability to deceive himself is truly remarkable!"

Xu Zhenchang still didn’t say a word, and sat focusing on his breath in contemplation.

"Alright, please be quiet," Ding Zaocheng not far away frowned deeply, and glanced at Zheng Kai.

"The Tie Feng Group has its own issues to deal with; right now, we’re waiting for the inspecting commissioner to arrive."

As the Deputy Director of the Security Bureau and the true authority there, his prestige in Suiyang was very high.

When he spoke, Zheng Kai had no good response.

The crowd waited quietly for a few minutes.

Finally.

Click.

The door opened.

A long-haired young man with the air of an artist, dressed in a suit, walked briskly into the meeting room.

Standing at the podium, he surveyed the audience.

"My name is Commissioner Jiang Zhihen. I’ve come to Suiyang because Utopia has committed multiple offenses here."

"If anyone here has any information about terrorism, please report to me promptly. If you have any leads on Utopia or the Dragon River Organization, you may receive rewards from the government and military."

"May I ask the commissioner, does invading private properties, disregarding laws and regulations, causing extensive property damage and casualties count as terrorism?"

As soon as the words fell, Zheng Kai was the first to stand up and speak with a serious tone.

The people in the room started to stir.

Everyone knew of the grudge between the Tie Feng Group and that mysterious thug.

To be exact, it wasn’t even a grudge; the thug had entered the building without any motive and killed his son.

"Are you referring to the thug?" Jiang Zhihen’s eyes narrowed slightly as he asked bluntly.