Blind Spot
Chapter 169: Fate 158 II

Chapter 169: Fate 158 II

Li Chengyi continued to head back, passing by Zhou Xingtong and another person.

The rain slowly grew heavier.

The ground began to look wet and lustrously shiny, reflecting the colorful, fragmented light of the surroundings.

Rustle.

Suddenly, a piece of plastic wrapping was blown by the wind from a distance and stuck to the side of Li Chengyi’s shoe.

He looked down, lifted his foot, and shook off the wrapper.

Looking up again.

Before him was no longer the wet street.

But the quiet and dimly lit steps of the Silent Store.

’The lights are out?’

Li Chengyi squinted his eyes, staring intently at the Silent Store’s entrance.

The doors and windows that had been blown up not long ago were now repaired.

But through the glass, the interior of the shop was dark, no longer brightly lit as before.

Only the hanging sign outside the supermarket served as the sole source of light in the vicinity.

The sign read clearly: 24-hour convenience store.

’I don’t recall seeing those words before,’ Li Chengyi furrowed his brows.

He had been in and out of the Silent Store many times, but this was the first time he noticed this sign.

He looked back.

The street he had come from was now shrouded in a layer of grey-black mist.

Pedestrians and vehicles had all vanished, and the whole world seemed to have frozen at this moment.

Inhale.

Li Chengyi did not rashly step onto the staircase.

The situation seemed completely different from last time, and also from before.

His gaze swept through the greenery on both sides.

Two purple-red flowers caught his eye here.

’Good, they are still there!’

With a sigh of relief in his heart, Li Chengyi quickly took out the Life Garment, a gift from Rainbow Candy, from his pocket.

This thing looked like a normal silver metal sphere, only the size of a fist, which could be easily carried around anywhere without being heavy.

He had thought it was reusable, but after getting it, he realized it was a one-time use... a set could be used only once.

However, Rainbow Candy had custom-ordered multiple sets in advance.

The production of this thing took a long time and was expensive.

Rainbow Candy also had only three sets left and had now given him one set.

Knowing that this gadget cost tens of millions and had to be custom-ordered from Weibang Energy, Li Chengyi had a profound understanding of Rainbow Candy’s generosity.

Secretly noting this favor, he eventually borrowed it.

Once he was confident that the Feilian was still there and he let out a sigh of relief, Li Chengyi moved quickly, rushing to the left greenery and placing his hand on the purple-red petals.

A stream of cool Flowers surged into the back of his hand.

A sense of reassurance rising from the depths of his heart eased some of the tension he felt.

After the two flowers, the collection level was successfully completed, reaching 100.

The mysterious Flower Language Technique he had always longed for was finally within his grasp.

Li Chengyi suddenly felt an unreal sensation, but before he could experience the effect of the new Floral Dress,

Puff.

Suddenly, a tremendous vibration came through.

Li Chengyi quickly ran to the right, away from the store entrance.

Then, without hesitation, he retracted the Radiance Field, shutting it down completely, and pressed the Life Garment against his chest.

Without a sound, the Life Garment quickly melted into a colorless viscous liquid, swiftly covering his chest before flowing and spreading to his limbs.

At this moment, everything behind him started to fade away, enveloped in black mist.

Within the mist, a massive bulge slowly rose, as if some enormous creature was steadily moving closer in this direction.

Li Chengyi reached out one last time to touch the nearby Feilian, fearful that the earlier completed collection level was just an illusion.

Although he only touched two flowers, with two more further away out of reach,

Feeling the feedback of Flower’s presence again from the Evil Flower reassured his heart.

Immediately, he swiftly laid down, positioning himself horizontally alongside the exterior of the greenery belt.

The Life Garment began wrapping around him, transforming its entire appearance to match the color and pattern of the greenery belt.

In less than two seconds, he blended entirely into the gray and white patterned stone of the greenery belt.

The strength of the Life Garment lay in its ability not only to mimic the environment but also to simulate the hardness, temperature, and even the texture of what it was camouflaging.

At this moment, Li Chengyi was as if swallowed by the stone of the greenery belt, effectively inside a hollow within the stone.

Within this hollow, the outside scenery was all reflected onto the visor attached to his hat.

It was a 120-degree wide field of view shaped like a gingko leaf.

The entire Life Garment fit rather well, although it was tight and squeezed uncomfortably at the bottom, but if it could save his life, it was good enough.

Bang.

Another loud sound came from outside.

This time, the noise was much, much closer.

Li Chengyi was embedded horizontally in the stone on the outside of the greenery belt, but because the images were transmitted by the Life Garment, he could see a lot of what was happening outside the Silent Store.

The unknown area enveloped in black mist.

From within that bulging darkness, a tall humanoid figure he recognized stepped out.

The figure was entirely black, with a head resembling a crocodile, devoid of eyes, nostrils, or ears, but with a gaping black maw.

It was the Crocodile Head!

And it was even stronger and taller than the one from last time.

By the size of its head alone, this one measured at least three meters in height.

Suddenly, more followed.

One Crocodile Head entered the store to the sound of the welcome chime, stepping into the darkness.

Then came a second one.

And a third...

Fourth...

One after another, Crocodile Head figures continuously entered the Silent Store.

Li Chengyi watched, feeling his scalp tingle.

These Crocodile Heads moved incredibly fast and were extraordinarily strong. If he got hit even once without paying attention, it could result in fractures at best, serious injury at worst.

In such an environment,

Even if he used the Ultimate Form’s Titan Sunflower Dress, he might struggle to endure until the Flash Appearance’s duration, to return to reality.

Fortunately, it seemed these monsters had not noticed him.

The effect of the Life Garment was truly amazing!

No wonder Rainbow Candy could rely on it as its main support, managing to survive several blind spots in a row.

Li Chengyi waited quietly. The Life Garment could last three hours, and as long as these crocodile-headed creatures could not find him, he would be able to escape safely once the time was up.

Now that the collection of the Feilian had been completed, he could not only have new Flower Language Technique but also choose the New Divine Flower Position to acquire the next main flower.

Time slowly passed by.

Inside the Silent Store, the crocodile heads failed to find any trace and one after another, they filed out, returning toward the dark fog.

Soon, all of them had returned to the bulging mass of darkness.

At this moment, the bottom right corner of Li Chengyi’s vision in the Life Garment showed that five minutes had passed.

Li Chengyi felt somewhat stifled, his chest heavy, but he still did not move.

At times like these, the best course of action is to keep waiting until it’s safe to leave.

Time trickled by.

Ding-dong.

Suddenly, the glass door of the Silent Store opened again, emitting a soft sound automatically.

But clearly, there was no one entering or exiting within his field of view.

Ding-dong.

Ding-dong.

Ding-dong.

Not only that, but the automatic glass door seemed to have gone haywire, endlessly opening and closing, closing and opening.

As if invisible people were constantly going in and out.

Watching this bizarre scene, Li Chengyi was glad he had not moved rashly before.

The Life Garment indeed had an excellent effect, perfectly avoiding immense danger.

After waiting a while longer.

Finally, the automatic door closed one last time and didn’t open again.

Dada dada dada...

Suddenly, a series of rapid footsteps came from the black fog.

"Where... where exactly is this!? Is anybody there?"

Li Chengyi was startled. That voice... someone came in at a time like this?

He did not move, as anything could happen inside a blind spot. Instead, he continued to wait.

It wasn’t many seconds.

A somewhat familiar young woman quickly walked out of the black fog.

Her pale golden hair, crystal earrings, a white low-cut dress with an extremely short skirt, and very distinctive chocolate skin color...

’Zhou Xingtong’s friend!?’

Li Chengyi had truly not expected that when he decided to leave the Silent Store, he would encounter such an incident.

The chocolate-skinned girl had a look of terror, her pimply face was like she had applied white foundation, turning a lot paler than before.

She was clearly frightened.

Having monitored the Silent Store for so long, Li Chengyi thought no new people would enter this blind spot.

But unexpectedly...

Ding-dong.

Just as the chocolate-skinned girl stepped onto the staircase, the glass door of the Silent Store automatically opened.

The lights inside also slowly brightened.

Although Li Chengyi had just seen the lights in the store switch on, it had been dark before.

But as if the chocolate girl didn’t see it, the moment she noticed the lights inside the store, she rushed towards the door as if seeing a savior.

Before long.

She entered the store, and the glass door automatically closed behind her.

Pop.

The lights went out instantly.

All fell quiet again, with no further movements.

Li Chengyi sighed in his mind. With the difficulty level of this Silent Store, he didn’t dare to move; even if he tried to warn the girl, the outcome wouldn’t change in the end.

The blind spot wouldn’t care where you were, it could pull you in anytime, anywhere.

Gradually, his vision began to blur and distort.

Clearly, this Flash Appearance was about to end.

Ding-dong.

Suddenly, the sound rang out again.

Li Chengyi tried to look towards the direction of the store door.

From within the black fog, a tall man dressed in all black, carrying a black briefcase, walked into the small store.

Soon after, he walked out again.

The briefcase in his hand was slowly oozing blood, leaving a trail of blood on the staircase.

In the last moments, Li Chengyi saw through the blur that the man had entered the black fog.

Pop.

He was completely separated from it.

Back standing on the sidewalk beside the street.

Sss... hoo...

He took a deep breath.

Li Chengyi turned around to look at the entrance of the self-service bank.

There, Zhou Xingtong was holding two cups of freshly-bought milk tea, looking around left and right, as if searching for something.

He knew what she was looking for.

Unfortunately, her friend might never come back.

With the difficulty level of that Silent Store, even he struggled to get through it at his current stage, let alone a common person.

Sighing inwardly, Li Chengyi felt a faint sense of guilt. If it weren’t for him, perhaps the difficulty of the Silent Store wouldn’t have remained so high. If it had been the initial difficulty level, maybe that girl could have survived.

But now...

He tugged at his hat and slowly walked over.

"Zhou Xingtong."

"Ah!? Brother Cheng!" The girl recognized Li Chengyi and showed a hint of surprise.

"I just saw you chatting with your friend over here and didn’t want to interrupt," said Li Chengyi. "Can you tell me your friend’s name?"

"The one in the white dress?" Zhou Xingtong asked. "Her name’s Qiu Chenai. Did you think she’s pretty and want to get to know her?" she teased slightly.

"Qiu Chenai... I’ll remember that," said Li Chengyi, exhaling. "I’ll be leaving then."

"Okay, we can chat another time. I need to go find my friend. Strange, she was just here, said she wanted milk tea..." Zhou Xingtong said with a puzzled look.

Li Chengyi didn’t speak but turned around and sent a message to Rainbow Candy, asking her to help check for information on Qiu Chenai.

People should always be responsible for their actions.

This is not only a principle of life but also a rule he has consistently adhered to in both his lives.