Blind Spot
Chapter 192: Battle for the 180, Four

Chapter 192: Battle for the 180, Four

In the woods.

Li Chengyi ran wildly, passing through a thicket of bushes.

With a whoosh, when he burst out again, his Floral Dress had changed from gold to black.

The black Feilian Floral Dress on him, the helmet’s crocodile eyes lit up with a faint red glow.

He leaped.

Whoosh!

The man had turned into a shadow and dissipated.

When he reappeared, he was already ten meters away, under the shade of the trees.

In the shade, he knelt on the ground, the Floral Dress fading away, returning to his common appearance.

Silently standing up, Li Chengyi slowly moved forward and came to a forest floor covered with fallen leaves.

Hum.

A metal plate camouflaged as mud rose from the ground.

Below the plate was an elevator cavity more than one meter wide and two meters high.

"Seems like a decent job," Li Chengyi muttered, slightly surprised.

He had heard from Rainbow Candy about an underground base here and initially thought it was merely a small dug-out hole.

He hadn’t expected it to be so well put-together.

He walked into the elevator.

The camouflaged alloy plate sank down, returning to its previous appearance of a leafy ground.

Standing in the elevator,

Li Chengyi looked around.

All sides were smooth, silver-black metallic surfaces.

It was like standing in a metal box, only vaguely sensing the elevator descending, occasionally turning slightly on an arc.

About ten seconds later.

The elevator slowly came to a stop.

"Master of the Garden, we have arrived," a somewhat familiar electronic voice sounded.

"Oh, it’s you, Cucumber," Li Chengyi quickly recognized.

"Sorry, I’m not called Cucumber anymore," the AI sounded a bit dissatisfied.

"My apologies, Rose," Li Chengyi remembered the name change he had just heard about.

"No problem, the master is waiting for you in the central hall."

Shh.

The elevator doors opened.

Outside was a spacious underground cavity.

The cavity was oval-shaped with smooth, crystal-like brown stone walls.

In the center, thick stone pillars supported a flat, silver-white alloy floor.

The place had a strange feeling to it.

In the cavity hundreds of meters in length and width, there was nothing.

Just some stone pillars supporting a metal plate thin as paper.

On top, there were a few small houses haphazardly built.

"Don’t tell me this is what’s called a base?" Li Chengyi was somewhat speechless.

"For just a few days’ work, having this much is already quite good, okay!?" Rainbow Candy stood on that metal plate, waving at him from a distance and complaining through the headset.

"True, having a base is already good enough. All thanks to you, Tang Tang," Li Chengyi sincerely said.

Taking a step out of the elevator, he faced a long, metallic platform that moved laterally like a conveyor belt, carrying him towards the largest metal sheet in the center.

"I spent most of my money on construction tools and reinforcing the interior walls of this underground cavern! We can slowly improve it later, but safety issues must not be neglected," Rainbow Candy seriously stated.

"Well said!" Li Chengyi nodded.

"Don’t look at this place as though it has nothing, but I’ve moved our supercomputer in here. With the support of the supercomputer and Rose, plus the small nuclear generator I rigged up, we have the basic framework already. The rest we can talk about later," Rainbow Candy explained.

"Awesome!" Li Chengyi gave a thumbs up.

"It’s all to contribute to the team," Rainbow Candy indifferently said, "Is everything taken care of outside?"

"It’s taken care of," Li Chengyi nodded, "I made a wish, but I’m not sure of the specific effect."

"As for the effect... could it be this?" Rainbow Candy suddenly pulled open the collar of her shirt, revealing below the neck, the location of her collarbone.

On the snowy white skin of her collarbone, two blue, crystal-clear crescents had formed, unnoticed before.

Each crescent was only as big as a fingernail, but their color was very distinct, with tiny silver fluorescent lights moving inside.

"I’ve tested it, I can’t take pictures of it, no recording device can observe these things," Rainbow Candy said.

"Same here."

Not far away, behind several large boxes, the figure of Dragon Gate Crane stood up.

He also pulled open his collar to reveal two dark blue crescents.

Li Chengyi squinted his eyes and suddenly pulled open his own collar as well.

Sure enough, on his own right collarbone, there were also two dark blue crescents.

"When did these appear?" he asked.

"Around the time you made your wish, boss. I guess these might be brought by the Blue Book," Dragon Gate Crane replied.

"I’ve checked it," Da Xiong and Xiao Zhong walked out of a small house nearby.

Da Xiong was the one speaking.

"I’ve tried with special medical detection instruments, and indeed, these things cannot be detected. It’s as if they don’t exist."

"If they can’t be detected, then we’ll discuss it later," Li Chengyi said as he gently touched the crescents and quietly released his Radiance Field.

But the Radiance Field still had no effect on the crescents.

"Right. Jiang Zhihen has also gotten involved in this, Tang Tang, when did you know about it?" Li Chengyi asked Rainbow Candy.

"I notified you as soon as I found out," Rainbow Candy answered, "It seems now that Jiang Zhihen has probably been watched by Jiu Yi’s people for a while."

"It must be the liaison from one of Jiu Yi’s factions," Da Xiong deduced.

Although she seemed weak, her spirit had recovered quite a bit.

"Liu Tongbei invites us to join the alliance, what do you think?" Li Chengyi asked.

"Join, why not?" Rainbow Candy decisively said, "We are of great strategic value. I’ve already organized quite a bit of our own Blind Spot database. After joining the alliance, we can reap many benefits, such as applying for official reserves to supplement and refine our Blind Spot data."

"Plus, future operations can be carried out under official sanction, gaining more legitimacy and trustworthiness," Da Xiong added.

"Right, maintaining social stability and security is what we’ve always been doing. Joining the alliance would actually help us," Dragon Gate Crane said with a nod of approval.

"You finally said something right!" Rainbow Candy slapped him on the spot.

"You hit me even when I say something right?" Dragon Gate Crane lamented tearfully.

"That’s a compliment!" Rainbow Candy slapped him again.

Dragon Gate Crane, speechless, could only cover his forehead, wanting to run away yet somehow reluctant to leave.

"As for profit, the extracts I’ve cultivated in The Garden won’t last long, so we need to think of a suitable profit cycle," Li Chengyi said.

"Let’s charge a fee," Rainbow Candy suggested. "So many enter the Blind Spot every year, if they seek help, they can come to us. We’ll have clear pricing for the information on various types of Blind Spots, the necessary equipment packages, firsthand accounts from survivors, targeted training, special drugs, etc. All these can be profitable."

"Isn’t that a bit too ruthless?" Dragon Gate Crane couldn’t help saying. "They’re nearly dead and we’re still going to make money off them?"

"Blind Spot Individuals are a mixed bunch. Many are antisocial; do you think they’re all good people like us?" Rainbow Candy said indifferently.

"The bio-enhancement syringes we ordered have arrived. Everyone is welcome to come and get injected for free," Da Xiong interjected.

"What level?" Rainbow Candy immediately asked.

"These are all level one, entry-level strengthening drugs; not expensive. Genetic enhancements have to be done gradually, and you also need training to metabolize the drug. Otherwise, not only will the effects be suboptimal, but it could also lead to drug deposition in the body, which can cause severe side effects," Da Xiong replied.

"I heard that enhancement drugs are also classified by danger levels, from one to ten?" Dragon Gate Crane asked.

"Yes. The higher the danger level, the greater the enhancement, but anything above level five is extremely expensive, and they carry substantial risk, with a fifty percent chance of being lethal. Few dare to inject those," Da Xiong said with a smile.

"I’ll take one!" Xiao Zhong was the first to speak up. His eyes were still dark. Since the death of his brother, he had been in a state of low spirits, talking very little.

"I... I’ll take one too!" Dragon Gate Crane gritted his teeth.

"I’d like to give it a try too," Li Chengyi said.

"Then let’s all do it!" Rainbow Candy declared definitively.

After deciding on their enhancement plans, they continued to define the profit cycle from exploiting the Blind Spot.

In the end, they decided to establish a company in the name of the Garden of Fate, specializing in safety consulting services.

The company would be symbolically funded by an investment of a hundred thousand from each person, with future profits to be shared equally.

Da Xiong would handle operations, providing the venue, staff, and covering daily expenses.

Rainbow Candy would manage information consulting and network security, and also offer support for intelligent devices.

Li Chengyi and Xiao Hao would continue to be the enforcers for the company.

Xiao Zhong was responsible for modifying and upgrading equipment.

Dragon Gate Crane would take on intelligence gathering, handling matters in the grey and black areas.

Finally, for the alliance’s conference delegate, everyone unanimously decided it would be Rainbow Candy.

"Me? No way! A meeting could drag on for hours! You’re asking me to sit there and space out or doze off? I can’t handle that!" Rainbow Candy vehemently objected.

"Who’s best suited to deal with those old geezers and ladies?" she scanned the others with her eyes.

"Still Brother Cheng. We could be gone any day, and Brother Cheng might live the longest to avoid the hassle of changing representatives," Dragon Gate Crane said.

"I’m not suitable. What if one of you went in while I was in a meeting?" Li Chengyi shook his head.

"No more excuses, Brother Cheng. Among us, Xiao Zhong is a foreigner; that’s a no-go. Dragon Gate Crane is involved in shady business, not suitable for public. That leaves only Da Xiong, you, and me. Da Xiong is swamped with his own stuff, and you are the one with the most free time," Rainbow Candy persuaded.

"What about you?" Li Chengyi retorted.

"Me... I have a lot to do too! I’ve already poured billions into this team! Brother Cheng, have a conscience, if you’re still a man, stop pushing it and step up!" Rainbow Candy swiftly changed the subject.

Li Chengyi, at a loss for words, indeed recognized that Rainbow Candy had given the most to the team.

"Alright then, if that’s the case, I’ll do it."

The others immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, life is precious, and nobody was willing to waste it periodically with a bunch of old men and women.

The group continued to discuss details for a while, then left the base through different exits.

The base actually had many hidden exits, and they were even regularly filled in and changed.

This was something that Li Chengyi hadn’t expected.

No wonder Rainbow Candy’s base was so empty; it turned out that all resources had been poured into safety and secrecy.

Leaving the base, they quickly returned to the main road.

Li Chengyi did not drive back from the base with the others.

Instead, he chose to walk back alone.

He still had doubts about the Blind Spot in Yunshan County he had entered before.

Why hadn’t he been pulled in when he came before?

With his physique and high frequency of Flash Appearance talents, he should have been able to enter.

But he had never entered the Blind Spot in Yunshan County until now.

Why was it that only this time, he was able to enter?

Buzz.

Just as he decided to visit Yunshan County in reality to investigate further,

his phone rang.

Picking up the phone, it was an unfamiliar incoming call number.

But unlike other numbers, this one was impressive.

Starting with 137, followed by nine zeros.

Li Chengyi thought for a moment, convinced that his phone was secure with Rainbow Candy’s cybersecurity monitoring. He no longer received any junk advertising calls.

If this number could come through, it definitely was not normal.

He paused for a second, then answered the call and put it to his ear.

"Hello? Who is this?"

There was a pause on the other end, then a deep and powerful male voice spoke up.

"Hello... I am Rainbow Candy’s father."