Blind Spot
Chapter 196 - 184 Alienation 4

Chapter 196: 184 Alienation 4

While Li Chengyi was continuously making progress, on the other side, Da Xiong had already set up the framework of the company.

The name was very simple, an abbreviation of Garden of Fate, which is Mingyuan. To make it more harmonious, it was changed to a homophone, Mingyuan.

Mingyuan Company.

Through a headhunting company, they had hired many professionals: physical trainers, combat trainers, firearms instructors, equipment maintenance, advertising and promotion, and company security.

Da Xiong’s efficiency was so high that even an outsider like Li Chengyi was astonished.

The new company’s accounts and funding were made up of initial contributions from everyone, with the remainder covered by Da Xiong himself.

Then, just a couple of days later, Li Chengyi saw the company’s prepared advertising on the internet.

It was a very exquisite animated advertisement about a person who unexpectedly encountered a strange situation and was unable to save themselves. In their despair, they were pulled up by a beautiful woman passing by on the street. Together, they came to the company, and through efforts in desperation and suppression, she managed to experience sublimation.

In the end, they successfully found a clue to the Blind Spot, escaped safely, returned home, and embraced their parents in tears of joy.

"The advertisement is very good, but now is not the right time to release it broadly,"

Inside the Suiyang Office Building that Mingyuan Company was renting.

On the top floor, in the conference room.

Rainbow Candy slammed her hand on the table and said loudly.

She had a lollipop in her mouth and one of her bare legs propped up on the glossy, milky-white table surface, carelessly displaying the little bear pattern on the sole of her dark boots.

It was as if she was worried others wouldn’t notice the bear on the bottom of her shoe.

"When Blind Spot Individuals are on the brink, they will frantically search for ways to be saved. So, we really don’t need to advertise extensively. As long as we actually start working. Start taking one order after another and doing good business, people will start promoting us on their own."

"Sister Tang makes sense," Da Xiong nodded. She was dressed in professional office lady attire—a white blouse with a black skirt and flesh-colored stockings. Still, the top button of her blouse couldn’t be fastened.

"So we have received five orders from local cities and counties. Let’s take a look, which one should we take on first?"

She tapped her hand on the table.

Suddenly, on the wall to everyone’s left, projection images appeared.

There were five square cells, each displaying a different Blind Spot situation.

1. Sealed cargo truck.

2. Silent Forest.

3. Dusk Street.

4. Decayed Supermarket.

5. Unknown underwater.

Li Chengyi looked over the information on these five Blind Spots.

"What’s the financial situation of the clients for these orders?" he asked.

"All good, with clear pricing. We don’t guarantee passing through the Blind Spot, but we can provide all sorts of services they need. Including various training, equipment, medicines, knowledge. These packages range from ten thousand to five hundred thousand. They also include the Strengthening Injection," Da Xiong replied.

"Strengthening Injection too? Isn’t that regulated by officials?" Dragon Gate Crane asked incredulously. Being involved in smuggling, he naturally knew how strict the control over this thing was.

"We are now members of the Union, with more shares," Da Xiong smiled.

"Speaking of which, Brother Cheng needs to make time to go to the Union. They called us, saying they’re about to hold a Union meeting," she said to Li Chengyi.

"Understood," Li Chengyi nodded. He had been looking for Evil Thought Absorption, almost forgetting about this.

Only after absorbing Evil Thoughts would he have the chance to determine the main flower for the next Divine Flower Position.

Now that the teamwork of his companions was very good, he didn’t want any more unexpected reductions in their numbers.

So, strengthening their ability to protect themselves as soon as possible was key.

Otherwise, all these company frameworks would be nothing but castles in the air, illusions.

"Everyone, please wait a moment," Xiao Zhong, who had rarely spoken up, suddenly raised his hand.

Instantly, everyone’s gaze was drawn to him.

"Is there a problem with equipment maintenance?" Da Xiong asked.

"No, not that," Xiao Zhong denied. "It’s like this... With the help of the supercomputer and Rose, last night I finally succeeded in making a satisfactory biological material uniform."

"Uniform?" everyone seemed puzzled.

"Is it about selecting the exterior style?" Rainbow Candy asked.

"That is one aspect. The key point is that I have added all the biological material modules available on the market to this uniform," Xiao Zhong earnestly said. "It includes automatic temperature regulation, emergency internal oxygen production, standard bullet-proofing, anti-stabbing, waterproof and sweat-absorbing, and complete shielding of body heat radiation and heartbeat breathing functions. Specifically, I based the effects on Sister Tang’s Life Garment. So I call it the Small Life Jacket."

...Silence!

Everyone present knew that Sister Tang’s Life Garment was an extremely expensive luxury item.

And it was disposable.

Everyone wanted a set.

But it wasn’t just a question of money; it also depended on whether you were qualified to order custom gear from Weibang Energy.

And now... Xiao Zhong had just told them that he had created a Small Life Jacket!?

"Have you tested it? Is it disposable?" Rainbow Candy asked very seriously and calmly.

"It has been tested, and all indicators are fine. It’s not disposable. But it doesn’t have transformation and concealment functions. I found that the reason the Life Garment is disposable is mainly due to its transformation and concealment features. So I removed that part and looked for other alternative materials. That solved the problem," Xiao Zhong replied.

"Let’s go test it together later!" Da Xiong decided.

Li Chengyi had not expected that the usually unobtrusive Xiao Zhong had been harboring such a big secret.

If this Small Life Jacket could be successful, it would be a tremendous boon for them and all Blind Spot Individuals.

Without another word, they headed straight to Xiao Zhong’s modification room after the meeting.

After testing the still appearance-undecided Small Life Jacket and confirming there were no issues,

everyone felt a greatly increased hope for the future.

The more guarantees, the brighter the future looked for everyone.

Li Chengyi also accelerated his pace in absorbing Evil Thoughts.

Too bad Zhuang Yijing had something to attend to and temporarily went home. He couldn’t find a target for Evil Thoughts absorption, so he went in search of the previous Marian Union.

But as it turned out, Marian wasn’t in Suiyang either.

He could only continue searching for a new main flower while looking for new targets to absorb Evil Thoughts.

After the meeting was over, after deciding on the order to take, and then choosing the uniform appearance with everyone, Li Chengyi did not go home.

His current home was no longer the previous apartment, but the new villa he bought.

His parents had already moved in, and these days they were busy familiarizing themselves with the environment, getting to know the neighbors, and arranging the new house.

5:11 p.m.

After leaving the company, Li Chengyi found a city-circling bus, got on, and chose a window seat, watching the continually passing scenery along the road.

He had basically touched all the flowers in the flower shop, but none of them were suitable.

They needed to be capable of dividing the Floral Dress among others, while also ensuring its retrieval.

Otherwise, if it were given to someone in disguise, that would mean supplying the enemy without cause.

Sitting on the bus, Li Chengyi fell into deep thought.

The passengers on the bus came and went, boarding and alighting, unknowingly changing who knew how many times.

Until it was almost time to reach the last stop.

Li Chengyi and the last two people who had fallen asleep got off the bus together.

Around was a clean black asphalt road, sparsely scattered with a few residential buildings and factories along the roadside.

This place had already departed from Li Chengyi’s familiar terrain, completely on another suburban edge of Suiyang City.

He randomly picked a direction along the roadside, too lazy to check the map on his phone, merely strolling calmly.

While looking around, his gaze scanned the grass on the ground, attempting to find some small flowers he had not seen before.

He liked this feeling.

In inconspicuous places in life, one can always discover something shining.

That is what most people tend to overlook and forget, corners.

They were just there, yet so quiet and hidden.

To his left was a very long, more than two-meter-high white wall.

The wall was covered with withered yellow vine-like plants and leaves.

In the corner, which was the one-meter space between the road and the wall, right next to the drainage ditch, was a patch of wild weeds.

Li Chengyi paced forward nonchalantly, even noticing several wild scallions growing out from the tangled weeds.

Wild scallions could grow in this weather?

He was surprised.

It was January, and although the weather wasn’t very cold, the average temperature was also about seven or eight degrees.

But this temperature seemed not quite enough.

Walking along the road for a short while, he quickly found a small clump of yellowish-red flowers.

’Just bloomed evergreen flowers...’ Li Chengyi recognized the species and glanced at the little door on the nearby wall.

Apparently, these flowers were planted by the residents here.

But regardless of who planted them, he still intended to touch them.

He squatted down, stretched out his hand, and touched the surface of the red evergreen flowers.

These small flowers were not large, preferring to cluster together and bloom on a single branch.

When fully bloomed, they somewhat resembled lotus flowers, but the pistils were black-brown.

Li Chengyi guessed this was probably one of the varieties of evergreen flowers.

As his palm covered it.

A trace of cool floral scent flowed through his palm, into the Mark of the Evil Flower.

’Evergreen Flower: Also known as Sedum, a perennial fleshy herb, loves a sunny environment but should not be exposed to the sun for too long. Drought-tolerant, better to water after the soil is completely dried out. Has a strong oxygen storage capacity, able to absorb formaldehyde from the air, purifies and releases oxygen at night.’

’Flower Language Technique: May you live a long life of a hundred years (can fix any living being’s maximum lifespan to a hundred years, at the expense of one’s own Consciousness Power. If the Consciousness Power’s burden is exceeded, the Flower Language Technique will not activate)’

"Hmm...." This Flower Language Technique... is quite interesting....

If this were placed in ancient times of poverty and hardship, this Flower Language Technique would simply be a Divine Artifact.

But here, in this era....hmm, a hundred years...

Li Chengyi took out his phone, recorded this flower, and planned to quickly lock onto it when needed in the future.

Of course, he only recorded the name of the flower, not the Flower Language Technique.

Standing up, he quickened his pace and continued forward.

After that, he didn’t encounter any more unrecognized flowers.

Walking along the road, it wasn’t long before he passed the surrounding wall, and outside was a horizontal road.

Cars whizzed past from time to time.

’Huh??’

However, Li Chengyi’s attention wasn’t on the cars, but rather on the other side of the road.

This horizontal road had a signpost planted by its side: Hengshun Road.

Right in the direction facing Li Chengyi, there was a cluster of pinkish-purple flowering trees, densely distributed along the roadside, extending from left to right, at least dozens of them in sight.

"This is... something I haven’t touched before!" With just a glance, Li Chengyi could tell.

Every month has corresponding flowers that bloom, and since it was January, new flowers blooming that he hadn’t touched was normal.

Looking at the profuse clusters of purplish-red flowers, Li Chengyi felt a sense of anticipation, checking both directions.

He dashed from nearby across the zebra crossing, arriving under these flowering trees.

Looking at the purplish-red blossoms on each tree.

Li Chengyi looked down at the ground and found many flowers had already fallen.

He squatted down, placed his hand over one of the small flowers.

The flower was very uniform, each with about five petals, enveloping the sprout-like pistil in the center.

This encasement left one side exposed.

The color of the petals also gradated, lighter on the outside and darker inside.

Li Chengyi gently pressed his hand down.

A faint floral scent surged into the back of his hand.

’Red Cercis: Also known as Redbud, a leguminous, evergreen tree from the Cercis genus. It has a long flowering period and grows rapidly, serving as a good nectar plant; its wood is hard, and its flowers, bark, and young shoots can be used as medicine.’

’Flower Language Technique: Divine Palace’s Scattered Flowers (can project a part of one’s strength onto others, the more the projected party trusts the main body, the stronger the obtained strength. Conversely, when the trust is lost, the projected strength disappears)’

"Hmm? This flower..." Li Chengyi’s eyes narrowed slightly.