Blind Spot
Chapter 216: Encounter 204 Four

Chapter 216: Encounter 204 Four

"Director Ding is truly impressive," Xindela sincerely praised. "They have left the city’s Heavenly Eye."

"Noel Company’s target is the Blue Book. This time, I’m afraid it’s the same as with Andy before. Inform the security bureau over at Yunshan about the situation," Ding Zaocheng said in a deep voice.

"What about Commissioner Liu?" Xindela asked.

"He’s already on his way here. As long as Kadis and his group don’t cause any trouble, it’s fine. But if they dare, they definitely won’t be leaving Yi Country!" Ding Zaocheng declared resolutely.

Ever since Noel Company caused so much trouble and led to so many deaths last time, he had come to deeply detest Noel Company.

He had also applied to participate in Commissioner Liu’s special operation this time.

Not only that, but many top-notch Mecha Engineers around had been mobilized, ready to join in on the special operation at any moment.

Yi Country now was not what it had been before.

Meanwhile, outside the botanical garden.

Kadis and his companions got into a silver luxury sedan.

Floating in mid-air inside the car, Maicha’s surface shimmered with strands of silver light.

"Autopilot is activated. Please set the destination?"

"The current location of the Garden of Fate Team has been detected in Yunshan County, which is near the previous site where the fake Blue Book appeared. Let’s go there directly," Kadis said.

"Understood, Master," Maicha responded.

The car started silently and drove off into the distance.

Just as they passed a large estate by the roadside, Fran suddenly spoke up.

"Wait a moment!"

As a High-Level Sensor, he seemed to sense something. Through his sunglasses, he looked towards the estate that was diagonally opposite the botanical garden.

Hanging over the entrance of the estate, on the door lintel, there was a sign: Everpeace Garden.

"There’s a Blind Spot aura here!" he stated with certainty.

"??" Kadis and Rose exchanged a glance.

"Let’s go have a look."

They quickly got out of the car, closed the doors, and walked towards Everpeace Garden.

"Make a communication contact, Fran, and point out the spot," Kadis said.

"Yes!"

Their movements were extremely fast because the Security Bureau’s flying vehicles were nearby, and they had to investigate and leave quickly.

Upon reaching the entrance of Everpeace Garden.

"Wait, there’s an electronic defense alarm!" Rose raised her hand to stop Kadis.

She lightly touched her chest, and a faint clicking sound spread through the air.

Suddenly, waves of invisible ripples spread out in all directions from her as the center.

All electronic devices within ten meters became ineffective. They still maintained their original functions, but within their sensing range, everything became an illusion.

This was a Floating Shadow Device, a high-grade gadget that could create false illusions.

"We have five minutes, my lord," Rose said to Kadis.

"Good." Kadis leaped over the gate with a somersault, landed on the ground, and rushed toward the estate’s building.

"Upstairs! The third floor!" Fran’s voice came through the communication module.

Kadis paused briefly, looked up, and with a light jump, her body floated up as tiny blue particles of flame jets behind her propelled her through the stairway window on the third floor.

Rose followed swiftly behind and flew in as well.

The two stood in front of the bedroom door of Li Chengyi.

"This is it, the most concentrated Blind Spot aura!" Fran continued.

The two surveyed the door.

Kadis reached out and pushed.

Click.

The door opened gently, and the electronic lock made a sound.

"Welcome home."

As if she were the owner of the place, she easily infiltrated the door’s locking system.

Kadis walked in.

She looked around the room.

The bedroom was somewhat dark, as if it weren’t often inhabited.

The air faintly carried the scent of preservatives mixed with a certain perfume, causing a slight frown.

"Maicha, scan," Kadis ordered.

"At your service, Master."

The brown crystal flew out quickly from Kadis’s collar, emitting a silver-white glow as it illuminated the surroundings.

Soon, a safe at the foot of the bed attracted their attention.

Under the scanning light, the safe was a dark shadow, and nothing could be seen.

Beyond that was a desk, where inside a drawer, there seemed to be something like a book which also couldn’t be scanned.

In order to search for clues about the Blind Spot, Maicha’s scanning system had been specially modified.

It could use the impact of Blind Spot items on the surrounding environment to inversely determine their location.

So...

"You check the safe, I’ll go to the desk," Kadis gestured to Rose and headed to the desk first.

Whirr.

The drawer was pulled open.

It was empty, with nothing inside.

But Kadis wasn’t concerned. She took out a spray bottle from her pocket, aimed, and sprayed liberally.

Hiss.

Unknown chemicals fell, quickly outlining the silhouette of the mysterious book.

It was the Black Sea Ritual Book that Li Chengyi and Yserine had traded for from the believers.

"Nice find!" Kadis’s eyes brightened as she picked up the mysterious book through her sleeve.

Turning around, she saw Rose taking several items out of the safe.

Two unrecognizable bottles and an unrecognizable plate, all wrapped in cloth.

Because Blind Spot items can’t be used or seen by anyone other than the owner, they could only clearly see their appearance while wrapped in cloth.

This was the little remaining diluted Shadow of Resentment blood of Li Chengyi and that mysterious circuit board he was planning to trade.

"Let’s go!" Kadis said sternly.

The two quickly took the items and headed out the door.

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Yunshan Blind Spot.

Li Chengyi slowly entered the library.

Inside, mist curled around densely packed white books that were neatly arranged along the walls like a spiral, layer upon layer extending upward.

They were placed within stone shelves embedded into the walls. The covers’ edges bore no writing; they were blank slates.

How was he to search? With so many books, would he not be flipping through them forever?

Not to mention that there could be some unknown dangers lurking in this place.

Without distinguishing features and no method to locate them, faced with at least ten thousand books before him, he feared that it would be impossible to complete the search task by himself in a short time.

"Strongman! Slow down... Take it easy! This place... is full of books, rushing won’t help us find anything!"

Huang Wei followed in behind, panting heavily.

She had decided to firmly hitch her wagon to Li Chengyi.

Compared to the previous leader, he was a cut above! If she stuck with him, wouldn’t that mean she could walk sideways in this place in the future?

"..." Li Chengyi walked casually to a shelf without heeding her and reached out to take the book on the very edge.

He flipped it open.

’... the mushroom soup this morning was really good... It would be nice if my wife made more next time, I could take some to my parents.’

’The weather is nice, perfect for fishing.’

’The car battery’s dead again, sigh, after so many years of decay, it looks like it needs changing.’

’I’ll grill some skewers after work, my daughter loves beef...’

Lines of text were clearly recorded within the books, in black ink on white paper, written using standard Yi Country characters.

Li Chengyi leafed through the pages, then suddenly his eyes narrowed, and he quickly flipped back to the first page.

’This is...’ His pupils contracted.

The text on the first page had changed.

It was no longer about how tasty the mushroom soup was but had morphed into ’It’s raining, I must hurry back to bring in the laundry.’

He quickly switched to another book.

’... I forgot my sister’s clothes at home, I’ll bring them to her tomorrow.’

’My son got all muddy playing soccer again, sigh, it’s such a hassle.’

’My skirt got torn by a nail...’

Indeed...

Li Chengyi seemed to have guessed something, put the book back, and prepared to continue flipping through the next one.

Hiss.

Suddenly, the images before his eyes began to blur.

"We need to get out here!"

Without a second thought, he turned, grabbed Huang Wei, and bolted out of the library. Just a few steps past the doorway, he put her down.

Whew.

Before he could completely let go, Huang Wei’s cry of alarm rang in his ears, and his senses whirled.

Everything blurred before his eyes.

He found himself back inside the stopped bus.

Inside the bus, the rest had already come out before him.

Xiao Zhong was sitting in his seat, applying medicine to his calf.

Dragon Gate Crane lay exhausted, sound asleep in his seat.

Rainbow Candy and Da Xiong were standing side by side in front of a laptop, busy manipulating it, engaged in some task.

"Brother Cheng!? You’re out!?" Xiao Zhong was the first to see Li Chengyi and excitedly stood up.

"What happened?" Li Chengyi looked at the others with confusion.

"We went in afterward. We almost completed the map of Yunshan! Sister Tang’s group located those missing children. But we lost track of them halfway through, and when the Blind Spot time ran out, we exited automatically," Da Xiong quickly explained, looking up.

"Brother Cheng, this time I definitely felt much stronger than before, in both stamina and strength. The biological armor is very effective," said Rainbow Candy, looking up.

"Furthermore, just before we left, Da Xiong seems to have found a message left by Lien! We were just about to get a good look at it, but got pulled out at the crucial moment," she added, looking towards Da Xiong.

The latter nodded.

"Yes. And not just that, when I explored each household one by one, I also found clues about the Blue Record Book."

"What clues!?" Li Chengyi’s gaze sharpened, turning towards Da Xiong.

This teammate was truly useful. Just as he had only begun, a clue was already found on the other end!

"It was a resident’s diary, it read: The Blue Book was originally created by Lan Meng Mountain Master, imitating the Eternal Wishing Book he acquired at the outset. Years later, he returned to Yunshan and specifically wrote a book for the Yunshan Blind Spot, called the Book of Record, also known as the Blue Book. Eventually, the two Blue Books merged for unknown reasons and became Lan Meng Mountain Master’s Book of Strange Knowledge," Da Xiong explained.

"Impressive! Over here, I managed to get a simple map, and through some Blind Spot Individuals inside, I found the Yunshan library. There’s something odd about it..." Li Chengyi gravely explained his own situation.

"The library! Yes, that notebook mentioned it too, Lan Meng recorded the Blue Book at the library!" Da Xiong said quickly.

After leaving the big dog ball, she meticulously explored the residential buildings on both sides of the street.

Her progress was slow but thorough. Consequently, she gathered the most clues.

"It seems the library could indeed be key!" agreed Li Chengyi, nodding.

"Wait a minute!" suddenly, Rainbow Candy interjected.

"There’s an intrusion at Everpeace Garden!" Her expression turned solemn.

"Brother Cheng! Someone’s in your room!"

"Hmm?" Li Chengyi frowned.

An intrusion at such a critical moment was unexpected.

In his room lay hidden a mysterious circuit board and a mysterious book recording the Black Sea Ritual.

There was also nutrient solution for watering the strange flower, which was the botanical garden’s most crucial source of income.

The key point was, he had never told anyone that he stored items in Everpeace Garden.

How had the intruder found their way there?

"Do you know who it is?" he asked gravely.

"Not sure. The intruder has strong interference methods. I have deployed spider robots to intercept the cameras," answered Rainbow Candy.

"What do we do now? Should we head back?" Da Xiong looked to Li Chengyi.

"No rush," Li Chengyi shook his head. "First, call the police."

"Call the police?" The others were slightly taken aback. What good could the police do now with so few hands on deck?

"Then notify the alliance," Li Chengyi said indifferently. "We’re members of the alliance, and there should be a time limit for applying for Heavenly Eye, right? Request that the Jiu Yi Commissioner tasks a Feiyi Master to remotely lock on and deal with the intruder, in conjunction with Heavenly Eye."

"..." Everyone was stunned.

"Try to solve problems using our privileges first. We’re businessmen now, let’s not always be quick to take matters into our own hands, resorting to fighting and killing..." Li Chengyi said with a smile.