Blind Spot
Chapter 238: Dark City 223 Three

Chapter 238: Dark City 223 Three

Li Chengyi’s heart gave a start.

He gripped the sword with both hands and slashed fiercely forward.

Crack!

In an instant, a streak of green electric light soared into the sky, striking the ground in front of him and leaving behind a charred trail more than ten meters long.

"This sword... it’s incredible!!" Li Chengyi’s heart leaped with joy.

He lifted the sword and swung it casually.

Each careless swing could evoke green electric light.

However, the amount of electric light varied with the speed of his swings.

"Good stuff!"

Hum.

Suddenly, a vibration came from far away once again.

A black dot was speeding towards him. It was another armored mud monster wielding a greatsword.

"Just perfect, let me test how much..." Li Chengyi didn’t finish his sentence when his expression suddenly stiffened.

On the distant street, following closely behind the first armored mud monster, were dozens of black dots, all rapidly approaching.

As they got closer, Li Chengyi could see clearly.

All of those black dots were armored mud monsters wielding green light greatswords!

Lifting the sword, he didn’t say another word and turned to run!

One sword could immobilize him for several seconds, and with so many appearing all at once, taking turns to immobilize him would certainly be the end of him.

One step, two steps, three steps.

Suddenly, the scene before his eyes began to blur.

’It’s coming! I’m about to get out!’ Li Chengyi affirmed in his heart.

He leaped up fiercely and turned around.

In midair, he swung his sword forcefully at the numerous black dots behind him.

A full-strength, slightly tilted slash from above.

Green light shimmered on the blade.

Fine electric arcs rapidly converged into a beam and then transformed into a huge electrical arc, as thick as an arm, flying forward.

Crack!!

An armored mud monster right in front was struck by the electric arc.

Its body ignited with green flames, and it surprisingly combusted spontaneously.

The greatsword in its hands fell to the ground, and the creature started to twist and struggle, collapsing onto its knees.

In less than a second, it silently shattered into a cloud of black ash that rose and drifted into the sky.

By now, Li Chengyi could no longer see this scene.

Everything before his eyes suddenly became dizzyingly white, and then slowly returned to normal.

Beep beep beep!

A series of urgent honks woke him up.

"Do you want to die, you brat!"

Regaining his senses, he found himself standing on the roadway, with the self-driving taxi he had been in nowhere in sight.

Fine raindrops fell from the sky, landing on his face, his body.

The driver of a black car behind him was blocked by him and couldn’t move forward, cursing loudly.

Li Chengyi gathered his wits and walked over to the sidewalk.

Hiss.

As he moved, the ground made a frictional sound, and he felt something in his right hand.

He looked down.

It was the black greatsword emitting green light!

’Amazing... I really brought it out!’ Li Chengyi’s heart rejoiced. This was the first time he had brought equipment out from the Blind Spot; previously, the greatest thing he had acquired there was the Eternal Darkness Book, obtained through a trade with the Tightening Grasp.

That was the mysterious book recording the Black Sea Ritual.

And now, not only had he found a clue about Lien, but he had also obtained a very effective greatsword from within!

’It seems that it’s not absolutely impossible to acquire resources in the Blind Spot... To be precise, it’s just extremely difficult.’

He was very clear that if it were anyone else who had entered that city just now, the outcome would be certain death.

Because neither the mud monsters nor the armored mud individuals that appeared later were something a common person could handle.

Even the genetically enhanced to the extreme Pureblood Sect members would undoubtedly die.

Even for someone like him, who had surpassed human limits and possessed a strength of over three tons, amplified by wearing the Floral Dress, it was only a struggle to beat one armored mud monster. For anyone else, it would essentially be serving themselves up.

’What exactly did Lien rely on to survive in that city?’ A hint of doubt surfaced in Li Chengyi’s mind.

Logically, most technological equipment couldn’t be used there, and one had to rely on oneself.

If relying solely on simple equipment and biochemical weapons, it would be difficult to fight against the monsters inside.

’Moreover, my car inside the Blind Spot was destroyed, and the car in reality also truly disappeared...’

Thinking this, Li Chengyi carefully observed his surroundings to confirm he really couldn’t see the self-driving taxi.

He knew very well what this meant.

’It means... not only living beings can enter the Blind Spot, but inanimate objects can too!’

"This is indeed... an astonishing discovery..."

Unable to help himself, he sighed and quickly took out his phone to contact Rose.

After a ringback tone, Rose answered the call.

"Chief, your communication signal was interrupted for eleven minutes and forty-two seconds. Did you enter the Blind Spot again?"

Clearly, the AI of Rainbow Candy was constantly monitoring the situation of everyone.

"Yes. Help me record the following characteristics of the Blind Spot."

Li Chengyi walked to a quiet shop’s billboard, where colorful lights illuminated the area, and began to describe softly with his back turned.

Several minutes later, the description was complete.

"Based on the strength of the Blind Spot creatures you’ve described, we preliminarily designate this Blind Spot as level three difficulty, with a fatality rate of over 99%. There is a lack of clues for extraction. Please name this Blind Spot," Rose replied.

Li Chengyi reflected on the massive city he encountered earlier, as well as the dark sky wall hiding huge pupils.

"... Let’s call it Dark City."

"The Blind Spot is confirmed as Dark City. It is tentatively identified as 3-1," Rose answered.

"Who determines the difficulty levels? When was it implemented?" Li Chengyi asked.

"It was Miss Da Xiong who suggested it based on the survival rates and the difficulty of treating the injured. To date, Flower Court has classified all Blind Spots into three levels.

Level one: Common people 80% fatality rate, elites 60%, rare individuals 40%.

Level two: Common people 95% fatality rate, elites 80%, rare individuals 67%.

Level three: Common people 99%, elites to be assessed, rare individuals to be assessed," Rose replied.

"On what basis are the levels divided?"

"Based on the difficulty of investigating clues and the danger level inside the Blind Spot, a composite assessment is made. As the company encounters an increasing number of Blind Spot Individuals, more cases can be tallied, hence the statistics," Rose said.

"What Blind Spots with clearly known difficulties are there?" Li Chengyi asked, surprised that his team had created so many classifications while he was busy enhancing Evil Flower.

"Level one: Grecius Parking Garage, Silent Store, Tightening Grasp, Su Ran Bookstore, Xiao Bai Rabbit Café, Unmanned Ocean Hall, Endless Staircase, Ximao Farm, Mengsha Hot Spring."

"Level two: Yunshan, Wolf Cave, Mist Street."

"Level three: Dark City (tentative)."

"It seems... everyone has been working hard while I was away..." Li Chengyi sighed.

In the division of levels three, it was clear that aside from his own experiences, the rest were the work of other team members.

"Shall we inform the other members of the court?" Rose asked.

"Yes," Li Chengyi affirmed, carrying the heavy greatsword weighing over a hundred kilos. He still had to return to put the sword away and immediately continue to absorb Evil Thoughts to strengthen his Divine Flower Position.

The current situation was that neither in reality nor in the Blind Spot was the strength of Floral Dress sufficient anymore.

In reality, it was manageable with a temporary support of a level four force field, no problem. But not in the Blind Spot.

The emergence of Dark City clearly indicated that the difficulty of the Blind Spots had begun to increase explosively.

He was unclear whether it was just him or if everyone was experiencing this.

To date, he had nearly entered double-digit numbers of Blind Spots. Although some were Flash Appearances, intuition told him that whether it was Flash Appearance or something else, he seemed to be affected.

Horror Blind Spots like Dark City are likely to appear in this manner.

’But is Lien’s strength similar to mine now? Or even stronger? It’s unlikely...’ Li Chengyi thought to himself.

’If he’s not relying on strength or special abilities to ensure safety in Dark City, that proves there must be a method within Dark City to avoid combat and to ensure personal safety for a long time, just like that striped cat.’

’It was my wrong choice to go out and face it head-on that led me down the hardest path.’

This reasoning could very well be correct.

Li Chengyi ended the call, hailed another cab, and had to hurry to perform magic and collect Evil Thoughts to enhance the third evolutionary form of Gladiolus.

The Flower Language Technique Floral Firm had become the best option for quickly improving overall defensive capabilities.

After all, Floral Firm could be applied to all Floral Dresses.

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Thousands of miles away.

In Lianan Province, located between Luo An and Suiyang, lay Shuoyang City.

A downpour soaked everything.

Dragon Gate Crane knelt on the first floor of his own manor, with a black non-slip mat sandwiched between his knees and the wooden floor.

The luxuriously decorated manor living room housed an elderly man with ash-colored hair sitting on the couch, bearing a seven-point resemblance to him.

The old man was clad in a black robe, embroidered haphazardly with various eagles. Despite the eagles being majestic birds, they were squashed together on the small robe, resembling a flock of tiny black canned chickens, devoid of any majesty.

But the old man seemed not to notice.

His cold gaze was fixed on Dragon Gate Crane who was kneeling.

"A Long, do you know what mistake you made?"

He was Dragon Gate Crane’s father, Ji Qiang.

He was also the head of Shuoyang City’s largest Tiger Gang, with dozens of bars, KTVs, game halls, and tea houses under his control.

The core gang members on the payroll numbered over six hundred, with thousands in the peripheral gang.

In Shuoyang City, he was a power on par with the members of the alliance.

"..." Dragon Gate Crane remained silent, head bowed.

"Without a word, you moved two hundred men out of the province! What are you trying to do!? Start a rebellion!?!" The old man got up and rushed over with a kick, landing it hard on Dragon Gate Crane’s shoulder.

With a thud.

Dragon Gate Crane was kicked several meters away, but he quickly got up and continued to kneel silently.

"Do you know the members of the alliance have come to our house?! I entertained them with food, drinks, and fun at my own expense. Not only did I financially compensate, but I also had to apologize and explain with a smile!

Yalong Gang is just watching us from the sidelines, waiting for your old man to screw up. And you, you might as well have shoved the handle into their hands! Are you wishing for our family to fall even faster!?" Ji Qiang scolded, hatefully pointing at his son.

"Dad, I was wrong," Dragon Gate Crane admitted his mistake, head still low.

"You’re wrong about shit!!" the old man roared, "It’s me who’s wrong! I was wrong not to have you at all!"

He charged over and delivered another kick, this time hitting his son’s arm hard.

Knocking him to the ground again.