Blind Spot
Chapter 239: Dark City 224 - 4

Chapter 239: Dark City 224 Chapter 4

But although the beatings were fierce, the actual damage wasn’t that serious.

Dragon Gate Crane knew this too.

After all, his dad had injected himself with more than ten Genetic Enhancement Needles and had trained to absorb their effects.

If he really wanted to beat him, one slap could flatten him.

"Alright, alright, he is your son after all, your own flesh and blood. Isn’t it your fault for not being attentive enough in his upbringing?" Seated on the side, a middle-aged beauty with heavy makeup and a black butterfly tattoo on her neck, couldn’t help but speak up.

She was Dragon Gate Crane’s biological mother, Chen Zhongrou.

"It’s all your fault! Too much kindness from the mother spoils the child!" Ji Qiang said angrily.

"Blame me, blame me, okay? Can we let it go?" Chen Zhongrou sighed, trying to help her son up.

"Don’t help him up! Let him kneel! Today he will kneel for his father all day long!" Ji Qiang said, fuming.

"But..." Chen Zhongrou still wanted to persuade him.

"Otherwise, just go get castrated and arrange a marriage for yourself!" Ji Qiang’s words froze Dragon Gate Crane just as he was about to get up.

Immediately, he straightened his back and knelt properly in place, not daring to move a muscle.

"Sigh..." Mother Chen Zhongrou was at a loss for words.

This time, her son really went too far.

His usual mischief was one thing, manageable, but this time, he mobilized two hundred people out of the province, some of them armed, which completely changed the nature of the situation.

The country was already implementing strict controls, and he had to pull a stunt like this.

No wonder his dad was furious and called him back.

"Kneel properly there and reflect!" With a heavy slap on the stone coffee table, Ji Qiang turned and went upstairs.

Chen Zhongrou cautiously brought her son a glass of water. She then followed upstairs to comfort Ji Qiang, knowing that if Ji Qiang calmed down, her son would suffer less.

Although they had given up on further cultivating Dragon Gate Crane because he was a Blind Spot Individual,

many times, it’s all just harsh words. They wouldn’t really give up on him or provide him with so many resources, money, and manpower.

Dragon Gate Crane looked at the now empty living room and sighed helplessly.

"Acting tough invites disaster, got impulsive at the time, now I’m struck by dad’s thunder. Sigh..."

"Need help?" Xiao Zhong’s voice came through the miniature earpiece hidden in his ear.

"I can tell Sister Tang; she should be able to help you."

"Don’t! Stop, if you tell her, I might lose all my face," Dragon Gate Crane hurriedly said.

"Alright... just watch out for yourself. Your old rival, the Yalong Gang, has been quite active recently. I’ve found that they have a new gang leader, a young guy who is ruthless. Don’t get into trouble," Xiao Zhong warned.

"Don’t worry, with six hundred brothers from my family around, I can strut through Shuoyang without fear of those few losers from Yalong," Dragon Gate Crane said dismissively.

"Alright... then... wait, I’ve got a message from Rose, the boss is showing signs of entering the Blind Spot again! Judging from the timing, it should be around now. I’m going to help out; talk later."

"Hope the boss is all right. Talk later," Dragon Gate Crane replied.

The communication cut off.

He knelt on the ground, sighing deeply once more.

’If only I were as strong as the boss...’ he thought.

The boss was Xiao Hao, and secretly, this was something everyone on the team had figured out, though they all pretended not to know.

After all, Xiao Hao had been involved in quite a few troublesome matters, and merging the two identities would lead to too many problems.

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The night market in Luo An City.

Inside a not-so-large circus tent.

Li Chengyi, with a smile, bowed to the audience in thanks.

He was dressed in blood-stained T-shirt and jeans, indistinguishable from a common laborer.

He had just performed a hanging act.

The performance entailed the audience suddenly noticing a hanging body swinging from a dark corner as they watched.

The venue itself was already dim.

As the audience felt a pair of feet touch them from behind,

they turned around...

Just to imagine that feeling...

On the spot, two people were so frightened they wet themselves.

And with this last show of the night, Li Chengyi successfully harvested over forty points of fear and Evil Thoughts.

The same program, as long as no filming was allowed, could continue to reap a lot of fear in different places.

Li Chengyi was quite pleased with this.

After the curtain call, all audience members received a comforting little gift from the show organizers.

Then they left the venue one after another.

Li Chengyi went backstage to remove his makeup and clean the stains from his body.

"Boss, your acting is getting more and more exquisite!" Gao Yun handed him a towel and said with a laugh.

"Isn’t it all for a better show experience?" Li Chengyi said with a smile.

And it wasn’t just empty talk; out of nearly two hundred audience members in today’s four shows, three cried and two wet themselves—a first since the last occurrence.

"But you have to be careful not to overdo it. If someone has an underlying condition and gets a scare, it could trigger something serious," Gao Yun expressed concern.

"Don’t worry, I’ve screened them all," Li Chengyi replied casually.

Of course, he hadn’t screened anyone; it was just his Radiance Field covering everything once over.

Some who were already in poor health came to the show and shouted louder than bulls, only to go home feeling better, more energetic, a renewed appetite for food.

After cleaning up, as usual, he distributed red envelopes to all his staff before Li Chengyi, accompanied by Zhou Xingtong, dismissed the employees and headed back to his rented house.

Stable harvesting of fear and Evil Thoughts significantly eased his current difficulty in upgrading his main flower.

Just from this one night, he had absorbed over two hundred total Evil Thoughts.

With one move, he completed the requirements for both Wisteria and Gladiolus.

Entering the company’s sedan, Zhou Xingtong took the wheel.

Li Chengyi comfortably leaned back in the leather chair, closing his eyes to sense the situation of the Evil Flower.

’Evil Thoughts: 213%.’

’Here it comes! As expected, fear arrives the fastest!’ Li Chengyi exclaimed.

The most basic human emotion is fear.

Only by knowing fear can one better avoid those powerful beings and phenomena and thus better ensure survival.

Seek benefits and avoid harms; fear is that harm.

When people are afraid, they think only of fleeing, not of reproduction or beauty.

This is enough to show that the priority of fear is the highest among all emotions.

This is a survival emotion.

He shifted his buttocks, changing his position in the chair.

Regaining his focus, he began to determine how much Evil Thoughts to add to the Divine Flower Position.

’First, max out Gladiolus! The third evolution will definitely bring a notable enhancement, from Floral Dress to Flower Language Technique, everything will be strengthened.’

His thoughts converged on the Gladiolus’s Divine Flower Position slot, gently touching it with a finger, using touch as a guide to focus.

Very soon.

One hundred points of fear-filled Evil Thoughts swiftly infused into the slot of Gladiolus.

A faint golden light lit up on the back of his hand and quickly faded.

The Divine Flower Position of Gladiolus also relayed back the information after evolution.

Skipping over the basic information of the flower itself, Li Chengyi focused on the areas of Flower Language Technique and Floral Dress which concerned him the most.

Floral Firm underwent a change as expected.

It transformed from firmness to an ability called ’Fortified Barrier.’

’Flower Language Technique: Fortified Barrier (Slightly enhances strength, greatly enhances physical and mental fortitude, lasts for thirty minutes each time, must wait an hour between uses)’

It’s starting to enhance strength!? Li Chengyi’s heart leaped with joy.

The previous firmness only simply reinforced mental and physical defense, and the description didn’t include words like ’greatly’, but now even the strength enhancement was slightly increased.

’Worth it!’ he couldn’t help but smile.

Then came the Floral Dress.

’Floral Dress: Evolution degree 0%, Evil Thoughts 0%. Number of evolutionary times: 1.’

Something’s not right.

Li Chengyi looked at the number of evolutionary times left and did some quick calculations in his head. With five Divine Flower Positions opened and Gladiolus being the second, that should mean three additional evolutionary times on top of the initial count.

By that logic, the current evolution count should be six times.

But there was only one left here, which meant...

’Could it be that Gladiolus has a total of only five evolutionary times?’ Li Chengyi’s heart grew cold.

He thought about Sunflower.

Sunflower had only three evolutionary times, which was due to the flower’s innate potential, unrelated to anything else.

So, even with subsequent Divine Flower Positions, there was no way to forcibly increase the count.

’In that case...’ Li Chengyi gritted his teeth internally. ’I might as well push Gladiolus to its Ultimate Form first!’

He remembered that when Sunflower reached its Ultimate Form, its power and Flower Language Technique both received no small enhancement.

With so many more evolutionary times for Gladiolus, perhaps the power increase would be even greater!

Perhaps this could even alleviate the current situation with Dark City’s Blind Spot.

With that in mind, Li Chengyi did not move the remaining Evil Thoughts and chose to leave them be, planning to continue absorbing the energy of the mutant Gladiolus the next morning.

His time was limited.

On one hand, Gladiolus was about to be completely out of season, and on the other, the premonition of Dark City’s Blind Spot could continue at any time.

This unavoidable Blind Spot, being of the locked type, could forcefully pull him in at any time, no matter where he was.

The danger was extremely high.

Therefore, he must prepare as quickly as possible.

Soon, the car returned to the rental villa.

Li Chengyi got out of the car.

’You worked hard tonight, Xing Tong.’

’No problem, it’s part of my job. If the boss really wants to show appreciation, you can give me a bigger bonus,’ Zhou Xingtong smiled while sitting in the driver’s seat.

’Thirty thousand a month isn’t enough for you? Is your family that short on money?’ Li Chengyi said with a chuckle.

’It’s just that I’m planning to buy a house for my family in the city, and not having enough money won’t do,’ Zhou Xingtong replied seriously.

’True enough. In Suiyang City Area, a decent house of a hundred square meters costs nearly a million. Keep it up!’ Li Chengyi said with a smile.

’Sure! Goodnight, boss.’ Zhou Xingtong also smiled; she felt that her boss seemed to be in a very good mood.

’Goodnight,’ Li Chengyi nodded.

As the car slowly drove away, he stood there and took out his phone, asking Rose to help remotely check if there were any problems with the surveillance system in the house.

He then used his fingerprint to unlock the door and entered the house.

During this time, there were rumors spreading quietly within the company about Zhou Xingtong. It was said that she secured her position by sleeping with the boss.

After all, she was just an ordinary college student, not even from a professional managerial background, and her work abilities were just average. Why else would she have gotten the position of the boss’s secretary?

To this, Zhou Xingtong did not argue, but instead worked desperately hard every day to learn and enhance her own abilities.

And her competency was indeed growing rapidly, visibly day by day.

She knew that rumors and slanders only arise in situations where one’s merit does not match one’s position.

If she could prove her absolute capability for this position, then all rumors would completely vanish.

Even if her abilities were even stronger, outsiders might even think that her serving as a secretary was an underestimation of her potential.

Driving the car, Zhou Xingtong bit her lip. The tall and sturdy figure of her boss crossed her mind.

They were from the same university, not much different in age, and with him being wealthy, capable, and having joined the city-level association...

If the boss wasn’t a Blind Spot Individual, wasn’t mentally ill... maybe...

Her legs in black stockings unconsciously pressed together and rubbed, but she quickly diverted her thoughts and focused on driving.