Blind Spot
Chapter 284: Progressive 4

Chapter 284: Progressive 4

Beep beep beep...

As he spoke, the phone suddenly rang.

It was Li Chengyi’s mobile phone.

He glanced at Da Xiong, motioning for him to wait, and took the phone out of his pocket.

The caller ID was Xiao Zhong.

He pressed the answer key.

"Hello, I’m at the Da Xiong Hospital, what’s up?"

"....." There was a moment of silence on the phone until Li Chengyi almost thought there was a problem with the call, then Xiao Zhong’s voice came through.

"Boss... I just, died once!"

"!?" Li Chengyi’s expression froze in shock.

"Where are you now!?" he asked quickly.

"At the company..."

"I’ll be right there!"

After hanging up, Li Chengyi turned to Da Xiong.

"I need to make a trip to the company, start sampling the osteoblast cells for me immediately!"

"Got it!"

Ten minutes later.

With Li Chengyi cooperating fully and relaxing completely, a little bit of the osteoblast cells were sampled with a puncture needle and placed into a culture dish.

After the sampling was finished, the two left the hospital quickly and headed for Mingyuan Company headquarters in Suiyang.

At the same time, other team members were also rushing to the company.

The person turned back, that is, the silhouette, this special blind spot that appeared for the first time, was gradually starting to display its terrifying lethality.

Seven o’clock in the evening.

Mingyuan Company Headquarters.

The silver sixteen-story building was only partially lit at this time.

In the area of the three-story underground garage, a space had been isolated specifically to accommodate the two blind spot individuals targeted by the person turned back.

When Li Chengyi and the others arrived, Xiao Zhong was there too.

The boss had sealed off the surrounding entrances and exits.

In the empty underground garage.

Dragon Gate Crane and Xindela were chatting softly, Rainbow Candy was alone with a silver-white device, doing something unknown.

Xiao Zhong stood in a corner talking to a company employee.

Li Chengyi and Da Xiong came down the entrance and immediately saw a separate isolation glasshouse built in the center of the garage.

Inside the glasshouse, two blind spot individuals were sitting and eating.

One of these two was a middle-aged, somewhat overweight woman, dressed in a wide T-shirt and black pants, not looking like a wealthy person, indistinguishable from the common folks who’d head to the market early in the morning.

The other was a hunched old man with a full head of white hair, at least over eighty by the looks of his age. He was dressed meticulously, but there was an obvious strong fear in his eyes.

"Boss, are you here!?" Seeing Li Chengyi come down, Xiao Zhong was the first to approach. He looked somewhat weary and excited.

"Yeah, what’s the situation? What do you mean you died once?" Li Chengyi asked quickly.

Xiao Zhong waved his hand to send the employees away.

When everyone had left, leaving only the team members, he then pulled open the collar of his shirt, revealing the area around his collarbone.

At the collarbone, the blue crescent mark that had mysteriously appeared last time was now reduced to one.

"This mark! I clearly felt dead already. My whole body exploded, like a balloon, burning up, scattering all over, splattering, disintegrating, dispersing into the air, as if I had vaporized."

"But more than ten minutes later, I was lying on the ground where I originally was, with all my clothes gone, but still alive!" Xiao Zhong said solemnly, with a hint of terror in his eyes.

Obviously, the feeling of dying was not pleasant.

"Are you saying... this crescent helped you to resurrect?" Li Chengyi frowned.

"I remember before, boss, you mentioned that during our time in Dark City, a subordinate of Lien, that is, a member of Golden Serpent Ring, said that the crescent mark has the ability to ward off death... Now it seems to be true." Da Xiong remarked from the side.

"The two people inside the glasshouse, are they the blind spot individuals affected this time?" Li Chengyi asked.

"Yes. One is called Li Pinmei and the other Tang Kai. They are both customers of the company and were influenced by the first blind spot individual who entered the blind spot of the person turned back, qualifying them as blinkers." Xiao Zhong explained.

"The most troublesome and dangerous thing about this blind spot is how easily it leads to flash appearances. Even if you’re not a high-frequency blinker like the boss, it’s very easy to get in. It’s like... It’s like a contagious virus!" He recalled his previous experience, still somewhat frightened.

Li Chengyi patted his shoulder and walked toward the boss and Dragon Gate Crane.

"Boss, any clues?"

"It’s difficult. Within a five-meter range, blind spot individuals can be pulled in at any time." Xindela shook her head, "The only pattern we found is that this blind spot reacts to the mental strength of the blind spot individuals. The higher their consciousness power, the slower she turns her head."

"Have you tried attacking?"

"We tried everything, including high-explosive bombs, but none of it worked. All attacks only damaged the surroundings, but had no effect on it."

"What about physical strength?"

"No effect."

"...." Li Chengyi looked toward the two people inside the glasshouse, his eyebrows tightly knitted.

He was now entangled with this person turned back, and the company had also encountered such an individual.

Clearly, this was not a coincidence.

What are the odds, that coincidentally, they all entered the same blind spot?

"After Dark City, it seems something about the blind spots has changed." He suddenly spoke up.

"Have you tried the Black Sea Ritual?" he asked again.

"I have, and it seems... it made her turn around even faster." Xiao Zhong raised his hand to indicate.

"...." Li Chengyi was at a loss for words.

He walked to the front of the glasshouse and quietly observed the two people inside.

’Yserine?’

’What’s wrong, brother?’

This time he was carrying a piece of Yserine’s finger bone with him, and through the finger bone, they could communicate with Yserine by semi-engaging in the Tightening Grasp method.

’If I encounter the silhouette again, can you pull me out in time?’

’We can try... Given your consciousness power, brother, the speed of the silhouette’s turn should allow us temporary escape.’ Yserine answered.

’Good, then let’s give it a shot.’

Li Chengyi’s eyes flashed with a hint of determination.

Since this thing had latched onto him, he had to figure out a solution quickly.

After making sure there were no issues, he turned around and looked at the others.

"I’m going to blink in and have a look. Make sure no one else comes near."

The others nodded slightly.

"Leave it to me."

Xindela said solemnly.

She turned a gem on the top of her wand.

Boom.

Boom.

Boom.

Successive loud noises, and all the exits of the garage were blocked.

Once Li Chengyi confirmed it was all set, he walked to the entrance of the glasshouse.

He opened the door and entered.

The glass room was one-way, unable to see the outside world.

The two people inside turned their heads at the noise toward him.

The old man meticulously pulled out a tissue and wiped his mouth.

"Can you bring someone older for the test?" he asked in a deep voice.

"Why?" Li Chengyi was surprised.

"People like us with no hope left, there’s no need for a young person like you to save us." He seemed to know something and had guessed something too.

"I might not be able to save you," Li Chengyi shook his head.

"Then it’s even less worthwhile." The old man stood up and turned around. "After becoming a Blind Spot Individual, my two sons stopped caring about me, and a daughter secretly bought me a personal accident insurance. Everyone else ran far away from me, fearing they would catch it from me and get dragged in too."

"In the end, it was you strangers who don’t know me that helped."

"Haven’t we always been like this?" said Li Chengyi. "That’s why it’s best not to let your family know about your situation right away."

The middle-aged woman beside them kept eating, but as she did, her body began to shake.

Tears dropped into her bowl, but she still did not make a sound.

"Aren’t you afraid?" The old man looked at Li Chengyi with a puzzled look in his eyes.

"Is fear useful?" Li Chengyi countered.

"Everyone knows it’s useless, but there’s always someone who hopes against hope... always hoping others will stand in front and hold off the danger." The old man bowed his head, gently wiping the corner of his eye with the back of his hand.

"So don’t expect anyone to save you from the start. All you can control is yourself," Li Chengyi said.

"Yes. I should have understood that earlier..." The old man managed a ghastly smile, "We Blind Spot Individuals were destined to be forsaken by all."

He lifted his head and looked at Li Chengyi.

"Be careful... She’s coming!"

Li Chengyi’s heart tightened, and he quickly turned around.

Just a meter behind him, the figure of a woman in a white dress with black hair was standing inside the glass room, having arrived at some unknown time.

"What do you think would happen if I don’t wait for her to turn around and instead go and see her myself?" the old man spoke up.

He clearly also saw the person with her back turned.

"I don’t know," Li Chengyi said.

"I want to try... perhaps, to be put in a desperate situation is also a way out."

The old man showed a hint of a smile, took an athletic step that seemed to use all his strength, and charged toward the person with her back turned.

Li Chengyi didn’t stop him, just quietly watched.

Not every Blind Spot Individual can be like Rainbow Candy, still having the care of family.

Thump.

Thump.

Thump.

The old man took three steps forward, turning himself towards the side of the person with her back turned, seeing her profile.

He widened his eyes and suddenly his whole body became rigid.

Sizzle.

Black flames appeared out of nowhere from under his feet, moving upward, igniting his clothes.

"It really doesn’t work, huh..."

In an instant, the man turned into a human torch.

The black flames completely enveloped him, and after a few seconds,

the black fire vanished into thin air without affecting anything around it, not even the floor had a single trace.

The man was dead.

But the person with her back turned did not disappear, did not dissipate because of the death, but continued to turn towards Li Chengyi’s side.

’Flower Language Technique: Fortress.’

The Ultimate Floral Dress by Gladiolus covered Li Chengyi’s entire body.

The Golden Longsword was held in his palm.

Layer upon layer of strengthening golden light associated with the Fortress passed over him continuously. Instead of releasing a physical wall, it was just layer upon layer of enhancement effects.

At the same time.

A ring of pale golden flames slowly rose within a ten-meter radius around him.

"Destiny..."

Li Chengyi slightly leaned forward, his whole body’s Soft Qi converging, his eyes locking onto the target.

’The Blade that Must Strike True!!’

Clang!!

The Golden Sword drew a lightning-fast radiance, like a laser beam, instantly closing the distance, striking the back of the woman in the white dress.

Boom!!

At the same time, a piece of black fire appeared out of nowhere in front of the sword’s edge, like a solid wall, stubbornly blocking the sword from advancing.

"She’s solid!!"

"She’s solid!! I can strike her!"

The excited voice of Yserine faintly came through.

But by then, Li Chengyi couldn’t hear anymore.

He saw countless strands of golden light turn into threads, flying out from the ring of fire around him, entangling the person with her back turned, forcibly dragging her out of some unreachable realm.

Large amounts of black flames poured out from underneath the dress of the person with her back turned, merging into the flames blocking his sword’s edge.

Consciousness power and physical strength were rapidly draining.

The golden light and black fire were also rapidly neutralizing each other.

Just then, the person with her back turned was still slowly turning around. Although it was very slow, it was clear that she still had spare strength—still able to continue turning!

According to the other party’s speed, it would only take five minutes for her to completely turn around and face Li Chengyi.

Time trickled away.

One minute.

Two minutes.

Four minutes...

’Brother, get ready to retreat!’ Yserine’s voice came through faintly.

"Retreat?" The face beneath Li Chengyi’s helmet contorted slightly. He could feel that the person with her back turned was indeed strong but not as unsolvable as he had thought.

At least...

’Flower Language Technique: Hand of Obsession.’

Suddenly another slender Golden Sword materialized in his other hand, surpassing the hem of the dress of the person with her back turned, pointing at the ground.

Zoom.

As the person with her back turned spent five minutes turning her head, at that moment, following the direction of the sword tip on the ground, she violently twisted back around.

Li Chengyi retracted his sword and quickly stepped back, letting out a long breath of relief.

"Earlier you said she couldn’t be touched? Can’t she be touched now?"

’Brother... how did you do that!?’ Yserine’s astonished voice echoed faintly from around.

’It takes her five minutes to turn her head once, now that she can be touched, it’s the perfect time to try various things,’ Li Chengyi said.

’But she will eventually turn around, won’t she?’ Yserine said.

’No matter, when that time comes, let her turn back again.’

’...’

This test turned out a little different from what Li Chengyi had anticipated; Destiny’s Floral Dress Technique didn’t resolve the person with her back turned, but it did seem to forcibly pull her from a level of untouchability.