Blind Spot
Chapter 493: Get one 451

Chapter 493: Get one 451

The sunset was like blood.

In a park in Suiyang City.

Paine sat alone on a lonely swing, swaying back and forth.

The wind blew the branches, which swayed just as he did.

"Ah!"

Suddenly, a pair of hands covered his eyes from behind.

"Guess who I am!?" a pleasant female voice came, close to Paine’s ear.

"Xie Xie," Paine said with a smile.

"I’m not Xie Xie, I’m Xie Xie!" the girl let go of her hands, moved in front of him, and pushed the swing hard.

She was a very ordinary girl, without a beautiful face, without a perfect body, and even a little overweight, with small chubby cheeks on her baby-fat face.

"Xie Xie Pig, thank you," Paine said with a laugh.

"I’m not a pig! You’re not cute at all, you little rascal!" The girl grabbed his cheek and twisted it vigorously.

"I get it, I get it...." Paine grabbed her wrist and pulled it off forcefully.

"Going to the arcade?" Xie Xie asked.

"Not today, I have something to do," Paine shook his head.

"Is it company business?" Xie Xie frowned a bit.

"Yeah....after all, I am the savior..." Paine said with a smile, "This time it might be a bit difficult, so... if I don’t come over next week, don’t wait for me. Just do activities with Star and the others."

An unusual expression slowly appeared on Xie Xie’s face; she seemed to sense something.

Looking at her friend’s smiling face.

"Can’t you give up? You’re just an employee, isn’t it okay to not need that income?"

"...." Paine shook his head and remained silent.

"Aren’t you very scared?" Xie Xie asked, "You said it yourself, you curl up under the covers alone every night. Everyone is scared, and you’re human, no exception. Besides, you’re only eight years old!"

"Some things...." Paine revealed a gentle smile, "I also hope someone could replace me, help me stand in. But after observing for so long...."

"No one...."

"No one can replace me...."

He carefully took out a pale yellow envelope from his pocket and handed it to her.

"If I don’t come back."

"What nonsense are you talking about! Idiot!" With a smack, Xie Xie hit his head hard with her hand.

"You’ll definitely come back! You’re only eight years old! Bastard! What does an eight-year-old brat have to act tough for!"

"The world turns just fine without anyone! You’re just a little brat who really thinks he’s the savior!?"

Paine quietly listened to her scolding, his face still maintaining a smile.

He waited until Xie Xie was tired of speaking, tired of cursing, then he tiptoed and gently touched her forehead fringe.

"Don’t worry."

Xie Xie looked at him, her eyes starting to moisten.

"You...aren’t you scared?"

Paine didn’t answer, only gave back a smile.

"Goodbye, Xie Xie."

He turned and walked quickly towards a fancy flying car that had been waiting for a long time. Several bodyguards wearing high-grade bulletproof suits and masks stood scattered around, watching this place with fierce eyes.

As the car slowly drove away, Xie Xie stood still, watching him leave, falling silent for a moment.

"If he really dies, your mission will be considered complete," a tall man in a white trench coat appeared behind her and spoke indifferently.

"....." Xie Xie stood silently, not turning around, seemingly aware of the presence behind her.

She didn’t know how much time had passed.

Only then did she slowly turn around.

"This world...no matter how many times I see it, is so unfair..."

"So what? Faced with despair, what does unfairness matter?" the man said indifferently, "Let’s go.... The difficulty that can make Paine feel the threat of death obviously comes from the high-level experiences within the Garden of Fate’s blind spots. This information is very valuable, and you might get a promotion when you go back."

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Golden City—Holy City.

Li Chengyi gently vibrated his wings behind him and landed at the entrance of the city.

His feet stepped firmly on the surface of the clouds, creating a slight indentation.

"This time, let’s change the direction, gather information by exploring. We can’t be as slow as before."

He thought for a moment and was about to take a step forward.

Suddenly, a faint distortion quickly swirled behind him.

"Uncle." A familiar, immature voice with a mature tone came from behind.

"Paine!" Li Chengyi turned around abruptly, his eyes sparkling with surprise.

"Sister Tang Tang sent me to support you immediately," Paine nodded, wearing a tight-fitting small Life Garment, which looked like a black wetsuit adorned with various-sized external pouches—clearly emergency gadgets prepared by the company for him.

"Thank you for this; it’s all on you now," Li Chengyi said quickly.

"No problem, please inform me timely about the relevant information here. My ’Flower Language Technique’ and instincts need to be based on a large amount of relevant information for comprehensive deduction. The more information, the higher the accuracy," Paine said.

"Okay!" This was the first time Li Chengyi had worked with Paine. He had previously heard about how keen Paine was in finding exits from other blind spots. This time, he was about to experience it firsthand.

"This place...is it the City in the Clouds? It’s beautiful...." Paine looked at the Golden City in front of him, looked down at the clouds beneath his feet, and his eyes sparkled with the natural curiosity and joy of a child.

"It is beautiful, but also dangerous....be careful. Nothing here should be touched recklessly," Li Chengyi started to explain the situation, especially about the Brilliant Boat.

Paine listened quietly. After he had fully absorbed all the information and dangers, he closed his eyes.

A faint glowing white halo lit up at his brow, and within that halo, pure white rose patterns emerged.

It was the Floral Despair Dawn in action.

"Please follow me," Paine said suddenly, opening his eyes and walking straight ahead.

Li Chengyi followed closely behind, and the two of them continued on without stopping, walking across a golden bridge and passing by two golden statues of a dancing man and woman.

Through the streets.

Past golden trees laden with golden apples, and Li Chengyi even casually picked two.

After an indeterminate amount of time, they finally arrived at the edge of the clouds.

At the thick edge of the cloud layer sat a golden sailboat, its rear half pierced with several large holes.

Pure white sails reflected flickering white light under the glow.

The entire ship was over three hundred meters long, resembling a traditional medieval sea vessel, its side dotted with many small glass windows.

At the prow stood a beautiful female statue draped in a sheer veil with her long hair cascading over her shoulders.

Behind the female statue floated overlapping rings patterned with flames.

These rings, made with golden ornaments and utilizing principles unknown, continued to float and rotate.

"This is the Brilliant Boat," Paine said with a smile, standing still and looking at Li Chengyi.

"From here, as long as we can start it, we will completely escape this blind spot," he continued.

"Is it that simple?" Li Chengyi felt somewhat bewildered.

"Yes," nodded Paine. "But I can only find the clues, the light of hope. As for reaching it, that difficulty is beyond what I can achieve."

"Let’s go up and take a look..." Li Chengyi fell silent for a moment, grabbed Paine’s collar, and suddenly dashed forward, quickly bounding and reaching the deck of the golden ship.

The ship was desolate; not a soul to be found, nor any living creature.

Everywhere were cold golden devices, deck, railings, masts—everything golden.

"This way," Paine suddenly pointed to a cabin door to the right.

Li Chengyi led the way, grabbed the door’s handle, and pulled it out.

Bang!

The entire cabin door was yanked off.

Inside was a bright corridor leading further in.

Patterned on both sides of the corridor were numerous disc-shaped, complex vine and rhombus patterns.

The patterns glowed with white light.

"Inside here is how to start this great ship," Paine spoke.

"Wait here for a moment, I’ll go take a look," Li Chengyi said, waving his hand and releasing a cluster of white Blood Essence that enveloped Paine completely.

Then he strode in, took a few steps, turned a corner, and a black mummy dressed in white gauze appeared on the floor.

Approaching the mummy, he crouched, searched, and found a string of keys on its body.

Quickening his pace, he took another turn, following the corridor down, soon arriving at a corridor lined with cabin doors.

Then he began to open each door to check the situation.

Upon opening the seventh cabin door, Li Chengyi found some scattered notebooks in the room.

They seemed to be navigation logs.

’The number nine ship was attacked, it’s too late.... The offspring of Mother of Emerald have entered the nearby clouds, we must start the Jade Core immediately. But to activate the Jade Core and leave the realm membrane, we need to pair it with the Isolation Imprint... without the imprint, the ship will disintegrate the moment it enters the Black Sea.’

’Asachi has gone to the Cipher Tower Association to retrieve the prepared Isolation Imprint. He should be back in two light hours.’

’By the brilliance above, number eight has started, it’s our turn next, hope all goes well....’

’There’s unrest in the city, some people want to detain the Tower Spirit of the Assembly, can they dare to fight internally at such a time, have they gone mad!?’

’They are here.... finally got it, Marina is installing, at last, we can leave this damned....’

The rest is gone, a long, messy white line streaks across the log, apparently due to some sudden force that disrupted the writer’s grip on the pen.

Li Chengyi’s brows furrowed as he looked around, finding no bodies, it was clear that most of the people had changed their mode of transportation and abandoned the ninth Brilliant Boat.

’So... what exactly happened afterwards... that forced them to abandon this ship?’ Li Chengyi pondered.

Without delay, he quickly made his way back toward the deck.

Paine’s presence would not last long, he had to make use of his Flower Language Technique to find more clues quickly.

Boom!

Just then, the whole ship seemed to be violently struck by something.

The cabin shook violently, vibrating and trembling in every direction.

Li Chengyi’s expression changed, and he Shadow Flashed out of the corridor back onto the deck.

The moment he appeared, a white vine lashed down at him from above.

’Mother of Emerald!!?’ A string of curses ran through Li Chengyi’s mind as he swung his hand down hard, smashing the vine forcefully.

Bang!!!

The loud noise exploded in waves, rippling the surrounding white clouds into concentric patterns.

Li Chengyi repelled the vine and quickly looked for Paine, but before he saw a trace of him, dozens of vines shot towards him, wrapping and encircling him.

This time, all the vines sped up, their tips wrapped in twisting force fields.

Dozens of vines together covered all the surrounding space in a blink, perfectly encapsulating Li Chengyi into a sphere without any gaps.

Unable to dodge, Li Chengyi Shadow Flashed, leaping from attack, emerging on the outside.

The usefulness of Shadow Flash was apparent in such a situation.

Knowing he couldn’t tangle with Mother of Emerald, he turned and dashed, quickly flying above the Brilliant Boat, weaving through the clouds.

The white vines behind him seemed able to extend infinitely, chasing after him, and their speed kept increasing.

As one fled and the other pursued, the vines’ speed went from far slower than Li Chengyi to rapidly climbing to ten times the speed of sound, then twelve, then fourteen, closing the gap quickly.

’As expected...’ Li Chengyi’s expression was grave, the creature evolved too rapidly, truly a formidable monster capable of destroying the blind spot.

Suddenly he Shadow Flashed, shifting from forward momentum to diving downward.

To his surprise, the white vine behind him also instantly flashed, following him down for a stretch.

At that moment, the thickest vine shot up from below, appearing out of nowhere, piercing upward, and aimed for Li Chengyi’s stomach.