Blind Spot

Li Chengyi listened carefully while also taking out his phone to search for relevant qualifications, methods, and approaches.

"In Yi Country, a total of two special Flying Yi models are produced, as well as three standard models for sea, land, and air. Of course, you can only buy them after you get the qualifications at the Brainwave Calculation Center. As for how to buy, I'm not clear on that. Maybe you can go ask the boss," Song Ran replied.

"The boss is still busy investigating the Ash real estate incident, I'll ask him later," Li Chengyi said, seeing that he couldn't squeeze any more information from this topic, and returned to his previous pace of combat training.

The technique Song Ran was teaching was a popular combat technique known as Cross Track Combat Technique. The key was to have a stable body, moving in a cross-shaped trajectory to achieve the purpose of dodging gunfire in close quarters.

While dodging, one could quickly approach the gunman for close combat.

After a session of training, evening was approaching, and it was almost six o'clock in the afternoon.

Li Chengyi invited Song Ran to join him for a spicy hot pot at a nearby restaurant, but when that fell through, he simply went downstairs alone, planning to settle for a rice noodle shop in the New Century Building to eat.

Soon, he found a Wuxi Rice Noodle Shop among a row of storefronts by the building.

The quiet rice noodle shop, with more than ten tables, had only two tables occupied.

Li Chengyi walked in, chose a table near the corner, and started ordering food by scanning a QR code with his phone.

He glanced at the pickup counter at the back of the shop. Through the counter, he could see the chef inside chatting on his phone with someone, a hint of an ambiguous smile on his face.

Li Chengyi felt somewhat inexplicable in his heart.

Having just arrived in this world, this era, and before he had the chance to experience the life of the common people here, he was dragged into a desperate struggle by a blind spot.

Sitting at his table, after ordering his meal, he turned his face and looked at the reflection on the silver ceramic tiles on the wall beside him.

The tiles were like a mirror, newly polished, reflecting his current face.

It was the face of a young man in his twenties, tired, weary, and slightly decadent.

Wrapped in a black T-shirt, his build seemed sturdy, healthier than most people.

His black hair, slightly longer than a flat-top, also looked neat and efficient.

'At least I feel a lot better than before,' he thought to himself for comfort.

For some reason, he began to reminisce about his past life. In his previous life, he would also often go out alone late at night for a snack.

Sometimes, if he was alone in the restaurant without other matters to attend to, he could stay until the restaurant closed.

Perhaps it was because the training was too exhausting or because his nerves had been on edge for a while, Li Chengyi pondered and unknowingly became engrossed.

Time slowly passed.

He remained seated, waiting for the rice noodles he ordered to arrive.

'Why is it taking so long?' he vaguely felt that a lot of time seemed to have passed.

But there were no sounds from the pickup counter behind him.

Li Chengyi frowned and turned around; his back was to the pickup counter, so he had to turn to see the situation there.

But just as he turned around,

his expression abruptly stiffened.

The restaurant was empty.

Not a soul was to be seen beside the white tables and black-footed chairs.

The two tables that had people just now were nowhere to be seen, no indication of when they had left.

At the white pickup counter, the interior was also empty, revealing only a large pot with plenty of soup for cooking rice noodles.

The ladle hung by the pot, but the chef was gone.

Li Chengyi sensed something was wrong, slowly pushed his chair back, and stood up.

He surveyed his surroundings.

This small rice noodle shop with about ten tables was now suffused with an indescribable eerie silence.

The wall-mounted rotating fan was still spinning, and the small white lights on the ceiling were still bright and clear.

The menu board above the pickup counter was still illuminated with white light.

Li Chengyi walked to the pickup counter, poked his head out of the semi-circular opening, and peered inside.

The interior was a kitchen, equally deserted, not a person in sight.

The cutting board and knives were scattered on the countertop, as if someone had been using them just a second before.

A bucket of dark cooking oil had its lid off.

The greasy range hood was still on, with its built-in light shining.

"Is anyone there?" Li Chengyi called out softly.

No answer.

His gaze grew more solemn.

He withdrew his head from the pickup counter and turned around.

A pale face was directly behind him, confronting his face!

"!!?"

Li Chengyi reflexively retreated several steps, bent down, and drew his gun.

Click.

The trigger was almost pulled, but there was nothing in front of him.

The pale face from moments ago seemed to vanish as if it had been merely a hallucination he mistook for real.

Huff... Huff...

Li Chengyi's heart pounded rapidly, his complexion slightly flush with redness.

'Wasn't I supposed to be stuck in that blind spot at the Grecius Parking Garage? What the... No!'

Suddenly, he realized.

Previously, he had also nearly entered that mysterious blind spot at the university.

'Which means, entering one blind spot doesn't prevent me from entering another...'

Li Chengyi suddenly came to a realization.

This was a detail that Xindela hadn't provided him.

'No... Maybe they haven't even noticed, Xindela is just a private company; it's normal for them to not have all the information. If it was an official body, perhaps...'

Li Chengyi, while vigilantly walking towards the restaurant door and clutching his gun ready for action, pondered the situation.

The good news was that the pale face hadn't reappeared since then.

Until he reached the door, the surroundings remained silent.

Huff...

Li Chengyi quietly exhaled, reached for the glass door handle, and pushed it open.

Creak...

The door hinge emitted a faint noise, and then it swung open.

Li Chengyi stepped forward.

In an instant, his vision blurred, and his head spun, as if he had completely lost his balance.

In a blink of an eye, he stood outside the rice noodle shop, surrounded by the bustling streets.

Just to the side was the colorful neon sign of the New Century Building.

"I'm out!" Li Chengyi confirmed in his heart.

'It looks like it was just a false alarm, probably just a temporary premonition.'

Blind spots can sometimes cause temporary premonitions, which don't necessarily mean you will enter.

This was also mentioned in the company's files.

Li Chengyi breathed a sigh of relief as he turned around; the rice noodle shop was still there, with the same two tables of people inside.

It seemed that the empty rice noodle shop he had just seen was only an illusion.

'However, it seems like it's close. The appearance of premonitions means I might enter soon, so I must prepare.'

He felt a shiver in his heart and started walking towards the hotel where he was staying.

Pa ta.

With the second step he took,

his vision suddenly blurred again, and that feeling of dizziness surged up once more.

When his sight cleared and his mind stabilized,

in front of him was a dim white light.

On the black ground, rows of blurred white parking lines stretched forward.

'Grecius...'

Li Chengyi's body tensed, reacting quickly, he looked to both sides.

Bang.

On the side wall, a red service door slammed open.

A massive black and white face burst out, moving incredibly fast, like a colossal beast, darting towards him with an open mouth.

'Floral Dress!' Li Chengyi's heart trembled, and his skin was covered by the dark purple Flower Dress.

Countless Wisteria petals, like dots of light, gathered around his body and solidified into fierce armor, mingled with strands of faint black smoke.

In the blink of an eye, the face closed in.

Li Chengyi only had time to raise his hand and throw a punch.

Boom!!!

Man and monster collided head-on.

Li Chengyi's body was flung away, crashing hard against the wall and tumbling to the ground.

He only felt a burst of intense pain all over his body, his arm and shoulder bones as if they had lost all sensation. His right hand felt as if it wasn't there at all, completely powerless.

The black and white face monster, also known as Da Hei, was now dizzy and floating up from the other side of the wall, drifting towards him again.

"Damn it!" Li Chengyi slapped the wall hard with his right hand, activating the second phase of the Flower Language Ability.

Just before the collision, he had activated the Flower Language Ability, Drunken Hand.

Now, by slapping the wall, he was forcibly controlling the hold on Da Hei, buying time to test his escape method.

As expected, as soon as Li Chengyi pressed his hand on the wall, Da Hei immediately changed its target and charged at the wall he had touched.

Bang.

It crashed hard into the wall, sticking to it without moving.

Li Chengyi took the opportunity to scramble up and started running.

With the Floral Dress on, his use of the Flower Language Ability was amplified. So, he wasn't worried that Da Hei could break free from the restraint soon.

Taking advantage of this state, he ran at full speed, rushing towards the upward bend.

Just now, in his haste, he noticed that this level was the bottom floor of the Grecius Parking Garage, and the higher levels might be where the cracks in reality exist.

There is no pattern to the occurrence of the cracks, and Li Chengyi could only keep searching.

Soon, after turning the corner and reaching a higher floor, losing sight of Da Hei's terrifying figure, Li Chengyi's emotions stabilized somewhat, and he continuously scanned both sides with his eyes.

Nothing!

He didn't dare to stop and charged up to the next level at full speed.

Still nothing!

Then the third layer, still nothing!

The fourth, fifth, sixth!

Nothing, nothing, nothing!! No cracks to be found.

Li Chengyi became increasingly anxious; the Floral Dress was draining a lot of his strength, and if he couldn't find the crack soon...

Until he rushed to the seventh floor.

There it was!

A black slit clearly appeared on the wall to his right, concealed by the shadow behind a load-bearing pillar.

Overjoyed, he hurriedly rushed over.

Bang!!

A surge of giant strength slammed into his side, flinging Li Chengyi harshly away.

Da Hei, out of nowhere, again burst out, its mouth wide open as it lunged for him.

His roll dodged the bite,

and Da Hei turned around, accelerating like a car charging towards him.

But after flying out a few meters, it abruptly stopped and flattened against the ground, frozen once more.

It was the Flower Language Ability again!

Li Chengyi got up from the ground, without hesitation, and dashed towards the crack.

In the corner of his eye, he caught sight of another Da Hei flying out from around the corner, charging towards him.

'Damn, there are two of them!' he thought anxiously, as he quickly squeezed into the crack.

But the Floral Dress was too stiff and wide, and he couldn't get through, caught in the gap.

Watching the second Da Hei draw closer, Li Chengyi steeled his heart, dispersed the Floral Dress with a thought, and squeezed into the crack sideways.

'It's do or die now!'

His body continued deep into the crack for five or six meters, when he stopped as he had planned beforehand.

'How did Jiajier do it before?'

'Close your eyes!'

Li Chengyi resisted the urge to look at Da Hei and closed his eyes.