Chapter 162 Another Path

Dudu dudu...

Right in the middle of their conversation, the phone suddenly rang.

It was Li Cheng颐's cell phone.

He glanced at Da Xiong, signaling him to wait a moment, and took out his phone from his pocket.

The caller ID showed Xiao Zong.

He pressed the answer button.

"Hey, I'm at Da Xiong Hospital. What's up?"

"..." There was silence on the other end of the phone for a moment, until Li Cheng颐 almost thought there was something wrong with the phone, before Xiao Zong's voice finally came through.

"Boss, I just died once!"

"!?!" Li Cheng颐's expression froze.

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

"At the company..."

"I'll be right there!"

Hanging up the phone, Li Cheng颐 looked at Da Xiong.

"I'm going to the company. You need to get a sample of bone marrow cells for me immediately!"

"Okay!"

Ten minutes later.

With Li Cheng颐 actively cooperating and completely relaxed, a tiny bit of bone marrow cells was extracted with a puncture needle and placed in a petri dish.

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

At the same time, the rest of the team members also rushed to the company.

The Back-Facing Person, this special blind spot that had appeared for the first time, was gradually beginning to show its terrifying lethality.

Seven o'clock in the evening.

Mingyuan Company headquarters building.

Only half of the sixteen-story silver building was lit up.

In the underground parking garage on the third level, an area had been specially separated to house the two blind spot individuals targeted by the Back-Facing Person.

When Li Cheng颐 and the others arrived, Xiao Zong was already there.

The boss had people block off the surrounding entrances and exits.

Inside the empty underground parking garage.

Longmen Diao and Xindela were chatting quietly, while Caihong Tang was holding a silver-white instrument by herself, doing something unknown.

Xiao Zong was standing in a corner, explaining something to the company employees.

Li Cheng颐 and Da Xiong came down from the entrance and immediately saw a separate isolation glass room, standing in the center of the garage.

Inside the glass room sat two blind spot individuals eating something.

One of them was a middle-aged woman, somewhat overweight, dressed in a wide T-shirt and black pants. She didn't look like a wealthy person, and was no different from an ordinary person going to the market early in the morning to buy groceries.

The other was an old man with white hair and a hunched back. He looked at least eighty years old. His clothes were very elegant, but a strong sense of fear was clearly visible in his eyes.

"Boss, you're here?!" Seeing Li Cheng颐 come down, Xiao Zong was the first to approach. His expression was somewhat tired and excited.

"Yeah, what's the situation? What do you mean you died once?" Li Cheng颐 asked quickly.

Xiao Zong waved for the employees to leave.

Once everyone was gone, leaving only the team members, he pulled open his collar, revealing his collarbone area.

At his collarbone, there was only one of the blue crescent moon marks that had mysteriously appeared last time.

"It's this mark! I clearly felt like I was dead at the time. My whole body exploded, like a balloon, burning up, scattering all over, disintegrating, spreading into the air, like I had vaporized."

"But ten minutes later, I was lying on the floor where I was, with all my clothes gone, but I was still alive!" Xiao Zong said solemnly, with a trace of horror in his eyes.

Clearly, the feeling of dying was not pleasant.

"You're saying this crescent moon helped you revive?" Li Cheng颐 frowned.

"I remember the boss mentioned before that when we were in Dark City, Lien's subordinate, the Golden Ring Snake's team member, mentioned that the crescent moon mark had the effect of negating death. It seems to be true now," Da Xiong said from the side.

"The two people inside the glass room are the blind spot individuals affected this time?" Li Cheng颐 asked.

"Yes. One is called Li Pinmei and the other is called Tang Kai. They are both company clients who were affected by the first person to enter the Back-Facing Person's blind spot when they came to the company. They can be considered flashers," Xiao Zong explained.

"The most troublesome and dangerous thing about this blind spot is that it is extremely easy to flash into. Even if they are not high-frequency flashers like the boss, they can easily enter. It's almost... almost like a contagious virus!" He recalled his previous experience, and was still somewhat frightened.

Li Cheng颐 patted him on the shoulder and walked towards the boss and Longmen Diao.

"Boss, any clues?"

"It's very troublesome. Within a five-meter range, blind spot individuals can be pulled in at any time," Xindela shook his head. "The only pattern we've learned is that this blind spot reacts to the mental strength of the blind spot individuals. The higher the mental strength, the slower she turns her head."

"Have you tried attacking?"

"We've tried everything, including high-power explosives, but nothing works. All attacks, except for damaging the surrounding environment, have no effect on it."

"What about physical strength?"

"No effect."

"..." Li Cheng颐 looked at the two people inside the glass room, his brow furrowed.

He was now entangled with this Back-Facing Person, and the company had also encountered one.

Obviously, this was not a coincidence.

How could it be such a coincidence that they both entered a blind spot at the same time?

"After Dark City, it seems that some things about the blind spots have changed," he suddenly said.

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

"I tried it, but it seems... it actually made her turn faster," Xiao Zong raised his hand and said.

"..." Li Cheng颐 was speechless.

Walking to the glass room, he quietly watched the two people inside.

'Iserine?'

'What's wrong, brother?'

This time, he carried a piece of Iserine's finger bone with him. The two could communicate through the finger bone and talk to Iserine through the semi-intervention of the Gripping Hand.

'If I encounter the Back-Facing Person again, can you pull me out in time?'

'We can try... With brother's mental strength, the Back-Facing Person's turning speed should be slow enough for us to temporarily escape,' Iserine replied.

'Okay, let's try.'

A hint of resolution flashed in Li Cheng颐's eyes.

Since he was entangled with this thing, he had to come up with a solution as soon as possible.

After confirming that there were no problems, he turned around and looked at the others.

"I'll flash in and try. Don't let anyone near the area."

The others nodded slightly.

"Leave it to me."

Xindela said solemnly.

He turned a gem at the top of his cane.

Bang.

Bang.

Bang.

Several loud noises in a row, and all the entrances and exits of the garage were blocked.

After confirming that there were no problems, Li Cheng颐 walked to the entrance of the glass room.

Opening the door and entering.

The glass room was one-way, so you couldn't see the outside.

The two people inside heard the noise and turned to look at him.

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

"Can you get someone older to test this?" he said in a low voice.

"Why?" Li Cheng颐 asked in surprise.

"There's no hope for people like us. There's no need for a young man like you to save us," he seemed to know something and had guessed something.

"I may not be able to save you," Li Cheng颐 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 don't care about me anymore, and one of my daughters secretly bought me personal injury insurance. Everyone left me and ran far away, afraid that I would infect them and bring them in too."

"In the end, the ones who helped me were still you strangers that I don't even know."

"Haven't we always been like this?" Li Cheng颐 said. "So it's best not to let your family know about your situation easily."

The middle-aged woman on the side was still eating, but as she ate, her body began to tremble.

Large tears dripped into her rice bowl, but she still didn't make a sound.

"Aren't you afraid?" The old man looked at Li Cheng颐, with doubt in his eyes.

"Is being afraid useful?" Li Cheng颐 retorted.

"Everyone knows it's useless, but there will always be people with wishful thinking... They always hope that someone else will stand in front and bear the danger." The old man lowered his head and gently wiped the corner of his eye with the back of his hand.

"So don't expect anyone to save you from the beginning. The only thing you can grasp is yourself," Li Cheng颐 said.

"Yes. I should have understood long ago..." The old man squeezed out an ugly smile. "We blind spot individuals are destined to be abandoned by everyone."

He raised his head and looked at Li Cheng颐.

"Be careful... she's coming!"

Li Cheng颐's heart tightened, and he suddenly turned around.

One meter behind him, the figure of a woman in a white dress and black hair was standing in the glass room, having appeared there at some point.

"Tell me, what would happen if I didn't wait for her to turn around, but actively walked over to look at her myself?" the old man said.

He had obviously seen the Back-Facing Person too.

"I don't know," Li Cheng颐 said.

"I want to try... Perhaps, being forced into a desperate situation is also a way out."

The old man revealed a smile, and with a lunge, seemed to use all his strength to rush towards the Back-Facing Person.

Li Cheng颐 didn't stop him, but just watched quietly.

Not every blind spot individual can be cared for by their family like Caihong Tang.

Pu.

Pu.

Pu.

The old man ran three steps, actively turning to the side of the Back-Facing Person, and saw her profile.

His eyes widened, and his whole body suddenly stiffened.

Chī.

A point of black flame rose out of nowhere from under his feet, constantly rising upwards, igniting his clothes.

"I guess it really won't work..."

In the blink of an eye, his entire body turned into a human torch.

Black flames completely surrounded him, and after a few seconds.

The black fire dissipated completely, but it didn't affect anything around it, even the ground was still the same, without a trace.

The man was dead.

But the Back-Facing Person did not disappear. It didn't disappear because of the death, but continued to turn towards Li Cheng颐.

'Flower Language - Fortress.'

The ultimate Flower Scale Armor of Jianlan covered Li Cheng颐's entire body.

The golden longsword was held in his palm.

Layers of fortified golden light belonging to the Fortress flashed across his body. Instead of releasing the physical city wall, it only enhanced the effect of each layer.

At the same time.

A circle of faint golden flames slowly rose up in a ten-meter radius around him.

"Mandate of Heaven..."

Li Cheng颐 bowed slightly, gathering all the soft energy in his body, and locked his eyes on the target.

'Certain Hit Blade!!'

Qiang!!

The golden sword streaked across like lightning, like a beam of laser, instantly crossing the distance, and struck the back of the white-dressed woman.

Hong!!

At the same time, a piece of black fire appeared out of nowhere, blocking the front of the sword blade, like a solid wall, tightly blocking the sword blade from moving forward.

"It's solid!!"

"She's solid!! We can hit her!"

Iserine's excited voice faintly came.

But Li Cheng颐 couldn't hear it at this time.

He saw countless golden lights transform into threads, shooting out from the surrounding fire circle, entangling the Back-Facing Person, and forcibly pulling it out of somewhere.

A large amount of black flames surged out from under the Back-Facing Person's skirt, merging into the flames blocking his sword blade.

His mental strength and physical strength were rapidly being consumed.

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

At this moment, the Back-Facing Person was actually still turning backwards. Although very slowly, it was very obvious that it still had the strength! It could continue to turn!

According to the other party's speed, as long as five minutes, it could completely turn around and look at Li Cheng颐.

Time passed little by little.

One minute.

Two minutes.

Four minutes...

'Brother, prepare to retreat!' Iserine's voice faintly came.

"Retreat?" The face under Li Cheng颐's helmet was slightly ferocious. He could feel that the Back-Facing Person was indeed very strong, but not as unsolvable as he had thought.

At least...

'Flower Language - Hand of Obsession.'

Suddenly, another slender golden sword appeared in his other hand, crossing over the Back-Facing Person's skirt, and touching the ground.

Swish.

The Back-Facing Person had been turning her head for five minutes, and just at this moment, with the ground twisting violently at the point where the sword tip pointed, she looked back again.

Li Cheng颐 retracted his sword and quickly retreated, letting out a long sigh of relief.

"You said before that she couldn't be touched? Isn't she touchable now?"

'Brother... How did you do it!?' Iserine's shocked voice faintly came from around him.

'She turns her head once every five minutes, and now that she can be touched, we can try all sorts of things,' Li Cheng颐 said.

'But she will eventually turn around, won't she?' Iserine said.

'It doesn't matter, we'll just have her turn back again when the time comes.'

'.'

This test was somewhat different from what Li Cheng颐 had expected. The Mandate of Heaven Flower Language didn't solve the Back-Facing Person, but it seemed to have forcibly pulled her out from some untouchable level.

(End of chapter)