Chapter 15 Unexpected

Leaving Zhou Xingtong and the other girl behind, Li Cheng頤 continued back.

The rain gradually grew heavier.

The ground began to glisten, reflecting the surrounding colorful, fragmented light.

*Whoosh.*

Suddenly, a piece of plastic packaging paper was blown by the wind from a distance, sticking to the side of Li Cheng頤’s shoe.

He lowered his head, lifted his foot, and shook off the packaging paper.

Then he looked up again.

The scene before him was no longer a wet street.

Instead, it was the quiet, dim steps of the Silent Convenience Store.

'The lights are off?'

Li Cheng頤 narrowed his eyes, staring intently at the door of the Silent Convenience Store.

The doors and windows that had been blown up not long ago had now been repaired.

But through the glass, he could see that the store was dark, no longer brightly lit as before.

Only the billboard hanging outside the store was now the only source of light in the area.

The billboard clearly read: 24-Hour Convenience Store.

'I don't remember those words being there before, do I?' Li Cheng頤 frowned.

He had been in and out of the Silent Convenience Store many times, but this was the first time he had seen this billboard.

He looked back.

The street behind him was shrouded in a layer of gray-black mist.

The pedestrians and vehicles had all disappeared, and the whole world seemed to have frozen at that moment.

He inhaled.

Li Cheng頤 did not rush up the steps.

The situation seemed completely different from last time, and different from before.

His eyes scanned the green belts on both sides.

Two purple-red little flowers came into view.

'Good, they're still here!'

Relieved, Li Cheng頤 quickly took out the Life Suit gifted to him by Rainbow Candy from his pocket.

This thing looked like an ordinary silver metal ball, only the size of a fist, which could be carried anywhere on your body without adding any significant weight.

He had previously thought it could be used repeatedly, but after getting his hands on it, he learned that it was a one-time-use item; each set could only be used once.

Fortunately, Rainbow Candy had custom-made multiple sets in preparation.

The time required to manufacture this thing was very long, and the cost was also very high.

Rainbow Candy only had three sets left, and now she had given one to him.

After learning that this thing cost tens of millions and had to be custom-made by Weibang Energy, Li Cheng頤 had a deep understanding of Rainbow Candy's generosity.

Silently noting this favor, he ultimately borrowed it.

Confirming that the Jie Mao Fei Lian flowers were still there, Li Cheng頤 breathed a sigh of relief. He quickly rushed to the green belt on the left, reaching out and touching the purple-red petals.

A trace of cool floral Qi poured into the back of his hand.

A sense of groundedness rising from the bottom of his heart relaxed his tense mood a bit.

After two flowers, the collection progress successfully reached completion, reaching 100.

The mysterious flower language he had dreamed of for so long was finally in his hands.

Li Cheng頤 suddenly had a sense of unreality, but before he could experience the effects of the new flower scale armor,

*Poof.*

Suddenly, a huge vibration came.

Li Cheng頤 quickly ran to the right, away from the store entrance.

Then, without hesitation, he retracted the Radiance Force Field, completely closed it, and pressed the Life Suit in his hand against his chest.

Silently, the Life Suit quickly melted, turning into a layer of colorless viscous liquid, quickly covering his chest and flowing and spreading toward his limbs.

At this moment, all the scenery behind him faded and was shrouded in black mist.

In the mist, a huge bulge slowly pushed out, as if some behemoth was constantly approaching in this direction.

Li Cheng頤 reached out and gave the nearby Jie Mao Fei Lian flowers one last touch, afraid that the collection progress completion just now was his illusion.

Although he only touched two flowers, there were two more farther away, out of reach.

But once again receiving the Evil Flower feedback of full flower Qi, he felt relieved.

Immediately, he quickly fell down, the whole person lying horizontally against the outside of the green belt.

The Life Suit wrapped him, beginning to transform as a whole toward the color and pattern of the green belt.

In less than two seconds, he was completely embedded in the gray-white stone base of the green belt.

The strength of the Life Suit lay in the fact that it not only simulated the environment, but also simulated the hardness, temperature, and even the pattern of the disguised material itself.

At this time, Li Cheng頤 was like being swallowed by the stone base of the green belt, equivalent to staying in the cavity inside the stone base.

Inside the cavity, the scenery outside the Life Suit was all reflected in the mask he was wearing.

It was a one hundred and twenty-degree ginkgo leaf-shaped field of vision.

The Life Suit as a whole was indeed the right size. Although it was a bit tight, and the bottom was a bit stuck, being able to save his life was good enough.

*Boom.*

Another loud noise came from outside.

This time, the sound was much, much closer.

Li Cheng頤 was embedded horizontally on the outside of the green belt's stone base, but because the image was transmitted by the Life Suit, his vision could see the various situations at the entrance of the Silent Convenience Store.

An unknown area shrouded in black mist.

From that bulging, massive darkness, a familiar, tall humanoid figure was emerging.

The humanoid figure was pitch black, with a head like a crocodile, without eyes, nostrils, or ears, only a ferocious black mouth.

It was Crocodile Head!

And it was an even stronger and taller Crocodile Head than last time.

Judging by size alone, this one was at least three meters tall.

Soon, there was more than one.

One Crocodile Head entered the store, walked into the darkness amid the *ding-dong* welcome sound.

A second one came.

Then a third.

A fourth...

One after another, crocodile-headed humanoids constantly entered the Silent Convenience Store.

Li Cheng頤 felt his scalp tingle just watching.

These Crocodile Heads were extremely fast and powerful. If he didn't pay attention and got touched even once, the result would be a fracture at best and serious injury at worst.

In this environment,

Even if he used the ultimate form of the Titan Sunflower Flower Scale Armor, he was afraid that he would not be able to survive the Blink time and return to reality.

Fortunately, these monsters didn't seem to notice him.

The effect of the Life Suit was truly amazing!

No wonder Rainbow Candy could rely on it as the main means to survive several dead ends in a row.

Li Cheng頤 waited quietly. The Life Suit could last for three hours. As long as these Crocodile Heads didn't find him, he could safely escape when the time was up.

Now that the Jie Mao Fei Lian flower collection was complete, he could not only have new flower language, but also choose a new flower god position and obtain the next type of main flower.

Time passed slowly.

Inside the Silent Convenience Store, the Crocodile Heads failed to find any traces. Before long, they filed out again, returning to the black mist.

Soon, they all returned to the bulging, massive black mist.

At this time, the lower right corner of the vision inside the Life Suit showed that five minutes had passed.

Li Cheng頤 felt a little stuffy, his chest was stuffy, but he still didn't move.

At times like this, the best approach was to wait until he could leave.

Time passed little by little.

*Ding-dong.*

Suddenly, the glass door of the Silent Convenience Store opened again, automatically making a light sound.

But clearly within the vision, no one was entering or leaving at all.

*Ding-dong.*

*Ding-dong.*

*Ding-dong.*

Not only that, but the automatic glass door seemed to be malfunctioning, constantly opening and closing, closing and opening.

As if there were invisible people constantly going in and out.

Watching this strange scene, Li Cheng颐 was glad that he hadn't moved rashly just now.

The Life Suit also had an extremely good effect, perfectly avoiding the huge danger.

He waited for a while longer.

Finally, the automatic door closed one last time, and didn't open again.

*Da da da da*

Suddenly, a series of small footsteps came from the black mist.

"Where... where is this!? Is anyone there?"

Li Cheng頤 was stunned. Someone was coming in at this time??

He didn't move, anything could happen in the dead end. Instead, he continued to wait.

In a few seconds.

A young woman who looked somewhat familiar quickly walked out of the black mist.

Light golden hair, crystal earrings, a white low-cut top and a miniskirt, and a very distinctive chocolate skin tone...

'Zhou Xingtong's friend!?'

Li Cheng頤 really didn't expect that when he finally decided to leave the Silent Convenience Store, he would encounter such an accident.

The chocolate girl's face was terrified, and her pimpled face looked like it had been plastered with white foundation, much whiter than her previous skin tone.

She was clearly frightened.

Having frequented the Silent Convenience Store for so long, Li Cheng頤 had thought that this dead end would no longer take in new people.

But unexpectedly...

*Ding-dong.*

Just as the chocolate girl walked up the steps, the glass door of the Silent Convenience Store opened automatically.

The lights inside also slowly brightened.

Clearly Li Cheng頤 was watching the lights in the store turn on just now; it had been completely dark before.

But the chocolate girl acted as if she didn't see it. As soon as she saw the lights in the store, she rushed toward the door like she had seen a savior.

Before long,

She entered the store, and the glass door closed automatically.

*Poof.*

The lights went out instantly.

Everything became quiet, and there was no more movement.

Li Cheng頤 sighed in his heart. This Silent Convenience Store was so difficult that he didn't dare move. Even if he reminded the woman, the end result wouldn't change.

The dead end didn't care where you were; it could pull you in anytime, anywhere.

Gradually, his vision began to blur and distort.

Obviously, this Blink was about to end.

*Ding-dong.*

Suddenly, a sound came again.

Li Cheng頤 tried hard to look toward the door.

In the black mist, a tall man in black was walking into the store, carrying a black briefcase.

Soon, he came out.

The briefcase in his hand was slowly seeping blood. Leaving a trail of blood on the steps.

At the last moment, Li Cheng頤 vaguely saw the man enter the black mist.

*Poof.*

His whole person completely broke free.

He was standing on the sidewalk again.

*Hiss... Hah...*

He took a deep breath.

Li Cheng頤 turned around and looked at the entrance of the self-service bank.

There, Zhou Xingtong was holding two newly bought cups of milk tea, looking around, as if looking for something.

He knew what she was looking for.

Unfortunately, her friend might never come back.

The Silent Convenience Store at that level of difficulty was beyond even him at this stage, let alone an ordinary person.

Sighing in his heart, Li Cheng頤 felt a faint sense of guilt. If it weren't for him, perhaps the difficulty of the Silent Convenience Store wouldn't have remained so high. If it was just the initial difficulty, perhaps that girl could have survived.

But now...

He tugged at his hat and walked over slowly.

"Zhou Xingtong."

"Ah!? It's Brother Cheng!" The girl recognized Li Cheng頤 and revealed a slight look of surprise.

"I just saw you and your friend chatting over here, so I didn't bother you," Li Cheng頤 said. "Can you tell me, what's your friend's name?"

"The one in the white dress?" Zhou Xingtong asked. "Her name is Qiu Chen'ai. Are you trying to get to know her because you think she's pretty?" She teased slightly.

"Qiu Chen'ai, I'll remember that," Li Cheng頤 breathed out. "Then I'll go back first."

"Okay, we'll talk again when we have the chance. I'll go find my friend first. It's strange, she was just here, saying she wanted to drink milk tea..." Zhou Xingtong said with a strange expression.

Li Cheng頤 didn't speak, just turned around and sent a text message to Rainbow Candy, asking her to help him look up information about Qiu Chen'ai.

People should be responsible for their actions.

This was not only a principle of life, but also a principle he had always adhered to in both lives.

(End of Chapter)