Chapter 1 The Blood of the Grudge Shadow?!?

As Li Cheng颐 slowly read out the words on the drink bottle, the expressions of everyone present changed slightly.

Sindlar frowned in thought.

Sima Gui turned slightly serious.

Song Ran, on the other hand, couldn't understand it and was a little incredulous.

"The writing I saw described it that way," Li Cheng颐 replied. "It said it could be used for blood exchange and obtain a certain degree of the Grudge Shadow's racial characteristics."

"Do you believe it?" Sindlar interrupted Li Cheng颐's words with a question.

"The instructions are written on it, and aside from you, no one else can see this bottle of blood. Its origin is unknown, its toxicity is unknown, and its side effects are unknown. Are you sure it's harmless to you?"

Sindlar continued.

"The rejection reaction is unknown. It's unknown whether you'll transform into another form after the blood exchange. Remember that white-clothed youth in the Grieus parking lot?"

His words suddenly made everyone present react.

"That's right, that psychopath was originally just an ordinary madman. How did he turn into that ghostly appearance? And how can he live in the blind spot all the time? I always felt that the psychopath outside isn't the real him, but the one inside the blind spot is," Song Ran said, her expression becoming serious.

"So, I guess this bottle of blood has several possibilities," Sindlar said in a deep voice.

"First, it's not blood at all, just a simple label to deceive people. It doesn't have the ability to exchange blood."

"Second, it is indeed blood, and it is indeed the blood of this so-called Grudge Shadow, and it can exchange blood. But, after you exchange blood, you may become some kind of strange creature. So I'll ask a question."

Sindlar looked around at everyone. He paused. "Has anyone heard of any strange humans appearing in reality? Or people with special abilities, that could also count."

Song Ran shook her head.

"Never heard of it."

"Me neither," Sima Gui agreed. "I agree with the boss's guess. I guess perhaps some people have obtained certain special abilities through this blood exchange, but they are likely all bound within the blind spot and cannot escape."

"We still haven't figured out who was behind the mysterious experiment at Aichi Corporation in the last Grieus parking lot. And we were attacked afterwards," Sindlar continued. "So the troubles and secrets involved in the blind spot are probably far beyond our imagination, and this bottle of Grudge Shadow blood is likely part of it."

Li Cheng颐 listened to their analysis and felt that it made sense.

"Perhaps we can try to analyze this thing. What if it can't be analyzed? What if it's just a simple scam?"

"We can try. But now, you should carefully describe the details of that Silent Shop, and we'll immediately start comparing the characteristic details to find the prototype," Song Ran reminded.

"Understood!" Li Cheng颐 nodded solemnly. "Actually, I suspect that my previous poisoning and blood loss were likely the blind spot trying to force me to choose this blood and exchange it myself when I was desperate and helpless. Otherwise, all these symptoms and the way this blood is used are too consistent."

"That's possible," Sindlar nodded.

Immediately, Li Cheng颐 carefully described all the details of the Silent Shop he had encountered before.

Sindlar recorded everything in detail, made a recording, and then transmitted it to the headquarters for profiling and prototype comparison.

After the description, the few people present began to study the Grudge Shadow blood that Li Cheng颐 had mentioned.

Sitting on the hospital bed, Li Cheng颐 looked at the drink bottle in his hand and thought for a moment.

"You guys be careful and stay away. I'll try to open it slowly."

The other three tacitly got up, left the room one after another, and closed the door.

The best way to protect yourself is to rely on the walls of the room.

Li Cheng颐 pulled the bulletproof vest aside to cover his face, put on stab-resistant gloves, held the drink bottle cap, and gently, slowly, twisted open a gap.

*Tzz.*

The cap was easily twisted.

Through the gap in the cap, Li Cheng颐 could clearly see the grayish-black, viscous, special liquid undulating inside.

There was no bloody smell, just like vegetable oil. The liquid slowly floated with many bubbles, and other than that, there was nothing unusual.

Li Cheng颐 opened the cap and gently shook the liquid in the bottle.

Nothing happened.

He looked around, took a white porcelain cup from the bedside table.

Holding the Grudge Shadow blood, he gently poured it into the cup.

Silently, droplets of viscous liquid connected into a line, flowing out of the bottle and falling into the cup.

A strange thing happened!

All the black liquid disappeared silently the moment it fell into the cup.

Without any warning, it disappeared into thin air right before Li Cheng颐's eyes.

The black liquid rapidly shrank, faded, became transparent, and disappeared the moment it touched the bottom of the cup.

'It can't even leave my side?' Li Cheng颐 thought grimly.

Thinking of this, he took out his AR glasses from the bedside table, put them on, turned on the recording function of the glasses, and aimed them at everything in front of him.

But strangely, looking through the glasses, there was nothing in front of him.

No black blood, no bottle, just a white porcelain cup, placed empty in front of him.

'!? '

He took off his glasses, and the black blood and drink bottle reappeared before his eyes.

He put on his glasses, and the blood and bottle disappeared again.

"Is it okay?" Song Ran's voice came from outside the door.

"It's okay, come in," Li Cheng颐 replied.

The three quickly opened the door and entered one after another.

They saw Li Cheng颐 sitting alone on the hospital bed, posing in a strange position, seemingly holding an invisible bottle and pouring something into a cup.

The expressions of the three were a little strange.

"Any discoveries?" Sindlar asked.

"Yes, I'm sure. This thing can't leave me once it's poured out. It disappears instantly as soon as it leaves me," Li Cheng颐 replied.

"It seems that some of the instructions on it are true," Sindlar nodded. "I have some good news."

"What?" Li Cheng颐's heart skipped a beat as he looked up at him.

"I didn't misremember. Someone encountered this Silent Shop before you, and they successfully survived it and completely escaped from it."

"Who!?"

Li Cheng颐 perked up. Someone successfully escaped from it, which meant that he could find the standard answer and escape the blind spot as quickly as possible.

The Silent Shop seemed to be a mysterious and attractive dangerous blind spot. People who entered it might obtain some special items from it, but...

The danger was also incomparable to the two blind spots Li Cheng颐 had encountered before.

He would be poisoned as soon as he was injured, and he would die from the toxins if he wasn't careful. Even if he survived the time and got the goods inside, he might die in the real world outside, ultimately making it meaningless.

But now, there was an existing example of success!

Hearing this news, the attention of the others was drawn over, and their eyes focused on Sindlar.

"Professor Zhong Hui of the Department of Applied Chemistry, Southern Chemical University," Sindlar said in a deep voice, stating a name.

"He's still alive?" Li Cheng颐 reacted instantly.

"Yes, still alive. To be precise, the current Professor Zhong Hui is just a revived body of his original body tissue. He has all the original Zhong Hui's memories, ways of thinking, experiences, emotions, and physical structure, but he is not the original."

Sindlar sighed, "The real Professor Zhong Hui died in a blind spot five years ago. Before he died, he used the contacts and wealth he had to prepare a personality storage device in advance, preparing to copy everything about himself."

Everyone fell silent upon hearing this.

"This is also one of the reasons why countries don't pay much attention to blind spots. Because the dead blind spot people, the unimportant ones don't matter, and the important ones can mostly copy the original body through personality storage devices to fill in the gaps."

"Then what about your son?" Sima Gui suddenly asked, "Why?"

"I tried to copy him, but when I found Leon's personality storage device and cell samples, all traces of him disappeared."

Sindlar rubbed his face with both hands, his tone revealing a trace of exhaustion and incomprehension.

"I checked all the records, and there were no traces. Neither the personality storage device nor the cell sample cryochamber were ever used to store anything."

"I went to ask others to help me search, but all samples and cell tissues related to Leon mysteriously disappeared."

"This isn't right!" Sima Gui frowned and said, "Everyone can remember people who died in blind spots, and such a situation has never occurred."

"In any case, time is of the essence. We'll set off immediately for Southern Chemical University. I've already confirmed the address there," Sindlar said as he got up. "It just so happens that I—"

*Beep beep beep.*

Suddenly, a series of rapid beeps interrupted him.

His expression changed slightly, and he quickly pressed his AR glasses, seemingly checking something.

Seconds later.

"I'm sorry, Chengyi, I may not be able to accompany you. A blind spot person has appeared in the blind spot that Leon experienced next. I must go over there immediately to contact and investigate!" Sindlar said apologetically.

"It's okay, your matter is more important, boss. Go ahead," Li Cheng颐 naturally understood that Sindlar's purpose in coming to Yiguo was to follow in his son's footsteps, investigate all the blind spots he had experienced, and find clues.

"Sima, you come with me. Aran, you accompany Chengyi to investigate, is that okay?" Sindlar quickly arranged.

"No problem!" everyone replied at the same time.

"Let's go."

Soon the two quickly left, leaving only Song Ran in the room.

"How's your physical condition? Can you get up and walk?" Song Ran asked Li Cheng颐.

"Of course," Li Cheng颐 smiled, turned over and got out of bed, re-capped the Grudge Shadow blood bottle, and placed it on the bedside table.

Anyway, no one but him can see or touch this thing, so it doesn't matter if he just leaves it here.

"That's good, we'll go directly to this Professor Zhong Hui. Although his main body is dead, company intelligence shows that because Zhong Hui didn't die in the Silent Shop blind spot, but died in another subsequent blind spot,

So this clone has all the blind spot memories except for the last one," Song Ran said.

"So, he knows how to escape the Silent Shop!?" Li Cheng颐 reacted quickly.

"That's right! We'll call while we're on the way and remotely ask for the method. It would be best if he's willing to tell us over the phone. If he's not willing, we'll have to think of countermeasures. It's best to solve it with money if we can," Song Ran said simply.

"Okay!"

"You change your clothes first and prepare. I'll go downstairs to start the car and call Zhong Hui at the same time to contact him first," Song Ran quickly went out and left.

Immediately, Li Cheng颐 changed into simple casual clothes, brought the Grudge Shadow blood bottle and necessities, prepared for a while, and left the apartment.

He closed the door, walked to the elevator entrance, and before he even entered, he received Song Ran's voice from the AR glasses.

"Come quickly! Zhong Hui agreed to tell you the method to leave the Silent Shop! But he wants us to go there in person!"

(End of this chapter)