Chapter 1 The Stirring

The palpitation lasted for more than ten seconds, then quickly transformed into a new change.

Li Cheng颐's whole body began to cool down rapidly. As the temperature dropped, it was as if some unknown substance in the surrounding air was being drawn in, seeping into his skin.

His mental strength and physical strength were rapidly increasing.

Silently, like pouring clear water into an empty bottle, this kind of improvement ended in just half a minute.

But in this short half-minute, Li Cheng颐’s overall strength, speed, explosiveness, recovery, and other aspects were comprehensively improved, with the intensity even reaching sixty to seventy percent of what it was before!

For a master like Li Cheng颐, the improvement of basic qualities is the most terrifying.

With a foundation, top martial artists like them can use various fighting skills to amplify themselves many times. Feeling this huge improvement, Li Cheng颐 understood.

Li Chongnan had truly broken through the seventh level and reached the Sheng Ying realm (Saint Infant realm). Because of synchronized power, he also gained half of the breakthrough improvement.

That temperament—yin-heat, extreme, and faintly cold and mad—belonged to the terrifying organization he had recently fought, Ideal Utopia. Splash!

"Is that so? Then I must thank you," Li Cheng颐 said with a smile.

*The Ideal Utopia members who came to check the situation later died inexplicably on the sea surface again. They didn't even land on the island before disappearing completely.

At this time, Li Cheng颐 was still walking on the beach with Hainei. "...Yes," Li Cheng颐 nodded.

"Actually, my brother and I discovered a while ago that when their cruise ship docked, someone was secretly monitoring the Gardenia, and even went ashore trying to stir up trouble," Hainei said.

"It doesn't matter, this is a place that my brother and I have been running for a long time, no matter who comes, there's no need to be afraid," Hainei didn't seem to care much.

She showed Li Cheng颐 the photos sent by her subordinates.

Puff puff puff puff!! About ten minutes later.

Hainei leaped up from the sea and ran out.

She raised her head, a hint of a smile appearing in her light red eyes.

Li Cheng颐 felt that her aura was still there, so he wasn't worried. He just stood there quietly waiting. Actually, Hainei didn't know why Han Qiang颐 was so attractive to her.

"Thank you so much... But what exactly is the identity of those stalkers..."

"I don't know what you're worried about. Don't worry, I'll help you investigate this legend tomorrow," she hesitated slightly, but immediately decided to abandon her brother, take out the important clues that Yongge Guild had painstakingly investigated, and investigate with Li Cheng颐. Lust +3.

"What's wrong with you? Why are you a little dazed?" Hainei's voice beside him awakened Li Cheng頤. Lust +3.

At the beginning, it was just that the other person's figure and temperament just happened to grow on her aesthetic points. Hainei tidied her hair around her temples and lowered her head to firm herself up.

"..." Li Cheng颐 was a little speechless, looking at the other party's affectionate and extremely thirsty eyes, he suddenly had the feeling of a big bad wolf deceiving a little white rabbit.

"Yes... you're a good girl," Li Cheng颐 said softly. Li Cheng颐 subconsciously looked over, his pupils suddenly constricting.

"I have a special skill, you'll know tomorrow," she turned her head and showed a beautiful and bright smile. "But if Brother Yi wants to investigate, we can also help."

"I said, I'm willing," Hainei smiled, "We're friends, right?"

"No matter what their identity is, I'll send them all away, don't worry, with me here, I guarantee you'll have a safe and comfortable vacation!" Hainei patted her full chest to guarantee.

After all, Hainei's people were helping him block things.

In an instant, red, bizarre human figures, one size larger than those that attacked Yang Chengxi before, broke out of the water and jumped towards the white ship. They just bought something to drink at a beverage store on the island, and in the blink of an eye, the sky turned dark and they fell to the ground unconscious.

"It's nothing. I just suddenly thought of something," Li Cheng頤 smiled, "I heard my friend say before that some troublesome wild animals were discovered on the island, and they also attack people, so I feel a little unsafe."

"We discovered some underground caves on the island and found many hallucinogenic herbs inside. After checking with various parties, we found that almost all the residents on this small island like to ingest various hallucinogenic drugs. That's why their spirits and bodies are so poor," Hainei said softly.

The person slowly sank into the seabed under the pull of a light alloy rope. A splash of water splashed open.

"Brother Yi... Aren't we friends?" Hainei grabbed Han Qiang颐's hand. "Between friends, isn't it right to do these things?"

"They all ingest mental drugs?" Han Qiang颐 frowned.

He recognized that these captured people all had a strange temperament. Plop.

Hainei sighed, seeming to remember something.

When they woke up, the weapon equipment modules on their bodies had all been destroyed. Could this be what the sentence mentioned, a line between life and death?

"Actually, you don't need to be like this," Li Cheng頤 reached out and took the coral. "Here! For you!" Hainei handed the coral to Han Qiang颐.

Semi-coma?

"Yes. I am a person who likes adventure and mysterious things very much, so I have always been very interested in these things. Hainei, you often come to this small island, I wonder if you have any clues in this regard?" Li Cheng頤 was quite frank and directly stated his purpose.

"Don't be careless. Actually, it's best if you don't get involved, this is a matter between me and them," Han Qiang頤 advised.

"Let's go." A group of red-robed people turned around and quickly left the beach, everything returned to calm as if nothing had happened.

"It's okay, I've taken care of them for you, they're just some stalking guys, very weak, my bodyguards easily took care of them," Hainei said euphemistically.

"Speaking of which, it's also strange, we asked many residents on the island, asking them why they are addicted to the illusion of miling grass," Hainei smiled as she spoke.

They just haven't approached the beach yet.

"Everyone has their own people they miss and long for. If miling grass can really do that, it's no wonder they're so addicted," Li Cheng頤 said.

"Guess what they said?"

A strand of green seaweed still stuck to her forehead, she didn't have time to clean it, and her body kept dripping with seawater. Soon, the white ship slowly sank, obviously scuttled, and disappeared from the sea surface.

If the illusion of this miling grass is really so real, then... can we investigate the long-dead Tomila from other people's illusions and find clues to the Sunken Temple?

"Be careful, the power behind these people is not small," he reminded seriously. "Really? Then I'll look forward to it," Li Cheng頤 smiled.

But as long as she got close to him, she would feel cold all over, and she had an indescribable urge to merge with him. But the other party's constant efforts, and even now attracting Ideal Utopia for his sake, made him feel a little indebted. At the edge of the harbor, on a secluded beach.

So he endured it.

From Yang Chengxi's place, he could judge that Hainei and his brother had problems, and very big problems. Indiscriminate killing of innocents must not be the act of good people.

"No... many of them mentioned that the illusion of this miling grass is very real, and in the illusion, they can see anyone they want to see, such as their sons, husbands, wives, parents..."

"It's okay, my brother and I have industries and manpower here, don't be afraid when you encounter danger, I can protect you," Hainei blinked.

The beautiful coral was like a flower, layered upon layer, naturally beautiful and resplendent.

"Really? It would be great if we could really find some clues. Can you ask what clues you have found before?" Li Cheng頤 pretended to look touched and distressed.

"I won't hurt you," Li Cheng頤 sighed, although he didn't like Hainei's frivolous woman. "Wait a moment." Suddenly, Hainei let go of his hand and ran towards the sea.

Two strong men in red robes were carrying the two all the way into the sea, until they were submerged to waist depth, then they lifted the bound men and threw them towards the deeper part of the sea. Li Cheng頤 suddenly froze.

"You mean, you came here to look for the illusory Book of Wishes?" Hainei paused in surprise and looked at Li Cheng颐.

On the surrounding sea surface, white lines quickly appeared and approached the ship.

But looking at Hainei's attitude towards him, he might be able to get clues from them, achieve his goals, and at the same time, he could use them to temporarily divert Ideal Utopia's attention, to prepare for his party to escape the island.

Her hand was holding a huge blue and red coral.

"Look, some contraband weapons and equipment were also found on these people."

A group of tall figures wearing dark red robes and hoods were dragging two people slowly towards the sea. Li Cheng颐 suddenly froze.

Plop.

"So don't feel embarrassed. Let's go." Hainei wiped the seaweed from her forehead and strode forward. That's what she said, but at this moment, he thought of a key point.

"Actually, my brother and I have also heard this rumor and have been looking for it for a long time, but this legend seems illusory. We looked for a long time without any clues, and slowly gave up later."

Until later, with constant close contact, Hainei found that whenever she had any physical contact with Li Cheng颐, she would have a strong, uncontrollable desire.

She didn't mention at all that she and others were still investigating the Book of Wishes.

Instead, she changed her approach and presented herself as helping.

Poor Ideal Utopia sentries didn't even have time to reveal their identities before they were tied up and sunk into the sea. Gunshots, screams, terrified roars, all kinds of sounds only lasted for a few minutes before they subsided.

*

Even though Ideal Utopia has suffered heavy losses and its strength has been greatly damaged, it is still a globally known terrorist organization. Real.

"Is that so? I didn't even notice," Li Cheng颐 said with a stunned expression.

In fact, he originally had plans to use them, but who told Hainei to take the initiative to come over.

"Yes, most of them are that kind of thing called miling grass," Hainei nodded. "Later, my brother and I found experts to study it and found that people who ingest this hallucinogenic drug have a probability of experiencing a decrease in physiological functions, a semi-coma state that is only one step away from being a corpse."

"What? Is there a feeling of weakness?" Han Qiang颐 asked.

Two Ideal Utopia members responsible for stalking were tied into rice dumplings with sacks and alloy ropes.

"Wuwuwu~~" The two Ideal Utopia stalkers never expected to be ambushed.

"By the way, just now the security personnel on the island drove away a group of criminals who secretly wanted to board your ship," Hainei changed the topic and took out her phone with a smile.

With a lunge, she actually jumped into the sea and dived down.

He was now more certain that the Sunken Temple Twisted Book was very likely related to the hallucinogenic tobacco miling grass. "It doesn't matter," Hainei's eyes were deeply fixed on him, "I'm willing to do these things for you."

This was an Ideal Utopia covert member who came to check after receiving unstable vital signs from his companion. Lust +3.

Not long after.

*

Here on the sea, a small white ship was rapidly approaching.