Blind Spot-Chapter 66 - 064 Unknown 4
Chapter 66: 064 Unknown 4
Chapter 66: 064 Unknown 4
“Here.” Chen Yijun stood up and waved at him with a smile.
Li Chengyi walked over and sat down next to the three girls, next to Chen Pi.
“Quite the coincidence today.”
“What coincidence? Our company just moved nearby, so from now on I’ll be working around here.” Chen Yijun smiled.
“Then we can have dinner together more often?” Li Chengyi joked.
“That has to wait until after work hours. Did you see my Moments post from the other day? The pay raise is hefty, but if you dare to slack, immediately you’ll get a letter adjusting your position.” Chen Yijun began to complain about her work.
She usually vented to Li Chengyi whenever they met, and after venting, she would act like the big sister, giving him all sorts of advice.
Now, she could only find that sense of commanding presence in front of a few friends like Li Chengyi.
“Oh right, let me introduce you, these two are my besties.” In the midst of her speech, Chen Yijun changed gears and started to introduce the two girls beside her.
“Zhou Xingtong, Xue Xue, my college dorm-mates.”
“So we’re all alumni?” Li Chengyi shook hands with both of them lightly.
“Chen Pi always talks about you. When are you going to start a company and let our little Pi Pi be your secretary?” Xue Xue teased.
“That was when I was young and didn’t know any better.” Li Chengyi replied helplessly.
“Hello… I am Zhou Xingtong…” Zhou Xingtong on the side didn’t seem to know how to greet him and awkwardly said hello.
“Hello. Li Chengyi.” Li Chengyi introduced himself briefly, not saying much more. After all, they weren’t familiar.
He glanced at Chen Pi, who was making faces, and immediately understood this guy had impure motives.
The next topic of conversation drifted to love and marriage as the four of them chatted.
“I’m so tired of this boring life,” Chen Yijun said impatiently, tugging at her hair, which had grown long and showed faint signs of darkening at the roots, creating an odd ombre mix.
“Imagine, if for a lifetime all you do is work, rest, and sleep, wouldn’t life be so boring? Then you get married, have children, and spend your whole life tied down by your kids and taking care of your parents. Look at those middle-aged couples, they can only travel when their kids are on holiday. Every day is hazy and busy, with hardly any time for themselves.” Chen Yijun sighed.
“I don’t want to live like that…” she concluded.
“What kind of life do you want to live then?” Li Chengyi asked. “That kind of life is envied by many.”
“I want to pursue something different, something exciting. Something cool,” Chen Yijun picked up a napkin from the table and quickly folded it into a paper crane.
“I can fold a paper crane in five seconds, can you?” she asked Li Chengyi earnestly.
“What are you trying to say?” Li Chengyi raised an eyebrow.
“Learned it at work. Impressive, huh?” Chen Yijun sighed. “Life’s so boring that, honestly… I really feel like dying.”
“It is quite boring, at work I also always discuss makeup and fashion with colleagues, because personal opinions aren’t needed for the job, you just need to follow instructions from above. No matter how much or how little you do, the feedback is the same. It’s meaningless.” Xue Xue joined in, agreeing from the side.
Zhou Xingtong said nothing, sipping on a freshly served watermelon juice, head bowed.
Li Chengyi found himself at a loss for words. Having just been through Mist Street Blind Spot, he thought life was thrilling enough, but here was Chen Yijun actively seeking more excitement.
She had no idea that so-called thrills come hand in hand with risk and crisis; without crisis, there would be no thrill. The two complement each other.
He always wanted a peaceful life but couldn’t have it; and here, she was pursuing danger and excitement.
“I actually… think a stable and secure life is pretty good.” While others went on about seeking thrills in life, Zhou Xingtong weakly tossed in her comment from the side.
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Li Chengyi subconsciously nodded, which was immediately picked up by Chen Yijun.
She pointed at Li Chengyi and laughed aloud.
“What’s this? How come you two clicked so well when you just met? You’re too in sync, aren’t you?”
The conversation suddenly took a turn, focusing on Li Chengyi and Zhou Xingtong, discussing their commonality.
Chen Yijun’s experienced and savvy techniques were fully displayed.
More than an hour later, they finally finished the leisurely meal.
Li Chengyi stood up to pay the bill.
“Hold on! I’ll do it!” Chen Yijun stood up and shouted, “I’m the big sister! You all listen to me!”
She had drunk a little beer, her cheeks flushed as she stood up.
“No one fights with me! When I say I’ll treat, I’ll treat, and if anyone dares to pay, it’s disrespecting me, Chen Pi!”
Drunk and starting to act crazy, this had been the norm since Li Chengyi knew her.
He could only watch as she steadied herself on the back of a chair, making her way slowly to the cashier.
Whether it was intentional or not, Xue Xue on the side made a call, leaving Zhou Xingtong and Li Chengyi alone together.
Li Chengyi could guess what Chen Yijun was up to. Across from him, Zhou Xingtong had delicate features, a shy complexion, a typical melon-seed face, big eyes, and thin lips that were pale—as if lacking vitality.
Overall, she looked like a demure, innocent girl with a surprisingly hot figure.
This kind of girl is often bullied in groups of women and stirs a predatory urge in groups of men.
The so-called predatory desire makes one feel like she’s easy to deceive, and once taken advantage of, she wouldn’t dare to speak out.
Li Chengyi sighed inwardly. Without the Blind Spot, he might have considered dating such a girl, but sadly, the threat of Blind Spot and his own Evil Flower meant he’d always have to deal with malice.
Such a life would undeniably be dangerous and extremely thrilling—and wouldn’t allow him the peace to do anything else.
At this moment, when they were chatting alone, he casually asked a few questions about Zhou Xingtong’s situation, to which the other party honestly told him everything in detail.
The two exchanged contact information, which was a gesture to accommodate Chen Yijun’s enthusiasm.
After settling the bill, the four of them stepped out together and slowly strolled along the sidewalk, which served as a way to help digest their meal.
All along the way, it was Chen Yijun who talked, while the other three listened, occasionally chiming in.
“Yijun?” Having just taken a few steps, two men jogging by greeted Chen Yijun as they passed the group.
“Manager Ding? Are you guys out for a run?” Chen Yijun greeted them with a smile.
“Yeah, we run every night, but we haven’t seen you around here before, have we?” The man leading the conversation, sturdy and ruddy-faced with slightly sunken cheeks, had a somewhat cold demeanor.
But he was clearly much warmer when talking to Chen Yijun.
They chatted casually for a bit, and Manager Ding glanced at Li Chengyi, his gaze touching him as fleetingly as a dragonfly skimmed the water. Then he greeted Chen Yijun and continued running.
But it was just that one look.
Li Chengyi’s expression suddenly stiffened.
A prompt from Evil Flower appeared in his mind.
‘Jealousy detected, please choose the designated Floral Dress to absorb and contain.’
Evil thoughts can be subdivided?
Li Chengyi pondered. He hadn’t encountered this when he was using his Wisteria Floral Dress before, but now it seemed different.
Was it a second evolution of Wisteria? Or was it a new change due to the opening of the second Divine Flower Position with Gladiolus?
He had no way of knowing.
As they walked, his attention was focused on Evil Flower, and more information emerged as he concentrated further on it.
‘Floral Dress evolution: different stages require different nutrients for growth, resulting in varied abilities.’
First evolution strengthens the material and enhances Flower Language Technique.
Second evolution allows Floral Dress to merge into external armor, with an option for visible or invisible states.
Third evolution further strengthens the Floral Dress, and evolves Flower Language Ability, causing significant changes.’
‘Different flowers have different limits for the number of evolutions. Achieving the Ultimate Form of the Floral Dress can reveal new ultimate Flower Language Techniques, allowing the flower to possess dual Flower Language Abilities.’
Li Chengyi was shocked and continued to read carefully.
There was more information fed back from Evil Flower, not just what was mentioned above, but also about evil thoughts.
‘Each evolution requires the absorption of mutated Flowers essence, followed by different types of evil thoughts.’
‘For the first evolution, one must simply absorb chaotic evil thoughts, meaning any type of evil thought will suffice.’
‘For subsequent evolutions, the type of evil thought absorbed will affect the outcome, which can lead to different evolved forms of the Floral Dress, and might even result in new mutated Flower Languages.’
‘Current categories of evil thoughts include: murderous intent, anger, jealousy, lust, arrogance, resentment, and greed.’
“This is… really interesting,” Li Chengyi mused, his interest piqued upon understanding the entire evolutionary system of Evil Flower.
‘Different evil thoughts lead to different Floral Dresses. Isn’t this just like how different nutrients produce different flowers? To think of using evil thoughts as nutrients is truly remarkable.’
‘And with so many complex evil thoughts, where can I find a complete set of them?’
Murderous intent seems to be the easiest, and anger is not hard to find; but jealousy, lust, arrogance, resentment, and greed require finding the right person to elicit them.
It’s improbable for an ordinary person to spontaneously generate such kinds of evil thoughts.
Li Chengyi checked his current status.
The first evolution of Wisteria had been completed, and what was needed next was the second evolution.
There were two conditions for evolution: mutated Flowers essence and evil thoughts.
He hadn’t fully absorbed the Flowers essence for the second evolution of Wisteria yet, so for the time being, he couldn’t absorb evil thoughts.
As for Gladiolus, it hadn’t even reached half the degree needed for the first evolution, and it still required more mutated Flowers essence before it could start absorbing evil thoughts.
Neither was ready yet.
Luckily, in pursuit of this goal, he had already begun scouting and attempting to acquire a small botanical garden nearby, using the remuneration given by Xindela.
The botanical garden came with existing facilities, which were very convenient, be it the management staff or the automated irrigation system; he wouldn’t have to worry about them. He would just need to find and transplant the flower species he required.
On closer inspection.
Li Chengyi suddenly realized that the system of Evil Flower was actually quite simple.
It was all about using different substances to water the plants to grow different Floral Dresses.
Mutated Flowers essence, chaotic evil thoughts, and subdivided evil thoughts, they were all nutrients, the sustenance for watering the plants.
Different combinations of nutrients produce different outcomes.
Li Chengyi even suspected that absorbing different types of mutated Flowers essence might also influence the evolutionary path of the Floral Dress.
