"Really? That's so straightforward?" Li Cheng颐 was slightly surprised.

"Really, it only costs one million!" Song Ran replied.

"What a bargain!" Li Cheng颐 said without hesitation, stepping into the elevator and pressing the button.

Soon, the elevator descended.

*Ding.*

The doors slowly opened.

The look of joy on Li Cheng颐's face suddenly froze.

He stood in the elevator, not stepping out, but remaining stiffly in place, unmoving.

Outside the elevator was not the expected lobby of the apartment building on the first floor.

Instead, it was a small supermarket lit by white lights.

*Ding-dong.*

The supermarket's glass doors automatically opened, emitting a crisp musical sound, as if welcoming him back.

Inside, all five shelves were intact.

Beside the checkout counter, the small green door remained ajar.

This was none other than the Silent Shop (Jìjìng xiǎodiàn) that Li Cheng颐 had just escaped from.

Standing at the door, he didn't move, just staring at the opened door of the Silent Shop.

On the gray-white floor tiles with black spots, a blue promotional poster was still affixed near the entrance.

It was a cloud-shaped piece of plastic, with the words: Bring happiness home.

'How could it be so fast!?' Li Cheng颐 felt a chill.

He had only used the Flower Language: Intoxicated Hands (Huā yǔ chénzuì zhī shǒu) on the two formless monsters, and now their resistance must be extremely high. His body hadn't fully recovered, and if he went in like this, the possibility of being killed was extremely high!

Compared to the previous Grius incident, this time, he more deeply felt the cruelty of the Dead Angle (Sǐjiǎo).

He just stood quietly in the elevator, not going inside.

The small supermarket's doors remained open, completely still.

The two sides were locked in a stalemate.

Sweat beads slightly emerged on Li Cheng颐's forehead, but he didn't dare to move.

'This is only the second omen, not a complete entry into the Dead Angle. As long as I wait and don't go in, I can quickly get out!'

Omens weren't stable. Any possible detail could cause a person to escape.

Just like his previous experiences.

In this very poor state, Li Cheng颐 stood quietly, waiting.

Time ticked by, second by second.

He had already turned on the video recording function on his AR glasses and started the Syndra-provided personal database.

'Right, the time is so fast this time, could it be related to my destroying the shelves and goods inside the supermarket?'

Li Cheng颐 suddenly thought of something. In the data Syndra provided, there was such a warning.

After damaging the site, items, or even certain supernatural monsters within the Dead Angle, the Dead Angle would naturally produce a variety of targeted responses.

Shortening the entry time was one of them.

He didn't know how long it had been.

Perhaps ten minutes, perhaps five or six minutes.

Finally, the elevator slowly closed.

The Silent Shop outside the door was blocked out of sight.

*Huff.*

Li Cheng颐 exhaled a long breath.

*Hiss.*

Just then, the elevator doors reopened.

This time it was finally normal, revealing the lobby of the apartment building on the first floor.

Song Ran was holding his phone to his ear, talking while pacing back and forth.

Seeing Li Cheng颐 come out of the elevator, his expression was anxious.

"You! I even took the elevator up to find you! I found you suddenly disappeared!? Did you again!?"

He didn't say the rest of his words.

But Li Cheng颐 already understood what he meant.

Solemnly, he nodded to him.

"Let's go, don't stop. We must go find that Professor Zhong Hui immediately!"

"Okay!" Song Ran's expression also became serious, understanding the severity of the situation.

Entering a premonition again in such a short period of time, this was already the second time. Once the third time arrived, Li Cheng颐 would definitely completely enter. If he couldn't find a way to escape before then, then he might...

Immediately, the two quickly rushed out of the apartment building, almost bumping into a couple entering the building.

Amidst cries of surprise, they got into the car.

Li Cheng颐 suddenly said.

"Go to the botanical garden I just bought. I hid something there! Let's bring it just in case!"

"Okay!" Song Ran didn't ask anything else, started the car, and entered the destination.

*Weng.*

The engine started, and the car sped out like a wild horse, quickly rushing along the empty street into the distance.

Along the way, Li Cheng颐 closed his eyes and didn't say a word.

He wasn't resting, but was selecting the most suitable Flower Language from the various Flower Language abilities he had previously recorded to be the main flower for the third Flower God position.

This time, facing the two untouchable monsters in the Silent Shop, he needed an ability that could cause direct damage or strong control over such monsters.

Various Flower Languages flashed quickly through his mind.

'White Wild Chrysanthemum, Flower Language: Determined Heart.'

'Roadside Bramble, Flower Language: Mirror of Yearning.'

'Red Peony, Flower Language: Devoted Love.'

'Blue Iris, Flower Language: Admiration.'

Various Flower Language abilities kept flashing in his mind.

Suddenly, a special Flower Language that had once impressed him appeared in his mind.

'Sunflower, Flower Language: Crown of Radiance.'

The Crown of Radiance itself had two abilities. First, it treated minor illnesses. Second, it had a dispelling effect on dark attribute existences.

'If I can evolve the ability, will it eventually become a killing effect? And not just a dispelling one?

Also, there's the healing effect. After evolution, it might be able to have a comprehensive effect.'

Li Cheng颐 was tempted.

If he hadn't encountered that untouchable monster before this Silent Shop incident, perhaps he would have aimed the position of the third main flower at crape myrtle or iron tree, flowers with two Flower Languages.

But now, when he really encountered this danger, he understood how much trouble and danger a weakness in his countermeasures could cause.

'Sunflower it is! The strongest thing about this ability is that there's no time limit! No need to activate it. As long as I wear the Crown of Radiance, it will take effect! Persistence is the key! Even the slightest healing effect, over a long period of time, can accumulate!'

Of course, the most important thing was that there were many sunflowers in the botanical garden he had acquired.

This flower, very popular in flower shops, was generally used as the main flower for festivals, paired with other flowers to make bouquets, and the effect was very beautiful. So sales were also good.

Immediately, Li Cheng颐 quickly decided to make sunflowers his third main flower.

At the moment of making the decision, he thought of his beloved Hawthorn again. In the end, his heart still ached, and a sense of reluctance welled up.

More than ten minutes later.

The SUV quickly stopped in the suburbs, in front of the gate of a botanical garden that hadn't yet put up a sign.

"Wait a moment, I'll be right back!" Li Cheng颐 pushed the door open and got out of the car. He quickly rushed towards the botanical garden gate.

There were two security guards who had been working here before at the entrance. Seeing him approach, they were about to stop him.

One of them suddenly seemed to recognize him.

"President Li is finally here. After we were notified that everything would remain the same last time, everyone wanted to meet you..." He seemed to want to get closer to him.

"We'll talk later. Open the door, I need to go in and get something."

Li Cheng颐 said in a deep voice.

"Okay, right away!" Seeing his anxious expression, the security guard quickly stopped talking, turned around, and opened the iron gate.

This botanical garden wasn't large, about the size of a football field. Inside, rows of climate-controlled greenhouses were neatly arranged, like rows of lying maggots.

Each greenhouse had a sign hanging outside with the name of the flower species planted inside.

Although this place was much smaller than other botanical gardens in Suiyang, it was ultimately a private place where Li Cheng颐 could decide what to plant.

Before, he had immediately asked people to sell the flowers that weren't needed, and then bought a large number of wisteria flowers and mutated mature flower seedlings. Gladiolus were also bought for this moment.

Following the internal road, he first went to the wisteria flower greenhouse.

Inside, the automatic sprinklers were still slowly spraying nutrient solution.

Some of the plots had just been cleared, and were full of turned soil.

On the far left of the greenhouse, there were two shelves with large patches of wisteria flowers hanging thickly on them.

From a distance, they looked like purple clouds.

Li Cheng颐 quickly rushed over, reaching out and gently inserting his hand into the flowers.

Immediately, a dense, cool flower fragrance surged into the back of his hand, flowing into the Evil Flower mark.

The Evil Flower space belonging to wisteria flowers also lit up with a faint purple light, as if it was being repaired.

Soon, the flowers in front of him seemed to turn into empty shells, devoid of flower fragrance.

Li Cheng颐 continued to replace them.

This time, with an ample amount of wisteria flowers in front of him, he received a prompt in just a few minutes.

'Wisteria Flower Scale Armor has been repaired.'

Then came the gladiolus!

Li Cheng颐 quickly left this greenhouse and went to the greenhouse with the gladiolus.

Similarly, without any problems, the gladiolus was also repaired in a few minutes.

Finally, there was the core purpose of his return this time—sunflowers!

The sunflower field had a large area in the greenhouse with projected sunlight.

This area was made entirely of special transparent material, which would not affect the sunlight.

Li Cheng颐 quickly rushed to the edge of the flower field. At a glance, the entire flower field was densely packed with golden sunflowers.

He took a deep breath, pulled open the flower field fence, and walked in.

Reaching out, he gently touched the nearest sunflower.

The flower disc alone was the size of a human hand. With the surrounding petals, one flower was about the size of a soccer ball.

Li Cheng颐 also considered choosing the virtualization Flower Language ability, but he didn't dare to gamble on how long the cooldown time for virtualization was, and the Silent Shop needed to last for ten minutes. If the cooldown time was slightly longer...

So, after comprehensive consideration, combined with the defects in his current attack and defense system, choosing sunflowers was the most cost-effective!

*Puff.*

Finally, his hand gently touched the sunflower flower disc.

A cold, slightly hard touch surged into his heart.

'Titan Sunflower: An annual herb, 3-5 meters tall. A variant of sunflower, known for its huge flower disc and extremely tall flower body.'

"!!?" Li Cheng颐 was a little dumbfounded.

He remembered that before he took over, he came here and saw that the sunflowers were thriving and very beautiful. He was very satisfied at the time.

He didn't touch them at that time.

Now looking at them...

These were all sunflowers, but they didn't seem the same as before.

With a snap, he grabbed a passing cleaning aunt.

"Excuse me, what kind of sunflowers are these?"

The old aunt was originally an employee here, and at this time, she also recognized Li Cheng颐's identity.

This new boss had come several times, and because he was young, the manager had also sent a personal photo in advance, so everyone remembered.

"President Li, these have always been Titans and Radiance. These two are the most popular, and they're great for cut flowers and ornamental flowers," the old aunt honestly replied.

"Titan..." Li Cheng颐 looked back carefully at this time. Sure enough, half of the sunflowers in the flower field were obviously much taller.

And he only noticed at this time that the ground of the sunflower field was a specially built and filled stone embankment.

A very long section of the sunflower's roots was growing under the stone embankment.

In other words, people only saw the short section of the flower disc above.

"These are all planted in layers. These Titans are almost four or five meters tall. They're too tall to plant and not conducive to viewing, so we dig pits for them to lower the bottom, so that it's convenient to view and pick the flowers," the old aunt introduced.

Li Cheng颐 took a breath and walked to the Titan sunflower again.

No wonder, this flower disc was so big...

Among the Titans, this flower disc might be considered mediocre. There were even larger ones that could be more than half a meter in diameter.

Li Cheng颐 looked at the number of sunflowers in the flower field and found that the Titans were still in full bloom, and the small Radiance type was dying, obviously about to pass their flowering period.

'Look at the Flower Language first!' He immediately reached out and grabbed a sunflower flower disc again.

The flower has grown so big, it should be stronger than ordinary, right?

(End of chapter)