Chapter 124 Contact 2

Hidden Dead Angle, Rolling Crystal (3122 words, 2023.06.09 17:00)

Two skeletons, one the curled remains of Iselin.

The other, the remains of her loyal yellow dog.

Thirty years had passed, leaving only bone and a bit of fur on both.

"I think Iselin was a good child. And this yellow dog was good too. We were able to escape the Grip of Hands safely this time, thanks to Iselin. Although I’m not sure if it’s a temporary escape or a permanent one, giving them a better home is at least something I can do within my power."

Li Cheng Yi carefully arranged the two skeletons, removing stains, dust, and sand. He also continuously sprayed them with an anti-decay fragrance solution.

"Okay... although we Dead Angle people are free of taboos, but..." Rainbow Candy disgustedly covered her mouth and walked out of the hall.

"Do you need more potion? I have a lot here,” Big Bear asked softly.

"It should be enough for now. Spraying it once a month, right?" Li Cheng Yi said.

"Yes, that's right. Remember to keep the storage space dry after spraying, not too humid," Big Bear instructed.

"Don't worry, I'll pay attention," Li Cheng Yi nodded.

He had an idea about the Grip of Hands Dead Angle.

Many of the Quiet Shop's products have side effects, but their effectiveness is undeniably strong. And the Grip of Hands Dead Angle's bed can continuously change the room.

Perhaps... he could find a way to turn the Quiet Shop's strange products into something he could use...

He tidied up the skeletons and placed them in a specially controlled humidity box sent by Big Bear.

From beginning to end, Li Cheng Yi's movements were very gentle.

Part of it was due to the little girl Iselin's earlier help, but more than that, it was because he held a glimmer of hope for the Grip of Hands Dead Angle.

If Iselin had been inside for more than thirty years, like the little boy Grius before, then Iselin, who could communicate, might be able to cooperate with him to do more unimaginable tests. This was an opportunity.

Everyone watched Li Cheng Yi's actions with curiosity, then dispersed.

Although no one said it, judging from their expressions, they all felt that Li Cheng Yi was a bit perverted...

Since Li Cheng Yi’s return, the Eternal Botanical Garden had temporarily become the temporary base for their small team. These few people didn't go far; they found a small manor near the botanical garden.

Big Bear paid for it, and Xiao Zong was responsible for installing extremely professional monitoring and alarm systems. They named it Eternal Peace Garden.

After leaving the botanical garden, they gathered by the pool on the first floor of Eternal Peace Garden.

"Don't you guys feel that Brother Cheng is a bit hypocritical?" Rainbow Candy held a lollipop like a cigarette, looking serious.

"A little. And a bit perverted. Although I also feel sorry for that little girl Iselin, but to be honest, asking me to handle those skeletons so carefully and gently, that smell... I don't think I could handle it," Dragon Gate Crane replied seriously.

"I didn't ask you, Big Black, what do you think?" Rainbow Candy didn't even look at the green-haired man.

Dragon Gate Crane looked hurt and wanted to say something, but Big Black opened his mouth, and his words stunned him.

"This time, because of the internal and external isolation of Silent Fortress, our intelligence gathering outside wasn't strong. Sutan doesn't have Sky Eye, and satellite monitoring is also very blurry. No one would waste monitoring resources by staring at the wilderness all day long.

Therefore, the information we can collect mainly relies on my connections outside," Big Black said in a deep voice.

"According to the replies from the intelligence dealers over there, a total of thirty-six members of Blue Deer died. Although there were no experts, their weapons and equipment were considered advanced near Sutan.

Judging from the traces left at the scene, almost all of them were killed with one blow, with no extra second attacks. Aside from flying instrument traces, many were fatal close-range wounds."

"This... all done by Brother Cheng and Brother Xiao Hao?" Dragon Gate Crane was a little stunned.

"Basically confirmed. Analyzing the timeline, the main force should be Brother Xiao Hao, and Brother Cheng should be the supporting hand. After all, everyone knows that Brother Cheng is a pure-blood Mechanist," Xiao Zong nodded.

"The skeletons were in the underground secret room of Mukesha Town. Brother Cheng brought them back safely, and even brought back the dog's skeleton. What do you think happened to the other Blue Deer soldiers surrounding the area?" he added.

"And before... those murders in Suiyang... Brother Xiao Hao's methods are a bit ruthless," Dragon Gate Crane clicked his tongue.

Although Dead Angle people are not afraid of life and death, being this cruel was still rare.

"Don't overthink it. The stronger Brother Cheng and Brother Xiao Hao are, the safer we are, right?" Rainbow Candy said in a deep voice.

She had carefully investigated Xiao Hao and Li Cheng Yi's information. If she wasn't mistaken, starting from the Grius Dead Angle incident and up to now, Xiao Hao had at least hundreds of lives in his hands...

It could be said that he was a true Dead Angle person who killed without batting an eye, with wantonness thoroughly embodied in him. Xiao Hao had even confronted the City Union and the Safety Administration head-on before.

"But thinking about it carefully, Brother Cheng and Brother Xiao Hao only took action when they were forced to. In reality, they were mostly just clearing away the forces blocking their path," Big Bear defended.

"That's true," Big Black nodded. "At least they're much better than those terrorist organizations like Elysium, Star Lake, and Dragon River."

"The province has been in chaos lately. Even the president of the Provincial Union was assassinated, and another new investigator sent down from above was also assassinated on the road. Safety Administrations in various places have either been raided, or high-level officials have had accidents, either injured or missing.

Judging from the style of attack, Elysium and Dragon River were both involved. I'm afraid something big is about to happen," Rainbow Candy continued.

"I've heard about this too. The Safety Administration and the Union have blocked media reports, but I found out the truth on the internal network," Big Black nodded.

"Several assassinations of high-level officials were carried out by a terrorist called White Skull. This person is very strong among the Mechanists, and he seems to have a small team around him that is very powerful.

The military has received a request and has dispatched many people to search everywhere."

"Everyone be quiet and live honestly. I'm coming to the Dead Angle soon, and I hope it's simple and not too difficult," Rainbow Candy said lightly. "If I don't make it through this time, remember to burn paper money for me on holidays."

"Sister Candy, you're so cute, you definitely won't die," Dragon Gate Crane laughed.

"You're right about that," Rainbow Candy praised, patting his head.

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Late October.

Since returning from Sutan, Li Cheng Yi had returned to his routine of buying things from the Quiet Shop and brushing the inferior Shadow Dragon bloodline's flower language.

The collection of Jie Mao Fei Lian steadily increased from 21 to 35. But that wasn't the key.

The key was that Li Cheng Yi was no longer satisfied with the mutation flower energy absorption rate of his own botanical garden. He chose to go out.

In two weeks, he traveled to every flower shop in Suiyang, touching every wisteria, gladiolus, and sunflower in every flower shop.

To his regret, the former two were rare this season. But the sunflower gave him a big surprise.

Because... he found a vegetable sunflower farm!

In just one day, his sunflower's secondary evolution reached 100%.

Then, he returned to Suiyang to collect the last two packets of evil thoughts left over from last time. He also did some good deeds around to easily replenish the last few points of evil thoughts.

Everything was complete.

The sunflower's secondary evolution was completed much faster than the wisteria.

Because the sunflower's flower language was widely used in the Grip of Hands and the Quiet Shop.

And in reality, sunflowers have a large number of greenhouse planting farms, serving as a supply base for sunflower seed oil extraction.

Therefore, Li Cheng Yi decided to continue choosing sunflowers for the next, third, evolution.

In order to complete the mutation flower energy required for the third evolution as soon as possible, Li Cheng Yi took advantage of his rare free time and organized a trip to an agricultural park in Qinggang with his family on the weekend.

This way, he could spend time with his family and also absorb the sunflower mutation flower energy needed for the third evolution.

According to Song Ran's suggestion, immersing himself in the Dead Angle rotation for too long would drive a person crazy. So, in order to adjust his state, Li Cheng Yi actively took advice and decided to go out and completely relax.

Golden Tree Forest Cozy Farm.

On the wide yellow-green lawn.

Li Cheng Yi sat at a table and chairs under a white sunshade, with a glass of warm lemonade in front of him. He was listlessly watching the distant lawn.

On the lawn, small children were chasing each other in twos and threes, playing a game with unknown rules. There was also a silly black dog running around and barking.

Further away, a two-story forest wooden house, with the words "Mystery House" painted in blood-red paint on its dark brown exterior wall.

That was the forest-themed haunted house that the farm had created.

His father, Li Zhao, had already taken his wife, Feng Yu Rong, inside, saying they wanted to experience the passion of their youth. His elder sister, Li Cheng Jiu, had also rarely come out once.

She was now sitting by a small river in the distance, fishing rod and small stool in hand. Judging from her steady-as-a-mountain, statue-like posture, she must have fallen asleep.

He sighed.

Li Cheng Yi picked up the water and slowly took a sip.

"Everyone has something to do when we come out, why is it that I don't know what to play... Relaxing the nerves... how can I relax the nerves?

"I'm clearly already out playing, why do I still feel tired and bored?" he sighed softly again. He raised his hand to check the time. Nearby was a canola flower greenhouse vegetable garden.

He simply got up, sent a text message to his parents, and planned to slowly stroll towards the greenhouse.

*poof.*

Suddenly, a ball flew from a distance and hit the small wooden table next to him.

The lemonade on the wooden table fell over, spilling all over the table, and even splashing on Li Cheng Yi's pants.

"..." His face darkened. He looked up in the direction the ball came from.

"Chen Xu Dong?"

A group of young people were quickly approaching from a distance, led by none other than his former friend, Chen Xu Dong.

This kid was wearing a flashy tight blue vest, paired with blue sports shorts, accurately highlighting the muscle curves he had worked out in the gym.

With some styling gel and his eyebrows shaped into swords, he even had black eyeliner on his eyes.

"If I hadn't called Auntie, I wouldn't have known you were coming out to play without inviting me," Chen Xu Dong said loudly as he approached.

"My dad's company is holding a customer appreciation event. I chose the location and happened to hear that you were coming here, so I changed the location to here."