Chapter 1 The Flower Language Ability

Li Cheng颐 wasn't surprised; this was a flower language ability he had collected in the greenhouse long ago.

This ability was very suitable for investigating and gathering information. But in the Dead Angle, he urgently needed flower language that would significantly improve his overall strength, so he hadn't considered it before.

After gently playing with the white chrysanthemum petals a few times, Li Cheng颐 was about to get up when he suddenly noticed that the soil in the flowerpot was a bit light green.

'Why is this soil a bit green?' He frowned, and knowledge points flashed through his mind.

'Looks like it's nutrient solution?'

He reached out, grabbed some, and put it under his nose to smell it.

It was indeed nutrient solution.

Confirming it wasn't a problem, he put it back in the soil and was about to turn and leave.

'Wait!'

Suddenly, a lightning bolt flashed through his mind.

It was the scene when he touched the bristly creeping thistle in the Silent Shop.

'The bristly creeping thistle itself isn't an original flower variety, but a state after being polluted.

Although I don't know how this pollution is produced, can I artificially create similar mutations? What are the specific differences and boundaries of mutations?

If I put northern plants in the south to grow, with all the environmental climate changes, can that be considered a mutation??'

'Also... those things I brought out from the Silent Shop... can they... be diluted and used as plant nutrients?'

Thinking of this, a hint of anticipation rose in Li Cheng颐's heart.

Those goods were all strange and varied, even including a bottle of blood called Shadow of Resentment.

At the thought of this, he immediately rushed towards the upstairs bedroom.

All those goods were stored upstairs.

The people downstairs watched him dash upstairs, all with bewildered expressions.

Before they could ask, Li Cheng颐 was already rushing back down, carrying a bag of stuff.

The others exchanged glances.

Before long, Li Cheng颐 had arrived in front of the white chrysanthemums with the stuff.

He thought for a moment, then first took out the Shadow of Resentment blood, which he had always worried about and hadn't dared to use.

This bottle, the first item he bought from the Silent Shop, had been stored in a corner of the room, unusable.

But now... it was time for it to show its value!

He first found a large basin, washed it clean, and then poured in purified water.

This was to avoid other impurities in tap water affecting the effect.

A total of three large bottles of purified water were poured in.

Li Cheng颐 looked around to make sure no one was there.

Then, he took out the Shadow of Resentment blood, gently opened the bottle cap, and poured a drop into another small cup he had prepared.

The thick, black, viscous liquid slowly stretched from the edge of the bottle, like melting oil, and dripped a drop into the glass.

Before it disappeared.

Li Cheng颐 quickly raised his hand, bit his finger, and dripped blood into it.

But he was still a step too slow. The Shadow of Resentment blood had already turned into black smoke and disappeared.

Li Cheng颐's blood dripped onto the bottom of the glass, lonely and nothing happened.

Not impatient with the failure, he poured some purified water into it to dilute his blood a little.

Then, he picked up the Shadow of Resentment blood bottle again and slowly dripped a drop into the pure water mixed with blood.

*Poof.*

The dark blood fell into the colorless water.

Although the water was mixed with Li Cheng颐's blood, it was too little to be seen.

This time, the Shadow of Resentment blood didn't disappear again, but spread slowly like ink.

In just a few minutes, the water in the entire cup turned slightly black.

Li Cheng颐 picked it up and swirled it around, smiling with satisfaction.

The fact that it didn't disappear this time meant that Zhong Hui's notes were indeed effective.

He poured the cup in his hand into the large basin in front of him.

Soon, the water in the entire large basin turned a faint gray.

After rinsing the cup clean, Li Cheng颐 brought a few pots of chrysanthemums and scooped some water to water them.

Then he called the automatic sprinkler system maintenance personnel from the botanical garden.

"Dedicate a sprinkler head in this area to spray this new nutrient solution I mixed."

"This... what if they die?" The staff member was an honest technician with thick glasses. He was still young, a recent college graduate.

"It's okay, it's just one sprinkler head. I want to test the effect of this new nutrient solution," Li Cheng颐 said indifferently.

He quickly found a corner area in the botanical garden and allocated a dedicated sprinkler head.

Within the watering range of this sprinkler head, he also had people move over a dozen existing flowerpot varieties from the botanical garden.

He planned to cast a wide net to see who could adapt to and absorb this blood water.

After doing all this, Li Cheng颐 returned to the upstairs bedroom with the bag.

He put the things in the closet, hid them well, and covered them with clothes.

His heart was full of anticipation.

If the bristly creeping thistle from the Silent Shop could be replicated outside... then he wouldn't need to transplant the flowers from the Dead Angle anymore. He just needed to keep finding materials in the Dead Angle and bring them out to water the flowers, and maybe he could obtain some extremely rare and special flowers!

'Moreover, I don't need to limit myself to the Silent Shop. Any monster encountered in the Dead Angle, as long as I can bring things from them, can be tried for watering flowers. Different flower fertilizers may produce more different kinds of flower language!'

Thinking of this, his heart became even more fiery.

With a creak, he closed the closet door.

Turned around.

Suddenly, his pupils shrank, and he froze in place.

Behind him, where his bedroom should have been.

But now there was one more person.

A blonde, blue-eyed little girl wearing a white nightgown.

"Iserin?" Li Cheng颐's heart sank.

"Brother Xiao Hao?" Iserin seemed to be wandering around the room, checking the situation. Seeing Li Cheng颐 suddenly appear, her face immediately lit up with surprise.

She ran over quickly.

"Brother, when did you come in? I thought you weren't coming?"

"Just now, I also thought that I wouldn't be able to enter anymore and would be completely separated. It seems that the previous method was perhaps only a temporary separation."

This time, Li Cheng颐 didn't take out his phone to translate. To guard against the previous situation from happening again, he put a translation earpiece in one ear.

So he could understand Iserin's words now, but…

He had just taken the voice transmitter out of his pocket when he found that the machine was broken.

This special machine that could convert his language and change it into Sultanese had unfortunately malfunctioned the moment he entered the Dead Angle.

This wasn't the first time Li Cheng颐 had encountered this kind of situation. He had encountered partial malfunction of his phone in the Silent Shop before.

Helpless, he could only take out his phone again, translate and type for Iserin to see.

"I wish I could be like brother, able to enter and exit here," Iserin said with some disappointment.

"It's okay, I've brought you here, I'll oil you every day," Li Cheng颐 immediately changed the translation as soon as he said it, deleting it and saying it again.

"Iserin, do you know any other ways to get out of here quickly?" he asked.

"Other ways?" Iserin thought for a moment, "There's the black hand. That black hand will prevent people from entering and leaving this room. This room is a temporary starting room, it's a safe room, you can come out and move around a bit. If you want to leave quickly, maybe you can only find a way from this safe room."

Safe room…

Li Cheng颐 frowned tightly.

He looked at the bedroom door.

The door was ajar, leaving a crack to the outside, and a deep darkness slowly reflected in from the stairwell outside.

"A bit troublesome," Li Cheng颐's expression was solemn.

What worried him wasn't here, but the outside.

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"Why hasn't Cheng-ge come down yet?" Rainbow Candy put down her game console, feeling vaguely irritable in her heart.

Just now, she didn't know why, but she suddenly felt a faint heat all over her body, and she started to sweat.

But everyone else around her looked normal, as if she was the only one like this.

"Are you okay? Sister Tang?" Dragon Gate cautiously approached and asked, "Let me help you massage your legs and shoulders."

*Slap.*

Rainbow Candy slapped away his groping hand and glared at him coldly.

"Or do you want me to let you rub here?" She pointed to her chest.

"Um... don't you not have any?" Dragon Gate glanced at that steel plate and felt a little embarrassed.

"Bullshit! Would I not have any!? I started developing when I was three years old, and now it's been sixteen years, dare you say I don't have any!?"

Rainbow Candy exploded and jumped up onto the coffee table, reaching out to tear her clothes.

"Sister Tang, calm down, calm down! Don't be impulsive!" Big Bear skillfully put down his potato chips, rushed over and hugged her, pulling at her t-shirt that had been half torn.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Dragon Gate quickly slipped away. When he went out, he happened to meet Big Black, who was returning from the bathroom.

"What's wrong? What are we eating for dinner? Do you want to order takeout?" Big Black asked, shaking the water off his hands.

"Um... you ask Sister Tang, I'm okay with anything. I can eat anything Sister Tang likes!" Dragon Gate quickly pledged his loyalty.

"Rainbow Candy? Where is she? I'll go ask," Big Black smiled.

"She's over there by the coffee table," Dragon Gate turned around and pointed to the coffee table.

But along the coffee table in the direction he was pointing, it was empty at this time, without a single person.

Not only Rainbow Candy, but also Big Bear, who was hugging her and comforting her, had disappeared together.

"Where are the people?" Dragon Gate's expression changed slightly, feeling that something was wrong.

Big Black walked over and saw Little Brown, who came out of the kitchen on one side after hearing the noise.

"Did you see Rainbow Candy and Big Bear just now?"

"I was thirsty and went to the kitchen to pour some water. I didn't see them," Little Brown shook his head blankly.

Big Black squatted down and carefully examined the footprints.

Then he took out his phone and quickly pulled up the surveillance video playback.

Soon, everything that had just happened was pulled up.

In the picture.

Rainbow Candy was roaring and shouting furiously, while Big Bear was hugging her, not letting her tear her clothes.

Immediately.

A second later.

The camera seemed to freeze for a frame, pausing for a moment.

When time continued to flow, Rainbow Candy and Big Bear had disappeared.

It was like they had flashed out of thin air. Without a trace.

"They went in!" Big Black's expression became serious. "Move, according to the tasks assigned earlier!"

Dragon Gate and Little Brown quickly looked solemn and rushed to the corner to put on their equipment.

Then one went upstairs to call Li Cheng颐, and the other started to repeatedly open and close the door around the lobby.

Entering the Dead Angle often occurred when entering and exiting the room, at the moment of opening and closing the door. This was the experience they had summarized.

But in just a few minutes, Dragon Gate quickly ran back.

"Cheng-ge's phone signal has also disappeared. He should have gone in too! As expected of Cheng-ge!" He looked excited.

Big Black quickly checked the phone surveillance and found that this was indeed the case, and immediately breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

"It's best if they all went in. With Cheng-ge there, they will definitely be able to return safely!"

(End of chapter)