Chapter 19 Yiguo

"This is Yi Country, not White Star," Syndra shook his head. "If he can't even get past the first blind spot, then he's not the contractor I need."

"Understood," A'Ran nodded.

"Be careful, someone is watching us very closely," Syndra instructed.

"Understood."

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Bang, bang, bang, bang.

Inside the shooting range.

Li Cheng Yi put down the pistol in his hand, removed his earplugs, and let out a long breath.

In the distance, thirty meters away, the target was riddled with distorted and wide bullet holes.

"Thirty meters and fifty meters are called close-range shooting. This is the distance you need to practice mainly," explained the black-clothed instructor with broad shoulders on the right.

"Because firearms are mainly effective against people, you must train on close-range dynamic targets after fixed-point shooting training."

"Rifles are not necessary, only pistols."

He took the black pistol from Li Cheng Yi's hand.

"This one was specially chosen for you, the Delling g17 model. It's made of engineering plastic, weighs 600 grams, holds 17 bullets, and is fully automatic. The only thing you need to pay attention to is not firing all the bullets at once."

"So, keeping your emotions stable is the most important thing, right?" Li Cheng Yi understood.

"Yes, don't get excited. The bullets are also made of reinforced plastic, which will easily shatter when it hits a hard object. This can prevent ricochets in enclosed environments."

The instructor smiled and said, "Of course, the bullets I'm giving you now are not this kind, just ordinary practice bullets."

Li Cheng Yi took off the earplugs from his neck and nodded.

"Can I practice alone for a while?"

"Sure, the bullets are on the side, get them yourself, but you can't take them out of this isolated room." The instructor smiled friendly. "Also, don't play for too long, there will be evasion training courses later."

"Okay!" Li Cheng Yi nodded emphatically. What he was thinking about at this moment was finding an opportunity to test the strength of the flower scale armor.

Now that he has a pistol in his hand, he will try it first.

As for how to test it, it's actually very simple.

"I'm going to rest first, I'll give you fifteen minutes of free time. Don't point the gun at yourself, remember." The shooting instructor dropped a sentence, turned around and opened the door to leave the shooting room.

Leaving Li Cheng Yi holding the pistol, with a look of novelty.

Guns, the ultimate killing weapon invented by mankind, gives everyone a special feeling.

Generally, shooting ranges do not allow anyone to play with a gun alone without an instructor. Not to mention a fully automatic firearm.

But Li Cheng Yi is different.

Because this shooting range was opened by Mr. Syndra and is his private property.

So giving some privileges is normal.

After all, what he wants is a crash course.

Holding the Delling g17, Li Cheng Yi glanced at the camera in the corner and pretended to aim at the red and white circular target in the distance.

For this test, he also specially bought black cloth gloves.

The gloves are cosplay style, with cringe-worthy patterns embroidered everywhere.

At this time, Li Cheng Yi took out the gloves from his pocket, put them on both hands, and then held the gun, posing in a few very silly poses, as if he was imitating film and animation characters.

Then….

He quickly raised his gun and aimed.

Bang.

This bullet was fired instantly, but it was not a simple flat shot like before.

Instead, it grazed the tip of Li Cheng Yi's left finger before shooting out slightly skewed.

Yes, at the critical moment, he covered the tip of his left finger with the gun barrel, wearing a section of flower scale armor.

Only one finger of the flower scale armor was worn, and it was on the edge of the gun barrel, just grazing the bullet, but because of the thickness and angle, it would not hurt the finger.

In just an instant, Li Cheng Yi calmly retracted the flower scale armor, lowered his hand, and his fingertip was red.

‘The flower scale armor is damaged, please repair it in time.’

The Evil Flower's prompt quickly appeared.

'As expected, the strength is not enough, the flower scale armor cannot completely resist bullets.'

But other than bullets, he had also tried cutting and lightly chopping with kitchen knives and other sharp weapons at home.

The result was that the surface of the flower scale armor was considered hard, seemingly a metal-like material, but not very thick. It could block ordinary force, but not strong force.

Now it seems that it can't resist bullets either.

'What about after evolution? According to the Evil Flower's feedback, the flower scale armor will be stronger after evolution, and the flower language ability will also be stronger, maybe…'

After confirming that the flower scale armor couldn't stop bullets, Li Cheng Yi pinned his hopes on the evolved flower scale armor.

Immediately, he took off his gloves and looked at the bit of damage on the fingertip of the glove. This was the trace left by the bullet.

‘The day after tomorrow is the agreed time to go to the flower base, let’s see how strong it is after the evolution…’

At the moment, he put aside distractions, took off his gloves, and continued to practice shooting.

In an instant, two days passed.

Li Cheng Yi took a leave of absence from Syndra and boarded the shuttle bus to the flower base.

Qingrun Flower Base is located in a woodland in the suburbs of Suiyang City.

It is surrounded by dense mountains and forests.

The entire base is wrapped in huge silver-white greenhouses.

Rows and rows of potted flowers are vying for beauty, with different colors, and attract many butterflies and bees to fly around in the greenhouses.

"This is the vine area. Go this way." The base also specially arranged for a little girl to lead the way for him.

Li Cheng Yi followed behind, and the two walked along the path between the greenhouses.

"The white wisteria is a perennial vine that needs to be built with a frame for it to climb, so we have also separated all the vine flowers here. If you, boss, purchase a lot at one time, we can give you a discount...."

The little girl introduced as she walked.

Li Cheng Yi had no intention of listening to these nonsense words. If he really came to purchase goods, it would be fine, but the problem is that he came here to get something for free, so he could only deal with it along the way.

Before long, the two came to a long strip greenhouse on the side. There were staff members at the entrance watering with a long tube that could spray mist.

"Indoor artificial rainfall, mixed with insecticides. We'll wait a while, and go in after the mist settles." The little girl explained, standing with Li Cheng Yi at the door waiting.

While waiting, she was still introducing the advantages of their base, the variety of flowers, and the good quality, speaking with enthusiasm.

Li Cheng Yi dealt with it, also feeling a little bored, so he casually scanned the surroundings.

Suddenly, a green, spiky plant in the distance caught his attention.

"That is…? Iron tree blooming?!"

He was a little surprised.

"Oh, right, boss, you are lucky. The iron tree in our house was planted when I was a kid, and it has only recently bloomed. Ordinary people are really unlucky if they can't see it." The little girl also changed the topic and began to talk endlessly about how precious and rare her iron tree was.

Li Cheng Yi had no intention of listening to her at this time, but instead walked closer, looking at the pale yellow spherical flower in the center through the green spiky leaves of the greenhouse.

The fist-sized flower was like a fluffy ball, very cute and eye-catching.

"This is a female iron tree flower, generally this kind of oblate shape. If it's a male iron tree, it's different." The little girl came closer and said.

"Iron trees also have male and female?" Li Cheng Yi asked casually. Pretending to be clueless. In fact, he majored in plant maintenance, how could he not know this.

"Yes, yes, generally the flowers of male iron trees are cylindrical, and they look very yellow, um, you know." The little girl waved her eyes carelessly.

Li Cheng Yi smiled.

"Can I touch it gently?" he asked.

"Be careful, just don't break it." The little girl responded casually. Obviously, this iron tree flower was not as precious and valuable as she had said earlier.

Li Cheng Yi walked closer, gently pressed down the spiky leaves of the iron tree, bent down, and reached out to gently touch the flower in the center.

As his fingertips got closer, soon, the moment he touched the petals.

A hint of coolness penetrated his finger.

‘Female Iron Tree Flower: Named Iron Tree because of its hard wood like iron and the large amount of iron elements required for its growth. It grows slowly and does not bloom easily, and is divided into male and female. The stem contains starch that can be eaten, and the seeds are slightly poisonous, which can treat dysentery, relieve cough, and stop bleeding. It generally blooms once every ten to twenty years.’

‘Flower Language: Sharp needles unyielding. (The whole body can be covered with an invisible force field for a short time. Anyone who touches the force field will receive the same strength needle attack. The force field's bearing strength is directly proportional to the hardness of the flower scale armor.)’

‘Flower Language: Hardening. (Passive ability, greatly improves the hardness of the bones and flower scale armor of the whole body.)’

‘Flower Scale Armor: Unopened Flower God Position.’

Two flower language abilities!!?

Li Cheng Yi's pupils contracted slightly.

He also touched everything in the botanical garden, and he had tried many flowers, but there had never been one like the iron tree that possessed two flower language abilities.

And one of them is passive, that is, the ability that can take effect without intentional use.

‘Awesome…! If I had used the iron tree flower from the beginning…’

This thought flashed in his mind and was suppressed. Thinking about it, he also knew that the flowering time of this iron tree was so long, and it would not be an easy task to gather enough condensed flower scale armor.

If he had chosen this one at the beginning, his corpse would have rotted away now.

'Two flower language abilities complement each other... Hardening increases the strength of the flower scale armor, and Sharp needles unyielding increases the upper limit of strength that can be withstood according to the strength of the flower scale armor... Amazing!'

Li Cheng Yi sighed inwardly, silently keeping the iron tree flower in his heart. He must get this flower!

"Okay, you can go in now." At this time, the little girl beside him reminded him.

"Okay, thank you for your trouble." Li Cheng Yi retracted his hand, stood up straight, and looked at the entrance of the greenhouse.

From the door, you can also see that the rows of metal racks inside are covered with dense wisteria flowers.

Among them, a conspicuous white color was clearly reflected in his vision.

White wisteria!

Found it!