"Found it! That should be the one." Li Cheng颐's heart tightened. He was just about to move closer when he suddenly paused, his raised foot stopping in mid-air.

It wasn't that he didn't want to investigate, but... right beside him, at the base of a utility pole, a small white flower stubbornly grew from a crack in the pavement.

'This is... a flower in a blind spot!?' A surge of intense curiosity welled up within Li Cheng颐.

'Could a flower in a blind spot be different from those in the outside world?'

'Should I try it out first?'

The overwhelming curiosity and anticipation made it almost impossible for him to look away.

He wanted to approach the flower, to touch it.

Just one touch!

Just one touch!!

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Syndra and Song Ran, with Zhong Ying driving, circled the street where Candy Bar was located.

The street was bustling with people, and some areas were under construction with roadblocks temporarily halting traffic.

Several hotpot and potsticker restaurants had large take-out order phone numbers plastered on their glass doors, the golden numbers reflecting an eerie light in the night.

"This place has been around for a while, hasn't it?" Syndra said in a low voice.

"Yeah, it's an old street in Zhaoshan. The surrounding buildings are at least fifty years old. Mostly old folks used to live here. A few years ago, the authorities wanted to renovate the old district, so they moved everyone to the new area. The remaining shops and residents either haven't reached an agreement or haven't been scheduled yet," Zhong Ying replied honestly, pressing an anti-swelling pad to her face.

"Are you local?" Song Ran asked.

"Yeah, I moved here with my mom when I was little. She got pregnant out of wedlock, and my dad's identity was unknown. The reputation back home was too bad, so we moved," Zhong Ying said.

"And what about your mom now?" Syndra asked.

"She's sick and about to die. I'm earning money to treat her," Zhong Ying said honestly.

"Stop with the lies! Tell the truth," Song Ran frowned.

".....She ran off with some random guy when I was five, leaving me on the street," Zhong Ying quickly corrected.

"Are you sure?!" Song Ran raised her voice.

"I... okay... it was when I was fifteen, this time I'm not lying! Really!" Zhong Ying shrank back, afraid of being hit again.

"Then what do you need so much money for?" Song Ran asked, speechless.

"To get work done? And I need to fix my body. This high-end gel I want is too expensive, I'm still short a lot," Zhong Ying said, immediately perking up at the topic.

"Don't you have any other relatives?" Syndra asked.

"Yeah, but they all look down on our family. They think we're dirty," Zhong Ying said nonchalantly.

"You don't seem to be licensed, do you?" Syndra said, referring to officially selling oneself.

On the surface, Zhong Ying seemed like a streetwalker, but their investigation revealed that she hadn't actually sold herself, instead making money through scams and honey traps.

"Would you believe me if I said no?" Zhong Ying said with a mocking laugh.

"What's with that expression?" Song Ran immediately snapped, scaring her into being honest again.

"Respect the boss!" Song Ran instructed.

"Yes, I understand," Zhong Ying nodded quickly.

The three of them drove around Candy Bar twice, confirming there was nothing else to be found, then expanded their search area, circling a larger block.

As night deepened, the nightlife crowd slowly grew, but this area seemed to get quieter instead.

After a large number of residents left, the old street lost a lot of its vitality, with only a few shops still lit up, catering to their regular customers.

Every few minutes, a car would pass by Syndra and his group's Mist Flag SUV.

While driving, Song Ran marked some fixed locations on his phone.

"Wait, Sima Gui and Xiao Yi's phone signals have disappeared!" He suddenly said sternly.

"Looks like they went in. They encountered a flash," Syndra said, understanding immediately.

Tracing his son's whereabouts and investigating dead spots, he was no longer the arrogant and ignorant business tycoon he once was.

Hearing Song Ran speak, he immediately reacted.

"I'll increase the signal search. We'll pick them up as soon as they come out," Song Ran said solemnly.

"Okay, don't worry, it shouldn't be a big deal. Mist Street isn't a very dangerous dead spot," Syndra nodded.

Just as Song Ran was about to reply, a black object suddenly fell from the sky and covered the car's windshield.

The object was like a large net, completely enveloping the windshield.

All the car's electronics immediately malfunctioned, the steering wheel swerving uncontrollably to the left, triggering emergency braking.

Screech!!

The tires left two black marks on the ground, and the car stopped just in time to avoid crashing into a fire hydrant on the side of the street.

A gray figure leaped down from the second floor of a building on the side, grabbed the driver's side door, and ripped it off.

With a clang, the door was torn off, and the gray figure reached into the car.

Bang bang bang!!

Three headshots greeted him.

All three bullets were high-powered armor-piercing rounds, the yellow, spike-like tips creating three dents on the gray figure's face before being deflected.

The gray figure staggered back a few steps, but before he could steady himself, Song Ran, who had lunged from the car, punched him on the side of the neck.

Bam!

The two rolled into a ball, wrestling on the ground.

"Boss, run! It's a Complete!" Song Ran shouted, desperately pinning the gray figure down, but he felt like he was holding down a rhinoceros. He was thrown to the ground in just two seconds.

Syndra quickly pulled Zhong Ying out of the other side of the car and ran away down the street of old buildings.

He looked back and saw Song Ran being straddled and beaten on the ground by the gray figure.

"Get ready," Syndra suddenly said.

Zhong Ying was still bewildered, not knowing what was happening.

Before she could ask, Syndra grabbed her hand and yanked her forward.

She fell forward, face down on the ground, her breast implants nearly bursting from the pressure.

Ding ding.

Just then, two slender black needles appeared out of nowhere on the ground in front of them.

Syndra drew his gun and fired two shots in quick succession, then dragged Zhong Ying up and continued to run.

"Do you guys... live... this exciting... every day???" Zhong Ying asked, breathless and terrified.

Even when she entered a dead spot, she had never been this scared. At most, she played the slot machines, but she hadn't encountered any real danger.

"You're just unlucky, only today is this exciting," Syndra said with a grim expression. One of his eyes had turned purplish-red, with subtle fluorescent light flashing within.

While running, he lowered his gun and quietly pressed the emergency auto-dial button on his phone.

Not far away, on a rooftop balcony of an old building.

A tall woman wearing a gray trench coat was watching the chase scene on the street from afar.

"What's going on? Can't even handle two Semi-Completes?" The woman frowned, clearly dissatisfied.

"Those two are a bit strange. Our manpower also had many functions castrated, and in a short time, we can only mobilize two people at most. The authorities are watching closely," a male voice replied in her earpiece.

"Damn it, if it weren't for the silent fortresses in every city... just two Semi-Completes!" The woman cursed softly. "Forget it, I'll do it myself."

She raised her hand, the skin of her right palm quickly turning silvery-black, then a crack opened on the back of her hand, and a small silver-white missile rose from it.

Click.

Dense clusters of small warheads automatically popped out on both sides of the missile, like wings.

The woman raised her hand, aiming at Syndra.

"Wait! Someone's coming! It's Chen Jingsong!" The man's voice suddenly sounded in her earpiece.

"Damn it! How did he get here so fast!" The woman in the gray trench coat cursed angrily, and the missile quickly retracted back into her palm.

"Consider them lucky, tell the others to retreat!"

"Okay, we can't move here, we can get rid of the other two scattered guys." The male voice in her earpiece replied.

"Hongjin Corporation's headquarters also sent people over, be quick once you start." The woman said coldly. "Since we've stirred up the hornet's nest, if it is determined that the mysterious Complete is inextricably linked to Hongjin, then act decisively. Quite a few people have been watching us."

"Got it."

The woman stopped talking, turned and entered the room, disappearing through the door in the blink of an eye.

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Mist Street Dead Spot.

Li Cheng颐 slowly, step by step, walked to the base of the streetlight, squatted down, and reached out his devilish claws towards the small white flower.

The white flower was the size of an egg, with six regular white petals that were rounded at the edges, and four square stamens in the center.

The stamens were light green, with a brownish-yellow spot in the very center.

'What kind of flower is this?' Li Cheng颐 touched the white petals with his finger.

'Hawthorn: Also known as red fruit, large hawthorn, deciduous shrub of the Rosaceae family... Information incomplete. Medicinal value... incomplete. Flowering period incomplete...'

How could this flower be a hawthorn??

Li Cheng颐 was stunned. Large hawthorns are fruit trees, and tall ones at that. It was impossible for a small plant to bloom like this.

He examined the small white flower. The leaves were dense, about the size of a fingernail, and the stems forked a lot, slightly bent, as if they couldn't quite support the flower at the top.

'And why is there only a flower description? Where is the flower language?'

Li Cheng颐 refused to believe it, and simply reached out and gently enclosed the flower, loosely holding it in his palm.

Finally, another faint, cool breath flowed into the back of his hand.

New information slowly emerged.

'Flower Language: Intercept Heaven and Destroy Earth Divine Limit Heart Sutra (Thirteen levels in total, created by an unknown top-tier master, cannot be recorded, the cultivation method can only be known when using the flower language.

After reaching great success, it can intercept a strand of heavenly secrets, integrate it into one's divine consciousness, and with a raise of the hand or a stamp of the foot, can destroy the earth, shatter the sky, single-handedly fight against thousands of soldiers, and crush mountains and break peaks.)'

'Flower Scale Garment Collection: New Flower God position not activated.'

"..." Li Cheng頤's face froze, and he stood there dumbfounded, unable to react for a moment.

Intercept Heaven and Destroy Earth Divine Limit Heart Sutra??!

What the hell was that??

Was this something that could exist in his era? Was this definitely not something from a high-martial fantasy world??

The flower language ability was too mystical, and he couldn't react for a moment.

He originally thought that it might be like the previous flower languages, simply creating a rare and special flower language ability, but he didn't expect...

'There must be a mistake... Maybe the incomplete information earlier was just a glitch... Wait, what if this is real...?' Li Cheng頤's heart suddenly began to beat wildly.

If the flower language ability this flower carried was real... and this cultivation technique was also real, then...

Could he cultivate it?? If he could cultivate it...

'No, there's only one flower, it's impossible to collect all the Flower Scale Garments to obtain the flower language ability.'

He stood up and took a deep breath.

Although this flower was tempting, it was out of reach.

'I'll go check out the slot machine first.'

Forcibly shifting his gaze away, Li Cheng颐 looked again at the fruit slot machine next to the shop.