Blind Spot-Chapter 87 - 079 Urgent 1 (Xie Xunmengs Pig-Cat Alliance
Chapter 87: 079 Urgent 1 (Xie Xunmeng’s Pig-Cat Alliance Hierarch)
Chapter 87: 079 Urgent 1 (Xie Xunmeng’s Pig-Cat Alliance Hierarch)
“Blood of the Shadow of Resentment?!”
As Li Chengyi slowly read the words on the drink bottle, the expressions of the people present all subtly changed.
Xindela frowned in thought.
Sima Gui’s expression became slightly grave.
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Song Ran, however, couldn’t understand, showing a bit of disbelief.
“The inscriptions I see describe it as such,” Li Chengyi answered. “It says that one can exchange blood and obtain certain racial traits of the Shadow of Resentment…”
“Do you believe it?” Xindela interrupted Li Chengyi’s words with a question.
“The explanation is written on it. Aside from you, no one else can see this vial of blood. Its origin is unknown, its toxicity is unknown, its side effects are unknown. Are you certain it’s harmless to you?”
Xindela continued.
“The rejection reaction is unknown. Whether or not you will transform into a different form after the blood exchange is unknown. Do you remember that young man in white at the Grecius Parking Garage?”
With that said, everyone suddenly came to a realization.
“Right, that lunatic was originally just an ordinary madman. How did he become that ghostly figure? And how has he been able to live continuously in the Blind Spot? I always felt that the lunatic outside isn’t the real one—the one inside the Blind Spot is.” Song Ran came back to his senses, his expression turning serious.
“Therefore, I suspect that this vial of blood has several possibilities,” Xindela said gravely.
“First, it’s not blood at all, just a simple label to deceive people. It doesn’t possess the ability to exchange blood.”
“Second, it is indeed blood and indeed the fresh blood of some Shadow of Resentment. It can also perform a blood exchange. But after you exchange blood, you might turn into some sort of monstrous creature. So, I have a question.”
Xindela looked around at the others. He paused, “Has anyone heard about, in reality, the appearance of aberrant humans? Or those possessing special abilities can also be included.”
Song Ran shook his head.
“Never heard of such a thing.”
“Neither have I…” Sima Gui agreed. “I concur with the boss’s guess. I suspect perhaps someone has exchanged blood with this fresh blood and obtained certain special abilities, but they are likely confined within the Blind Spot, unable to leave.”
“Someone was behind Ash Company orchestrating that mysterious experiment in the last incident at Grecius Parking Garage, and we still haven’t figured out who it was. We were also attacked afterward,” Xindela continued. “So the trouble and secrets involved with the Blind Spot are probably far beyond our imagination, and this vial of Shadow of Resentment’s blood is likely just one part of it.”
Li Chengyi listened to their analysis and felt that they made sense.
“Perhaps we can try to analyze this thing. Just because it’s marked unanalyzable doesn’t mean it truly is. What if it’s just a ruse to deceive people?”
“We can give it a try. But for now, you should carefully describe the details of this Silent Store, and we’ll immediately start to look for a prototype comparison,” Song Ran reminded.
“Understood!” Li Chengyi nodded seriously. “In fact, I suspect that my previous poisoning and blood loss were this Blind Spot’s attempt to force me to choose this vial of blood in a moment of desperation and helplessness and perform a blood exchange on myself. Otherwise all the symptoms and this method of using the blood, they fit too well.”
“That’s a possibility,” Xindela nodded.
Right then, Li Chengyi meticulously described the details of the Silent Store that he had encountered.
Xindela recorded the details carefully, recorded audio, then sent it to the main company for writing and began the prototype comparison.
After the description was complete, the few persons present began to study the blood of the Shadow of Resentment that Li Chengyi spoke of.
Sitting on the hospital bed, Li Chengyi looked at the drink bottle in his hand and pondered for a moment.
“You guys be careful and stay back. I’ll try to open it slowly,” he said.
The other three tacitly got up, stepped out of the room one by one, and shut the door.
The best protection was provided by the walls of the room.
Li Chengyi, on the other hand, pulled over a bulletproof vest, shielding his face with it, then put on stab-resistant gloves. He gripped the cap of the drink bottle and gently, slowly began to twist it open a crack.
Hiss.
The cap easily started to twist.
Through the gap in the cap, Li Chengyi could clearly see that inside swirled a thick, gray-black special liquid.
No smell of blood, just like cooking oil. The liquid gently floated with many bubbles, beyond that, there were no abnormalities.
Li Chengyi opened the cap, gently shook the liquid in the bottle.
No reaction.
He looked left and right, took a white porcelain cup from the bedroom’s bedside cabinet.
With the blood of the Shadow of Resentment in hand, he gently poured it into the cup.
Silently, drop by drop, the thick liquid formed a line, flowing from the mouth of the bottle and falling into the cup.
Then, something strange happened!
All of the black liquid disappeared silently and inexplicably as soon as it dropped into the cup.
Without any warning, it vanished right under Li Chengyi’s eyes.
The black liquid shrank rapidly, faded, became transparent, and disappeared the moment it touched the bottom of the cup.
‘Can’t it even leave my side?’ Li Chengyi thought with a chill in his heart.
Thinking this, he took out AR glasses from the bedside cabinet, put them on, and activated the recording function, aiming it at everything in front of him.
But bizarrely, through the lens, he could see nothing.
No black blood, no bottle, just an empty white porcelain cup sitting before him.
‘!?’
He took off the glasses, and the black blood and drink bottle reappeared before his eyes.
When he put the glasses back on, the blood and the bottle disappeared again.
“Is it okay now?” Song Ran’s voice came from outside the door.
“It’s fine, please come in,” Li Chengyi answered.
The three of them quickly opened the door and filed in.
Seeing Li Chengyi sitting alone on the hospital bed in a bizarre pose, as if he was holding an invisible bottle and pouring something into a cup.
The three of them had odd expressions on their faces.
“Any discoveries?” Xindela asked.
“Yes, I’ve confirmed that this thing can’t leave me. As soon as it leaves me, it instantly disappears,” Li Chengyi responded.
“It seems that part of the description above is true,” Xindela nodded. “We’ve just received some good news.”
“What?” Li Chengyi’s heart stirred, and he looked up at him.
“I remembered correctly. This Silent Store, someone encountered it before you did and survived, completely leaving the place.”
“Who!?”
Li Chengyi was invigorated, knowing someone had successfully escaped meant there was a way to find the standard answer and to leave the Blind Spot as quickly as possible.
The Silent Store seemed like a mysteriously attractive and dangerous Blind Spot where one could possibly obtain some extraordinary objects, but…
The danger far exceeded that of any Blind Spots Li Chengyi had encountered before.
Any injury would lead to poisoning, and a moment of carelessness could result in death due to toxins. Even if one survived the ordeal, managed to obtain the goods inside, they might still die in the outside world, rendering everything meaningless.
And now, there was an established example of success!
Upon hearing this news, the others’ attention was drawn, and they looked at Xindela intently.
“Southern University of Chemical Industry, Professor Zhong Hui from the Department of Applied Chemistry,” Xindela said somberly, revealing a name.
“He’s still alive?” Li Chengyi quickly realized.
“Yes, he’s still alive, to be exact. The current Professor Zhong Hui is just a revival body from his original biological material. He has all the memories, ways of thinking, experiences, emotions, and body structure of the original Zhong Hui, but he is not the original person.”
Xindela sighed, “The real Professor Zhong had died in a Blind Spot five years ago. Before his death, he had made arrangements by using his connections and wealth, preparing a personality storage, and everything needed to clone himself.”
The group fell silent upon hearing this.
“This is also one of the reasons why different countries are not very concerned about Blind Spots. For those Blind Spot Individuals who die, the unimportant ones don’t matter, while the important ones can mostly be recreated through personality storages to fill the void,” Xindela explained.
“What about you?” Sima Gui suddenly asked. “Why… your son…?”
“I’ve tried cloning, but… by the time I found Lien’s personality storage and cell samples… all traces of him had vanished…” Xindela said tiredly, with a hint of confusion in his voice.
“I checked all the records, there were no traces at all, neither from the personality storage nor from the cell sample freezers, as if they had never contained anything…”
“I asked others to help me search, but all samples, all cell tissue related to Lien, mysteriously disappeared.”
“Something’s not right,” Sima Gui said, frowning. “People who die in the Blind Spots are remembered by everyone; this kind of situation has never happened before.”
“In any case, there’s no time to waste. Let’s set off for Southern University of Chemical Industry right away. I’ve confirmed the address there,” Xindela stood up and said, “It’s just that I…”
Beep beep beep.
Suddenly, an urgent beeping sound interrupted him.
His expression changed faintly, and he quickly pressed a button on his AR glasses, seemingly checking something.
A few seconds later.
“Sorry, Cheng Yi, I might not be able to accompany you. A Blind Spot Individual has appeared in the next Blind Spot that Lien will encounter, and I must go there to investigate right away!” Xindela apologized.
“No worries, Boss, your matters are more important, go ahead,” Li Chengyi naturally understood that Xindela’s purpose in coming to Yi Country was to track his son’s footsteps, investigate all the Blind Spots he had experienced, and find clues within them.
“Sima, you come with me. Ah Ran, you accompany Cheng Yi with the investigation. Is that okay?” Xindela quickly arranged.
“No problem!” the group responded in unison.
“Let’s go.”
Soon, two people swiftly left, leaving Song Ran alone in the room.
“How’s your physical condition? Can you get up and walk?” Song Ran asked Li Chengyi.
“Of course,” Li Chengyi smiled, flipped off the bed, secured the cap on the vial of Shadow of Resentment, and just left it on the nightstand.
Since no one else could see or touch this thing apart from him, it didn’t really matter if he left it here.
“Well then, let’s go directly to find this Professor Zhong Hui. His original body may be dead, but the company’s intelligence indicates that Professor Zhong did not die in the Silent Store Blind Spot, but in another subsequent Blind Spot.
Therefore, this clone has all the Blind Spot memories except for the last one,” Song Ran said.
“So you’re saying, he knows how to leave the Silent Store!?” Li Chengyi promptly realized.
“Exactly! We’ll head over there while calling him, asking for the method remotely. If he’s willing to tell us over the phone that would be best, but if not, we’ll have to think of a plan. It’s better to solve it with money if possible,” Song Ran briefed.
“Alright!”
“You go change your clothes and get ready. I’ll go downstairs to start the car and also give Professor Zhong a call to get in touch first,” Song Ran said as he quickly left the room.
Immediately, Li Chengyi changed into a simple casual outfit, took the vial of Shadow of Resentment and the essentials, got ready, and left the apartment.
After securing the door, he headed to the elevator. Before he could enter, he received a voice communication from Song Ran through his AR glasses.
“Hurry up! Professor Zhong agrees to tell you how to leave the Silent Store, but we have to go there in person!”
