Hidden Corners

"It's not a threat, it's just a statement of a fact." Zhu Rui said, "In this world, fighting alone won't work. As long as you have things and people you care about, you will have weaknesses.

And the people you care about will also have people and things you care about. Layer upon layer, interconnected, endless. "

"Yes. You are right." Li Chengyi said, "It makes sense."

"But why do you think that we must hand over the technology to you, not to others?"

"Because, leave it to me, so that you can be protected from other forces to the greatest extent." Zhu Rui smiled.

"Hehe, hurt? Mr. Zhu really thinks that our friends, relatives, and important people around us are really our weaknesses?" Li Chengyi asked.

As soon as this sentence came out.

There was a hint of astonishment on Zhu Rui's face.

"You don't think that if you can make trouble in Su Tan, you can make the same noise in Yi Country?"

"Has Mr. Zhu ever thought that if someone can ignore the rules and move people around us, then why should we care about the rules?" Li Chengyi asked back.

"You don't think that all of us, who may die in a corner at any time, have weaknesses, do you?" The gloom on his face seemed to have never appeared before, and it turned into a cold and mocking smile.

"Such people, even if they riot, what did they do?" Zhu Rui laughed.

"Then do you want to try?" Li Chengyi looked at each other with both eyes, without blinking.

The expression on Zhu Rui's face slowly became silent, and his eyes were also fixed on him, with unwavering momentum, but he didn't answer any more.

The conversation broke up badly.

Zhu Rui didn't say anything in the end. It's just that when he left, he lost the calmness that he had everything under control before, and was more angry.

When Li Chengyi got up to leave, he was stopped by Liu Tongbei.

The two stood side by side under the rain-dropped eaves.

"One?" Liu Tongbei handed over a cigarette.

"Thanks, no smoking."

"Actually, don't you wait a little longer and it's over? There's no need to offend the Zhu family." Liu Tongbei said kindly. "The Zhu family is one of the great nobles in the Korean language, and they are very influential in several provinces around us."

"Is our new system so attractive?" Li Chengyi asked in surprise.

"Almost, the various systems in several self-circulating cities are not mature enough. As long as you take this system and modify it a little bit, it can be used. Release it for commercial operation, that is a massive arms business. The profit of arms is enough to make any family power jealous. Although your system is not that exaggerated, it already has this potential." Liu Tongbei explained.

"Is this the crime of being pregnant?" Li Chengyi said.

"Almost." Liu Tongbei sighed, "The best way for you to deal with it now is to immediately find a strong enough background to block all the ups and downs outside. It doesn't matter whether it's cooperation, attachment, or business. As soon as possible."

"Thank you." Li Chengyi said, thanking him for his suggestion.

"You're welcome."

After bidding farewell to Liu Tongbei, Li Chengyi boarded the returning car.

call.

Sitting in the car, he let out a long sigh.

"Are you tired?" Zhou Xingtong asked in a low voice while driving the car.

"Somewhat."

Li Chengyi replied.

The Hall of Sinking, the flower language of the exercises, the persecution of people like Zhu Rui, and the woman in the white skirt who is suspected of being a dead end.

A lot of things were piled up, making him inseparable.

Although a hungry wolf like Zhu Rui was also within his expectations, he still felt very uncomfortable facing it.

"Shall we go back directly now?" Zhou Xingtong asked.

"Well, go back to the hotel over Zhaoshan."

Looking at the night scene flying past outside the car window, Li Chengyi felt an inexplicable sense of heaviness in his heart.

He suddenly understood that those people who persisted until the end had to face more psychological pressure in the later stage.

Back at the hotel, I continued to read the books until I couldn't hold on before falling asleep.

Soon, another two days passed.

In the sound of splashing water.

Li Chengyi picked up the water with his hands and wiped several handfuls on his face.

The stimulation brought by the cold water made him recover quickly.

Pulling the towel and wiping his face, he sighed softly. He didn't find any clues from the ink in the comic book or other drawing links.

This made him feel even more impatient.

No clues were found in the dead-end clues on the side of the person with his back.

The escape method is even more clueless.

Go to the cloakroom and open the door.

Snapped.

Li Chengyi paused again.

In a somewhat dark cloakroom, in a narrow space, a black-haired woman in a white dress was standing quietly.

The woman still turned her back to him, motionless.

Is it the third time?

Li Chengyi thought back to the information from Xiao Zong.

The person whose back is turned will generally turn around when it appears for the third time. And the dead end people who experienced it for the third time, almost all disappeared.

He has searched for the shape and clothing of the person whose back is turned away, but there are too many similarities. Also no clue.

'Since you can't find a clue, try to see if you can.'

Li Chengyi stretched out his hand, and a ray of radiant force field, with him as the center, spread silently to the surroundings.

But the force field had no effect.

Instead, the woman in the white skirt seemed to be touched by something, and turned towards him.

She moves very slowly, very slowly.

Little by little, slowly turn from the left hand side.

The golden sword automatically floated in Li Chengyi's hand, and at the same time, a circle of golden flames faintly ignited around him.

He wants to try to see if he can completely solve this guy with the Blade of Destiny.

If the damage to the dead corner is large enough, it can also collapse completely.

so.

He slowly raised the golden sword.

Snapped.

Suddenly a small hand gently grabbed his wrist from behind.

"Brother, don't."

Li Chengyi was taken aback, and recognized the tone of the voice.

"Etherine!?"

"Brother, listen to me! I'll count one, two, three, and you will back up with me and close your eyes! Okay?" Iselyn's voice was a little nervous and cautious.

".I understand! Good!" Li Chengyi replied. He stared at the woman in the white skirt who was slowly turning around.

Waiting for the voice behind.

"one"

The footsteps of the two began to slowly retreat.

"two."

Iselin gently hugged Li Chengyi's waist from behind, her pupils turned into pitch black, and black smoke kept gushing out.

"three!!"

All of a sudden, Estherine pulled hard and pulled back.

Li Chengyi followed the trend, closed his eyes, rolled over and embraced Iserine and raised his back together.

puff! !

The two of them fell heavily on the floor of the master bedroom, and after rolling around twice, they quickly got up.

Li Chengyi looked into the cloakroom again, and sure enough, the woman in the white skirt disappeared.

He turned to look at Etherine again.

The little girl at this time is already very different from before.

She has blond hair hanging down her shoulders, and she is wearing a black sleeveless lady's vest, and her lower body is a black pleated dress with mysterious silver symbols hanging on the skirt like decorations.

Holding a short black staff that is as long as the forearm in one hand, and holding the corner of the skirt in the other hand, he is slowly getting up from the ground.

"Well, fortunately, I escaped in time, otherwise I would be in big trouble."

It's been a long time, and Estherine seems to have grown bigger.

Today, she is about fifteen or sixteen years old, and her height is about the same as that of an adult.

"Is that guy troublesome?" Li Chengyi got up and grabbed her and gently helped him up.

"It's very troublesome." Estherine raised her face and said seriously. "I've been studying black scriptures with my teacher before, but when I sensed that the little arrangement I left on you, brother, was in danger, I immediately stopped and came back!"

"Teacher?" Li Chengyi asked doubtfully. "when will you.?"

"Don't say that. Brother, you have to be careful. The woman you met just now is not a real person. It's a special kind of blind spot. Once you see her face, she will ignite your heart in an instant. All spirit."

"How do you know? Is there no way to resist?" Li Chengyi frowned.

"Because that guy is in the Black Sea. It's not an ordinary blind spot. There are many Black Sea races who have encountered it." Iserine replied with a serious face. "In the Black Sea, it has a common name."

"Back view."

"Back view." Li Chengyi chewed these two words carefully, as if there was something hidden in them.

"The back view cannot be touched, because it has no entity at all, and the back view seen by each individual is also different. This is a pure attack on consciousness." Etherine explained. "The moment you see the back and turn around, you can make a complete life individual collapse and disappear in an instant."

"Purely aimed at consciousness?" Li Chengyi's heart was awe-inspiring. He didn't know if his flower language could stop this type of consciousness attack.

He feels hanging.

He raised his vigilance in his heart, although he didn't think his back could kill him completely in an instant. But he still sincerely thanked Iserine for her help.

Looking around, it was only then that he realized that he had been pulled into a small dead corner by Estherine's clenched hands.

This corner, which belongs exclusively to Estherine, can be embedded in any bedroom without limitation.

"So, is there a way to get out of the back?"

"Of course there is a method, but it's very troublesome. I'll talk about it later, brother, come with me first!"

Etherine grabbed his hand and, instead of crawling under the bed, turned and walked towards the door that left the room.

click.

She opened the door and walked out.

Outside the door, there are no longer dark corridors and stairwells.

It is a square empty library.

A few books were sparsely placed on rows of empty bookshelves.

Two long tables were placed next to the floor-to-ceiling windows. Outside the window was a hazy gray fog, and nothing could be seen clearly.

"Look, brother! This is the teacher's reading room! I begged him for a long time before agreeing to let you in!" Iserine pulled Li Chengyi into the door, with a bright smile on her cute little face.

"There are no books in the reading room, and there is nothing to read, but the point is not this! Rather, this is the teacher's domain, and the concealment is much, much better than mine!

So we will never be forced to separate us by a large dead end like last time! "

"So who is the teacher you're talking about?" Li Chengyi looked at the reading room, a little surprised, but more half-believing.

"A teacher is a teacher, he won't let me tell you, brother, you will know later." Esseline laughed.

"Really." Li Chengyi believed that Iselin would not harm herself. But for this teacher, he still has vigilance in his heart.

"By the way, Estherine, since you've been to so many dead ends, I wonder if you've ever met one with a lot of flowers in it?"

"I have encountered them before, but they are all very dangerous types." Estherine replied, "Speaking of which, there are a few potted flowers in my teacher's study. If I have time, I can show you."

"real?"

"Of course. Now let's help you with the back view first." Iselyn's face turned serious.

"Actually, it is not difficult to solve the back view, but if you want to face it head-on, it will cause great damage."