Hidden Dead Ends

Chapter 17

Li Chengyi thought so and acted on it.

He entered the neighborhood and headed for the strings of wisterias hanging down.

He turned a corner, walked over, stopped, and gently reached out to touch the flowers.

If he didn’t repair the Flower Scale Gear, he might not be able to sleep at all.

Hiss...

A cool aura flowed from the petals into his fingers.

Soon, the aura dissipated. He could clearly feel that the wisterias he had touched seemed to have become empty shells. Something special inside had disappeared and been sucked away.

He could feel that the roots of the flowers seemed to be slowly replenishing this special thing, but it was very, very slow. As soon as they replenished a little, he immediately absorbed it.

Raising his hand, he quickly changed to unabsorbed wisterias and absorbed the special substance.

From his perspective, in one of the slots in the ring on the back of his right hand, a faint purple light was slowly lighting up like it was charging.

About half a minute later, he had touched all the wisterias here until the Flower of Evil ring on the back of his hand gave him a notification for the third time.

[The Flower Scale Gear has been repaired.]

Disappointed, he left the flower racks and walked toward his house.@@@@

He thought that if he had touched more, he might have been able to store some of this special substance for when the Flower Scale Gear was damaged again.

Now, it seemed like he had thought too much.

Tomorrow, I’ll learn the information about Dead Ends as soon as possible and then study the evolution of the Flower Scale Gear and how to activate the next Flower God Position!

With this thought in mind, Li Chengyi returned to his empty house, closed the door, and fell asleep without even taking off his clothes.

He completely buried his head in the soft pillow with the fragrance of detergent.

At this moment, he didn’t think about anything else and only wanted to sleep peacefully.

Time flowed slowly like a stream, and an unknown amount of time passed.

The faint sound of car horns gradually became clearer and louder in Li Chengyi’s consciousness.

He gradually woke up from his deep sleep.

In his daze, he heard people cursing and arguing downstairs over a parking space.

The anxious car horns had always been very annoying in the memories of his predecessor, but at this moment, they gave him a sense of relief that he had not felt for a long time.

He had only left for a few hours, but it seemed like a long time had passed.

“This child doesn’t even take off his clothes when he sleeps, and he’s even sleeping on his stomach.” The voice of his predecessor’s mother, Feng Yurong, sounded at the door.

Then there was the feeling of a thin blanket covering his body.

Then Li Chengyi’s consciousness sank again as he fell into a new round of sleep.

Dark, peaceful, warm.

After some time, when he returned to his senses, his eyelids had turned dark red.

It was the red light of blood shining on his eyelids from the outside.

Faint bird cries came in through the window, mixed with the sound of a mop mopping the floor.

Li Chengyi woke up and opened his eyes.

He had laid on his pillow and fell asleep without taking off his clothes. His saliva wet a large area of the pillowcase, and the skin at the corner of his mouth was pressing against it. It felt sticky and disgusting.

There was also an unpleasant smell of saliva.

He responded casually, quickly brushed his teeth, and changed his clothes. The sleeves of his sportswear were stained with some red.

He quickly put his sleeves under the tap, wet them with soap, and rubbed them.

Then he changed into a gray hoodie.

“I’m going out to do something. Bye.” He casually used an excuse to deal with Feng Yurong, put on his shoes, and opened the front door.

“Come back early. If you don’t have anything to do, don’t wander around outside to waste time and then come back and say that you had an interview.” Feng Yurong looked as though she had seen through everything.

“I know...” Li Chengyi was helpless. He didn’t expect his predecessor to do such a thing for the sake of his face.

Bang!

After closing the door, he breathed a long sigh of relief. He pressed the elevator button, waited for the doors to open, and went in.

While the elevator was going down, he took out his phone and looked at the missed calls and unread texts.

There were calls from Lin Sang, Chen Xudong, Professor Chen Shan, and an unknown number.

He quickly returned the calls of his mentor and Chen Xudong, made up an excuse that he had been sick and fallen asleep, and then opened the messages to reply to them one by one.

By the time he finished replying to all of them, he had left the building and walked to the entrance of the neighborhood.

Without stopping, he walked toward the small park again.

The Flower of Evil had helped him a lot to survive this time, so the first thing he had to do after waking up and feeling full of energy was to study this mysterious trump card that greatly increased his survival rate!

After arriving at the small park, Li Chengyi returned to the racks where the wisterias were.

The wind had knocked down many wisteria petals on the ground under the racks, and some of them had even been trampled and crushed.

This scene made Li Chengyi’s heart ache slightly. He wasn’t a person who loved flowers, but these flowers were his capital to preserve his life. It seems I have to find a way to ensure a stable source of flowers in the future. For now, I’ll study how to use the Flower of Evil.

Beside the flower racks, there were two middle-aged women who had just finished dancing with red folding fans and were chatting with their hands on their hips.

On a bench not far away sat a young couple with a child. The little child, who only knew how to crawl, was rubbing against his mother like a little pig.

After confirming that there were no people worthy of note around, Li Chengyi retracted his gaze and reached out to touch a bunch of wisterias.

[The Flower Scale Gear has been repaired.]

A clear reminder appeared in his mind, but other than this, there was no other response.

After putting down his hand, Li Chengyi thought for a while and changed his target. He looked around and took a few steps toward the grass beside the racks.

Then he bent down and reached out to grab some flowers growing on the ground.

The grass was a mess of overgrown weeds.

Wild grass was mixed with flowers and plants in the park, and wild flowers and human-cultivated flowers were also mixed together.

Big red flowers, white flowers, yellow chrysanthemums, some light blue and small unknown flowers... Some of these flowers were fully blooming, some were only half-blooming, and some were only buds.

Li Chengyi reached out and gently touched the largest and most eye-catching red flower.

Since the wisterias didn’t bring about any changes, he would first try to see if the other flowers could activate the Second Flower God Position.

Since I’ve already collected the wisterias for the Flower Scale Gear, does this satisfy the requirement of developing the First Flower God Position to the limit?

As his fingers touched the big red flower...

New information emerged.

[Red Peony: It is also known as the farewell flower. The petals can reach hundreds, and the roots are medicinal. They can relieve pain, promote blood circulation, and help with menstrual cycles. It prefers growth environments with sunlight and is resistant to drought. The flowering period is from May to June.]

[Flower Language: Fondness (Suppose there is a dark red metal bell that is two meters tall and weighs a ton. As long as you have feelings for it, you can easily lift it and smash it at anyone.)]

[Flower Scale Gear: Not enough Flower God Positions. Please activate.]