Chapter 107 Parting Ways

Having determined everyone's responsibilities, especially the network security, with the subsequent guarantees, a huge weight finally lifted from Li Cheng颐's heart.

Of course, he couldn't trust Rainbow Candy yet, and couldn't expose the true relationship between himself and his alternate identity.

But in the future, if he could find a Flower Language ability that could guarantee trust, then everything could form a closer connection.

For now, he listed the corresponding names.

"Network security and information collection - Rainbow Candy, Da Hei." "Real-world personal safety and firearms equipment - Long Men Diao. Medical care, accommodation, training, and modification - Da Xiong, Xiao Zong." "Overall support - Cheng 颐, Xiao Hao."

After marking the division of labor, he pinned it to the top of the small group's announcement board.

To prevent information leakage, Rainbow Candy provided everyone with a unique app designed and programmed by herself, so all the small groups were now transferred to this private app.

As for Xiao Hao, who hadn't been active in the group, it was actually Li Cheng颐 in his Flower Scale Armor state. Xiao Hao, a homophone for "alternate identity" (小号, xiǎo hào) in Chinese.

Of course, no one but Li Cheng颐 himself would understand this homophone. Because Yi country's language was vastly different from Chinese.

After resting for a while, close to the afternoon, Li Cheng颐 called home, explaining that he had to continue his business trip, and then took a taxi back to Long Xu Men.

As soon as he entered, he saw Old Man Yu Long talking to a middle-aged man wearing glasses on the open space inside the villa. The man was wearing a gray suit, dressed formally, and his attitude was very upright and respectful towards Yu Long.

After Li Cheng颐 passed the iris scan, he entered the villa courtyard and approached, hearing the conversation between the two. "...Is this really okay? She herself is unwilling to do this."

"I will never use connections. If people want her, they have to look at her hard skills. If she has no ability, she is just trash. If she doesn't want to do it, she can just roll back. I provide her with food, drink, and accommodation. Whether she wants to get married is up to her."

Yu Long's face always had a smiling expression, but at this time, it was a rare moment of indifference. "I, Yu Long, will not engage in speculation or unfair practices!"

"Master Long's character is noble, we know that, but Xiao Xiao is really sad now, otherwise she wouldn't have asked me to intercede." The man in the suit said earnestly.

"You are her sworn brother, I understand that you would help her." Yu Long nodded, "But everyone has their own destiny. As Yu Long's daughter, she already has an advantage. Those who really want to help her would have already done so. Those who are unwilling, even if I beg for mercy, it would only be forced and not good."

"Ah..." The man in the suit sighed, hesitated, but looking at Yu Long's expression, he stopped speaking. He took two steps back, bowed slightly to the other party, and turned to walk towards the gate.

Passing by Li Cheng颐, he nodded slightly in acknowledgment, and then left completely. Li Cheng颐 returned the nod, then stepped forward and walked behind Yu Long.

"Master Long, I'm back."

"Good that you're back, everything is prepared for you. The basic practice videos of Dragon Dance are in your room, go take a look first." Yu Long was not in a good mood, but his tone softened as he turned around and instructed.

"Okay."

"Be quick, I figure your next time is coming soon." Yu Long said solemnly, "I hope to see you again after the next time."

"I'm not that easy to die, Master Long, don't worry." Li Cheng颐 smiled.

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After a hard day of dancing. www.

Li Cheng颐, sore all over, finished showering and collapsed on the bed, feeling like his body had been hollowed out.

Having truly danced the so-called Dragon Dance, he realized that it involved being tied with weights suitable for his body, and doing each movement one by one along with the video.

At first, he was just doing one movement at a time, but later, the movements became connected, sensing the flow of force. This made the difficulty much higher.

Two thirty AM.

Li Cheng颐 was awakened from his slumber by the urge to urinate. Drowsily, he rolled over and held the blanket between his legs for a while. But eventually, the urge became overwhelming.

Helplessly, he lifted the blanket and slowly sat up.

The room given by Master Yu Long was an extremely simple rectangular small bedroom. White walls, white ceiling, wooden floor, wooden door.

The furnishings were also very simple. A white hemispherical light on the ceiling, a large two-and-a-half-meter bed in the middle, and a simple wooden frame clothes rack in the corner.

Below the window was a wooden table and chair, and also a pink children's desk lamp.

Clearly, this wasn't originally for a boy, probably used by Yu Long's daughter when she was young. Li Cheng颐 didn't turn on the light, and just opened the door and went out, following the corridor to the toilet.

After relieving himself, walking on the corridor, the dark wooden floor made slight thumping sounds. Making him feel faintly tense.

"Having been in too many Dead Angles, everything looks like a Dead Angle."

Making his nerves somewhat overstretched now. "Won't I even be able to get back to my room?" Li Cheng颐 felt uneasy.

Dead Angles were strange and varied, with all sorts of things. If he encountered a new, unfamiliar Dead Angle, and hadn't figured out the situation yet, then he would likely have to rely on gambling with his life.

Thump thump thump...

On the dark second-floor corridor, Li Cheng颐 quickened his pace, but fortunately, what he imagined didn't happen. The doors on both sides of the room didn't suddenly open.

The corridor also didn't become infinitely long. He successfully returned to his room.

Pushing open the door, he breathed a sigh of relief, took off his slippers and flopped back onto the bed, pulling the blanket over his stomach. Then, he stretched out his hands, completely relaxing his body.

If he didn't rest well, he definitely wouldn't be able to cope with the extremely heavy training tomorrow. Dancing with three hundred pounds of weight, continuously for several hours. This kind of training was unimaginable for ordinary people.

Lying on his back, Li Cheng颐's gaze focused on the hemispherical large light on the white ceiling. Staring at the light tube inside, he slowly squinted his eyes.

Time flowed by little by little.

His squinted eyes gradually became slightly closed. Sleepiness gradually returned.

Suddenly, an icy hand abruptly grabbed his left hand, which was exposed outside the edge of the bed!

That hand was bone-chillingly cold, and its strength was enormous, gripping his palm tightly, not letting go at all! The sleepiness in Li Cheng颐's mind instantly cleared.

A sense of horror and panic originating from his genes instantly surged into his heart. He opened his eyes wide and turned his head to look to the left.

But just as he looked over, the cold hand disappeared. Whoosh!

He immediately lifted the blanket, got out of bed, and checked his surroundings. "Is there someone else in the room!?"

The first thought that surged into his mind.

"No! Just now, that hand was from below, grabbing my palm!" "Could it be Master Yu Long's test training?"

He raised his left hand and looked at it.

This look immediately overturned the previous two guesses.

"Dead Angle people constantly experience Dead Angles, which is also a process of constant spiritual alienation. They will become increasingly easier to come into contact with deeper, more dangerous Dead Angles. To capture those more subtle fluctuations and dimensions."

A passage from Zhong Hui's notes surged into Li Cheng颐's mind at this time.

He suddenly realized that his current situation was exactly the same as the notes recorded.

"People have limits. But Dead Angles are endless. Therefore, Dead Angle people are almost certain to die." There was another sentence at the end of the notes.

This was also the main reason why most Dead Angle people lived a life of drunken dreams and indulged themselves. Looking at his left hand, Li Cheng颐 had never seen such a situation.

Even though he had experienced several Dead Angles, this situation was the first time.

At this time, his left hand, illuminated by the faint moonlight outside the window, revealed a strange sense of blurriness. Not descriptive blurriness, but blurriness in the literal sense.

This feeling was very peculiar.

Clearly, his hand was still there, but no matter how closely he looked, he couldn't see the details and textures of his left hand. He could only see the large outlines, knuckles, and hand shape.

Li Cheng颐 raised his hand, brought it closer to his eyes, and observed carefully. What was strange was that.

He still couldn't see his own skin, his own blood vessels, all the details of his own pores. It was like looking through a layer of frosted glass.

"?!'"

With a shock in his heart, he quickly switched to his right hand. He raised his right hand and observed carefully.

Everything was normal with his right hand. The black hairs close to three millimeters long, the tiny pores, the skin texture, the faint blue blood vessels, could all be seen clearly.

Then he switched back to his left hand.

Li Cheng颐 once again felt that strong sense of disharmony. He still couldn't see his own left hand clearly.

"What the hell!"

He kept moving his left hand, trying other movements.

Making a fist, spreading his five fingers, moving each finger, snapping his fingers... all the movements were fine.

Only.... it felt a little sluggish.

It was as if the signal was sent out, but couldn't react immediately, requiring a 1 millisecond reaction time to move. "Radiant Force Field." Li Cheng颐 immediately and quickly activated Flower Language.

Although the Flower Language ability would be greatly reduced in the state of not wearing the Flower Scale Armor, only about one-third of its efficacy remained. But it was usually enough.

Hiss.

The invisible warm force field instantly covered his entire body. The sluggishness in his left hand quickly and slowly recovered.

But that strange blurriness was still there, unchanged at all!

Li Cheng颐 carefully observed his left hand while the force field was activated, and found that this was the most it could heal. With a sigh in his heart, he immediately began searching for the cold palm from before.

He carefully recalled it.

"Just now I was lying on my back sleeping, and my left palm was suspended outside the edge of the bed. That hand was from below, diagonally gripping my left hand."

And the direction of the tilt...... Li Cheng颐 carefully recalled. Recalling the feeling just now.

Suddenly, his eyes widened, and he suddenly bent over, lying on the ground. "It's under the bed!!"

He pressed his head against the ground, looking under the wooden bed. The space under the bed was empty, there was nothing there.

From this side, he could see the other side of the bed.

The faint light shone in from outside the bed, and he could see that there was nothing under the bed except for accumulated dust. Li Cheng颐 carefully stared at the accumulated dust, reached out his hand, and gently swiped it on the dust.

Instantly, an imprint he had drawn appeared under the bed.

Among the large patches of gray, a clean finger print stood out, appearing very conspicuous.

"If someone was hiding under the bed, there should be traces left here. Now it seems that it is most likely a Dead Angle...." At this point, the fluke in Li Cheng颐's heart completely disappeared.

He straightened up, and now looking at the surrounding bedroom, he felt that everything was filled with strangeness and danger. "Go out and see what other places are like."

Thinking of this, Li Cheng颐 slowly walked towards the door.

In the dim bedroom, the only light was the moonlight from outside the window. "Moonlight?!"

"Wait!"

Suddenly, Li Cheng颐 stopped in his tracks.

A kind of inexplicable horror rapidly surged from his heart. "I didn't turn on the light!"

"Then just now, when I looked under the bed, where did the light on the other side come from!???" He suddenly turned around and rushed towards the bed.