Looking at Iserin, Li Cheng颐 fell silent.

Iserin's integration with the blind spot clearly indicated that the Hand of Binding was the special blind spot that resonated with her.

Within this blind spot, she was the master and native inhabitant, while everyone else was an outsider.

Although the phrasing was somewhat convoluted, he understood it now.

"But… doesn't that mean being permanently fixed to other blind spots?" Li Cheng颐 asked.

"Then there is another way," Professor Miman said.

"Please tell me."

"Since you don't want to seek what is right for yourself, then make everything around you what you believe to be right."

“…Using my own power to forcibly change everything?” Li Cheng颐 immediately understood.

"Yes, blind spots have different cyclical periods. In reality, for other existences, your reality is also a vast blind spot, but its cycle is very long. That's all," Miman smiled. "So, which do you choose?"

"One more question." Li Cheng颐 didn't choose, but continued to ask. "I once heard a theory that if a blind spot person doesn't die in the blind spot, it will cause those small blind spots in the Black Sea to merge into large blind spots, leading to the descent of a doomsday that destroys everything. I don't know if this statement is correct?"

He got this statement from Xing Hu.

According to the confessions of the four Bartons, Xing Hu told everyone this, which is why they were so dissatisfied with, and even hostile to, blind spot groups like Ming Yuan.

"Small blind spots do merge into some distorted large blind spots. This statement is essentially correct. But the key is… since it's a blind spot, by definition, it's a dead end, a corner, a spatial-temporal possibility with no future. So… doomsday is the inevitable fate for blind spots," Miman said. "Only by jumping out of the blind spot and entering the Black Sea can you truly escape the cycle of the blind spot and become a free existence. This is also one of the reasons why many individuals want to open the Non-Gate, to pursue freedom."

He exhaled and changed his posture, continuing,

"As for using small blind spots to delay the appearance of large blind spots, this method is feasible, but it can only prevent the surrounding small blind spots from merging. The more distant ones are completely unmanageable."

"Burying your head in the sand?" Li Cheng颐 asked.

"Yes, a very apt description." Clearly, Professor Miman had never heard this idiom.

"Leaving is escape, changing is facing. Can you tell me how to change?" Li Cheng颐 asked.

"I don't know." Miman spread his hands. "Different blind spots have different phenomena. They are ever-changing, appearing and disappearing. The so-called change is the most fundamental and eternal characteristic of all things."

Li Cheng颐 was silent. He suddenly thought of the *I Ching* from his previous life.

Change is transformation.

"Thank you for your guidance. Finally, I also hope to trade for three materials from you."

"Speak."

Li Cheng颐 quickly listed the three materials he needed.

Mature Iridescent Dragon Heart, Mire Crocodile Breath, and a Corewood of the Rotting Lands.

"I have some Mire Crocodile Breath and Corewood of the Rotting Lands in stock, but the Iridescent Dragon Heart… that is a rare treasure. I once had a few, but they have all been used up," Professor Miman shook his head. "This is an extremely rare treasure even in the Black Sea, and it is difficult to preserve. The essential evolution of many existences requires devouring it. So, this is the fundamental reason for the extinction of the Iridescent Dragons."

Not even that? Li Cheng颐's heart sank. Fortunately, he had the other two materials.

“…Then, I'll trade for the other two materials first. Are you willing to use dead energy knowledge as a trading currency?”

"Very willing." A look of joy appeared in Miman's blood-red eyes.

This made Li Cheng颐 further elevate the importance of the dead energy imprint knowledge system he had obtained.

Obviously, the dead energy civilization seemed to be a very powerful one in the Black Sea.

Soon, Miman got up and temporarily left the room. A few minutes later, he returned with two black wooden boxes with delicate cloud patterns and twisted symbols.

One wooden box opened to reveal a mass of swirling, black mist-like aura.

"This is the Mire Crocodile Breath. It is a high-level material needed to create many isolation energy arrays. You only need to take one strand, one unit, at a time. This is enough for one hundred uses."

He then opened the second wooden box.

*Clack.*

Inside, a piece of red wood was placed on top of something like black silk.

The wood seemed to be hollow, with dense, lightning-like patterns inside.

At the very center, a silver light, like a heartbeat, constantly flickered, alternately bright and dim.

"This is the Corewood of the Rotting Lands. If you're willing, you can collect it yourself in the Rotting Lands. This kind of Corewood isn't difficult to find. It's a cheap material, everywhere there," Miman explained.

"Thank you, Professor. So, how should I trade the relevant knowledge to you?" Li Cheng颐 asked softly, looking at the two boxes placed on the table.

"Just tell me," Miman said.

"Okay."

A ball of dead energy flame slowly ignited in Li Cheng颐's hand, and at the same time, he began to verbally describe what he considered to be less important parts of the dead energy knowledge.

Unexpectedly, this exchange lasted for more than half an hour, intermittently.

It turned out that many of these dead energy-related knowledge were forbidden knowledge.

This room had been specially treated, so forbidden knowledge could be spoken out.

But that didn't mean that learning it didn't require paying a price.

This led to Miman and Iserin frequently interrupting and stopping to prepare.

After being interrupted for the third time and asked to stop.

"Enough…" Miman sighed. "What you said is enough…"

"So, our transaction is considered successful?" Li Cheng颐 asked. He carefully observed Miman's condition and found that the red light in his eyes was also slightly dim.

Obviously, forbidden knowledge had also caused him no small harm.

"Yes, it's successful… The Imprint Civilization didn't expect that the dead energy civilization would divide everything into imprint levels… Although this division is a bit rough, it is far clearer and more comprehensive than the previous danger level division," Miman said.

He gently pushed the two boxes to the edge of the table.

The two boxes slowly flew closer, as if supported by an invisible force, and landed in Li Cheng颐's hands.

"As for the Iridescent Dragon Heart, if you must find it, you can go to a place to look," Miman continued.

"What place?"

"Midlarn."

Midlarn again… Li Cheng颐 recalled what the Shadow Dragon Fane had said before, which also mentioned this place.

"That place was once the Iridescent Dragons' favorite area. The flow of time there is extremely fast. If you go in, you need to be careful and do it quickly," Miman reminded.

"What do you mean?"

"It means that one day outside is one year inside, or even longer, and you inside will also age rapidly with the passage of time, losing lifespan. Don't try to do anything time-consuming there because of the time difference. It's not worth it for you," Miman said.

Li Cheng颐 pondered.

Regarding the Imprint, he had to get the Iridescent Dragon Heart. Now that both sides said that only Midlarn had it, he would definitely have to go there.

As for how to get there…

"I want to use dead energy to ask another question, I wonder…" He had finally met a knowledgeable existence, and naturally wanted to ask all his questions in one breath.

"Speak, dead energy is also scarce for me, it's okay," Miman smiled.

"Thank you. I want to ask, how can I freely enter the Black Sea… and go to Midlarn?" Li Cheng颐 said in a low voice.

"It's very simple. Open the Non-Gate… open the Non-Gate in your body, that is, abandon your current five senses, open the sixth organ, and then you can truly touch the Black Sea. At that time, you can freely and easily perceive the holes entering the Black Sea and enter it in your own way. It's not difficult."

"I understand…"

"Be careful. The Black Sea is imperceptible. What we can recognize and perceive are just the end points, and the Black Sea in the middle is all dark and unknown. So, even the most powerful existence wouldn't want to travel in the Black Sea all the time. Because it is imperceptible, it is a blackness for us," Miman instructed.

"That's free," he added.

"Thank you for your generosity," Li Cheng颐 smiled. "Um… lastly, lastly, I want to ask one more question…"

“…”

Several minutes later, the transaction was completed, and the dead energy on Li Cheng颐's body decreased again. Fortunately, he could slowly absorb the surrounding dead energy particles through dead energy meditation to recover.

But this recovery speed was extremely slow. Given the total amount of dead energy he had used recently, he wouldn't be able to recover in less than a year.

Leaving the study with two boxes of materials, Li Cheng颐 constantly pondered the gains he had made earlier.

The secret knowledge obtained from Professor Miman gave him a macro-level understanding of the future, the blind spots, the Evil Flower, and everything else.

Combining it with his previous gains, he had completely understood how to get rid of the blind spot and walk his own path.

‘In the vast sea of blind spots, it is too difficult to find the one that suits you, and there are no clues yet.

But changing the surrounding blind spot, and making it fit you in reverse, is difficult, but visible and tangible.’

He actually already had a ready-made path to use.

That was the original soil and royal city of the Evil Flower. Opening the building summoning ability should gain more power to transform the world around him faster and make it more suitable for him.

‘Since I belong to one of the wrong possibilities, then open up the blind spot and turn it into the right one! The key is how to change it.’

With the Evil Flower, Li Cheng颐 had the confidence. He was very confident in this mysterious and powerful ability.

Especially the Flower Language. Its talent was so great that it could forcibly immunize against the dangers of forbidden knowledge, allowing himself to instantly master so much forbidden knowledge…

This made Li Cheng颐 see just how high the level of the Evil Flower was.

After sealing the materials in the underground base, he quickly began to prepare to go to Midlarn.

June 27th.

He did not accept the Non-Gate opening ceremony given by Shadow Food, but compared the two methods given by Shadow Food and Miman.

After confirming that the methods were similar, he prepared everything he needed himself.

Inside the Hand of Binding.

Li Cheng颐 lay quietly on Iserin's bedroom bed, closing his eyes, and becoming silent.

Sublimating the essence of existence was too difficult. On the edge of life and death, contacting and opening the Non-Gate was much easier.

So, he also chose this method like many other existences.

Just right, when he awakened dead energy before, the dead energy produced by a part of his limbs was of such high quality that even the Equilibrium Angel could not resist it.

So this time, he also planned to produce as much dead energy as possible for future use.

"Brother… you must be careful." Iserin looked a little worried at the side.

"With you here, it's absolutely safe, nothing will happen. Don't worry." Li Cheng颐 smiled, without opening his eyes.

How to put himself on the edge of life and death was actually very simple.

*Chhh.*

He stabbed himself hard in the brachial artery with a sword, then quickly pulled it out, and inserted a metal tube with extremely high hardness to prevent healing.

Black and red blood quickly flowed out of the tube and into a sealed, sterile bucket placed next to the bed.

(End of chapter)