Blind Spot-Chapter 46 - 044 New Flower Language Four

Chapter 46: 044 New Flower Language Four

Chapter 46: 044 New Flower Language Four

“Understood….” Li Chengyi realized that being a Mecha Engineer was an extremely expensive profession that burned through money. Without a mountain of gold and silver backing you, it was indeed unaffordable.

As weapons that were highly intimate with Mecha Engineers, it was only appropriate that one understood and controlled every single part oneself.

“Thank you!” He expressed his sincere gratitude to the other person.

“No need, I also relied on a boss to get through the tough times. Now that you have a boss to support you, develop well, and we’ll see each other at the association in the future.” Ding Ning patted Li Chengyi’s shoulder in a friendly manner, obviously unaware of what Xindela had said to him, and his attitude was quite nice.

At this moment, Li Chengyi, after witnessing the terrifying speed of the Flying Yi, had a vague inclination regarding the choice for the main flower of the Second Divine Flower Position.

“By the way, you mentioned that Mecha Engineers also have basic protective force fields, right?” Li Chengyi suddenly asked.

“Of course, but they are all very weak, equivalent to wearing a set of full-body bulletproof vests. They can block common bullets, but against Flying Yi, it’s like a layer of fragile skin, easily shattered,” Ding Ning nodded.

“May I experience it?”

“Sure.”

Ding Ning raised his hand.

“Fire Scythe, Model Two,” he said in a low voice.

Seeing the puzzled look in Li Chengyi’s eyes, he smiled and explained.

“Because Flying Yi is incredibly fast and some modes can cause massive damage over a wide area, to prevent our consciousness from sometimes reacting too hastily and making a mistake, we need to set some restrictions and activation methods. What I just did was my activation method.”

“I see, I see,” Li Chengyi nodded, his eyes filled with curiosity as he watched the other party.

“So, is this basic protective force field activated now?”

“It is, you can reach out and touch me,” Ding Ning nodded.

Upon hearing this, Li Chengyi quickly extended his hand towards Ding Ning’s backhand.

But strangely, when his fingers were still about ten centimeters away from the back of the hand, he felt an invisible resistance preventing him from getting any closer.

“This is the protective force field. I can only afford the basic one; the more expensive ones perform better. Some can even withstand impacts comparable to a fully reinforced human—armor-piercing bullets and heavy sniper rifles can’t penetrate them. But that kind of strength comes with a price and maintenance cost, you know,” Ding Ning said, arching an eyebrow and laughing.

“There can’t be many Mecha Engineers, right?” Li Chengyi asked.

“Typically, a capital will only support one Mecha Engineer because the resource consumption is too great. Top-tier capitals might support several, but even then, resources are skewed. That means competition to become a Mecha Engineer is fierce. After all, there’s only so much to go around,” Ding Ning affirmed. “So I strongly suggest you follow an amateur path, play around to see if you can stick with it.”

“Thank you for the advice!” Li Chengyi nodded solemnly.

After witnessing the Flying Yi and the basic protective force field for himself, a realization suddenly dawned on him.

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His own Wisteria Floral Dress, evolved after, was barely enough to defend against handgun bullets; whether it could withstand the Flying Yi remained an unknown.

And according to what Ding Ning said, the protective strength of a fully reinforced human far exceeded this standard.

That meant his Floral Dress was probably far inferior to such technological measures in terms of pure physical defense.

‘So… the true strength of Evil Flower must be the Flower Language Technique. Whether in the normal state or wearing the Floral Dress, the Flower Language Ability should be at the core.’

‘There are plenty of methods stronger than the Floral Dress in reality, but certainly nothing that compares to the Flower Language Ability.’

Li Chengyi’s mind was brimming with ideas for the application of Evil Flower.

‘And the strength of the Floral Dress shouldn’t be its physical resilience but in its capability to combat supernatural monsters and quickly enhance the physical qualities of the wearer.’ He recalled the time he tore apart the big-faced monster with his bare hands.

If he could evolve a second time and integrate this characteristic of the Floral Dress into external armor, that would be the perfect utilization.

Then, he asked Ding Ning quite a few questions about the everyday use of Flying Yi, all of which were answered patiently and amicably by the other party.

After learning that even the most basic Flying Yi set would cost tens of millions, Li Chengyi finally understood a truth.

That is, in this era, in this world, there are too many things that money can do.

The number of ordinary people might truly be just a number to those in power.

The two continued to chat until the sky grew dark, then arranged by Xindela, they went to a butter hotpot restaurant in the mall for a dinner gathering.

After several rounds of toasts, with Xindela absent and Song Ran accompanying, they had a rather enjoyable time eating and drinking.

A few rounds of red and white drinks later, Ding Ning soon began hugging Li Chengyi’s shoulders, calling him “brother”.

After exchanging phone numbers, Ding Ning proposed to take Li Chengyi out to party and experience nightlife.

But Li Chengyi gracefully declined.

He still preferred to spend time with someone he actually wanted to be with, rather than just to satisfy physical desires.

Coming out of the hotpot restaurant, it was already past nine in the evening.

Li Chengyi strolled leisurely along the sidewalk, passing by a musical fountain where the changing lights played over a number of nearby residents out for a walk and relaxation.

He paused there, wearing just a simple sportswear, and as the damp, cold wind blew, he suddenly felt a chill.

It was July and the temperature difference between day and night had grown larger, cooler at night than before.

Toot toot toot.

A children’s toy train making strange electronic music sounds slowly approached from not too far away.

With about a dozen older kids shouting excitedly inside, followed by several somewhat worried parents.

The red toy train slowly passed by, followed by the somewhat noisy sounds of the musical fountain.

Li Chengyi was about to turn around and head to the bus stop to catch a ride.

“Li Chengyi?” Suddenly, a questioning female voice floated over from behind.

“What are you doing here? What a coincidence.” The female voice sounded a bit cheerful as she quickly closed the distance.

Li Chengyi found the voice somewhat familiar and turned around to look in the direction of the sound.

A young woman in her early twenties was walking towards him, stopping a little over a meter away.

The woman had shoulder-length red hair, was wearing a black cinched waist dress, and had a gray knitted cardigan draped over her shoulders.

She had light makeup on her face, crystal earrings in her ears, and a small white leather bag slung over one shoulder.

She looked like the quintessential office worker.

“Chen Pi?” Li Chengyi recognized her immediately—it was Chen Pi, the daughter of Mentor Chen Shan. Of course, that was just her nickname; her full name was Chen Yijun.

But everyone had been calling her Chen Pi for so long that even her own name sounded unfamiliar to her now.

“Why are you so slow to react?” Chen Pi seemed a bit dissatisfied. “I’ve always remembered you; you once said you’d hire me as your secretary.”

She took two steps forward, standing beside Li Chengyi to gaze at the musical fountain.

“It’s been a while since we’ve seen each other, how about we get a drink together?”

“Sure,” Li Chengyi had no objections. It was already evening, and places like the botanical garden were closed. It was a good time to think things over, so he could decide tomorrow what to choose for the second main flower.

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In a nearby fast-food restaurant.

The two sat down and ordered their meals.

“It’s been some time, but you seem to be doing quite well, aren’t you?” Chen Pi smiled as she took a sip of her barley tea.

“Not bad, just been working out lately,” Li Chengyi responded. Day in and day out, doing physical training, combat, and shooting, constantly on edge and pushing forward as if his life depended on it—such a routine would boost anyone’s spirit a great deal.

“It’s quite a coincidence to run into you here. Didn’t my dad introduce you to a job last time? Why didn’t you go? The manager even called my dad to ask about it.” Chen Pi was also puzzled by this.

In theory, it’s hard for college graduates to find work these days, of course, unless they’re willing to lower their standards significantly.

But after studying for so many years, ending up with a job that only pays the lowest standard salary is something nobody would be content with.

So, the job that her father Chen Shan found for him was also considered in this context and the offer wasn’t bad at all.

The only thing that wasn’t anticipated was that Li Chengyi did not even try for the job.

“That was my oversight, I’ve already found a job. Just forgot to tell the teacher.

I’m well aware of the teacher’s kindness, but I understand a lot of things myself. I’m not some exceptional talent; if I were to join a company, it would mostly be on the face value of teacher Chen.

So I thought, rather than trouble the teacher, I might as well venture out on my own,” Li Chengyi said softly.

A common office job was already impossible for him.

But he still had to give the matter face, as it was good intentions after all.

“So how is it going now? What are you doing?” asked Chen Pi.

“It’s in the field of biomedicine, it’s okay… you know, just so-so,” Li Chengyi didn’t have much to say.

His current life revolved around Blind Spot. The only thing he could talk about was his boss’s company, which did have products, huh, so it couldn’t be called a shell company.

“What do you mean ‘it’s okay’? I think you’re too embarrassed to talk about it,” Chen Pi said with a knowing look.

“Nothing embarrassing about it; in the beginning, who doesn’t go through a difficult phase?”

Li Chengyi could only laugh along in agreement. He certainly couldn’t say that he trained until the evening every day, alternating between combat and firearms. Getting paid twenty thousand a month, what kind of biomedicine job was that?

If she were to ask something more professional, he would be utterly confused.

The two of them discussed Li Chengyi’s work situation for a bit, and soon the topic shifted to Chen Pi’s own job.

She started complaining about how she had just returned to the country and was not accustomed to many aspects of life, and how her boss at work didn’t care about anything, leading to several conflicts within a few months.

Any achievement was the boss’s; any trouble, it was their subordinates’. The work involved little pay, lots of tasks, and annoying people.

Clearly, Chen Pi was treating him as a venting bin, pouring out all her work-related frustrations.

Li Chengyi nodded along outwardly while watching Chen Pi start to drink beer after beer without even starting her meal, feeling somewhat helpless.

After experiencing Blind Spot, when he looked at these work frustrations, they truly seemed like trivial matters.

Now, as he listened to her outpourings, he didn’t feel annoyed at all; instead, he felt a genuine sense of reality in his life at that moment.

Shortly after the meal, the two leisurely left the restaurant. Li Chengyi hailed a cab for Chen Pi and sent her on her way.

“See you around,” Chen Pi waved to him, not noticing her dress had hitched up to her thighs, revealing a pair of starkly white legs as she settled into her seat.

Li Chengyi stealthily reached out to adjust her dress and covered her up before standing up and waving goodbye.

“See you.”

“Don’t be too proud to accept help. I’ll tell you, and don’t be offended by my bluntness, but that’s how society works. It’s all about I scratch your back, you scratch mine. Relationships are all built through exchanges. You see my dad helping you, but if you were inside that company, any inside information, insider moves, wouldn’t you pass them to my dad first?” Chen Pi, after a few drinks, started calling herself a seasoned socialite from inside the car.

“Yes, yes, yes,” Li Chengyi nodded continually. Unfortunately, he never knew when he might be pulled into a new Blind Spot, and perhaps as time passed, he might become more and more distanced from everyday people…