Watching the tears continuously seep through her fingers, Li Chengyi stopped talking and quietly drank his tea.
It took awhile before Zhou Xingtong choked out the issues with Qiu Chenai.
It turned out that Qiu Chenai had sensed signs early on. She was terrified and scoured everywhere for information.
Eventually, she found information about Blind Spot Individuals and then fell into despair.
She had been orphaned early, with only a seriously ill younger brother to rely on for survival. And now, she herself had encountered such a hopeless situation.
So, after making up her mind, she decided to work the night scene and sell herself for a good price.
Zhou Xingtong continued on, her tears never stopping.
Li Chengyi simply listened quietly.
With the progression of her story, his idea of establishing an organization for Blind Spot Individuals grew stronger and stronger.
The real key was, how to make it profitable?
Setting up such an organization was easy, but profit was the key. Creating a sustainable, rational developnt cycle was the core.
An hour later.
The two erged from the teahouse.
Outside, it had already grown dark.
"Where are you heading? I’ll give you a lift," Li Chengyi said, hailing a taxi with his phone at the side of the road.
"No need, I still have to go back to work, and it’s not far from here," Zhou Xingtong, her eyes sowhat swollen, declined.
"By the way," she suddenly recalled sothing and raised her head to look at Li Chengyi. "Could it be, are you also... like Xiao Ai?"
Li Chengyi nodded, confirming her speculation.
"Yes, I’m the sa as her. We are a group of people who are destined to have no hope. It’s best not to get too close to ."
"..." Zhou Xingtong froze, staring at him steadily, not sure what to say.
"Oh, and rember, keep this a secret for ," Li Chengyi added with a smile.
The taxi arrived and stopped in front of him.
He opened the door, about to get in.
Then, not far away, a motorcycle approached rapidly, coming to a stop near Zhou Xingtong.
"Xiao Tong, why’d you leave without a word? I went to the store but couldn’t find you. Need a lift?"
The chubby man on the motorcycle removed his helt and grinned at Zhou Xingtong.
"No need, Brother Fu, I can walk back by myself," Zhou Xingtong said with a low voice, wiping away her tear stains.
"No worries, let take you. It’s still a fifteen-minute walk from here," the chubby man disembarked, reaching out to pull Zhou Xingtong.
She flinched but was unable to avoid it and was caught by the hand.
Coming from a poor family and being beautiful, she always encountered such situations, with people buzzing around her like flies.
This Mr. Fu was the owner of the place where she worked, and it wasn’t his first ti making unwelco advances at her.
Previously she had been able to dodge and handle it, but her spirits were low at the mont, and her awareness had not yet recovered.
To her dismay, he had grabbed her hand.
The chubby man, not satisfied with just grabbing her hand and noticing her current daze, had a gleam in his eye. He leaned in, trying to brush against her tightly stretched chest.
His arm also took the opportunity to wrap around her, attempting to hold her waist.
Smack.
But he failed to embrace her.
A strong hand firmly caught his wrist from the side. The imnse force caused the chubby man’s skin to sting.
He almost cried out in pain.
Turning his head, he saw a tall, stocky man with short hair standing to the side, holding his wrist, staring at him calmly.
"Let go! Let go, dammit!!" The chubby man shouted angrily. "Fancy playing the hero? I advise you to mind your own business! Otherwise..."
"Suiyang is my hotown," Li Chengyi said, yanking the man’s hand to the side.
"I simply think that soone like you, ruining the city’s image, walking on the street, is a bit of an eyesore to ."
"You son of a—!" The chubby man swung his other fist fiercely at Li Chengyi’s face.
Crack.
The punch stopped midway, powerlessly.
The chubby man’s left hand was being crushed to the point where the bones fractured.
He let out an agonized scream like a butchered pig, sweat pouring down his forehead and cheeks.
"From now on, I don’t want to see you around here again. It affects my love for my hotown," Li Chengyi released his grip, letting the chubby man collapse to the ground.
Then he turned to look at a completely dumbfounded Zhou Xingtong.
"Who is he?"
"He’s... my boss..."
"So, you’re out of a job now?"
"Yes..." Zhou Xingtong said blankly, staring at the scene before her.
"Would you like to work for ?" Li Chengyi offered her a tissue to clean his fingers that had touched the man.
The chubby man was disgustingly greasy in this weather.
"Huh??!" Zhou Xingtong didn’t catch on imdiately.
"Yeah, I happen to need soone to help manage a venue," Li Chengyi felt that he indeed needed a secretary now.
Every ti he went out, he had to call for a taxi, and he had to deal with every trivial matter himself. Zhou Xingtong had sufficient education, was reliable, and valued relationships.
She seed like a suitable candidate.
"I’ve called the police! Just you two wait!!" anwhile, the chubby man began to bellow loudly.
"You’ve crushed my hand! Wait until you get detained!" Tears of pain welled up in his eyes.
Li Chengyi took out his cell phone and made a call.
The usefulness of a team was fully demonstrated at this ti.
A minor issue like this one could be easily resolved by Rainbow Candy, Dragon Gate Crane, or even Da Xiong.
With surveillance, combining the actions of the obese man before, according to Yi Country’s law, Li Chengyi could completely be honored for his bravery.
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Fuzong Province, Yunshan County.
A silver-white V-shaped aircraft with feather wheat patterns slowly glided across a vast forest and settled onto a clearing previously developed near Wolf Cave.
The aircraft’s bottom vented thruster flas to offset downward gravity, then gradually landed.
Hiss.
The cabin door opened.
A handso blond man in a white suit stepped out, wearing brown tactical glasses.
"Nice place, the air is fresh," he said sharply in White Star Language.
"You’re not here to play. Don’t ss around; this is Yi Country," said another, a woman with long dark blue hair, following him from the hatch.
She wore a black long dress resembling a nun’s and looked aloof with delicate features and blue eyes that swept warningly over the golden-maned man before surveying the surrounding area.
"Ados, White Wax, we’ll have to trouble you again this ti. The task over here will be ti-consuming, but not too dangerous. I’ve already made proper arrangents," the last person to exit the aircraft said warmly.
This man wore a white shirt with a black vest, with his silver-gray tie adorned by a faint red dragonfly pattern.
He, too, had short blond hair and fine features, flawless to the point of seeming unreal.
By the looks of it, he was around thirty years old.
Most notably, above his right shoulder hovered a dark red crystal fist-sized.
The crystal constantly changed shapes—now rhomboid, now cubic, now spherical.
"Don’t worry, boss, bringing us here was your most brilliant choice!" the blond handso man said with a laugh as he patted his chest.
"I trust you, Ados," the middle-aged man replied with a smile.
At that mont, another aqua-green spindle-shaped aircraft quickly flew through the sky nearby.
The craft landed on the sa piece of land, its cabin door opening.
A tall and sturdy man with long black hair stepped out first.
Then ca a stream of fully ard special forces soldiers in black exoskeletons, who poured out and quickly surrounded the area, forming a circular guard.
"Finally, you’ve arrived, Brother Andy," the man with long black hair showed a faint smile and held a silver briefcase in one hand as he looked this way.
"Commissioner Jiang, it’s been years. You’ve aged more than before," the blonde middle-aged man likewise began to smile.
"I can’t compare with you," the man with long black hair was indeed Jiang Zhihen, Commissioner Jiang, who had just been transferred from Jiu Yi.
He walked briskly to the trio and shook hands with the blond middle-aged man.
"Regarding Blue Book, we will rely fully on you, and we’ll provide ample protection from the outside."
"Thank you for your hard work, Commissioner Jiang. About Blue Book, there’s not much rumor or information, but what’s certain is that Blind Spot types that grant wishes without side effects are very rare. Our company specializes in biotechnology, so our knowledge on Blind Spots is quite limited," sighed the blonde middle-aged man.
"Most Blind Spots are worthless and harmful. But Blue Book is different. We already have clear records proving that Blue Book once granted a wish.
We suspect that the wish affected Yunshan County, which should have been destroyed by an earthquake, and Blue Book’s power might have played a role in protecting it.
So, when we discovered that Wolf Cave was related to Blue Book, we imdiately sent to investigate," explained Jiang Zhihen.
He paused.
"Additionally, I hope Director Andy understands that due to recent accidents, our country restricts temporary entry and exit by foreigners, so not many from Noel can co in."
"I understand that. Also, have there been other Blind Spot Individuals who have entered?" asked Andy in a deep voice.
"People from Utopia, so stray Blind Spot Individuals, they’ve all been in before. Before we confird this place’s connection with Blue Book, they must have explored quite a bit here. But the danger of Blue Book is not sothing a few Blind Spot Individuals can solve," Jiang Zhihen explained.
"Hasn’t Yi Country been continuously monitoring this place?" Andy asked.
"No. Because the last ti Blue Book appeared, it was not here. It was in another cave over ten kiloters from here. Our forces have established military oversight there, but who would have thought... it can move on its own."
Jiang Zhihen also appeared helpless. In fact, they represented not the entire upper echelon of Yi Country but only Jiu Yi.
Due to interdepartntal constraints, many ssages were significantly delayed.
"I heard that White Star’s Xindela is also investigating Blue Book?" Andy continued to ask.
"Yes, we learned of Blue Book’s move to this area through his investigation. Xindela’s cybersecurity departnt utilizes a separate network; the information data is sothing his son left specifically for him, so we’re also in the dark about the specifics. It wasn’t until the news spread here and the appearance of Utopia’s people that we beca alert," explained Jiang Zhihen.
"His son did find Blue Book. Indeed, before it beca widely known, hardly anyone was aware of it. I suspect he might not even fully grasp the significance of Blue Book," Andy sighed.
"Enough chit-chat. Have your Blind Spot Individuals prepared?" asked Jiang Zhihen.
"Let introduce to you, Ados and White Wax," Andy gestured towards the man and woman by his side.
Both nodded and bowed politely at Commissioner Jiang.
"It seems both of you are very confident," Jiang Zhihen nodded back earnestly.
"We’ve prepared thirteen Blind Spot Individuals, among which three are veterans who have survived many Blind Spots, to co and try Flash Appearance. If that isn’t sufficient, we can forcibly mobilize other Blind Spot Individuals in the vicinity. Around here, we even have a rare High-Frequency Blinker.
If still not enough, we can pump them all in, as long as we can complete the preliminary procedure for Blue Book," he said succinctly.
To them, Blind Spot Individuals were rely expendable, and High-Frequency Blinkers were just relatively rare commodities to be used up.
Most Blind Spot Individuals would sooner or later et their end. With sufficient rewards and so ideological guidance, the Blind Spot Individuals would make a choice.
Better to die for sothing worthwhile than the inevitable cheap death.
"A pleasure to cooperate," Andy held out his hand.
"A pleasure,"
The two n’s hands clasped together once again.
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