Anger 2.
Anger 1.
In an alley outside the university, Li Chengyi suddenly appeared from the shadows and squatted down quietly.
The Feilian Floral Dress he wore rapidly receded, reverting to a plain T-shirt and trousers.
He stood up.
Out in the streets, university students were performing street dances, each dressed in gaudy, apparently part of a fan event for an ani.
The music and the occasional bursts of laughter completely covered any noise he had made just before.
"It’s only three o’clock, poor little snots," Li Chengyi originally thought he might absorb more Evil Thoughts, but alas.
Pulling out his phone, he leaned against the cool wall, dialing Rainbow Candy’s number.
"Hello, you can lift the block now," he said.
"No problem," Rainbow Candy’s voice sounded as if she was eating sothing, making her response sowhat unclear.
"What about your force field generator?" she asked.
"You’ll need to send an anonymous email to my ntor on my behalf," Li Chengyi replied. "The report about Wang Long needs clarification. As for my force field generator, the school shouldn’t continue to hold it back."
"You’re guessing right. Your ntor used his own na to purchase it, legally watertight. Who would want to make an enemy of money?" Rainbow Candy chuckled. "No one in the whole chain of events wants to block it, just that idiot fool went to report it. It cracks up. Oh, and guess what I found?"
"What?"
"That Wang Long, he didn’t just report your ntor; he reported many other students at the school too! This guy’s a habitual offender," Rainbow Candy laughed gleefully.
"Tsk, tsk..." Li Chengyi was at a loss for words.
"How about I make all of it public?" Rainbow Candy suggested mischievously. "This guy even sabotaged the professional advancent process of an heir to a local conglorate. They bribed soone slightly, he covertly exposed them and then it was all over, this kid is hilarious. His phone’s got everything!"
"Can you send it to ?" Li Chengyi’s interest peaked.
"Sure, I got it for free anyway. What are you planning to do with it?" Rainbow Candy asked.
"What do you think?" Li Chengyi’s lips curled into a slight smile. "Let’s keep it private; I love kids with such leverage... "
"Tsk... that’s nasty, but I like it!" Rainbow Candy laughed even louder.
He hung up the phone.
Li Chengyi walked out of the alley.
Swish!
A red dagger flew over his head in an instant, shooting towards the distant night sky and disappearing from sight in the blink of an eye.
Li Chengyi smiled, lowered his head, and rged into the crowd bathed in colorful lights, blending in with the bustling night market just like any other student or passerby.
The next day.
Nuclear Equipnt Research Institute.
"What? Senior brother Wang Long was attacked?!" Both Li Chengyi and Tang Yuwei were shocked.
"This is Luo An City! Even if it’s in decline, it’s still one of the top Feiyi Master gathering academies in the country. Who has the audacity and the capability to cause trouble here?" Tang Yuwei gaped, "Students often help patrol and maintain order. The security index here is several tis higher than in other cities!"
"How is senior brother Wang Long now? How badly is he hurt?" Li Chengyi quickly asked, concerned.
"Alas, he didn’t die, but he had severe internal bleeding and half his bones are shattered; it’s a tragic sight. He wouldn’t have made it if they had found him a few minutes later," Tang Zhiwei sighed.
"The people at the Security Bureau say the attacker was a nutjob, who claid to attack him because Wang Long likes to sleep naked."
"...That’s definitely not the reason, probably a random excuse," Tang Yuwei said gravely.
"Everyone knows it’s a made-up excuse. The key question is how did the attacker get into the school? There are layers upon layers of surveillance, extrely secure. Reinforced Humans, Feiyi Masters, people with Genetic Enhancent, no one can escape the omnipresent surveillance. How did this person get in?" Tang Zhiwei shook his head.
"Now the clues are pointing towards the school faculty and students because there’s no trace of an outsider entering."
Li Chengyi and Tang Yuwei were speechless.
"Senior brother Wang is really unlucky... This really shows, humans have their fortunes and misfortunes... " Li Chengyi sighed.
"You’re right, luckily dical science is advanced these days; as long as the brain is okay, they can be healed. But his force field generator worth several million was destroyed before he even had a chance to use it. Just..." Tang Zhiwei sighed again.
"Can we go and visit our senior brother now?" Tang Yuwei asked.
"He’s still in the intensive care unit at the hospital, can’t see him, we’ll wait until he’s stable. His family is with him," Tang Zhiwei answered.
The three of them sighed, none had expected such an incident to occur suddenly.
After discussing the possible identity of the attacker for a while, Tang Zhiwei changed the subject to the force field generator Li Chengyi had ordered.
"By the way, Xiao Yi, your generator has arrived; it was just delivered. Technically, as a Blind Spot Individual, you wouldn’t be allowed to buy one, but since it’s a defensive equipnt, there aren’t as strict restrictions as there are for professional Feiyi, so I ordered it in my na for you."
"I can’t thank you enough, Professor!" Li Chengyi was visibly moved.
"Don’t ntion it; after all, you are my student, and I should help you out where I can. It’s not easy for you Blind Spot Individuals," Tang Zhiwei sighed.
"Blind Spot Individual?" Tang Yuwei exclaid in surprise, apparently just finding out.
Li Chengyi took the ti to explain his situation to her in detail, making Tang Yuwei look at him in a much softer light.
The three continued their discussion on the state’s attitude and corresponding policies towards Blind Spot Individuals until it was nearly lunchti, when Li Chengyi left the Nuclear Equipnt Research Institute with his Level Four Force Field Generator.
Back at his place.
He closed the doors and windows, drew the curtains, and went down to the basent alone.
From a delicately packaged box, he took out the force field generator worth millions.
In appearance, the Level Four Force Field Generator was shaped like a black flashlight.
Thick at one end and thin at the other, the thicker end had white inscriptions wrapped around its surface.
In the middle, a red fluorescent line divided the generator into two parts.
Li Chengyi checked the manual briefly.
Then, holding the thinner end of the generator, he placed his finger on the red fluorescent line.
"Fingerprint identification in progress..."
"Recording comprehensive life field..."
A sweet female voice sounded.
"Binding complete, welco to using the Weibang Automatic Assistance Safety System. Would you like to activate the force field?"
Li Chengyi steeled himself.
"Activate," he responded.
Hum!
In a flash, he distinctly felt as though a glass do had enveloped him.
This do did not hinder his movents. Amazingly, when he extended his hand, the do morphed like a fluid, stretching to cover his extending hand.
’Is this the Level Four Force Field?’
Li Chengyi’s mind stirred.
Instantly, the Wisteria Floral Dress in its Fusion Form, silently erged.
No sooner had the Floral Dress appeared than it quickly fused with the protective force field.
Both were silent and unassuming. If it weren’t for Li Chengyi’s own perception of the Floral Dress’s presence, he might have thought these two layers of protection didn’t exist at all.
’Next, it’s ti to test the strength....’
He took out his cellphone and sent a text ssage to the team’s AI, Rose.
Shortly after.
An automatic reply ca through.
"Surrounding signals have been camouflaged and shielded."
"No signal transmitters found."
"Basic scan complete, no recording caras present."
He confird that the device had no recording capabilities. He also confird it could fuse with his own Floral Dress.
Li Chengyi then deactivated the force field and stowed it away.
An energy block had to be replaced after each use. Although it was a bit wasteful, it was necessary to test before use; otherwise, failure to rge when needed could lead to an accident.
He still needed to take the device back to Rainbow Candy and have them check for any possible tampering inside, such as recording surrounding data.
So for the ti being, he couldn’t rashly use any other obvious supernatural abilities.
’Next, is to gradually build a rapport with Tang Yuwei, and through her, acquire higher-level Feiyi equipnt. This can’t be rushed.’
They hadn’t known each other for long, and every aspect was still immature.
Therefore, the core of Li Chengyi’s focus remained on absorbing Evil Thoughts.
’Among Evil Thoughts, the easiest to harvest are murderous intent, anger, and fear. The rest are much more troubleso by comparison.’
Li Chengyi pondered in his heart.
’Among murderous intent, anger, and fear, fear is the most widespread... fear is obtained as long as soone is frightened.’
’Just like Blind Spot Individuals in their Blind Spots when they encounter danger... When people are powerless to resist danger, they will feel fear... This emotion is intense and easy to co by, likely the easiest Evil Thought to harvest.’
At this thought, Li Chengyi’s gaze involuntarily fell on a tal cage in the corner.
Inside the cage was an ash-gray, hideous giant rat the size of a kitten.
Previously, he had overlooked the significant drop in intelligence after mutation, leading to profoundly disfigured creatures that simply couldn’t be controlled.
’Fear... fear...’ Li Chengyi murmured in his mind, contemplating how to swiftly and effectively harvest this emotion.
Suddenly a bright idea ca to his mind.
’Perhaps, it can be done like this... The range of extracting Evil Thoughts is thirty ters around ... So...’
The next morning, Li Chengyi asked for extended leave from his ntor and left Luo An City.
After all, he had reached half of his objective here. The next step was to spend ti getting closer to Tang Yuwei, which only required occasional contact.
The rest of his ti was completely at his disposal.
This ti, he intended to completely resolve the uncertain state of Evil Thoughts absorption.
Returning to Suiyang, his ho base.
Li Chengyi quickly began to purchase the various props and costus he needed.
Then, in the bustling downtown area, he rented a plot of land adjacent to a shopping mall.
In half a day, a small black and red tent was set up.
Outside the tent, a sign hung: Horror Magic. Admission fee: 10 Yuan per person.
This was an experint, a lawful and utterly rule-abiding experint.
Li Chengyi contacted the mall managent, signaling them to help promote and attract visitors for a day, and he paid an additional 300,000 Yuan for the traffic.
Then he approached people from the city’s circus to buy a ready-made temporary tent and recruited so folks from Mingyuan to assist.
In less than half a day, a crude magic performance tent was built.
Next, ca how to induce fear...
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Within the gloomy tent.
Dim blue lights shone onto the stage at the back, the only light source.
Below, facing the stage, was an area with rows of simple black tal chairs.
At this mont, led by the staff, around a dozen people sat scattered among them.
So carried shopping bags, clearly having just finished shopping.
So couples sat close together.
So were friends who had just finished dining together and ca to see what was new.
But whoever they were, they had co to this place drawn by the elents of fear and magic.
Zhou Xingtong stood in a corner, quietly observing the scene.
She couldn’t comprehend her boss’s train of thought—suddenly deciding on a whim to engage in Horror Magic?
And spending so much manpower and financial resources—was this a wealthy person’s eccentricity?
But no matter what, as his secretary, all she had to do was her job well.
’I just wonder what this Horror Magic is all about?’ She genuinely looked forward to it.
Watching magic was certainly more relaxing than the tedium of running errands every day.
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