Li Cheng颐 stepped forward and picked up the broken tablet computer.

The computer felt slightly damp to the touch, as if it had been soaked in water.

He picked it up and smelled it; there was a faint salty smell of seawater.

They had been safe for so long. Because they had successfully solved the dead corners one after another, everyone seemed to have relaxed their vigilance a little.

But now...

Too fast. In just ten minutes, it was all over.

Although Li Cheng颐 was a high-frequency flicker, he couldn't guarantee that he could enter and help within ten minutes.

More importantly, he didn't expect that Da Hei hadn't even lasted ten minutes.

At this moment, they deeply realized that the dead corners were becoming more and more difficult.

"We can't continue like this..." Li Cheng颐 looked at Rainbow Candy.

"Even if we can't find a way to completely get rid of the dead corners, we must at least find a way to stop the difficulty of the dead corners from increasing!" he said solemnly.

"Yeah!" Rainbow Candy and Big Bear responded at the same time.

Da Hei was undoubtedly gone. The harmonious little team that had been filled with laughter and joy now suddenly lost a person, and another lost an arm. If Li Cheng颐 hadn't rescued him in time, Big Bear would probably have been finished as well.

After being safe for so long, everyone seemed to have forgotten how terrifying the dead corners were...

Rainbow Candy was able to survive the premonitions alone because she had her own equipment and strength, a usable brain, and was bold and careful.

The others might have usable brains, but some dead corners simply didn't give you any time to think.

Once technological equipment was restricted, the outcome was basically doomed.

Da Hei's death, as well as the encounters of Big Bear and Gantry Crane, struck the entire team like a thunderbolt, and awakened them from their previous comfort.

In the following days.

Big Bear and Rainbow Candy went to other provinces to investigate the dead corner hot spring, looking for a way to escape.

Li Cheng颐 and Little Brown helped Gantry Crane investigate the dead corner clues at the soccer field.

Fortunately, their luck didn't continue to worsen. The hot spring found its prototype: a hot spring shop that had been gradually forgotten and closed down more than sixty years ago due to the depletion of hot spring water.

The owner of the shop was unable to bear the heavy debt due to the broken chain of funds, so he set fire to his own shop and committed suicide by cutting his wrists in his own hot spring pool.

After some twists and turns, Rainbow Candy and the others successfully found the original neighbors of the hot spring shop. Through two surviving children who had been playing hide-and-seek in the hot spring shop at the time, they found a way to escape the hot spring.

Gantry Crane's side was a little more tortuous, but they also found a suburban soccer field that had been abandoned.

The difference was that this soccer field was not for people to play on, but a robot soccer field.

More than thirty years ago, a case occurred. One of the robots playing soccer was suddenly controlled by a hacker and went berserk, massacring the surrounding audience.

It caused a tragedy of thirteen deaths and five injuries.

They also successfully found the prototype and a way to escape.

December 30th, New Year's Eve.

Inside Yong'an苑.

The Destiny Garden team reunited.

Outside, fireworks continued to soar into the night sky, exploding and scattering into flowers, words, and even animals and buildings.

But in the hall on the first floor, none of the five spoke, only silence.

Big Bear had bandages on his shoulders, the burns he had suffered when he finally escaped the dead corner.

Gantry Crane had replaced one of his legs with a mechanical one; his left leg had been crushed by an invisible robot when he escaped the dead corner.

Time passed little by little.

Until the clock on the wall chimed softly.

12:00 AM.

Bang!

Rainbow Candy slapped the coffee table.

"What's going on!? Is Da Hei gone, so we're just going to stay here and wait to die?"

She scanned the others with her beautiful eyes.

"From the beginning, didn't everyone know how terrifying the dead corners were!? What's with you all looking so scared now? Who are you trying to show?! Is being afraid useful? Will it not eat you if you're afraid!?"

"I'm not afraid of death."

Rainbow Candy continued, her eyes firm, "But that doesn't mean I want to die!"

Bang.

She stepped on the coffee table with one foot, standing tall and looking down at the others.

"If I'm going to die, then it has to be according to my own ideas! No one can control me! Not even the dead corners!"

She tore open her white shirt at her chest and took out a black rubbery water bag from her bra, throwing it on the coffee table.

"Vibang Energy T10 enhanced liquid bomb. If I'm going to die, then it will definitely be from me blowing myself up."

"I've lived for so many years, and other than not having boobs, there's nothing else I'm afraid of!!"

"Let's go find clues." Little Brown's eyes were red and swollen, and he suddenly spoke. "Let's find clues to completely get rid of the dead corners. I want to be a normal person! A normal person who can get married and have children, and live a peaceful life!"

"Me too." Gantry Crane was rarely a little somber. "Wasn't this the goal we gathered together for in the first place?"

Bang!

"Then let's fucking do it! We can't continue to be so comfortable!" Rainbow Candy slammed the table again and shouted.

"Sister Candy! You're right! Let's fucking do it! What's death!? I'll come to your room tonight..."

Bang, Gantry Crane was kicked to the ground and rolled twice on the floor, shivering in pain.

His newly installed left leg hadn't been adapted to yet, and his arm hadn't completely healed. This was really painful.

"My brother...maybe he's not dead! Anyway, we'll definitely be right if we go in this direction!" Little Brown said seriously.

"I believe in Sister Candy." Big Bear said softly but firmly.

"Brother Cheng, what do you think?" Rainbow Candy finally looked at Li Cheng颐, who hadn't said a word.

"During this dead corner buffer period, we'll go to Yunshan County. According to the clues my boss gave me, his son, Li En, is likely to be one step away from completely getting rid of the dead corners. Let's follow Li En's route first," said Li Cheng颐.

"Who spread this news?" Rainbow Candy questioned. "I've also investigated Li En's case. He mysteriously disappeared, and even the backup uploaded memory bank disappeared. He can't be cloned and resurrected at all. But based on this alone, we can't prove that he's only one step away from completely getting rid of the dead corners."

"My boss told me. I've also doubted it, but in any case, we must go to Yunshan County," Li Cheng颐 said in a deep voice.

"Brother Cheng, are you talking about the role of the Blue Book itself?" Rainbow Candy, who knew a lot about the details of the Blue Book, reacted instantly.

"That's right." Li Cheng颐 nodded. "I want to try whether the Blue Book's wish can completely get us out of the dead corners!"

A wish!?

Everyone's spirits were lifted when they heard this.

"Perhaps Li En had the same idea back then. Maybe he didn't succeed, but he must have found some kind of clue from the Blue Book, otherwise he wouldn't have left a message on it!" Rainbow Candy deduced.

"That's right. So, the Blue Book, we must get it!" Li Cheng颐's eyes narrowed.

After experiencing the abnormal reduction in the team, he realized again that the danger of the dead corners was by no means as simple as he thought.

Even if he suddenly fell into the scene of the last scene in the silent shop.

With that kind of difficulty, he would probably be killed in an instant.

Therefore, he must start preparing now!

As for the Blue Book needing human sacrifices, aren't those ambitious people and criminals who had disregarded human life before the best consumables?

"That's a coincidence." Rainbow Candy took out her phone and brought up a message. "My dad wants me to go back and has found a teacher for me to do endurance training during this time."

"But just now, the Suiyang Nine Instruments Commissioner officially sent dead corner exploration invitations to all dead corner groups in the surrounding areas. They're going to Wolf Cave Blue Book." She lowered her voice.

"It's simple, your dad wants to protect you," said Li Cheng颐.

"But this is escape, it's meaningless. My dad doesn't understand me at all," Rainbow Candy said indifferently.

"My family also called me and asked me to go back for a get-together." Big Bear also spoke. "It seems that this exploration invitation is very dangerous."

"It should be. So, if you want to go, be prepared," Li Cheng颐 nodded.

He glanced at everyone.

"Actually, the best way is for you to stay here and Xiao Hao and I will go. You haven't been specially trained, and you can't respond in time when you encounter danger."

"Brother Cheng, it's come to this, it's nothing more than death," Little Brown said seriously.

"Brother Cheng, don't underestimate us." Gantry Crane climbed back and sat down, grinning. "I haven't been idle all this time, I've been practicing guns. No one in my family cares about me, so I smuggled some good things. I practice all kinds of things by myself when I have nothing to do. I'm not as good as you guys when it comes to dead corners, but when it comes to people, hehe, look at my leg?"

He patted his mechanical leg.

"What? Do you have a lot of leg hair?" Rainbow Candy glared at him, scaring him into a daze. He quickly explained seriously.

"No, this... I have good things hidden in my leg."

He carefully bent over and opened a small door on the side of the leg bone. He took out a black metal missile about the size of a palm.

"Black Flying Fish automatic tracking missile. I spent all my savings to buy this one. After it's launched, it can automatically split into thirty small cluster bombs, covering all the attack targets I've determined!"

Gantry Crane looked proud.

"Good job!" Rainbow Candy slapped him hard on the forehead.

"You finally have some awareness!"

This was the first time Rainbow Candy praised him.

Although Gantry Crane was in a lot of pain, he still showed a rather enjoyable expression.

The others shook their heads in their hearts. This young man, a good young man, was pua'd like this...

"Since everyone has awareness, let's go together," Li Cheng颐 said in a deep voice. "We are not as professional as other forces. Whether it's concealment or the number of people, we are far from enough. But our only biggest advantage is that they don't know our goal!"

"So everyone, bear with it when we get there. Also, going there so openly will have an impact on our future industries and lives.

Therefore, we have to prepare a set of uniform equipment that can conceal our identities. After going out, we can't communicate using our real names, but we have to use code names, is that okay?"

"Brother Cheng is thoughtful!" Big Bear nodded and agreed first. "I can provide special biological materials to make uniform equipment and clothes that can enter the dead corners. In terms of concealment, my family has a large amount of various materials in stock, so we can piece them together."

"I can make it by hand, it's not difficult to make a single coat and uniform," Little Brown said in a deep voice.

We definitely can't find outsiders for processing.

"I can get the contraband equipment you need, ultra-high-intensity shielding instruments, penetrating communication devices, military exoskeleton modules, etc. There are general models! White Star goods, easy to use!" Gantry Crane added.

"Then, when we act secretly, we can't use the name Destiny Garden anymore. Let's keep it simple and just call it Garden, how about that?"

"The name is too similar, it will be associated and searched." Rainbow Candy retorted. "Let's change it a little, how about calling it Flower Pot?"

"Let's call it Flower Courtyard... Flower Pot is too..." Gantry Crane said softly.

"Then let's call it Flower Courtyard. As an alias, as for the code names, let's use everyone's own main flower, how about that?" Li Cheng颐 said.

"Okay!"

"No objection!"

"Agreed!"

Several people stretched out their hands, Li Cheng颐's hand was at the bottom, and the others pressed on the back of his hand one by one.

The last one was Rainbow Candy.

"Only we ourselves can determine our own destiny!" Li Cheng颐 said in a low voice.

This was also an idea in his mind when he named it in the first place.

"Yes, only ourselves!" Rainbow Candy said seriously.

(End of this chapter)