Suoyang Yunjing Sales Office.

Li Cheng Yi lowered his head and signed his name on the house purchase contract.

After helping Rainbow Candy complete the most troublesome dead-end clue exploration process, he also destroyed the main body of the Infinite Stairway dead-end.

In the subsequent changes, Rainbow Candy, as a veteran of dead-ends, quickly found the prototype in a week and completed the detachment from the Infinite Stairway.

The so-called Infinite Stairway was actually a closed building of a mental hospital that had been abandoned.

Because a mass riot of mental patients occurred in that hospital, causing a tragedy in which at least fifteen people died and thirty were injured at the time.

Later, because the scene of the murder was too terrifying, the hospital declined, and the building was abandoned completely.

After Rainbow Candy found the building, she found a way to escape the next day.

With huge financial consumption, a mental patient who relied on hiding in a corner and his own methods to safely escape appeared in the investigation.

In that terrible murder case.

The murderer was shot dead, and the murdered either died or went crazy. Only one person was lucky enough to be safe and sound, only maintaining the original mild depression.

Rainbow Candy also mastered the method of detachment through that person, successfully completing the analysis of the Infinite Stairway.

"Mr. Li, this is the first time we've seen a customer as young as you who can buy a villa in full in Suoyang." The saleswoman sold a single order of nearly four million at one go, obviously with a lot of commission, and the smile on her face was unusually gentle.

Li Cheng Yi came back to his senses and scanned the contract terms again.

"If there are no problems, when can I go to Shanghai?"

"The contract stipulates that it will be in a week. You can just bring your ID card then. We will have someone to accompany you throughout the process," the saleswoman replied.

"Okay, thank you." Li Cheng Yi put away the contract and put it in the bag he carried with him.

He stood up, exchanged a few polite words with the other party, and walked towards the door.

Boom!

Suddenly, a faint, subtle tremor came from afar.

Even at such a distance, at least tens of kilometers away, Li Cheng Yi could feel the ground vibrating under his feet.

His expression changed slightly, and he looked in the direction of the tremor.

In the afternoon sky, a clear plume of thick smoke was slowly rising, dyeing a small patch of the sky gray.

The wailing sounds of fire engines came one after another.

Interspersed with a large number of police car sirens.

Dudu Dudu...!

Li Cheng Yi's phone rang and vibrated.

He quickly took it out, looked at it, and pressed the answer button.

"Cheng-ge, the Baihua Chemical Plant in the southern suburbs has exploded! It is said to be caused by chemical dust and aging circuit sparks! But I immediately mobilized the surrounding surveillance.

I found that the Safety Administration and the Federation are using Tianyan to hunt down images of unknown people. Be careful on your side. I thought it was just the provincial capital that was chaotic, but I didn't expect it to spread to Suoyang now," Rainbow Candy said quickly on the other end of the phone.

Since the last time the two tacitly exchanged passwords, confirming Li Cheng Yi's dual identity.

Rainbow Candy's attitude towards him has become more respectful.

Well-informed, she naturally understood that Li Cheng Yi's record could be considered impressive in the world of Mechanists and Modified Humans.

Most importantly, no one knew how strong he really was.

How many forces were responsible for maintaining and supplying the exaggerated intensity of his modified modules.

She couldn't find out any of this.

That's what shocked her the most.

She knew that the previous force she couldn't investigate was a mysterious organization called Longhe.

"Don't worry, it's probably just a diversion. There's nothing worth coveting in Suoyang. So the other party's goal is likely just to attract the police force and experts from above." Li Cheng Yi had been in contact with Ideal Home and knew their style.

"Cheng-ge, do you... know some inside information?" Rainbow Candy heard some details.

"I don't know. But I can guess. Okay, these things have nothing to do with us. Yi Country isn't as weak as you think. The higher-ups will definitely have a response, don't worry." Li Cheng Yi had previously chatted with Senior Mechanist Ding Ning about the Yi Country's high-level Federation and the Mechanist structure.

He knew that with the power Ideal Home had exposed now, it was impossible to contain the Great Federation and the General Administration's forces.

How powerful was a vast empire of a country with billions of people? Just thinking about it gave him a rough idea.

So he didn't pay much attention, just flagged down a car on the side of the road and returned to the botanical garden.

These days, he had been at the botanical garden almost every day, staring at the flower pots that had been watered with diluted nutrient solution made from the blood of the Shadow of Hatred.

Every morning, he would check them and constantly warm and illuminate them with his Radiant Force Field.

At first, all the flowers didn't change, but as time went by, some flowers gradually began to wither uncontrollably.

And now... on the eighth day.

A dozen minutes later.

Li Cheng Yi returned to a corner of the botanical garden.

A special area had been designated for him to experiment with the blood of the Shadow of Hatred.

As soon as he approached this corner, pots of withered and blackened flowers came into view.

A total of thirty pots of various flowers had been brought in, of which 90% had withered and died.

Including the chrysanthemums he had valued before.

Logically speaking, chrysanthemums were also considered to have strong vitality, but unfortunately... under the nourishment of this new nutrient solution, they still couldn't hold on.

Li Cheng Yi walked to a withered chrysanthemum and grabbed a few branches and leaves.

The branches and leaves were dry, black, and stiff, as if they had been dried in the sun.

They felt like they had no moisture at all.

'Yesterday they were still green... just a little wilted, but today they're gone.'

He sighed and walked to the other flower pots, checking the situation one by one.

A small group responsible for recording the flower situation in the distance quickly gathered around.

"Mr. Li, I have been carefully maintaining these flowers every day. I run over to take a look at the slightest disturbance, but inexplicably, a large area of them suddenly died! My surveillance is always on, you can check it directly if you don't believe me!"

The young man was also a botanical garden worker who Li Cheng Yi had specifically transferred to be responsible for this small experiment.

His tone was obviously afraid that Li Cheng Yi would suspect that he hadn't done a good job, causing the flowers to wither on a large scale.

"I know, you did a good job. It's not your fault, go and do other things." Li Cheng Yi nodded to show his understanding.

His eyes were still scanning the flowers in the pots.

Dead.

Dead.

Dead.

All dead!

Li Cheng Yi sighed slightly.

He couldn't remember how many times he had sighed these days. Every time he saw these flowers wither one pot after another, he would feel a hint of disappointment in his heart.

Today was no exception.

After wandering around, seeing that only withered black flowers remained in all the flower pots.

Li Cheng Yi was completely disappointed and was about to leave.

Suddenly, the corner of his eye caught a glimpse of a pale green color.

It was a pale green that still remained in a certain flower pot.

"This is!?"

His mood instantly became excited and he quickly walked to the flower pot.

Only then did he realize that the flower pot was planted with hyacinths. This flower, which had just been taken out of the greenhouse for experimentation, had already withered and turned into black branches and leaves spread out in the soil.

That touch of green was not a hyacinth at all, but something growing out of the black soil on its side, near the edge of the flower pot.

He reached out and carefully pulled the thing open.

A touch of verdant green was revealed inside the black withered leaves.

Green leaves like scallions, like orchids, unfolded.

In the center, there were some purple-white small flowers.

These flowers had a peculiar appearance, like the edge of a basket, with purple thorns piercing out.

The petals were arc-shaped, forming a basket piece by piece.

The filaments formed thorns, the ends of which were faintly yellowish.

The surprise in Li Cheng Yi's heart spread like ripples.

He stretched out his finger and gently touched the small flower.

As wisps of flower Qi surged up and flowed into the mark, new, never-before-collected information emerged.

'Allium chinense (Polluted): A perennial herb with slender, hollow leaves. The flowers are purple, and the underground bulbs are narrowly oval. The scales are fleshy white, with a crisp and tender taste and a special spicy aroma. It can be eaten and contains protein, calcium, iron, carotene and other nutrients. It has the effect of strengthening the spleen and appetizing. Flowering period is October-November.'

'Flower Language: Fervent Shadow Bloodline (Due to being watered with the blood of the Shadow of Hatred, it has undergone mutation. The original flower language, Fervent Heart, was integrated, causing the bloodline to mutate, forming a brand new unknown bloodline).'

Li Cheng Yi's expression was slightly strange.

He thought of the inferior Shadow Dragon bloodline in the Silent Shop.

'If I'm not mistaken, the flower language of Setaria viridis should also come from this. But, what exactly is this Fervent Shadow? It can be mutated, and it has a name and surname. It's likely to be a relatively stable, existing bloodline...'

He now had a good understanding of the Evil Flower Mark.

He knew that the ability itself would not automatically fill in the name if it encountered an unnamed flower.

Instead, it would directly display Unknown, or Unnamed.

But this one here... is actually a bloodline that already has a name.

Thinking of this, he quickly called the young man over.

"Go around and get all the Allium chinense you can find. Replace all of these with Allium chinense in the future!"

"Replace all thirty of these flower pots with Allium chinense?" The young man was a little incredulous.

Allium chinense was just a weed-like vegetable. Usually no one bought it. This pot was also growing on the edge of the flower plate, and no one noticed it, so it grew slowly.

But speaking of it, the young man knew he was in the wrong.

Logically speaking, he took the overtime pay, so he should take good care of the flower pots here.

But Allium chinense was growing in the hyacinth pot, which meant he hadn't noticed it before.

After all, this was equivalent to weeds.

"Replace them all with Allium chinense, but our botanical garden shouldn't have mass cultivation of this thing, right?" Li Cheng Yi asked.

"No, we don't. But, there's a lot of this stuff in the dry soil in the bushes outside. It's a wild vegetable with a very strong vitality. We usually use it as a seasoning spice," the young man replied.

"Help me find thirty flower pots and I'll give you an extra month's bonus this year!" Li Cheng Yi said generously.

Hearing that he would get an extra month's bonus, the young man's eyes lit up.

Without saying a word, he quickly went to other places to look for Allium chinense.

Confirming the experiment was successful, Li Cheng Yi felt very comfortable. He specifically found a staff member to come and watch over this pot of Allium chinense flowers.

Then he went to mix some more nutrient solution before returning to the botanical garden dormitory building.

Now the members of the Garden of Destiny had all gone back, and the place was empty.

Last time, Rainbow Candy's dead-end brought everyone together, but now that things were over, everyone went back.

Li Cheng Yi sat alone on the sofa, took out his phone, and sent a message to the boss.

"Boss, how's your situation over there?"

No reply.

Probably busy.

Li Cheng Yi didn't care, after all, no one would reply to unimportant messages immediately.

Or Syndra might be busy.

He took the remote control and turned on the wall projection TV.

(End of this chapter)