Chapter 1 Anomaly

Li Cheng颐 had never encountered such a situation.

He looked around, reached out, and grabbed the little girl by the back of her collar, attempting to lift her up. With a soft ripping sound, the girl's pajamas began to tear.

He had no choice but to put her down again. "Ah!!"

Suddenly, a sharp sound pierced his eardrums, causing a stinging pain.

The little girl woke up, beginning to scream loudly in terror, her arms and legs struggling frantically.

She looked in horror at the purple full-body armor before her, as if she had seen something extremely terrifying. "Quiet," Li Cheng颐 said loudly.

The screaming stopped abruptly.

The horror on the girl's face froze for a moment, and then, slowly, like thawing pork, it softened, became more lively, and less hysterical.

Her watery eyes stared at Li Cheng颐 for a few seconds.

"&#@#*&!" The girl opened her mouth and spoke a string of strange languages that were completely incomprehensible.

"What do you mean? Is there a translator?" Li Cheng頤 asked in Yi language. He only knew Yi language and a little Bai Xing language; he didn't know any others. But this language was clearly not Bai Xing language.

The girl also realized that he couldn't understand her, so she stared blankly at him, not knowing what to do. Clearly, there was no translator. Sighing, Li Cheng颐 thought that he still had AR glasses, but in the purple Flowered Scale Armor state, he couldn't wear AR due to space issues.

The body in the Knight Flowered Scale Armor state was very peculiar. All the original mechanical equipment on his body would seem to be transferred to another space, completely still.

Everything would only return when he dispersed the Flowered Scale Armor. The two of them stared at each other for a while.

Li Cheng頤 was the first to think of a solution. He reached out, took out his mobile phone, found the built-in translation software, and opened it. *Sorry, this program requires an internet connection to use.*

A line of text automatically popped up.

Li Cheng颐 suddenly thought of the database that the boss had provided with the AR set. He quickly went to rummage through his suitcase.

He quickly found a black, palm-sized metal block with its own display screen. He turned it on, operated it, connected it, and loaded the offline function.

"Ah!" Suddenly, Li Cheng頤 saw the little girl pointing behind him, her eyes wide with a scream. Without thinking, he turned around and slashed down with his sword.

But there was nothing behind him except a wisp of black smoke. *Squeak...*

In the time it took to rummage for things, Li Cheng颐 discovered that the room door he had just closed didn't know when, had been opened again.

Outside the door, in the corridor, a short figure, only the height of an average adult's thigh, was slowly approaching from the darkness.

The figure continued to approach. Continued to move.

It stopped when it was almost at the door of the room.

Everything seemed to freeze.

The figure didn't move, and neither did Li Cheng頤.

The blonde little girl behind him was also terrified, not daring to move, not even daring to breathe too loudly. Li Cheng颐 slowly put down the mobile database in his hand.

He stared at the small black figure at the door. "A living person?" he asked.

The other party did not answer.

It just stood there, quiet and silent.

Confirming the other party's identity, Li Cheng颐 no longer had any scruples. *Whoosh.*

The golden sword in his hand quickly changed into a one-meter golden sword that was longer and wider. His feet suddenly exploded with power, stomping heavily.

*Bang!*

In an instant, he had already rushed out, swinging the golden sword forcefully towards the short figure. In the darkness, the golden blade drew a delicate golden arc, hitting the target squarely.

But... the blade just lightly brushed against the figure, passing through, without any sense of substance. The figure scattered like a reflection in water, blurred, and disappeared.

Everything returned to calm. It was as if nothing had happened. Li Cheng颐 stood at the door, carefully watching the corridor outside.

The darkness in the corridor gave him the same feeling as the darkness outside the silent shop back then. Mysterious, unknown, dangerous!

Closing the door again, he slowly retreated to his previous position, leaning against the wall, picking up the database, and starting the connection with his phone.

The electronic light of modern technology attracted the terrified little girl. She instinctively moved closer to Li Cheng颐, looking at the faint light of the mobile phone and database display, her whole body was icy cold and shivering slightly.

After fiddling with it for a while, Li Cheng颐 finally completed the offline connection function. Then, he picked up his phone and looked at the remaining 87% charge.

Good thing I'm severely anxious when my phone is low on battery... If it's below 90%, I feel uncomfortable and start looking for a charging head everywhere.

Looking at the 87 bars of power left, Li Cheng頤 felt a faint sense of security in his heart.

He glanced at the blonde little girl who was close to him, pointed to the phone, and let her look at it.

The little girl looked ten years old, at most, and should be able to recognize a few words in her own language. Seeing Li Cheng颐's actions, the little girl was very smart and quickly understood and nodded.

Immediately, the two began to check the languages one by one. www.

In the app's demonstration language selection, there were hundreds of languages densely packed together. Each language would translate the name of the language itself into Yi language and another language.

The little girl looked at it for a while and pointed to the Sutan language column.

"A Sutan person?" Li Cheng颐 reacted, chose this language for translation, and then typed.

"Yes. My name is Iselin. Thank you for saving me just now." The little girl babbled a lot, and the phone screen quickly converted it into translated text.

This time Li Cheng颐 finally understood.

He breathed a sigh of relief. This was the first time he had experienced the cruelty of the Dead Angle. It wouldn't ignore you just because you were young and deliberately skip you. Regardless of age, everyone was treated equally when facing the Dead Angle.

"My name is Xiao Hao. I'm from Yi Country." Li Cheng頤 typed and translated it for the girl to see.

"Xiao Hao?" The girl Iselin carefully pronounced the name, while pointing at the translated text on the phone.

"Yes. How did you get in? How long have you been here? Are there any others?" Li Cheng颐 asked, while vigilantly looking around, checking the situation.

He hadn't forgotten that he was still in a dangerous Dead Angle.

"I've been in four times," Iselin replied. "The first two times, it was safe as long as I hid under the bed, nothing would happen. But these last two times, hiding under the bed wasn't enough. Those black hands would suddenly grab you when you weren't paying attention. And then..."

She paused, her expression frightened and pale. "And then what?" Li Cheng颐 asked in a deep voice.

"Then... as long as you're touched, you disappear!" Iselin gestured, explaining with difficulty.

"Also, that black figure, I've never seen it before. This time it appeared, so maybe the danger is even greater now..." she continued.

Li Cheng頤 was about to reply when he suddenly noticed the little girl's gaze falling on the golden sword in his hand. He raised the golden sword, and was about to explain, but suddenly realized something was wrong.

"!?"

The entire front half of the golden sword blade had completely disappeared.

Starting from the middle of the sword, all the blade in front had disappeared without a trace.

Not only that, but the outer layer of scaled armor on the hand holding the sword also appeared faintly blurred.

"That's the power of those black hands... you can't touch them. Otherwise, you'll disappear just like the others before you," the little girl Iselin explained earnestly.

"Is it completely impossible to touch them?" Li Cheng頤 stared at the golden sword, recalling his left hand being grabbed earlier. "Is it true that as long as you're touched, you'll definitely disappear afterwards?" he asked.

"I personally saw three people disappear completely after being touched by the black hands. I don't know where they went," Iselin replied.

Seemingly aware of Li Cheng颐's attitude, she was now closely following Li Cheng颐, not daring to leave him by even a meter. "Disappear..." Li Cheng颐 recalled the situation with his left hand, and his heart tightened.

He guessed that his left hand hadn't disappeared, which was likely related to the Radiant Force Field. "Ah!!"

Just as he was about to carefully observe the golden sword in his hand, he suddenly heard another scream. Iselin hid in terror, diving behind a piece of broken wooden bed.

Without thinking, Li Cheng颐 turned around, and the golden sword reappeared in his hand. This time it was the widest, longest, and largest one.

It was also the only golden sword in the Jian Lan Flowered Scale Armor that could be held horizontally to cover most of his upper body. The golden long sword was like a door panel, suddenly waving and slapping backward.

Turning around, he instantly saw clearly that the dark figure had entered the room at some point, and was running towards him quickly.

Looking closer, he could barely make out some details on the other party's body. It was a child, only about one meter tall.

His face was pale, as if covered with a thick layer of powder, making it impossible to tell if it was male or female.

Its eyes were pitch black, with blood-red circles, and even just staring at him calmly gave off a faint sense of horror. The most important thing was its hands.

Those were a pair of black hands, the same size as the ones Li Cheng頤 had seen before! *Poof!*

The huge door-like golden sword slammed into the child like a fan.

Silently.

The child suddenly collapsed, shattered, and turned into a cloud of black smoke, dissipating in all directions.

Li Cheng頤's sword also missed as a result, and the tip of the sword swept across the desk, cutting it diagonally in two. With a crash, the items on the desk rolled to the ground.

But Li Cheng颐 didn't have time to care about these things at this time.

The center of the golden sword blade in his hand was already rapidly blurring, fading, and becoming transparent. Moreover, this blurring was still spreading towards the hilt.

Li Cheng颐 quickly let go, took two steps back, and almost bumped into Iselin and the bed board hiding behind him. After he let go, the golden sword automatically collapsed, turning into golden Jian Lan flower petals, fading and disappearing.

But the parts that had already been blurred did not collapse into flower petals, but fell to the ground and quickly became transparent. In just a few seconds, this part of the blade completely disappeared before their eyes. As if it had never appeared.

Li Cheng頤's expression under his helmet was extremely ugly.

He sensed that the Jian Lan Flowered Scale Armor's golden sword was missing its largest sword, and it was damaged! This thing could even blur and make inanimate objects disappear!

He looked at the short golden sword in his other hand. Sure enough, this one also showed signs of the blade disappearing. "This thing really can't be touched at all..."

He had never encountered such a monster before. Contact would cause everything of his to blur and disappear. Even the Flowered Scale Armor couldn't stop it.

Standing in place, Li Cheng颐 confirmed that there were no other situations around him, and then retreated step by step, his back against the wall, and breathed a sigh of relief.

He looked at the window.

Outside the window, it was pitch black, there was nothing, as if black smoke had completely enveloped the window. From this, he knew that he had not yet escaped the Dead Angle.