Blind Spot-Chapter 94 - 086 Military 4 (Thanks to the Immortal Xie Qi Tian

Chapter 94: 086 Military 4 (Thanks to the Immortal Xie, Qi Tian Alliance Hierarch)

Chapter 94: 086 Military 4 (Thanks to the Immortal Xie, Qi Tian Alliance Hierarch)

Looking at the now dilapidated villa, Li Chengyi walked out of the front gate with a sigh in his heart.

This was the real reason he had previously been unwilling to switch to the Titan Sunflower Floral Dress.

This Armor—it doesn’t speed up, nor does it have auto-tracking; its other aspects are quite ordinary, so the best way to use it is to catch the enemy off guard and then suddenly burst forth.

He had done just that, luring Zhou Yan into a narrow space and then striking suddenly, a wild beating once he got a hold of him.

Ultimately, this secured his victory.

Bang.

A faint sound of explosion erupted.

Li Chengyi’s entire Armor automatically shattered into countless sunflower petals scattering off.

Before the petals had a chance to touch the ground, they quickly changed color to a slightly darker golden hue of the Gladiolus Floral Dress and reassembled.

Compared to other Floral Dresses, the Sunflower one was still a bit too large.

‘I need to find the notebook quickly! I hope I didn’t smash it earlier.’

He speedily returned to the location where he had fought with the group of Reinforced Humans in their full form.

Without the constraints of Silent Fortress in the suburbs, these Reinforced Humans in their full form were even more rampant.

Such a large number came all at once…

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There was no time to delay, and he quickly went forward to search everywhere.

Hum.

Suddenly, a buzzing sound came faintly from the distant sky, as if some flying machine was quickly approaching this way.

Li Chengyi looked up in the direction of the sound and saw a point of blue light in the distant night sky moving fast towards them.

Under the blue light was a black metallic drone that resembled a dragonfly.

“It never comes when it should, but now it shows up to cause trouble,” he muttered with a slight frown, knowing that government officials were likely on their way, and he hurriedly accelerated his pace.

He first looked for any packages that might be on the ground, and after finding two, he quickly approached, shook out their contents with force, scattering everything.

A few dark metal bottles, a white-covered booklet that seemed to be a book, and some scattered, knot-like things that seemed to be used for binding.

Beyond that, there was nothing else.

‘How could it not be here?’ Li Chengyi frowned deeply.

The notebook he had just taken from the villa was blank inside, obviously a placeholder tossed in at the last moment.

Since people from Utopia had been inside and were ready to leave, it was highly likely that the notebook was on them.

A cool breeze blew, sweeping up a fine rustling of leaves.

Li Chengyi stood on the open ground, kicking over a trunk that had just been chopped down, his gaze meticulously sweeping over the entire area.

‘If I’m sure I can’t find it, then it means the notebook I got is indeed the one Zhong Hui left behind. Maybe its ordinary appearance is just a disguise he purposefully created.’

He speculated.

The buzzing sound from afar was getting closer and closer, obviously attracted by the fire at the villa.

The drone, with a blue light spot on it, was flying straight toward the villa.

Li Chengyi felt an increasing urgency within him.

He didn’t want to encounter government officials. With the drone moving so fast, he wasn’t sure he could avoid being tracked in the suburbs if they fixed their sights on him.

After all, there were not many obstructions here, nor were there many people to use as cover for him to blend into the crowd and leave.

In this place, even if he were to take off the Floral Dress and emerge alone, it would be extremely conspicuous for a person to suddenly appear in these barren woodlands.

‘I must leave before the officials discover this place!’ thought Li Chengyi decisively.

After one last search, he didn’t find any other similar packages.

‘It seems the notebook is indeed the ordinary-looking one I found. Perhaps Zhong Hui used some sort of invisible ink, which is why it appears blank?’

That was his guess.

Upon confirming he couldn’t find it, Li Chengyi finally decided to retreat.

If he didn’t leave now, he might not be able to escape once the government officials arrived.

Immediately, he turned and quickly headed towards the deeper parts of the woods.

‘Wait!’ An idea suddenly flashed through his mind.

‘If I were a Reinforced Human, would I carry an extra package just for carrying items? Wouldn’t it be simpler to have a storage space on my body, which would also protect the items better?’

The thought flickered in his mind.

He immediately realized where he had gone wrong in his thinking.

‘The notebook might be inside their bodies!’

Once he confirmed his idea, Li Chengyi quickly turned back, and the first one he looked for was the blue-bodied Xin Team member.

This guy was the team leader, made of the best materials out of the group; the chances were greatest that he had the notebook.

The later arrival, Zhou Yan, had come from a distance and arrived later than himself, and was unlikely to have the notebook.

As he scrambled to search, Li Chengyi suddenly grabbed Xin Team’s leg and found a hidden cavity on the inside.

Click.

With great difficulty, he used the Golden Sword to cut it open and retrieved a strange notebook with a cover full of dead black ants.

On the notebook was clearly written: Exploration and records about the time field.

‘Clock field?’

Li Chengyi quickly flipped to the first page, which was filled with densely packed tiny black text.

‘This must be the real Zhong Hui notebook!’ His spirits lifted, he put away the notebook and glanced at the drones that had already flown to the vicinity of the burning villa.

It looked like that thing was about to fly this way any moment.

He took a deep breath and quickly turned to dash down the mountain.

His goal for this mission had been fully achieved. The next step was to study the contents of the notebook and figure out how to escape from the Blind Spot Shop.

Before long, Li Chengyi’s figure had slipped into the dark woods, becoming more distant and blurred.

Until enveloped by fog and the hazy moonlight, he completely disappeared without a trace.

A few minutes later.

The Blue Ray Drone discovered the clearing where the skirmish had taken place.

Soon, a dark, goose-shaped flyer over three meters long descended slowly from the night sky and landed near this clearing.

The powerful air currents from the jet engine nozzles at the base of the aircraft blew leaves and dust around continuously.

Click.

A side door on the aircraft opened, and a lean man with blue short hair and in a suit jumped down.

He held a cigarette in his mouth surveying the scene littered with Reinforced Human remains.

“So many Black Birds?”

“Utopia’s standard cannon fodder model, the Black Bird is cheap to produce and good at concealment. Mass-produced by imitating Black Hawks, it’s quite ordinary.” On the other side of the aircraft, a tall young woman disembarked. Her entire head was made of silvery white metal, but curiously, the rest of her body was all flesh, the opposite of what was typical for Reinforced Humans.

“Have you seen the video material from Brother Ding’s side?” the blue-haired man asked as he approached and squatted down to begin examining the remains of the Reinforced Humans on the ground.

“Yes, I have. It was Black Birds from Utopia that went in there too. It seems like Utopia has found some big client; they’ve been making bold and extravagant moves lately,” the woman replied with a heavy voice.

“Although Black Birds are the lowest-tier replacements for Reinforced Humans, with extremely low production costs and weaker performance that’s also unstable…” the blue-haired man paused.

“But once they’re equipped with weapon modules, they’re not something that the security department within the ordinary city can handle.”

He casually picked up a black arm of a Reinforced Human from the ground.

“Do you think Utopia would prepare replacement bodies for these Black Bird cannon fodder?”

“How could that be possible? They’re just cannon fodder. Just clone them, replicate and transfer the data, put together an entire set, equip their brains with cheap neural nets, complete the module combination, and you’ve got qualified cannon fodder. The entire cost wouldn’t exceed a million,” the woman sneered.

“That low?” the blue-haired man was surprised. “Isn’t it said that the cost of Reinforced Humans is always very high?”

“Yeah, but cannon fodder don’t need any personality storage devices. They use whatever materials are the cheapest. After all, they’re either clones or the scum who cannot continue living and have hit rock bottom. Just being alive without pain is already good enough; who cares about the rest?” the woman replied.

“That’s harsh,” the blue-haired man sighed. He took out his phone and started taking photos for evidence.

“Wait a minute!”

Suddenly, the woman nearby seemed to have found something. She squatted down and picked up a piece of blue metal.

“Blue Tree Alloy?” There was a faint blue light flickering in her electronic eyes, clearly her emotions were becoming unstable.

“Isn’t that military-grade material?”

“Huh? Military-grade material? That’s a controlled item, where did it come from!?” the blue-haired man’s expression changed as he came closer to inspect it carefully.

“It’s not just military goods, someone smashed it to pieces!” the woman answered in a low tone. “This isn’t a Black Bird; it should be Utopia’s standard Reinforced Human model, the real Blue Clothing Model, imitating the merfolk Reinforced Humans commonly found in the sea, air, and land markets.”

“A Reinforced Human made from military-grade material completely smashed apart…!? This situation is beyond our control. Notify the higher-ups immediately and send a message to Brother Ding in Suiyang,” the blue-haired man ordered solemnly.

“Right!”

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1:32 AM.

At the foot of Lin Qishan, Lin Qi Town, Morse Hotel luxury king-size room, number 705.

Knock, knock, knock.

The urgent knocking woke Li Chengyi from his perusal of the notes. He quickly stowed the notebook and got up to open the door.

Standing outside was Song Ran with a serious expression.

“Just got the intel. There’s been a wildfire on the mountain. Nearby towns have sent fire engines to put it out.

From what I’ve gathered, the fire spread from Zhong Hui’s cottage!”

“What does that mean?” Li Chengyi showed an expression of shock.

“It means that the place we were going to is now engulfed in flames. We can’t go there anymore,” Song Ran summarized.

“What should we do? What about the notebook?” Li Chengyi asked anxiously.

“Our people will get here in about two hours, but under the current circumstances, it’s unlikely we can continue the investigation. The notebook might already have been destroyed in the fire, so I came to ask if you still want to proceed,” Song Ran paused for a moment then asked.

This mission had been much more dangerous than any before since the very beginning. Therefore, he had reported to the boss immediately.

The boss had also promptly mobilized the company’s armed forces nearby, but those so-called forces were just the armed personnel of an ordinary security company.

The weapons they were equipped with were at best firearms and bulletproof vests and helmets.

Compared to the current situation with the wildfire… it was probably…

Song Ran fell into silence, then continued.

“There’s another covert issue. Near the site of the fire, remnants of Utopia’s terrorist Reinforced Humans have been discovered, and some of them were made from military-grade materials! This complicates things!”

“Military-grade!? How do they compare to those who attacked us at Zhong Hui’s house?” Li Chengyi asked in a stern voice.

“They’re on a different level. The defense of military-grade material is very good, impervious to ordinary firearms, resistant to common electromagnetic interference and chemical corrosion. Even standard anti-materiel sniper rifles can’t do much against them. With an opponent like that, our people won’t be much help even when they arrive,”

Song Ran reminded him somewhat tactfully.