Hidden Corner

 Chapter 168 168 Transaction 4

“They also want the silver ones, but they also want the ones I’ve brought with me. Thinking about it, these guys are really a bit perverted.” Iselin frowned.

“What about gems and diamonds?” Li Chengyi continued to ask.

“I don’t know. I don’t have those things either. My blond hair is also made of gold jewelry given to me by my last sister.” Iselin replied.

Li Chengyi planned to go out this time and bring in various things to try to see what the hard currency of the Black Sea was.

He still wanted to ask, but he saw Iselin stretched out her finger and made a hissing sound to her lips.

 Suddenly I knew it was coming.

 He turned his head and looked ahead.

 On the other side of the bed, a dim light slowly lit up from the darkness.

 But that glimmer was not the bright yellow or white color illuminated by lights.

 But a faint red light.

 Some hazy, some quiet red.

Looking out from the bottom of the bed, you can see a large black bookshelf that occupies an entire wall. Slowly emerged.

 There are many books placed vertically on the bookshelf.

 Some of them are very thick and have a hard outer cover, and the covers also have weird, twisted and unrecognizable characters written on them.

 Some are very thin and can be randomly inserted into the gaps between bookshelves and placed on top of thick books.

 On the left side of the bookshelf, there is a small round table. It is made of black wood and has cloud patterns on the legs.

On the right side, there is a black and brown leather sofa, a single sofa.

 The armrests of the sofa already have traces of wear and tear over the years, and are somewhat faded, revealing the gray underneath.

 Everything looks normal.

This is like a study room used by ordinary people, with a study room for sleeping.

 This is normal, some people like to sleep in the study room.

Li Chengyi and Yisselin looked at each other.

 “Have you been here?” he asked.

 “No, it’s the first time.” Iselin replied.

 “Want to go out and try?” Li Chengyi asked again.

"Wait a minute, the stay time in different places is different. If you change right after leaving, you may be completely lost and unable to come back." Iselin whispered.

"how do you know?"

 “I’ve won,” replied Iseline. "After I went out and returned to the bottom of the bed, the starting point was different. I lay there for a long time before I came back again by relying on the connection with my body."

 “Okay.” Li Chengyi once again felt that Israelin was really helpful.

Without her, I would probably have to step into a lot of pitfalls.

 The two of them just lay there waiting.

 About five minutes later.

Crash, the sound of the sliding door came.

 Following this, a greasy noise, like a mop being dragged on the ground, entered their ears.

Soon, a tall human figure wearing a black robe with golden patterns printed on the edge slowly walked to the sofa and sat down.

It wasn't until they sat down that the two of them saw clearly that the man in black robes was wearing a pale mask, and his lower body was covered with black tentacles, like pitch-black tentacles like those of an octopus.

 “It’s a believer!” Yiselin let out a long sigh of relief.

“Quickly, take out your things and I’ll help you change them!” She quickly patted Li Chengyi.

 Li Chengyi immediately took out the greedy heart and handed it to her.

Looking at Iselin carefully placing the Greedy Heart can on the ground and pushing it out.

 It was then that he remembered what a believer was.

Last time, Iselin mentioned that the believers believe in a group of strange beings in Asladuni.

 Iselin said they were friendly and could be exchanged.

 He wanted to see what he could get in exchange.

 The can of Greedy Heart was pushed out and stopped on the thick black and red carpet of the room.

The believer also noticed the movement here. He looked here with his masked face and stood up.

With a hissing sound, it slowly walked to the bed, bent down and picked up the can on the carpet.

 Looking at the can for a while, it seemed a little interested.

 Turn around and return to the sofa.

 After thinking about it, the believer reached out and took down a book from the bookshelf.

The book is neither thick nor thin. The outer cover is brown-black with a little red, like tree bark.

Then he took the book, returned to the bed, placed it on the ground, and pushed it under the bed.

“Hurry up and catch it, this is what you need to change!” Iselin patted Li Chengyi.

 The latter nodded, stretched out his hand, pinched it gently with five fingers wearing a flower-scaled glove, and took it in.

 “Go back.” Iselin pulled him and slowly exited from under the bed.

Li Chengyi also stepped back, quickly took the book and got out from under the bed.

 “What’s the use of this thing?” He picked up the book and looked through the outer packaging.

 The cover of the book is two patterned strips drawn vertically.

The pattern belt is composed of many smaller water droplets, balls, and figure-8 patterns, which are fused and squeezed together.

 In the middle of the two pattern strips, a white symbol the size of an egg is drawn.

This symbol is like a sharp bone knife, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, with a hole in the middle and a handle, like some kind of ritual tool.

 “Open it and take a look?”

Iselin was also curious on the side.

 Li Chengyi nodded and opened the cover.

Unexpectedly, the book is full of neat and weird words, without any abnormality.

 It seems like this is really just a book.

 “How is it?” Iselin asked curiously.

Li Chengyi was about to answer, but suddenly felt the light around him become distorted.

 He felt awe-struck, knowing that he might have to quit.

There was no movement under the bed before, but now it seems that there may be no way to exit the flash completely while under the bed.

 After all, it has been some time since he came in.

 “Brother? Brother?” Iselin’s voice seemed to be lengthened, slowed down, and came from a very far away place.

Li Chengyi grabbed the book and felt dizzy in his mind.

 Poof.

His eyes flashed, and Iselin disappeared.

The room also returned to its original state instantly.

 The traces left by the iron bed on the wall also disappeared automatically.    He returned to reality.

The blind spot of the Clenched Hand has a very wonderful feature: when you enter it, the scene is the same as reality.

 As the subject of the clenching hand, Iselin probably controls part of the blind spot area.

 The other part is the other existence at the other end of the bed.

 So far, Li Chengyi still doesn't know how to completely withdraw from the tight grip, because with Yiselin's presence, this blind spot is more help than trouble for him. He doesn't want to quit either.

Standing in the bedroom, he raised his hand and glanced at his right hand.

The book is still held by him, between the sharp claws of Hualing Yi.

With a thought, Li Chengyi's flower-scaled clothes disintegrated in an instant, disintegrated, and disappeared into countless purple-red petals.

He took the book and walked to the only window in the bedroom to look at the book in the light outside.

 Take pictures with your mobile phone first.

 The lens is completely blank. Obviously, like the products in the silent shop, this thing cannot be used except by myself.

 As a transaction item given by believers, Li Chengyi did not believe that this was an ordinary book.

He thought for a while, turned around and walked out of the room, thumping downstairs, and came to the lobby on the first floor.

“Who has a pen and paper? Could you please lend it to me?”

 Among the people present, Xiao Brown, who was serving the dishes, raised his hand.

 “I have it, boss, I’ll get it for you.”

 He put a bowl of dark vegetables on the dining table, turned around and ran out of the hall to his room.

 Not long after, he came in with a notebook and a gel pen.

“Boss, have you discovered anything?”

 He handed the things to Li Chengyi, with a hint of curiosity on his face.

“I just suddenly wanted to remember something.” Li Chengyi didn’t want to tell anyone about what Yiselin could help him with.

 The existence of a dead-end memory capable of communication. Once this gets out, it is likely to attract many people with ulterior motives.

 One more thing is worse than one less thing, so the book in his hand is not easy to speak out.

 After all, it was Yiselin who led him to trade this book.

Hands of paper and pen, he quickly returned to the room, sat down at the only table, and began to copy the symbols on the mysterious book.

 A completely new language with no clues. He cannot learn it by himself.

 But relying on computers and AI, there may be hope for analysis.

 As for the origin of the words in this book, there are no clues at all.

 Believers believe in the giant beast Asladuni.

 So if you look for this clue, you may be able to find some key points.

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 Yunshan County.

In the mountain forest, a group of men and women wearing camouflage uniforms, equipped with fully armed field equipment, slowly drove along the forest path towards the wolf cave.

 The person leading the team, the one at the front, was a somewhat bald and fat middle-aged man.

The weather was slightly cold and it was already December, but he was still sweating slightly. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and temples with a tissue as he walked.

His name is Zhao Shengpeng, and his name is very powerful, better than Dapeng.

 It shows the expectations of his parents for him.

But in fact, he is thirty-nine years old and has worked hard for more than ten years before finally taking the position of Yunshan County Security Director.

 Because the terrain is remote, there are not many people around this place, and there were a series of murder cases a while ago, which put a lot of pressure on him from above.

 In Yi State, the Security Bureau and Jiuyi are not under the same department.

 But two separate systems.

  If the Federation is the highest administrative body, it determines the promotion and appointment of other officials.

 Then Jiuyi is a powerful omnic organization in China that is equivalent to half-recruitment.

 The Security Agency is a completely national organization.

  Jiuyili has gathered a group of the strongest intellectual masters in the entire Yi Kingdom. Most of them are trained by the state, and a small number are top masters recruited from various places.

 So the ingredients are more complex.

 The Security Bureau is much inferior in terms of force and has functions similar to those of the police. There are also omnics working part-time in high-level positions, but not many.

Furthermore, the director-general of the General Security Administration is also one of the most powerful omnics in a high position within Jiuyi.

“Director, we have been to this place so many times and found nothing. Just running around like this is not an option.”

There were six people in the team, and one of them, a slightly fat middle-aged man, complained.

"I can't help it. Several people have disappeared here recently. The satellite positioning can't be found. It's weird. The previous disappearance cases in Wolf Cave have been closed, and there is also an archive room on it. Only now How long has it been before it comes again?”

 Zhao Shengpeng was also helpless.

“But there’s no way we can run around like headless chickens.” Another person in the team sighed.

"Speaking of which, a few days ago, a dozen people from the county's No. 2 Labor Prison suddenly disappeared. When they were counted, it was discovered that they were missing when they came to a farm nearby for labor reform." A third person said.

“Someone must be causing trouble!” Zhao Shengpeng gritted his teeth. "I don't believe this evil!" He tightened his grip on the gun in his hand.

"Are you scared? If you are, go back!"

"Director, what you said is meaningless. We are the Security Department! Yunshan County relies on us to block it and is on the front line. If we are all afraid, is there any hope for this place?" The slightly fat middle-aged man was unhappy. road.

“To be honest, no one who can stand here is a coward! The only ones who are really cowards are in the office!”

"well said!"

 The rest of the people applauded.

 “Here you go!” Zhao Shengpeng gave him a thumbs up.

"We were born and raised in this place. We all know everyone in the neighborhood, including uncles, aunts, grandparents. If you count carefully, which family has not been friends with us for decades? Now that we have taken this responsibility, we usually cheat and play around. I can understand any benefit, but you have to be able to stand firm at critical times!"

 Zhao Shengpeng sighed.

"That's right! The director said it well! Chicken blood is a good fight!" A group of people shouted again.

 “Let’s take a walk, go around the wolf cave first, maybe”

 Poof!

Zhao Shengpeng's expression froze, and he suddenly stood there blankly.

 He slowly lowered his head and saw that in the middle of his chest, at some point, there was a sharp black claw.

The sharp claws pierced through the body armor from his back, penetrated his sternum, and pierced out from the front, bringing with it a large amount of blood.

 The rest of the people were shocked.

 No one reacted at all.

Even the various detection equipment they carried had no response.

 “Director!”

　　Bang bang bang bang!

 Suddenly, bursts of roars and gunshots were heard in the mountains and forests.

 But soon, in less than five seconds, they all disappeared and went out.

 Everything returned to its previous quiet state.

 (End of this chapter)