Hidden Dead Ends

Chapter 11

“Phew, phew, phew...”

His vision was blurry and shaking.

Something sticky seemed to be flowing out of one of his eyes.

Li Chengyi reached out and wiped the viscous liquid flowing on one side of his cheek with the back of his hand.

Red.

A thick red color immediately appeared on the back of his hand.

I’m bleeding... He bent over, his chest burning with severe pain.

He didn’t know where his body was injured.

But... he survived.

Survived.

Panting heavily, Li Chengyi stood up straight and looked at the spot where the giant human face had completely disappeared.

After the face was torn apart, it disappeared without leaving a trace, like an illusion.

It was as though it had never appeared in the first place.

He lowered his head and tried to search for the residual fragments on the floor. But what was strange was that not only was there no residue, but even the black smoke spewed out by the human face had completely dissipated.

If not for the fact that he could still see the ceiling dust falling from the sound vibrations, he would have even suspected that what he had just encountered was all an illusion.

It should be safe now. No, I haven’t left this place yet! Closing his eyes, he eased the pain in his eyes and stood on the spot to rest.

After resting for only a few dozen seconds, he felt that something was wrong.

The Flower Scale Gear armor he had just put on was slowly becoming lighter.

What’s going on?! He hurriedly opened his eyes and raised his hand to look at the armor on his hands.

Sure enough, the wisteria scale plates were slowly fading and becoming transparent.

Only then did he realize that the Wisteria Flower Scale Gear was full of tiny cracks.

Clearly, in the confrontation with the human face just now, the scale gear was not without damage.

It was only until now that the feedback came.

Swoosh!

Finally, a few seconds later, the entire Flower Scale Gear completely dissipated, scattering into countless wisteria petals and fading away.

Li Chengyi fell to his knees with a thud. When he was wearing the Flower Scale Gear, he felt full of energy and relaxed.

But at this moment, the Flower Scale Gear disappeared, and all the fatigue in his body seemed to erupt at once.

Having lost protection and defense, a sense of emptiness surged into his heart.

In this environment, he had just encountered danger. Without the protection of the Flower Scale Gear, his mood, which had just relaxed, began to tense up again.

Is it a temporary amplification ability? He didn’t panic but analyzed calmly.

Now that the danger was temporarily resolved, the need for the Flower Scale Gear wasn’t so great.

Most importantly, the Wisteria Flower God Position on the back of his hand transmitted a message: [The Flower Scale Gear is damaged and needs repair. New wisterias must be absorbed.]

After resting on the floor for a while and feeling slightly better, he stood up and began to pack up the items that had been blown away into the bag.

Some of the compressed biscuits in the bag had fallen out and rolled everywhere.

While he bent down to clean up, he paid careful attention to the surroundings.

In particular, the maintenance door that the human face came out of was the focus of his attention.

Soon, he packed everything back into the bag.

He sighed in relief. He felt the dried blood on his cheek harden, so he reached out and carefully peeled it off.

Carrying his things, he looked around and quickly found a place against the wall and sat down.

With his back against the wall, his eyes swept the surroundings.

On the walls on both sides, there were alternating bright yellow and black warning lines, crude and eye-catching.

Li Chengyi stood in the middle of the path and looked forward. Should I go up? Since the underground parking garage is underground, then... there must be a ground floor. What will the ground here look like?

Thoughts flashed in his mind, mixed with curiosity and extreme nervousness.

Gripping the hilt of his knife tightly, he took a deep breath, raised his feet, and walked forward.

On the floor at the bend in front, the shadow of a layer of white light reflected on the bend.

Light and light also produced shadows.

When dark and bright lights intertwined, such lights and shadows would always appear.

This was a natural phenomenon produced by different light brightness.

With light footsteps, Li Chengyi slowly walked toward the bend. Step by step, he approached and turned.

Soon, he narrowed his eyes and entered the higher floor of the underground parking garage.

Nothing changed.

Standing at the bend, he looked forward, just like when he first came in.

It was still a garage.

Two cold-tone light tubes were like two long lines that divided the garage space into two and extended to the end of his vision.

The scene in front of him was exactly the same as the previous floor.

The position of the light tubes, the position of the stone pillars, the position and size of the small door of the maintenance room were all exactly the same.

“...” Li Chengyi had a bad feeling.

He raised his feet and continued walking along the floor. This time, he sped up.

After a while, he arrived at another bend and another upward slope.

In the middle of the black floor, an identical white arrow was clearly visible.

Both sides were still covered with yellow and black warning lines to prevent cars entering and leaving from being unable to see the location and distance of the walls clearly.

Li Chengyi didn’t stop and continued up the slope.

After passing the bend, he saw the exact same scene again.

It was another straight and long garage space, and at the end was another upward bend.

This place! He began to jog. This time, it only took him five minutes to reach the bend and then go up and out of it.

The third time!

In front of him was the same garage!

Li Chengyi gasped for air and stood still with the bag in hand.

Standing at the bend, he felt slightly exhausted, and his face was pale.

He took out a bottle of water, unscrewed the cap, and took a sip. The cool water moistened his dry throat and calmed him down a little. Looks like it’s not that easy to escape from this Dead End. The human face monster is dangerous, and it’s difficult to find the exit.

After finding that there was no way to leave, Li Chengyi found a corner, sat down cross-legged, and put the big bag aside.

Hiding in a corner from the wind could reduce the loss of body temperature.

In addition, the position he found faced a small maintenance room door, and he could look at this dangerous position at any time.

After resting for a while, he vaguely began to feel a slight swelling in his lower abdomen and the urge to urinate.

He looked around, found a pillar, and walked over.

There were grayish-white stone pillars standing on both sides at regular intervals in the garage, which seemed to be for load bearing.

Walking to the back of the pillar, Li Chengyi pulled down the zipper of his pants and urinated.

Just as he was feeling comfortable, a faint sound suddenly came from the small door of the maintenance room on the side.

Click.

Even while urinating, Li Chengyi kept staring at the nearest small door.

When he heard the noise, his body shuddered, and he immediately zipped up his pants. Without hesitation, he rushed forward.