I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 101 - 99: Feeling Shortchanged Even if Less by One_1

Chapter 101: Chapter 99: Feeling Shortchanged Even if Less by One_1

"...Amazing!" Liu Haipeng exclaimed as he saw Zheng Yichen grab the bullet with his hand, his own hands not slowing down at all. The shooting skills honed during the apocalypse allowed him to easily overpower the exposed Zombie Evolvers.

Ordinarily, he might have been at a disadvantage, but this time they had a more formidable ally—Zheng Yichen alone had dealt with more than half of the Zombie Evolvers, not letting a single one escape.

Only after the horn’s call did others gradually begin to arrive at the scene.

"What are these?" some transmigrators asked curiously as they looked at the bodies of the Zombie Evolvers on the ground.

"You’d better stay away from here. These Zombie Evolvers might not be in the state of dead bodies anymore, but the virus on them is still potent," Liu Haipeng warned the transmigrators who wanted to observe up close.

Though the concentration of the virus in the air had diminished, the virus contained within the bodies of the Zombie Evolvers had not only not been reduced but had become stronger. Contact with their blood was not problematic, but if one had wounds that were contaminated with the blood, they would need to be quarantined.

His words caused others to immediately distance themselves from the corpses. Zheng Yichen was... well, he was somewhat worried too, but the black spear had drawn some blood from the Zombie Evolvers as feedback, and he didn’t feel anything wrong with him for now. Nevertheless, he took care to pay extra attention to his chin.

Later on, he would consult with the nuns about whether his kind of existence could withstand those bio-viruses.

"Are there many of these guys in the apocalypse?" someone nervously asked. They didn’t want to be quarantined, but the blood remnants on the ground and the corpses of the Zombie Evolvers made them think their previous desire to rush in was too impulsive. If the environment was safe, even a brief quarantine would be acceptable, considering it was only half a year...

"Not too few, but unarmed ordinary people would definitely die if they encountered them," Liu Haipeng said with certainty. Even the weakest Zombie Evolvers had enough strength to lift an adult with both hands. Their running speed and stamina were also much greater than those of ordinary people.

"How do you deal with these bodies?" Zheng Yichen asked as he held a twisted piece of rebar, examining the bodies of the Zombie Evolvers whose teeth were sharp and well-suited for eating meat, with thicker knuckles and stronger nails, surpassing ordinary humans in every aspect.

"Burn them, of course. Otherwise, if some other animals come and gnaw on their bodies, those mutated animals might go mad or become even stronger," Liu Haipeng explained.

"Go mad?"

"All living things now have adapted to the virus. If someone like me were to be infected with an excessive amount of the virus, they would first develop a fever and then become delirious. If they can’t withstand it, they would go mad and not turn into those staggering zombies from before."

"The situation with animals is similar," Liu Haipeng added, his explanation intended for both Zheng Yichen and the other transmigrators.

"What if they make it through?" someone asked curiously.

"Make it through? Well, if you make it through, naturally, your skill power will increase greatly," Liu Haipeng said as he walked over to a large rock, rubbed his hands together, and heaved it up with a grunt, "I was caught once before, and I was lucky enough to endure it. But I sure wouldn’t want to take that gamble again."

His enhancement was more of a change in physique than the complete upgrades the younger generation experienced.

"This sounds like something you could use the method of poison resistance training to improve yourself, right?" a transmigrator got excited, thinking of the training method of injecting small amounts of snake venom into oneself to enhance their resistance to toxins.

"Nice idea, but you can resist countless times, and it only takes the virus one time to drive you mad," Liu Haipeng glanced at the transmigrator with the idea.

Did they really think no one had ever suggested such a proposal? The problem is, how much virus should be used each time? Too much and it’s game over, too little—useless. Precise measurements? Without high-end equipment, how could they achieve precise measurements?

"Let’s burn these bodies first. The person who was taken away earlier is over there; now we should be able to find some parts."

When they found the person who had been taken away, some vomited on the spot, but Zheng Yichen seemed quite accustomed to the sight.

After this interlude, the remaining transmigrators dared not leave rashly. They congregated together, in a state of worry and fear, stealing glances at Zheng Yichen now and then. He was conversing with Liu Haipeng, and the topic of their conversation piqued their curiosity.

"Why isn’t there someone jumping out to morally kidnap us?" Liu Haipeng looked at the group of transmigrators and then smirked dismissively, "Even if there were such people, it would be useless. In the apocalypse, ordered places value hard work from the capable but also reward the capable accordingly."

"Those who want to morally kidnap can go be wasteland lone rangers," he suggested.

By now, none of Liu Haipeng’s teammates were with him; he had sent them back to get the news across quickly, so they could return by that evening if they were fast.

As time passed, night gradually fell. Liu Haipeng held a plastic water bottle in his hand, a relic found in a supermarket. Although he was curious why so many buildings were dragged into this place yet there seemed to be no people, Zheng Yichen had no clear explanation either, so he did not inquire further.

"I haven’t seen a bottle like this in over twenty years," Liu Haipeng said, clutching the plastic bottle and drinking greedily from it. It wasn’t mineral water produced in the post-apocalyptic environment—it had no flavor, but to him, it tasted sweet.

Watching the middle-aged man beside him moved to tears by a bag of potato chips, Zheng Yichen couldn’t think of any better way to console him, "Actually, if your influence is strong enough, you could go to the next Alien Phenomenon spot I’m heading to. The situation there should be similar to this one."

"Sigh, I really wish I could," said Liu Haipeng with a helpless look. Even if they were to take out all the transport vehicles in their settlement, it would be impossible to empty this place. They could only take away what they could before others discovered it, ferrying loads back and forth.

Thinking about the place on the map, Liu Haipeng muttered, "Even if we went non-stop round the clock, that place over a hundred kilometers away... two trips a day is the absolute limit."

In over thirty years, many roads had become unusable. A hundred kilometers wasn’t far by car, but they had to detour around some areas. There was also a large amount of searching to do on-site—all of these things took time.

They didn’t need to worry about gasoline. Before the team left, he had looked around, and some places had tanker trucks placed there, indeed more than a few. Although some had leaked, there were still intact ones, and those were sturdy.

There were also quite a few places that stored gasoline.

"That’s your business," he said.

"Sigh, I’ll figure something out," Liu Haipeng said, scratching his cheek. He had already shaved, using an electric shaver found in an Alien Phenomenon Remnant Zone, and he couldn’t wait to try it out as soon as he found it.

About transportation... he thought for a moment, his eyes lighting up, "Actually, there’s a way. Not all the cars are completely broken; fixing them up a bit will do."

He thought of using trains. Though trains required rails, the makeshift trains pieced together from working vehicles didn’t, as long as there were usable roads.

Landscape changes weren’t significant over thirty years, and coordination wasn’t important since it was just a temporary solution. The key was to ramp up the carrying capacity.

With that in mind, Liu Haipeng felt much better. In his heart, he wished he could take over all the Alien Phenomenon Remnant Zones cleared by Zheng Yichen, but the distances between them were too great. They could only transport resources from nearby areas; the distant ones would be left for others.

This made him somewhat gloomy again. Having been impoverished by the apocalypse, who wouldn’t covet these resources? With plenty of precision instruments available, they truly hoped to try enhancing themselves with the ’adaptation virus’ strategy, something the postgraduate researchers in the town would have to test out.

Finding a damaged helicopter in this location, Liu Haipeng didn’t have much interest in it, mainly because no one knew how to use or repair it. If only it had been a tank, he would have been overjoyed for a month.

"People are coming!" Liu Haipeng immediately stood up upon seeing distant lights, spotting Li Yun, who had left first.

"Well, we’re quite lucky," Li Yun said on arrival, looking at the bizarre ’city’ with barely contained excitement. On the way here, the young fellows had told him about this place. After arriving, Li Yun had no opinion to express regarding Liu Haipeng’s decision.

Even if they had run that small town for a long time, it had no advantage compared to this place.

"I’m Li Yun, and I’m very grateful for what you’ve done!" Li Yun suppressed the excitement on his face and earnestly said to Zheng Yichen, "We’ll assist you with all our might from now on!"

Zheng Yichen needed enough gasoline and valuables? No problem at all. Even if they had to take away a lot of those things, they wouldn’t mind too much. Although they could be exchanged for other things in some places, in the apocalypse, more valuable currencies were other resources.

The value of things like soap and shampoo was high in the apocalypse, not to mention toilet paper. More importantly, he saw what Liu Haipeng was holding in his hand and what was bulging in his pocket. Those were cigarettes!

"What are you doing?" Liu Haipeng slapped away Li Yun’s wandering hands.

"I was just curious what brand of cigarettes you had in your pocket, never seen them before," said Li Yun.

"They’re not from our world, you’d be seeing a ghost if you had seen them. Don’t even think about it; find your own!" Liu Haipeng fiercely protected his pockets, "And hurry up with the relocation, we have more important things to do afterward."

"Sorry, sorry, it’s been so long since I’ve seen cigarettes, I got a bit carried away," Li Yun apologized to Zheng Yichen.

"You guys handle the follow-up. I’ll stay here for at most a week," said Zheng Yichen.

A week was more than enough to digest the gains from defeating the Alien Phenomenon behemoth.

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