I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 1047 - 763: Leave If You’re Okay

Chapter 1047: Chapter 763: Leave If You’re Okay

"Ugh—ahah~" Lin Yaoyao yawned as sunlight hit her eyes, rubbed her eyes, opened them, and felt something pressing against her chest.

Feeling happy at first, she looked down only to have that joy disappear instantly; it was a little white-haired head resting on her chest.

As for not cuddling with someone else, probably because she currently has the most developed figure among the three little ones.

The small white dragon was still a child and liked to pick the softest spots to sleep on.

Next to her were Qi Xiangyun and Lin Yaoyao, who had not yet woken up, and the room had already been cleaned spotlessly by someone.

Last night, after getting drunk because Tanshia Firlo was leading the rhythm, they all got carried away too.

Qi Xiangyun could sing, and Liu Hongzhao knew a little bit, but she said she’d only sing for Brother Chang Qing.

What happened after... Lin Yaoyao tried hard to think and quickly recalled all the details of yesterday.

The drunkenness brought by divine wine could make one light-headed, but there wouldn’t be cases of a drunken stupor afterward, and she felt quite alright now, no headache or any other unnatural sensations.

Even her memory was crystal clear.

They constructed a series of scenes with the Illusory Eye, all about singing and dancing.

Afterwards, tired from playing, they fell into a deep sleep... then slept till the next day, which was what she was seeing now.

No unexpected surprises as hoped for, just one more humanoid young dragon sleeping in their sleeping area.

She reached out to pinch Tanshia Firlo’s face, and under the sleepy gaze of the small white dragon, Lin Yaoyao sat up, planning to drink some water and then go find Zheng Yichen.

But after seeing the message left by Zheng Yichen, by the time she finished reading it and looked back, both Qi Xiangyun and Liu Hongzhao had woken up.

"...Brother Chang Qing said he went to find Du Gang."

"Got it." Liu Hongzhao stretched out her hand to gently comb her hair, preparing to take a bath. Their equipment had been enhanced by the World Tree and had a self-cleaning function.

But they still felt uncomfortable not bathing regularly.

"It’s nice to have no worries." Qi Xiangyun couldn’t help but let out a shallow yawn, glanced at Tanshia Firlo who was still sleeping, and laid back down, staring at the ceiling.

When she heard Liu Hongzhao undressing, she immediately sat up: "Let’s bathe together, not waste time."

"I’ll join too." Lin Yaoyao immediately followed, their room had a large pool, a pity it wasn’t used yesterday.

In Du Gang’s house, Zheng Yichen and Du Gang were still eating together. Du Gang was beaming with joy; eradicating a Devouring Faction had brought his spirits to an all-time high.

"It’s a shame, other than the Extermination Order, I haven’t dealt with missions that directly eradicate Devouring Factions." Du Gang said as he poured wine for Zheng Yichen and continued, "I have already sent out intelligence regarding this matter."

Zheng Yichen nodded his head; Du Gang had contacts within some Dusk Mercenary groups, and it was better for Dusk mercenaries to know of such intelligence.

Not only that, Lilith was also analyzing data on the Devouring Sky Pillar, adding her own insights.

Unfortunately, she didn’t have enough research capacity; many materials could only be simulated and not actually tested.

"Regarding information on the Devouring Sky Pillar, do you want to..."

"We can’t do that." Du Gang said very straightforwardly: "We should keep that kind of thing to ourselves. Dusk mercenaries are different from us."

Proxy Agents would not betray Dusk and don’t even have the opportunity. Dusk mercenaries are different; their relationship with Dusk is only contractual, so the cost of betrayal is relatively low.

Unlike Proxy Agents, for whom betrayal is equivalent to a death sentence, Dusk mercenaries would only lose some enhancements if they betray and as long as they steer clear of Dusk, it won’t be an issue.

So if the benefits are too great, Dusk mercenaries might still betray, of course, the farsighted ones know how to choose.

The mechanisms on Dusk’s side are rigid but truly versatile in every sense.

"If we could further decode the way to crack the Devouring Sky Pillars, maybe we could share that."

"Say, why can’t Dusk conduct such research?" Zheng Yichen had a good idea.

Du Gang shook his head: "If there were blueprints and such, no problem, but without those, just making requests is very expensive."

He briefly explained why, mainly due to constraints involving materials. For instance, if someone brought a piece of ordinary metal and asked Dusk to make it into a weapon capable of a Dimensional Slash, it’s not impossible.

But the price would be thousands upon thousands of merit points.

Yet if the person providing the materials has a blueprint for making a Dimensional Slash weapon and has prepared the corresponding materials, just not the capability to create it themselves, then seeking Dusk to manufacture it might cost only a few to a dozen merit points.

Therefore, without clear materials and blueprints available, making requests entails Dusk creating something from nothing.

Zheng Yichen had experienced the cost of creating something out of nothing... even tenfold would be considered a low estimate.

"So if you can figure out that kind of thing, it’s best to do the research on your own, and you’ll have a whole bunch of Dusk mercenaries buying it once you’ve patented it."

"It’s not that simple to research." Zheng Yichen shook his head. Lilith had already given him an initial research analysis, and there was nothing in those documents that pertained to cracking it.

There was only the use, as well as deeper and other ways of use.

It’s like getting a nuclear power station; the generated electricity can be used in various ways, on induction cookers, electric heaters, air conditioners, etc., thus allowing this energy to play different roles.

But what was missing were the instructions on safely handling the nuclear power station, as well as ways to clean up the pollution, and so on.

"Sigh, let’s take it slow, the gains we’ve made so far are not bad either." Du Gang also sighed with some regret, there wasn’t a way to crack the Devouring Sky Pillar, but there were methods to use the Sky Pillar’s energy against it.

This method wasn’t a cracking one but allowed those who knew how to use it to better resist and disrupt the Devourers’ use of the Sky Pillar’s energy.

But this was only limited to individual use and couldn’t disrupt something on the scale of devouring a Sky Pillar.

After finishing the meal, Zheng Yichen said, "I’ll be leaving now."

"Hmm, that’s fine." Du Gang nodded, without much persuasion, since Zheng Yichen had originally come over to help and, with the matter resolved, it was alright for him to go back.

As for a reward... well, it was Du Gang who initially invited Zheng Yichen over, and their cooperation meant things could be handled even better.

If Du Gang couldn’t come, he could also handle the invading Devouring Sky Pillar on his own, just not perfectly, but the outcome would be the same for his world anyway. Therefore, this matter was more of a cooperation than an entreaty for help.

Du Gang, who stood up, continued, "I also need to check in on Chun Xi in the Wild Ancient territory."

Zheng Yichen couldn’t help but laugh: "It’s still early now, but when that child of yours is born, you’re not going to be running back and forth all the time, right?"

"I’ve already talked to Arin about it," Du Gang said rather wistfully: "The child needs to be taken care of properly."

"It seems the discussion went well."

"...It just feels like I’m very sorry to Arin," Du Gang was even more wistful.

"Ha, I won’t pry into your family affairs, I’m off then." Zheng Yichen left Du Gang’s house and went to where he was staying. The lightly dressed three little ones saw Zheng Yichen return and didn’t think about changing their clothes.

"You’ve been drinking again!" Tanshia Firlo, who was lying flat on the bed, jumped up suddenly, pouncing on Zheng Yichen, sniffing him all over before crying out loud.

Zheng Yichen began to look helplessly at this little boozer: "I’ve already communicated with Du Gang, he’ll help find some of the Wine God’s brewing methods later, so be normal."

Du Gang also knew he could get fine wine quickly through Dusk, but he personally did not want to steal the old Wine God’s business, so he didn’t use this approach much.

Zheng Yichen’s attitude towards alcohol was different, so it didn’t matter to him, but he especially instructed that the wine made should only be for personal use and not be spread outwards.

Zheng Yichen agreed directly to this since he wasn’t truly fond of drinking anyway; even that kind of inquiry was for Tanshia Firlo, who had awakened the boozer attribute.

"Get dressed, all three of you, and get ready to go."

"Are we going back?" Lin Yaoyao immediately grabbed her clothes that were thrown aside and started to put them on.

They had just finished bathing not long ago and were wearing cool undergarments, so putting on clothes didn’t require a change of clothes.

After getting dressed and armed with their weapons, three young heroic women stood in front of Zheng Yichen.

Zheng Yichen smiled and asked, "Is there anything else we’ve forgotten?"

"There’s no one we know in this world, so there shouldn’t be any other issues."

Liu Hongzhao spoke calmly, taking Zheng Yichen’s hand proactively: "Let’s go, Brother Chang Qing."

At the Dusk Cathedral, two Luminous Holy Maidens were already waiting. Zheng Yichen skillfully entered the world-crossing room and after returning to Hazy City, he immediately called Katrina and the others.

After asking them to come here, Zheng Yichen led a new collective strengthening.

It wasn’t a major enhancement, just one for the Illusory Eye — using the Sky Pillar crystal. The energy of the Sky Pillar inherently extracts from the World Origin to manifest, so the enhancement couldn’t be substantial, but it was necessary.

Without such an enhancement, facing Devourers utilizing the Sky Pillar’s energy would be like dealing damage against a resistance.

With Zheng Yichen’s newly acquired method of disrupting Sky Pillar abilities, it could only reduce the effect of this resistance. But weapons enhanced with Sky Pillar’s energy, when used against Devourers, would not have such a problem.

Even if it couldn’t deliver a counter attack, it would be a regular attack without attenuation, and as long as there’s no reduction in attack effect, that’s a significant improvement.

The Illusory Eye type of item had not been enhanced before, and its effectiveness was quite unclear when facing Devourers.

After the enhancement, it could function normally. However, involving the Sky Pillar crystal meant that the enhancement costs were high as usual. It was not like the previous enhancement of the fishing rod, but this time’s enhancement also used up 20 merit points.