I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 1080 - 790: Start!!

Chapter 1080: Chapter 790: Start!!

Spent the evening at Dusk, and by the next day, all the things Zheng Yichen ordered had arrived, delivered to his newly rented home. Of course, the items he bought were not limited to gaming pods.

There were pots, pans, and other household items as well.

In this world, he couldn’t go several days without eating without any consequences. Even someone like Tanshia Firlo, who was essentially a giant dragon, had to adhere to the rule of three meals a day here. Otherwise, she’d go hungry.

In fact, she ate even more.

"Huff~ There’s a sort of less-than-natural taste to this," said Tanshia Firlo as she wolfed down a chicken drumstick in their new home, sharing her evaluation.

"The aerospace development in this world is a mess, but agriculture has developed quite well. However, the Pure Land area is too small, so just make do with what we’ve got," Zheng Yichen replied. "Today, let’s try some local food, and tomorrow, we’ll eat the stockpile."

"Okay." Tanshia Firlo swiftly performed a clean plate action, patted her little belly, grabbed a dairy product nearby, and started drinking. The milk wasn’t local; it was a dragon dairy product Zheng Yichen had scavenged from the world of magic and the world of World Tree.

After all, it was meant to be Tanshia Firlo’s everyday beverage. Her kin back home supported Zheng Yichen’s actions wholeheartedly, packing a storage cabinet full of dragon milk products after their communications via the storage cabinet.

They even said, "If it’s not enough, just ask for more—there’s plenty."

The folks in the world of World Tree were just as generous.

"I want to drink alcohol," said Tanshia Firlo, licking her lips and savoring the taste of milk, her gaze filled with longing as she looked at Zheng Yichen. He maintained a calm expression.

"You should’ve mentioned it during the meal—it’s too late now."

"Wha..." Tanshia Firlo cried out dramatically, flipped over on the sofa with her back end facing him, and began ignoring him.

Zheng Yichen chuckled, looking at Lilith busying herself in the living room. He walked over and tapped on two gaming pods placed together. "How’s the debugging going?"

"I’ve done a comprehensive scan, and there are no major hidden backdoors inside. All problematic areas have been thoroughly dealt with."

Lilith looked at the gaming pod Zheng Yichen was about to use and continued, "I can now enter the Virtual World together with you, Boss."

"Good, time to embark on our new expedition!" As a post-meal workout, Zheng Yichen played around with the fitness equipment he’d bought online the previous day. Then, he patted Tanshia Firlo, who was still turned away from him on the couch. "Time to launch the game. If we don’t join together, we might end up in separate locations."

"?" The small white dragon promptly sat up. "Hurry up! I can’t wait anymore."

Smiling, Zheng Yichen hoisted the small white dragon clinging to him and placed her into the gaming pod. Watching Tanshia Firlo’s curious gaze inside the pod, he settled himself into another pod next to hers, with his motorcycle parked in between them.

In this world, his fishing rod was only usable for actual fishing, but there weren’t many areas of Pure Land suitable for fishing.

Places with clean water sources were all under heavy protection.

Thus, aside from fishing and combat, the fishing rod’s biggest use was as a signal transmitter, allowing Lilith to better monitor the outside world’s situation.

Inside their residence, releasing Lilith’s true form was more convenient. In a world like this, Lilith could genuinely be used as a combat vehicle.

As the cover of the gaming pod closed, Lilith’s chibi figure appeared inside the pod. She turned to Zheng Yichen and said, "Boss, your mental resistance is very high. You need to relax a bit when entering the Virtual World."

"Hmm, no problem. Even in this world, it can’t go that high," Zheng Yichen replied nonchalantly. Then he activated the gaming pod, watching as the ceiling viewed through the pod’s cover transformed into new visuals.

Lines began to form around him, constructing his surroundings. During the process, Zheng Yichen felt a faint tug on his mind.

He didn’t resist, allowing the gaming pod to carry out its role naturally. What he saw transitioned seamlessly into the imagery displayed in the pod.

Without that slight mental tugging sensation, the process would have felt entirely seamless.

Stretching his body, Zheng Yichen couldn’t help but grin. Overall, it felt pretty good—his physical state matched what he felt in the real world.

An information panel displayed clear data: the gaming pod had analyzed Zheng Yichen’s physique and deemed it excellent, negating the need for player experience correction.

The correction feature was designed for those with innate physical weaknesses or disabilities.

Its maximum capability allowed players to enter the game with the standard health condition of an ordinary person.

For someone like Zheng Yichen, whose physical attributes were perfect tens across the board, he didn’t require any correction. Naturally, the Virtual World wouldn’t forcibly suppress individuals with superior physical fitness either.

Physical conditions were inherently personal; correcting for the weak and disabled was an act of compassion, while suppressing those in peak condition would be an act of malicious oppression.

Physical aptitude isn’t something that can guarantee absolute fairness.

"And then there’s the performance coefficient..." Zheng Yichen swung his fist toward the air nearby, raising his eyebrows lightly. "It’s actually retained? And it’s even higher?"

This discovery surprised Zheng Yichen somewhat. In the real-world environment, his performance coefficient was 1.7, whereas here, it seemed to be over 3.

"That’s because this world has settings analogous to coefficients. The rules of the Virtual World are exceptionally comprehensive." Lilith’s chibi figure appeared on Zheng Yichen’s shoulder.

At this moment, she donned her red costume. As her blurry figure stabilized, her crimson dress gradually reverted to its usual black.

Data streams flashed in Lilith’s eyes. "Boss, your performance coefficient here is 3.3."

"So, the gaming pod can sync that as well?" Zheng Yichen found himself a little surprised.

"Not exactly syncing—it’s intrinsic to you, Boss. In here, your state is essentially a mental projection, showcasing your inherent advantages."

Lilith elaborated while bringing up some information for Zheng Yichen. In this world, people over seventy years old could ’immigrate’ to the Virtual World.

This hinted that while this world might not have a high standard in conventional benchmarks, its advanced technology had likely touched upon the domains of souls and consciousness.

Zheng Yichen, however, was too affected by this world’s environment to consciously sense these aspects.

Lilith had only identified this information after hacking into specific databases, acquiring exclusive intel.

But the databases of this world possessed unique protective mechanisms, preventing complete breaches. If she forced her way in, she’d risk exposing herself. The Virtual World of this realm was definitely not simple.

After all, Zheng Yichen’s mission revolved around this place.

The current performance coefficient Zheng Yichen manifested wasn’t his peak, not even comparable to what he had in the Misty City World. The 3.3 coefficient was just his character’s baseline in the Virtual World.

He could attempt to enhance himself further by acquiring in-game skills, though improvements derived from the game might encounter potential issues. For instance, entities with higher privileges could try stripping away those gains.

"No skills yet," Zheng Yichen muttered as he tinkered with his personal interface, eventually locating the section describing the performance coefficient.

An eye-catching 330% figure appeared—a number reminiscent of cheat-code data manipulation.

But Zheng Yichen and Lilith both knew this wasn’t his limit, nor was his attribute performance coefficient entirely uniform. Strength, speed, and constitution coefficients differed slightly.

Even his lowest performance coefficient exceeded the panel’s indicated upper limit.

"That’s because the attribute panel can only read so much data, Boss. Any skills you possess are categorized as personal knowledge and will only formally record and generate as skills upon demonstration and use."

"Haha, this almost feels like reading an old-school gaming novel," Zheng Yichen chuckled. It reminded him of those stories where the protagonist entered the game with maxed-out base attributes, casually doing trivial things that led to skill creation...

Now he got to bask in similar treatment.

Not wasting any more time, he relied on Lilith’s explanations—a far more streamlined method compared to sifting through newbie tutorials. Skipping unnecessary details, he officially entered the Virtual World with his ’gaming sprite.’

Tanshia Firlo had yet to fully log into the Virtual World. Meanwhile, Zheng Yichen took in the scenery and found it quite pleasing. Even the act of breathing felt indistinguishable from real life. The novice village he was in allowed him to observe newly arrived players.

The majority of players were quite young, around seven or eight years old. Curious children assessed their surroundings before being led by instructors, queuing up like a spring field trip to enter a building.

Despite being called a novice village, the location resembled a town in scale, and no wild game mobs were visible outside town boundaries.

The town featured domesticated chickens and ducks within enclosures, treated as private property. Any player reckless enough to slaughter a chicken here would likely face charges for maliciously destroying someone else’s assets—a crime.

Finding a spot, Zheng Yichen stretched his body and threw a punch toward thin air. A performance coefficient of 3.3 manifested in his force, allowing his perfect-10 strength to display multiple times its impact.

With the previous coefficient of 1.7, he couldn’t compete in raw power with an ordinary tiger. Now that was no longer the case.

One punch caused the air to tremble slightly, triggering a small pop-up notification. It informed him about developing a technique for utilizing his strength and invited him to name it.

"Huh, this actually works," Zheng Yichen mused, chuckling as he casually pressed a name for the punch without overthinking it. It wasn’t anything intricate—just a straightforward name: Breaker Punch. A fairly common term.

During the naming process, the system issued a remark: this type of naming was overused but still allowed. For instances of duplicate technique names, the system classified them by rank.

Before Zheng Yichen could investigate ranking details, Lilith suddenly remarked, "Boss, I’ve located tracks of Tanshia Firlo. She’s been taken to the school here."

"Huh?"