I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 1127 - 816: The Found Items

Chapter 1127: Chapter 816: The Found Items

The local natives were still debating and hesitating over the possible existence of the alien world, while Zheng Yichen had been searching amidst the wasteland environment here for nearly two days.

People wearing protective suits in a wasteland environment typically wouldn’t operate for more than a week; in general, three to five days of activity was already considered a prolonged operation.

Any longer, and something could truly go wrong, even with the protection of vehicles.

Zheng Yichen’s two days here didn’t really count for much. With the star core battery’s ultra-long endurance, maintaining the protective field for two days wasn’t even enough to cause Lilith to overheat.

Not finding the target, however, did induce some irritation. The core of the Virtual World wasn’t very large—a basketball-sized object. In the nuclear explosion at the secret base, who knows where it was blasted to.

The only way to find it was through a brute-force approach: cruising around daily in the car with the cruise control set. There weren’t even any wasteland beasts nearby anymore—all of them had been wiped out in the blast’s shockwaves.

During the search, Zheng Yichen did come across some debris—very fresh debris. Judging by its condition, it seemed to belong to some escapees from the base who had been caught in the explosion.

They didn’t have time to fully escape the blast radius and died here. There were even bones among the wreckage.

Instead of feeling any pity, Zheng Yichen actually felt like laughing as he looked at it.

Boundary Breakers dead were just dead.

"Boss, I’ve detected a signal source."

"Oh~ finally found it." Zheng Yichen let out a long sigh of relief and glanced up at the sky. The explosion here had caused a massive disturbance, and when he arrived, Lilith had already warned him of satellite surveillance overhead.

The network in this world was essentially supported by satellites. Despite the fact that the aerospace industry had been devastated, satellite technology remained intact.

Who knows how the development of this world ended up so twisted.

Still, without this specific deviation, things probably wouldn’t work. Over 90% of the planet’s surface was covered in wasteland. Setting up a ground-based network? That would be pure wishful thinking.

The intense radiation of the wasteland alone was enough to disrupt those signals. After the catastrophe, the aerospace development that remained in this world likely focused solely on satellites.

The satellites in orbit had started monitoring them a day ago. Over the past two days, the weather had been favorable, giving the local natives better observation conditions. However, all they could see was Zheng Yichen driving around in circles.

Like some lunatic. But now, things were different. The high-precision satellites had captured Zheng Yichen’s latest movements. Wearing a strange battle suit and wielding a massive shovel, he had started digging at the ground.

Before long, a pitch-black sphere slightly larger than a basketball was unearthed. The surface of the sphere shimmered faintly, its exterior covered in scales like those of a reptile.

The object wasn’t light, weighing approximately over 60 pounds.

Knocking on it, Zheng Yichen noticed that his shovel’s edge was chipped, yet the sphere’s scaly structure remained completely unscathed. Lilith’s holographic projection appeared beside him, scanned the object, and reported:

"Boss, this external protective structure exhibits excellent kinetic energy absorption capabilities. It can store the absorbed energy and reflect it back afterward."

"...Hmm, alright. Record its design. We’ll take it back and use it as enhancement material." Zheng Yichen reached out and gave the object a pat. The control panel integrated into the battle suit immediately displayed an alert: ’Under Attack.’

The surface of the sphere emitted slight radiation, but the impact of this radiation quickly dissipated.

This was also due to the material itself. Lilith’s main unit could absorb external radiation and convert it into energy, and this object could do the same. Kinetic energy was merely one type it could absorb.

The material inherently possessed extremely high energy-storage properties.

"Damn, if I’d known, I’d have just scanned for environmental radiation directly." Returning to the protective field’s range, Zheng Yichen took off the battle suit. This object, which absorbed radiation, really did lower the local radiation intensity compared to other areas.

Lilith immediately admitted, "That was my mistake."

"Alright, finding it is what matters. For something to survive a nuclear explosion... it’s pretty damn impressive." Sitting on his motorcycle, Zheng Yichen carefully examined the sphere, its surface completely unmarred.

"Specifically, here’s how it worked." Lilith displayed a projection screen showing footage of the secret base’s explosion. The external layers of the object had been encased in a substantial amount of protective armor.

During the explosion, that armor absorbed the initial blast wave, and only afterward did this sphere endure the subsequent onslaught.

"The outer armor’s sole purpose was to ensure this object remained entirely unscathed. Even without the armor, it could have come out intact."

"Haha, what an impressive item. Alright then, let’s head back." Zheng Yichen reached out to pat the object again, this time feeling its properties much more directly without the battle suit on.

The instant his palm touched the sphere, he could clearly sense the force he exerted being absorbed. It felt like slapping a hard piece of cotton that was hiding steel needles inside.

The sharp feedback pricked his hand painfully. Tossing the object into the air, its 60-pound weight didn’t leave much of a mark when it landed. It didn’t bounce, barely made any noise, yet the ground cracked beneath it.

That’s probably why it was buried in the ground, huh.

Now that the item was found, there was nothing else to do. The rest... there wasn’t any. This world wasn’t worth Zheng Yichen’s further attention; having retrieved the item, it was time to leave.

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