I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 115 - 113: Endure It_1

Chapter 115: Chapter 113: Endure It_1

Having concealed his own traces, Zheng Yichen looked down at his arms that were still healing. His constitution had become stronger, but the recovery rate had not become ridiculously fast; it seemed his constitution was too tough for the quality of his regenerative abilities to keep up.

There wasn’t much sensation when the flesh was healing, but when it came to the bones, he could feel a distinct hunger arising within his body.

He wanted to grab a handful of tea leaves he had obtained from Oma, but looking at his naked body, he realized that after taking a hit from the gorilla, it had turned into primitive fighting. At least he had some cloth on him then, and the items he carried were still intact. But after that punch, not a single piece of cloth remained on him.

Even the best-made pouches were shaken off and no longer on him.

Zheng Yichen glanced around and, while the blinded gorilla searched for his traces, he found a deeply unconscious beast that had been knocked out by the aftermath of the battle and seemingly already dead, and without any disgust for the raw flesh, he started gnawing on it.

He had devoured a vampire before, but that kind of vampire didn’t have a pair of sharp fangs for bloodsucking; they also bit into living creatures to feed. Plus, he had gained thermal vision, and his teeth had never become sharp.

As for absorbing blood with the black spear, there was feedback, but that feedback did not alleviate his hunger.

Zheng Yichen, determined to kill the gorilla, prepared for a drawn-out battle. The gorilla’s body was more robust, but it didn’t seem to have a strong healing ability; its face, corroded by venom, showed no signs of healing, and in combat, healing abilities were undoubtedly a distinct advantage.

His powers of wind could isolate scents, directly making it difficult for the gorilla to track his whereabouts.

As time passed, the gorilla grew increasingly agitated. Its fur changed from black to deep red, and its frame swelled from around three meters to nearly four meters, paired with a skull-like face, looking extremely ferocious.

Zheng Yichen cringed at this sight. Before, the creature could create sonic booms with a casual punch, and now with its second-stage transformation, Zheng Yichen was even less inclined to engage in close-quarters combat with it. At least he had to wait for its rampage state to end, right?

Cunning? Zheng Yichen didn’t think so at all. He was out to kill the gorilla today, and if not today, then tomorrow!

The furious gorilla continuously vented its rage within the Alien Phenomenon zone, and as time went on, the distortions around it grew more severe. Zheng Yichen even saw some cracks emerging from within the distortions.

This made him click his tongue, thinking it seemed a bit exaggerated.

Those cracks didn’t seem to have any substantial destructive power either. Zheng Yichen saw that the gorilla had touched the black cracks several times, but it didn’t seem to fare any worse than when Zheng Yichen had come into contact with the distortions himself.

As for the creatures sucked into the phenomenon’s fissures, Zheng Yichen could only sympathize; in its rampage, the gorilla’s strikes sent out fierce shockwaves that collapsed fragile buildings on impact and covered sturdier ones with a dense network of cracks.

An hour later, Zheng Yichen stood somewhat numbly surveying his surroundings. He couldn’t see any random objects anymore; everything had been flattened by the gorilla. Now sated, the gorilla panted heavily.

It sniffed about, found a dazed beast that had fallen from the distortion in the phenomenon, and opened its already lipless mouth, ready to bite. But at that moment, a column of fire flew over, turning the beast into charred meat.

Environmental Adjustment was not tailored to all living creatures; ordinary beasts appearing in such a high-level environment suffered the same fate as ordinary people. Even with some enhancement, they could not match entities specifically fortified in that environment, instantly gaining powerful strength upon entering a higher tier.

It was still the same; without adaptability, even if they became stronger in a higher-level environment, their meat only tasted somewhat better...

"ROAR—" Angered by the destruction of its food, the gorilla howled in fury. But blind and unable to locate Zheng Yichen due to his complete concealment, it simply couldn’t find him.

However, as soon as the gorilla found new food, Zheng Yichen would always intervene immediately, denying it any chance to replenish its energy by eating.

"Damn it, I’ve got nothing on me. Otherwise, I could have poisoned it," Zheng Yichen lamented as he looked at his bare body. He had some snake venom before, but once his clothes were destroyed in the explosion, the containers he carried were unlikely to be spared.

Outside the Alien Phenomenon zone, Jiang Fuxing stared at the now stationary phenomenon, puzzled along with her teammates. Phenomena were always on the move, but now it had stopped, and during the past hour, terrifying roars had emanated from within.

There were even impacts erupting from the phenomenon, and the images on its surface grew more horrific.

"What on earth is happening in there..." someone wondered, their curiosity about the events inside peaking. But the phenomenon was off-limits to them, and with such tremendous activity, none of them dared to enter. However, Jiang Fuxing’s words caught their attention.

The phenomenon might disappear? Afterwards, could they obtain numerous resources native to its interior?

If true, needless to say, they would have to go to war with the nearby marauders afterward...

For now, though...

"I think we should keep our distance."

Someone proposed this, and Jiang Fuxing nodded, "Good, let’s stay a bit further away."

Enjoyment requires living first; monsters might emerge from the Alien Phenomenon zone at any time, and staying further away meant they could escape earlier if an accident occurred.

They ended up waiting for over a day. Had it not been for the frequent huge noises coming from inside the Alien Phenomenon zone, Jiang Fuxing and the others would have thought Zheng Yichen was tricking them, wasting so much time here.

However, the continuous noises and Zheng Yichen’s words made them unwilling to leave directly.

Inside the Alien Phenomenon zone, Zheng Yichen panted as he watched the giant gorilla in the distance. Throughout the day, he had repeatedly ruined the gorilla’s chances to feed dozens of times.

At first, the gorilla would angrily transform into red fur, but later it seemed to give up. Even if Zheng Yichen destroyed its food, it would just howl in dissatisfaction, looking as if it had lost all hope. But the moment Zheng Yichen made his move last time, the gorilla suddenly went on a rampage and smashed the fireball Zheng Yichen had thrown.

The shattered fireball mixed with a stronger impact inflicted serious injuries on him.

Forced out of concealment and facing the gorilla in its red-haired state, Zheng Yichen could not withstand its punches. After re-concealing himself, his physical exhaustion was severe.

Still, Zheng Yichen endured without resorting to his pistol, waiting for the gorilla’s mental state to truly decline to a certain level before he would take action.

Rubbing his arm, Zheng Yichen’s breath gradually returned to normal. He focused on the distortion of the Alien Phenomenon around the gorilla, the severe twisting revealing the creature’s current emotional state.

Deep into the night, the gorilla went on a frenzy once again, stronger than any before. After the rampage, barely anything normal could be seen in the entire Alien Phenomenon zone, only severely distorted phenomena continually giving rise to new anomalies.

These anomalies became the targets of the gorilla’s vented fury.

Zheng Yichen looked at the items he had collected, brought over by the distortion of the Alien Phenomenon. There were weapons and equipment, as well as other items like radios and even some firecrackers.

When the gorilla was quiet, a breeze carried over the firecrackers, and they went off, roaring in the dead of night.

Outside, the people in Jiang Fuxing’s temporary camp slept uneasily, occasionally startled by heart-shaking roars. They even worried that if they slept too deeply, they might never wake up.

...

"Captain, it’s been almost a week."

"Mm-hmm," Jiang Fuxing nodded, gazing at the unmoving Alien Phenomenon zone. Over these days, they had even clashed with marauders who had come by, but those marauders fled screaming after the Alien Phenomenon made noises, having no intention of fighting here, sparing them a lot of trouble.

The frequency of roars from inside the Alien Phenomenon had been diminishing.

She felt that the ’battle’ inside was about to yield a result.

Inside the Alien Phenomenon zone, Zheng Yichen’s eyes were bloodshot as he viciously bit into the bloodied piece of flesh. It felt similar to the time when he was being chased by a group of pursuers, except this time he was the aggressor, though sadly, without any ally to coordinate with—just him enduring against the giant gorilla.

But the gorilla was in a worse state than he was. At least he could eat, while the gorilla had not drunk water for days. It tried to find water, but the sources were destroyed by Zheng Yichen himself, causing the water to drain away, and all the food had been burned by him.

The chance of living creatures appearing during Alien Phenomenon distortions was not too high. It sufficed to burn these creatures as soon as they were detected.

Indifference was not an option; allowing the gorilla to eat and recover was out of the question, as it would still mean death for those creatures dragged there by the Alien Phenomenon distortion.

The gorilla found it increasingly difficult to enter the state of full-body red fur during its episodic rages. Zheng Yichen had tested this several times, but he still cautiously threw out a large firework.

The firework exploded near the gorilla’s feet, but the gorilla no longer cared about such noise. No matter how much Zheng Yichen meddled, it just wanted to sleep!

The gorilla’s mental state had declined to a truly deplorable level.

Zheng Yichen, approaching the gorilla, held the repaired pistol in his hand; there was only one chance, as the distance between them slowly closed.

Just as Zheng Yichen prepared to make his move, the gorilla lying on the ground suddenly sat up, its hollow eyes staring straight at Zheng Yichen’s position. Zheng Yichen’s movement froze instantly, and beads of sweat emerged on his forehead.

If he could, he would love to have a heated, brawl-like confrontation with the gorilla, but the reality of his physical condition wouldn’t allow for it...

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