I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 120 - 117 The Effect of Bait_2

Chapter 120: Chapter 117 The Effect of Bait_2

The Zombie Evolver could transform its own body, creating some sort of claws with slightly higher lethality. The black spear Zheng Yichen used was also an extension of his own extraordinary abilities, in the form of a mouthpart. It was tit for tat. The only dishonorable tactic was the use of poison.

The poison of the giant serpent had been weakened by the apocalyptic environment, but even after Zheng Yichen smeared the deadly toxin on his mouth, the Zombie Evolver still took heavy damage, and after struggling a few times, Zheng Yichen pierced it through with his black spear.

The Zombie Evolver with Devouring Power was devoured by Zheng Yichen.

It had already been four days since he took care of that thing. A week’s journey had been delayed for quite some time by that Zombie Evolver.

As for the feedback obtained from the opponent, Zheng Yichen pondered that if he were to gain feedback similar to the Devouring Power, it seemed to be of little use to him, for he already possessed a similar ability. Furthermore, enhancements to his physique had an even smaller impact on him.

It was merely icing on the cake and extended the period of his own "withering."

When Zheng Yichen arrived at the location of the anomaly, he specifically tested the new trait he had acquired. Skipping over the basic enhancement, the devouring efficiency of his black spear seemed to have improved slightly. The new trait was not about altering the target’s features while devouring, but rather about the consumption itself.

It was very close to the feedback received from the behemoth he had previously killed, yet there were differences. The behemoth allowed Zheng Yichen to eat a lot, equipped him with a pair of extremely badass Iron Lungs. Although he hardly used the Iron Lungs, whenever he wanted, he could take a deep breath and let out a very loud roar, using his "verbal cannon" to blow away weaker enemies.

This time, the trait he acquired from eating would temporarily enhance his strength.

Eating regular food was of little use, as his digestive capacity greatly increased, allowing him to eat more and store nutrients more efficiently in his body. But consuming some higher quality food could give him a temporary boost in strength.

It was just like that Zombie Evolver with Devouring Power, who sought trouble with Zheng Yichen after devouring a new creature, coming at him in a state that surpassed normal conditions.

Zheng Yichen discovered this after he had killed an extraordinary creature and began to use the creature as rations.

However, the extraordinary creature wasn’t particularly powerful, so while eating its flesh did improve his strength, it wasn’t by much. Moreover, Zheng Yichen had tested it—consuming raw meat seemed to provide a clearer boost, while cooked meat produced a weaker effect.

Whether this was related to culinary skills, he wasn’t sure, but Zheng Yichen really didn’t want to eat raw meat anymore.

He had chewed on raw meat quite a bit when enduring tough times with the gorilla.

If there was no need to eat raw meat, why torture himself, right?

The effects of cooked meat might be slightly weaker, but the experience was much better.

Looking at the anomaly before him, Zheng Yichen rode his bike right into it. After feeling the environmental condition inside, he immediately ran out. He prepared to hunt for some formidable extraordinary creatures to boost his status before entering again.

His newly acquired trait—was he not going to make good use of it?

Zheng Yichen took out a sealed bag and began to prepare for fishing. The bright red bait, once removed from the bag, made him involuntarily gulp.

Putting aside the attractiveness of this thing to extraordinary and normal creatures for a moment, Zheng Yichen sniffed the smell the bait emitted and felt as if he had just taken a pound of digestive tablets; his appetite surged so much that he almost wanted to devour the bait on the spot.

After attaching the bait to the fish hook wound around the fishing rod, he rode his bike around haphazardly with the bait, knowing it took time to spread the scent. Not long after, a horde of apocalyptic mutant creatures arrived at this spot, including mutated beasts as well as many Zombie Evolvers.

The number had exceeded a hundred, and it was still rapidly increasing, sending shivers down Zheng Yichen’s spine.

"What the hell, why are there so many..." He hadn’t taken advantage of such bait the last time, feeling he had underestimated just how enticing the bait Tia had made was.

Zombie Evolvers were still manageable; at least some retained their sanity and, upon seeing Zheng Yichen, they slowed down and stopped. But some Zombie Evolvers were dominated by intense hunger and acted as wildly as the mutant beasts.

As for the beasts, there was no need to say more; if Zheng Yichen’s strength hadn’t been sufficient, being chased down by such a swarm of creatures would have ended him miserably.

"This is a bit exaggerated." Zheng Yichen stowed away the bait, and as its scent gradually dissipated, some Zombie Evolvers shook off that overwhelming hunger, returning to normal. But on seeing Zheng Yichen in the distance, they were full of caution; they couldn’t fathom how they had been lured by a red ’meatball’.

That allure had awoken their natural instinct to feed, which was absolutely absurd. Such madness only occurred when they were extremely hungry; otherwise, that level of extraordinary behavior never manifested.

The mutant beasts did not recover their sanity. Once the scent of the bait was cut off, their frenzy did not abate. Shifting from a focused target, they began attacking indiscriminately, and the Zombie Evolvers mixed among the beasts were out of luck.

Caught off guard, they were attacked by the mutant beasts nearby; the weaker ones were killed on the spot, and even the stronger ones didn’t last long against a multitude of mutant beasts.

The previously rational Zombie Evolvers regarded Zheng Yichen with even greater vigilance, believing it to be a human conspiracy. Humans had come up with some odd thing that could affect both zombies and beasts, causing them to turn on each other.

This human... must be killed, and then figure out what that ’meatball’ is. If possible, take a taste.

"Kill that human." The rioting Zombie Evolvers had no intention of stopping; their target was clear from the start—it was Zheng Yichen.

Watching the Zombie Evolvers gather to make a move on him, Zheng Yichen stopped the vehicle and flashed a provoking smile, retracting the delicate tip of the fishing rod in his hand, "Having designs on me? Come on then!"

In this post-apocalyptic world, he dealt heavy blows to those Zombie Evolvers who viewed the human race as food.

The Zombie Evolvers, for their part, didn’t hold back. Their numbers were over thirty, and they were all beyond ordinary Zombie Evolvers.

As one Zombie Evolver approached Zheng Yichen, its body swelled rapidly, giving Zheng Yichen the impression of a low-budget version of a gorilla.

However, after fighting a foe like a gorilla, seeing anything similar to one only reminded him of the historic general Guan Yu. After Lü Bu’s death, everyone else seemed like they were selling their worthless lives.

With a long spear, Zheng Yichen parried the heavy punch of the Zombie Evolver, leaving two skid marks on the ground where his feet slid back. The Evolver, whose attack had been effective, sneered viciously. The others, seeing this, were somewhat relieved; by that strike, they judged the human to have some strength, but not too strong...

That’s what should have happened, but when they truly swarmed him with no intention of a fair fight and planned to finish Zheng Yichen off, the fishing rod in his hand suddenly covered with a layer of black substance. The black substance quickly transformed into a black spear.

The Zombie Evolver at the forefront was impaled through the chest, the spear’s impact blasting a fist-sized hole, with the shattered blood and innards gushing out of the back. Another Zombie Evolver behind him was also gravely injured by the aftermath.

Other Evolvers realizing something was amiss tried to distance themselves from Zheng Yichen, but it was too late. With each thrust of the long spear, he inflicted grave wounds or dealt fatal blows to a Zombie Evolver—the ones who charged fastest died the quickest.

The ones at the rear who had completely distanced themselves from Zheng Yichen were left with less than half of the original thirty or so Zombie Evolvers.

What kind of monstrous human is this...