I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 143 - 131 Wealthy Lady Will Send a Better Car_1

Chapter 143: Chapter 131 Wealthy Lady Will Send a Better Car_1

"You two are... real sisters, huh."

It’s often said that many real sisters look very similar. Even if they try to differentiate themselves through clothes and hairstyles on a daily basis, it’s still easy to mistake one for the other. Zheng Yichen had always thought this was just a joke, but after seeing them today, he thought... there’s nothing wrong about it?

He wasn’t surprised. In Apocalypse World, he had already come across identical ones.

The only difference between the two was that one had long hair and the other, short hair—and the tattoo of an eye on the earlobe was missing on the one with the long hair.

"This is my sister," Ahn Qi said outwardly calm, but inwardly she didn’t really want to delve into further introductions. However, her sister obviously had other thoughts and promptly extended her hand to Zheng Yichen.

"My name is Ahn Longling, and I’m pleased to meet you."

Watching her sister’s self-introduction, Ahn Qi felt a slight twinge in her heart. There was a stark contrast between their temperaments: she seemed more assertive, whereas her sister had a more gentle demeanor. But family knew their own affairs, and this gentleness was just a façade.

If her sister were truly that gentle, would she be managing a portion of the family’s armed forces? Could anyone control those belligerents without enough tricks up their sleeve?

Ahn Longling studied the young man before her. He looked to be about twenty, with the sturdy build of a normal warrior. The rest wasn’t something you could just discern from observing. Without looking at Zheng Yichen’s file and some combat records, who would have known that the young man in front of her was capable of smashing a fire dragon with his bare hands?

Ahn Qi was right in her thinking. She did have access to Zheng Yichen’s combat records. They weren’t comprehensive, but they gave her an understanding of his direct combat capabilities.

She could bypass Ahn Qi to make direct contact with Zheng Yichen, but it was all family business. If she crossed the line today, and someone else did the same tomorrow, it wasn’t an issue as long as there was justification. But for now, there was no need to strain the relationship with her sister over such matters.

In the Ahn family, besides her sister, she had seven other contemporaries. If she quarreled with her sister today, others would merely stand by, laughing at the fallout. Resolving some issues was a tactic itself, rather than fixating on things already passed, things beyond reclaiming.

The dragon was certainly a lost cause now, but research regarding it could still continue, if not according to the original plan. However, she could still pry some benefits from Ahn Qi’s hands.

Since Zheng Yichen had decided not to join Ahn Qi’s hunters group, getting him to side with her wouldn’t be easy. The conditions Ahn Qi offered wouldn’t be inferior to hers. What she wanted to know now was the reason behind Zheng Yichen’s refusal...

That was the most crucial part.

Some preferred the leisurely life, feeling a bit more freedom was better. While possible, facing greater benefits and better prospects, how many would make such a choice?

Refusal meant Zheng Yichen had more options.

"I want to know your reason for rejecting my sister," she said.

"Ah?" Zheng Yichen looked at the long-haired woman before him strangely, then at Ahn Qi, who couldn’t help but cover her forehead. This scene looked like the elder sister taking the initiative to stand up for her younger sister, coming specifically to trouble an unfaithful man, didn’t it?

He didn’t have any particular relationship with Ahn Qi, right? They had met in a bar, but hadn’t drunk together; they had ridden in the same combat vehicle but hadn’t touched legs, and even their direct interactions had been few. The contact with Ahn Longling was about the same, limited to a handshake.

"This isn’t what we’re here to talk about!" Ahn Qi interrupted her sister before she could continue and looked at Zheng Yichen, "Where’s the thing you mentioned? I’ve already arranged for people."

"Come with me," he said.

Zheng Yichen led them to the combat vehicle he had rented, which Ahn Longling noticed was from the Ahn family’s rental service.

It still had the Ahn family’s insignia on it.

Upon opening the trunk, the pile of things inside gave Ahn Longling and Ahn Qi a sense of déjà vu—reminiscent of the miscellany in a storeroom used by their family’s workers.

Both had discerning eyes and quickly identified the most important items amidst the seemingly irrelevant ones—they immediately spotted an unfamiliar engine, among other suspected car parts. Judging by the appearance, the technology-infused control board was likely part of a car’s computer system, perhaps the transmission, control box, and the like.

This must be the aftermath of Zheng Yichen encountering some indomitable vehicle, then dismantling it in frustration, right?

Why didn’t he bring back the wheels as well?

"This looks like something my second brother would be good at handling," Ahn Qi said after pondering a moment while looking at the contents of the vehicle. She could use the family’s research resources, but the second brother managed the developmental resources. That didn’t mean she couldn’t advance in that area.

Development wouldn’t come with extra support from the family, and many of the daily research resources had to go through her second brother.

Seeking additional development wasn’t easy, of course. If their second brother needed to capture some special research target, it usually involved Ahn Qi and Ahn Longling, depending on where the target was located.

This time, Ahn Longling wanted to capture that dragon for research. After catching the fire dragon, they would contact the research resources controlled by their second brother before proceeding with the study centered on that dragon. Since they had captured the dragon, the direction of the research naturally focused on their decisions.

As for their second brother’s interference... even if he interfered, there wouldn’t be a significant deviation. The power they held in their hands was under their control, but it still belonged to the Ahn family, not their private force. The interconnectivity between them had always been very high.

Under the premise of benefiting the Ahn family, if the two of them wanted to use the family’s research resources, they would not be rejected. If the Ahn family’s research force wanted to study a certain creature and had already decided on the target before they knew about the creature, they would also arrange for it to be captured.

Even in some matters, if they could persuade the family head or other elders, they could bypass the forces controlled by their siblings and directly make decisions—this was not an easy feat.

Now, looking at what Zheng Yichen had brought, they would definitely need to contact their second brother later. But since they provided this, the outcomes of the research and how it would be utilized and arranged would still mainly be up to them. Their second brother wouldn’t lose out either.

The technology resulting from the research would remain with the Ahn family. However, they would gain a larger benefit from this matter... the premise? The premise was to deal with Zheng Yichen first!

Ahn Qi felt a twitch in her heart. She should have found a reason not to bring her sister here; at most, she would have made more concessions in other areas. Now, well, usually she got a share when others were involved, and this time it was indeed necessary to give a share.

"If you want to confirm the value of this, it needs an additional appraisal."

"Then appraise it. This was taken from a floating vehicle."

"A floating vehicle?" Ahn Qi understood; this must have been a war trophy Zheng Yichen got from an Alien Phenomenon world.

Some alien worlds possessed more advanced technology, but that didn’t mean the technology was necessarily beneficial. Bringing it to Hazy City could certainly drive technological progress, but some technologies, once thoroughly researched, might lack the necessary foundation and only be usable on a small scale.

"How long will the appraisal take? It would be best if you could modify this thing; I want a more powerful mode of transportation."

"You’re asking for a lot. We don’t have even a basic understanding of such items, let alone the capability to create new modes of transport from them. Researching this thoroughly will take time, but getting the vehicle you want is easy to solve."

Rich women only give away better vehicles, and Zheng Yichen had just encountered one. The items he had dismantled from the floating vehicle couldn’t yield tangible benefits for the time being; thorough research was necessary. But there was no shortage of transportation innovations developed by the Ahn family.

Whether off-road vehicles or motorbikes, even bicycles and skateboards were available, with some skateboards having wheels and some without.

In a research center belonging to the Ahn family, Zheng Yichen was spoiled for choice. These items were not a matter of money outside; they were hard to buy.

"Let’s go with this one." After a comprehensive comparison, Zheng Yichen chose a motorbike. This bike was equipped with camouflage stealth, had extremely strong impact resistance, and came with self-repairing tires. If damaged, the tires could initiate a chemical reaction with some materials stored inside the vehicle. Although the repaired tires wouldn’t match the original strength, they were more than sufficient in an emergency.

The design of the vehicle allowed for additional expansion, carrying more items when necessary.

The built-in smart program could lock on to signals within a ten-kilometer range, executing remote commands. For instance, if Zheng Yichen was too far from the bike and didn’t want to walk, he could call out for it, and the bike would arrive at his location under automated driving.

The bike featured a hybrid oil-electric system and was equipped with an ultra-high-performance battery. It could absorb light and heat from the environment to recharge, significantly extending its range and ensuring the bike wouldn’t run out of power due to long-term storage.

The bike also came with some light combat weaponry that could be directly used when needed...and even activate a protective electromagnetic barrier in critical moments.

The barrier wouldn’t last long, but it could block many powerful attacks.

This was no ordinary motorbike, but a combat vehicle.

There were even better models of this kind of transportation, but those were four-wheeled. The two-wheeled ones had some energy capabilities reduced. Larger vehicles could accommodate more energy cubes. Some aspects were diminished, but not the speed.

With this device, the cheap motorbike he previously used could be completely retired.

Among those seemingly practical features, what Zheng Yichen valued the most were the stealth camouflage and automated driving.

He knew all too well how troublesome it had been to locate a vehicle again after dealing with an Alien Phenomenon creature and how, when preparing for battle, he also had to consider the potential theft of his vehicle, among other issues.