I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 227 - 192 Difficult Places to Chew_1

Chapter 227: Chapter 192 Difficult Places to Chew_1

"..." Holding a telescope and observing a district that resembled a fortress from afar, Zheng Yichen’s eyes twitched slightly. Damn it, encountering a fortress in the ancient times would be somewhat better, but encountering one in a high-tech world... that truly put enormous pressure on him.

A military base, for heaven’s sake, who knows what kind of vitality is fitted inside, what weapons are mounted!

Breaking in might not yield good results, and it’s unknown how far technology has developed in this world and whether conventional combat equipment can match the energy level of this world.

He glanced at the sky, grateful that he had been cautious and turned on the motorcycle’s camouflage feature as he approached, which allowed him to hide better and observe more closely.

But getting any closer was impossible, just from his observation point, he found many hidden sentries, and there were also some camouflaged monitoring devices nearby, which might be an ordinary rock or a tree.

There were even very lifelike electronic animals, which Zheng Yichen would not have noticed if he had not switched to thermal vision.

After checking the map, his target was such a military fortress.

"I’m really not Superman—," Zheng Yichen muttered to himself internally and temporarily left the area. There was work to be done next, including observing this district further and finding a secure passage into the military fortress. Even if he had to resort to force, he wanted to avoid being exposed in the area closest to that place.

Once inside, it wouldn’t be so easy for the people there to intercept him.

He regretted not purchasing the weapon capable of short-range teleportation from Arno. Had he known, he would have negotiated to reserve it for himself. If he could get his hands on that device, he would definitely cram it into his fishing rod as enhancement material.

Holding the telescope, he looked up at the sky again and saw some tiny ’buoys’ or something of the sort. They were like nodes of a spider web, which made Zheng Yichen twitch at the corners of his eyes.

Although he didn’t know what those things were, he could guess from his gut that they were probably used to enforce a no-fly zone.

"What are these Boundary Breakers up to, mingling with the natives, it’s not... uh, never mind." Thinking of Qi Xiangyun and her group, Zheng Yichen had nothing more to say; after all, they were intelligent people who were bound to choose methods beneficial to their side.

Seeing the scale of the military fortress, it was likely that whatever they managed to create to disrupt the foundation of this world had the support of the indigenous people, who had invested substantial resources.

If it weren’t for the status of a suspect, after seeing the situation here, he would probably consider starting from a different angle, such as first understanding what this place was researching and then helping the natives uncover the truth.

No matter how much the natives supported these Boundary Breakers, they wouldn’t want their world to be swallowed by another world, would they?

Zheng Yichen spent a full two days observing here, going from slightly hopeful to completely giving up. He could confirm that normal infiltration was not viable for someone like him, with insufficient information, no suitable approach, and the fact that local supplies were transported using very secure vehicles.

He simply couldn’t find an opportunity to blend in.

Both the supply method and the guard were of the top specifications, making Zheng Yichen exclaim, "Damn it, isn’t this forcing me to break into the military fortress by force?"

Inside the Eye of Time and Space Fortress, a researcher was making notes for the day as he looked through an isolation window at a huge misty light sphere in another area.

He felt somewhat sentimental, having only realized the richness of the world after joining this research. The research on the Eye of Time and Space was highly classified. After coming to this fortress, he had hardly had contact with his family, and any contact was under strict surveillance.

Of course, he could choose to have his family live here, but not many people accepted that option, for a simple reason: though the living conditions here were good, the lifestyle was like being in prison, with daily activities strictly planned.

The work was also intense, yet the people here were all very passionate, as the research on the Eye of Time and Space allowed them to reach into another world.

Years of research led to groundbreaking progress. Just two months ago, they were able to clearly observe another world through the Eye of Time and Space, although the fog and pressure generated around the Eye would induce a deep unconscious state.

Most of the observation work was carried out outside the isolation window.

A month ago, they successfully obtained some samples from another world through the Eye of Time and Space, including but not limited to soil and biological samples. The acquisition of these samples signaled that their plans were nearing success. Once the Eye of Time and Space was completely stabilized, they would be able to fully venture into another world.

And possibly even more worlds.

The discovery of those biological samples also led to significant findings in their research. The life quality of creatures in the other world was slightly higher; after meticulous comparison, they could assert that the lifespan of species in the other world was longer.

At least ten percent longer than the same species on their side.

There were also some materials, identical in nature and structure, yet the qualities exhibited by those materials were even higher.

An unknown new world had so much to offer for development. As for the original inhabitants on the other side? Communication is possible between intelligent species... Of course, while dining, he had also heard gamers advocating for war, the military conquest of the worlds connected to the Eye of Time and Space.

He had no intention of getting involved in such topics. Even if the conquest was by force, it had little to do with a researcher like himself; he just wanted to successfully complete this project that he too considered to be great... According to the current progress, the Eye of Time and Space could be completed in at most two months.

Through the Eye of Time and Space, they would be able to observe and contact the other world more clearly.

"Hoo," after finishing the record, the researcher took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes. He looked at the somewhat misty and dreamlike Eye of Time and Space with a face full of anticipation and a bit of worry. His concern stemmed from a past incident where the Eye of Time and Space had gone out of control, causing the researching scientists at the time to suffer severe mutations, turning them into abnormal monsters.

However, it was precisely that loss of control that led to concrete progress in their research, or rather, the research progress had triggered the Eye of Time and Space instability, causing nearby researchers to undergo severe mutations. Since then, their research had become more cautious, employing remotely operated robots for close-proximity studies of the Eye of Time and Space.

Just the thought of his mutated colleagues was enough to add a dash of worry... Shaking his head, the researcher with his glasses back on left the place. No matter what happened, he was just a component in the research of the Eye of Time and Space, perhaps an important component, but the whole machine would not change because of his worries.

At most two more months...

Once the Eye of Time and Space project was complete, he would be able to take a long vacation and spend a relaxed, comfortable time vacationing with his family.

In the wilderness, Zheng Yichen was still looking for the right opportunity, chewing on a blade of grass. His phone had no signal and he couldn’t access any information. He also couldn’t enter cities nearby; in a high-tech world, once labeled as a criminal suspect, it wouldn’t take long after entering a city to be fully exposed, which was frustrating.

He had considered going to a small village to connect to the internet and search for some information, but even the villages in this world left him speechless. Were those even villages?

The villages were a bit too high-tech. After much deliberation, he returned to a village he had found earlier. Hesitant, he didn’t use his hacking tool to try and hack the village’s network to go online normally.

Mainly because the place was very close to a military fortress, just over a hundred kilometers away. With such a short distance, Zheng Yichen found it hard not to suspect that this place was connected to that military fortress.

If he used the hacking tool and was lucky, he might get some useful information through the network. But if he was unlucky and the military fortress reinforced its security, he would have to slap his own face for his actions.

"I’ll go further away," he decided, looking at the offline map in his hand. On the way to the new destination, Zheng Yichen saw another fireball in the sky... Not a fireball, should it be a crashed aircraft from this world?

And it was quite close to him. Out of curiosity, Zheng Yichen approached the site and saw a deep crater smashed into the ground and flames inside the pit. He parked his vehicle and took a glance, and even though it had crashed, the aircraft still retained a relatively intact structure.

Even though the cockpit had deformed, there was some sort of filler inside it, preventing the interior of the cockpit from being completely twisted.

Click—

The door of the cockpit popped open, and the white filler exposed to a large amount of air quickly dissipated like mist. A hand reached out from inside.

Seeing this, Zheng Yichen immediately jumped down from the edge of the pit and pulled the hand’s owner up. Anyway, since he was already "dirty" in this world, he wasn’t afraid of encountering people.

Moreover, from this hand, he could tell that the owner was probably a woman.

"Uh—" The young woman who was pulled out took a glance at Zheng Yichen, examining his appearance and attire, then said, "Thank you."

Zheng Yichen noticed that the woman was gripping a gun tightly, and the clothes she wore were extraordinary.

He picked at the cockpit’s filler, which felt like cotton and seemed to be decaying rapidly after coming into contact with the air.

"What happened to you? Your aircraft crashed just like that?"

"I’ll explain that later. We need to get out of here fast," the young woman shook her head, quickly cleaned the degrading filler from the cockpit, and took out a box and some other items. Slightly helplessly, she looked at the irreparable aircraft.

She then directly dismantled part of the aircraft’s shell and performed some sort of "modification" on it: "We need to move; in at most half an hour it’s going to explode."

When she saw Zheng Yichen’s motorcycle parked outside the pit, the young woman showed a relieved expression. It was really good that Zheng Yichen had transportation.