I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 240 - 205 Shopping_1

Chapter 240: Chapter 205 Shopping_1

"Good morning, Doris." Upon opening her eyes and seeing a projection next to her, Chiang Wei yawned lightly and stretched her body. She had expected to be sore after yesterday’s exertions, but surprisingly, she felt rather good upon waking up.

Unable to resist, she took out the amulet again for a look and hung it around her neck. She gazed at the writing board Doris was holding up that read ’Good Morning.’

Doris could speak; the suitcase surely wasn’t lacking an audio device. However, most of the time, Doris communicated through written messages.

After all, reading is much faster than speaking, and Doris, being an artificial intelligence, could type extremely quickly.

Stepping out of the small base truck, Chiang Wei found Zheng Yichen: "Shall we head out now?"

"Let’s eat first."

Looking at the barbecue Zheng Yichen made, even though eating barbecue first thing in the morning was kind of... well, and it couldn’t compare to what she had eaten before, it was still appetizing in such an environment.

"Okay."

Half an hour later, Chiang Wei drove the base truck on the road. As a woman driver, her driving skills were decent. Being a mechanic, she had to know a thing or two. Resting one hand on the window, she looked at Zheng Yichen outside: "We should find a suitable place to replenish some gear, then I can provide you with more support."

Most of the items inside the small base truck were put together haphazardly, so there weren’t many intact devices to speak of. They were functional, but one shouldn’t expect the equipment in this truck could take down the defenses of the Eye of Time and Space Fortress directly.

"Are you sure we won’t be targeted again if we do that?"

"Hmph, those people must be too busy to care now," Chiang Wei retracted her hand from the window and gripped the steering wheel, using her other hand to operate the sonic projection screen inside the cockpit: "I can’t monitor the Eye of Time and Space Fortress’s movements completely, but I can keep an eye on some activities outside their core circle. They started making arrests yesterday, but so far, they haven’t turned up much. Otherwise, I would know who those people really are..."

"Are all you hackers this scary?" Zheng Yichen quirked a corner of his mouth as he listened to her.

"It should be said that the more advanced the network develops, and the more people rely on it, the scarier we become!" Chiang Wei flashed a fierce expression: "If you threw us back into an era of early industrial development, we wouldn’t be of much use."

"But you are still a top-notch mechanic."

"Being a mechanic is a legitimate profession," Chiang Wei said while looking at the information on the projection screen. After tut-tutting twice, she removed the screen and focused on driving: "We can’t go to big places, but there shouldn’t be any problem with smaller ones."

No matter how advanced technology becomes, towns won’t disappear. Small towns still exist and their internal development isn’t too shabby either. Whatever you can find in big cities, you can basically find in small towns too.

Transportation is no longer an issue, and moving many things around is quite easy.

Zheng Yichen experienced what it was like to wear a holographic disguise. The specific feeling was like being shrouded in a layer of air; if not for looking in the mirror, you’d hardly sense anything odd, but in the mirror, you’d see a stranger’s face.

"I could have gone by myself," Chiang Wei complained while walking down the street. If Zheng Yichen wanted to use the disguise projection, he had to take off his mechanical armor.

"Since I arrived in this world, I became a crime suspect not long after stepping out, and I haven’t even had the experience of shopping."

"Speaking of which, what’s the deal with your identity? When I checked your identity, I found very complete information without any fabricated parts." She couldn’t find any issues with Zheng Yichen’s identity, so neither would other relevant agencies.

"Someone prepared it for me."

"Who?" Her interest piqued, Zheng Yichen should have been undocumented, but having such an identity indicated that the person who helped him must be a remarkable hacker.

"Someone you don’t know."

"...It’s because I don’t know them that I want to understand a bit."

Zheng Yichen gave Chiang Wei an odd look. Since she had already investigated his background, she should have also discovered where he first appeared, yet she seemed oblivious to this fact.

He thought back to what the bartender at Night Banquet Bar had said, that Dusk Cathedral never deliberately hid any information. Those who resonate with it come into contact with the Dusk Cathedral, and those who feel nothing slowly drift away after one encounter.

He had seen such people who were indifferent to the Dusk Cathedral in an Apocalypse World as well.

"Do you know about Dusk Cathedral?"

"I do, I’ve seen it in the recordings about you."

"I come from that place."

"...?" Chiang Wei blinked, as if coming to a realization, "So you mean the person who helped you with your identity issue is over there?"

She had started to lose interest in Dusk Cathedral. As time progressed, some things didn’t vanish; places like churches were preserved in abundance, and some areas even had Taoist temples.

"Right, but you’ll understand more about that place by yourself later on," Zheng Yichen said, not revealing too much about Dusk Cathedral.

Chiang Wei nodded, looking down at the smartphone in her hand that matched the current era. It displayed some information about Dusk Cathedral, and from those records, the cathedral seemed to be a very ordinary place that had been around for quite some time.

It was called a cathedral but resembled a unique public space more, with an interior color scheme that felt comfortable. Chiang Wei also noticed a detail: Dusk Cathedral didn’t seem to have any job postings, and there were very few records about the nuns and other staff members.

Overall, it was a very normal place, similar to many others found around the world.

However, Dusk Cathedral wasn’t on this continent, and getting there would require a flight: "You were previously known as a criminal, how did you manage to travel from there to here?" she asked.

"I came across the sea."

"..." Chiang Wei’s expression conveyed her speechless exasperation, "You’re really brave."

Was traveling across the ocean by airplane the same as crossing it in a vehicle equipped with hovering capabilities?

"The bold and skillful are fearless," Zheng Yichen chuckled, "We need to buy quite a few things, right?"

"You still want to buy a lot of things to take with you?" Chiang Wei, noticing his eager demeanor, immediately realized what he was up to.

"I’m really interested in high-tech stuff, and those things in people’s eyes, I think they’re pretty cool. Why don’t you have one?"

"I don’t really need that kind of thing," Chiang Wei said nonchalantly, well aware of what Zheng Yichen was referring to; devices akin to miniature computers with AR enhancement effects, they were among the most frequently used electronic gadgets, convenient for online shopping and various other tasks.

There were several types available. One type was like an invisible lens that required maintenance after daily use, with the advantage being that once you purchased such glasses, you wouldn’t need separate prescription contact lenses. Another type was a direct implant into the eye.

The latter was more convenient, allowing for certain adjustments to vision, and required less maintenance; but, should it malfunction, replacing it would be both costly and expensive.

Skilled snipers or gunmen typically had one eye surgically modified. As for those who relied on the naked eye in traditional combat... well, with technology progressed to this stage, wasn’t it meaningless if one didn’t embrace it to become stronger?

The main reason Chiang Wei didn’t use such gadgets was that, as a hacker, she knew they could become vulnerabilities under certain circumstances. Moreover, the convenience they provided in daily life was minimal and could also be offered by smartphones.

Miniaturization of some gadgets didn’t compromise their performance, but in the case of these invisible lenses, due to being overly compact and lightweight, they simply couldn’t outperform smartphones.

"But I think they’re so cool."

"Ah? They’re just convenient, I suppose. It’s fun to try new things, but after a while, you realize that’s all there is to it. Plus, you’d better use them in offline mode, otherwise a formidable hacker could blind you."

"Of course, even with offline mode activated, it isn’t entirely safe. Within a certain range, your device can still be hacked, but the hacker would have to be very close, and no hostiles would think about getting close to someone like you, right?"

Within a distance of less than ten meters, that would just mean being toyed with by Zheng Yichen. Even if he was blinded, he could easily decimate anything within a radius of over ten meters.

In an electronics mall, Chiang Wei was as picky as a girl shopping for clothes, looking for useful items. The identification card she used had been tampered with, unlinked from its original information, although the money was certainly real.

The woman was indeed wealthy.

After arriving here, she told Zheng Yichen very generously that he could buy anything he wanted; there was no device in the electronics malls of such small towns that she couldn’t afford...

The electronic contact lenses were common items in this world, with promotional ads visible in several shops. This seemed to suggest that the electronics industry was doing well here? Unlike Earth, where their reputation had deteriorated severely, they only swindled novices.

Zheng Yichen couldn’t resist and just went on a buying spree. After all, the gadgets were small, and even with their maintenance solution, they all fit in a palm-sized box.

Chiang Wei noticed Zheng Yichen’s actions and approached him, "If you’re really interested in this stuff, I can recommend a few brands for you."

With that, she took Zheng Yichen away. Unlike computers, which could be built to order, these electronic contact lenses were ready-made all-in-one devices.

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