I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 305 - 252 The Only Safe Place_1

Chapter 305: Chapter 252 The Only Safe Place_1

In this room, there were also many oil drums, and the lamps they used burned oil, in addition to a generator and a set of batteries.

"Tell me, what happened to this world, and how have you survived here?"

"You don’t know what happened?" Zhang Ning looked at Zheng Yichen with some surprise, and couldn’t help but take two steps back, moving closer to a shovel lying in the room.

"I don’t know, hurry up and tell me, or I’ll just leave."

"...It happened two months ago. Everything in this world was fine until a red column of light appeared, then everything changed. At first, everyone was still normal, but then people’s skin started to peel off, and this symptom spread globally."

"At that time, many people were still in a normal state, but within just two days, the world turned into a world of Flesh. The authorities released a lot of information, all kinds of preventive measures only accelerated the spread of the disaster. The internet, wireless signals, and even sound could become carriers of infection."

As he spoke, fear filled Zhang Ning’s eyes.

"So how did you avoid the problems, with these chemical products?" Zheng Yichen glanced around and couldn’t help noting the truly foul smell here.

"My sister and I use artificial hearts because our family has hereditary heart disease," said Zhang Ning. "When those monsters roar, it causes heart abnormalities. I’ve seen people become one of those monsters due to that influence."

Would that work? Zheng Yichen thought of his own experiences. Indeed, his heartbeat had been erratic previously, but it hadn’t affected him much and he had quickly recovered. Ordinary people certainly couldn’t withstand it. He used thermal vision to observe Zhang Ning and his sister Jingjing.

Their body temperatures were normal, but there was something different about their hearts. "How often do you need to recharge your hearts?"

He didn’t spot any sort of external battery pack on the siblings.

"Once a month is enough," explained Zhang Ning, showing the ’charging port’ on his chest. Zheng Yichen raised an eyebrow; the battery technology in this world seemed to be quite advanced.

"What about food?"

"Some food storage freezers are still intact. As long as normal food isn’t touched by those blood tendrils, it’s still usable," said Zhang Ning, glancing at the food stockpiled in the house. "Those blood tendrils can be killed with things like sulfuric acid. Ice can also halt the spread of the tendrils, but I can’t manage to procure the power equipment to maintain refrigerators."

"Brother, who is she?" Jingjing tugged at Zhang Ning and asked quietly. She had never seen the kind of power Zheng Yichen had displayed, and although Zheng Yichen retained a human form, the world had gone mad. The world turned to Flesh made everything strange.

They had also seen normal people, but those normal people turned into skinless, bloated lumps of flesh in front of them.

"I don’t know, but he’s very powerful. He can kill a bunch of those monsters in an instant," whispered Zhang Ning. His face turned green when he saw Zheng Yichen take out his phone. "Wait! You can’t use a cell phone here! You can’t use anything that can receive signals!"

"I’m leaving now. Are you planning to stay here, or what?" Seeing his anxious look, Zheng Yichen put away his phone. He had no intention of staying here much longer, although he had plenty of time in this instance, he didn’t plan to waste any of it.

"Is there any safe place left in this world?" Zhang Ning had a look of bewilderment. Staying here they could continue to scrape by, but if they left, how would they survive?

"Have you heard of Dusk Cathedral? That should be the only safe place left in this world."

"What is that?" asked Zhang Ning, puzzled. He wasn’t unfamiliar with churches, but he had never heard of the Dusk Cathedral, and even in the age of the internet, he wouldn’t know about things he wasn’t interested in.

"It’s a cathedral, the location..." Zheng Yichen gave him a place name, and Zhang Ning’s face showed conflict. "It’s too far."

"Let’s go. If you want to go, I’ll take you there; if not, I’m leaving."

"Could we discuss this with my sister?"

"Five minutes," Zheng Yichen said before leaving the room. He did not intend to waste too much time here; they were not far from the Dusk Cathedral. Taking the siblings there and returning would take only half a day.

It was not easy to find normal people in the world of Flesh, so when one did, it was like giving a hand.

Five minutes later, Zhang Ning walked out, pulling a reluctant Zhang Jing. "We agree, although we don’t know who you are. Things can’t get any worse than what we’re already facing."

"Then let’s go," Zheng Yichen’s gaze fell on a flatbed trolley nearby. "Bring your supplies with you."

The siblings quickly gathered their belongings. They could not take everything with them and only brought the essentials. The generator was a must; without it, they could not charge their artificial hearts.

"I have some protective suits here; do you need one?" Zhang Ning asked while packing, glancing at Zheng Yichen, who was already wearing a modern combat suit with a somewhat out-of-place black cloak draped over it.

"No need. Just hurry up, and I’ll get you to safety before nightfall."

Zhang Ning hastened to pack the supplies, and Zheng Yichen glanced at the flatbed trolley. "Let’s go."

Out on the main street, the sight of the creatures made Zhang Jing very uneasy. To her, they were just masses of flesh, but she had no idea how these flesh creatures perceived her.

What scared her more was that during the occasional trips to fetch supplies with her brother, these people would even ’greet’ them. She could no longer discern what the flesh people looked like, but some of them seemed to recognize her, even though she was wearing a protective suit.

"Jingjing, why are you with a murderer? I’ve already called the police. Come down quickly," one of the flesh creatures approached, recognizable by her clothing as a woman, although Zhang Jing couldn’t tell who she was.

"A murderer? What murderer?" Zhang Jing wanted to keep her distance from the woman, but the skinless being, red with exposed flesh, kept closing in.

Before she could say anything more, a black spear pierced through the flesh creature, which quickly withered. Zhang Jing and Zhang Ning looked at Zheng Yichen in horror.

"Don’t be nervous; I’m a Superpower User."

This explanation did not reassure the siblings. Zhang Ning, face tense with anxiety, clutched his sister tightly, not daring to say another word, while the flesh creatures reacted strongly, berating Zheng Yichen. Their synchronised voices hadn’t yet formed a wave when a green flame engulfed wind blade swallowed them.

The whole street was left clean, its surface pockmarked, with little flesh and blood matter remaining.

The sound of the motorbike moving forward rose. The small flatbed trolley linked to the motorbike sped away. Zhang Ning soon noticed that their flatbed was not touching the ground but was floating in midair.

After leaving the city, the expressions of the siblings had numbed; they had faced numerous blockages on the road, but Zheng Yichen responded with fire or blood-powered Wind Blades, slaughtering all the flesh creatures.

The mists of blood left from the exploded flesh creatures were gathered by the wind.

This gave Zhang Ning a sense of déjà vu, as though he was in a video game, where certain high-sustainability classes came with life-stealing abilities. Defeating enemies would restore a certain amount of health and mana—how similar was the power displayed by Zheng Yichen to that in the games?

"Brother, can we really go to a safe place?" Zhang Jing was still very nervous; she did not have the rich imagination of Zhang Ning. She merely found Zheng Yichen’s power to be terrifying. If he weren’t an enemy or didn’t harbor other intentions, that would be a relief...

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