I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 358 - 282: No Light, No Internet_1

Chapter 358: Chapter 282: No Light, No Internet_1

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It got dark, and the temperature also began to drop gradually, revealing the significant influence of the sun on the temperature in this world, even though it’s a world with a round sky and a square earth.

A few hours later, the ambient temperature dropped from over thirty degrees to around twenty degrees. After that time, the temperature decline slowed down.

When passing by a mountain, the sound of a collapse could be heard; like the previous ones he had encountered, this mountain was also enveloped by a colossal plant that devoured all its vitality, leaving only a single entity.

However, now that sunlight was blocked, the mutant plant couldn’t withstand its own pressure and began to self-destruct. Zheng Yichen tried using the Light type ability he had acquired earlier, but it was no longer effective.

It still worked, but the efficiency was less than a tenth of what it had been, and it seemed to decrease as time passed. Didn’t this mean that the people of this world had voluntarily given up their martial arts?

"Why would the ’Heavenly Curtain’ plan activate at this time??" A tracking team pursuing Zheng Yichen expressed their confusion. After the Heavenly Curtain was deployed, they felt much less pressure, as they had previously sensed that their powers were rapidly increasing.

This increase, however, was not a good thing; it had already exceeded their capacity to endure. Although humans were smarter than alien beasts and knew how to deal with sunlight, in the larger environment, the outcome for all living beings would eventually be the same.

With sunlight blocked by the Heavenly Curtain, the effects brought by the three-day crossing phenomenon temporarily disappeared. Yet, the crazed alien beasts did not regain their sanity. Such frenzy was irreversible; moreover, their abilities were now greatly reduced.

The light didn’t vanish altogether; there were still stars in the sky, just no direct light source like the sun... They all suspected that those above had it in for them and wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of them.

Now, pursuing Zheng Yichen also required extreme caution.

Meanwhile, Zheng Yichen realized a critical problem—he had lost the network connection...

"No sunlight means no network connection? No wonder the network development in this world isn’t as advanced as in normal worlds." Looking at the offline projection screen, Zheng Yichen finished eating the food in his hand and quickened his pace. Since he had lost connection, it was now urgent to check out the target he needed to solve.

Zheng Yichen sped up his progress. Even without the unique Light type power of this world, he still had his own original strength.

"The Heavenly Curtain has been deployed; we don’t have many retreat options left." An elder, with a solemn expression, told the people around him, looking at the dark sky. This place gathered nearly all the high-end individuals of this world, including warriors and scientists, among others.

By pooling everyone’s strength, they successfully created the Heavenly Curtain, and with it, they aimed to save the world. If they could destroy the ’Distortion’ that caused chaos in their world, they could flatten the crisis in this world...

Looking at a gigantic phenomenon in the distance, that was the ’Distortion’ causing problems for this world. Its coverage area was too vast, rendering all the various weapons they deployed ineffective.

Even an attack capable of destroying a city could only raise a slight ripple when it hit.

Therefore, they had to solve this issue more riskily. Besides blocking sunlight and halting the effects of the three-day crossing on the creatures of this world, the most important function of the Heavenly Curtain was energy storage. By storing enough energy, they could fundamentally and completely erase the phenomenon.

Although the Heavenly Curtain would reduce the power of everyone, this only applied to a certain extent. For those with sufficient strength, their inherent power was ample for them to exert their original combat effectiveness. If that wasn’t enough, they could even wield the power of the Heavenly Curtain for precision strikes against their enemies.

"I will deal with that intruder." A middle-aged man next to the elder departed. The Heavenly Curtain, formed by their collective power, had been completed, and it was time to clear out the intruders.

When Zheng Yichen was still over two hundred kilometers away from his destination, he was intercepted. The opponents were natives, and up to now, he had not encountered enemies like the Boundary Breakers.

The army, which blocked the route, launched an immediate attack upon seeing Zheng Yichen. In this world, there were things similar to mobile phones and computers; the development of technological weapons also seemed very formidable. Zheng Yichen saw mechs, tanks, and other weapons.

There were also light beam guns used by the soldiers, the bullets of which were high-heat, high-penetration beams of light.

The technological development here was closely related to the world itself. The power of these light beam weapons was quite formidable, but they had not yet reached the interference limit. So, as they got closer to Zheng Yichen, the beams were disrupted and dissipated. Zheng Yichen felt more and more that strengthening his motorcycle had been worth it.

In worlds with a high strength level, it wouldn’t be much use. However, in worlds with a high energy level, a special ability interference device could suppress a certain level of attack, forming an almost ’invincible’ shield.

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"Switch to live ammunition!" Watching the attack prove ineffective, the military commander immediately issued a new order, but Zheng Yichen didn’t give these people a chance, instead, he switched to a different route. His mission was to resolve the issues of this world and disrupt the Boundary Breakers’ operations, not to wage war against the natives.

As frustrating as it was, he couldn’t afford to waste time here. They had employed the army to encircle him, and if he dragged this out, he wouldn’t stand a chance against the reinforcements that would soon arrive.

"He’s running away!" Someone bellowed angrily as they watched Zheng Yichen change direction. The shout was so loud that even Zheng Yichen was a bit taken aback. Did he really have such a great enmity with them?

He glanced at some of the aircraft flying in the sky, whose engines emitted streams of light instead of fire.

Their speed was fast, but not exceedingly so. According to the information Zheng Yichen had collected, the cruising speed of commercial airliners in this world was actually faster than that of the fighter jets, not because the jets were underperforming, but because the airliners followed fixed routes.

Within fixed routes, they could reach maximum speeds, while fighter jets had to be ready for combat maneuvers, making their speeds incomparable to those on fixed routes. However, even with that consideration, their flight speed was still much faster than Zheng Yichen’s when they took off.

In the army, a man watching Zheng Yichen make his swift escape wore a contemplative expression. The Boundary Breaking Faction from the Great World recently updated some information – a new Proxy Agent had appeared in Dusk Territory whose strength, as well as growth rate, were exceptionally rapid.

In one world, some Boundary Breakers were even captured, allowing the natives to gather a considerable amount of intelligence about the Great World.

That wasn’t too important; no matter how much those worlds learned, they couldn’t compare to the Great World. The real concern was the Proxy Agents.

However, the appearance of such beings like Proxy Agents in any given world was arranged by Dusk, making calculative strategies less effective. In the past, intentionally set traps did manage to ensnare some Proxy Agents, but the overall success rate was not high – it was too reliant on luck.

Dusk, on the other hand, was omnipresent in every world, perfectly capable of avoiding such ’accidents’.

Dusk treated its outstanding Proxy Agents quite favorably.

He hadn’t expected to encounter a Proxy Agent this time, but having done so, and considering the favorable conditions for development here gave him a considerable advantage, he decided it was indeed possible to try and eliminate this Proxy Agent on this occasion!

He didn’t need to act personally; the high-end combat power of this world was enough to give any Proxy Agent a really hard time.

After all, why should this world have such a high energy level? Some of the top fighters in this world could destroy a city with a single shot from a light cannon, and such power was highly influential even when considered in the context of the Great World.

Therefore, while plotting in this world, they carefully planned for over a decade, advancing their agenda sneakily using various methods, always restraining their activities just below the threshold that would elicit a reaction from Dusk. Then, after accumulating enough influence, they quickly pulled together factors that could affect the world.

By the time Dusk caught on, it was already too late. The Great World had suffered substantial setbacks from disruptions caused by Dusk, and research into Dusk had continued incessantly. Though they could not enter Dusk Territory directly, they were still able to gather information from other means.

Years of observation had shown them that as long as certain activities remained below a certain threshold, Dusk’s response would be passive. However, they could not yet accurately determine this threshold because the strength of the environment differed from one world to another, and what might be a minor stimulus in one world could cause disturbances in another and be detected by Dusk.

Nevertheless, their operations in this world were progressing very smoothly. And the ten years spent here? That was hardly a concern. Undoubtedly, this world had a high energy level, and if it were to be ingested by the Great World, there would be a significant boost in power.

A high-energy-level world could be worth dozens, or even hundreds, of low-energy-level worlds.

However, high-energy-level worlds were not easy to conquer – the natives were very powerful, and some disturbances caused by the Boundary Breakers might be dealt with by the natives before the Dusk mercenaries could intervene. There were numerous instances where the Devouring Faction was overwhelmingly defeated by the natives.

But this time, the advantage lay with the Boundary Breakers. Under their scheming, the natives harbored great animosity toward the Dusk mercenaries and some powerful natives had even perished within the Dusk Cathedral.

Some of the Dusk mercenaries who had been manipulated harbored anger towards the natives as a result of this plotting, leading to a series of incidents that caused unrest.

Explanations? Once real conflict ensued, there was no opportunity for explanations. The Dusk mercenaries who were targeted and persecuted by the natives, some of them transformed into plunderers. They abandoned their missions and aimed to make a quick profit from this world instead.

And some Dusk mercenaries who sought to ease tensions... Well, if they had succeeded, the Proxy Agent wouldn’t have been dispatched here in the first place.