I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 388 - 309 No Right to Retire_1

Chapter 388: Chapter 309 No Right to Retire_1

"It seems like the amount is less?" Looking at Eileena’s eyes turning pitch black, Zheng Yichen remarked from the side. From the beginning until now, Eileena’s state had been very calm, showing no signs of agitation as if unable to withstand some kind of stimulation.

A few more minutes passed, and Eileena, the Forest Witch, slowly regained her normal eye color. She exhaled gently, "I saw some rather peculiar scenes..."

"Prophecy?" Hearing her say this, Zheng Yichen immediately thought of a certain possibility.

"...It’s not prophecy, but a special kind of perspective," Eileena said somewhat speechlessly. Prophecy was too difficult to handle, and her expertise lay in necromantic skill, not prophecy skill. Using this special hallucinogen to enhance intuition only amplified necromantic skill, offering no enhancement to other abilities.

She sketched a rough drawing on a piece of paper, "I saw some special souls nearby."

"So it’s akin to a ranged reconnaissance?" Looking at the very rough sketch, Zheng Yichen nodded, "So you mean this substance allows you to search for souls within a range?"

Eileena nodded, "Exactly, this hallucinogen greatly boosts intuition, it’s just... the side effects are quite significant. Looking at you now feels like seeing a dream lover."

As she spoke, her gaze towards Zheng Yichen became unusually focused.

"This is also a normal effect of this hallucinogen; it makes the affected person gravitate towards beauty." Zheng Yichen’s lips twitched slightly, finding the compliment rather nice personally, "It also has a strong absorptive quality. Just be careful when using it."

He mentioned Ahn Ke’s research findings on this substance. While Eileena was not a researcher like Ahn Ke, she understood enough about the substance.

Stage 1 gives creatures beautiful illusions, while Stage 2 leads directly to fear; as a witch, after experiencing the inspirational boost brought on by the beautiful illusions of Stage 1, she wanted to try the terrifying illusions of Stage 2. Beauty could lead to addiction, while fear could offer a greater stimulus and provide a clearer enhancement to intuition.

This time, her experience consisted largely of sensations that couldn’t be expressed in words. The feeling of complete control over the nearby souls was quite wonderful. If she wished, she could pinpoint any soul within range; the weak could be dominated, but bringing in the strong... would be inviting the wolf into the den.

She asked Zheng Yichen to pay close attention to her situation to avoid that very risk; witches using necromantic skill had been influenced by powerful souls before, and she had encountered this issue numerous times.

"You guys continue researching the substance. As for knowledge, the world I visited this time was quite special; I gathered some, but it might only be useful to Katrina... I suppose?"

It was unavoidable; the power system of that world was exceedingly simplistic, with a variety of Light type powers, yet only that single attribute. The techniques for using those powers were still acquired from some local unfortunate souls.

Affected by the influence of Dusk and gone mad or driven to explosive negative emotions by the Black Light and gone mad, Zheng Yichen encountered them and, unable to save them, could only send them off and then scavenge everything they had on them.

Not everyone walked around carrying a rare manual, but those people did carry things like mobile phones. Despite the rudimentary nature of the phones in that world, they were still electronic devices.

The encryption system was as easy as paper to the super computing power of the artificial intelligence Lilith, and within the phones lay some personal experiential knowledge of using their power and skills they mastered.

Katrina had an affinity with Light type magic, which might be different from the people in that world, but this knowledge should give her a reference.

After that, it was his own personal time.

Now that his physical condition did not allow for close contact with Tia, nor to bathe together—lest he be fine and she suffer an accident—Zheng Yichen, under Katrina’s slightly regretful gaze, mounted his bicycle and left the laboratory, heading towards the Dusk Cathedral.

The Dusk Cathedral still exuded a sense of peaceful years; the guests inside were exactly the same as when Zheng Yichen first came here. The number of Dusk nuns hadn’t changed either as they still served as a backdrop within the Dusk Cathedral. Without any particular business, Tia wouldn’t actively seek conversation with Zheng Yichen upon his arrival.

Here, Zheng Yichen was reading a little notebook, which was his personal journal, recording some insights he had about the use of power. During this return visit, he planned to seriously contemplate ’Demonization’, even though actively undergoing Demonization and absorbing demonic thoughts to use the Demonic Abyss Seven Kills differed.

Yet, actively undergoing Demonization had its perks, such as immunity—cough, mental immunity. At that time, his body was almost crushed by intense hallucinations, so much so that he could barely physically feel his body, but Demonization pushed his mind into madness, allowing it to overpower the effects of the hallucinogens on his body.

Not to mention eliminating the hallucinations; it at least allowed him to ignore the physical oppression and influence caused by the hallucinogens, enabling him to move properly.

And in studying Demonization, Zheng Yichen intended to delve deeply, but he didn’t plan to use it as a special state. A special state only needed to be used under specific circumstances. At other times, that state merely offered a special way to fill the ’rage bar’.

Self-induced Demonization allowed him to temporarily raise his own demonic thoughts to the standard required to use Demonic Abyss Seven Kills. With one move, the demonic thoughts produced during Demonization were all expended, and thus the effects of Demonization naturally dissipated.

"It’s quite an interesting topic, just not sure if this counts as a proper way to use Demonic Abyss Seven Kills." Zheng Yichen mumbled as he scribbled in his notebook. He personally felt it was probably not all that proper, given that there wasn’t such a step in a complete Blood Asura...

Demonic thoughts do not need Demonization in Blood Asura, where such thoughts are classified as ’evil thoughts’. In other words, those ’Seven Deadly Sins’ are included in demonic thoughts, and in fact, the aspect of demonic thoughts might even be more extensive.

Thus, as long as one is evil and pure enough, even without Demonization, one’s demonic thoughts can reach a certain standard. The lack of these prerequisites is why Zheng Yichen has always used the Demonic Abyss Seven Kills as he did.

Using Demonization to meet the criteria for unleashing a powerful move is like fighting off the beaten path—it’s unstable, but tempting. If one ponders it carefully, it could lower the threshold for using such powerful moves, but it might also easily backfire as well.

"Tsk, magic power is still magic power, even if some parts aren’t marked, but with a bit of thought, it’s easy to come up with new tricks." Zheng Yichen glanced at the sequence of numbers in the notebook, which represented his ’merit points’.

Previously, he had only 12 merit points left, but this time he obtained 25 merit points, making a total of 37 points in reserve. Adding the merit points he had used, he had now accumulated 105 merit points in total, which was still three-quarters short of the small goal of 400 points.

Among these merit points, the Boundary Breakers he had taken down were only a small part; the biggest reward came from defeating the Alien Phenomenon creature.

Considering the current rate of earning merit points, he might have a chance to obtain the Dusk’s reserved opportunity after ten more missions...

"Damn, such a distant goal!" Zheng Yichen closed the notebook in his hand. Distant is distant, he seemed to lack the right to retire; as long as he lived, he would eventually save up enough.

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