I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 423 - 332 Venomous Demon_1

Chapter 423: Chapter 332 Venomous Demon_1

Qi Xiangyun was very curious about Zheng Yichen’s motorcycle, she had worked on bikes before, but this one was different from the ones in the past. When she had been on this bike before, she felt something was off, and as soon as Zheng Yichen removed the projection disguise, she immediately understood the reason for the incongruity.

"Is this like some sort of spell, a projector maybe?"

"You’ve learned your modern knowledge quite well." Hearing Qi Xiangyun say this, Zheng Yichen couldn’t help but compliment her. It wasn’t that the ancients were less intelligent; they were simply constrained by the development of their times, which limited their understanding of many things, making some people think that the ancients were ’not smart’.

Actually, if those ancient research giants were placed in the modern era, they would only perform better. They had managed to create some very impressive things despite the limitations of their times, so how could they be worse off in the modern environment?

"I have always been learning. However, my martial arts have not fallen behind either."

"Martial arts... Oh, right, you need to be careful when cleaning the cup I used earlier."

"?" Qi Xiangyun looked at Zheng Yichen with some confusion.

Zheng Yichen explained the reason, which made the girl look at him a bit oddly: "Oh, that’s right, Yaoyao recently accidentally created a venomous demon while researching alien demons not long ago."

Zheng Yichen quickly waved his hand: "Isn’t she studying medicine? How did she start working on that kind of thing?"

Qi Xiangyun sighed and went over to help Zheng Yichen unload the things from the motorcycle. There were several large boxes hanging on the bike, not light either, but the girl’s Blood Asura strength had not been wasted; carrying these things was not difficult for her. The three large boxes were probably meant for each of them, right?

In this regard, Zheng Yichen had always been fair.

After putting the boxes down on the ground, Qi Xiangyun continued, "Yaoyao really wants her parents to recover, but she’s been too impatient in this matter."

Qi Xiangyun felt somewhat helpless. At their age in this world, they could already be married, some even with children, but in Zheng Yichen’s world, they were still far from adulthood. The wicked ancient times...

Because of this, although they were precocious, their age meant they were sometimes impulsive and lacked consideration in some aspects, like handling certain issues. Hong Zhao tended to favor exterminating those with problems, using the most decisive means to quell all issues and leaving the rest for later development.

Qi Xiangyun, on the other hand, was slightly softer at heart or maybe thought too much in some situations, not as decisive as Hong Zhao. Lin Yaoyao, when facing certain issues, tended to be impulsive.

The venomous demon was a result of her impulsiveness. However, that creature didn’t cause any further trouble, as in the place where Yaoyao conducted her medical research, she had prepared a large number of protective mechanisms. Partly for theft prevention and partly to avoid accidents.

"The venomous demon was originally set to be destroyed, but Yaoyao seemed to have discovered something on it and decided to preserve it..." Qi Xiangyun stopped there, holding back what she wanted to say next, hoping that Zheng Yichen would persuade Yaoyao.

To stop researching on the dangerous venomous demon, such a creature was too hazardous. But Yaoyao’s original intention was to help her parents recover, making it somewhat inappropriate to advise her against it.

"I’ll go check it out later. I’ve recently met an impressive scientist in my native world." Zheng Yichen moved the boxes into Qi Xiangyun’s room.

The girl’s room had a unique decor, with an antique bookshelf filled with modern books, and a laptop on the desk next to which a charger connected to a converter was plugged in. There was also a pair of pink slippers on the floor.

In a room like this, one would expect to see a vanity belonging to a young lady, but there wasn’t one. Instead, there was a workbench with some unfinished mechanical parts on it.

"Is your room safe enough?"

"What’s wrong, Brother Chang Qing?" Qi Xiangyun asked, puzzled. No one could easily come into her room on a regular basis. There were also hidden automata nearby, and those unfamiliar with the place would bear the consequences of trespassing.

As for spells, she hadn’t set up too many. It wasn’t that there weren’t people skilled in spells in Qi Family Town. With the development of Qi Family Town, some mages who knew spells had joined. In the apocalyptic world, those who knew spells tended to survive in greater numbers...

Some sects managed to survive because they had mages who could cast spells, resisting the effects of the red mist. Spells, compared to martial artists who could use Inner Strength to protect themselves, could be kept up for a longer duration, especially protective ones.

In addition to regular mages, some Diviners had also come to Qi Family Town, willing to assist Qi Xiangyun with the revitalization of the town and even hoping to help make it stronger and more glorious than ever before.

Qi Xiangyun understood Diviners and their existence, aware that if they were willing to take such actions, they naturally obtained benefits only accessible to Diviners.

Using the terminology from some of the novels Zheng Yichen had given her to read, it meant that once the Diviners were bound to Qi Family Town, as the town flourished, they could "ride on" the Qi family’s "luck," and she, along with Hong Zhao and Yaoyao, were considered ’Daughters of Heaven’s Mandate’ by some Diviners, who even wanted to ride on their Heaven’s Mandate.

This was also a common way for Diviners to grow stronger, and common did not mean inferior. Mages also commonly improved their Spells through regular practice, Martial Artists did the same with their martial arts, and now the Blood Asura technique she was cultivating was also within the scope of common strengthening.

If the Diviners accrued enough luck, even reaching the goal of riding on so-called ’Heaven’s Mandate,’ it meant that not only would their future cultivation be smooth sailing, but they would also possess a very distinct and enviable trait... a hard life!

Just like the main character’s halo in a story, those with a hard life could court death without actually dying.

Qi Xiangyun did not refuse the Diviners’ entry into Qi Family Town. The role of a Diviner was significant, or rather, the range of knowledge a Diviner studied had broad applications. Whether it was seeking good fortune, avoiding bad, looking at Feng Shui, and so on, Diviners could play their parts effectively, even predicting to a certain extent the movements of enemies.

Powerful Diviners could even influence some events with Divination Art, but such actions would be avoided by every Diviner as they were far too risky, even for something seemingly insignificant. Because if the Divination Art changed something, then the Diviner would have to bear the corresponding cost, which was not one to one but several times greater, even more.

Some Diviners had told her that as a person like her, she was destined not to stay out of the chaos of a troubled world. If she did not want to be swept into the struggles among the princes and nobility, then she had to become someone the princes and nobility either couldn’t afford to provoke or dare not provoke lightly, and that was even harder than striving for supremacy.

Now, her residence was under the watchful eye of Diviners. Anyone who wanted to sneak in had little chance of success, and even if some managed to get in, they still had to face the traps and mechanisms she had set up here.

As for the computer and books in the room, the computer was password-protected, and the books that were left out were not particularly special. The truly important books were hidden away in a secret room.

"Someone is approaching from that direction." Zheng Yichen looked in one direction. He had just glanced with his thermal vision and seen several heat sources, some far and some near.

The farthest was no more than eighty meters from Qi Xiangyun’s residence.

"That way? Don’t worry about it, they are the Diviners from Qi Family Town." Qi Xiangyun explained, looking in the direction Zheng Yichen pointed: "The Diviners won’t touch my things."

If they wanted to ride on the ’Daughter of Heaven’s Mandate’s’ Heaven’s Mandate, it implied that those Diviners would have to give something in return. Diviners had their advantages, but they also had their vulnerabilities. Some things that could be casually handled by others were not for Diviners to touch without permission.

Just like people who can see the ’floating ones’ are more susceptible to their attacks, once you’ve joined this line of work, you must adhere to its taboos.

"Unless they’ve had enough of living."

"That’s settled then. Where does Yaoyao live? If it’s far, we can ride a bike there."

"It’s not that far; we can just walk." Qi Xiangyun quickly said, not really wanting to take a car.

Lin Yaoyao’s residence was similar to Qi Xiangyun’s, but there were visibly fewer people around, and those passing by always attempted to skirt this place, treating it like some very dangerous area near the town’s edge.

Qi Xiangyun took out a key and opened the front gate. Once inside, Zheng Yichen smelled a lingering medicinal scent. The girl beside him was familiar with this place and led Zheng Yichen into a dungeon, where occasionally one could hear a hoarse roar or two.

The sources of those sounds were alien demons, and as they passed by, they could see the malicious and violent gaze filling the eyes of those demons.

"Brother Chang Qing, be careful." Qi Xiangyun warned Zheng Yichen and then she opened a heavy metal door in front of them. Behind the metal door was another door with bars as thick as a baby’s arm, and inside were two venomous demons, firmly fixed in place, their bodies a dark purple color.

But they appeared different on the outside: one had skin dry like tree bark but an extremely robust body, while the other was swollen and festering.

"One of these venomous demons is incredibly strong, impervious to blades and spears, and Inner Strength attacks struggle to penetrate its body. However, it is slightly less resistant to Spells, although still stronger than the average person. The other has potent venom, some of which Lin Yaoyao uses to extract poisonous concoctions."

Qi Xiangyun looked at the two demons with a complex expression, feeling they were very dangerous due to their intelligence that other alien demons didn’t possess.

The fact they had become like this was a result of Lin Yaoyao’s research in an attempt to restore her parents to normal. The demons hadn’t returned to being ’people,’ but they had become quite clever; after their initial rampage, once they had been subdued, they behaved when feeding and never resisted when Lin Yaoyao extracted venom from them—this was what made Qi Xiangyun slightly uneasy.

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