I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 436 - 345

Chapter 436: 345

Zheng Yichen was generous in sharing his experiences; if people around here were all so reserved, then there would be no one left to trust. Although his own experiences might not be directly applicable, they could still offer a general understanding.

Boundary Breaking Faction was always coming up with new tricks, concocting things that would catch people off guard. Naturally, they weren’t foolish; they knew that when they caused trouble, the Dusk mercenaries would try to thwart them. So how could they not create something surprising to stop their old adversaries?

"Can such things really be dealt with by human effort?" Liu Hongzhao seemed a bit stunned. She could think of a way to kill this thing in a high environment, but in a low environment where she was at the level of an ordinary person, how would she face the enemy?

Going up with a cold weapon to chop was like trying to crack a bank’s treasury with an earpick.

"It’s quite difficult. I was supposed to recover after this mission, but I overexerted myself a bit too much, and now I’m like this."

His hair was a mix of black and white, and that rapid growth of connective tissue during the recovery phase was gone. It wasn’t that he enjoyed looking younger than his age. Even if his appearance was deceptive, the fact that his strength could only reach about eighty percent of its potential was intolerable.

Had it not been for the high Performance Coefficient of his body, such a reduction in strength would have been unbearable for him.

Zheng Yichen asked, "Have you encountered moving Alien Phenomena before?"

Liu Hongzhao’s gaze was still on the sandworm. "Yes, we have."

"Then I don’t need to explain too much. The environments inside moving Alien Phenomena are unstable, but not necessarily random. The creatures created by Boundary Breaking Faction are formidable, and the Alien Phenomenon environments tend to favor them."

"That’s why it’s one thing to have individual strength, but it’s also essential to have sufficient external hardware," Zheng Yichen emphasized, having learned the hard way how important equipment could be.

Even though he was originally a dual-cultivator, capable of dealing with both worlds with high physical intensity and ones with high energy, in lower environments, everyone was equal.

He could forcibly use a bit of Hellfire in low environments, but the cost was too great. Furthermore, the usage range of that Hellfire was limited; without setting something ablaze, it would quickly dissipate.

On the contrary, the importance of technological power in low environments was extremely high. When technology had advanced to a certain extent, while Zheng Yichen was still thinking about starting a slow burn, others had already brought out their Gundams to crush people.

"Would Mechanical Techniques work?" Qi Xiangyun pondered for a moment before asking.

"As long as it doesn’t involve special forces, Mechanical Techniques... do they use electricity?" Zheng Yichen was not very familiar with Mechanical Techniques.

"A part of it is regular mechanical cores, like clockwork, and some are magic mechanisms," Qi Xiangyun explained some of the driving forces behind their Mechanical Techniques, because this world had spells, and thus Mechanical Techniques were not developed in complete disregard for magical forces.

"The spell-related ones probably wouldn’t work well."

"I’ve also tried to recreate engines, but I failed," Qi Xiangyun said with a hint of helplessness. Engines were a product of modern industry, and this place lacked the technology for it. Even attempts to manually craft some parts were unsuccessful.

"You weren’t thinking of making a high-end engine from the start, were you?"

The girl blinked her eyes, "At that time, I thought I could do it, but reality hit, and now I’m starting with the less advanced ones. However, the simpler ones are not easy to miniaturize."

Creating engines naturally required enough power to drive the mechanisms, and in this world, both the power from magic mechanism cores and some regular mechanical cores were quite strong.

"You’re going to have to figure this out on your own, I don’t know much, but I can send you some instructional materials," Zheng Yichen said.

Qi Xiangyun, rubbing her head as if it ached, replied, "There’s no hurry for that, I need to have a foundation first."

Zheng Yichen nodded, "Right, I was too hasty. You look into it yourself, let’s eat something first."

The subsequent conversation normalized quite a bit, mostly about this world, which was riddled with scars. There wasn’t much good news to talk about, only the events that transpired between the ’princes and nobility’, around Qi Family Town, in Dusk Territory, and so on.

Other rumors or interesting anecdotes were hard to come by, or perhaps they occurred, but the speed of information transmission was what it was.

"I remember last time some sorcerer tried to attack Hong Zhao, but ended up being chopped up by him like cabbage," Lin Yaoyao recounted a recent incident.

"A minor matter. There are many fools like that," Liu Hongzhao calmly added, since the topic had come up, she elaborated, "That sorcerer had mastered a spell capable of forcibly controlling an alien demon. At the time, I didn’t sense anything, but after further investigating the Supreme Demon, that sorcerer likely had some connection to the Supreme Demon."

The sorcerer’s goal in attacking her was to turn her into a puppet.

"I’ve also made some progress in my research on alien demons..." As she said this, Lin Yaoyao’s tone briefly faltered, then she proceeded to talk about her findings. Zheng Yichen discreetly glanced at Qi Xiangyun, not mentioning that he had already encountered the two poisoned alien demons.

After Lin Yaoyao finished sharing her concerns, Zheng Yichen spoke up, "I know a very good Necromancer. If you want to restore your parents, it’s best to try from this angle."

"..." Lin Yaoyao fell silent for a moment before responding, "I know very little about the world of the dead. All I can do is start with the alien demons. However, Brother Chang Qing, since you mentioned this... then I’ll trouble you."

As evening approached, Zheng Yichen glanced at the skeletons and thought for a moment before saying, "Let’s leave these things here for now. I need to go to Dusk to fetch some items."

"Brother Chang Qing, I’ll go with you," Liu Hongzhao immediately said.

"I’d like to go too..." Lin Yaoyao mumbled.

Seeing the girl’s demeanor, Zheng Yichen began to say, "Then also..."

He caught sight of Liu Hongzhao’s unusual gaze. Her eyes seemed to hold a substantive feeling when looking at him, which prompted Zheng Yichen to promptly change his tune, "I brought back quite a lot of stuff for you, just go back and check them out. I’m just going to fetch some things and will be right back."

"..."

At that moment, Qi Xiangyun also spoke, "Your residence needs maintenance. Although someone is taking care of it daily, they’re not as good as you."

"I know, I know, let’s head back," the girl reluctantly conceded.

After delivering the skeletons to Qi Family Town, Liu Hongzhao handed her horse over to Qi Xiangyun and boarded the motorcycle Zheng Yichen was riding.

On the road to Dusk Territory, Liu Hongzhao said to Zheng Yichen, "Brother Chang Qing, Yaoyao has always been troubled by her parents’ situation. After gaining access to medical knowledge from other worlds, as well as some special knowledge, she has come to a realization."

Riding the bike, Zheng Yichen listened to the young girl’s words behind him, feeling a tinge of emotion. They were still girls of tender age. Liu Hongzhao’s words were clear enough—Lin Yaoyao was also aware of some truths and was deeply conflicted and struggling.

She wanted to give up but was also driven by the unwillingness to make one last attempt. She must be very clear that her parents were already dead when they became alien demons, given that alien demons in this world aren’t normally mutated. They originated from mutations caused by the power of the Demon Flower.

Yaoyao had studied alien demons extensively, and while she may not have unraveled all their secrets, she would at least have clarified what needed to be understood.

And then there was Liu Hongzhao, who, despite her icy demeanor towards strangers, paid quite a bit of attention to those she knew well.

She continued, "She’s already cried quietly a few times over this. Her energy shouldn’t be limited by this issue."

If Lin Yaoyao weren’t a Dusk mercenary, then she could just come to terms with it in her own time. But now that she had become a Dusk mercenary, continuing to expend her energy on something that was doomed to fail would be irresponsible. After all, being a Dusk mercenary wasn’t absolutely safe.

Joining this line of work without quickly becoming stronger and improving oneself, while dwelling on meaningless matters, would be better off abandoned early. The issue could have been raised by her, but with Zheng Yichen’s presence, it would be more effective for him to talk about it.

Better a short pain than a long one—better to give up sooner and recover sooner.

"I understand," Zheng Yichen nodded and then smilingly added, "You do care a lot about the people around you, huh?"

"What I care about most is Brother Chang Qing."

Zheng Yichen rode the bike steadily, but Liu Hongzhao still hugged him from behind, saying it made her feel more stable this way.

In Dusk Territory, after arriving, Zheng Yichen opened his storage locker, left some messages, including custom orders for new battle suits. The artificial intelligence Lilith had already scanned their bodies and obtained their physical information.

As for issues with their bodies growing later on, adjustments to the battle suits could easily be made. As martial artists, their bodies grew quickly, and just a few months could bring significant changes, meaning that their body shapes would be more or less fixed.

There would still be increases, but not to an exaggerated extent. Battle suits are inherently adaptable to a certain degree; otherwise, Zheng Yichen would have had trouble equipping them in the past.

Three new orders later, in another locker belonging to Katrina, Zheng Yichen, as long as he wasn’t in Hazy City, the young girl would clock in punctually at Dusk Cathedral.

After making a reply, Zheng Yichen also asked Katrina to pass along a message for Eileena to create a new tool, one that would allow others to use necromantic skills.

There’s no need to think about full-fledged usage—that would be impossible. But a tool designed to produce a certain set effect, such as a necromantic skill that traces one’s blood relatives’ spirits, could definitely be created.

No need to worry about materials, either. Zheng Yichen had previously drawn blood from the Battle Maniac Asura in this world, the strands of hair left behind contained Divinity, which in this world amounts to the Supreme Demon’s Hair. A necromantic tool made of such substance wouldn’t be shoddy.

If his parents’ souls couldn’t be found using such a tool, then they probably couldn’t be found at all.