I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 523 - 403

Chapter 523: 403

They were headed to the front lines to participate in the battle, taking Wise Dragon No. 9 with them wasn’t appropriate.

On the way, Zheng Yichen read the newly acquired intelligence. The phenomenon produced by the Boundary Breaking Faction was a very large one, and it wasn’t defensive in nature. Instead, it continuously sent forth creatures similar to the insect race...

A vast number of extraordinary creatures surged out of the phenomenon, spreading across the world like a plague of locusts. Once their numbers accumulated to a certain level, those extraordinary creatures would quickly take root and merge to form something akin to an insect hive.

These insects would also collect the corpses left in this world and transform them into aberrant creatures for combat.

In just one day, those things had reached a massive scale. The Firmament Wheel had serious vulnerabilities and couldn’t be deployed in this war, so the local forces had no choice but to continuously send soldiers to eliminate and suppress those extraordinary creatures.

The pressure on the front lines wasn’t too great for now, but if the situation dragged on, this world would still suffer.

Back in Dusk Territory, the initial desolation had disappeared. Fully armed warriors were busily engaged in a certain kind of ’selection’—a very straightforward kind. They would approach and ask the Dusk nuns if they qualified to become Dusk mercenaries; if they did, they would be dispatched on missions right away.

If not, they would immediately pack up and leave Dusk Territory to fight on the front lines. A spritely woman approached Zheng Yichen, "Respected Proxy Agent, hello, I will answer all your questions."

"I don’t have many questions, just tell me the Boundary Breaker’s location and any further intelligence. Also, don’t let any superfluous matters waste my time."

Zheng Yichen had no intention of interfering with the arrangements of the world’s higher-ups but didn’t want to be the one who was arranged, especially when he had important matters to attend to and yet had to deal with a bunch of ’social obligations.’

If they had something to say, they should just get straight to the point. Meeting this person or that person was an utter waste of time.

"Of course," the spritely woman nodded in agreement.

Zheng Yichen found Tia, "How many merit points do I have now?"

Prioress Tia took out her notebook, "53 points."

"That’s decent..." After taking care of the Devouring Sky Pillar and a large number of Devourers, he had earned thirty merit points. The number of Devourers that died by his hand this time was far too many, but most of them were just cannon fodder, and in his eyes, there weren’t more than ten of real quality.

It seemed these cannon fodder were no longer enough for him to earn more merit points.

Without any hesitation, Zheng Yichen took out some items he carried with him and produced a list, "How many merit points do I need to enhance these items?"

"37 points."

This was still within an acceptable range. Zheng Yichen quickly rewrote some things on the list, and Tia announced another number. Zheng Yichen continued to up the ante until the merit points consumed reached 50 points before stopping.

This was, in essence, maximizing the use of the resources at his disposal.

The most important thing was still the enhancement of the Sky Pillar’s energy. The newly acquired Army Decimating series weapons needed to be strengthened. Ordinary firearms might not need such enhancement, but after the battle, Zheng Yichen felt that firearms could also be enhanced this way, as weapons powered by Sky Pillar’s energy were not to be underestimated.

Moreover, he would inevitably face some issues of operating in a low-environment, and a set of excellent firearms was very necessary.

This time, the materials to be enhanced with the Sky Pillar’s energy included the weapons from the Army Decimating series, and apart from that, the Universal Toolbox obtained from Wise Dragon No. 4 Base. As for the fishing rod and other equipment, because they had been enhanced with Sky Pillar’s energy, there wasn’t as much consumption when using the same materials for repeated enhancements.

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This point was not like a game where enhancements would not only not reduce resource consumption but would increase it instead. For equipment already enhanced with Sky Pillar’s energy, Dusk merely symbolically charged a few merit points: a point for the fishing rod, a point for the motorcycle, and so on.

Of course, such enhancements wouldn’t cause any new qualitative change in the equipment; only when an enhancement resulted in a qualitative change would Dusk significantly increase the charge of merit points.

Since the high cost of firing up the forge with Sky Pillar’s energy had already been paid, Zheng Yichen utilized all of the resources at hand in one fell swoop.

Including the weapons he originally planned to custom-make for Liu Hongzhao and the others, as well as the motorcycle enhancement, Zheng Yichen proceeded with all of it.

For components and additional material requirements, he went directly to the competent female arranged by the local forces and laid out his needs. He required the best battery in this world, as well as top-tier, energy-absorbing materials, and other materials of the highest strength, and so on.

Responding to Zheng Yichen’s needs, the competent woman gave an immediate reply: those items would be delivered within two hours.

To combat the invaders, the cities covered by Firmament No. 7 were already resource-rich areas. Now that the Firmament Wheel had withdrawn, those resources remained, and Zheng Yichen’s requested items could be swiftly delivered.

Goods that would have been priceless in the past were now easily placed into Zheng Yichen’s hands, and the person who arranged all of this did not see anything improper. After all, just the arrival of the Proxy Agent who dealt with the Sky Pillar justified providing such support.

Or perhaps, they felt uneasy because Zheng Yichen asked for too little; it wouldn’t matter if he asked for even more, as long as he could deal with the invaders!

Top-tier energy absorbing materials, the highest quality crafting materials, and a ’battery,’ sealed in a square box shining like a little sun—that was the pinnacle ’battery’ in this world.

This ’battery’ was a miniature ’sun.’ As the female assistant explained, this device could replace the ’sun’ for a short time if its restraints were removed. If controlled properly, it could ensure a region would not lack sunlight for an extended period.

Such devices were used to drive the Firmament Wheel. Because Zheng Yichen had a need, they were directly removed from a Firmament Wheel. Detaching one would not affect the operation of the Firmament Wheel much, at most affecting some of its performance.

There were twenty-four such batteries on a Firmament Wheel; removing one wasn’t a big deal...

This ’battery’ was what Zheng Yichen waited for the longest.

This type of energy source was not developed as a result of the enemy’s influence, but a product that this world had long developed. It was mature, stable, and did not consume additional merit points when used as an enhancement material.

If this device had not been so mature, Dusk might have charged Zheng Yichen an extra fee for it.

One-step enhancement to completion...

Besides, he now had three extra weapons, made from the top metals of this world, combined with Wolf God’s claw, Bull God’s horn, Snake God’s exuvia, Supreme Demon’s feathers and hide as materials for making the Supreme Demon Weapons.

Apart from his previous equipment, these were the main consumers of resources.

Zheng Yichen intended to gear up the witch of the house as well, but he wasn’t quite sure what kind of weapon she preferred, so he didn’t rush into it. He would find out more about what they needed after when he returned home and would then craft it for them.

Looking at the single-digit merit points he had left, Zheng Yichen sighed. While he waited, that female assistant came over and placed a cube on the table: "Proxy Agent Your Excellency, we plan to transfer Wise Dragon No. 9 to your charge."

"Is this device important in this world?" Zheng Yichen asked with some surprise. He wasn’t in need of intelligent program assistance, and with the recent major upgrade of the motorcycle due to new materials, Lilith would definitely not be restricted by the original hardware anymore. He had also used the empty vessel as enhancement material and handed it over to Tia.

Although he didn’t understand how enhancement materials were integrated into the target of enhancement, Zheng Yichen had no worries that the main vessel of Lilith would undergo any adverse changes, since anything produced by Dusk was bound to be of high quality.

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