I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 543 - 418

Chapter 543: 418

The technology of this world runs parallel to both normal and special forces. It can function without the special forces, but when supported by them, technology performs more effectively.

As the insects were broken down into life matter, Zheng Yichen sat on the chair connected to the machine and felt needles prick his back; then, a vast influx of Life Power began to infuse his body.

This was not the sensation of an infusion but a rather pure injection of Life Power. Ahn Ke from Hazy City had also conducted research on Life Power; simply accumulating it hardly led to an advancement in lifeform level.

On the contrary, those who did so without a special physique or some other ability would end up with malignant mutations. At best, there would be cellular cancer mutations; benign alterations were... one in ten thousand, perhaps.

This machine was much more powerful than the ones Ahn Ke had, and as his body obtained a large amount of Life Power, Zheng Yichen started feeling the Power of Death within him becoming neutralized.

"There is no conflict between Life Power and the Power of Death, only neutralization and transformation. We can increase the output,"

an operator, observing Zheng Yichen’s body scan data, commented. They had considered the potential conflict between Life Power and the Power of Death. Now that Zheng Yichen was not experiencing such issues, they could further increase the output, enabling Zheng Yichen to recover to normalcy in the shortest time possible.

In their view, Zheng Yichen’s current state was a unique way of preserving life, allowing him to withstand that massive explosion and to ’survive’ normally in Hell.

Although from the scan results, Zheng Yichen no longer seemed to be alive.

But with a substantial amount of Life Power neutralizing the anomalies in Zheng Yichen’s body, he ’came back to life.’ The staff recorded such information as a reference for future related research.

The explosion had torn open space, leaving behind a difficult-to-repair rift; Hell and the Mortal Realm became linked, inevitably leading to exploration and research. However, the most significant issue in their world was that the living entering the domain of the dead had to die.

Even top-tier warriors could not avoid it; now, they could reference Zheng Yichen’s situation in attempting to find a way to escape.

"We’re running low on life matter," said a worker half an hour later, the corner of his mouth twitching. Although the machine’s conversion rate of Life Force wasn’t 100%, it was still the highest in this world and top-tier equipment.

An abundance of insects was brought here and transformed into Life Power, sufficient to repair the bodies of any top-tier Body Cultivation warrior after severe injuries. However, Zheng Yichen’s body was not yet fully recovered, not even one-third of the way there.

"Is it because the consumed Life Power is being used to neutralize the Power of Death?" The worker muttered before urging outside operations teams in battle to bring back more insects quickly.

Zheng Yichen was awakened by a burst of noisy sounds.

Upon opening his eyes, he saw the buildings blasted open and some injured workers. He looked at his own palm, then stood up instantly, with the needles on the chair retracting as Zheng Yichen rose.

His body had nearly recovered; previously, his state was 1% normal life plus 99% death-tainted life. It had now shifted to 80% normal life, with the remaining 20% still filled by the Power of Death.

The amount of Life Power provided by this machine was ample, but it seemed less effective than actively hunting for his bodily recovery rate.

However, a recovery to this extent was adequate. He just needed to find some normal prey next, for instance, appropriate targets like Supreme Demons.

"I’m terribly sorry, some unexpected problems occurred here, but we have dealt with them,"

a worker hurriedly ran over and said to Zheng Yichen, visibly flustered. Zheng Yichen receiving ’treatment’ here was a critical order from above—they had to heal the Proxy Agent.

Despite their various precautions, they still faced complications. A disguised Boundary Breaker took the opportunity to cause destruction.

Those Boundary Breakers seemed to be suicide soldiers, always exceedingly covert. They lurked nearby and launched a suicidal strike, even using some extremely dangerous weapons.

"Please, you..."

"No need, I’ve mostly recovered," Zheng Yichen said with a smile to the worker. "I should go back and take a vacation."

The worker nodded, a bit dazed.

Zheng Yichen glanced at the blown-through area. Aside from some injured people, all other traces had already been cleaned up. The injured had received treatment and quickly regained health. In this city currently under military control, every deployed resource was the best available.

Assured that everything was indeed alright, Zheng Yichen planned to leave. He had been woken up by the commotion and now simply wished to return home and catch up on sleep. As for the subsequent issues of this world, they were no longer his concern.

The mission was complete, and although this world had suffered significant damage, it was much better off compared to the Apocalypse World, having retained its high-end combat forces.

And besides enjoying his vacation, he also had issues with a Supreme Demon to resolve.

At the entrance of the Dusk Cathedral, the same assistant he had seen before was waiting for him, her name was Nelly.

Nelly went straight to the point and said, "Proxy Agent sir, everything you asked for is ready."

Zheng Yichen nodded and glanced at some large boxes inside the church, saying, "Thank you, then. I’ll leave a storage locker here. Shall we keep in touch regularly?"

"That would be really great!" Nelly suppressed her excitement. It was one of the tasks assigned by her superiors, but its success ultimately depended on whether the Proxy Agent was willing. Now that the Proxy Agent had brought it up on his own, why wouldn’t they agree?

Although the think tank had analyzed a very high probability of such an event occurring—their world’s power structure and technological strengths were sufficiently appealing to a Proxy Agent—until it was a done deal, it amounted to nothing.

The importance of a Proxy Agent was self-evident. Even after knowing that their world had been invaded, any invasion in the short term would be exposed, and general Boundary Breaking Factions would not invade again. But who could guarantee there wouldn’t be exceptions?

Even without exceptions, they were willing to invest in a Proxy Agent who could turn the tide, even though the Proxy Agent often wandered into danger, making any investment potentially futile.

But investment aside, just the Proxy Agent’s contributions alone were enough to warrant a reward from them.

"Then it’s settled. I’ll take care of the remaining matters now so I can get some more sleep," said Zheng Yichen as he approached the boxes, the small computers on them displaying information about their contents

The Protective Field Generator was in these boxes, ready to replace the electromagnetic protective equipment in the motorcycle, along with some other components.

Beyond that were some electronic devices and other special miniaturized equipment, part of which could be sent to the witches’ research lab, and the rest to wealthy lady Ahn.

He then found Tia to check his current merit points. Amidst the line of pluses and minuses, a large +66 had been added at the end.

So far, he had accumulated a total of 204 merit points, achieving half of his modest goal, having gained nearly a hundred merit points directly in this world.

A lot? Considering the enemies he had encountered this time, Zheng Yichen didn’t think it was too much—three Arrivers!

If his body hadn’t been sturdy enough, if he couldn’t recover by drinking blood, if he didn’t have thermal vision to see through hidden Arrivers, he would have been immediately assassinated.

"I’ve earned a lot of merit points, but why don’t I feel happy about it?" Zheng Yichen handed over the components and materials that could be used as enhancement material to Tia, "How much for these?"

"4 merit points, four million." Tia promptly reported a figure.

Zheng Yichen nodded without surprise. It wasn’t that he hadn’t wanted to exchange for more powerful parts before, but he had been short on merit points. Replacing parts in the motorcycle was fine, but the motorcycle had already been enhanced with Sky Pillar’s energy.

To maintain that level of enhancement, extra merit points would be needed to allow Dusk to perform an enhancement transfer. This meant melding the original parts that were to be replaced into the new components to retain their special qualities.

For generic items, cash would suffice, but the motorcycle was not generic. Even though Zheng Yichen provided the design, its use was only to reduce monetary costs. The consumption of merit points was a fixed requirement.

"Let’s get started," he said.

Tia made a note of the merit point expenditure in her notebook, took the new enhancement material provided by Zheng Yichen, and left. This time the enhancement was only applied to the motorcycle, as there were no improvements to be made to the weapons and equipment.

Later, Zheng Yichen moved some other items to a room in Dusk Territory he hadn’t used much. He then found another Dusk nun and spent 1 merit point to open a storage locker connected to this world. With that, the matters here were temporarily concluded.

He left this world, but the tasks for its people were far from finished; the selection of Dusk mercenaries was still ongoing. After all the combat personnel were selected, the rest would be ordinary people.

The selection process for ordinary people would take even longer; this world had been severely damaged, but most of the human race survived. This meant that for the next several decades, or even longer, they would continue such selection processes, as well as follow-up research on the Firmament Wheel.

To completely eliminate the threats posed by the Firmament Wheel—consuming nearly all the rare resources of their world—they couldn’t abandon the Firmament Wheel because of its unresolved dangers. It’s a pity it wasn’t considered a ’vehicle.’

Otherwise, they might have done something even more drastic, sending Dusk mercenaries with the Firmament Wheel to complete missions, crushing the Boundary Breakers outright!

"Miss Nelly, here is your commission letter." A commission letter was delivered into the hands of Miss Nelly; from now on, she would be the first ’diplomat’ assigned to monitor the information passed by the Proxy Agent and to interact with him.