I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 548 - 423 Moving while taking action_1

Chapter 548: Chapter 423 Moving while taking action_1

"How long have those people been blocking the door?" Zheng Yichen asked after parking his motorcycle, the projection camouflage vanishing to reveal its original form.

Liu Hongzhao immediately came over to move the large and small packages off of it.

"For a while now, and the troublesome part is that among those people, quite a few are sincere," Liu Hongzhao said with a slight frown. Whether genuine or with ulterior motives, her attitude remained the same: don’t annoy me, just scram.

The reason she said it was ’troublesome’ was that Qi Xiangyun found it difficult to deal with this matter.

"Ever since the alien demon established a country and began besieging territories, these people have been around. There are also some ’students’ sent by other princes and nobility to learn Mechanical Techniques from the Qi family." Liu Hongzhao paused slightly before continuing, "There are also a few who have come to propose marriage."

"Eh? You’ve met them?" Zheng Yichen’s mouth twitched involuntarily; the three little ones were all around thirteen or fourteen years old! To have people coming to propose marriage at this age, what a vile old society this is.

"I’ve met them. I told those people to withstand three of my strikes before I would give them a response," Liu Hongzhao said calmly, "As for those looking for Lin Yaoyao and Qi Xiangyun, I let them withstand one strike."

Zheng Yichen pondered her words, which didn’t seem to make much difference.

With Liu Hongzhao’s current strength, it wasn’t just three strikes nobody could handle; hardly anyone could withstand even one. And if they could, all they would get was a response.

Even then, this girl might chase after such a person to strike them down. Since they’re so powerful, why didn’t they show off during the Demon Flower calamity? Why didn’t they take action against the alien demons and instead came here to propose marriage?

"Has anyone withstood the strikes?"

"No one so far," Liu Hongzhao shook her head. "I used a Supreme Demon Weapon to chop."

"Well, here, take this," Zheng Yichen said as he handed a long box to Liu Hongzhao. "A new Supreme Demon Weapon, even more powerful than the weapons of the Battle Maniac Asura but not as ferocious."

Could high-tech synthesized materials be inferior to those processed by a tool crafting master?

Without considering the possibility of a tool crafting master performing above their usual level when processing materials, the difference wasn’t really significant. Moreover, the materials he used were created using the top technology of an entire world.

Adding in enhancement material, the Supreme Demon Weapons of this world couldn’t compare to the one Zheng Yichen just handed over. The difference between it and those used by the three little ones, as he’d just said, lay in the ’ferocity’.

The weapons of the Battle Maniac Asura, accompanying her through many years of warfare and killing, had a heavy aura of death and aggression associated with them. Ordinary people would feel terrified just looking at the weapons of the Battle Maniac Asura, and those with insufficient strength would be injured by just touching them, overwhelmed by the potent aura of slaughter.

The weapon Zheng Yichen now presented was usable by everyone; in the hands of a layman, it was a sharp tool great for cutting meat, chopping vegetables, and butchering bones, but for those skilled in martial arts, it became a peerless wonder weapon.

The plain and unadorned weapon from Dusk was held dearly by Liu Hongzhao; it was a gift from her Brother Chang Qing!

"I used the materials obtained from defeating the Supreme Demon in its making. It has a very strong resistance to curses and mental influences," Zheng Yichen briefly introduced the weapon’s features, the inherent spatial distortion and the cutting wind from the wind feathers not needing mention, as these aspects manifested in its lethality.

But the horn of the Bull God and the serpent’s exuvia of the Snake God didn’t endow the weapon with any additional curse or mental attack powers or poison effects. Those enhancements were focused on countering curses and mental attacks; the weapon could even purify poisons.

Then there was the added effect from the hide of the bear genus Supreme Demon, providing extra recovery power and protection when standing on the earth.

After all, with the enhancements from the Wolf God’s claw and wind feathers, this weapon already had sufficient offensive power; excess offensive capability was not as valuable as considering more practical effects.

Zheng Yichen, having personally experienced curses, had a profound understanding of the discomfort they caused.

Mental attacks were another story; he didn’t use the noise pistol often, but whenever he did, it had a significant impact.

"There’s also this battle suit..."

Before Zheng Yichen could finish speaking, a window opened, and Lin Yaoyao peered out at Liu Hongzhao with dissatisfaction: "You’re so sneaky! Brother Chang Qing is back, and you didn’t even bring him inside! And you already accepted a gift in advance??"

Lin Yaoyao wanted to jump out of the window but thought it ungraceful, so she closed it and hurried downstairs to help Zheng Yichen with his belongings.

"Brother Chang Qing, let me carry these things for you."

Her gaze swept over the two long boxes, revealing a faint smile. Just like before, Brother Chang Qing never treated them differently.

Yet seeing the long sword in Liu Hongzhao’s hand, she couldn’t help but pout. Had she known it was Zheng Yichen arriving, she would have been the one to open the door without question.

Liu Hongzhao went to answer the door for a simple reason: she was genuinely capable of cutting people down. When the people at the door saw it was Liu Hongzhao who came out, they dared not prattle on any longer, whereas if it were her or Qi Xiangyun who went down, someone would immediately come over to pester them with a bunch of moral principles.

Because of these people, some of her plans couldn’t be carried out. Just a few days ago, she had intended to send the alien demon Shao Heng away. The changes in alien demons were becoming faster recently, and she had made some new research breakthroughs in the past few days.

These breakthroughs allowed the alien demons to ’awaken’ more completely, becoming similar to Shao Heng, who retained most of his previous memories, leaning more towards the existence of his previous self rather than the current alien demons who truly no longer regarded themselves as human.

Now that the alien demon race had taken shape, it was important to properly distinguish between those who still saw themselves as human and those who did not.

But they really couldn’t venture outside right now; Supreme Demons were constantly watching this place. During this period, the Compass had set off warnings many times, detecting refugees influenced by Supreme Demons trying to infiltrate Qi Family Town.

After being driven away, those people instead became a reason for some to denounce them—pretending to be filled with righteous indignation while truly knowing nothing, acting as if they had discovered the truth. Initially, Lin Yaoyao was very upset about this.

Later? She let them be, deciding just to make a note of it and consider further actions once the Supreme Demon issue was resolved.

"These are your new weapons, and these are the battle suits you’ll use," Zheng Yichen handed over the equipment he brought to the three little ones. He had originally hoped to get better gear, but the previous world lacked nanotechnology.

Chiang Wei’s world did have it, but currently, that technology couldn’t be applied to battle suits; it was in a state of hopeful anticipation for the future.

The battle suits Zheng Yichen brought back this time were the lightest available, looking just like leather armor. However, the cost of being lightweight was that the protective and performance-boosting capabilities were slightly lacking.

But compared to the battle suits Zheng Yichen had encountered before, these still had superior performance. Also, battle suits from Chiang Wei’s world, when compared to these, were more akin to ’heavy armor.’

With a philosophy of not wasting resources, Zheng Yichen brought everything this time, to be used as circumstances demanded.

Weapons and gear were ready, as was a small Universal Toolbox.

"Brother Chang Qing, I’m going to be spoiled by you at this rate," Qi Xiangyun said, touching the small Universal Toolbox and showing Zheng Yichen a big, happy smile.

Once she understood its function, she couldn’t help but marvel at the power of technology once again. With this toolbox, handling certain materials would become very convenient in the future, and even some precise work would no longer require straining her eyes.

"There, there, if needed, we can focus on learning more advanced knowledge in the future," Zheng Yichen smiled. A child who had suffered hardships wasn’t so easily spoiled, "How are the preparations for the migration going? Although I’m confident I can take down more Supreme Demons this time, we should still prepare for the migration. It’ll be more convenient in the future."

At the very least, moving closer to Dusk would facilitate communication and allow us to see other worlds. The land near Dusk was monopolized by officials, and for the non-official areas, anyone with ambitions would be dealt with severely – no negotiations.

However, for those worlds, what’s worse is that the land near Dusk simply isn’t something officials can monopolize; we’re talking about the kind of Apocalypse World situations here.

"Mechanical Techniques are also very powerful, and the development of power systems is different too," Qi Xiangyun said with confidence in her field of expertise. She didn’t mind integrating technology and Mechanical Techniques further, as they complement each other significantly.

Mechanical Techniques can achieve certain things that technology struggles with, making for an innovative leap. However, there are things technology can do that Mechanical Techniques can’t handle well.

For instance, the production of extremely precise small parts is challenging for Mechanical Techniques, but with the Universal Toolbox now in hand, Qi Xiangyun thought that weaponry like the Flower Needle Storm, which is very dangerous and difficult to produce in her world, could be mass-produced.

It was too intricate; even now, it would take her a considerable amount of time to create just one, and she simply didn’t have the luxury of time.

"The migration preparations are already complete. If it weren’t for the excessive number of refugees, we could set off now."

"Those refugees showing up here have quite a connection with the Supreme Demons," Liu Hongzhao said, handling her long sword. A weapon that had never experienced any combat; beyond its inherent sharpness, it lacked the feel of a weapon meant for violence. It was as if the weapon was wrapped in a layer of plastic film.

It needed to be sharpened.

And what better sharpener than the blood of Supreme Demons.

Qi Xiangyun hesitated, "So, we deal with the Supreme Demons before migrating?"

"No, we’ll handle the Supreme Demons as we migrate," Zheng Yichen shook his head. "I’ve made significant improvements this time and will be able to deal with Supreme Demons much faster. Let’s start preparing; the moment we set out is when we’ll move against them."

The fishing rod had been completely upgraded, the Gate of Death was more stable than ever, and he could now withstand curses. Psychic attacks? He already had a high resistance to them even before this wave of enhancements, and he had also absorbed the blood of the Devourers who had excessively used the Sky Pillar’s energy, resulting in subtle changes to his constitution.

It wasn’t a boost to his physical strength’s Performance Coefficient, but a different, more elusive type of change. Even with the environmental factors making it difficult to slaughter Supreme Demons as though chopping vegetables, eliminating them swiftly wouldn’t be too difficult...