I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 568 - 438 - Conditional Then Kill a Few_1

Chapter 568: 438 Chapter Conditional Then Kill a Few_1

Zheng Yichen left Ahn Ke’s laboratory and went to another place to visit Ahn Qi, who was still ’hospitalized’ here. Probably because she had been staying here to recuperate, the woman’s previously short hair had grown longer, and she now bore quite a resemblance to her sister

"What’s wrong?"

"Uh, I think it’s better not to say some things."

Ahn Qi wanted to roll her eyes at Zheng Yichen, "By saying it like that, it’s almost the same as saying it outright."

"Alright, now you look a lot like your sister."

"I knew it." Ahn Qi glanced at her hair that was now past her shoulders. During this time, her hair and nails had been growing very quickly, and she encountered the same problem Zheng Yichen had, though not as exaggerated.

During her recovery, she had to consume a lot of nutritional supplements every day, things that would have driven her mad in the past. Now, after eating and drinking a lot of it, she didn’t gain weight, but felt the effects of the nutritional supplements in other ways.

She had greatly benefited from Ahn Ke’s experiments, and now, even without moving or exercising, she could feel her body brimming with energy. In a few more days, she would be able to ’discharge’ from the hospital, but then it would be a series of rehabilitation training. First, she needed to solve the problem of her sudden increase in strength.

There were also other adaptations to consider, as well as follow-up observations of her left arm. After all, it was a new technology. Even though the arm was cultured based on her own genes, perfectly fitted for her, it was still necessary to observe for any potential hidden problems.

If there were such issues, Ahn Ke would still use this technology... that would be perfectly normal. For her fourth sister to miss this opportunity would be the real problem. What she had achieved so far could be considered quite restrained.

"I received the news that your experiment was successful. How do you feel now?" Ahn Qi did not argue much about her appearance; when her hair grew longer, others felt she resembled Ahn Longling more, and if Ahn Longling wore her hair short, it would be the reverse.

She had kept her hair short for many years, and that image had been deeply ingrained in the minds of those around her.

"Feeling? I don’t have any particular feelings right now, but I do know that my weight is going to increase significantly again."

"Heh, as long as your figure doesn’t change, that’s fine. No one but you cares about that stuff," Ahn Ke remarked, giving Zheng Yichen a look. Was an old chap like him really worrying about this kind of thing?

"Katrina mentioned it."

"Hmph, let’s not talk about personal matters," Ahn Qi huffed, hesitating slightly before continuing, "Now that the research on the Essence of Life was successful, you might have to face some issues."

"What now? Your family wants to bleed me dry?" Zheng Yichen raised an eyebrow slightly.

"It’ll be me, actually." Ahn Qi nodded, "The benefits of the Essence of Life are too great. Previously, the Essence of Life was from the Skeleton behemoth and not humans, which posed great risks. Now that we have the Essence of Life from humans, it’s a different story."

"But I’m strong," Zheng Yichen said, though he thought it might be a good idea to beef up his home defense. If the Firmament Wheel couldn’t manage it, no, he could try to create a lower-end version of the Firmament Wheel, right?

But that project would have to wait until the operating system had been completely purified; otherwise, it would just be creating unnecessary problems for himself.

"It’s because you’re strong that I’m seeking you out," Ahn Qi said somewhat helplessly, "But the family won’t be too foolish, they know the special nature of a Proxy Agent. They won’t go too far with certain things. The key issue is maintaining secrecy."

Would a Proxy Agent lack resources? A newbie might, but Zheng Yichen? And if he wanted, he could visit any of the worlds he had come into contact with, where he would be welcomed as an honored guest. The only advantage they had was the special environment of Hazy City.

"Then it’s not really an issue."

"It may not be an issue for you, but for me, it’s something I must do. I might be pressured into marriage soon."

"Fuck—" Zheng Yichen was momentarily speechless, "Is it really that pragmatic?"

"What else did you expect? I’m not the head of the family, and sometimes there are things I can’t avoid. But fortunately, in this matter, I have more choices."

At this point, Ahn Ke couldn’t help but give Zheng Yichen a few extra glances, "And you’re a pretty good person."

Before, when facing Zheng Yichen, her family just hinted and urged subtly. But now that Zheng Yichen had obtained the Essence of Life, it was more than just hints. The pressure wouldn’t be on Zheng Yichen but on her.

Whether Zheng Yichen was a Proxy Agent was no longer relevant, what mattered was whether Zheng Yichen’s Essence of Life was hereditary.

"Your family sure plays big games."

"You just know too little about family affairs," Ahn Qi said with some exasperation. Zheng Yichen clearly misunderstood the development of certain families, which sometimes resembled political marriages between kingdoms, prioritizing collective interests.

"Our positions are different now."

Ahn Qi’s tone was tinged with a touch of melancholy. Earlier, she had been testing whether Zheng Yichen was worthy to be a collaborator, but now, it was the value behind her that was considering how to bind Zheng Yichen to her family’s side.

Even if it wasn’t a binding of a compulsory nature, they had to prevent Zheng Yichen from leaning towards other families competing with them or other forces. This meant they could only approach softly; coercive measures would only make things worse.

The Ahn family had developed to its current state, and the higher-ups, no matter how foolish, wouldn’t make a blunder on such matters. If they did blunder... let alone her, some people in the family would use strong measures to shake those fools back to reality.

Zheng Yichen smiled, "Should I feel proud? But you don’t need to worry too much about this. Anyway, I personally think there’s nothing wrong with what the Ahn family is doing now."

Fundamentally, the Ahn family hadn’t done anything to wrong him, so he couldn’t hold any grudge over this conversation.

"No, you’ve earned this yourself." Ahn Ke shook her head. Proxy Agents were assigned mandatory tasks by Dusk, and if they failed, they would die. This meant that Zheng Yichen was constantly walking a tightrope; his survival up to this point was due to his own skills.

In this respect, Ahn Qi was very rational. She was on the winning side, having met Zheng Yichen early on. She had provided some help during his initial growth phase, much like buying shares in a company. An initial investment of several thousand might not seem much, but after twenty or thirty years, that investment could increase by hundreds or thousands of times...

And the Ahn family had enough conditions to easily invest more in this area, but now it was hard to increase the stakes, as Zheng Yichen’s growth was too fast. Therefore, if they wanted to invest more, they had to seek other ways.

She changed the subject: "Do you want to help Klakauska?"

"So, the Fire Dragon has contacted you?"

"Of course, its drive is not low; I underestimated it before." Ahn Qi summed up her mistake, "Humans who have lived for decades think they can control a dragon that has lived for over a thousand years better. After thinking it over, I agreed to this."

The way for Fire Dragon Klakauska to return home was to become a Dusk mercenary, but it could bring back more—Fire Dragon collections, more complete knowledge of the alien world, alien resources, and so on.

When hunters group obtained knowledge about the alien world, they could only get parts of it due to limited time. Now, the conditions the Fire Dragon offered were for a complete set of alien world knowledge, even if this knowledge was only equivalent to the curriculum from elementary school to high school and some college courses... However, the value of such knowledge depends on where it’s used.

"Now the problem is with that dragon; it can’t get into the Dusk Territory." At that moment, Ahn Qi’s phone rang. After she answered it, she quickly revealed an inexplicable expression: "Well, that dragon is quite something; it’s already achieved a little success."

After saying that, Ahn Qi showed Zheng Yichen her phone, which displayed a photograph concerning Fire Dragon Klakauska. However, there had been some changes in the dragon’s form; although still massive, the overall shape was now more humanoid.

It resembled a peculiar half-dragon hominid.

"It seems I won’t have to wait too long, and I happen to need some knowledge about ’Divinity’."

"..." Ahn Qi looked at Zheng Yichen’s somewhat excited expression with a speechless gaze, his expression reminding her of Ahn Ke, who behaved like that whenever he came across interesting material.

"You’d better be."

"If there are conditions, try to kill a few gods with a bad reputation in that world..."

"??" Ahn Qi looked at Zheng Yichen somewhat blankly: "Are you joking about this?"

Those were gods in the high environment, after all.

"Of course not."

"...I understand." Ahn Ke nodded and fell silent. Zheng Yichen’s comments were undoubtedly signaling such information to her family behind the scenes, enough to calm down some restless hearts.

After Zheng Yichen left, Ahn Ke came here: "Did you tell him some things?"

Ahn Qi nodded: "I’ve told him."

Ahn Ke looked at the research material in her hand and continued without lifting her head while leaning against the doorframe, "The odds of high lifeform level beings producing offspring with lower lifeform level beings are extremely low, so I’m very curious about how the demigods in the Fire Dragon’s world are born. What do you think about this project?"

After thinking for a while, Ahn Qi nodded: "I think it’s very good."

"That settles it then; I really like the feeling of a massive tilt in resources." Ahn Ke said contentedly. Although the Fire Dragon was a member of the hunters group, it wasn’t something Ahn Qi could decide on her own, mainly because it was a dragon, not a human.

Besides, even if arrangements were made, Ahn Qi wouldn’t act alone; she’d involve her important collaborators, with some benefits she couldn’t digest but which her key collaborators could.

Ahn Ke didn’t need to apply; she could be certain that people in the family would definitely be interested in this project.

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