I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 572 - 442: I’ve Decided On You_1

Chapter 572: Chapter 442: I’ve Decided On You_1

The Zero Point marketplace always offered a good value for the merit points spent.

For Zheng Yichen, 1 merit point wasn’t a lot, and as for the subsequent cash portion, he proposed trading in gold. However, the Dusk mercenary indicated that he wanted cash or a transfer, as gold wasn’t difficult to come by for them—it just required further processing.

Cash would be much less troublesome...

"Let’s do a transfer."

The Dusk mercenary provided a savings account number, and after the transfer was complete, Zheng Yichen took the Soul-Subduing magic stone and looked around elsewhere. Not finding anything else he wanted, he handed the weapon over to Tia for another round of enhancement.

The Soul-Subduing magic stone could suppress and store a large number of souls and was a type of netherworld material.

The enhancement cost Zheng Yichen another 2 merit points. This type of enhancement was akin to adding a new plugin, providing no basic improvement to the weapon itself, but now, the fishing rod could store souls. The Soul-Subduing magic stone also had the effects of suppression and psychic stability.

To Zheng Yichen, this was somewhat of a needless help. Paired with soul control, it was quite beneficial, allowing him to dominate some of the more powerful hostile souls faster.

Looking at the fishing rod in his hand, it was becoming more and more like a death divine artifact, void of any overtly positive effects. If there was a silver lining, it would be the psychic stability provided by the Soul-Subduing magic stone.

"Would you mind continuing to keep an eye out for anything related to space? I’m going to head back now if there’s nothing else—after the weapon enhancement, I’m planning to take a trip to the southern forest to hunt down some dangerous creatures from anomalies and replenish my soul reserves."

Previously, there hadn’t been the opportunity to preserve souls, but now that his weapon had this capability, it was naturally something to try. The souls stored didn’t necessarily need to be released as foot soldiers; they could also be used to enhance him through soul control.

Even if the feedback from a single soul was minuscule, thousands combined could provide him with a significant boost. With his current base, even an improvement of one percent was substantial.

"Of course, just remember to come to work tomorrow or the day after," Tia’s words caused Zheng Yichen to stiffen slightly. "That soon?"

Tia nodded. "The world you mentioned earlier, because you brought it up proactively, Dusk has marked it for extra attention. The situation there hasn’t reached its worst, but the Dusk mercenaries can no longer resolve the issues there. You can go now."

"Is this self-inflicted?" Zheng Yichen said, somewhat speechlessly.

"Not exactly. Given the situation of that world and your current state, it’s very likely that you were chosen. Unless another world falls into greater misfortune and collapses first, necessitating your intervention."

"Damn—I get it," Zheng Yichen cursed under his breath as he left. Tia’s mention of work wasn’t asking for his opinion; it was a notification.

The decision had already been made above, and whether or not Zheng Yichen went had little to do with his personal desires.

Between Hunter Arno’s issue and the work notification, he completely lost any mood for the southern forest and went straight home. At that time, Katrina and the others had already gone to rest, and Zheng Yichen didn’t disturb her, opting to sleep on the couch overnight instead.

The next day, Katrina looked at Zheng Yichen with some discontent: "Why did you sleep on the couch?"

"Of course, to ensure you had good rest. Things are about to get busy today." Zheng Yichen stroked her white hair. "I have to go on a business trip again."

"...I understand," Katrina said disconsolately, wishing Zheng Yichen could rest a few more days despite the inevitability of his departure. "I’ll prepare a new amulet for you; I’m sure this time it will be helpful!"

"No rush, let’s have breakfast first. We can talk about everything else after Eileena arrives."

About the preparations needed, Zheng Yichen shared his work notification during breakfast: "The world I’m going to is the one from which that Evil Spirit came. Just prepare things targeting those oddities; that should be fine."

"The world of the Evil Spirit?" Eileena furrowed her brows slightly. "That world is on the brink of extreme instability. Those who go there with too little understanding could find themselves completely immobilized."

They had intelligence on that world. As a distinct being from that world, Evil Spirit knew much about it. Ordinary people could face a multitude of issues due to their personal thoughts, and similar entities with power could cause certain monsters to emerge based on their state of being.

Moreover, with Zheng Yichen already embodying demonic thoughts, Eileena highly suspected his arrival there could immediately make him a roaming Calamity Star.

Unfortunately, the mental monsters thus induced wouldn’t obey their ’creators’; instead, the creators would become prey for those monsters.

Katrina quickly offered, "I can make some amulets that maintain psychic stability."

"I can create some curse control implements. If we do encounter that situation, you can try to dominate those ’Evil Spirits,’" Eileena also shared what she could do to help Zheng Yichen. Although she hadn’t quite become the Black Witch, her exposure to more magic had revealed a greater aptitude in that area.

Why not explore this talent then? The powers used by the Black Witch might appear nefarious to others, but it wouldn’t matter if the person wielding them wasn’t. In Eileena’s eyes, Zheng Yichen was an excellent example—his powers were eerily profound, yet he constantly endeavored to save the world.

"There’s also necromantic skill for communicating with artificial intelligence that can be employed against Wise Dragon No. 9..."

"I won’t bring the Wise Dragon," Zheng Yichen shook his head. Since he knew there was a problem with that world, it seemed inappropriate to bring Wise Dragon No. 9 with him: "I alone will be enough."

"Okay then, I’ll store the related methods for you with Lilith. The processor core that Lilith uses is the same as the Wise Dragon’s, and it might undergo some changes in that world."

What Eileena said piqued Zheng Yichen’s interest, "There could be changes?"

The Forest Witch nodded, "I’ve checked the core of Wise Dragon No. 9. Lilith’s existential nature is different from the Wise Dragon’s. Normally, it would be difficult to integrate into such a core, but you’ve merged it with the power of Dusk, which means Lilith could potentially exist within the Wise Dragon as well."

"Alright, I’ll pay extra attention to that when the time comes. I plan to set off the day after tomorrow."

After dinner, Zheng Yichen made a trip to the laboratory, extended a special needle towards his finger, and extracted a little bit of his Essence of Life.

This substance, a high concentration crystal of a biological individual’s life, would have some impact on the individual if a part was taken, but Zheng Yichen simply ignored this. He wasn’t someone who needed time to accumulate Life Force; as long as he kept hunting, anything he consumed could be quickly replenished.

The extraction of this substance didn’t make him feel weak. To him, Essence of Life was like a high-concentration compressed reserve.

After drawing out these reserves, he just needed to store new ones, "Keep these for research, but don’t misuse them. Although it’s Essence of Life produced by my body, it can still cause biological anomalies."

"I’ve tried using the Essence of Life you left before, and it has a significant impact on Magic Potions," Eileena said with great interest, looking at the needle-like red crystal that exuded a strong sense of vitality just by looking at it.

She placed it in a box for preservation, "We can discuss the use of this thing later. Right now, your matters are more important."

In the following time, she would do her utmost to prepare the tools that Zheng Yichen could use, collaborating with Katrina.

Later, Zheng Yichen visited Ahn Ke.

He found the woman, "I’m going to be out of town and need to stock up on some goods."

"What do you want? Biochemical viruses, or something else?"

"I guess something related to mental faculties."

Ahn Ke led Zheng Yichen to another laboratory, "Which kind do you specifically need? One that causes mental rampage, stabilizes the mind, or is of the controlling type? What? You want to use it on yourself? Then don’t bother, none of these will be of any use to you."

Ahn Ke looked at Zheng Yichen somewhat speechlessly. The mental drugs here were incredibly potent for others, but for Zheng Yichen’s use? That would be a waste of these costly concoctions, wouldn’t it?

"If you’re thirsty, I’ve got water in my room, no need to waste these drugs."

"Alright then, give me some that would be useful to others, preferably the kind that stabilizes the mind, and a little of the others."

Since the world he was about to visit would produce some strange things due to the mental state of the beings, stabilizing their minds thoroughly should be able to avoid a lot of problems.

Zheng Yichen wanted to get something useful for himself, he had an idea. He could use Black Light to amplify his negative emotions, generating enormous demonic thoughts; if he could further influence his mental state on top of that, it might be possible to release Demonic Abyss Seven Kills in one go.

But if those things were of no use, then he’d give up on them.

"It’s not impossible to create mental drugs that would work for you, but I would need to do some experiments. You’d have to cooperate with me. Only when we’ve confirmed that they have an effect on your physiology can I proceed with the research," Ahn Ke said, while very adeptly packing the mental-type drugs Zheng Yichen needed into a shock-resistant case.

"These drugs are all concentrated. I’ll prepare the appropriate extractor. When using it, a small amount extracted will suffice, normally diluted by a thousand times for the usual effect."

"A thousand times? Are you sure these really won’t work on me?" Zheng Yichen couldn’t help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

"No use means no use. You’re underestimating your own physique. Sandworm hallucinogens are much stronger than these, and you were fine," Ahn Ke handed the case to Zheng Yichen, "I’m quite curious, what are you preparing these for?"

"I’m heading to an abnormal world, and I think these will come in handy. Better safe than sorry," Zheng Yichen smiled, not hiding the situation of the world of Evil Spirits.

After listening, Ahn Ke pondered for a moment and asked, "Are you interested in experiencing the ’Eye of the Planet’? The last time you brought back an Eye of the Planet, I’ve discovered some things. Those eyeballs are very dangerous, but they also revealed a lot of interesting information.

With your physique, you could definitely ignore the Eye of the Planet’s negative effects..."

"No way," Zheng Yichen was resistant to such modifications, especially once he knew their origin from a cancerous planet. Was it possible that there was some connection between what Ahn Ke mentioned now and the information Zheng Yichen had provided?