I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 698 - 518: Asking for Fear of Being Conscripted_1

Chapter 698: Chapter 518: Asking for Fear of Being Conscripted_1

"You’ve earned quite a bit of money through your own skills, now that you’ve become so noticeable, wanting to make something special to earn more money," he suggested. "You might as well move into the Dusk Cathedral."

"That’s not out of the question," Zheng Yichen considered. He did have a house within the Dusk Cathedral, although rarely used for anything other than storing larger items, it indeed measured a true unshared two hundred square meters.

With more merit points spent, he could further enlarge the house’s size.

"Really? It’s possible?"

"As long as you have merit points, you have more privileges."

Zheng Yichen’s words stirred something in the fire dragon’s heart; he felt a fulfilling blockage. If merit points could restore the parts of life that had been erased...

"Let’s hurry back to the city." Gazing at the nearby Landen City, the fire dragon felt his inner fire ignite.

As they were entering the city, the gate mage couldn’t help but strike up a conversation. Previously, demigods had come to Landen with caravans, but today, many had arrived directly using teleportation circles.

They knew about this because the teleportation circles were situated on the city’s outskirts.

Moreover, they had been notified to be more alert in their duties lately and not slack off as before.

Many demigods had recently died, and it seemed that significant events were unfolding.

"Is it him? The ’Chang Qing’ registered with the Mercenary Guild?"

There were not few people with black hair in this world, but not many had become as famous as Zheng Yichen in such a short time. The recent deaths of several demigods were directly related to him, a fact that had been confirmed, and Landen, being the largest City of Peace, naturally had reliable channels of information.

A young man with black hair and a uniquely styled ’magic-powered vehicle’; that vehicle had already obtained the relevant style authorization. Many chambers of commerce had begun producing similar transportation devices in batches, with renowned designers altering the original designs slightly. They differed somewhat from the one Zheng Yichen used, but their popularity seemed even higher.

One could foresee that, once the news about the mass deaths of demigods in a short period spread, the value attached to things related to Zheng Yichen would rise again.

As for the mastermind behind this, he had entered Landen City quite smoothly. After all, Landen City is the City of Peace, and the city guards had no reason to obstruct others from entering, as long as Zheng Yichen adhered to the local rules, everything would be manageable.

Besides, their orders did not include intercepting the ’fastest-rising legend among mercenaries’, it seemed because the demigods he had killed were the notoriously infamous ones.

Except for the two recently killed in the City of Dawn Light from the Neutral Faction. However, those from the Neutral Faction could not be said to be good; many neutrals belonged to the ’flexible ethical baseline’ type. Choosing neutrality was merely for their own benefit; they would do good deeds as well as bad.

More realistically speaking, the deaths of such demigods would not affect Landen’s overall interests, nor would their existence impact the city.

On the contrary, their deaths might make the world a slightly better place...

"First, I’ll go with you to the Dragon Tribe Chamber of Commerce to collect what we should, then I’ll head to Canardis..."

"I think it’s best you don’t go out, or you might easily be killed," Zheng Yichen said with a chuckle, scanning the surroundings. The ability of Extraordinary mental perception was just too useful. After coming to Landen City, he had sensed several malicious gazes.

"Hahaha, I’m not worried about that!" Klakauska laughed, baring his teeth: "I’m just a despicable guide, the one doing great things is you, and the Dragon Tribe is not so easy to provoke."

True to his words, when leaving Landen, the fire dragon left under the watch of a Dragon Tribe demigod elder. There are not few demigods in Landen, and it was apparent that this one had come to Landen because of recent events.

Zheng Yichen then received some undisclosed ’gratitude’ from the Dragon Tribe at the Dragon Tribe Chamber of Commerce; the demigods Zheng Yichen had dealt with had some enmity with the Dragon Tribe. Since demigods are not on the wanted list and the follow-up impact was significant, the Dragon Tribe had not openly taken action.

The people from the Dragon Tribe Chamber of Commerce specifically warned Zheng Yichen to be cautious of any troubles brought by the deceased demigods’ kin and species.

However, as long as he stayed within Landen, even if those people took action, it would just be a threat. Being relatives of demigods, they had the ability to monitor Zheng Yichen for decades or even longer. Of course, if Zheng Yichen had the power to slay their kin, then those troubles would disappear.

A True God? True Gods were not so easy to deal with, but it wouldn’t be difficult to handle the aftermath of killing one, provided that Zheng Yichen could indeed slay a True God. Even if it was a lower-tier True God, there wouldn’t be any trouble for a very, very long time afterward.

Killing a True God? Honestly, given enough time, Zheng Yichen did want to try, but he did not know enough about this world, and his understanding of the combat abilities of True Gods was unclear.

As for the troubles mentioned by the Dragon Tribe, as long as the True Gods stay out of the fray, Zheng Yichen wasn’t afraid at all. Concealed schemes were hard to keep from him, and assassination? After the battle he just experienced, he’d gained new perceptive abilities. His extraordinary mental perception made it difficult for those with ill intent to hide from him, and Life Perception allowed Zheng Yichen to see the health bars of those he was aware of.

Combining these two abilities, Zheng Yichen pondered that with the addition of technology capable of reading brain waves—augmented reality tech—he could actually hang a health bar over his enemies during battle that only he could see.

It might not mean much, but at least it would improve the experience.

If the two witches and Ahn Ke weren’t here, would he be almost invincible in this world?

The secrets of the Dragon Tribe brought considerable rewards; not only could Zheng Yichen enter the Dragon Tribe’s treasury and select items to his liking, but he also received full material compensation in other aspects. The Dragon Tribe said this was what Zheng Yichen deserved; the demigods he had killed would have cost the Dragon Tribe even more if they had to deal with them themselves.

Now they had given everything that would have been spent to Zheng Yichen.

This practically hinted to Zheng Yichen that when he was free, he might as well kill a few demigods who held grudges against the Dragon Tribe. Even if he had his own principles and only chose to deal with those demigods who had a lot of dirty secrets, there weren’t a few among them who also had feuds with the Dragon Tribe.

What Zheng Yichen was interested in now was the treasury of the Dragon Tribe, which was not in Landen City. To get there, he’d have to make time for a trip to Cardanas.

Arriving at the Dusk Cathedral, Zheng Yichen categorized the spoils of war he had recently gathered. He had collected quite a bit of demigod blood, part of which he handed over to the worlds he had allied with for research, and another portion was sent to the three little ones. They needed higher-quality blood for their cultivation of the Blood Asura.

Although Zheng Yichen’s blood was available, the blood of a demigod had its advantages too. Zheng Yichen specifically tagged the blood, identifying properties that agreed with their own.

Over at Chiang Wei’s side and in the world with the Firmament Wheel, the blood of demigods was being used for power research. After surviving the crisis of Invasion by the Boundary Breaking Faction, their world mobilized en masse to confront the Boundary Breaking Faction’s invasions of other worlds, necessitating some support.

He had no intention of cultivating a force exclusive to himself, but this kind of support could have a lasting influence on the Boundary Breaking Faction.

After completing this task, Zheng Yichen checked his merit points and saw an increase of ten points—the Great Evil God fragments had all been sold.

"Who bought them? It wasn’t another Proxy Agent, was it?" There was another Proxy Agent in the Hazy City world, but Zheng Yichen had only met that person once and hadn’t seen much of them since.

"A part of it was. The merit points from trade are indistinguishable from regular merit points, but they won’t be added to one’s personal tally."

"...Got it," Zheng Yichen clicked his tongue slightly disappointed, as Tia’s words shattered some of his plans—he had thought that in this way he could also quickly accumulate 400 merit points. Now his personal total was 228, more than halfway to the opportunity he had been holding onto.

Once he got that opportunity, he would be able to plunge into the Great World of the Boundary Breakers and thoroughly revel!

"Speaking of which, can I go up against the True Gods of this world now?" Zheng Yichen returned the notebook recording merit points to Tia. He hadn’t confronted any True Gods in this world, and it would be useful to confirm some information from the Dusk nun.

"Comparing the normal upper limit of strength, you are more powerful than some True Gods."

"Oh, that gives me some confidence," said Zheng Yichen, reassured by Tia’s words. Being more powerful than some True Gods was enough for him; he understood that it didn’t mean all of them.

Ever since he came to this world, he had felt that he couldn’t reach the ceiling—a level where one’s physical strength and special powers hit their limits. If he had actually reached the limit, he would have known it clearly.

Therefore, he wouldn’t arrogantly assume that he was at the top of this world, even though he had slain a Demigod of Life with a single stroke yesterday. But that was the result of his guiding the battle.

The comparison Tia mentioned was based on data on paper, and many external factors would come into play if a real battle ensued. Apart from individual power levels, there was individual battle awareness, will, and combat ability.

In the environment of the City of Evil Spirits, he was able to confront the Great Evil God head-on, landing critical hits with each strike, injuring the Great Evil God even though he was in another spatial dimension. In other environments, he’d have to adopt a more conservative fighting style.

No matter what, he would have to buy time for the God of Rebellion to pull the Great Evil God into the normal space so he could unleash his full power.

The situation with the Great Evil God could be applied to this world of magic as well.

But regardless, Zheng Yichen now had a base of confidence. He surpassed some True Gods in basic strength data, he was not lacking in battle will, and combat ability? He was someone who had fought his way up to this point, so he wouldn’t be too far behind no matter what.

"I’m heading back."

Leaving the Dusk Cathedral contentedly, Zheng Yichen didn’t even inquire when the next mission would begin. He treated it like a mystical unknown; perhaps if he didn’t ask, nothing would happen. But if he did, it was highly probable he’d be conscripted on the spot.