I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 851 - 619: A Trap? _2

Chapter 851: Chapter 619: A Trap? _2

Zheng Yichen couldn’t help but glance at her, "So you just went ahead with it?"

Considering the customs of this world, the Proxy Agent was indeed in a miserable state, not only suffering from heavy injuries but also being ’extracted’ by the natives—however, his wounds were clearly treated with care, and there was even a tube inserted into his mouth, which was likely a blood vessel from some creature.

The tube was connected to a leather bag; was this some ancient version of an IV drip?

"What is your relationship with him? Are you brothers?" the Clan Leader asked, noting that Zheng Yichen shared the same ’Eyes’ as the other man, which surely meant a blood connection.

"We’re colleagues. Let me check on his condition first." It turned out that the Proxy Agent was in even worse shape than Zheng Yichen had imagined. He thought he’d better get the man back on his feet first and save the questions for later.

"Be careful—if he accidentally dies, you’ll owe me a descendant." The Clan Leader placed great value on this outsider, able to take on a top-tier tribe in a battle that shook heaven and earth.

Such a person would leave behind tremendously powerful offspring, and their tribe was lucky indeed that he had escaped to their hunting grounds, outside of the territories surrounding Dusk where the tribal bounds were uncertain, so hunting was a matter of going wherever seemed best without other tribes staking claims.

Having picked up such a special powerhouse had thrilled the Clan Leader, but her joy soon turned to concern when she found the man to be close to death. Despite the shaman’s use of various methods, they could only hang on to his life, slowing the deterioration of his body.

In the meantime, she was striving; if the man was hard to save, then they might as well leave a seed before his death, so that one day, if the child had a chance, they could avenge their father—as long as their tribe grew strong enough to annihilate the other tribe.

"...He definitely won’t die!" Zheng Yichen muttered to himself, finding the fierce customs of this world somewhat overwhelming, as he checked the Proxy Agent’s physical condition.

There were no fewer than a hundred wounds on his body, some minor and partially healed, but many areas showed signs of decay, and the applied ointments were also affected, as if they had gone moldy.

He also noticed a sharp stone knife lying nearby.

Noticing Zheng Yichen’s interest in the object, the Clan Leader said, "His wounds keep worsening, some of the decayed flesh needs to be scraped off, otherwise the medicines will quickly become ineffective. The Wizards also mentioned that there’s an evil Strength lingering in his body which can’t be cleared, and we can’t perform a ritual to try and draw on our ancestors’ power to heal him."

Now was not a day for rituals, such actions would draw attention from other tribes, exposing the outsider’s presence and their own tribe would not withstand the pressure from a top-tier tribe.

Once targeted, they would be finished.

"A ritual? Sounds fascinating... but let’s not talk about that for now."

Zheng Yichen waved his hand dismissively and continued to inspect the Proxy Agent’s injuries. The wounds were strange, the Strength causing them to deteriorate wasn’t some Curse, but rather ’Life Force,’ he concluded after his examination.

Only Life Force could play such an outstanding role in a world where the energy level wasn’t high.

The stronger the individual, the more powerful and higher-quality their Life Force. The Proxy Agent’s Life Force, however, was infected. In other words, his Life Force underwent a pathological change, causing the wounds to be difficult to heal, as the normally body-repairing Life Force worsened the wounds due to the infection.

These novel symptoms provided Zheng Yichen with an eye-opening experience. After all, he himself was a Life Force monster and wondered if it would be terrible if his own Life Force suffered such a pathological problem.

Zheng Yichen collected some of the Proxy Agent’s blood samples, asking Lilith to preserve them before proceeding with the treatment.

The pathological Life Force had spread throughout the Proxy Agent’s body. The normal and infected parts of the Life Force were still in conflict, or rather, when the regular Life Force was repairing the wounds, it was causing the wounds to ’Self-Heal’ in an abnormal state.

This resulted in the appearance of decay.

With the Proxy Agent’s terrible physical state, his weakened Life Force was no longer able to correct the pathological part.

For his body, the pathological Life Force was still Life Force, and while maintaining the body’s vitality was like quenching thirst with poison, without Life Force, he would have died long ago.

Maintaining life with pathological Life Force was suffering before death, but it at least allowed him to live a bit longer.

As for the medicines on his body, with Lilith’s assistance, Zheng Yichen knew that they weren’t proper medicines at all but toxins.

This discovery made Zheng Yichen realize that the shamans of this world were quite skillful.

If it was the kind of medicine that would have made the Life Force more active, hastening the healing of the wounds, it would have only worsened the Proxy Agent’s condition.

But the toxins they used suppressed and destroyed the Life Force, working against the pathological Life Force, preventing it from rapidly manifesting its effects—a case where fighting poison with poison was quite effective.

"Watch this!" Zheng Yichen rubbed his hands together, placed them on the Proxy Agent, and concentrated the infected Life Force. With his Life Power, he could directly gather the pathological Life Force. As for the effects of removing Life Force from the subject?