I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 91 - 89章 Here there are fewer people_1

Chapter 91: 89章 Here there are fewer people_1

Dusk Cathedral, Prioress Tia calmly looked at the young girl Zheng Yichen had brought and said, "She may use your storage locker, but you will be responsible for any other situations that arise in the process."

As Zheng Yichen had informed Katrina previously of some matters regarding the Dusk Cathedral, it seemed the nuns here did not care about the dissemination of this information, but made it clear to Zheng Yichen that the church would not be affected. Since Zheng Yichen was not a part of the Dusk Cathedral, if any repercussions extended to him, it was up to him to deal with them.

No one would handle such matters for him, only he himself would.

"I have no objections," he replied.

With this matter arranged, Zheng Yichen thought it over and did not see anything he had missed. His gear was ready, the weapons processed by the Dusk Cathedral were about to be collected, and he had also purchased many weapons for home use, although they were hardly necessary.

Still, while he was away, it was prudent to have some weapons prepared at home, as the direct combat power of the two witches was truly weak.

Afterward, Zheng Yichen received the items from Prioress Tia that had cost him several million. Even though the information from Arno suggested he might have profited in the end, the money spent was indeed real.

A black fishing rod, weighing over twenty pounds, was already quite heavy. Zheng Yichen, however, intended to use it as a long spear, and as a two-handed weapon, a heavier weight was acceptable. He checked its construction and found no faults—the connections between each part were firmly tight.

What was more important was that holding it did not continually absorb the life force of its wielder as direct contact with the Sword of Hell would without some form of barrier.

The unicorn horn had been turned into a short spear used for close combat and throwing. Zheng Yichen had initially wanted to make it into a short sword or similar weapon, but as a projectile, it was very stable, and turning it into a short sword felt like a waste.

As a throwing spear, it could compensate for the shortcoming of other close combat options beside firearms. Aim could be practiced, and most importantly, the one-horned mule’s horn possessed special power. When thrown, it naturally carried a wind attribute enchantment, and in addition, the spear had red patterns, likely changes triggered by the inclusion of the one-horned mule’s tongue in its enhancement.

With a gentle swing, a faint hissing sound filled the air, a weapon that could carry controlling properties in flight. Other than lacking automatic retrieval, its practicality was undoubtedly substantial.

"You can pay extra to adjust the form," she stated.

"Well, I think..." Zheng Yichen examined his two newly acquired weapons, "you guys could put up a giant orb of light above the cathedral. Even if you don’t like white, you could make it maple or sunset colored. Then, Proxy Agents and Dusk mercenaries could communicate with the orb, exchanging various items. The condition for these exchanges would be the reward points earned from completing tasks."

Zheng Yichen rattled off extensively, but Prioress Tia’s expression did not change at all, as if she was seriously listening or perhaps had dismissed it as background noise. Once Zheng Yichen finished, she nodded, "Well said, it may be useful in the future."

"Huh?"

Had she really been paying attention? "So, this future would be...?"

"When it is useful," she replied.

Zheng Yichen felt that this future was like looking forward to an uncertain prospect. A nun he had previously interacted with had casually mentioned a time frame of six billion years later, so who knew what ’billion years later’ meant for the Dusk Cathedral.

The room resembled a confessional, and as Prioress Tia placed her hand on the doorknob, Zheng Yichen thought of something and suddenly raised his hand, "Wait, are there any hints or anything? Like, what kind of place am I going to, how difficult is it, and can I handle it?"

"If you can’t handle it, you can get stronger and then go back to fight," she suggested.

"Makes sense." ... Psh, as if it’s like leveling up in a game, just saying ’get stronger’ like one can just... Oh, wait, that’s actually how he operates, "Let’s go then."

Seeing no reason to refuse, Zheng Yichen, who had made all possible preparations, no longer hesitated. He had stashed a large amount of weapons and ammunition in the storage. The Dusk Cathedral was a great replenishment point, assuming there were trustworthy people around.

Click—

The tightly shut door opened. Zheng Yichen stepped into the dimly lit room. No sooner had he entered than the sound of the door closing came from behind. He immediately turned to open the door, only to almost collide with a person behind him, "?? Why did you come in too?"

"Of course, I can come in," said Prioress Tia, looking at Zheng Yichen, whose face had almost been pressed against hers. Her expression unchanged, she reached back to open the door that had just shut, brightening the dim room with light from the outside. Zheng Yichen could now see the style of this Dusk Cathedral.

Compared to the Dusk Cathedral in Dragon City, this one appeared a lot more decrepit aside from the constant dusk color theme. However, this decrepitude did not include dirtiness. The place was still clean and tidy, scrupulously spotless.

Prioress Tia stepped out first, and Zheng Yichen tightened his grip on the fishing rod. Following her out of the small room, he immediately felt his body become more active, and the ’power’ in the environment was distinctly more perceptible.

The fishing rod in his hands quickly became lighter.

"Wow, this world seems quite advanced."

Upon arriving at the nave of the cathedral, the whole interior was cavernously empty—not that there were hardly any people to be seen, but rather there were hardly any people at all, except for two local nuns.

Things were somewhat better in the world of Katrina, where a church would have a few nuns—six or seven at least. Hazy City had even more, over twelve, but here there were only two. Perhaps some nuns were just not here?

"Are there so few nuns around here?"

Prioress Tia explained to Zheng Yichen, "Yes, there are fewer people in this world."

"?" What does that have to do with anything? Fewer people, so it’s hard for Dusk Cathedral to hire? This cathedral also seemed a lot smaller than the one in Hazy City: "It looks like funding is quite tight as well."

Zheng Yichen also noticed the two nuns seemed to be sisters, not metaphorically, but literally. Their features were ninety percent similar. If one ignored their hairstyles, they looked as if they were cast from the same mold.

"Funding is not needed here," the nun with slightly shorter hair said calmly.

After stepping out of the cathedral’s doors, Zheng Yichen understood why the short-haired nun had said that—the world indeed didn’t need any funds; it was the apocalypse!

Broken buildings, overgrown wastelands, rusting car wrecks, withered plants—all of this resembled the decay spots an old person on the brink of death might have, most directly providing the impression that ’this world was dying.’

Zheng Yichen returned to the church immediately to check his own storage locker, nodding at the contents—he found drinking water and food inside.

There was also the church’s tap, old and worn but still flowing with water when turned on. He didn’t ask where the water came from; having water was enough.

As for food, the nuns here shouldn’t lack it, right? With the ability to travel between worlds, why would they worry about this?

After confirming the resources available, Zheng Yichen passed by a long table and casually lifted it with one hand, easily raising it. He even felt that with a bit more force, he could grab and lift the entire heavy table.

The degree of Environmental Adjustment to the body in this world was rather high, far surpassing that of the balanced world of Katrina. Such an improvement indicated his personal state was still quite high.

When chatting with Arno in the Zero Point marketplace, Arno had mentioned this—the fluctuation in Environmental Adjustment limits could be vast. A superhuman in one world could be just an ordinary person in the next.

To this, Arno gave Zheng Yichen a very simple, easy-to-understand example. It wasn’t absolute, but it still clarified the general ’function’ of Environmental Adjustment for him.

If the individual combat strength limit in a world was 1, and Zheng Yichen could maintain his strength at 0.9, close to that limit, then in a world with a limit of 5, his strength might be around 4.5. This was only a possibility; in reality, it would probably be lower, and exceeding the limit was rare.

It’s like the stats in a game, where you have to consider attack aptitude, defense aptitude, and also growth aptitude.

The latter being the most important—if growth aptitude is at its fullest in a world with a low limit, it might not be complete in a world with a higher limit. If it’s not full, it would be difficult to achieve that kind of proportional enhancement.

This is one explanation of Environmental Adjustment by the Dusk mercenaries. According to Arno, aside from the Dusk mercenaries, Hazy City also has Alien Phenomenon hunters. These hunters essentially use another system concluded by the order, similar to that used by the Dusk mercenaries.

No matter which explanation, neither was wrong—one was just a bit more vague, the other quantified more accurately. Whether vague or precise, recklessly courting death would surely lead to it. As long as one is formidable enough, crossing over would not decrease combat power.

As for infinitely approaching the different worlds’ limits... well, no one can guarantee that. In a world where the limit is 1, an individual’s strength might, at most, approach 0.9 and get infinitely close to 1, but would generally not reach 1.

Many of the hunters buying things in the Zero Point marketplace were Alien Phenomenon hunters, who differed from Dusk mercenaries and Proxy Agents, in that they could only move within the time when the phenomenon appeared and before it vanished.

Proxy Agents and Dusk mercenaries had no such limitations; Dusk mercenaries used a single strength term, while Alien Phenomenon hunters had a two-tier system: both an energy level classification and a strength grading. The Dusk mercenary circle integrated these two aspects.

Between the two ’Environmental Adjustment’ evaluation methods, Zheng Yichen personally preferred the more precise one.

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