I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 94 - 92 Moving Vision_1

Chapter 94: Chapter 92 Moving Vision_1

"Captain, if that Alien Phenomenon is still moving, are we really going to relocate?"

A young boy with a worn flight cap and a dirty face asked nervously.

Listening to the child beside him, Liu Haipeng nodded somberly, "There’s no other way, if we don’t move, we’ll all become ’food’ for that phenomenon!"

The little boy, full of anger, said, "We’ve worked so hard to build our camp..."

"Haha, maybe the Alien Phenomenon will turn back soon. As long as we’re alive, it’s easy to establish a camp again. Let’s go, hurry and complete today’s scouting mission and return."

Liu Haipeng patted the little boy’s head firmly and said to the team members around him, "Be careful when you move, and take any resources you can collect."

As the squad advanced, they gradually saw the moving Alien Phenomenon, shrouded in a great expanse of fog. Massive shadows writhed within, and from a distance, the sight was enough to make one’s scalp tingle.

This type of Alien Phenomenon had appeared not long after the end of the world burst forth. At that time, some people were curious about what was inside, but without exception, those who entered never came out again. In the areas the Alien Phenomenon had passed through, survivors found some remaining skeletons...

Inside the Alien Phenomenon were terrifying things that effortlessly killed all living beings that ventured in, consuming them as food.

The Alien Phenomenon had become one of the most terrifying things in the post-apocalyptic world. However, as they moved, they sometimes brought unique resources. Some people had even found special weapons in the areas affected by the Alien Phenomenon, powerful weapons capable of firing energy rays that even the most formidable mutated creatures couldn’t withstand.

However, these weapons were limited by their energy source. Once their energy was depleted, they became nothing more than highly technical, high-tech artifacts... things that could be called works of art, but were useless in combat.

Besides that, there were other various and sundry items, and their scavenger squad had obtained quite a few resources from places where the Alien Phenomenon had passed.

In Liu Haipeng’s memory, these Alien Phenomena were originally found all over the world; back then, he was just a twenty-year-old youth... Now he is over fifty, and the end of the world has been ongoing for more than thirty years.

In the past few years, stable communication had still been maintainable, but then it was lost. Too many had died, and many devices were left without anyone to maintain them. In addition, mutated creatures lurked outside, making it unsafe. Occasionally, there would even be waves of beasts attacking human settlements.

This scenario, which should have been found only in novels, had actually become reality. Honestly, with so many humans on the planet dead and mutated creatures roaming vast areas, only when satiated and bored would they band together to attack human settlements.

What were they after? It was as if a shadowy hand controlled them from behind. However, after some research, they came to understand. After the virus outbreak, a great many plants were destroyed. They did not know to what extent thirty years of healing had brought restoration.

Without a doubt, the status of crops on this planet was now quite poor. The virus in the soil had weakened a lot, but that didn’t mean crops could be easily grown everywhere. However, humans were intelligent beings, and over time, they slowly found solutions.

Additionally, some plants showed strong adaptability. The current crop yield couldn’t match the pre-outbreak high production, but it was still enough to sustain life.

If life could be sustained, then the population would be guaranteed, and surviving the winter would be stable. The virus had made this planet a terrible place, but up to now, the climate remained stable. As long as they didn’t waste, surviving the winter was not difficult.

But mutant creatures were different; they were beings altered by mutation and had higher requirements for food. When ordinary animals no longer satisfied their needs, they turned their sights to human settlements, which were like ’granaries’ to these mutants.

In the winter, they could go and take food.

Even so, mutated creatures were not the most dangerous... Even those like the giant dragons of myths could still be killed by the Alien Phenomenon. After the Alien Phenomenon passed, these mutant creatures were reduced to bones.

During the period when communication was still maintained, there were actually many Alien Phenomena. These Phenomena sometimes came into contact with one another, and upon doing so, they merged into a larger one.

As for how many Alien Phenomena exist now, Liu Haipeng did not know. But half a year ago, while scavenging, they encountered one. At first, they didn’t pay much attention, but later they realized something was off—the Alien Phenomenon was heading in the direction of their camp.

The Alien Phenomenon was moving slowly, but over the course of half a year, it had gotten very close to their camp. Their camp had been developed over a decade to resemble a small town, where years of Heartblood had been poured into it. Relocating would definitely not be an easy task, especially since the location was particularly suitable for survival.

"Let’s go behind the Alien Phenomenon first to see if there’s any resources," Liu Haipeng said gravely as he stared at the distant massive Alien Phenomenon. From afar, it looked like a moving small city, exerting an immense pressure. It was so large that its edges reached their settlement.

Even knowing that the Alien Phenomenon could bring additional resources, they were unwilling to confront it. They’d rather take a different route, even if it meant spending more time following behind the Phenomenon.

"Captain, I remember someone lured a dangerous extraordinary creature into the Phenomenon before, and then it halted for nearly half a month. Should we try that method?"

"No, that’s too risky," Liu Haipeng glanced at the man beside him, who was about the same age and had been following him for more than a decade, a very reliable subordinate, "If not, we will relocate. At worst, we’ll move back afterward."

"The creatures perish where the Alien Phenomenon passes, but other things remain unaffected. The losses wouldn’t be as severe as one might think..."

Liu Haipeng said this, but the old people beside him still didn’t relax. They knew their leader was only speaking of the best-case scenario. The problem was that it was already October, and the weather was gradually turning colder. With the moving speed of the Phenomenon, it would take at least three to five months to completely pass through their town.

That meant it would be during the winter, a time when mutant creatures were prone to launch beast tides. Without the protection of the small town, how would they defend against the beast tide? A camp that had been managed for more than a decade and a makeshift camp were incomparable; a few months were not enough to fortify a camp as solid as a fortress.

It wasn’t that their weapons were inadequate; it was that the mutant creatures were inherently powerful. Although some Evolvers had emerged among humans, the majority of them could not evolve as quickly as the mutants. There were quite a few capable fighters in the town, but without sufficient defensive fortifications, they might not be able to contend with the massive beast tides.

"Hahaha, maybe we’ll get lucky and find some powerful weapons behind the Alien Phenomenon. Let’s get moving," Liu Haipeng laughed somewhat helplessly. It was pointless to fret here. Better to take concrete actions, gathering as many resources as possible to improve their temporary camp when they needed to relocate.

While the scavenger squad was preoccupied with searching for supplies and monitoring the movements of the Alien Phenomenon, Zheng Yichen, at another location, had spotted his target. He put down his binoculars and lightly raised an eyebrow. This Alien Phenomenon was bigger than any other he had seen, and what’s more, it was mobile.

Its speed was very slow, but it was indeed moving.

"What the hell... With such a huge Phenomenon, to what extent are the Alien Phenomenon creatures inside?" Zheng Yichen couldn’t help but twitch his lips. He knew next to nothing about Alien Phenomenon creatures. He couldn’t tell if they were human or ghost, but since he was here, he might as well investigate.

"Let’s rest for the night." Zheng Yichen set up camp right there. With no towns nearby, he erected his tent and took out a fishing rod. It was made from a box containing a ’glass ball,’ unquestionably strong in durability.

He tapped his head, "Forgot to ask Tia how to make bait..."

His blood could attract extraordinary creatures, but for optimal results, additional processing was needed. Simply bleeding was effective, but not as good as it could be.

Holding the fishing rod in hand, Zheng Yichen extended it to its full length of four and a half meters. In combat, only the part over two meters was useful; the rest tapered off. Though fully extended, the rod remained rigid. Zheng Yichen didn’t need a weapon that long.

Fully extended, it was genuinely usable as a fishing rod. The Sword of Hell, infused as an enhancement material, allowed the fishing rod to emit Hellfire, and the part from the Tree of Death enabled the rod to open the gateway to the dead.

Tia had told Zheng Yichen that the former could be used with little restriction, but the latter depended on where he was when he used it. Now, Zheng Yichen was testing the effect.

A faint trace of his Life Force was ebbing away, and a light black mist emerged from the tip of the rod. Holding the fishing rod, Zheng Yichen jabbed forward slightly, then shined a flashlight from another angle onto the end of the black mist. He couldn’t see the fishing rod piercing through the black mist.

He tried increasing the consumption, but the mist showed no change; it appeared that this was the limit. What use was this, though?

Could it reel in a Headless Knight? He retracted the fishing rod and poked the tip of the black mist with his finger—a cold, ice-like sensation. It seemed fine?

After pulling back his finger, he saw it was deathly pale and slightly numb. It took quite some time before it turned back to normal.

"Alright, at least this proves I’m still very much alive."