I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 988 - 715: Transaction Complete

Chapter 988: Chapter 715: Transaction Complete

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Hacked versions of ’Eyes’ are primarily used by those with some hacking skills, or by the reckless ’Lawless Ones’. They disregard the numerous bans related to ’Eyes’, seeing them as a necessary means to expand their own power.

Just like a mage’s Magic Wand, why should a means to harness one’s own strength be subject to registration and surveillance?

Then there are the criminals.

However, these individuals usually have technical skills or access to someone who does. Without such skills, it’s hard to be a criminal. Without using ’Eyes’, facing law enforcement officers equipped with them, any criminal is just a sitting duck.

"The market price is forty times higher. If you can afford it, you can take them all."

The COS robot produced a simple inventory list. As a rule, the price for hacked ’Eyes’ is like this, ranging from forty to fifty times the original value, and up to a hundred times in special regions.

Expensive? If you think it’s too pricey, you can buy the official ones. Those are not expensive at all – quite affordable. And if Zheng Yichen can really take them all, then this price is actually quite fair. After all, selling them normally would take at least half a year to deplete the stock.

That would also mean actively seeking out suitable buyers and risking detection with frequent transactions.

Of course, it doesn’t matter if Zheng Yichen can’t take them all. The main thing is this person could bypass numerous protections to get here, it’s safe to assume they’re seeking peace of mind. Offering a discounted price to make a quick transaction is also an option.

There are a total of twenty from the Illusory Spirit series, but a hundred from the Demon Spirit series??

"Is the difference that significant?"

"The 13th generation Illusory Spirit has not been on the market for long, so there’s only this many," the ’robot’ explained succinctly. The Demon Spirit ’Eyes’ generations don’t update quickly, hence the large stock at hand.

These items are acquired and sold continuously, and cracking them is not as simple as applying a single hacking program for mass decryption.

The manufacturing of ’Eyes’ involves unique technologies, making hacking a troublesome and slow one-on-one process.

What Zheng Yichen is seeing now is the complete set of inventory intentionally gathered here. It’s impossible to sell everything at once; one must always keep a few on hand as backup.

The list also offers various items for physical trade, with money being the least desirable option, while some rare materials have a high priority.

Some of the materials listed are unique to this world. Zheng Yichen has some in his possession, too, but in different worlds, the value of materials differs.

Zheng Yichen took out some Gold and other materials and said, "Your body seems to be having some problems. I have a unique medicine here that can help you heal. Would you like to try it?"

"...No need, I’m doing well," the ’robot’ replied while assessing the materials Zheng Yichen presented. The purity of the Gold is high, and the other materials are also very pure, but not enough.

As for the miraculous drug Zheng Yichen mentioned, the ’robot’ didn’t believe in such a thing.

"You can give it a try."

Zheng Yichen took out a small bottle, the pale green liquid inside of which made the ’robot’ think of something unpleasant. However, the scent it emitted was very enticing.

"Wait a moment." The ’robot’ took the bottle to a device to conduct a quick test, extracting a tiny amount of the liquid to be analyzed. After seeing the results, it became interested.

The analysis and test results indicated that the substance could remove ’radiation’ from the body and possessed extremely strong healing powers. The blood subjected to the liquid in the test became highly active.

Moreover, this increase in activity was not a temporary spike like with stimulants, but a long-lasting one.

"...I can’t afford this, nor do I want to join any strange organization," the ’robot’ replied, trying to control its desire while returning the bottle. Who wouldn’t want health? But this was not something that could be exchanged with ’Eyes’, even if they’d been completely hacked and could sell at a premium in the black market.

The medicine Zheng Yichen brought could command a far higher price, accepting it might force the ’robot’ to agree to terms it wouldn’t otherwise accept.

"You can take one-tenth."

"No, I want it all. This is for you, and if you think you’ve made a good deal, then tell me something else I want to know," Zheng Yichen pushed the bottle back, confident in the off-grid trading targets that Lilith had sieved through for him. Some could be easily dealt with by killing and looting, while others were suitable for secure offline transactions.

This one in front of him was suitable for a safe offline trade.

Life Perception confirmed for Zheng Yichen that the other party’s health was in very bad shape and emitting some kind of radiation. The robot skin could block out a certain level of radiation and also provide enough power for movement.

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"You’re not a terrorist, are you?" the ’robot’ asked after a moment of silence.

"No, I’m the savior."

"...That’s what the terrorists say too."

"Any terrorist I come across who says that will be sent to meet their maker."

The robot moved a box from a corner, took everything out of it and said, "Here’s the stuff you asked for. I only opened it to hack into it, nobody has ever used this before. Is there anything else you want to ask?"

"About the recent incidents in this city that can’t be found in the news, like some places being attacked, or some strange people moving around here."

Lilith couldn’t find much information about this on the network. The internet doesn’t know everything. Information that isn’t online can easily be blocked or completely erased.

"Yes, there were some people who attacked the Central Tower of Ring City. In the end, it was officially identified as a military drill, but from what I know, it’s an excuse the Central Tower used to cover up something.

There isn’t much else. The biggest event around here was that attack. Everything else revolves around some typical affairs concerning the Central Tower; those aren’t accessible through normal means."

"Typical affairs?" Zheng Yichen thought of the intelligence Lilith had gathered. The reason he asked here was that much of the information had been altered, and quite comprehensively at that.

Even if Lilith could dig out fragmented pieces, they were too incomplete to make clear what had happened.

The ’robot’ was talking about the Central Tower, which was Zheng Yichen’s target.

"There have always been a lot of people interested in the Central Tower, nothing surprising there." The ’robot’ calmly explained, "As for more detailed information, sorry, I can’t access it. The Central Tower area is one of the regions most heavily covered by the Eye World. Even if something big happens there, the outside world can’t see anything, let alone get information out."

"That’s enough, goodbye."

Zheng Yichen took the ’Eyes’ and left very straightforwardly, leaving the ’robot’ stunned. After making sure that Zheng Yichen had indeed left, he quickly closed the door, maintaining the armed protection that was set up inside his secret base.

Then he immediately drank the bottle of medicine he had checked, feeling a refreshing sensation throughout his body, the kind of easygoing feeling of health that had been absent for a long time.

It was not the false sense of relief brought on by painkillers and medication.

"Central Tower..." The ’robot’ shook his head, found a place to sit down, and continued to enjoy the long-lost sense of relaxation. He used to be one of the engineers in the Central Tower, until an accident exposed him to severe ’radiation’.

Instead of being compensated, he was taken to court by the Central Tower accused of stealing important secrets. This made him realize that during the accident, he might have inadvertently encountered some secret...

But he couldn’t confront the Central Tower. In order to survive, he had to conceal his identity and rely on his technical skills to do illegal work.

Even now, someone disguising themselves and having ideas about the Central Tower had come along; he had no intention of getting involved in the aftermath. There were too many people who had their sights set on the Central Tower, and he hadn’t seen anyone come away better off from dealing with them.

He didn’t want to get implicated in the Central Tower’s affairs anymore. The person who came today was just someone buying the ’Eyes’. After today?

After removing the robotic-looking arm armor, the man looked at his arm, now restored to normal, and let out a breath. He glanced at the door and suddenly felt a tinge of regret... Maybe he should have said more.

After all, he had never seen such an immediately effective ’special medicine’ that not only healed his body but also rid it of weakness. His armor even felt comfortable to wear.

His body had become very weak due to radiation, and he was able to wear that gear. Now it felt tight, making it hard to breathe.

Quickly removing the gear and checking his health with the life support equipment, he was amazed at how healthy he was. It was as if it was the time when he just started as a programmer, where he could easily work three days and nights straight without fatigue.

Who exactly was that person? Glancing at his secret base established in the sewers, the man sighed, ready to pack up and abandon this place. Now that his health had recovered, why stay here any longer?

It was time to take the money he had earned over the years and make a run for it! To leave this city for good, and have nothing more to do with everything related to Central City.

Lilith said to Zheng Yichen, "BOSS, he hid a lot of information."

"No worries, don’t we still have you?" Zheng Yichen smiled. The information he concealed wasn’t important. What mattered was a significant portion of the information he hid was recorded, then scanned by Lilith.

Lilith wasn’t just for use as a computer. Special strengthening allowed her to possess powers similar to magic. She could scan and record physically as well as electronically.

Without the ’robot’ noticing, all the information inside his secret base had been recorded by Lilith.