I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature-Chapter 1355 - 965: Counterfeit Is Useless
"Is this the place?" Zheng Yichen looked at the empty area, reaching out his hand into the void, and the space before him cracked like a mirror.
A sharp cracking sound echoed, and the region hidden in the crevice of space manifested as it shattered.
A dozen figures appeared, launching various attacks simultaneously at Zheng Yichen.
"Have we taken him down?" someone questioned, somewhat uncertainly, as they watched Zheng Yichen covered by the explosion.
"Whenever someone says that, it’s usually a no!"
"...Makes sense. Damn it, how did Dusk’s Proxy Agent find us anyway? Are you?" The speaker paused, realizing that the artificial Celestial Beings they had sent out were looking over, and suddenly turned to the person speaking next to him.
Zheng Yichen flashed him a grin, but to this person, it appeared menacing. The multicolored barrier around him, shattered under Zheng Yichen’s fist like fragile glass.
When the barrier broke, he also turned into a mist of blood.
With the idea of wastage in mind, Zheng Yichen directly absorbed the blood mist, but there was no substantial feedback. Though this Devourer’s strength was considerable, as Zheng Yichen’s strength increased, substantial feedback became scarcer.
It’s not that the target was lacking, but because with Zheng Yichen’s strengthening, the powers and passives he possessed increased—some didn’t even require external acquisition. Once a certain level was reached, it was naturally available.
This led to an overwhelmingly high coverage of external traits he could acquire, and within this range, there was virtually no feedback, at most just some health points regeneration.
After Zheng Yichen took down this Devourer, the artificial Celestial Beings that had been watching him had no more scruples and rapidly closed in on him.
Clearly, this Devourer held a significant status, capable of influencing these Heavenly People.
"BOSS, soul analysis complete, there’s no part directly controlling these artificial Celestial Beings."
"So how are they commanding these artificial Celestial Beings?" Blocking an attack from an artificial Celestial Being, Zheng Yichen looked at the crystal hanging on his arm and applied a bit of force to shatter it.
"They incorporate specific soul frequencies into their language to issue direct orders."
Zheng Yichen reached out and crushed a light orb released by an artificial Celestial Being; the space around him was severely warped, and coupled with the artificial Celestial Beings that hadn’t caught up to him earlier returning, the number of Heavenly People at the scene exceeded twenty.
The mix included 3rd and 4th generation Celestial Beings.
Among them were five of the 3rd generation, with the rest all being 4th generation artificial Celestial Beings.
"Can you simulate it?"
"Yes."
After Lilith finished speaking, the Devourer that Zheng Yichen had taken down earlier reappeared, though this one was just a fake conjured by Lilith using the Fantasy Great Array Formation. Apart from the interior, it was identical to the real one.
"Everyone stop!!"
Boom—
A black orb exploded the fake.
"Alright, seems like the simulation doesn’t work." Zheng Yichen’s mouth twitched as the collective assault from over twenty artificial Celestial Beings caused him considerable trouble.
These artificial Celestial Beings all possessed the trait of Unity of Heaven and Man, and in battle, they didn’t charge mindlessly; they would cover each other.
If it were one-on-one, Zheng Yichen could easily take them down, but he was facing multiple artificial Celestial Beings now.
In combat, the mutual cover among artificial Celestial Beings made it particularly difficult for Zheng Yichen to eliminate any one of them.
A battle that could have been resolved in thirty seconds was rigidly prolonged to several minutes due to their cover for each other.
For Zheng Yichen, he could only choose to first eliminate those high-level Devourers. They didn’t have the combat power of artificial Celestial Beings and lacked the ability to directly confront Zheng Yichen’s assaults.
Whenever Zheng Yichen attacked, they were like cabbage in the backyard, unable to resist when Zheng Yichen hunted them down.
Even though those artificial Celestial Beings were vehemently pursuing Zheng Yichen, they couldn’t intercept Zheng Yichen at that moment.
Once Zheng Yichen locked onto those high-level Devourers, none managed to escape.
They attempted to activate some device unfamiliar to Zheng Yichen, but once discovered, Zheng Yichen destroyed it, driving those high-level Devourers completely mad.
"Argh, kill him!!" The high-level Devourers, having their escape routes cut off, went utterly insane.
Initially, they had some hope of escaping to other worlds with those 4th generation artificial Celestial Beings, using the new generation of artificial Celestial Beings to gain control over new worlds.
But now, Zheng Yichen had utterly severed their hope of doing so, determined to exterminate them.
The remaining Devourers naturally couldn’t help but want to start a desperate fight.
They gave desperate orders to the artificial Celestial Beings, putting the 3rd and 4th generation artificial Celestial Beings into a silent rampage.
Zheng Yichen was quite curious about their method of controlling artificial Celestial Beings.
Even though Lilith had simulated the voice commanding them, creating a hundred percent accurate replica using the Fantasy Great Array Formation.
The replicated entity was swiftly destroyed by the artificial Celestial Beings without hesitation.
This left Zheng Yichen somewhat lacking in confidence.
Clearly, Lilith’s analysis wasn’t perfect, and there must be crucial information they overlooked; otherwise, the simulated entity wouldn’t have been instantly killed by the artificial Celestial Beings.
"BOSS, the best way is still to capture a few artificial Celestial Beings for disassembly, in that way I can obtain more comprehensive information."
"I’d like to capture a few of them too." Zheng Yichen looked at those cooperative artificial Celestial Beings.
Though these artificial Celestial Beings lacked individuality, they became increasingly proficient in teamwork during combat.
Zheng Yichen initially found opportunities, but after adapting, their synergy in power became more and more seamless.
Even when Zheng Yichen focused fire on a single artificial Celestial Being, the others would actively cover each other, denying Zheng Yichen the chance to break them down one by one.
They inherently shared some sort of intelligence, possibly a unique trait of Unity of Heaven and Man?
Despite lacking self-awareness, they passively collected abundant intelligence.
In group battles, the artificial Celestial Beings demonstrated exceptionally strong ’performance’ in combat power.
Unfortunately, this excellent combat performance couldn’t stop Zheng Yichen from slaughtering the high-level Devourers, as those Devourers lacked the superior combat abilities of the artificial Celestial Beings.
Additionally, with Zheng Yichen’s Life Perception and Extraordinary mental perception, even if some were adept at hiding, Zheng Yichen would still ferret them out.
After taking them down, he could use soul extraction to send their souls to Lilith for dissection and information extraction.
This made it increasingly difficult for the remaining high-level Devourers to hide, as compared to dealing with artificial Celestial Beings, Zheng Yichen was especially ruthless with these high-level Devourers.
Artificial Celestial Beings were merely tools to combat the powerful; without sufficiently strong adversaries, they were essentially ’toys’ for the high-level Devouring Organization to cultivate real Heavenly People.
The performance comparison between the 3rd and 4th generation artificial Celestial Beings clearly illustrated this.
Despite having similar combat power, they were prioritized to enhance lifespan and reproduction capabilities, aiming to nurture genuine Heavenly People within a limited timeframe; if successful with one, subsequent attempts would become easier.
