I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature-Chapter 1716 - 1204: There Are No Innocents Here

On the streets of this world, the pedestrians’ faces were gaunt, their gazes vacant, and their vitality was gradually being siphoned away by the sun in an eclipsing state in the sky.

Someone would collapse completely as they walked, their body turning to ashes like ignited white paper, dissipating into smoke.

Yet the others remained oblivious to such scenes as if they hadn’t seen it at all, or rather, they were not aware of it.

The concept of death seemed to have been stripped away from the natives.

In Zheng Yichen’s dual vision of heat and soul, the body heat sources of the natives here were extremely unstable, dispersing outward.

This dispersion of heat sources maintained this world from falling into complete darkness during the eclipse, while their souls converged into thin threads gathering toward the eclipse.

A mechanical monster bird flew across the sky, locking onto Zheng Yichen, but before it could react, it exploded.

The explosion caused the pedestrians on the street to stop, staring blankly at the blaze in the sky, with some finding the glare too bright and covering their eyes, screaming hysterically.

Zheng Yichen stopped breathing when he realized that his breathing affected the surrounding environment, that the heat source emitted by the natives would be taken away by his breath.

With one breath, the remaining life of the natives here would significantly decrease.

What the heck!

With an exhalation, Zheng Yichen ceased to breathe, after all, not breathing didn’t cost him his life, so breathing was more of a self-deceptive habit of being human.

But not breathing was crucial for the natives here.

Say no more, with one big breath, the residents of this small town would all perish directly.

The dusk of this world was one of the worst he had seen, aside from the wild wastelands.

Dusk in other places was at least set in normal cities, whereas this place was only inside a small town.

And this town didn’t seem to be particularly developed either.

Just with his arrival, the town brightened up; the breath he exhaled contained a large amount of unneeded life force, which merged into the town with Zheng Yichen’s willpower interference.

The gaunt-faced natives’ bodies returned to normal, but their eyes remained vacant, and their movements were sluggish, only realizing their change after a while.

But they quickly returned to their previous state, appearing indifferent to everything around them.

"What a bother." Zheng Yichen snapped his fingers, his Divine Domain with Otherworld Transformation traits unfolded, his Divine Domain already comprised of multiple traits, adjusting based on his power type.

The domain he unfolded now was akin to a soul world-like spirit world domain.

The natives inside were influenced, their soul statuses quickly normalized, and the vacant gaze problem disappeared.

Some couldn’t help but scream in terror, others looked at Zheng Yichen, their eyes gleaming eerily: "It’s him! It’s him, quickly! Capture him!!"

Under a certain frenzied emotion, the small town’s natives erupted with unusual strength.

Lilith’s projection appeared: "Boss, this town has issues, there are no innocents here."

"Ah?" Zheng Yichen pressed his hand down, freezing all the charging town residents, but the environment remained filled with intense negative emotions.

Previously unnoticed due to their weakness, the emotionally vacant natives possessed scarcely any normal feelings, even less negative emotion than a Great Good Person.

Lilith communicated with images, scanning the whole town’s situation, filled with chaotic evil rituals and numerous chaotic records.

She swiftly organized the chaotic records into a complete document for Zheng Yichen.

Through this complete record, Zheng Yichen gained new insight into the town’s situation.

This town used to be normal, but later, an ’eclipse’ appeared, starting as a minor phenomenon.

Initially, some considered it a rare celestial event, appreciating it, yet soon a greater crisis descended.

The eclipse didn’t end shortly; it continued, subtly devouring the normal ’sun.’

The world, which should have darkened due to the eclipse, did not become dark, the light only grew dim over time.

Those physically weak couldn’t maintain life signs, the dying extracted of all value, leaving merely a heap of ashes.

Panic and chaos erupted briefly, then everyone’s emotions dulled, feelings like madness and fear faded, and chaos subsided.

The eclipse continued during the chaos, emotions faded after the eclipse became complete.

In chaotic times, this small town turned into an evil ritual ground.

The cause? Someone broadcasted apocalyptic theories, publicizing ways to survive the apocalypse, and oddly, these ways were quite ’effective.’

Through various ritual methods, this small town successfully ensured no one weakened further, emotions stopped fading, replaced by a growing emotional hunger.

It was a hunger stemming from emotions.

Not all rituals succeeded, failures were harsh, but success secured a safe zone.

This successful ritual town became particularly alluring during chaos, drawing many outsiders in; frequent disappearances stirred little attention during the chaos.

More people sought survival amid chaos, the natives’ emotional hunger issue intensified.

Subsequent records grew sparse and hollow.

As for the town using outsiders for rituals, it didn’t sustain long, not due to fewer outsiders, but those outside no longer having the energy to come.

It wasn’t a physical limitation, but emotional dullness causing them to abandon the idea.

The townspeople, to keep vibrant, started targeting themselves, sparking the emotional hunger issue’s complete outbreak,

Emotional hunger could no longer be suppressed; it erupted fully.

Lilith’s analysis likened the method to processing food, making it more absorbable and nutritious, or serving additional purposes.

Like materials usually being foodstuffs, spices, etc., not inherently dangerous.

But once processed, they turn into potent explosives, serving roles far beyond food when needed.

These town residents, striving for survival in the eclipse disaster, actively processed themselves into entities fulfilling special needs.