I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature-Chapter 1718 - 1206: Old Stories

Whether former Boundary Breakers or enemies who were originally Breakers, upon discovering Zheng Yichen, contacted headquarters immediately.

Support from headquarters arrived at once, yet even so, the Boundary Breakers here remained nervous, worried about being confronted by Zheng Yichen.

"How much longer until the Eclipse Seeker activates?" one anxious Boundary Breaker asked. The Eclipse Seeker plan had been ongoing for over sixty years.

They hadn’t caught the Boundary Breaking Organization at its peak and had been using outdated strategies, only benefiting from the new version at the very end.

In any case, they had worked hard and achieved great merits in this world. As long as they completed their tasks, they earned significant credit based on their efforts.

The new version from headquarters increased the breakthrough success rate, but the version’s benefits depended more on one’s ability to acquire them.

"Sixteen more days, without any phenomenon connection, headquarters can only provide us protective force."

This force was powerful, capable of even taking down Proxy Agents, but Zheng Yichen was not among the doable targets.

Thus, facing Zheng Yichen now, even with headquarters’ support, they still felt considerable pressure.

Can they really hold out for sixteen days?

"His speed has slowed down, what’s going on? Is he underestimating us?"

Watching the surveillance as Zheng Yichen suddenly decelerated, a Boundary Breaker expressed confusion.

"Boss? Aren’t we solving this quickly?"

"No, since we’ve been exposed, let’s proceed in the normal way." Zheng Yichen remarked, gazing at the distant city where survivors still lingered.

Arriving in this city, the situation was similar to the prior town, with survivors emotionally detached and in a haggard state.

This time, Zheng Yichen didn’t fully restore everything; he located a well-dressed person and returned them to a normal state.

When this restored person saw Zheng Yichen, they went insane on the spot, but Zheng Yichen was prepared, effortlessly subdued him, and directly extracted their soul into the Virtual World.

He tasked Lilith with acquiring the relevant information since, for this Human World Hell, the Virtual World was a promising start.

Soon, Lilith gathered the necessary information; people in the big city knew more, and Zheng Yichen had found someone high-ranking here.

What happened here was similar to the town—rituals during the chaotic period, although not used the earliest here.

Being a city, it had a stronger crisis resistance, countering in early chaotic phases, but later the growing eclipse overwhelmed it.

The city leaders weren’t the first to act; they didn’t even support spreading such messages, yet they couldn’t stop them from leaking.

Someone discreetly performed the rituals, even triggering localized disasters, which were suppressed, but similar events kept emerging.

Eventually, the city couldn’t cope, and since the rituals proved effective, it resorted to them, causing an uncontrollable situation.

There were Dusk mercenaries who appeared from outside, yet they were helpless against the eclipse, leading to failed operations and even becoming ritual sacrifices.

Many ritual-affected natives formed groups to hunt Dusk mercenaries... they weren’t regular troublemakers.

"Boss, we can collect more souls; all these people are involved in the Redemption Ritual, none are innocent."

"Yes, understood." Zheng Yichen continued seeking suitable individuals, skillfully extracting souls, families included.

Considering how this world turned out, restoring normalcy wouldn’t ensure recovery for those in it.

Might as well relocate them in advance.

Besides, from the soul information Lilith gathered, those surviving here all engaged in the Redemption Ritual.

Those not involved either perished in madness or became sacrifices in the Redemption Ritual.

After gathering more soul information, Lilith deduced that the eclipse’s impact wasn’t a fixed damage but fixed percentage damage based on current Life Value.

Those strong enough could temporarily resist the damage, but they’d inevitably weaken, becoming sacrifices or joining the Ritual.

Participants in the Redemption Ritual negated part of the fixed damage, reducing percentage damage, yet upon ending the rituals, they’d explode with high damage.

The ritual’s mitigation wasn’t inherent against the eclipse; it’s participants’ quality improvement that allowed self-offsetting.

Truly, they turned themselves into the meal.

"This world’s Power System... seems somewhat useful?" From the massive soul data, Lilith obtained valuable intelligence. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

Enhancing his understanding of the Redemption Ritual, it didn’t affect him as the eclipse posed no threat. He’d just trace the eclipse’s origin.

The Power System in this world seemed unique to Zheng Yichen.

Equilibrium and Disequilibrium.

Those possessing power in this world fell into these two categories.

In normal states, they maintained a constant state of power for stability and enhancement, disrupting it during battles.