I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature-Chapter 1827 - 1273: Dusk’s Instinct (Part 2)

"My fault then?"

"No one is at fault, everything stems from ’desire’ and Dusk’s instincts."

Tia handed Zheng Yichen his phone and helped adjust the bandages on his body: "Come back early."

The instinct of Dusk.

Zheng Yichen put away his phone, and Lilith scanned and recorded the map information, adding a projection map to his vision.

Now, clearing the factors threatening the world is like clocking in for work, going out in the morning and returning home by afternoon.

And it wouldn’t even take him that long; completing it quickly is particularly easy; encountering him is just unlucky.

But Zheng Yichen didn’t head there immediately; he held a seed in his hand, a World Tree seed.

The World Tree seed originates from the World Tree, yet it’s rebellious towards it; Senluo had explained the reason to Zheng Yichen.

The World Tree seed itself is the continuation of the World Tree; it’s an instinct deeply rooted in the seed, but when the World Tree remains healthy, the World Tree seed can only suppress such instinct.

And the World Tree’s lifespan is extremely long; although it has a day of decay, that day is far too distant.

Perhaps the World Tree seed may rot while the World Tree is still in a healthy state.

So there exists such a contradiction between the World Tree seed and the World Tree.

With reference to the World Tree’s situation, Dusk and the Collective World probably have a similar relationship.

The stability of the Collective World is high; each world within the Collective is essentially the Collective World itself, a beehive-like structure, so even if some worlds encounter problems, it doesn’t overly affect the main body.

What’s more, the Collective World has the Primal Stone World, which Zheng Yichen now thinks is mostly the Collective World’s ’self-healing’ manifestation.

Some worlds may be destroyed, but after being developed, the Primal Stone World can provide supplementation, much like self-healing for wounds.

In this world, as long as no overly severe problem occurs, it means Dusk will never arrive.

"BOSS, what do you plan to do?"

"Finish the task first." Zheng Yichen’s figure disappeared from where he was; the environment in this world is about at level two, significantly affecting him, but that’s just a normal impact.

A large-scale manifestation of an Alien Phenomenon would mean no restriction on him regarding the environment.

Upon arriving at the Boundary Breaking Organization’s location, Zheng Yichen saw not a makeshift defense but a long-developed large military base.

Clearly, this world had long been targeted by the Boundary Breaking Organization, arranging a Boundary Breaker to strategize here for a while; its escape is likely thanks to the environment being too low and the relative scarcity of world resources.

Now, the runaway Boundary Breaker has redeveloped this place; the original Boundary Breaking Organization was deep-rooted, dismissing small fry, but now the new Boundary Breaking Organization, having waned, doesn’t even let go of such small fry.

Meanwhile, the Dusk mercenaries are busy striving for survival, having no thought to continue executing missions.

When Zheng Yichen arrived here, he didn’t see any Dusk mercenaries.

"Is that him?! Retreat!!"

At the sight of Zheng Yichen’s figure, the Boundary Breakers within the military base immediately withdrew, without any hesitation.

Even if the environment of this world isn’t high, before the Boundary Breaker group was eliminated, they had broadcast information about Zheng Yichen.

Those these residents at the target world had also received it.

Understanding Zheng Yichen well and knowing the environment couldn’t impair his power use, they withdrew decisively.

Confidence? This isn’t a matter of confidence; no matter how advanced the weapons of this military base, they aren’t enough to challenge Zheng Yichen; they didn’t even wish to test whether Zheng Yichen was truly as formidable as the intelligence described.

"..." Sensing the collective withdrawal of the Boundary Breakers, Zheng Yichen was speechless for a moment, but this world’s Boundary Breaking core had not yet been destroyed, and his task remained uncompleted.

The military base’s local garrison realized their superiors had disappeared, but facing Zheng Yichen, this intruder, the current highest-ranking officer took over command, and the entire military base operated like a precise machine.

The Boundary Breakers had managed this place well; all the garrison here were elites, maintaining order despite the sudden situation.

However, the entire military base was cleaved in half by Zheng Yichen’s single sword stroke.

The black sword in his hand carried the aura of the Heaven-Slaying Weapon; although the Heaven-Slaying Weapon was damaged, having once possessed the Heavenly Path’s Body, he retained the Heaven-Slaying Weapon’s characteristics.

Fully understanding and analyzing it, the black sword generated with his Extraordinary abilities could also incorporate some Heaven-Slaying Weapon traits.

With just one strike, the garrison within the military base abandoned resistance; their cutting-edge weaponry was useless against Zheng Yichen.

The energy shield of the base was like paper under Zheng Yichen’s sword.

The breached military base revealed Zheng Yichen extracting the Boundary Breaking core from here, an item resembling a globe. After Lilith’s analysis, it was determined that this item could trigger the earth’s core to tremble.

This item was directly decomposed and absorbed by Lilith’s Simulated World core, thus completing Zheng Yichen’s task.

Returning to the Dusk Territory, he didn’t even check how many merit points he had gained; did those things even have meaning anymore?

"Brother Yichen, task completed?" The lightly made-up Liu Hongzhao noticed Zheng Yichen’s return and immediately approached.

"A very simple task, let’s return first."

Liu Hongzhao nodded; though Zheng Yichen was smiling, she felt his spirits weren’t high.

Leaving the Dusk Territory, Zheng Yichen’s somewhat suppressed emotion finally lifted.

"Brother Yichen, you don’t need to take responsibility for everything; you’re not some savior." Liu Hongzhao sat next to Zheng Yichen.

She felt Zheng Yichen bore far too much responsibility that wasn’t his; the mandatory tasks of Dusk had to be fulfilled, but other matters weren’t much of his concern.

She now wished to peacefully spend the last millennium with Zheng Yichen.

"This isn’t about being a savior." Zheng Yichen shook his head, realizing that Dusk was the most problematic entity, but, as Tia said, Dusk was consistently passively responsive.

Had it not been for someone creating the Boundary Breaking Organization, the current situation wouldn’t have arisen; as for the Equilibrists... the Equilibrists didn’t cause as much trouble as the Boundary Breaking Organization.

Resonant destruction has to reach a certain scale to happen.

The Boundary Breaking Organization’s expansion quickens the arrival of collapse and destruction.

They attempt to create a ’Deluge Chaos’ world; Tia could say as much because she likely read a lot of the novels Zheng Yichen left for Dusk.

Previously, he thought Dusk was rotting away, unwilling to reform; now, with some situations clear, he understood.

Why should Dusk reform? There’s no need for reform!

Dusk maintains the Collective World, akin to the World Tree seed, and carries rebellious elements due to its inherent instincts.

Even if Dusk and the Collective World are one, within that oneness, as long as the Collective World remains intact, Dusk will forever be a standby, just maintaining it.

Like seeds within the World Tree, incapable of taking root and sprouting.

In Senluo’s world, should the World Tree perish, and if there are too many seeds inside, they’d engage in ’battle,’ ultimately having only one seed sprout anew.

Then repeat the World Tree’s former journey?

Whether Dusk would be like this, Zheng Yichen was unsure, but he hardly wanted such an end.

Even if collapse and destruction ensue, using the World Tree fruit to support Dusk is no guarantee of problem-free operation.

If Dusk, like the World Tree seed, takes root and sprouts anew, would the remnants from the world’s previous form truly be preserved?