I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature-Chapter 1850 - 1285: So Poor That Only Money Remains (Part 3)
After reinforcing the Firmament Wheel and Lilith through Dusk, the consumption of merit points was much lower than Lilith’s estimation.
Once this round of reinforcement was completed, there was truly nothing left on Lilith’s body or the Firmament Wheel that could be enhanced.
Then Zheng Yichen used quite a few merit points to add a lot of seemingly useless things.
For instance, an alchemy furnace; he created an entire set, including artifact refining tools, blacksmith hammers, talisman painting equipment, and more.
These sorts of things Lilith could create through the Fantasy Great Array Formation, and the Firmament Wheel could also generate them internally.
From a certain perspective, creating these was pure waste, but the problem was he was about to embark on a life-threatening venture, and it would be a pity not to use so many merit points.
To expend merit points, he even created a new home at his original residence in Hazy City, which housed a special secret realm inside.
Later, he spent heavily to purchase other items from the Dusk Mercenary Group and other Proxy Agents, strengthening the Infinite Space Gem and acquiring many items related to ’time’.
Even though most of these items contained fake time powers, Zheng Yichen was currently pondering his own situation, and such items were beneficial to him.
His method for using these materials mirrored the process of crafting the Infinite Space Gem.
Namely, creating different items in batches and maximizing the effects of those items, then repeatedly reinforcing and combining them through Dusk.
The reinforcement plan Lilith previously presented was also of this type, consuming a lot of merit points, but resulting in higher performance.
After finishing those items involved with fake time power, Zheng Yichen strengthened them all into the Infinite Space Gem.
Even with this round of consumption, he still had over two million merit points in hand, with the total expenditure just exceeding three hundred thousand merit points.
However, the actual improvement brought by expending so many merit points was less than what had been achieved with just a few thousand points previously... Evidently, once individual enhancement nears saturation, the improvements from merit points become negligible.
The original consumption multiplied dozens of times, yet the enhancement achieved was less than one-tenth, with most improvements coming from external objects and bringing lower self-enhancements.
Nonetheless, this expenditure greatly aided Zheng Yichen.
Through the newly reinforced Infinite Space Gem, he had begun to explore some information about time powers within himself.
Though minuscule, it was infinitely better than having achieved nothing previously.
Unfortunately, time was too tight, but even so, he wasn’t planning to alter his plans.
"Fosterer, one more week," Tanshia Firlo looked pitifully at Zheng Yichen: "You must come back!"
She didn’t continue to pleadingly persuade Zheng Yichen; as the set time approached, her attitude also gradually changed.
With Zheng Yichen’s resolve unchanged, her attempts at persuasion instead became a hindrance. What if she truly shook Zheng Yichen’s determination and caused him to fail?
Thus, her attitude shifted from advising him to supporting him: "Don’t let me wait in vain; my coming-of-age ceremony can’t be without you."
"..." Zheng Yichen reached out and stroked Tanshia Firlo’s small head; the little white dragon had told him this more than once.
Zheng Yichen wanted to promise, but he truly had no confidence.
"Fosterer!"
Zheng Yichen said helplessly: "...Sorry, I’ll try to come back."
Tanshia Firlo, who wanted to cry, sniffled slightly and nodded forcefully: "That’s better."
Even though Zheng Yichen’s promise wasn’t that firm, at least she received a commitment, far better than the previous silence.
Having received this lukewarm promise, Tanshia Firlo did not keep repeating this topic like a nagging grandmother.
Her dissatisfaction lay only with Julie and the other Proxy Agents; in the final moments, she desperately wanted to be with Zheng Yichen every day, not just her, Liu Hongzhao and the others felt the same, but only during the day.
In the afternoons, Zheng Yichen’s time no longer belonged to them, these ’children’.
Julie would say that Zheng Yichen’s daytime child-rearing hours had ended, and nighttime belonged to adults!
Tanshia Firlo was extremely dissatisfied with this, even attempted to rally Liu Hongzhao and the others to protest but failed.
Though Liu Hongzhao and the others were tempted, they didn’t want to disturb Zheng Yichen at this time.
To vent their inner unrest and agitation, they sought other Boundary Breakers to cut down.
That near-maniacal demonization was frightening even to Tanshia Firlo.
Her fondness for Zheng Yichen was intense, whereas Liu Hongzhao and the others seemed to go ’crazy’ because of demonic thoughts, and their calm madness appeared more terrifying than traditional insanity.
Regardless, this was all born of facing the unknown’s unsettled feelings; if Zheng Yichen were to ask them to face life and death together, they would undoubtedly agree without hesitation.
Yet Zheng Yichen did not plan to involve anyone; he intended to bear it alone.
Except for that particularly enviable AI!
Glancing at the time, Tanshia Firlo, who clung to Zheng Yichen, looked in another direction; as expected, Wu Lingluo was already leaning against the door frame, waiting for something.
The little white dragon pursed her lips slightly, then dismounted from Zheng Yichen: "I’m going to find Hong Zhao and the others."
In the final moments, Zheng Yichen wanted to savor, so she didn’t disturb him.
Daytime was when the adult Zheng Yichen took care of the children; nighttime was when these ’children’ went out to cut.
"So obedient, when you visit my place later, how about I let you be Empress for a few days?" Wu Lingluo softly stroked Tanshia Firlo’s little face, satisfied with the little white dragon’s sensibility.
"Hmph... Talk about it when I’m in the mood." With Zheng Yichen’s matters weighing them down, the little white dragon didn’t hold high hopes for it, but if someday Zheng Yichen expressed a desire to see this version of her, she would have the mood and interest.
