"My inner space won’t change with environntal adjustnts. It’s very safe inside."
"Hehe, then I’ll leave the rest to you." The purple-haired mother dragon, wearing a warm smile, was the first to step into the inner space.
"If there’s anything in the future that we can help with, feel free to instruct us." Another green dragon spoke to Zheng Yichen before entering the inner space as well.
They curiously examined the structure inside the space, which was filled with all kinds of items that were ticulously sorted and organized. Everything was placed in an extraordinarily orderly fashion.
It resembled the treasure vault of the Dragon Tribe.
But the scale here was far smaller. Besides the items, there was also a small house. Hanging on the house’s entrance was a photo of a white dragon, evidently representing Tanshia Firlo in her dragon form.
"Let’s go visit." The four elder green dragons unanimously agreed.
Before going to find Tanshia Firlo, however, they carefully inspected the dragon eggs to ensure there were no issues before knocking on the door to Tanshia Firlo’s house.
"Don’t even think about coming in!!" A locked-up Tanshia Firlo shouted furiously. She had no intention of interacting with these green mother dragons. If she couldn’t beat them head-on, she certainly wouldn’t hesitate to hide from them!
One green dragon, flashing a cheerful smile, teased, "Heh, little sis, rember we’ll be living together from now on."
Zheng Yichen didn’t pay much attention to the little drama inside the inner space. After leaving his private room, he imdiately sought out Tia and decided to return ho.
Klakauska hadn’t yet finished her rcenary mission and returned. Zheng Yichen contemplated waiting, but the situation in Hazy City at the mont wasn’t favorable for prolonged absences.
He simply left a ssage. Dragons live for a long ti, so even if they couldn’t et this ti, opportunities would arise to et later.
The Dragon Tribe currently had only two Dusk rcenaries, whom they cherished greatly. To gain more Dusk rcenaries, they had heavily invested in Zheng Yichen. Their actions were aid at securing more Dusk rcenaries from their own tribe.
Rather than expanding the ranks of external Dusk rcenaries.
Thus, as long as Klakauska wasn’t reckless during her rcenary missions, the chances of encountering trouble were minimal—if she can’t win a fight, she can always retreat, right?
In the Misty City World, Dusk Cathedral remained bustling with activity. The Dusk rcenaries there didn’t even bat an eye at Zheng Yichen’s presence, seeing him as no stranger. Proxy Agents weren’t really part of their circle. Casual trade was fine, but beyond that, they didn’t mix.
Still, the interactions between Dusk rcenaries and Proxy Agents were relatively scarce. Their circles were expansive, connected to many resources, so even Proxy Agents actively sought supplies from them.
After all, Proxy Agents were extrely efficient in utilizing resources.
"So this is where you live? It seems... rather modest?" A green dragon stared at Zheng Yichen’s ho, hesitating slightly before comnting. To the dragons, Zheng Yichen’s residence was indeed modest—mostly because it was so small.
"I’m human, you’re dragons. When Klakauska first arrived in this world, she found a volcano to settle in. To humans, such a place isn’t livable either."
The speaking green dragon chuckled. They were well aware of Klakauska’s past. As for the changes in the environnt, the inherited mories had provided the answer: this world had been balanced.
It was considered unfortunate overall, but for them, it was actually quite beneficial. In this balanced world, they could better utilize their powers instead of having their abilities significantly suppressed due to the local influence.
If the suppression was too severe, they wouldn’t even be able to properly care for the dragon eggs. Now, things were quite favorable—buying up nearby houses around Zheng Yichen’s place would allow them to attempt constructing a dragon’s nest.
Compared to the world of magic, this world’s environnt ranked much lower, but they were still demigod-level powerhouses here.
"Let’s leave the nearby houses to the Ahn family to handle." Zheng Yichen thought for a mont. In Hazy City, he preferred to keep a low profile. The Ahn family was practically akin to a dominant local force, and getting them to deal with nearby properties would be simple.
He proceeded ho.
Upon encountering the defensive formation, Zheng Yichen imdiately noticed the presence of lost souls. It was clear these souls had intentionally invaded his ho while he was away.
Zheng Yichen reviewed the surveillance footage of the scene.
He had to admit, their thods were quite clever. They bypassed various defenses and employed nurous counterasures, but ultimately, it made no difference. Those who were ant to die still perished here.
So had fled out of sheer terror, as they hadn’t harbored ill intentions. It was only for this reason that they managed to escape.
The malicious invaders, however, were all left behind.
"This kind of defense is rather unique." The purple-haired green dragon observed the surroundings with interest, quickly noting their special nature. "May I give it a try?"
"Be careful." Zheng Yichen paused his intention of dismantling the formation.
The green dragon promptly jumped into the formation. Not long after entering, she clutched her head and ran out, exclaiming, "That’s so uncomfortable! Turns out the guardian inside is you!"
Upon interacting with the formation, she was instantly attacked by its guardian—none other than Zheng Yichen—sparking her excitent to test herself against his phantom.
The result was clear: she was directly struck down by Zheng Yichen within the ntal illusory realm as he wielded the overwhelming torrent of Demonic Abyss intensity.
"Isn’t guarding my own place the best fit for ?" Zheng Yichen joked, then swiftly disabled the formation. Its core was composed of illusory crystals.
These were highly effective in enhancing formations, as illusory crystals allowed additional functions to manifest within them.
As for the souls, Zheng Yichen simply collected them into the Soul-Subduing space of his fishing rod. Since they were already invaders, there was no need to hold back. He wouldn’t pass up quality souls.
The Ahn family finalized the arrangents swiftly. By the next day, the surrounding land had fully changed ownership, leaving Zheng Yichen free to proceed with developnt.
The previous hoowners would move out within the week.
While there weren’t many regular residents in this area, so still lived farther away from Zheng Yichen’s residence. This shift didn’t stir up much attention in Hazy City.
The city had many pressing matters lately.
The Dusk rcenary Group’s migration here clashed significantly with the local powers, and many visitors from alien worlds were far from being peaceful "guests."
While a few green dragons busied themselves with building the dragon’s nest, Zheng Yichen had already eliminated nurous problematic individuals along the way.
The Great Holy Domain banner shielded Hazy City, preserving its environnt and preventing it from becoming an area overrun by anomalies. It also served as a warning to alien intrusions attempting to enter here.
Of course, these warnings only worked on beings whose strength was considerable; weaker ones wouldn’t even sense them.
Those who could sense the warning were often powerful enough to pose serious challenges; if they were willing to follow the rules upon arrival, Zheng Yichen wouldn’t intervene. However, if they behaved recklessly, he wouldn’t hesitate to replenish so health points while dealing with them.
In just two days, he’d encountered at least twenty different incidents, ranging from minor to major issues. Minor ones were handled by the local ard forces, already well-versed in quick responses.
Slight anomalies would imdiately provoke reactions like unloading entire magazines; failing that often led to a hasty burial under a flag.
Zheng Yichen personally handled the major occurrences. In one case, he even stumbled upon a cornered martial arts master being pursued by a group of assailants, half of whom followed him into a phenonon.
These pursuers were highly skilled, capable of creating Sword Qi spanning over forty ters and executing dazzling attacks. Their martial styles weren’t just about techniques requiring close quarters or subtle Inner Strength.
Zheng Yichen, ever sympathetic to collateral damage, swiftly took down both sides and investigated the backstory.
The situation turned out to be the typical lodrama—soone with a rare manual of family martial arts being hunted down. The family had suffered misfortune, losing all top-level experts, which inevitably led to others eying their martial arts inheritance through underhanded ans.
This led to the scenario Zheng Yichen witnessed: the chased individual was outmatched, while the pursuers arrived prepared. In his desperation, the victim stumbled into a phenonon, believing it to be a secret realm—a detail recorded in his family’s history as a source of fortune or potential entrapnt.
Textbook protagonist beginnings, except the phenonon had already disappeared, leaving no pathway for return. As for Dusk adaptability, he appeared indifferent to the twilight hues in Zheng Yichen’s eyes.
It seed he lacked Dusk adaptability—being a protagonist didn’t guarantee "acceptance" by Dusk.
Learning that he wasn’t malicious, Zheng Yichen simply dismissed him, gifting him a printed copy of Lilith’s alien world survival guide.
Similar events unfolded daily. The martial arts master wasn’t even the most unusual case—later at the Night Banquet Bar, while inquiring about the Dusk rcenary Group’s updates, Zheng Yichen encountered a skeleton disguised as a human.
The bartender explained that the skeleton had been forcefully ejected by so unknown power, landing directly at the bar’s doorstep. Unlike low-level skeleton soldiers, this one possessed significant intelligence but had been struck with amnesia during its ejection.
Upon examination, its fire of soul had been partially shattered, making its mory loss likely permanent.
Zheng Yichen took in the rather non-aggressive skeleton, even providing a matching skin disguise. The skeleton picked a female skin despite clearly having male skeletal anatomy.
The adopted skeleton quickly adjusted to working at the bar, becoming a part of its routine life in no ti—a surprisingly normal outco, perhaps?
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