Chapter 106: Can’t Drive Them Away, Can’t Drive Them Away

Kill… the person the Sorceress cares about!?

Listening to Dan Marina’s casual talk, Zheng Yichen’s eyebrows twitched. Damn! Could it be that this woman in front of him was so persistent in finding him just for this reason? Zheng Yichen instinctively pressed the joint of his little finger. Hidden there was a mechanism, a defense device in the Workshop. Once activated, a lot of attacking weapons would emerge from inside.

“I haven’t finished speaking yet.” Dan Marina ignored Zheng Yichen’s action and continued on her own, “Isn’t there any water here?”

“……” Zheng Yichen looked at her with an expression as if she were an idiot. “Do you think this body of mine needs to drink water?”

“Not being obedient, are you?” Dan Marina paid no mind to Zheng Yichen’s look and walked on her own to a water dispenser Zheng Yichen had made. She watched a considerable number of them, then took out the only cup from the small cabinet below. “Quite a convenient thing.”

“What the…!?”

“Don’t be so surprised. They have this in bars.” Smiling lightly at Zheng Yichen’s bewildered face, Dan Marina sat back down. “The unwritten rule among Sorceresses can indeed be done. But doing so is only a temporary fix. Once some things develop cracks, they won’t repair themselves. Instead, as time goes on, the cracks will continue to grow!”

“A huge dam can collapse because of an ant nest?”

“Hmm~ a good analogy. If something you deeply cherished was destroyed, what would you choose to do?”

Zheng Yichen thought seriously for a moment. “If it could be repaired, I would do my utmost to fix it. If it couldn’t… I might find a replacement. After all, it’s an obsession.”

He understood this deeply. Earth was his obsession. Otherwise, Zheng Yichen wouldn’t have made so many things similar to Earth’s style in his daily life here. Having been in this world for a long time, Zheng Yichen found that he ultimately couldn’t actively integrate into this Otherworld he had crossed into, unlike protagonists in other stories who could do so right after crossing over.

Even now, what held the highest place in his heart was still… Earth. Time hadn’t faded his obsession in this regard. Instead, as his strength grew and his Mental Energy increased, his memory became more fully utilized. With near-perfect recollection of past events, this obsession also deepened continuously. This world was, after all, not the one he had lived in before. No matter how much he integrated into this world, he remained an outsider.

“So, that approach is ultimately only temporary. In the end, it will only make things worse.”

“But even so, it’s better than doing nothing at all, right?”

Dan Marina nodded gently. “Why not just take care of that Sorceress as well?”

“……”

“Hah, just kidding. You don’t mind if I stay here for a while, do you?” Dan Marina laughed.

Zheng Yichen shook his head firmly. “If I said I mind, would you leave?”

“Of course~ I wouldn’t!”

And so, Zheng Yichen’s Workshop gained two new residents. As for Petty, due to the restrictions of the Contract, even if she became completely familiar with this place, she couldn’t leak any information about it. As for Dan Marina, Zheng Yichen had absolutely no way to deal with her. If she wanted to stay, he couldn’t stop her; if she wanted to leave, he certainly wouldn’t hold her back!

However, with two women now living in the Workshop, some areas needed to be newly arranged. Of course, Zheng Yichen had also considered that his main body would be here in the future, so the Workshop was quite large. Although the utilization rate wasn’t high, it was prepared for later needs. So, creating new areas didn’t cause much trouble; they just needed to work on the unused spaces.

With the power of Magic, what might have taken a month to complete was mostly done in about two days.

“Which realm’s style is this?” Looking at the room Zheng Yichen had prepared, Dan Marina thoughtfully tapped her cheek as she walked around and observed. The furniture was, needless to say, still in Earth’s style. As for places like the restroom and bathroom, she had never seen anything like them before… This self-contained style definitely couldn’t have been conceived on a whim.

It required a certain period of development and refinement. Her ability couldn’t trace the origin of this style either, which was still a very rare occurrence. Not being able to trace it meant that this style was appearing for the first time.

“My own style.” Zheng Yichen crossed his arms. Which realm’s style? What use was it to say Earth? Could they open a portal to go back?

If possible, Zheng Yichen would certainly be tempted, but… before crossing back, he wouldn’t mind doing some cleanup work! After all, if he could return, that would be enough. Bringing trouble back would be his responsibility!

If possible… he thought it would be even better to bring back a Loli. Tsk, better stop dreaming. Shaking his head, Zheng Yichen pulled back his thoughts and said dryly, “Anyway, this is where you’ll stay from now on. If you like it, stay. If you don’t, then go find somewhere else to live.”

Petty’s room was similar to Dan Marina’s. After explaining how to use the bathroom and restroom, Zheng Yichen left. Food was not lacking in the Workshop either. Those ordinary Alchemical Puppets had been increased to twenty and could fully maintain all the work in the Workshop, including resource collection.

Additionally, he had prepared five combat-type Alchemical Puppets. Those would be deployed if the ordinary Alchemical Puppets encountered situations they couldn’t handle. If even the combat-type ones couldn’t resolve it, then Zheng Yichen’s main body would step in.

But for now… with a Sorceress in his Workshop, it was unlikely anything would happen here.

Returning to the Workshop, Zheng Yichen immediately set about creating new Magic Arms. Dan Marina hadn’t finished talking about Loris’ matter but had revealed something about two months… During this time, he needed to quickly develop his own strength and find a way to get the information he wanted from Dan Marina.

“What Magic Arms should I make next… That sword said to let me win? How to set up the Light Cannon…” Zheng Yichen muttered, flipping through his Magical Grimoire, trying to find a similar Magic… and he really found a suitable one, a Magic called Light Tide. The name was simple, but its power was immense. As the name suggested, it gathered a large amount of Light Element and released an attack like a tidal wave. No matter which element, it was harmful to people. Unless released in a supportive way to turn it into a beneficial state, if released as an attack, its killing power was never weak!

Water Element could tear skin upon contact, and Light Element’s penetrating power wasn’t bad against humans either!

He just needed to modify the Magic Rune Array afterward to change the wave-like attack into a beam form. But damn it, this was a High-Rank Magic. Zheng Yichen currently didn’t have the ability to master or complete the modifications in a short time!

“Never mind, let’s make something simple and straightforward first…”