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"and many more."
Interrupting the masked man's speech, Lin Yi asked with a surprised expression, "If I remember correctly, I never agreed to join any faction, so why is it suddenly 'us' now?"
The masked man, having anticipated this, replied without hesitation, "How long do you think your previous lies could last? Almost everyone knows that the people who came to find you that night were from the Restoration Cult, though no one explicitly stated it. Now that the Restoration Cult is focusing on the Star Return, they can't let you, the 'murderer,' continue to go unpunished. And if I'm not mistaken..."
His gaze shifted to the three armed detective girls in the distance, who hadn't noticed their conversation at all: "They must also have the blood of those madmen from the Restoration Cult on their hands."
Lin Yi simply chuckled meaningfully, "Hehe."
For a period of time afterward, no matter how much the masked man, who clearly held a high position in the Equality Organization, tried to persuade and entice Lin Yi, he showed no intention of expressing his opinion. Instead, he insisted as always that he had only attacked the "mosquito" because he was frightened, and that he knew nothing else.
At first, the masked man thought Lin Yi was trying to raise the price—given Lin Yi's current modification technology and national-level combat capabilities, he certainly had the capital to do so. In order to recruit him, he even offered a "high price" of 100000 reward points. Of course, after Lin Yi's statement that "money is like dirt," the matter was dropped. In the end, he left with the words, "We will take action soon. You can make a decision after we really face those lunatics," and then left.
After the masked man left, Lin Yi sorted through the information he had brought and looked at the corner of his "panel" that represented reward points.
1842510
"One hundred thousand? Heh."
For an ordinary transmigrator, this might be their entire fortune, but for Lin Yi, who could make money effortlessly over the past two months, it was just a few major renovations. Would someone take the risk for such readily available resources?
Regardless of whether the "Resurrection Cult" was considered a risk, it was certainly a life-threatening danger in the eyes of those transmigrators. And yet, they still thought of getting something for nothing in the face of such an opponent...
"The crisis level isn't high enough."
Thinking of the information he had gathered from the modified transmigrators over the past two days, Lin Yi suddenly realized, "I really need to add fuel to the fire."
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The Church of Resurrection.
"Is the information true?"
“Absolutely true! I have already interrogated the new member, and the actions of those heretics do indeed show signs of them gathering together.”
“Very good, immediately deliver this message to Lord Faxiang.”
After giving his instructions, the priest of the Restoration God Cult turned his attention back to the intelligence itself: "These fools, even at this point, they still don't know what death is coming to them and want to oppose the glory of the 'Restoration God'. Don't they know that becoming a sacrifice is the most glorious fate in their cheap lives?"
"The world is ignorant and foolish, which is why we need to guide them, isn't it, Your Excellency?"
"That's right, the brilliance of 'God' is endless, and it has never dimmed even after thousands of years. It's laughable that those time travelers thought they could force 'God' to decay and disappear with force. Little did they know that the real 'God' is watching our every move. Only by turning the world into a sacrifice can we, as insignificant beings, possibly return to the eternal 'God'."
"For the glory of us 'Gods'!"
"For the glory of us 'Gods'!" xN
The frenzied shouts echoed incessantly in the enclosed underground space, exuding a terrifying madness.
Information Integration Thought Entity: Chapter 614 Pouring Oil
Information released by a time traveler to the Hero Association has enraged the native inhabitants.
"Remember the large number of strange people and mutants that suddenly appeared a while ago? They were man-made disasters!"
“The Apocalypse Church created them.”
"'The Cult of the Apocalypse'? That's a bunch of madmen who have no sense of reason whatsoever, capable of doing all sorts of crazy things against common sense for a non-existent, fictitious existence."
"These traitors lurking among us humans are far more unforgivable than the visible monsters and mutations!"
The original inhabitants and transmigrators of this world have always been separate, living in their own circles and rarely interfering with each other. However, the pressure from the "Resurrection God Cult" this time is too great. Especially after several national-level transmigrators who sought to unite were wiped out by the sudden appearance of "Fa Tian Xiang Di" two days ago, this pressure directly crushed many people.
Faced with an ever-worsening situation, the time travelers had no choice but to make the decision to drag the natives into the mess. Their first action was to expose the malicious actions taken by the "Cult of Restoration" against the world some time ago.
Clearly, the time travelers' plan succeeded.
In the past, when the Transcendent Alliance, comprised of three beings who possessed celestial bodies, held absolute power and controlled the entire Hero Association, the uninformed native heroes could only make limited guesses based on the fragments of information they obtained. Now, two of the three celestial beings have disappeared, and the remaining ones are incomplete, having lost half of their abilities. Coupled with the transmigrators' proactive disclosure, even with much information that could not be verified, the native heroes, driven by their inherent sense of justice, immediately took action.
Abandoned % age b?>a"⑸ Teacher 翏八⑺⑦M City.
"This is it."
As the plane descended, several figures jumped off.
It wasn't that the pilot was unwilling to land directly; it was entirely due to the dangers on the ground, coupled with the heroes' own insistence. The reason was quite simple—
"Hiss... I had heard about it before, but I didn't expect it to be so thoroughly destroyed."
The speaker was Atomic Samurai, an S-class hero carrying a katana. Unlike his fourth-ranked position in the story, he was now ranked outside the top 100 due to the influx of transmigrators.
His ultimate move is the "Atomic Slash," which is said to be able to cut through anything. Of course, the reason it is said to be able to cut through something rather than actually being able to is that a bored transmigrator brought an ultimate active soft creature from another world, successfully ending the "legend" that this Atomic Samurai can cut through anything.
This time, Atomic Samurai and several other indigenous heroes, who are considered relatively well-known among the S-class heroes, came here entirely because they suddenly received information from an unknown source yesterday.
"Is that intelligence report actually true?"
The girl, dressed in a long black robe and with green curly hair, is known as the Terrifying Tornado. Contrary to her unassuming appearance, she is actually stronger than Atomic Samurai in terms of strength and ranking in the Hero Association, although she has also fallen to outside the top 100 due to the impact of the transmigrator...
"The cause of the millions of casualties in M was not the so-called Dragon-level disaster, but the aftermath of the battle between the second and third ranked S-level wizards."
"We'll find out whether they really go down or not."
S-class hero Silver Fang, stroking his white beard, looked at the meteorite crater that encompassed the entire city. Unlike those heroes who reached S-class through talent, Silver Fang was only ranked 77th in B-class when he first debuted. He was able to get to this point entirely through his own hard work.
“I’ve had contact with the second-ranked ‘Law of Heaven and Earth’ and remembered his aura. If he were truly a ‘non-human’ of that level, he would definitely leave some aura behind when he fought with someone.”
"In that case, let's go down."
The heroes exchanged a glance, then jumped directly from the edge of the crater downwards.
While standing outside, it wasn't really noticeable, but once inside the crater's area, even the strongest hero present—Tornado of Terror—could feel a terrifying pressure.
It is not caused by gravity or other radiation variations caused by matter, but simply by residual mental energy.
Even if it wasn't a direct target, and what remains is incomparable to what it used to be, it's still terrifying enough for indigenous heroes who might not even reach the level of a national hero.
"This place reminds me of the first time I encountered the Terminator."
With his backpack on, Child Emperor moved with difficulty, pursing his lips as he said, "Although he looks like a human on the surface, he is essentially a completely different being from us."
"The third-ranked 'Terminator'? He's alright. Sometimes he'll even help heroes in danger (they're all members of the Equality Organization). Compared to the second-ranked 'Heaven and Earth', he's simply beyond human judgment, inside and out."
"I've heard of it. Apparently, during missions, they killed the target along with ordinary people because they thought they were in the way?"
"That's alright, he just summoned a meteorite. Although it wasn't as terrifying as what we saw here, the level of destruction was definitely not low. At the time, quite a few S-class heroes who knew about this proposed kicking him out of the Hero Association, but no one paid any attention, and it was eventually dropped."
"This is the first time I've ever heard of something like this..."
Upon hearing this, Tornado pursed her lips and said, "There are many things you don't know. The Hero Association is not the same as it used to be. So many terrifyingly strong people have appeared out of nowhere. At least on the surface, they are on the side of humanity. If they were all on the side of the Monster Association, we probably wouldn't have any room to survive."
That was true before, but it may not be true in the future.
The one who refuted her was Silver Fang, a well-traveled and knowledgeable hero who narrowed his eyes: "Because of the emergence of 'Hero Shaping,' now ninety-five out of every hundred people have been injected with the 'Hunger' drug. Even if they can't become real combatants in a short time, given time they will definitely become heroes. Imagine, seven billion heroes—even if they are all the weakest C-class heroes, they can defeat all monsters and mutants!"
When Reimu made her judgment, Silver Fang had no idea about the existence of "Star-level" or even the "National-level" below "Star-level".
Sometimes, intelligence is even more important than strength. After all, the former allows you to crush those weaker than yourself, fight against those of equal strength, and escape from those stronger than yourself, while the latter prevents you from becoming blinded by the little strength you possess and perishing in the despair caused by that blindness.
Information Integration Thought Entity: Chapter 615 Pressure Boost
By the time they reached the vicinity of the crater's center, the indigenous heroes had gradually become accustomed to the pressure, or rather, found another way to withstand it.
"Have you noticed that the pressure seems to decrease the closer you get to it?"
"I thought it was just my imagination."
Silver Fang nodded: "This feels like the 'spirit' of the Flowing Rock Smash Fist has been stripped away. Although the power of the move is still there, the aura that can suppress everything has become thinner."
"In any case, we just need to confirm as quickly as possible whether it was the second or third person who did this."
While it's true that heroes inevitably cause casualties to ordinary people when fighting monsters and mutants, that only applies to a portion of them. The heroes here, with their strong sense of justice, would do their best to protect ordinary people even if they couldn't kill the monsters.
They were dissatisfied with the fact that "Fa Tian Xiang Di" had summoned meteorites that affected ordinary people in order to kill monsters, but they could only suppress their dissatisfaction because the other party was also trying to eliminate monsters and save more people.
But if this horrific casualty incident was actually just an internal struggle between heroes, then the meaning is far different: compared to monsters and mutants, the "heroes" who can carry out such meaningless massacres without batting an eye are even more evil.
Soon, their destination appeared before the indigenous heroes who had quickened their pace after the "Imagination" suppression failed.
Silver Fang, who had come into contact with "Heaven and Earth," and Child Emperor, who knew something about "Terminator," went to the center immediately. The former sensed the remaining aura here, while the latter collected the traces on the ground. As for the other native heroes who were not good at these things, they separated into twos and threes.
Standing beside the trembling Tatsumaki, Atomic Samurai suddenly spoke up: "Hey, Tatsumaki, let me ask you a question."
"explain."
"If Old Master Bang really finds out that the second and third place were responsible for these things, what do you plan to do?"
The green-haired girl said coldly, "What else can we do? Of course, we have to eliminate them."
"Haha, don't forget your current ranking, and the target you should target is the second-place player."
"so what?"
The trembling tornado hovering in mid-air turned its head and looked at the smiling Atomic Samurai: "Are you scared and planning to back out?"
"I'm afraid?"
Atomic Samurai forcefully plunged his katana into the ground before him, his smile quickly turning grim: "My two disciples were killed right here. If they sacrificed themselves while fighting against mutated monsters, there's nothing I can do as their master—after all, the culprit has already been killed. But if the real culprit is still alive in this world, even acting in the name of a hero, I will stop at nothing to kill him!"
His fierce aura softened slightly: "The reason I asked you was because I was afraid you would back out halfway. In any case, forcing a woman is not something I like to do. Fortunately, I don't have to do that."
Upon hearing this, Tornado merely snorted and made no further response. Just then, the sound of silver fangs came from below.
"Come down, it's clear now."
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Just as the indigenous people learned the truth, they were directly targeted by the star-level forces who were making final preparations.
"A huge signal generator?"
"That's right, it would be best to send the signal outside the solar system."
"It's possible, as long as the power and size are increased, it should be achievable, but what would we need it for?"
Looking at Lin Yi, a "biological modification scientist," with a puzzled expression, the indigenous man, who held a doctorate in physics, asked in bewilderment.
As Lin Yi's net worth and status rose, these "resources" that were previously inaccessible without special means now came knocking on his door, saving him a lot of trouble.
Hearing this, he simply smiled and said, "My 'magnetic fluid magic' has reached a critical stage, and I need a similar device for data collection and testing."
The indigenous people were shocked: "Magnetofluid magic?!"
"That's right, the principle is—"
"Wait, wait, wait, I don't want to understand this unscientific stuff at all. I'll give you the signal generator, please don't continue to ruin my beautiful ideals of science."
Unlike transmigrators who accept anything that can help them become stronger, natives tend to adhere to their principles. For example, the scientist in front of them, who could be easily crushed by a C-level hero, always refuses anything "unscientific." Even when Lin Yi placed the "hunger" potion in front of him, he did not accept it—he believed it was not "scientific."
But is this really the case?
As he left with the signal generator, sensing the indigenous people behind him closing the door and continuing their experiments with the "hunger" drug, Lin Yi's eyes revealed an ambiguous expression.
"Is there anything more ridiculous than people who don't even know what science is yet insisting on its existence?"
Back in the lab, the first thing Lin Yi did was input Earth's coordinates within the Milky Way, and then immediately turn on the signal generator—pointing it at the sky.
The so-called "magnetic fluid divine skill" does not exist at all. Even if it did, Lin Yi did not intend to test it at this time. After all, with the two million reward points he already had and the nuclear fusion fist, plus the "famine" that had entered its later stages on Earth, he basically did not need the power of any other system.
More than that, Lin Yi needs new "factors" to intervene, at least enough to stir up the already chaotic waters of this story world even more, so that everything that has been pent up for so long can finally erupt.
A few national-level transmigrators from equal organizations alone are not enough. When faced with significant losses, these people who have lived "two lives" will not only fail to rise to the challenge but will instead choose to retreat. Therefore, new "frontline fighters" are needed. The indigenous heroes have taken on this role, which is why Lin Yi specifically sent that intelligence to the indigenous heroes.
However, just those few native heroes won't work either, since the difference between star-level and city-level heroes is too great to be comparable, even if their supernatural powers are weakened by half. Therefore, a second factor is needed.
The plot's antagonist, Boros.
Unfortunately, the monster Garou had to leave the scene early due to the transmigrators' actions. Otherwise, Lin Yi wouldn't need to find some unknown dark matter pirate crew in the universe. He could just bring Garou over, give him a few doses of medicine, transplant him, and then just wait and watch the show.
Information Integration Thought Entity: Chapter 616 Detonation
The sky over the central district was unusually gloomy that day, much like the unease felt by the time travelers from the Equality Organization about their uncertain future.
After the Terminator was forced to leave this world, several national-level members of the organization also died due to the sudden attack of "Fa Tian Xiang Di". Without the support of powerful forces, the organization was like a floating weed, not knowing where to land.
The plans that were painstakingly formulated were not implemented by many people. Only things like spreading rumors to confuse the indigenous people were not too dangerous and people were willing to do them. Apart from that, more people in the organization were thinking about how to escape from here than how to fight against the madmen of the Restoration Cult.
Yes, escape.
After the managers and their own star-level counterparts were forced to leave the battlefield one after another, the deaths of several national-level transmigrators became the last straw that broke the camel's back. Even the star-level counterparts were too busy to take care of themselves, so how could they expect these city-level, army-level, or even human-level transmigrators to make any achievements?
Having had contact with the Transmigrators Alliance, they were well aware of the qualitative change brought about by power. If one could overwhelm an opponent by sheer numbers when fighting below the city level, then when it came to the level of fighting against a nation—where a single punch could create a crater—no matter how many weaklings there were, they were useless; at most, they would only allow the opponent to throw a few more punches.
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