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Clearly, the effects of drug stimulation on the human body—specifically, those of ability users—within Academy City are beyond Lin Yi's purview. Therefore, even injecting a large dose would be meaningless. This is why Lin Yi accepted Academy City's plan to stimulate ability growth with drugs without hesitation: it was impossible to succeed from the very beginning.
The only thing that can truly allow this "information body" to grow in power, besides the unconventional energy obtained from "God missions" and "killing plot characters," is "information," which is essentially the same as the information body.
Now, Lin Yi is adopting the second approach.
The God's medicine had no effect, but the "information" it contained had some value.
Just as you know that a reaction will occur when calcium carbonate and sulfuric acid come into contact even if there is no reaction in front of you, what Lin Yi needs to do is obtain information about this "reaction".
Based on a large amount of clinical data about NT-001 within Academy City, as well as data about the drug itself, Lin Yi quickly simulated it into necessary "information" and incorporated it into the information body to cause a reaction.
In an instant, the non-existent "heartbeat" was amplified to an extreme degree, and even the necessary physiological mechanisms, which did not reject it, gave the illusion of "dry mouth and throat." When I opened my eyes, what I saw was not pale light, but a chaotic area composed of countless particles.
Under the stimulation of the "drugs," the body unconsciously tensed up, and the two abilities bound within the body began to surge exponentially. The rapid intensification of personal reality also affected the objective material level. From the perspective of researchers outside, Lin Yi's abilities began to "go out of control."
[First Restraint Collapse]
[Second Restraint Collapse]
[Third restraint integrity 16%, expected to collapse in 3.8 seconds—]
The massive, chaotic, distorted force immediately pulled, squeezed, and crushed all moving matter in the laboratory. Even the reinforced metal walls and the large bed groaned and creaked under the onslaught of this invisible force.
Not only in the laboratory, but even research rooms hundreds of meters away were affected by the stance.
When Kiyama Harumi felt his body was spiraling out of control, he immediately reacted: "Activate the emergency mechanism and immediately stop the experiment!"
……
Twenty minutes later, when Lin Yi recovered from the "drug stimulation," he received some parameters of his current ability strength from Kiyama Haruo.
Singularity Reversal
Strength: LV5 (Superpower)
Strong attraction field, strong repulsion field, large-scale disordered force field in an out-of-control state
Direct interference range: 500m~1500m, half-attenuation amplitude: 10%.
Theoretical upper limit: Gravitational black hole ~ Repulsive white hole
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The drug stimulation plan for Lin Yi's ability to develop generalized systems had to be suspended, and the reason was explained quite directly by Kiyama Haruo.
"Too dangerous."
"If it were simply a matter of the destructive strength coefficient being too high or the impact area being too wide, Academy City would have ample means to deal with it. The problem is that your ability has both an excessively high destructive strength system and an excessively wide range of influence. Even the slightest level of drug stimulation would cause your ability to go berserk within a radius of 1500m. If the stimulation is excessive, the entire Academy City could potentially fall within your berserk interference range. Not everyone can have the hardness of reinforced metal. You don't even need to directly hit them with your ability; just slightly deflecting Academy City's 'gravitational field' could result in an effect similar to a massacre."
"Therefore, the drug stimulus program had to be suspended."
Lin Yi had no objection to Kiyama Haruo's conclusion. After all, that was the reality, and it was already quite good that he could recover to this extent after just one shock. If he wanted to continue recovering, there was no harm in trying a different method.
Soon, the researcher proposed a second generalization development scheme to replace drug stimulation.
"Following the decision of the General Council, we have now decided to relaunch the 'Absolute Ability' program."
Lin Yi, who had already been exposed to the plan, asked curiously, "Is it a sub-individual that replicates the 'Railgun'?"
"No, just like I said before, the clones are no longer sufficient to meet your data collection needs."
Looking at Kiyama Harumi's expression, Lin Yi roughly knew what she wanted to say.
"...Currently, there are over 30 espers in Academy City, most of whom are low-level espers, but there are also quite a few powerful espers. What you need to do is fight those powerful espers and have the 'Tree Diagram Designer' collect data."
"For example?"
"There are also people with great abilities and people with super abilities."
Lin Yi's expression became increasingly subtle: "Since it's a battle, there must be injury and disability indicators, right? It can't be like a turn-based game where you take turns attacking like in a performance."
After giving Lin Yi a deep look, Kiyama Haruo said coldly, "If necessary, the Council will allow you to attack or kill any object in Academy City that may be subject to data collection. Of course, in order to reduce potential negative impacts, you must try to avoid crowds."
Upon hearing Kiyama Harumi's words, Lin Yicai truly realized that this academy city, representing technology and capabilities, had indeed staked all its "trump cards" on its own abilities.
Perhaps the power of those "demons" left them with no choice, or perhaps the emergence of the "Transmigrator Alliance" forced them to pay such a price, or perhaps the constant appearance of magicians in the city gave them a bad feeling... No single factor would have made the rulers of this academy city go to such lengths, but when all factors appeared at the same time, especially with the large number of transmigrators who could "foresee the future" and "control everything" emerging, the academy city had no choice but to take such an aggressive approach to the current situation.
Regarding this situation, Lin Yi's statement—
"I don't seem to have a reason to refuse."
"...After you leave the research institute, the 'Tree Diagram Designer' will focus 90% of the computing power around you. All you need to do is keep fighting to obtain the necessary data. In order to obtain the most accurate data possible, we will not take action even if you encounter danger. Do you understand?"
Nodding noncommittally, Lin Yi received the top-secret information from Kiyama Harumi regarding all Level 4 and above ability users in Academy City—information that was considered top secret even within Academy City—before turning and leaving the underground research lab.
——Is this really okay?
Watching this ability user, whose abilities were shrouded in mystery, leave, Kiyama Harumi repeatedly questioned the correctness of his actions.
Her emotions told her that this was not something she could control alone. Even if she denied it, many more people would drive the plan to be completed. After all, "absolute ability user" and "super ability user" are completely different concepts, let alone an ability user who surpasses "absolute ability user". The changes and benefits that would bring are beyond what a researcher like herself could imagine.
But reason clearly told her that doing so would inevitably lead to serious consequences.
"...If a Level 5 superpowered individual can fight an army head-on, then theoretically a Level 6 absolute power user could fight the entire world. And the fate of the entire world is determined by an individual—is that really true?"
Thinking of the children who were still asleep and waiting for him to save them, Kiyama Harumi had to suppress his confusion and fear about the future and continue to move towards the abyss.
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Less than a week later, Lin Yi once again set foot on the surface of Academy City.
Even without deliberately observing, one can sense that the atmosphere of this city is completely different from that of a week ago. Not only are there far fewer pedestrians on the streets, but there are also many traces of destruction left behind that have not been cleaned up in time. If I'm not mistaken, these traces should be left behind by the "transmigrator" or the "plot characters" hired by the "transmigrator".
Although transmigrators are restricted from actively harming characters in the main storyline, conflicts of interest between transmigrators have never been absolutely prohibited. In addition, the group of characters hired by transmigrators serve as a source of intensification, making it impossible for this academy city to remain peaceful once the story officially begins.
"let me see……"
Lin Yi opened the mobile terminal he had brought with him when he left the research institute, which was linked to the "tree diagram designer." Just as he was about to find the nearest ability user to "obtain data," a sharp sound from afar interrupted his actions.
"...It seems we've saved ourselves some trouble."
After putting away his mobile device, Lin Yi looked ahead with anticipation.
Before long, a nimble figure descended from the sky and landed in front of Lin Yi. The metal mask on his face popped up automatically, revealing a young face underneath: "You're that double S-level rookie?"
"Probably."
After glancing around to make sure no other transmigrators had appeared, the inquirer's face lit up with excitement: "Trade these two abilities to me, and I'll guarantee your safety in Academy City!"
"trade?"
Under Lin Yi's probing gaze, the transmigrator quickly produced a piece of parchment covered with various mysterious runes: "This is a high-level contract, sign it quickly!"
Looking at the transmigrator with a fierce glint in his eyes, Lin Yi roughly understood why the "Overall Council" had chosen this moment to make him leave the research institute.
"So..."
Catching the falling parchment, and looking at the "time traveler" who had turned into a puddle under the repulsive force from above, Lin Yi sighed helplessly: "Why do humans have to hurt each other?"
P.S.: Sorry for the power outage yesterday... I'll update it later.
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Lin Yi felt that he was overthinking things.
I originally thought that finding those "plot characters" to fight and obtain data would be a relatively troublesome thing, given the rampant "plot" in the entire Academy City and the unbridled intervention and interference of various transmigrators. However, I found that it was much simpler than I had expected when I actually carried it out.
"Hahaha, give up! My ability is 'infinite acceleration'. As long as I'm moving, I can increase my speed without limit. No matter how strong your ability is, it's useless if you can't reach me!"
The triumphant laughter was somewhat distorted due to the high speed, but the general meaning was still understandable, since the speaker was moving at a subsonic speed of nearly 200 m/s "around" them.
Feeling the gentle breeze constantly passing by, Lin Yi nodded as if he had a sudden realization.
"Is it just about reducing body weight?"
"I don't know what you're talking about. If you don't want this game over, hand over your power seed right now—"
The holder, who was moving at high speed, seemed a little impatient, and the distance that had been created to avoid Lin Yi's field of influence gradually closed.
"You've barely escaped with your life, you don't want to end it here, do you?"
Looking at the withered leaves on the ground swaying gently in the surrounding air currents, Lin Yi exhaled: "Young man, do you want to accelerate to an even higher level?"
"what?"
The questioning voice stretched on indefinitely, but eventually turned into a lingering echo of terror. Accompanied by a large number of dead leaves and rubble that inexplicably rose from the ground, the high-speed traveler made the most direct reaction—jumping.
Looking up at the sky, as expected, I saw the time traveler with an ugly expression at an altitude of more than fifty meters.
His true ability is "mass offset".
Judging solely from the high-speed movement he displayed during combat, it is indeed possible to mistake his ability for "high-speed movement." However, when a human body moves at subsonic speeds of 200 m/s or even faster, it should not merely create a slight breeze—a point that Lin Yi, who has faced opponents moving at several times or even dozens of times the speed of sound, understands all too well.
Therefore, if the output power remains constant, the only way to increase the speed of an object is to reduce its weight.
This is also the time traveler's true ability: to reduce his own weight.
That's why he was able to run at 200m/s, a speed that ordinary people can only reach at 10m/s. But this inevitably leads to another disadvantage: inertial damage.
Hitting a wall at 10 m/s is a completely different concept from hitting a wall at 200 m/s. The former might result in a bloody head, while the latter would likely result in a gruesome death.
Similarly, for an ordinary person, no matter how fast they run, the tiny particles that linger in the air for a short time cannot cause them harm, since the speed difference between the two has not exceeded the intensity limit. However, for a human body moving at subsonic speeds, even a falling leaf can become a deadly "sharp blade".
That's why this time traveler didn't choose to join his accomplices in the earlier attack but instead chose to act alone in this open area. It wasn't that he wanted to "take it all for himself" or anything like that; it was simply because—
"Having speed but being unable to control it, yet daring to call oneself 'infinite acceleration'."
Shaking his head, Lin Yi raised his right hand at the holder who was forced to remain suspended in mid-air due to the significant reduction in mass and the cancellation of the planet's gravity by the repulsive field: "At least, experience the real 'speed' before you talk."
"Wait, I was just kidding—"
The figure lingering in the sky vanished without a trace in an instant, converging the repulsive field spread across the ground. Lin Yi continued searching for the next one... or perhaps waiting to be found by the next one.
In reality, the data collected by the "tree diagram designer" was not the data on Lin Yi's battles with other ability users in Academy City, but rather the data on his battles with those "transmigrators".
After leaving the research institute, Lin Yi received similar treatment to the "plot characters" in Academy City. Even without doing anything, he was constantly "attracting" the attention of transmigrators. However, unlike other "plot characters," Lin Yi did not attract transmigrators based on his "attributes" or "appearance," but simply because of his two S-rated abilities.
It's not hard to tell from the previous world's experience that the transmigrator possesses the ability to extract the abilities of an individual and then reassign them to others. After all, that "veteran" acted with this purpose in mind.
The reason why Academy City had maintained a general "stability" before was entirely due to the rules set by the administrators and the "pioneers" that prevented them from interfering significantly before the plot began. However, once the plot had fully unfolded, they naturally had no more scruples.
Admittedly, not all transmigrators coveted Lin Yi's two S-rank abilities, but given the sheer number of transmigrators in Academy City—up to 20000—even if only one percent of them harbored such thoughts, nearly 200 transmigrators would take action against him.
It's important to understand that in the minds of many transmigrators, Lin Yi is still just a "newbie" who has just gained his abilities and entered Academy City...
"It seems you've gained quite a bit from the Ability Research Institute."
With his hands in his pockets, the transmigrator who had walked a short distance in front of Lin Yi turned his gaze from the horizon and smiled: "Yu Hui, the B+ level ability user who was in the same group as you before."
He shrugged, indicating that he should continue.
"It's a little embarrassing to admit, but as your 'seniors,' we figured we should at least give you the freedom to grow, even if we didn't guide you onto the right path. The problem is, your abilities are just too attractive... You know, the strongest potential that has ever appeared in this Academy City is only A-rank, and that's relatively low-level potential. If you hadn't appeared, we could have comforted ourselves that we were all just sitting around doing nothing, but you, a newbie who just started out, are like a protagonist template with two S-rank ratings. Even if we wanted to ignore you, it would be hard."
Lin Yi tilted his head: "Was it my fault?"
"That's not quite right... It's more like the wrong person at the wrong time and in the wrong place."
With a sigh, Yu Hui pulled his hand out of his pocket: "I haven't tested my abilities within the Academy City system, but I did calculate them once using the system, and I'm definitely a B+ Level 5 esper."
Looking at his long, slender fingers, Lin Yi narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Then, just like the rules in Academy City, every superpowered individual here has their own title, and mine is—"
Meeting Lin Yi's gaze, Yu Hui grinned: "Magician of Light."
A dazzling light burst forth before his eyes, traveling at a speed exceeding the limits of human reflexes. Faced with this high-temperature ray capable of easily melting metal, Lin Yi did not dodge to the side, but instead moved directly forward—
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Thirteen meters to the left, a dark hole in the tree trunk leads directly to the other side.
As Yu Hui lowered his hands, his smile faded: "...When did you find out?"
"Do you believe me or not?"
"Heh, you think I didn't consider this?"
The illusory figure before him slowly collapsed, and Lin Yi turned his gaze to the right to the transmigrator who emerged from the distorted light: "Guess?"
"...Even if you can see through my light refraction, it's useless. The speed at which light travels through the air is incomparable to that of sound. The situation that idiot just experienced won't be repeated on me."
As soon as he finished speaking, his figure disappeared again, with only a series of scorching rays shooting in from all directions proving that he had not left.
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