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With that thought in mind, Lin Yi continued to command the entity in his mind: "First, extract a small portion of benign gene fragments to develop a drug and put it on the market to earn initial funds. After all, using this method of theft will eventually expose us. At the same time, screen the members of the research team. The other conditions are the same as what I said before, but there is one major premise."
"Everyone in the research team has their own family and is passionate about life and family."
Ambiguous instructions
"Hmm, do you think it's better to be a lawless mad scientist or a law-abiding scientist?"
[Questions that cannot be understood]
"Okay, let's try another way... Do you think it's easier to control a madman who's always thinking about causing destruction, or a rational person who loves life and family? Or to put it more bluntly, do you think it's more useful to threaten a madman's family members who have given up on treatment into working for us, or to threaten a smart person's relatives and friends who see these people and things as their everything?"
【Command confirmation】
"Okay, that's all for now."
After outlining his blueprint for the future of this world, Lin Yi stood up from his seat: "I don't expect much return on my investment in this world in the short term, but it's much better than doing nothing. From now on, this place is yours. Unless there's an emergency, just let it develop in this direction. As for me..."
Shifting focus to "ahead" —
The boundary between "reality" and "illusion" lies in a "star map" that only you can see, constructed by the entity in your mind.
In the center of that almost endless darkness, a few tiny points of light were lit, and if one focused their attention on them, certain explanations would appear that only Lin Yi himself could understand.
Zero World: Origin World
World One: Cultivation System - Exploration Level Below 1%
World Two: The Prototype T-Virus Infects the World – Exploration Progress 50%~60%
World Three: A World Infected by the Kabane Virus – Exploration Progress 65%~70%
World Four: A world without superpowers – Exploration progress 30%~40%
World Five: The World of Scientific Research – Exploration Level Below 20%~30%
And at the very end, that dim star at the edge...
World Six: Unknown World - Exploration Rate 0%
"Let me see where the so-called 'human limits' really are."
Forbidden Zone of Life: Chapter 70 World Six
World Six, Eastern Continent.
Unlike any world he had encountered before, Lin Yi had found absolutely no similarities to World Zero in the areas he had explored at this stage. Even some microscopic physical constants had deviated somewhat, for example—
G=5.8N/kg
Looking at the value calculated by the main god on his retina, Lin Yi fell silent for a moment.
Compared to World Zero and other parallel worlds, World Six has undergone a huge change in gravity alone. With its gravity reduced by nearly half, it will naturally lead to more chain reactions. It's hard to say whether this is a good thing or a bad thing for Lin Yi's upcoming operation... but it doesn't really matter.
"At least there are still humans."
I looked up and gazed at the wisps of smoke rising in the distance.
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After having the main god disguise his appearance, Lin Yi swaggered past several drunken guards and entered this human settlement area, which was hard to classify as either a village or a town. After looking around for a while, he roughly determined a lot of information.
"It's roughly the same level of technology as World Three, but it probably doesn't have the kind of twisted technology like the steam cylinder."
Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of a long torch casually draped beside a guard, and he began to take notice.
If it's just firearms of this level, then they pose no threat to Lin Yi at present. But if they've developed bombardment weapons like mortars, then he needs to be more careful...
However, Lin Yi was more concerned about something else than the gunpowder weapons of this unfamiliar world.
Walking up to something resembling a "bulletin board" covered with a mix of old and new papers, Lin Yi quickly scanned the various information on it using the "language proficiency" provided by the main god. One word in particular caught his attention.
"Royal family?"
Perhaps this can be considered good news?
While human life in feudal times was not as cheap as in primitive society, it was certainly not as "expensive" as it is in later democratic times. In other words, the disappearance of a dozen or twenty people in some remote villages would not cause much of a stir, since they were just ordinary people who could be harvested and then harvested again.
Of course, the word "royal family" alone cannot confirm that this is the feudal era. It could be like a constitutional monarchy in later times, with a figurehead facade but a completely different system underneath. However, considering that the level of productivity observed along the way was probably not yet at the stage of widespread capitalism, the possibility is relatively low.
As he pondered whether to find a more direct way to determine the current state of the world, a "reminder" suddenly came from the mind, leaving Lin Yi speechless: "I guess I was overthinking it."
The same situation requires different responses at different times. If the main god was once penniless, he could only explore little by little, just like exploring the first worlds. But for the main god who had already plundered a certain amount of reserve energy in the second and third worlds, it was not so troublesome.
Five minutes later, dragging an unconscious homeless man into a secluded corner, Lin Yi directly commanded the entity in his mind: "God, memory reading."
[Reading in progress... 1%... 5%... 30%... 51.2%, resistance detected from the target object. Should we suppress the subject's will?]
He coldly glanced at the trembling body on the ground: "Annihilate."
Six minutes later, Lin Yi, now with a completely new understanding of the world, stood on the street again, having absorbed a large amount of unnecessary "knowledge" and stored it in his mind.
At this moment, Lin Yicai suddenly realized that he didn't need to worry about anything at all—in this "city" more than a thousand kilometers away from the capital.
"The population fluctuates between 5000 and 6000, but it only swells when caravans pass through. Most of the time, it consists of these local residents who rely on farming and hunting. The garrison is a guard of 24 people, but the actual number should only be 17, of which 7 are paid without working... Hmm, this ratio is not bad in this world."
What Lin Yi found most incredible was their weapons.
"Seven fire tubes capable of piercing wooden planks at a distance of ten meters..."
Well, Lin Yi suddenly realized that steam technology wasn't entirely without merit. At least they knew to deploy a sufficient number of defensive weapons in each city, instead of leaving it completely undefended like it is now.
However, considering the current situation of the land's owner—that "royal family"—it's somewhat understandable why this is the case.
Any feudal state that has enjoyed peace for over five hundred years without experiencing any war or resistance will be like this: it would be more useful to buy more luxury goods than to spend money and energy setting up defenses that are ultimately useless.
In short, this is a world that is neither backward nor advanced. It has broken away from the primitive tribal independent form and united into an empire. It also gained the power of firearms through the accidental exploration of some people. That's all. The empire, which has been at peace for a long time, has no powerful enemies to deal with, so it doesn't need to develop gunpowder weapons. After all, they don't want to have their castles protected by these uncontrollable chemicals blown up one day.
For Lin Yi, this world was clearly not the most suitable experimental environment. The transportation was backward, the tools were scarce, and the information was closed off... He had to solve everything himself. But it was definitely not the worst environment either, because when he located this "city" with 5000 permanent residents and virtually no defenses, he found that he suddenly had a large amount of "materials" that he desperately needed.
Forbidden Zone of Life: Chapter 71 Symptoms
By observing the spread of the T-virus in World 2 and World 3, it can be discovered that the original prototype T-virus can produce different mutation effects depending on the environment. Just as the infected evolved in World 2 will not appear in World 3, the Kabane heart mutation that appeared in World 3 will not appear in infected individuals in World 2.
Following the same pattern, could we assume that the symptoms of T-virus infection would also change dramatically in a world where even the gravitational constant has changed significantly?
Experiment No. 107: Qi Lin Ba Wu Si Liu & ⑧ Qi Qi Example:
The virus ingestion was carried by an adult male, who had no physical abnormalities except for a broken arm bone from a theft committed during theft.
In the first three minutes after virus ingestion, the experimental subjects showed increased respiratory distress, dilated pupils, and an abnormal rise in body temperature.
Three to five minutes after viral ingestion, blood flow in the experimental subject accelerated by 1.7 times, the rate of cell proliferation throughout the body showed an exponential increase, and the body surface temperature reached 75 degrees Celsius.
The test subject died suddenly seven minutes after ingesting the virus.
Smelling the bloody steam in the air, Lin Yi frowned, but still quickly recorded the data about Experiment Case No. 107 in his notebook.
There are many causes of sudden death, including severe internal bleeding caused by blood flowing too fast in the blood vessels and rupturing them, and abnormal cell proliferation rate leading to energy consumption far exceeding replenishment—perhaps being completely drained.
In comparison, the abnormal rise in surface temperature is actually the mildest symptom. However, after reviewing the analysis of the 106 similar failed cases from the previous few months, Lin Yi unexpectedly discovered that these three seemingly unrelated symptoms were actually caused by the same reason.
"In order to provide sufficient energy for cell proliferation, blood flow is accelerated. At the same time, the large amount of fat extracted from the body in a short period of time causes the body surface temperature to rise, resulting in a situation like 'steam coming out of the body'."
Closing his notebook, Lin Yi finally saw a glimmer of hope after more than three months of work.
"In other words, as long as there is enough energy to replenish the mutation process, the experimental subject can complete the entire mutation process, instead of collapsing and dying midway due to insufficient energy, like the previous 107 samples?"
Based on the collected data, the current conclusion is 88.14% likely to be accurate.
"very good"
Upon hearing the God's reply, Lin Yi smiled and said, "Calculate the required energy index, and begin the 108th experiment in half an hour."
【Command confirmation】
Ignoring the corpse in the prison whose flesh and bones were constantly evaporating and disappearing, Lin Yi took off the robe specially made by the main god that could isolate odors and walked out of the dark bottom of the prison. When he stood in the sunlight again after more than half a month, he felt a moment of disorientation.
—It seems that at some point, the passage of time has become insignificant to me?
Shaking his head to dismiss this inexplicable feeling, he smiled at the approaching residents and walked forward, pulling the corners of his mouth along with him.
"Sir Yorick, thank you so much! If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have known that the person living next door was such a devil!"
“That’s right, that’s right. His Majesty the King has never forgotten us. Isn’t Sir Yorick’s arrival the King’s most benevolent reward?”
"Sir Jorick..."
……
Listening to the words of gratitude or flattery around him, whether genuine or insincere, Lin Yi felt no emotion whatsoever, and even felt a little amused.
Yes, he did not immediately take control of the city by force after realizing the superiority of his situation, but came to this land as a judge appointed by the king from the capital.
How do I prove my identity?
After taking out a fire tube, killing the city's highest-ranking official, and listing twenty-seven crimes he had dug up from his memory, Lin Yi declared that proving his identity was irrelevant.
Of course, if he had only killed a criminal, Sir Yorick from the capital would not have been so welcomed in this land. However, Sir Yorick's subsequent actions and deeds completely solidified his image as a fair and impartial judge.
Imagine how rare it would be to find a judge in a closed-off, feudal city who refuses all bribes and only knows how to imprison all criminals regardless of their status.
After the first month of imprisoning twelve robbers and twenty-nine thieves in the lower levels of the jail, no one in the city questioned the identity of "Sir Yorick" anymore, just as no one would go against their own interests.
From then on, all of Sir Yorick's orders were carried out in the city, and he lived up to his identity as a judge, finding and imprisoning almost every criminal hiding in the city in just over three months. As a result, when he stepped out of that dark dungeon again, he was greeted with a hero's welcome.
After dealing with the welcomers, Lin Yi returned to the prison with a large amount of food he had bought at half price from the store. On the way, the presence in his mind suddenly spoke.
Inefficient actions
"Hmm, you mean appeasing those civilians?"
The existence in one's mind is not denied.
The host's current behavior does not comply with the principles of the creation of the Main God Space.
"Principles... can this thing be used as energy?"
He opened the main cell at the bottom of the prison and dragged a comatose thief from the innermost corner to a more spacious center: "According to your methods, it's nothing more than taking control of this city by violence, and then exploiting and forcing those people to do what I'm about to do... But have you ever considered what if those people resist?"
By eliminating a minority of them, the threat of violent resistance can be resolved with an 80% or higher probability.
"No, no, no, I'm not referring to the superficial resistance. Admittedly, I could threaten most people into working for me by killing them, but wouldn't it be more troublesome to force them to work for me with maximum efficiency if I could watch their every move at all times?"
"Conversely, what difference would it make if I appeared as a fair judge rather than a violent oppressor?"
Lin Yi injected the entire contents of the syringe into the body of the 108th test subject, then took a step back: "I got what I needed, and it was even easier than before. Plus, I didn't have to worry about whether those humans would resist my orders... Isn't that what 'win-win' means?"
[...insufficient number of test subjects]
Glancing at the now empty prison cell, Lin Yi's smile grew even brighter: "Under a judge whose impartiality and integrity have been proven, there are no wrongly convicted criminals."
Forbidden Zone of Life: Chapter 72 Giants (1)
Experimental Case No. 108:
The virus ingestion occurred in an adult male who, apart from a hidden injury to his left foot that made movement difficult, had no other external injuries.
In the first three minutes after ingestion of the virus, the experimental subjects exhibited the same external symptoms as previous subjects—increased breathing, dilated pupils, and abnormally elevated body temperature.
The mandatory energy intake includes: 20.4 kg of whole grains and 16.4 kg of fresh water.
Three to five minutes after viral ingestion, blood flow in the experimental subject accelerated 1.4 times, the rate of cell proliferation throughout the body increased exponentially, and the body surface temperature reached 62 degrees Celsius.
"The 'Lu Ba Jiu's method is effective..."
Looking at the experimental subject who had completely collapsed on the ground, Lin Yi frowned slightly: "But the digestion efficiency can't keep up."
After glancing at the experimental subject's enormous belly, which resembled that of a woman in her tenth month of pregnancy, and calculating the maximum amount of matter it could still hold through the vapor evaporating from its surface, Lin Yi had no choice but to abandon this inefficient method of eating.
Six minutes after the virus was ingested, the test subject ingested an enhancement agent (primary). The blood flow in the body accelerated and slowed down, the proliferation rate of cells throughout the body increased by 2 times compared to the initial rate, and the body surface temperature reached 71 degrees Celsius.
Eight minutes after the virus was ingested, the test subject ingested an enhancement agent (medium level), and the blood flow in the body returned to normal speed. The peak cell proliferation rate was 3.8 times faster than initially, and the temperature was adjusted to 80 degrees Celsius.
Ten minutes after ingesting the virus...
"Hungry--------"
With a rational mind, Lin Yi put the last vial of advanced enhancement potion back into his pocket, took a step back, and squinted at the bloated, soft creature in front of him that was no longer recognizable as human.
Based on the energy provided by the basic and intermediate enhancement potions, adding another tube of advanced enhancement potion would inevitably cause the entire basement to break apart.
"Hungry--------"