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After a low, muffled thud in the air, the expected one-sided crushing defeat did not occur. Although she was beginning to show signs of weakness, the small girl did manage to withstand the attack from the "giant."
"Hurry, I can't hold on much longer!"
"Tsk, a bunch of monsters!"
Whether it was aimed at this mutated Hulk or at all "transmigrators," Mugino Shizuri cursed under her breath while trying her best to mobilize her abilities. Taking advantage of her unreserved attack, Lin Yi was able to completely capture the entire process and principle of her abilities taking effect.
Like light, electrons can exhibit both "particle" and "waveform" properties depending on the situation. She has the ability to forcibly manipulate "ambiguous electrons" that exist between the two. Such "ambiguous electrons" will "remain" on the spot even if they collide with an object because they cannot determine whether they will exhibit a "particle" or "waveform" reaction.
Electrons originally have a mass that is infinitely close to zero, but this "retention" effect becomes a pseudo-barrier, which will hit the target with terrible force at the speed of release.
If we really had to find a similar ability that Lin Yi was familiar with, it would be the "graviton emission" that had been largely abandoned by the main body. The difference is that one emits matter electrons, while the other emits black hole fundamental particles.
It is clearly impossible for a single human to generate a large-scale "graviton emission" to achieve a regional killing effect with their calculations and energy output. However, when used to attack a single individual, this kind of attack, which cannot be resisted by macroscopic matter, can often play an unexpected role.
Limited by his irrational state of rage, the "giant" abandoned all thoughts of greater threats after being entangled and desperately tried to kill the defensive ability user with "nitrogen armor" in front of him.
With the "atomic disintegration ray" accurately striking the "giant's" head, the battle came to an end.
"Phew... I thought I was going to die! This uncle is really terrifying!"
"Thank you for your hard work, Kinuhata. I'll treat you to a movie when we get back."
After the surviving members carried the "giant's" corpse back to the research lab, Mugino Shizuri turned back to face Lin Yi and asked in an undisguisedly sarcastic tone, "It's rare that you didn't take advantage of the situation to escape just now."
"If you can get the one that's hiding to stop this pointless interference, I'd be happy to grant your wish."
Lin Yi would naturally avoid such unexpected situations if possible, but these ability users seemed to have already divided up their tasks before taking action. Even in the crisis just now, there was an ability user hiding in the shadows who kept influencing Lin Yi with an ability similar to "interference".
If one's abilities have recovered to a certain level, they can naturally repel this insignificant interference with an overwhelming total amount. The problem is that in the previous world, due to killing a large number of plot characters, one's abilities were almost completely wiped out. Even after coming to this Academy City, one has recovered to the point that one can barely build three repulsive fields on one's body. This is clearly insufficient to fight against abilities that are at least C+ level. It would be better to simply try to figure out what these people are trying to do.
"If I'm not mistaken, I am the real target of your operation."
Watching the others being driven away by the ability users, and then being "escorted" under strict guard to a completely enclosed car, Lin Yi suddenly spoke up: "Let me guess... because of my ability?"
"...In Academy City, people who know too much often don't live long."
Often, the "answer" doesn't necessarily have to be spoken aloud to be considered an answer. Although the attitude is exceptionally impatient and irritable, the ability user's performance is too immature to hide what needs to be concealed.
Having received the answer she wanted, Lin Yi didn't continue to provoke her. Instead, she followed the "wishes" of this ability user and shifted the topic to another area that interested her—
"Are you curious about us?"
Mugino Shizuri frowned, but her gaze involuntarily turned to Lin Yi: "No past, no identity, no purpose... 20 people who suddenly appeared in Academy City. Not just me, but everyone in Academy City is interested in you people now."
— "Interest" was read out with a louder volume.
"What's even stranger is that you all seemed to know each other and even form an organization when you appeared. You not only maintain a high-pressure stance against the Overseeing Council, but even the Chairman cannot interfere with your decisions... However, as an ability user, I can't interfere with the affairs of the upper echelons. What I want to know more about is where your 'abilities' come from, especially yours—"
In the dark and cramped space, the ability user stared into Lin Yi's eyes with a gaze as if he wanted to tear the person in front of him apart and thoroughly study him: "The tree diagram designer just observed your data and adjusted you to the highest level of development target of 'absolute ability user'. Even 'Accelerator' did not receive this treatment... Can you tell me how you did it?"
Information Integration Thought Entity: Chapter 556 "The Absolute Ability User Project"
Overall, this should be a pre-arranged trap, although others facing the same fate may consider it just an unfortunate "coincidence".
Because they were unaware of the "Tree Diagram Designer" and the "Airborne Loop" mechanics, they rashly exposed their abilities to Academy City's local intelligence gathering department. They then "accidentally" uploaded this data to the "Tree Diagram Designer," which represents Academy City's strongest computing network. The "Tree Diagram Designer" then conveniently wasted "a tiny bit" of time calculating Lin Yi's potential and development.
Ultimately, it successfully attracted the attention of the overall council and many capability research institutions.
"Do you know what those people call you? The strongest ability user who surpasses the limit of 'absolute ability user' and subverts the concept of 'ability user'."
"Because of your appearance, they directly interrupted more than half of the ability development and research on other ability users. Even the original top priority, 'Accelerator,' was halted. Half of Academy City's resources began to be invested in your ability development plan. At that time, you had not even expressed any agreement to participate in this plan."
Looking at Mugino Shizuri's sarcastic expression, Lin Yi suddenly smiled: "It seems your development plan has also been suspended."
"—!"
For a moment, Mugino Shizuri did have the urge to take action, but various constraints prevented her from acting impulsively like an ordinary person.
After gaining abilities that are difficult for ordinary people to obtain, haven't these ability users also lost the right to act like ordinary people?
Even with the intense anger and jealousy in her heart, Mugino Shizuri dared not easily take action against Lin Yi, the "strongest ability user," without instructions. She could only maintain her remaining dignity with a cold attitude.
Soon, after a series of confusing paths, Lin Yi entered a research facility under strict lockdown.
Just as I left the cramped car interior, I saw the gate behind me, which had been sealed off by piles of concrete. The faint smell I could still detect suggested that it had been built less than 24 hours ago. In other words, this place was probably built specifically for this so-called "Strongest Ability User Project".
Upon arriving at their destination, Mugino Shizuri quickly left with the other item team members, while Lin Yi was taken directly to a deeper location, where she encountered another character who was quite famous among the transmigrators.
"Stand still. If anything goes wrong and you get stuck in the wall, don't blame me."
Whether it was due to the influence of Lin Yi's appearance, like Mugino Shizuri, or simply because of his personality, this spatial ability user, with a less than friendly attitude, led Lin Yi directly into a completely enclosed space after speaking, and then instantly left, leaving Lin Yi alone inside... no, perhaps we should also add a hanging man to the mix.
Well... although it was inevitable that Lin Yi would come into contact with the "Hanging Man," who was described by the transmigrator as a villainous boss, the fact that they came into contact so quickly and in this way was certainly not what Lin Yi had expected.
“Aleister Crowley, if it were you, you would have known my true identity by now.”
The neutral voice echoed in the enclosed space, surprisingly without creating an eerie atmosphere; instead, it gave the illusion of being approachable.
However, what deserves more attention is his words—
"us?"
"Yes, 'transmigrators' from another world."
"It seems you know quite a lot."
"The hovering loop, I've used this throughout the entire Academy City. Many times, even if you're trying to hide something, you'll still reveal some information in your daily life. Once you collect this information, you'll naturally be able to find the answer."
He paused slightly, then continued, "Moreover, some of you seem to have never even considered hiding it."
"Given the situation, anyone would relax after hearing what that 'administrator' said, since he described you as the type that could be easily resolved."
"Do you believe?"
Looking up at the sky, completely obscured by the wall, Lin Yi said calmly, "Isn't my current situation the answer?"
"Please forgive me for having to invite you in this way. After all, your 'time traveler' accomplices can't just let you out of their sight. Only by making things a 'final outcome' and adopting a 'no-holds-barred' attitude can we make them think twice."
Lin Yi chuckled upon hearing this: "I think you've overestimated them. Even if you didn't use this method, you could achieve a similar outcome with a slightly more forceful approach. Imagine, when you're peacefully ruling a place, and suddenly someone appears above you who is clearly weak but can quickly replace you and take everything away from you, and you can't take action against him because of the rules, how would you feel about him?"
"...So, your 'management committee' won't express any opinion about your disappearance?"
"There will still be simple protests, but the most likely outcome is that they will cause some seemingly serious minor trouble and then fizzle out. Although I am insignificant to them, in the eyes of other transmigrators, at least I am still on the same side."
After a long silence, Aleister spoke again: "Your judgment is accurate; they have already left from outside. Can you just tell me this directly? Even if I kill you here right now, no one will come to save you."
"You certainly have the right to choose that, but you also have a second option: to use my abilities to achieve your goals."
Calculating each other's bottom line and demands, what should have been a simple conversation took more effort than a life-or-death battle.
However, by the time Lin Yi set foot in this area, he had already completed half of the task—
"Demon God, are you aware of their existence?"
"Yeah, I've heard a little bit about it."
According to the time travelers, this tiny "Earth" is home to a "demon god" capable of destroying the planet like crushing dust. Regardless of how outrageous or credible this "plot setting" may be, it's certain that people have at least heard of it.
“In my original plan, Imagine Breaker was the best target to fulfill my wish. Even if he failed, there was the ‘Absolute Ability’ plan as a backup. But your appearance has given me greater hope.”
Whether good or evil, everyone has their own purpose in doing anything. If you don't know their purpose, you will naturally feel fear because of the unknown. But when you know their true desires, bad things are not necessarily "bad things".
P.S.: This is the third update. I might take a break tomorrow, and the update might be later.
Information Integration Thought Entity: Chapter 557 Ability Analysis
After reaching an agreement with the creators of Academy City, Lin Yi, as a sign, came into contact with what was happening in the outside world after leaving the closed house.
If I had to describe it with a single Chinese idiom, it would be "a chaotic mess of demons."
If the transmigrators were constrained by the idea that they couldn't affect the normal start of the story before it began, or were restricted by other transmigrators and had to hold back, then after the story started, all these restrictions were lifted. With the leading transmigrators taking the initiative to cause trouble, the other transmigrators also followed suit and did their own things.
Among them, Touma Kamijou, the male protagonist of the original work, was directly marginalized. Not only was the female protagonist who originally started his series of magical encounters taken away in less than five seconds after appearing, but even the magician and other ability users who were supposed to encounter him and have their story unfold also disappeared.
Naturally, without the existence of the "Index of Forbidden Books," magicians would not need to be obsessed with a "somewhat special" powerless person, and since this powerless person did not take action for any particular person, they would not provoke others for no reason.
Similarly, the life trajectories of other characters who were supposed to be saved by the male protagonist were also interfered with and altered by the transmigrators. Not to mention the girl who could attract vampires, the more than 20000 Misaka Mikoto clones wandering around the city were immediately snatched up by the transmigrators. In this respect, Lin Yi saw the "foresight" of these transmigrators - at least they knew how to allocate according to need, instead of hundreds of thousands of people rushing in to snatch or dozens of people grabbing, but one for each person, no more and no less.
On the other hand, Academy City has adopted an unusually silent attitude towards this situation.
Lin Yi wasn't surprised by this. After all, these clones of ability users were mainly created to help Accelerator evolve into an "absolute ability user." Now that he had a more suitable research subject, there was no need to continue wasting energy and computing power to maintain these "outdated" solutions.
On another level, Academy City may have considered using this method to downplay the fact that Lin Yi, the "transmigrator," was kidnapped and taken away by them... although it wouldn't have been surprising even if they hadn't done so.
In short, the entire plot of Academy City had already collapsed in less than three hours since Lin Yi was taken away. All the characters who should have appeared were derailed by the transmigrator's interference. If the transmigrator hadn't been punished for taking action against the plot characters and had to borrow plot characters from other worlds to take action, Academy City would probably be a "war of gods" instead of a "chaotic scene of demons".
While the situation outside became increasingly chaotic, this newly established ability research facility remained completely unaffected and proceeded with its development plan for "absolute ability users" in an orderly manner.
The person responsible for introducing Lin Yi was Kiyama Harumi, who was also a "plot character" who appeared. However, compared with other plot characters, her fate was altered much earlier, and the alterer was not a time traveler, but a character from this world itself.
Aleister's explanation was remarkably succinct: "What she wanted was the computational power of a 'tree diagram designer,' while what we needed was her own research capabilities, and it just so happened that both parties could accept this deal."
Thus, the researcher who was supposed to become a "boss" level expert became one of Lin Yi's ability developers and was responsible for explaining to Lin Yi the things he needed to pay attention to.
When we first met, the researcher's thick dark circles made one wonder if she hadn't slept for days, but her tone was quite energetic: "Kiyama Harumi, one of the researchers and developers of your ability."
"one?"
"Of course, as someone listed in the highest development sequence by the 'Tree Diagram Designer,' at least half of the researchers in Academy City are now working on your abilities."
"That's quite an interesting way of putting it."
—Not "for you," but "for your ability."
Whether unaware or simply ignoring the subtle implications in Lin Yi's words, Kiyama Harumi cut straight to the point: "To be honest, your abilities, like your existence, are the kind that should never have appeared, yet defy common sense."
Lin Yijing awaited her speech.
"...'Time travelers,' that's what you call yourselves. Literally, it means people who 'time travel,' beings who shouldn't be in this time and place but are. So in our understanding, you are all 'non-existent people.'"
He paused slightly before continuing: "Secondly, your abilities."
"Although 'time travelers' and students of Academy City come from different times and places, they follow the same principles in the development and use of 'abilities'."
As he spoke, he activated the huge projection in front of Lin Yi, pointed to the two human models on it, and said in a serious tone: "It is the enhancement and utilization of 'personal reality'."
"Everyone's abilities evolve according to their inner thoughts and desires. For example, most telekinetic ability users have a greater desire for control than others. Mind-type ability users can be categorized into types who like to spy on or dominate others. Enhancement-type ability users mostly have a desire for a strong body... According to our research, this is the same for both students in Academy City and you."
"As for your ability... whether it's simply 'attraction' or 'repulsion,' we have enough knowledge and technology to give you a convincing explanation. 'Attraction' means an extroverted personality that accepts everything. You can accept, understand, and utilize external things and emotions to the greatest extent possible. 'Repulsion' means an introverted personality that rejects everything. In contrast to 'attraction,' the holder of this ability will reject external things for no reason, regardless of whether it is good or bad for the ability holder."
"However, your ability is a combination of 'repulsion' and 'attraction,' receiving everything while simultaneously repelling everything—if it were just a simple LV1 or LV2 ability, it wouldn't matter, after all, there have been quite a few such 'half-baked' individuals in Academy City."
At this point, for the first time, Kiyama Harumi stared intently at Lin Yi from the perspective of a "researcher," setting aside all other considerations: "In the 'tree diagram designer's' calculation model, your ability development is far beyond this. Even the original strongest ability user, 'Accelerator,' didn't have your potential... Theoretically, with such a powerful ability, your personality should be extremely compatible with it. However, accepting everything and rejecting everything are completely incompatible. If you had appeared before me with a split personality, I would have been more accepting of you."
"But now you're talking to me in what's perfectly normal, human form, and that's what truly surprises me—"
"Are you really human?"
Information Integration Thought System: Chapter 558 Deepening System Development
In the end, Kiyama Harumi did not receive an answer. Firstly, she did not necessarily need to hear an answer. For her, it was enough to participate in the research and obtain results that could convince the higher-ups in exchange for the right to use the computing power of the "tree diagram designer".
As for Lin Yi himself, needless to say, at least for now, there is nothing in this world that can force him to answer such a question.
After that, both sides tacitly skipped the topic and went straight to the direction of capability development.
"Because your ability is quite unique, the methods developed by other ability users may not be very effective against you, so we have to redesign it."
"For example?"
"...Accelerator, the strongest esper in Academy City, and the esper most likely to become a Level 6 absolute esper before you. According to the 'tree diagram designer's' calculations, his development direction is mainly to find further possibilities through the collection of a large amount of combat data. But the same method is ineffective against you."
Clicking on the Misaka Mikoto clone template on the screen, which was all too familiar to every transmigrator outside, Kiyama Harumi said calmly: "Because Accelerator himself is a Level 5 esper, he can also use a clone of the Railgun, which can also grow to Level 5, to conduct simulated battles and obtain data. However, your theoretical limit has exceeded the upper limit of the 'Tree Diagram Designer,' so even if you want to find an object that can be used as a 'consumable' to fight against you and obtain data, it is impossible."
At this point, Kiyama Harumi seemed hesitant, but after a moment, he made up his mind—
"However, directly finding other ability users to fight might be helpful. After all, superpowered individuals are different from clones. Their experience and skills can stimulate the use of your abilities to the greatest extent, thereby obtaining a large amount of data... Let's talk about that later. What you need to do now is get used to your abilities."
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Three hours later, after watching Lin Yi leave until his figure completely disappeared, Kiyama Harumi turned around with a changed expression as the electronic voice behind him sounded—
【How about it? 】
"As we expected, the ability of the 'singularity reversal' is not replicable."
Even a weakened version won't work?
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