Main God Creation Rules

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Comparing the two, it's obvious which came first.

After sighing, Wakasa Yuri took the little boy's hand and asked, "Tell your sister, what's your name?"

“Sei...Sei...Koma…”

Perhaps sensing a long-lost sense of security from this unfamiliar older woman, his earlier outburst of crying subsided, though he now looked at her with fearful and uneasy eyes.

"Ikoma, is that right? It's dangerous here. Why don't you leave with your sister?"

He glanced back painfully at the burning ruins behind him, and a certain impulse drove him to plead for him to turn back—

"Kabane have arrived, and there are over a hundred of them!"

Upon hearing Ebisu Kurumi's reminder, Wakasa Yuri didn't have the patience to wait for a reply. She grabbed Ikoma's hand and turned to leave, leaving behind only the ruins and the little girl who would never be saved...

Forbidden Zone of Life: Chapter 56 Kabane Evolution (Part 1)

“The deep purification and precipitation reaction still takes some time to complete, while the surface erosion and diffusion reaction is much simpler.”

Rotating the test tube containing the reagent, which was constantly bubbling with transparent air, at a fixed frequency, Lin Yi squinted one eye and softly asked the entity in his mind, "Has the data collection for sample number 1008601 been completed?"

[Collection rate 98.9%, estimated completion time: 1 hour, 17 minutes, and 36 seconds]

After confirming that the transparent bubbles in the test tube had stopped increasing, Lin Yi breathed a sigh of relief. He carefully placed it on a metal shelf that was already half full, while considering whether he should bring a refrigerator or something from Zero World to refrigerate it: "What about the mutation effect?"

The overall trend is towards benign mutations, and no unusual mutations beyond the three expected templates have appeared so far.

"Hmm, so it seems the initial purification of the T-virus is complete?"

As he said this, Lin Yi raised his eyebrows and pulled out a notebook filled with various symbols and characters from the front of the shelf. He opened it to page 167, took out a black pen from his pocket, and wrote down the information on it.

The prototype T-virus agent (number one) is nearly 99% similar to the original.

Hearing this answer, Lin Yi breathed a sigh of relief. To be honest, the difficulty of purifying and restoring a T-virus that had already spread to the state it had not yet spread was far beyond Lin Yi's imagination.

Before actually throwing the prototype No. 1 drug, which was created by imitating the original T virus, onto the Reincarnator's exchange platform, Lin Yike conducted numerous experiments using the criminal samples provided by the Shogunate—a total of 166 samples.

Although they managed to improve the success rate of evolution from less than 1% at the beginning to 20% after more than a month, they were completely clueless about how to increase the success rate. In the end, they could only conclude that it was due to differences in the physical condition, viral resistance, and willpower of the infected individuals.

Having personally witnessed the rise and fall of two worlds from order to collapse, these reincarnators, even in their worst circumstances, were no worse off than the natives of this world who were starving and living in constant fear. Naturally, Lin Yi chose several of his reincarnators as his final test subjects, and their performance did not disappoint him.

“Not only sample 1008601, but sample 1008604 also used the agent, but it is still in the initial stage of erosion and infection, and it is not yet possible to guarantee whether it will be successful in the end.”

Lin Yi could easily determine the current state of the two reincarnators through the templates transmitted by the main god, but he did not intend to interfere with their choices. On the one hand, it was impossible for him to appear in front of them as a "veteran" twice in a row—any fool would know there was a problem. On the other hand, doing so would be completely meaningless.

What does it mean to be "meaningful"?

For the current stage of the God Space, this definition is quite simple: anything that can increase the God's "energy reserves" or "knowledge reserves" is meaningful, or it is something that must be done in relation to Lin Yi's own safety; anything else is "meaningless".

Clearly, helping a few test subjects through the initial infection and erosion will not help the growth of the God, but will only increase the possibility of exposing themselves. So the choice is obvious.

Thinking of this, Lin Yi suddenly realized something: "God, how much energy do you have left?"

[Approximately 118000 units]

Including the income from the destruction of the experimental facilities in World Two, and the harvest gained after arriving in World Three, the Main God has finally escaped the predicament of only spending and not earning in the early stages of development. If it can plunder enough resources and select more formal reincarnators in this world, it is estimated that the next world will be able to get on the right track.

But before that, Lin Yi had to deal with a few things. The first was the Kabane, which had clearly been in decline over the past two weeks...

With the support of alchemists in terms of technology and potions, the shogunate, which was originally in dire straits, organized a large number of people to fight back. There is no doubt that for those civilians who had been taken everything except their lives by the Kabane, they would rush to the front lines without hesitation if there was any chance. The reason why the situation was one-sided before was simply because there was no hope. But after the shogunate brought out these "weapons" that had been proven to be able to kill the Kabane, countless people rushed to the front lines for revenge or for a bite of food.

Lin Yi, who noticed this scene, finally understood why people say that in chaotic times, a person's life is not even worth as much as a dog's...

Under the shogunate's relentless offensive, the Kabane, who were initially unstoppable, gradually fell into a disadvantageous position when faced with humans who had been driven mad by enhancement drugs and the ever-increasing number of penetrating tubes that could pierce their metal hearts.

Lin Yi even learned from a smug conversation the shogun had once given that he was already preparing to gather samurai to launch an offensive to reclaim the lost territory...

"...God, is the purified T-virus prototype effective against the infected in this world?"

[Insufficient data, unable to confirm]

Despite receiving this answer, Lin Yi had no intention of stopping there; instead, he was eager to try.

"Normally, the Kabane in this world mutated due to the spread of a weakened T-virus drug, which is why they couldn't give birth to human evolved beings and infected evolved beings like in World 2. Even those 'skill acquisitions' only evolved through 'accumulating combat experience' and 'absorbing living energy,' without any fundamental changes at the genetic level."

He paused, then continued, "However, when I tested the prototype T-virus on human samples from this world, I found some successful cases. In that case, could it be understood that the prototype T-virus also works on the infected in this world—those Kabane?"

[Insufficient data, unable to confirm]

Ignoring the God's repeated answer, Lin Yi smiled as he pulled a sealed, dark green prototype virus can from the shelf: "Insufficient data? Just go and collect some."

In my memory, the shogun went to great lengths to capture several live Kabane and imprison them near this town post station in order to obtain the "elixir of immortality" as soon as possible...

Forbidden Zone of Life: Chapter 57 Kabane Evolution (Part 2)

Although they may appear to have the same appearance, in essence, the infected creatures that have been eroded and infected by the virus are life forms that are completely different from humans. This was once again confirmed when Lin Yi saw the Kabane in front of him.

No one can survive having their limbs amputated without any treatment, let alone be so "lively and energetic".

Perhaps smelling the scent of "food," the Kabanez, which had lost their limbs, immediately moved their bodies with their only remaining heads the moment the two people appeared. They roared ferociously and slammed their heads against the thick iron cage, making a loud clanging sound.

"Alchemist, these are the Kabane samples that the General ordered to be left for you. Do you find them satisfactory..."

Lin Yi glanced at the jailer beside him, who was cowering as he approached the door, and nodded noncommittally: "Leave this to me. Stay outside and don't let anyone else in without my permission."

"Yes Yes!"

The jailer hurriedly left what was originally the prison's basement, and whether out of fear or for some other reason, he slammed the door shut behind him as he left.

It was precisely this unnecessary action of his that saved Lin Yi the trouble of explaining things later.

As the jailer left, the Kabane, which had been looking ferocious, seemed to have lost its target. It ignored Lin Yi, who was looking at it with great interest not far away, and returned to its original half-dead state. If it weren't for its heart still glowing, Lin Yi would have almost thought it was really dead.

"The side effects of excessive intake of enhancement drugs?"

He raised his hand and sniffed it. Unfortunately, despite the enhancements to his body in various aspects, he still couldn't distinguish the scent that the Kabane used to differentiate between "food" and "their own kind." In the end, this was the only thing Lin Yi could do.

I discovered this as early as when I first came to World Three: if you ingest a large amount of enhancement potion in a short period of time, you will be ignored by the Kabane. According to the main god, the reason is that the Kabane's heart blood is used as the "raw material" for the enhancement potion.

When most of the blood flowing in the body is temporarily replaced by purified virus-infected blood, it emits a subtle odor molecule that is undetectable by human sense of smell, thereby confusing the Kabane's ability to recognize it.

Of course, this is theoretically true, but so far this phenomenon has only occurred with Lin Yi. Neither the other reincarnators nor the native warriors of World Three have the conditions to "ingest a large amount of enhancement potions in a short period." The former lacks reward points—to achieve this, at least 10 vials of high-grade enhancement potions would be needed simultaneously, a number they wouldn't have even if they sold themselves. The latter, on the other hand, didn't receive genuine enhancement potions from the start, but rather degraded versions. Otherwise, if the reincarnators discovered that the natives of this world possessed items from the God's Space, it would have been another problem.

"Never mind, it'll recover in a while anyway."

Muttering to himself, Lin Yi pulled a vial of dark green liquid from his pocket and shoved it into the mouth of the unresponsive Kabane.

With the sound of shattering glass, a small portion of the medicine spilled from the Kabane's mouth, but the vast majority successfully entered its throat. Upon seeing this, Lin Yi immediately released his grip, took a few steps back, and quietly waited for the unexpected event to occur.

Lin Yi didn't have to wait long; less than twenty seconds later, the Kabane containing the prototype T-virus reacted abnormally.

"Body repair?"

As Lin Yi watched the flesh and blood of the severed limbs of the Kabane slowly wriggle, his brows furrowed slightly.

While the ability to repair itself is certainly powerful, it would be far too simplistic for virus-infected organisms. After all, the inherent nature of Kaba as an infected organism dictates that the vast majority of them cannot use weapons. Even if they have extra hands and feet, they simply use them for rough grabbing, which is a pitiful comparison to the efficiency of normal humans.

Fortunately, the scene Lin Yi feared did not occur, or rather, Kabane's "limb repair" did not fully take place.

As the experimental subject let out a piercing roar, Lin Yi was surprised to find that the other Kabana around the experimental subject were involuntarily moving towards this side. Indeed, they were involuntarily moving. Although they had lost their limbs as a means of movement, their bodies were being dragged toward the experimental subject as if by some invisible force.

Subsequently, these forcibly dragged Kabane were stacked up, forming the prototype of another "Kabane" centered on the experimental subject—

"Clap"

Like the sound of shattering glass echoing in their ears, the enormous Kabane prototype before them collapsed and fell to the ground.

The surprise on his face slowly faded. After confirming that the experimental subject in the central area was no longer reacting, Lin Yi slowly approached and made a discovery that was neither expected nor unexpected: "Blue?"

Just like the infected evolved beings in World Two, according to Lin Yi's initial plan, if the Kabane could also evolve by ingesting the prototype virus, there would inevitably be changes at the genetic level. However, he did not expect the changes to be so drastic. First, there were huge changes in their external physical form, and then there were changes in their internal core—their hearts.

Lin Yi carefully removed the Kabane heart, which had turned from gold to blue, by taking out a small metal knife that had been prepared beforehand and cutting open the blood vessels around the experimental subject's heart.

Unlike the bloodshed during the process, the blue glow emanating from the heart, reflected in the cramped basement, presented a mysterious beauty.

"God, extract its information."

[Command confirmed, extraction progress 1%...]

Looking at the blue heart in his hand, even though he had deliberately touched it with his left hand instead of his right, he could still feel the intense heat emanating from his right arm. Noticing this anomaly, Lin Yi suddenly realized, "If I'm not mistaken, this should be the evolutionary path of the Kabane... I just don't know why the evolution failed just now."

Turning his gaze to the lifeless experimental subject, Lin Yi seemed to realize something: "Perhaps we should try a 'normal' environment."

Forbidden Zone of Life: Chapter 58 Counterattack

From the first appearance of the Kabane to the collapse of many cities and towns, and then to the sudden rise of the shogunate forces, the entire Japanese empire underwent unprecedented changes in just four months. As for whether similar things will happen in the future, that is not something that people living in this era need to worry about. The only thing they know is that the ruler of Japanese empire—the shogun—has decided to launch a counterattack against the Kabane and reclaim the occupied lands.

The person chosen to lead this counterattack was none other than the son of the Shogun, Amaterasu Mima, who was highly anticipated.

"I have long admired your name, Alchemist."

"You flatter me. Compared to my obscure self, isn't Your Excellency Mima the truly 'famous' one?"

Unlike his father, who was desperately waiting for the elixir of immortality, the handsome young man with pink hair before him still exuded the vibrant energy of youth, a quality that those who are old and frail often envy... Recalling the private instructions given by the shogun before his departure, Lin Yi's smile grew even brighter.

"I'm ashamed to say that I have only a reputation. This operation will still be led by the Alchemist himself, with Mima playing only a supporting role."

In this respect, the son of the shogun did not take it for granted like other samurai.

Although the existence of alchemists was only known to a small number of people in the upper echelons of the shogunate for certain reasons, the shogunate's ability to effectively resist the Kabane's attacks and even launch a counterattack was entirely due to the shogunate's own strength. It was because of this that many self-important samurai appeared within the shogunate, boasting that they could kill as many Kabane as they could with any number of soldiers they brought. But Amaterasu Mima was different.

On the one hand, he didn't know much, at least not compared to his father, but on the other hand, he was very clear about the "role" this mysterious figure played in this counterattack on Kabane.

Whether it was the improved penetrating cylinder or those magical alchemical potions, they all came from the hands of this mysterious figure of unknown origin. Even this counter-offensive, ostensibly led by himself as the son of the Shogun, was actually carried out entirely according to the requirements of this mysterious figure.

Others may not know, but Mima Tennori knows very well who made his father make the decision to counterattack Kabane.

Thinking of this, Mima Tentori lowered her stance even further: "Alchemist, may I ask what our purpose is in this counterattack?"

Lin Yier shook his head upon hearing this: "These matters are for Your Excellency Meima to decide. I just want to confirm some things by observing the Kabane. Don't worry too much about me."

Narrowing her eyes, Mima Tentori quickly glanced at the expression of the "alchemist" in front of her. Unable to discern the other party's true intentions, she could only agree: "Then, this time, let's take the Giant Station as our target."

Lin Yi nodded noncommittally. After a few more exchanges with forced smiles, the two men, each with their own ulterior motives, decided to set off the next day and then returned to their respective residences.

Five minutes later, after locking the laboratory door, Lin Yi looked up at the heart in the center, which was still emitting a faint blue light while immersed in the solvent.

"Lord God, how's the gathering speed?"

[98.8%, estimated completion time: 3 hours, 56 minutes, and 21 seconds]

"All that's left is experimentation..."

Feeling his right hand trembling involuntarily, Lin Yi frowned.

There are three reasons for deciding to launch this counterattack ahead of schedule. First, the Kabane in southern Japan have run out of steam. Humans who are used to their fighting style are rarely able to capture cities and stations. If this continues, the Kabane will really be extinct soon—which is obviously not in line with Lin Yi's needs.

Although nearly ten thousand different kinds of medicines have been collected and manufactured so far, the future consumption is completely unpredictable, so the Kabane must be kept in a certain quantity: neither to exterminate humanity nor to allow humanity to become exterminated.

The second reason is the season. Japan's short winter is already halfway over. The virus activity that was previously suppressed due to the climate will become active again when the weather warms up. At that time, it will not be as easy to control the spread as it is now. We must take advantage of this last opportunity to take action.

As for the third reason...

"If this experiment succeeds, the selection of reincarnators in this world can officially begin."

Just as the reincarnators of World Two primarily followed the enhancement system of T-virus evolution, the evolvers of World Three also needed a viable enhancement system. Given the limited enhancement systems and energy reserves available in the Main God Space, it was clearly the most efficient approach for the reincarnators to complete their initial evolution within their current world.

Not only the reincarnators of this world, but even Lin Yi himself can gain significant benefits from the results of this experiment…

Lin Yi pressed down on his right hand, which was hidden under his sleeve, and waited silently.

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The next day, at the gate of Jingang Post Station.

After a series of speeches and declarations that were more symbolic than meaningful, five thousand samurai and nearly eighty thousand civilian soldiers, led by Mima Tentori, marched south in a column stretching for miles, carrying their own weapons and equipment.

Unlike battles between humans, battles between humans and Kabane do not require "outwitting and outmaneuvering" each other. What truly matters is the humans' own resolve and the sharpness of their weapons. "Resolve" determines how many casualties they can sustain while continuing to fight, while the sharpness of their weapons determines their effectiveness in killing the Kabane.

In contrast, the Kabane side doesn't need to consider anything at all. After all, they don't even have the concept of "considering" anymore, so what do they have to be afraid of?

This war between humans and the Kabane will ultimately end in an absolute victory for one side and an absolute defeat for the other. There is no third possible outcome. Lin Yi's mission is to postpone this "victory" and "defeat" indefinitely... until the population and numbers of both sides are completely depleted to their last remaining base number.

Forbidden Zone of Life: Chapter 59 Amatori Mima

"Line up—"

"Raise your gun—"

"Prepare--"