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For the present moment at Kohon-eki... no, even if we expand the scope to the entire Hinomoto region, this is probably the most brutal and intense war ever fought. If viewed from the perspective of people in the 21st century, it might be more appropriately described as an asymmetric war.

Humanity, which had long relied on cold weapons for warfare, was forced to use its first firearm against far more cruel and powerful enemies before even becoming familiar with its true use. Compared to the "enemies" that appeared before them, even these unprecedentedly powerful weapons seemed far too backward. When the monsters called Kabane emerged outside the Kōhon-eki, following the train on the railway, the shogunate's soldiers despairingly discovered that the only effect these weapons, capable of easily killing their own kind, could have against them was to repel them with their powerful thrust—the piercing power of the steam cylinders was simply insufficient to penetrate the Kabane's metal heart membrane.

Apart from their hearts, these monsters had no other weaknesses. So, after sacrificing nearly a third of their troops and equipment at the main post station, the general's mansion finally gave up all thoughts of breaking out or counterattacking. Instead, they began a long war of attrition with a desperate mentality of "every second counts."

When Lin Yi finally saw the city, surrounded by countless infected yet still struggling to survive, nearly fifty hours had passed since the Juben Post Station was sealed off...

"You can probably imagine what price they paid."

He poured the medicine from the test tube into his mouth, covered his body with the large cloak he had picked up, and squeezed into the midst of the infected creatures that were futilely roaring and scratching at the city wall, making a difficult advance towards the interior.

The most common sight along the way, littered with infected, was the severed limbs and broken bodies... To be precise, people of this era could not kill the infected, but they could kill humans before they became infected. This inhumane method allowed the virus to lose most of its activity before it could take effect. In other words, these incomplete corpses were not infected before they became like this; they were just humans who had been scratched.

"...Perhaps I should be thankful that these drugs are deceptive to infected individuals, otherwise just getting close would be a huge challenge."

[The infected in World Three have undergone benign evolution, gaining the ability to sense the type of target through smell. When using enhancement drugs, the user emits odor molecules similar to those of the infected while the drugs are in effect. The probability of the infected actively attacking is no higher than 0.091%.]

While forcefully smashing through the infected blocking his way with his enhanced strength, Lin Yi listened to the God's explanation and his expression froze: "What about the rest?"

[When an infected evolved with enhanced olfactory abilities, the 1.22% of human scent molecules it disperses will be recognized and have a high probability of launching an active attack against the user.]

Lin Yi, who was carefully examining the layout and setup of the city post station and trying to find a relatively hidden entry point, suddenly stopped: "...God, let me ask you a question, what is the probability that an infected body will undergo autonomous evolution?"

Insufficient data to perform calculations.

"Then let's try another one..."

Watching the figure slowly climbing towards the edge of the city wall in the distance, perhaps already accustomed to the infected's instinctive fighting style, the weary Shogunate soldier mechanically picked up his steam cylinder and aimed it at the menacing infected below, paying no attention to what was actually happening on the city wall.

Logically speaking, this should be the case. After all, the original purpose of this city wall was to defend against the army. Putting aside its thickness, its height alone is close to seven meters. Moreover, in order to minimize the impact area, it adopts a smooth stacking design. It doesn't look like something that anyone could climb.

However, reality is just that absurd. These infected beings, whom Lin Yi once thought had no ability to think and only retained the instinct to eat, actually managed to achieve a "battle" that even the smartest person could not accomplish by relying on their inhuman basic attributes.

—It uses a "knife".

The most common type of cold weapon on this land is the one with sharpness as its greatest feature. However, in pursuit of sharpness, its toughness has been reduced in a roundabout way. Even with a base attribute of only ten points, it would be the kind of weapon that would chip if Lin Yi hit a stone with a little force.

At this moment, the infected creature, relying on two blades that were almost entirely attached to their handles, slowly climbed upwards, one end stuck into the hard stone wall and the other end propelling its body upwards... This was definitely not something a human could accomplish, and even an ordinary infected creature could not do it, which is why Lin Yi suddenly asked such a question.

Under what circumstances is the infected organism most likely to evolve?

This time, the Lord God's response came quite swiftly.

[High-intensity combat, large amounts of food, and the accumulation of time]

"...One last question, list out the attributes of that guy on the wall for me."

After a silence of about two seconds, a string of characters appeared on my retina.

Experiment Subject 1 (First Evolution)

No.: 001

Power: 23

Constitution: 26

Agility: 31

Spirit: 3

Special state: Excitement (due to mutation caused by excessive food intake and prolonged combat, the virus is in a highly active state)

"It was actually it..."

Half sighing, half groaning, Lin Yi finally understood why the first infected evolved human had appeared so quickly.

The intense fighting—the war surrounding this city had been going on for who knows how long before I arrived, and judging from the situation on the ground, it was definitely not a peaceful coexistence.

Large-scale feeding—the corpses wandering around are the most direct evidence;

And the last element.

"Over time... this is the heart transplant I had at the very beginning, right?"

[Genetic match rate 99.98%, meets the criteria]

"If I'm not mistaken, it's been following the leading infected ever since Anming Village. It hasn't lagged behind in either combat intensity or food intake, and it's using the heart of an infected evolved being... Indeed, there are no coincidences in this world. Is it merely an inevitability born from chance?"

The Supreme God remained silent.

Meanwhile, in the distance, with their backs to every Shogunate soldier focused on dealing with the infected below, the evolved humans appearing atop the city walls began a new round of slaughter...

"We can't let it continue to evolve... We must kill it!"

Prototype: Chapter 26 First Battle (Part 1)

If circumstances allowed, Lin Yi himself would be extremely unwilling to personally participate in the battle under such conditions. More often than not, he would rather follow the candidates or infected from a distance to collect necessary intelligence, or wait until the battle was over to "clean up the mess" and collect the "effective resources" that they were destined to be unable to use, and then make new props to resell to the candidates at a price close to tens or hundreds of times that of the raw materials.

"Plans can't keep up with changes. If this city is also breached, and with the emergence of infected evolved forms, I simply can't keep up with the spread of the virus. In that case, with the entire land occupied by infected, even continuing to collect materials for manufacturing enhancements will become a problem."

[By relying on targeted deployment and attacks of individual units, the kill success rate is over 99%]

“That’s right, but don’t forget that these infected bodies have a limited lifespan. Using the method you provided, I can only collect about five infected body blood samples a day at most, and their lifespan is at most six months… What can 1200 units of blood samples do?”

The divine authority faithfully provided data feedback to address this question.

Enhancement potion (basic) 19200 units

Enhancement potion (intermediate) 3600 units

Enhancement Potion (Advanced) 400 units

Permanent Enhancement Potion (Lowest Tier) 30.7 units

"Like this... God, calculate again how many permanent enhancement potions I would need to stack all my base attributes to the potion's enhancement limit of 30 points."

[Minimum consumption: 16; Maximum consumption: Undetermined]

"I think so too. The enhancement of these potions is completely random. There is no guarantee that the enhanced attributes will increase evenly to each basic attribute as desired. With the enhancement cap locked at thirty points, the only thing we can do is keep trying in large quantities, and not just the portion I need. In the early stages, those candidates don't have many extra reward points to exchange for these 'luxury items,' but it is foreseeable that these permanent enhancement potions will definitely circulate widely among the lower-level reincarnators and candidates in the future. Under certain circumstances, they might even serve as a general equivalent. In such a situation, what would happen if the supply of potions were suddenly stopped... I think you understand what that means even without me saying it."

The most direct consequence is that the "perfect" face of the main god will be ruthlessly torn apart, and some reincarnators may even dig into the source of these enhancement potions. These are all oversights that must be avoided as much as possible. But at this moment, there is a way to solve the problem once and for all.

"Kill it, and everything will be fine."

[...Battle scenario simulation, providing 107 combat tactics, with a selection success rate exceeding 70%—]

"Too low, it should be above 90%!"

[Command confirmed, 8 options remain]

Seeing the chaos on the city wall caused by the sudden intrusion of infected evolved humans, Lin Yi frowned deeply: "If we choose the option that takes the shortest time, we won't be able to hold out for long inside."

[Command confirmed, operation commences]

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"Ughh ...

"Help!"

"Move aside, don't block the way."

On the same narrow city wall, faced with the sudden intrusion of monsters, some chose to flee, while others chose to charge. However, their fates did not differ much because of their choices...

"Chong-"

"What--?!"

Consciousness was frozen in shock and disbelief. With blood gushing from his neck, the headless corpse crashed heavily to the ground, while most people stared blankly at the scene before them.

"Kabane...can use weapons?"

In the hands of the infected creature, whose size was considerably larger than that of an ordinary person, was a long, narrow katana that should have been wielded by a Shogunate samurai. At this moment, the exceptionally sharp weapon, combined with the Kabane's terrifying strength, was so lethal that no one present could stop it. Whether charging head-on or fleeing with their backs to them, they were all beheaded with a single slash.

Bathed in the pale crimson light of the setting sun, the heads flying off the city walls, along with the splattering blood, resembled a scene from a living hell. A samurai's hands, gripping the blade, began to tremble. The weapon, which he could wield with ease before, now felt heavier than anything else in the world. So much so that when the "Shura" stood before him, he involuntarily let go of the weapon.

"Bang."

"No...don't kill—"

"laugh--"

Unable to communicate verbally, feeling the viscous, scarlet liquid splattering on their bodies, the samurai, with only the remaining instincts of predation and slaughter, roared excitedly, raising their already warped blades to pounce on the more "prey" before them. This scene completely shattered the "Bushido spirit" held by the samurai. No one knows who started it, but they all dropped everything that would increase the difficulty of escape and fled down the city wall.

They had indeed sworn oaths to the rulers of this land and to their weapons that they would fight to the last drop of blood. However, they never knew that they would be facing neither unarmed civilians, nor samurai wielding blades, nor even modern soldiers equipped with steam cylinders, but rather a “monster” that humans simply could not contend with.

So they broke down, gave up, ran away... and died.

An inefficient combat style

"You can't expect a group of people who can't even break through your defenses to engage in pointless suicide attacks with the determination to die. This isn't a game. Even if you slash them with a knife, you won't see a screen showing a forced reduction of a single point of health."

However, it can effectively slow down the forward movement of evolved beings.

"This is a misconception... In their minds, the battle is over the moment the monster appears, so there's no difference whether they stop it or not."

The closer the ghastly blade light got, the faster his heart pounded—something no willpower could stop. It was something that could only be overcome through repeated exposure, something one would eventually get used to. After all, survival is an instinct for any living being, and his current actions of staying here were completely against that instinct, so his body naturally issued a warning… Fortunately, he was no longer the same person he used to be; at least he had the means to “defy his instincts.”

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He spat out the cork he had bitten off with his teeth, then tilted his head back and poured the dark black medicine from the test tube into his mouth. A spicy, pungent smell spread from his nose to his lungs, and a warm current flowed from his abdomen throughout his body.

[Use Enhancement Potion (Advanced) to increase all attributes by 10]

Name: Lin Yi

No.: 0

Strength: 20 (The average value for an average adult male is 10).

Physical fitness: 20 (the average value for an average adult male is 10).

Agility: 20 (The average value for a typical adult male is 10).

Mental state: 20 (the average score for an average adult male is 10).

"Tsk... We've collected half of the total amount of source blood. This time, we're going to get it back with interest."

He gripped the crossbow trigger tightly and pressed it down hard.

Prototype: Chapter 27 First Battle (Part 2)

Generally speaking, apart from the mental specialties, other basic attribute specialties are nothing more than a few types of manifestations, such as agility-type specialties.

"First, high movement speed..."

One eye closed, the other slightly narrowed, trying to lock onto the elusive figure in the distance.

In most cases, the evolution of infected creatures leaves some traces on their body surface. Just like the evolved creatures in World Two that only retained the human form, the one that appeared on the wall of Giant Base Station was obviously much better. Apart from its size increasing due to mutation, it was basically still the original appearance. However, its increased size did not bring any convenience to aiming.

On one hand, the thin metallic film on the surface would inevitably thicken; on the other hand, the speed was simply extraordinary…

According to Lin Yi's estimate, the distance from one side of the city wall to the other is at least fifty meters. However, this infected evolved being has charged back and forth more than four times in less than half a minute. It is currently carrying out its fifth attack, which is also the slaughter of the last batch of warriors that have not been killed. If it cannot be killed in this last attempt, it will inevitably jump into the residential area below. At that time, even if we want to control the infection, there will be no way to do so.

Upon thinking of this, Lin Yi subconsciously frowned, but his previously agitated mind gradually calmed down: "Second, high attack frequency..."

Even without summarizing, the piercing sound of the sword cutting through the air as it wielded it was enough to roughly gauge its speed and power. If circumstances allowed, Lin Yi would absolutely not want to engage in direct combat with it, even if the success rate was over 90%.

"Third, a powerful ability to observe and evade counterattacks—"

Sight, arrow, heart—supported by a whopping twenty points in Spirit and Agility attributes, this was arguably Lin Yi's strongest attack ever, released from the drawn crossbow. The cone-shaped arrow tore through the solid air, piercing towards the heart hidden beneath layers of protection—

"nail--"

It wasn't the sound of metal bouncing off when it hit the heart, but rather the trembling sound produced when metal collided with each other after being blocked by a sword.

If Lin Yi hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he might have thought such a scene only existed in special effects—a narrow katana less than half a centimeter thick, pinning a crossbow bolt with an equally narrow contact area to the blade at an almost perfect angle, accompanied by a sharp decrease in the pitch of the metallic tremor as the mechanical force applied to the crossbow bolt also diminished, until it completely lost its ability to kill the enemy.

That was not the end.

"Sizzle... hiss—"

Even though he had closed his eyes beforehand, the intense light still dazzled him. When everything in front of him was obscured by the sudden burst of light, the only thing he could clearly hear was that shrill howl. So when his eyes regained the ability to receive and react to external information, Lin Yi threw away the crossbow that he had already fired, took out two bolts from the quiver on his back, and charged towards the evolved creature that was covering its eyes and howling.

"Gah————"

The agility, equivalent to three times that of an ordinary person, grants the evolved creature a powerful keenness and insight that ordinary people lack. However, when this ability suddenly receives an excessively strong "signal," the resulting damage is also far greater than that of an ordinary person. The evolved creature, having lost its sight, swayed its body and aimlessly swung its blade around. But from those seemingly sharp slashes, Lin Yi no longer felt the bone-chilling threat he had felt a moment ago.

[Depending on the infected individual's constitution and viral activity, initial visual ability is restored after seventeen seconds.]

"……learn."

This is probably the only chance. The white phosphorus I carried for the experiment was all I had, and I've already used it all. Besides, there's no guarantee that this evolved infected won't make the same mistake. In other words, if I want to kill it, this is the best, and only, opportunity.