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After the most powerful empire had completely collapsed and lost its ability to resist, apart from a small number of die-hards and those with ulterior motives who were still putting up a last-ditch resistance, the rest of the Revolutionary Army chose to surrender after witnessing the fate of the "Imperial Capital". In this regard, a Teigu user who originally belonged to the leadership of the Revolutionary Army played a significant role.
"Najshitan, leader of Night Raid, and one of the supreme leaders of the Revolutionary Army."
When the commander brought the short-haired female Teigu user to him, Lin Yi could sense that he was a little nervous, though the reason was self-evident.
"I will not take action until they launch an attack."
“…Thank you very much, Mr. Lin. This Ms. Najendan is different from those revolutionaries who want to fight against the Expeditionary Force. She is deeply aware of the Expeditionary Force’s righteousness and the inevitability of the future direction of this world, so she took the initiative to seek cooperation with the Expeditionary Force.”
She paused for a moment, then continued, "Although we have successfully defeated the Empire, we will need the help of the natives of this land to rebuild order and develop more resources. As the leader of the revolutionary army, Miss Najendan can provide us with a lot of assistance in this regard."
As the commander explained to Lin Yi why he accepted the surrendered person, the Teigu user standing behind him was also observing the "monster" in front of him in his own way.
—Besides "monster," Najenda really couldn't find any other word to describe it.
Super Dangerous Species?
The strongest in the empire?
Clearly, such pale descriptions are limited to the realm that "humans" can perceive, and the mere sight of that void that replaced the entire imperial capital was enough for Najenda to separate the "monster" with the same appearance as a human from the people before her.
"Imperial Arms".
While lost in thought, Najenda suddenly heard this "monster" utter words that demanded attention, and she immediately perked up to carefully capture every word that followed.
"I can reduce the corresponding share of the resources obtained through mining. I need all the existing Imperial Arms and related information about them."
Upon hearing this request, the commander abandoned all pretense of politeness and hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Lin, if you have any requests regarding the resources of this world, please feel free to make them. However, regarding these Imperial Arms, we still need—"
"If you intend to end the cooperation early, then please do so."
Without giving any opportunity for explanation or negotiation, it casually left behind its last words and then left the ground, disappearing into the sky at the edge of sight in the blink of an eye.
"..."
Although she didn't know what had happened, Najenda already had a bad feeling.
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"Hand over all Imperial Arms?"
"That's right, these are their conditions for accepting the surrender of the revolutionary army."
When Mine heard this condition from Najenda, her first reaction was disbelief, and her second reaction was—
"They must be crazy!"
Wielding the gun-shaped Imperial Arm "Pumpkin Turret," which can convert spiritual energy into shockwaves, Mine, a member of Night Raid, said with dissatisfaction: "Even the Empire wouldn't let us easily hand over our Imperial Arms, let alone a bunch of guys of unknown origin—Akame?!"
Looking incredulously at the girl unsheathing her sword "Murasame," Mine suddenly felt that her intelligence was insufficient.
"Weapons are for killing people, and there are no people left to kill."
With this explanation, and amidst the genuine surprise of everyone, including Najenda who conveyed the condition, Night Raid's ace was the first to offer up the Imperial Arm that had been with him for so long: "The Empire has vanished."
"..."
"..."
"..."
—The empire has vanished.
Although it was not the result of the Revolutionary Army's efforts and the process was far more brutal than expected, in the end, the very thing that Night Raid originally aimed to achieve, along with millions of people and the magnificent palace that had taken generations to build, was reduced to ashes.
In this situation, what reason do assassins who make a living by killing those corrupt and wicked people in the capital have to exist?
Or, to put it another way, do they really need to continue holding onto their weapons?
"Hill?"
“Akame is right, we are no longer qualified to use it.”
After putting down his Teigu, the second Teigu user smiled and said, "We've done what we could. Let's leave the rest to the next generation."
With two "exemplary figures" in place, the remaining tasks became much simpler, but in the end, there were still some stubborn individuals who refused to give up.
"Even if you say that, can you really guarantee that among those guys, there won't be a second 'Emperor' or 'Minister'? And Captain—our Imperial Arms are just weapons, but Susanoo is a living, breathing being. Can you abandon him?!"
Facing the worried and doubtful gazes before her, Najendan stood up: "I refuse to give up—"
"team leader--?!"
"But that's just my personal opinion."
Recalling the "disaster" she witnessed outside the capital, Najenda let out a sigh of relief: "As the leader of the Revolutionary Army, the leader of Night Raid, and your captain, I have the right and the responsibility to be responsible for each of you. So even if I am unwilling, I will not act against the general trend because of my personal thoughts."
"If there were even a one in ten thousand chance, I would not hand over the power of choice to these outsiders of unknown origin. But after seeing the devastation in the capital, do you still have that one in ten thousand chance?"
"If we decide to resist, we will no longer be facing 'humans,' but an absolute 'monster.' The most terrifying thing about this 'monster' is not that it possesses terrifying power beyond our comprehension, but that it can kill millions of humans without any burden and without distinguishing between those who should be killed and those who should not. Even if we are willing to sacrifice ourselves to resist, do we really have the right to tie all the lives of others to our war machine?"
"So, I've decided to give up."
……
After a long silence, the sound of the last Imperial Arm falling to the ground rang out.
He gathered the deep red light that shone from his fingertips beneath his cuffs, his scattered thoughts trying to catch the words he had just "heard," but for a moment he couldn't find any way to refute them.
"Without any burden...?"
Faced with this eternally unchanging emptiness, Lin Yi was speechless: "If you can't see it, then naturally you have no burden."
Soul Leap: Chapter 331 Dimensional Array
Lin Yi didn't care what kind of exchanges and entanglements had occurred within the expeditionary force. For him, getting what he needed was enough.
The world is the world after all. Even a low-activity world has resources that far surpass those of any other region. Leaving aside the expeditionary force that goes almost mad every day because of the discovery of new resources, Lin Yi has also obtained many valuable things in this world. Among them, the most noteworthy is the "Imperial Arms," one of the active energy carriers of this world.
Including the few complete ones obtained from the surrendered revolutionaries and the incomplete ones collected from the capital, Lin Yi eventually possessed more than thirty Imperial Arms, though most of them were damaged.
Having acquired these Imperial Arms, Lin Yi, having nothing else to attend to for the time being, immediately began analyzing and researching these active energy carriers.
The Imperial Arm "Murasame" was originally wielded by Akame, the ace of the Revolutionary Army's assassination organization Night Raid. It is a sword-shaped weapon, and because being cut by this sword will cause the wound to be infected with a cursed poison and die quickly, it is known as a cursed sword.
But regarding the results of Lin Yi's attempt—
"Zizi..."
"Click——"
"clang."
Looking at the broken blade, corroded and fallen to the ground by his own drop of blood, Lin Yi rationally categorized it as "useless trash".
The Imperial Arm "Romantic Turret" was originally wielded by Mine, a sniper from the Revolutionary Army's assassination organization Night Raid. As its name suggests, it looks like a lightweight, portable projectile launcher. Its ability is to convert spiritual energy into shockwaves, and the power increases according to the severity of the crisis the user faces.
The ability to convert spiritual energy into shockwaves was of no value to Lin Yi. What was more interesting was that the power would increase depending on the severity of the crisis the user faced. So, after removing one of the core components, he tossed it aside.
The Imperial Arm "Beast King" was originally wielded by Leone, a warrior of the Revolutionary Army's assassination organization Night Raid. Its form is a belt, and its ability is to transform the wearer into a beast, dramatically enhancing their physical abilities, including their sense of smell. Activating its ultimate technique further amplifies the wearer's regenerative abilities; even if their limbs are severed or their eyes are gouged out, they can stop bleeding and reconnect on their own.
"...Click"
After casually crushing the Imperial Arm, Lin Yi immediately began researching the fourth Imperial Arm.
The "ever-changing" linear Imperial Arms was torn apart by Lin Yi with his bare hands, and then thrown into the trash heap.
The scissor-shaped Imperial Arm that could "cut through everything" was divided into four pieces using minimal graviton radiation. Then, with the intention of melting it down and using the scraps as scraps for future use, it was stuffed into the subspace.
The armor-shaped Imperial Armor, "possessed by evil spirits," collapsed into a block of iron less than 5 cubic centimeters in volume in less than half a second under the distortion of the first-level magnetic field caused by the Immortal Slaughtering Sword, and was directly thrown into the subspace.
……
After discarding a large number of useless discarded items, what appeared before Lin Yi's eyes transformed from a simple "object" into a "person"—an object that looked like a person.
The Imperial Arm "Susanoo" was originally wielded by Najenda, the leader of the Revolutionary Army's assassination organization Night Raid. After surrendering to the expeditionary force, she naturally handed it over and delivered it to Lin Yi.
As an extremely rare humanoid Teigu among Teigu, Susanoo possesses not only a certain level of combat ability, but also the ability to absorb the life force of its wielder and gain explosive power again. However, the side effects are also quite obvious. Even with the average life strength of humans in this world, it can only last for three times before dying. If it were an Earthling from the Origin World, it would probably be drained dry after just one time.
After pondering for a moment, Lin Yi gave an order to the Imperial Arm in front of him.
"The evil spirit has manifested"
Lin Yi could sense that as the intensity of the aura ahead continued to expand, something insignificant within him was being drawn out and transferred into his body in an energy state. Noticing this, Lin Yi showed an interested expression: "Continue."
"..."
In the silence, the Imperial Arms before him intensified its extraction of "life force," but at most it increased from the level of life force supporting the growth of a single hair to two, and then it was gone.
"Are the expectations too high?"
Helplessly halting the experiment, Lin Yi had no better solution for dealing with this humanoid Imperial Arm. In the end, he decided to temporarily stuff it into the subspace, since it didn't need to eat or rest and wouldn't starve even if it was put into the subspace.
Although even with the use of the life-absorbing "Manifestation of Calamity," its combat power only increases from 0.1 to 0.5, the fact that this Imperial Arm can generate independent consciousness is not something that can be achieved easily. It's better to preserve it until it has a clear purpose.
After dealing with the outer "Susanoo", there were very few Imperial Arms left, and most of them were crushed to pieces by the previous "Moonfall", making them quite troublesome to repair. However, the "Supreme Throne", which was known as the strongest Imperial Arm, seemed to have received a "lucky" boost, perhaps due to the attention of the world's will, and its core remained largely intact.
However, in Lin Yi's view, who had already obtained the AllSpark, the value of this "Supreme Throne" was not even as good as the scissor-shaped Imperial Arms that could be used as scrap material. The latter could be reused, but this one would have to waste time repairing and putting it aside if it wanted to be reused. In the end, it was just thrown into the AllSpark world to serve as material for the reconstruction of Cybertron.
……
"Finally, it's you."
Dimensional Array: Shangri-La, a space-movement type Imperial Arm.
The original owner is unknown; it was found as wreckage under "Moonfall." Since it was beyond repair, Lin Yi simply removed the core and unexpectedly discovered something extraordinary inside it.
"Although it was a difficult effort, it did indeed violate the rules of the space system."
With fingertips pressed on the core, consciousness gradually seeped inward.
Unlike other Imperial Arms that utilize the properties of various dangerous materials, this Imperial Arm relies more on internal rune-like patterns. However, because it is "utilized" rather than "understood," although it can still transfer space, it can only do so within a vague range, rather than the precise positioning like teleportation as commonly understood. Furthermore, this transfer consumes a considerable amount of energy—given the human conditions of this world.
Before the main god was merged, Lin Yi was able to use the main god to directly transfer space, and even world-level traversal was just a matter of one or two commands. However, after the main god merged, it became much more troublesome. But the current "dimensional array" pointed out a second path for Lin Yi: a path where he could actively understand and master "space" without the main god.
Soul Leap: Chapter 332 Lelouch the Rebellious (1)
In the year 2010 of the Imperial Calendar, the superpower, the Holy Britannian Empire, invaded Japan in order to seize its underground resources.
Under the onslaught of the powerful anthropomorphic weapons Knightmare of the European empire, Japan was conquered in less than a month, stripped of its freedom, rights, and even its national name. The Holy British Empire renamed "Japan" as "Area 11," and the term "Japanese" was replaced by the number 11.
On the surface, the empire's class system, which established a system of noble and commoner rule, seemed unbreakable, but cracks had already begun to appear within it.
Seven years later, in 2017, under the guidance of "fate," unrest broke out in Area 11, which had been suppressed by the Empire. No one could have imagined that the "frenzy" that would later sweep the world would originate here...
However, no one could have predicted that the Chinese Federation, separated by the sea, was also experiencing another "chaos" that was completely different in both significance and scale.
The Chinese Federation, East Asia Region.
"...Mr. Lin, if possible, we would like you to explain what exactly is going on in this world."
Inside the makeshift command center, the commander, who had always adhered to his identity and duties, completely abandoned the stance he had been trying to maintain, seeking answers with almost no regard for his image: "The Chinese Federation, the EU, the Holy Britannian Empire... If the emergence of these organizations is just a coincidence, then what about the existence of 'Japan' in this world?!"
Faced with this "collaborator's" unacceptable attitude, Lin Yi hesitated slightly about the decision to easily let them enter this low-activity parallel world. However, the current situation had already been formed, and even if they were to withdraw again, it would not change the fact that they already knew about the existence of this world that was extremely similar to the Origin World. Moreover, considering the long-term cooperation, it was impossible to keep avoiding these parallel worlds.
"...parallel world."
"what?"
"Understand it your way, consider this world as the origin... a parallel world to Earth. Although there are some coincidences and overlaps in the past history, this world is fundamentally different from Earth."
Ignoring the commander's reaction, Lin Yi, having made the decision, simply proved it to them in the simplest way he could.
He raised his right hand, which was wrapped in bandages, and opened his palm: "This is uranium-235. I will now make it undergo a fission reaction."
"Wait--"
The commander, who had just realized what was happening, looked horrified. However, his words could not keep up with the speed of the fission. When the first neutron collided with the atomic nucleus, he was unable to utter a single complete syllable.
However, just as the commander was despairingly awaiting destruction, what happened before his eyes made him hold his breath.
The cube hovering above the palm of the hand did not explode through the mass-energy equivalence equation under rapid fission. Instead, it lit up with a light that was almost comparable to the sun for less than half a second before quickly dimming and going out. Even after this small piece of "uranium-235" had completely disappeared in a rapid decay, the commander was still not recovered from the huge contrast.
Although it's only a small piece, if it were to detonate completely, it could easily destroy this command center and the surrounding bases. But what I saw just now seemed to be...
"In this world, the mass-energy equivalence equation is not as unconditionally applicable as it is on Earth."
Meeting the commander's bewildered gaze, Lin Yi, who had lowered his right hand, explained: "You can think of this as a world with a similar history of development to Earth, but which has developed to this day following completely different rules."
Calming his chaotic thoughts, the commander took a deep breath: "Mr. Lin, could you please explain in detail?"
"I reject."
Turning around, the Immortal Execution Sword floating behind him began to draw upon its omnipresent magnetic field, applying it to himself. Before his body broke free from the constraints of gravity, he left behind his last words: "This is the maximum information I can provide; the rest you can explore on your own."
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