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"God of Justice!"
"God of Sanctions!"
"God of Judgment!"
The gods called out its name, trying to get the attention of this high-ranking deity who had always been high above them. Even a mere glance would be enough to satisfy them. Perhaps hearing their prayers, the god who called himself "just" did not disappoint the title. When the light of punishment spread to the top of the entire heavenly realm and could no longer be contained, it justly poured down on the ground of the entire heavenly realm.
Death is just for everyone.
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The concept of causality is relative. In most worlds, it is pursued as a high-level form of power. However, in any different world with extremely incompatible rules, it is not even as good as the rules of a "fireball spell".
However, the “pan-world causality attack” clearly goes beyond the scope of this concept.
In the Main God Space, Lin Yi observed the seven-colored dazzling light that had already traversed the worlds of Godslayers, Heaven, Purgatory, and the sixteen races—and was tearing and striking towards his own world.
Life at its extreme is a forbidden zone
The ultimate form of intelligence is conservation.
Magic at its extreme transforms into a mystery
When spiritual energy reaches its peak, it begins to flow in reverse and diffuse.
……
"Does taking rules to their extreme mean they can be applied in a generalized way that ignores the limitations of the world and its dynamics?"
The sword blade that had been bobbing up and down behind him paused slightly, looking in a certain direction. Lin Yi remained silent for a while: "The 'emotions' that have been burned away can affect other people around. An interesting discovery."
Ignoring the seven-colored glare that had lost its tracking coordinates due to the destruction of the information entity and was darting around the edge of World Six like a headless fly, and ignoring the "fragmented spaces" that were approaching every nearby world in the void with the seven-colored glare as their base, they calmly observed the last few brief messages transmitted by the information entity before its demise, as well as a "viewpoint": a viewpoint from inside a dilapidated temple looking out at the entire world.
Then, Lin Yi saw—
Ah, a tree.
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Lin Yi wasn't the only one to discover the outsiders; there were also some others who were also staying near this world, but were not "people" of this world.
It's clear that the fleet guarding the outer perimeter of World Five couldn't determine the identities or stances of these "visitors" from the void. Their response was a relatively calm observation—or rather, a concealed stance—until the first folded space projected from the "fragments" officially collided with the outer barrier of World Five, brazenly invading its interior despite the damage to the world's integrity. Only then did these fleets from other dimensions truly react.
--attack.
Through the outer barrier of World Five, Lin Yi clearly saw the rainbow beam of light emitted from the main cannon of that space-time warship. The beam of light, composed of a large amount of active material, easily pierced through several folded spaces that were trying to crash into the barrier of World Five, and wiped out the hundreds of thousands of "fragment" reincarnators inside into the endless void.
But it was precisely because of this long-awaited attack that the space-time warship, which was originally in a hidden position, was discovered by the "fragment". The "fragment" that came from afar had to divert some of its power to intercept the opponent's attack. Otherwise, given the extremely fragile structural stability of the folded space compared to the world, it would not even need to be hit directly. Just being grazed by the "energy bombardment" of that level would have been enough to cause it to collapse.
However, what happened next was destined to disappoint the "guests" who had come from afar. As the first spacetime battleship was attacked and forced to retreat, it did not choose to observe from a distance without interfering. Instead, it called for fleets from other spacetimes as quickly as possible. By the time the "fragment" realized the seriousness of the problem, the single "Alas"-class spacetime battleship that had been guarding the outer perimeter of World Five had expanded to more than five times its original number, and its number continued to increase over time.
Perhaps feeling that the conditions were sufficient, when the total number of fleets in the void had increased to about ten times, the fleet, which also came from a foreign civilization, finally spoke up.
The language that was being spoken was from inside the barrier, that is, from World Five.
[Listen up, people on the other side! Your actions just now have violated Articles 3, 7, 16... a total of 174 articles of the Time and Space Administration's laws. The Time and Space Administration reserves the right to prosecute your civilization. Please leave this area immediately, otherwise this will be considered a declaration of war against the Time and Space Administration.]
[Repeat your actions just now...]
Inside the world barrier, Lin Yi smiled after capturing this information spreading through the void.
Yes, this fleet does not belong to the Main God Space. With the current power of the Main God Space, it is not impossible to create a fleet of the same size. But if that were the case, there would be no need to hide its existence. It could simply engage in a preliminary war in the void.
This fleet belongs neither to the Main God Space, which has already extended its reach to the entire world, nor to the "fragments" that have just arrived from afar, but to another world-traveling organization that followed Lin Yi's initial intervention into this world: the Time and Space Administration.
Previously, due to the insufficient resources of the Main God Space, Lin Yi did not rashly contact this massive world-traveling organization when he realized its existence. Instead, he adopted a posture of concealment. Their almost non-interference attitude towards other worlds allowed the Main God Space to thrive. As time went by, the two sides, one inside and one outside, completed the control and "management" of World Five with almost no connection. If the state of the two sides continued like this, it would not be a problem. The problem is that even if Lin Yi did not take any action inside this world, the other "fragments" outside could not remain indifferent after discovering his existence.
In order to deal with Lin Yi, the holder of the fragment, the fragment must break through the outer barrier of the "Origin World" in which he is located and invade the interior to eliminate him in a more direct and decisive way. However, this will inevitably cause irreversible damage to World Five itself. In the end, apart from the fact that two more mages were added due to some unexpected factors, this world itself is just a low-activity world that is infinitely close to a flexible world, and it simply cannot withstand such a violent invasion of the fragment.
Naturally, the “Fragments”’ reckless and aggressive actions run counter to the Time and Space Administration’s goal of protecting and observing this world. This forces them to confront these unknown enemies with hostility, which is the fundamental reason why Lin Yi has remained in this inflexible world that does nothing to help him become stronger.
"The initial information asymmetry allowed me to discover your location first, while the mid-term information asymmetry led you to discover mine. However, how could you possibly know that I don't even know that the 'Origin World' exists?"
"And now, having arrived in this void with most of your accumulated resources, how could you have foreseen the existence of an 'unrelated party'?"
Looking out over the outer layer of the world barrier, Lin Yi was not worried at all about the possible reactions of the "fragments".
Since the "fragment" within me possesses language proficiency, this one must also have a similar ability to communicate with the outside world. But even so, can we solve this problem solely through communication?
For no apparent reason, Lin Yi suddenly remembered a sentence.
—If an apology is all it takes, what's the point of having police?
As expected, after the exchange between the two sides lasted for less than two minutes, the battle that had briefly subsided in the void resumed. This time, the "fragment" probably confirmed the location of Lin Yi's main body, not only bringing the folded space on the outer edge of World Five closer, but also turning back all the explorations that were originally going in other directions.
Correspondingly, the Time and Space Administration, which also had no choice but to send out requests for assistance to all the fleets and mages it could contact near World 5.
While these two enormous, unrelated entities were engaged in a fierce war of attrition over a small world, Lin Yi, who was observing from within World Five, also began his own actions.
"God, deploy folded spaces numbered 1 to 30."
Please lock the coordinates.
Providing the coordinates derived from the "Trinity" in reverse order to the main god, Lin Yi stared directly at the top branches of the "tree": "After the deployment is complete, throw 'Cybertron' in as well."
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Outside the Fifth World Barrier, in the endless void.
Although it is called the endless void, in essence, this void sandwiched between all worlds is quite similar to the "space" in human perception, including zero gravity, absolute vacuum, and darkness without any light.
However, this void is completely different now.
The rainbow-colored light cannons streaked across the pitch blackness, leaving dazzling flashes. While they were not as mysterious and bizarre as the "pan-world causality strike" released by the fragments, judging solely from the energy contained within them, any rainbow light cannon fired from the main cannon of the spacetime battleship contained more than twice the heat of the former.
It is easy to imagine how terrifying such intense heat would be for the world inside the barrier. A single rainbow beam cannon shot would be enough to destroy the planet protected by the Time and Space Administration. However, in the context of the endless void, this rainbow beam cannon shot can only release a brief flash of light like a match before disappearing.
The high frequency of firing the rainbow cannons not only caused a sharp drop in energy, but also weakened the warships in other aspects such as defensive response. Through the chaotic communication channels, the captain of the "Asura" already knew that the outer defenses of at least three battleships had been breached, one of which had even lost its last response two minutes ago. Considering the worst-case scenario, it was not impossible for it to be sunk.
When was the last time such heavy battle losses occurred?
Similar questions unconsciously surfaced in her mind, but the constant alarms from the outside world quickly drew her attention back: "All mages, stand still and leave the warship. Protect the energy source and the drive core. If necessary, abandon all areas below the second-level standard."
"Captain, Asura's remaining energy only allows us to fire the main guns three times!"
"Then keep firing. Apart from the Rainbow Cannon, we have no other weapons that can penetrate those 'Rubik's Cubes'."
Staring intently at the "red Rubik's Cube" magnified hundreds of times on the screen, Lindy Hollowen tried to find a substance similar to or described as this "red Rubik's Cube" within her limited career and knowledge, but the result was obvious.
"Although we don't know what this thing is, if it gets into that world, it will definitely be a situation that can't be solved by one or two rainbow light cannons."
Take a deep breath: "Main gun, fire!"
The fierce war of attrition continues. Nearly half of the more than seventy folded spaces carried by the "Fragments" have been destroyed. Even if half of them were just empty shells used by the "Fragments" as feints, the number of reincarnators lost is at least tens of millions. And in order to cultivate tens of millions of reincarnators, the amount of vitality and resources consumed must be astronomical. Lin Yi, who also maintains a main god space, knows this all too well.
"This is a fragmented war under the advantage of unequal intelligence. One side can only passively and continuously invest its own resources, while the other side does not have to lose a single soldier and can just wait for the right opportunity to strike."
He paused for a moment, then said, "However, that's pretty much the limit."
It was indeed the limit. When the Time and Space Administration's fleet tore apart the forty-first "Red Cube" with its rainbow-colored main cannon, the number of casualties on its side had also reached an extremely heavy number. So much so that even though some time and space warships still survived, they could no longer stop the folded space from invading the outer barrier.
Whether by chance or by other means, the entire coordinate system was locked, and when the first folded space invaded the inner side of World Five at the cost of the "fragment" disregarding its activity consumption, it appeared right above the city of Narumi where Lin Yi was located.
Under the curious or puzzled gazes of the people below who were still completely unaware, countless "black dots" spread outwards from the surface of the "red cube," falling like locusts onto this helpless land.
Almost at the same time that the folded space of the "fragments" invaded World Five, the main god also sent a message.
[Folded space intrusion complete, consumption rate 33.3%, currently deploying to a large area... Target: Cybertron]
"A third of the consumption is not bad."
Compared to the current loss of more than half of the "fragments", it is already quite good that the invasion of the origin world where it is located was achieved at the cost of ten folded spaces and more than three million reincarnators inside. If it weren't for the existence of the Time and Space Administration, Lin Yi calculated that it would have taken at least two or three times the size of the number to complete the task.
Perhaps sensing that its origin world was being invaded, the "fragments" on the outer perimeter of the barrier began to throw the remaining fragments into this world one after another with increasing ferocity. For a time, even the space-time warships that had just arrived were unwilling to pay attention to them.
It was precisely because of the ferocious nature of the "Fragments" that Lin Yi, who originally intended to completely avoid participating in the battlefield of World Five, had to act ahead of schedule.
[Rule-based capabilities have been detected; information gathering is underway...]
[Information gathering complete. Rule-based ability nature: Spatial lockdown]
"Rules that block spatial abilities?"
Feeling the subtle sense of suppression emanating from his body, Lin Yi roughly understood why an information entity with half the level of spatial information comprehension he possessed was still trapped in a "small" temple in the "Fragment" Origin World, unable to escape even after its demise.
"We don't know how effective it is in direct combat yet, but this kind of auxiliary weapon is indeed very effective."
Because of this "spatial blockade," Lin Yi had to abandon his plan to leave halfway. Before his last bit of spatial access was frozen, he took out a fully enclosed metal bomb from the subspace. Like an ordinary person, Lin Yi climbed onto the rooftop and, like everyone else in Narumi City, looked up at the "red cubes" that appeared one after another in the sky.
Even amidst the lingering shadows of the apocalypse, not everyone was completely unaware.
With a gasp from afar, several girls wielding magical artifacts that Lin Yi had briefly come into contact with flew straight into the sky, defying gravity. From their conversation, one could vaguely glean words like "Mobile Section Six," but then their attention was drawn to two other vaguely familiar figures.
"...Time flies."
Recalling those two innocent little girls, and comparing them to the now quite mature mage, Lin Yi's knees slightly bent—
Beyond the realm of sound, the thirty-story building beneath his feet crumbled like a sandcastle trampled by children. The compressed air condensed into substantial ripples, drawing a vertical line across the city center to the horizon. When the deafening roar truly reverberated throughout the city, Lin Yi's right hand, gripping the matter conversion bomb, pressed down on the core of the first folded space.
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Before she could even recover from the shock of the powerful sonic boom below, Takamachi Nanoha, who was about to lead the mages of the Mobile Division 6 to stop the "intruders," noticed the anomaly of the "Crimson Cubes" in the sky.
Starting with the Rubik's Cube at the very center, the original crimson color, resembling the sedimentation of blood, was suddenly replaced by pure mechanical silver-white. This wasn't just happening to one cube; as soon as Nanoha Takamachi saw this scene, this silent transformation had already spread to the two neighboring "Crimson Rubik's Cubes"... Naturally, the figures located between the two cubes were also within its range.
Then, under the mage's unbearable and fearful gaze, the figures who had tried to escape with terrified expressions were quickly "frozen"—transformed into something identical to the silver Rubik's Cube, even their facial expressions remained unchanged from the previous second.
"Nanoha?"
"Go, it's not safe here!"
After telepathically informing the members of the Mobile Section Six, the mages fled the now-dead sky at an even faster speed than when they were ascending. Perhaps they should be thankful that Lin Yi had not produced a strategic-level "matter conversion" bomb, but only a tactical-level one. Therefore, it lost its effect after being converted into a metallic state along with more than five million reincarnators and the three nearby folded spaces. Otherwise, not only Narumi City, but most of Japan and the surrounding oceans would have been converted into a metallic state at the atomic level. This is the terrifying ability of the second fragment—Metal Frenzy.
After converting all the matter within a few kilometers, Lin Yi discarded the matter conversion bomb, which was now just an empty shell, and placed his right hand on the folded space that had begun to fall downwards due to its metallization.
With eyes closed, consciousness spread along the hand to all the metallic matter around it, and after successfully connecting all the metal units, it compressed and constructed them all at once towards the same "point".
What the onlookers below saw was the formation process of a "space warship" that only existed in their imaginations, a concept found only in science fiction novels.
Skipping all forging and assembly processes, the heavy and hard metal was kneaded and shaped like clay. In just a few dozen seconds, using more than five million tons of metal as raw materials, this space warship with complete defensive, offensive, and mobile functions was formed.
As for its prototype...
"Asura—?!"
Aside from being entirely silver-white, unlike the real Asura, they are practically identical in every other respect. Fate Testarossa, who spent some time on Asura, has considerable authority to say on this point.
Before the mages could take any action against the "Asura," Lin Yi, having completed his transformation, had already turned the activated "imitation Time-Space Battleship" around, sending it crashing into the outer side of the barrier.
Endless void.
The fierce war of attrition continues, but its intensity has decreased considerably as the spaceships have been lost one after another. By now, the remaining ships have either lost their combat capability or run out of energy. Although they are said to be attacking, they are actually just making a last-ditch effort.
With the failure of the Time and Space Administration, the "Fragment" was finally able to focus all its energy on invading the world itself. Just as it found the fourth gap and was about to enter the folded space, an unexpected scene occurred.
From the other end of the gap, a silver-white warship emerged from the inner side of the world and fired a "graviton emission" at the folded space that was about to enter the inner side.
Unlike the Rainbow Cannon, which relies entirely on the accumulation of active energy to create macroscopic damage, the destruction caused by gravitons is entirely based on the observation level.
Almost the instant the crimson particles came into contact with the folded space, the thin barrier on the surface of the folded space was completely disintegrated at the atomic level. Then, the crimson rays pierced through the entire folded space in less than half a second, directly piercing a gap from the bottom, and did not dim in the slightest until they disappeared from the horizon...
"Wait, what's that shape—"
"Asura?!"
"How can it be--"
Regardless of the reaction from the Time and Space Administration, the "Fragment's" response was far more intense than Lin Yi had imagined. Almost immediately after confirming that Lin Yi was inside the warship, its already manic behavior turned into madness.
The two folded spaces that were originally approaching the world barrier changed direction directly. Instead of radiating any external energy, they directly collided with the surface of the activated "Imitation Asura" in a physical "head-on collision". As the two folded spaces perished along with more than 600,000 reincarnators due to the collapse of their internal structure, a piercing alarm sounded from inside the "Imitation Asura".
The energy structure has been severely damaged, resulting in a 93% decrease in power output.
The external structure was severely damaged, reducing its defensive capabilities by 87.1%.
The attack structure was severely damaged, and energy output decreased by 92.5%.
……
In the empty command center, Lin Yi, all alone, ignored the warnings and waited for the real "attack" to come.
"……coming."
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