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"With so many mages escorting it, the transported resources must be of considerable value."
Calculating each other's speed, distance, and angle, Veneto, upon discovering its presence as the transport ship emerged from behind the planet, unhesitatingly activated all vector projection weapons, including its secondary cannons.
The solid metal projectile, accelerated by electromagnetic force, easily achieved a speed impossible on the ground. In the vacuum environment, it slammed into the side of the transport ship with almost zero damage kinetic energy. In the silence, a large amount of metal debris tore apart from the surface of the transport ship. However, none of the "proper cargo" that Veneto had expected appeared. Even the four mages she was wary of had vanished without a trace. If it weren't for the wreckage of the transport ship from the Time and Space Administration being right in front of her, Veneto would have even doubted whether she had just imagined it.
At the same time, on the surface of the planet below.
Looking up at the streaks of shooting stars falling from the "sky," Nanoha Takamachi gripped her magical device tightly. Without needing much confirmation, she could easily imagine the fate of those mages who had just been discussing getting married back home on the transport ship.
Given the perilous nature of their mission, the Mobile Section 6 naturally wouldn't rush in unprepared to their deaths. Their strategy was to have a transport ship draw the enemy's attention while their mages infiltrate amidst the chaos. However, they never anticipated that the enemy would launch a direct attack upon discovering them—
(Has the war officially begun?)
While pondering the possible truth behind this scene, the mage suddenly noticed that a large amount of fog was spreading around him—after all, there was no water on this planet.
The next moment, a smug shout rang out: "Bewitching Array!"
Time and Space Administration: Chapter 476 The Unfinished Game (Part 1)
Using the spiritual power of three high-grade spirit stones, fifty mid-grade spirit stones, and hundreds of low-grade spirit stones, the reincarnator barely managed to form this "Bewitching Array," a formation renowned even within the Main God Space. After confirming that the four main targets of this mission were trapped, the reincarnator breathed a sigh of relief. Looking at the wary mages inside, he suddenly sneered, "Give up. Even with S-rank enhanced mental power, you can't escape from this Bewitching Array. Just be obedient—"
"starlightbreak——!!!"
The violent surge of magical energy directly dispersed the surrounding spiritual energy, revealing the stunned figure hidden behind it.
"This is a tough problem, let's all work together!"
Before Takamachi Nanoha could even take any action against the attacker, the attacker turned and ran away quite decisively. At the same time, no fewer than ten hidden attackers suddenly appeared around her.
Although the attacks launched by each of the S-rank mages were not considered powerful, their strange and hidden characteristics still caught the unprepared mages off guard and left them in a state of chaos.
However, the difference in quality between 1 phosphorus fin gull (nine) (four) (nine) ba is ultimately not something that can be made up for by such a small amount.
As the three mages gradually adapted to the Reincarnators' diverse attack methods, the Reincarnators, realizing the situation had changed, were forced to take action—
"Withdraw! Assemble at point three!"
With a roar from the lead Reincarnator, he hurled the metal sphere in his hand and retreated frantically. The other Reincarnators, noticing the sphere's appearance, immediately turned and ran. Just as Fate Testarossa was about to give chase, she was suddenly pulled back—
"Watch out, it's that one!"
that?
The doubts didn't last long. In the instant the metal sphere exploded, all the dust and metal in the surrounding air were transformed into a metallic state.
Upon witnessing this scene, the mage, who had seen the same thing in the 105th dimension, immediately moved away faster than the reincarnator.
Fortunately, this "matter conversion bomb" was far superior to the one seen in the 105th dimension in terms of both its spread speed and range. It only converted matter within a few dozen meters around it before losing its effect. However, the gap in the mages' cover was enough for the reincarnators to escape. In this completely unfamiliar alien world, it would be no easy task to continue tracking the other party.
"Let's ignore those people for now. The most important thing is to get to Platinum Star and find out where 'Aige' is."
"Hmm, let's get ready and leave... Eve?"
When I turned around, there was no one in front of me.
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She is coming.
Just as Eve could sense her presence in the unseen realm, she could also sense Eve's presence.
This is not so incredible, after all, they were originally one entity, but were forcibly split into two independent individuals for various reasons.
However, even when they are split apart, they still instinctively seek the integrity of their self, and in order to achieve this goal of self-completeness, they must go through the same process—destruction and reconstruction.
The difference lies in which side should be destroyed and which side can be rebuilt.
Eve sought answers, so she stepped into this place and gazed at the "other self" before her, who had an appearance exactly like her own.
“My father told me to destroy you.”
After a brief explanation, the black-clad girl immediately raised her hand, and the metal wings on her back transformed into deadly blades that slashed towards her. Judging from the force and speed, she showed no concern whatsoever about how much she would tear the girl in front of her apart.
A little bit, Eve did waver.
The slight inner turmoil did not affect the exertion of power. The same gesture of raising a hand triggered a different system of power. Under the massive release of energy circuits, the highly compressed heat directly melted and cut through the black metal, shooting it towards "itself" along a straight trajectory.
Just like last time, the particle beams were refracted by the distorted prism before hitting the target. Even though the girl, whose mirror had been melted through black by heat, had already left her original position, she fell while wielding a spear made of black metal.
The force imbued in the spear tore the ground apart. Eve, who was also prepared, easily dodged the attack, but just as she was about to launch her next counterattack, an opening that should never have appeared appeared—
When faced with the same "self," even the smallest flaw is magnified infinitely. The black-clad girl quickly broke through this tiny opening and destroyed more than half of Eve's fighting power with a single blow. As Eve dragged her battered body to her feet, the black-clad girl had already aimed her spear at her heart.
"...Do you know what this is?"
Just before it ended, the girl in black suddenly spoke.
Eve kept calculating her chances of survival, but no matter how she calculated, the results were all despairing. Even so, Eve was unwilling to give up, so she fell silent.
"game."
The black-clad girl did not stop because of Eve's silence, but slowly and resolutely—pushing the black spear into her body little by little.
"A game that is not yet over."
The core that made up this body emitted a piercing sound, and Eve could feel the cracks spreading and encroaching upon it at an alarming rate...
"Alice's Game".
Like someone with obsessive-compulsive disorder, even though her hands were making a gesture that signified the end, the girl in black continued to recount what had just begun: "Do you know why you failed?"
"The Alice Game was played out to fulfill the father's ultimate wish—the perfect young girl. From the moment you chose to deceive the 'father,' your defeat was inevitable."
With a forceful grip on her hands, Eve pierced through the entire body and vanished in a flash of light. The black-clad girl showed no reaction to this, only gazing at the sky with a slightly puzzled look.
The traces of words appeared on her retina. After a moment, the black-clad girl nodded gently: "Yes, Father."
"Alice's Game, continue..."
The spear split into wings, carrying her to the location of another version of herself—to end this game that had gone on for far too long.
PS1: It seems many people are unaware of Black Eve's existence. It was mentioned in Chapter 458.
P.S.: Happy Lunar New Year's Eve!
PS3: Happy New Year!
PS4: From the author who was writing all New Year's Eve...
Time and Space Administration: Chapter 477 The Unfinished Game (Part 2)
Following the remaining traces along the way, when Lin Yi found "Hercules", this last individual of the hero race who had merged with humans no longer had the terrifying posture of constantly spreading a distorted stance. On the contrary, he gave people a feeling of "weakness".
Even if one's physical endurance has not yet reached its limit, one's spirit will eventually be exhausted.
Perhaps such a "weakness" does not exist for a purely heroic race, but after it was forced to merge with a human named Edge, and connected with human reason and emotion, "Hercules" had to accept this limit that belongs to humans.
What truly brought it down was not a matter of strength, but rather that the human will within it had reached its limit.
Landing on the planet's surface, at the bottom of a depression that almost penetrates the planet's crust, Lin Yi looked down at "Hercules," whose upper half of his body was still submerged under dark red magma.
From its ever-running heart, one can feel that its power has not diminished at all since it "separated" more than a month ago. Considering the various planetary debris seen during the tracking process, Lin Yi can easily imagine how it spent the past month.
"Does it have both advantages and disadvantages...?"
If it weren't for the influence of that part of the human soul, it's estimated that Hercules would never have stopped this crazy behavior until its self-destruction. But it was precisely because it merged with the relatively fragile and limited human soul that it was able to instinctively stop when its will reached its limit and could no longer be sustained.
In conclusion, it was the insignificant human soul that saved it this time, not the powerful hero race that the "Golden Race" had to limit through fusion.
Regardless of whether this phenomenon is good or bad for the "Hero Race", it should be the best thing for Lin Yi. After all, it means that he can capture a research material without wasting too much energy, and the material is still fully active. This is different from the Hero Race that was left with only a few remnants after being hit by the Rainbow Cannon.
Only by bringing this "research material" back can Lin Yi be confident that he can increase the strength of "Apocalypse - War" by more than 50% from its current level, and even officially launch the other three "Apocalypses" that have been in the conceptual stage.
"Before that, we need to deal with these 'rats' first."
When I looked up, what came into view was a huge magic circle that covered most of the planet's surface.
A single spell cannot clearly restrain too much magic power, but its constantly overlapping internal structure easily crosses the "threshold" that is almost impossible for most magic worlds to cross.
This is also the foundation of the Time and Space Administration—a world-traveling organization whose total number is almost equal to the number of "fragments".
The reason they are here is not complicated.
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The Time and Space Administration's conflict with the "Platinum Clan" is not just a facade; rather than focusing on the war that has yet to break out, they have never put their attention on the front lines. Instead, they have shifted their focus more towards the inner workings of this world.
Clearly, these visitors from other dimensions, like Lin Yi, recognized the "rarity" of the Hero Clan and immediately took action after noticing this. Controlling the Black Iron Clan was only one aspect; on the other hand, they also contacted the Silver Clan, which indirectly controlled the other three Hero Clan individuals.
Of course, they weren't foolish enough to make these actions public. So while doing these things, they also used various "conflicts" to divert attention from all sides. These "sides" came from both within the Time and Space Administration and from the local area of this world. The "conflicts" included the expulsion of the Bronze Clan and the confrontation with the Platinum Clan.
Judging from the results alone, they have succeeded. At least until now, the vast Black Iron Clan still believes that these "humans" from another dimension will lead them to a better future.
While doing so, Lin Yi was unaware of the negotiations between the Time and Space Administration and the Silver Clan in order to obtain information about the "Hero Clan," but in the struggle for the "Hero" of the Black Iron Clan, they inevitably stood on the opposite side of Lin Yi, who shared the same goal.
Realizing this situation, in order to successfully "recover" this individual member of the Hero Race, the Time and Space Administration then took a series of dazzling actions.
First, by establishing a long-term confrontation with the "Platinum Clan," they diverted most of the internal discontent and external attention.
Next, they threw out several attractive "bait" – the real mission of Mobile Section Six was not to find "Edge's" trail at all. Who would search for a target and end up at an enemy base? The conclusion that they had to go to Star Platinum was entirely a malicious inducement orchestrated by those behind the scenes.
Putting everything else aside, the last person to come into contact with "Edge" was not the Black Iron Clan princess, but the accompanying "teleportation" superpower user Messi. However, this Black Iron Clan soldier was arrested and imprisoned by the Time and Space Administration on the way back, making it impossible for the mages of the Mobile Section 6 to obtain information from him.
Perhaps feeling that this level of security was not enough, the Time and Space Administration even used Eve's existence to devise a counter-strategy for Lin Yi, attempting to mislead him with the erroneous information transmitted by Eve.
During this process, Eve, who was unaware that her existence had already been detected, could not possibly know that the information was wrong, since from her perspective, which was being kept in the dark, it was "correct".
However, the Time and Space Administration's series of actions and unconventional tactics were ultimately a waste of time, since they had already fallen into a misconception from the very beginning...
"Do you really think I'm that naive?"
If Eve's successful entry into Midgold was a pleasant surprise, then her easy joining of Mobile Section 6 and her participation in this highly confidential operation, which was also the responsibility of the entire Time and Space Administration, with only a few months of experience, was completely abnormal. If such a large world-traveling organization were to become so lax, they would probably have died from their own internal "stupidity" before they even encountered a powerful enemy.
However, Lin Yi remained silent. Just as the people from the Time and Space Administration were pretending not to realize Eve's existence and instead trying to use her, Lin Yi was merely pretending not to realize that they were pretending.
The pieces of each other are openly placed on the table, and how to play them is another matter, as it stands.
"But it was my victory."
Time and Space Administration: Chapter 478 The Unfinished Game (Part 2)
Even with a calculated plan, dealing with the stalking "rat" didn't take Lin Yi much effort.
To avoid leaking his information, he didn't even take action himself, but instead let "Apocalypse - War" take over the process. It has to be said that this "biological weapon" designed with the hero race as its hypothetical object far exceeded the effectiveness of its ancestor, the prototype of the giant virus. Watching "Apocalypse" smash those metal warships like dismantling toys, Lin Yi already had a vision for the subsequent evolutionary form of the reincarnators belonging to the life side within the main god space.
Just as Lin Yi finished dealing with the "experimental material" and was about to take it back for further study, a warning message suddenly came from his mind.
[Anomalies observed in the Ringing Galaxy]
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Ring-printed galaxy.
The two sides, who had initially maintained restraint, almost tore off the last veil of pretense. As a large number of warships belonging to the Time and Space Administration moved into this star system, in order to maintain a corresponding level of restraint, the automated humanoids, which were also controlled by the "Supreme Will," had to react. The most direct manifestation of this was the deployment of a large number of living forces around them.
With an attack launched by a mage from the Time and Space Administration, this long-brewing war broke out in an instant.
By the time Lin Yi arrived, the automated humanoids that had received his "defense and counterattack" command had already launched a counterattack against the attackers, and the front line that had stretched across several star systems finally erupted from this point...
In truth, the outbreak of conflict under these circumstances was something no one expected.
Its trigger was a few mages who had deviated from the script.
According to the "script" written by the Time and Space Administration, the mages of the Mobile Section 6 were supposed to act as "bait" to travel to Star Platinum, attracting the attention of enemies hidden in the shadows along the way, either being intercepted halfway before reaching their destination or being crushed to death after arriving at their destination.
However, the actors in the "script" did something unexpected.
The first half went without incident. Even without Lin Yi's orders, the automatons attacked the approaching mages. However, being prepared, they did not perish easily but escaped to the surface of a nearby planet.
Originally, this kind of "plot" was also in the "script" of the Time and Space Administration. The mages who escaped to the planet would either be ambushed and killed - which was in line with the original intention, or they would continue to advance to Platinum Star and die - there was no difference. However, they made a third move.
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