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Saying this, he didn't intend to clear the way to the carriage. Lin Yi simply nodded slightly and left.
"...What a pity, I thought you could live a little longer."
Please determine the order of actions to follow.
"Hmm... it's better to do it in segments."
He muttered to himself, reaching for the quiver behind his back with his right hand.
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It's understandable to make such an irrational judgment when emotions override reason, but when doing so, one needs to consider: while one is making a judgment based on emotions, what will others do?
All of this was destined the moment the Shogun decided to lock the infected in sealed carriages and await their fate. Perhaps no one could understand why, less than an hour after humanity's first victory over the Kabane, the outcome was exactly the same as that of the cities and towns that had completely fallen to the Kabane before, and even more brutal...
late at night.
"Ah... ah ah..."
"Hey, what are you doing—"
"Gah————"
"Don't come any closer! No, help!"
Hearing the screams echoing from inside the carriage, the samurai on guard outside exchanged glances. Some instinctively showed expressions of fear, while others looked on with pity. At this moment, a samurai dressed in relatively expensive armor strode in. Upon hearing the sounds from inside the carriage, his expression changed: "What are you waiting for? Quickly, save them!"
"But sir, His Excellency Honda has already given the order that we cannot drive before dawn—"
"Fool! That was an order given to monsters that have already turned into Kabane! Didn't you hear there are still conscious people inside?!"
Amidst the hesitant gazes of the guards, the screams from the carriage behind them grew increasingly intense.
“Help! Help—”
"Damn it, get out of my way—"
Just as the guards were about to stop him, he turned around and roared, "What will you think when you've fallen to this level, facing your comrades who fought alongside you but stood by you and did nothing to save you?!"
This sentence became the "key" to unlocking everything.
Moved by their words, the guards on duty no longer hesitated. With boiling blood, they opened the carriage doors. However, the moment they opened the doors, they were not greeted by their grateful comrades, but by a series of ferocious faces...
"The ending will inevitably be the same."
With hearing nearly three times that of an average person, Lin Yi caught the unusual noise from the last carriage. Without hesitation, he pushed open the door and went inside from the first carriage.
“Mr. Singed? You’ve come at the right time. I need to talk to you.”
"What a coincidence, General, I also have something to discuss with you."
Approaching the general who was still sitting upright in the main seat, his right hand quickly reached for the quiver on his back.
The shogunate, still oblivious to anything amiss, looked puzzled: "Mr. Singed, is there something you need from me?"
"That's right, I'll show you a good treasure..."
Smiling, she plunged four cold crossbow bolts through her fingers deep into the Shogun's chest, while simultaneously covering his gaping mouth with her left hand.
"Well--"
"Everyone must take responsibility for their choices."
Facing those eyes that were gradually losing their luster, Lin Yi slowly released his grip: "I'm sorry, your choice leads to a bad end."
Prototype: Chapter 37 Draw Sword Slash
Powerful things are often more likely to collapse from within, let alone the fact that the Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress is far from powerful at this moment.
For safety reasons, after confirming the number of infected individuals, the Shogun locked them all in the last carriage to await further action. After deciding to wait, he dispatched most of the samurai from the Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress to guard the last three carriages. The intention was good: if the Kabane attempted to break through the carriage blockade, these armed samurai could stop them immediately. However, when the Kabane's breakthrough was not from the inside out, but rather the outsiders opened the doors for them, this arrangement became the most fatal flaw.
Almost at the very beginning of the chaos, the samurai group, the only group in the Iron Fortress capable of fighting, lost more than half of their number. Without effective command, the remaining samurai were unable to stop the Kabane's invasion. When some samurai, realizing the urgency of the situation, hurriedly searched for the Shogun, they were shocked to find him lying in a pool of blood. Coupled with the disappearance of Honda Taki, the samurai leader and the second most important figure in the Iron Fortress, the chaotic Iron Fortress inevitably met its end.
Where is Honda Taki, who had the ability to possibly stop all of this from happening?
"Chong-"
In the darkness, a streak of sparks flew along the junction of the metal, briefly illuminating each other's faces.
A ferocious-looking samurai, and an indifferent-looking "alchemist".
"I should have killed you from the start, you disgusting bastard!"
Feeling the power emanating from the katana, Lin Yi said sarcastically, "You think I'm disgusting?"
"Using the blood of those monsters to make medicine—what else could it be but disgusting!"
Having probably heard the chaos in the distant Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, Honda Taki's tone grew increasingly agitated, which Lin Yi found rather amusing: "Drinking these potions made with monster blood while calling me disgusting... Your double standards are truly amusing."
"This was a last resort to kill you!"
With a loud roar, Honda Tamaki raised his katana again and brought it down heavily. The moment the crossbow bolt made contact with the katana, the data of the main god officially appeared in front of his retina.
honda doki
Strength: 19 (10)
Physique: 17 (11)
Agility: 21 (12)
Spirit: 17 (10)
Special status: Rage (Strength +2, Agility +2)
It wasn't until this moment that Lin Yi realized: "So that's why we couldn't find any other potions from him. You've kept them all for yourself."
Originally intended to reassure the Shogun, Lin Yi also gave the samurai an undiluted intermediate enhancement potion along with diluted basic potions. One of the reasons for prioritizing the Shogun was for this: even a small mosquito is still meat, and it's best not to waste anything.
However, he did not expect that the potion he could not find had been used by the warrior in front of him. In this case, it was understandable why his strength and speed suddenly became so exaggerated. In addition, the opponent was different from him. Lin Yi, who had not received any formal training, had most of his combat experience in the current battle. The opponent had been training as a system warrior for more than ten years. Therefore, even if he had a certain advantage in attributes, he still could not easily win.
However, at this moment, Lin Yi also possessed another advantage that warriors did not have.
"If this continues, everyone in the Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress will be wiped out."
Using his superior strength, Lin Yi repeatedly blocked the opponent's fierce attacks while retreating, attempting a psychological "attack": "There's more bad news; the effects of the potion you're currently using are almost worn off."
"—!"
After another clash between the katana and the crossbow bolt, the samurai gripped the slightly twisted blade in his hand and took two steps back: "Singid, even as your enemy, I have to admire your superb pharmaceutical skills... How about joining forces with me? With your abilities combined with my martial arts, we might even be able to replace the shogunate."
"..."
"..."
No matter how Lin Yi had imagined what he would say, he never expected it to be like this. This time, the suppressed laughter could no longer be contained and spread far and wide in the darkness.
"Ha...hahaha, if you're planning to make me laugh to death—cough cough...you've probably already succeeded halfway."
Facing the loud laughter opposite him, Honda Tagi's face darkened, while he secretly sheathed his katana at his waist: "Since you refuse my charity, then I can only let you die, Takaten Ichi-ryu—"
A strong physique can bring great strength, and great speed can also indirectly amplify the effect of strength itself. Lin Yi once conducted an experiment and found that the effect of a full-force attack from a person with 20 points of strength and agility is not just twice that of a person with 10 points, but four, five, or even more.
"—Sword Draw Slash!"
So when Lin Yi, who had no experience fighting humans, realized that the attack had reached a dangerous area, there was no time to dodge. At that distance, the only thing he could do was raise his right hand, which was the closest to him and was heavily wrapped in bandages.
"Chi la——"
"clang------!"
Two completely different voices represent completely different outcomes.
The thin metal film on the surface of the arm was easily torn apart by the blade, and the cold touch continued to penetrate along the skin. However, when it reached the bone, a violent vibration came along with the intense impact.
Then, the gleaming tip of the knife spun and pierced through one side of her cheek, tearing through the air with a piercing sound...
"How can it be……"
With his hands still trembling from the recoil, Honda Taki barely managed to grip the remaining half of the blade. He stared in disbelief at the arm protruding from the loose bandages, or more precisely, at the bones radiating a faint golden glow behind the torn flesh of the arm…
“Kabane… Kabane—you are not human, you are—”
The remaining sound was stopped by the hand pressed against his face. The superhuman agility and strength brought a speed that was almost impossible for human vision to capture. As the twisting sensation came from his face, Honda Taki's head had already touched the cold ground.
"Boom——"
With a blank expression, Lin Yi raised his right hand and looked down at the face below, whose features were no longer discernible as most of its head was buried in the ground. Only then did he turn his attention to his right hand.
"...God, report the status."
[Skin and muscle damage: 7.2%; bone damage: 0.2%; estimated to complete automatic repair in 5 minutes and 16 seconds.]
"You know that's not what I'm asking... Why did it turn out like this?"
Because the host body possesses viral antibodies, the virus is completely compressed into the arm, and the intensity of this area is on average 2.81 times higher than that of other uninfected areas.
She let out a breath and re-tied the scattered bandages: "Why didn't you tell me before?"
[Data missing, cannot be identified]
"And now it can be recognized?"
[Correct judgment]
"Alright..." Although still extremely dissatisfied, Lin Yi realized that arguing further would be pointless, so he could only try his best to change his mood: "This state won't affect the resistance to the erosion later, right?"
[No impact confirmed, please rest assured, host.]
Prototype: Chapter 38 Zero World
After resolving the unexpected situation with the samurai leader and returning to the Iron Fortress, the survivors' final moments came to an end.
Following the initial plan, Lin Yi took advantage of the carriage's concealment and began "cleaning out" from the last section. With an advantage in attributes, the convenience of weapons, and the Kabane's lack of intelligence, Lin Yi took care of the few wandering creatures in the carriage with almost no effort, and then continued forward along the passage...
Forty-seven minutes later.
"That should be enough."
Feeling the burning sensation in his body quickly disappear, Lin Yi looked at the still refreshed attribute list.
Name: Lin Yi
No.: 0
Strength: 26 (The average value for an average adult male is 10).
Physical fitness: 28 (the average value for an average adult male is 10).
Agility: 26 (The average value for a typical adult male is 10).
Mental state: 21 (the average score for an average adult male is 10).
Special state: T-virus erosion (slow)
Complete infection time: 199 hours, 1 minute, and 5 seconds
It might not be as good as the best-case scenario, but it's definitely much smoother than the worst-case scenario. At least so far, each use of the medicine has increased my constitution attribute by two points. At this rate, the problem of viral infection should be resolved in less than an hour.
However, there is one more thing to note...
"clang"
When the hand gently patted the carriage again, the sound was less like flesh against metal and more like metal against metal.
Whether it was a misperception or not, the mutation in his right hand not only failed to resolve itself with the increased dosage of the medicine, but seemed to be worsening. This made Lin Yi wary: "God, is this really okay?"
[...Hemodialysis completed without any negative effects, please rest assured, host.]
"Perhaps our judgment criteria are different, but the fact that it has become like this is already a very 'negative impact'."
Put yourself in their shoes: you're walking down the street and suddenly you see someone whose entire right hand is "metal" and even glows... It's not Iron Man!
Moreover, the more low-key one is in the current situation, the better. Anything that could expose one's secrets is not allowed, especially given such an obvious change. It's alright in a world without any obvious powerful institutions, but it would be quite dangerous to return to the world one originally lived in.
Left with no other option, I could only seek advice from the mind: "Is there a way to at least prevent it from showing up on the surface, without needing to eliminate it?"
[Data analysis and detection in progress... Candidate solutions identified]
His spirits lifted: "How do we do it?"
The following materials are required.
As he spoke, a long list appeared in front of his retina. Lin Yi was not surprised at all; instead, he breathed a long sigh of relief.
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