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In the sky, the stagnant clouds slowly rotated, and the quelled gale was swept up again by the AIM field "roaring" with the combined power of hundreds of thousands of ability users, sweeping across the land beneath their feet with a force several times stronger than before.
The difference is that what was once a gentle breeze blowing under the "Atmosphere Manipulator" changed everything, but now...
The roar of the atmosphere tearing apart reached my ears, and the storm, carrying an unknown gray aura, fully revealed its destructive side. Steel was twisting, skyscrapers were collapsing, and desperate cries of dying lives were spreading.
In the pitch-black storm, a beast that was not human broke free from the shackles of "ideals" and "beauty" and appeared in everyone's sight with a shrill howl.
AIM Burst
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The sudden change in art style caught everyone off guard.
The gray storm ravaged everything on the ground with a frenzied force, carving a hemispherical depression in the two-kilometer-diameter ground in less than five seconds. People who tried to hide behind objects to escape this annihilating wind vanished without a trace, friend or foe alike.
Filled with immense terror, the transmigrators, who had assumed the war with the indigenous people was over, retreated hastily. In contrast, a constant stream of ability users, their faces filled with fanaticism, charged into the gray storm.
"They're crazy!"
"Retreat. Their power level has exceeded LV5. We can't stop them."
"No, help me—"
……
At the last second, he escaped the storm's capture range. When he peered into the distance at the ever-growing gray hurricane, Cade could not hide the shock and fear in his heart.
Clearly, this "beast" that controls the winds of annihilation is not the same as the fantasy beast in the "story" that couldn't even be defeated by the railgun. Even though they share the same name, they are not on the same level in terms of either quantity (ability users) or quality (degree of despair).
"What kind of monster is this?"
Amidst unconscious groans, Cade suddenly noticed something was wrong—the surrounding sounds had disappeared.
No, it should be that the "wind" and the "airflow" both came to a standstill.
"No way……"
Staring in astonishment ahead, in the last moment before he regained consciousness, what he saw was the distorted air that had spread from more than two thousand meters away.
The converging storm compressed the atmosphere, and the "air cannon" formed by the pressure difference blasted half a tall building into powder across a distance of two kilometers. More than five seconds later, the roar of the atmosphere being torn apart reached his ears. Looking at the "fantasy beast" that began to move under the debris that was swirling into the sky in the distance, Lin Yi narrowed his eyes slightly.
"My turn is over, now it's your turn."
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After paying the price of 1.2 million airborne annihilation points, Aleister successfully obtained the relevant data of the "beast" that appeared in District 7.
The height is 150m—and it's still growing.
Its mass approaches zero, which means it has no physical form and cannot be eliminated by mass weapons.
Its power and computing ability are roughly five times that of Accelerator, and it is expanding at a visible rate as the number of deceased ability users (Thought Master users) increases.
……
Ultimately, the founders of Academy City reached a conclusion.
This maddened "beast" will destroy the Seventh District within three hours, flatten the entire Academy City within 72 hours, and level the entire territory of Japan within a week, but before all of this happens, there is another target to bear the brunt.
"It seems you are not omniscient or omnipotent about this world either."
Tamah Hughes frowned deeply as he stood before Aleister.
From the moment he discovered this story world, he received a commission from the higher-ups of the "Transmigrator Alliance" to enter this world as an administrator. His task was to screen "qualified" new transmigrators and recruit them into the alliance. During this period, the entire "story world" was under his authority. Whatever Tama Hughes wanted to do was his own business, as long as he could complete the "alliance's" mission. This was also the Transmigrator Alliance's attitude towards most story worlds.
This is why the administrator turns a blind eye to the reckless newcomers in the story world. After all, for this veteran who has experienced too many similar scenarios, even if all the original inhabitants of this story world were to die, as long as the mission could be completed, that would be enough.
However, the mission obviously did not include the option of annihilating all the transmigrators. Therefore, after discovering the existence of this "beast" that the newcomers could not possibly fight, the administrator who had been controlling the whole situation behind the scenes had no choice but to take action.
Thinking this, Tamah Hughes sneered at Aleister, who was trying to distract him with words: "Omniscient and omnipotent? Do you natives really know what omniscient and omnipotent means?"
"..."
“There’s no need for a senior expert of that level to deal with inferior individuals like you.”
Turning its body to one side—13271 meters away, the berserk "beast" wantonly destroyed everything around it.
"I am enough, the magnetic field is spinning—"
In an instant, Aleister's pupils contracted sharply.
Within the entire Academy City under his control, the founder clearly sensed an energy surging up from the ground—
Accompanied by Tamah Hughes’s deep roar, a force that seemed to shake the earth erupted in District Seven.
"—Five hundred thousand horses!!!"
Information Integration Thought Entity: Chapter 589 Magnetic Field Rotation (Part 1)
This is the purest form of power.
The friction between matter generates a strong magnetic field, which in turn drives more matter to move, creating a pure force born from the combination of mass and matter.
This power exists in every cell of every person, but people have never felt its presence: compared to the power generated by a person in motion, this power is far too weak.
However, what would happen if this power were displayed a thousand times, ten thousand times, a hundred thousand times—or even a hundred million times?
At that moment, Lin Yi saw this "result".
The power surging from underground enveloped half of the Seventh School District, tearing over layers of earth tens of meters thick as if they were thin paper. The fantasy beasts that had been invincible and rampaging just a moment ago were now like ants under a giant hand, whimpering as they were crushed to the ground in an instant.
Under this pure and unadulterated power, the entire Academy City, centered on District 7, was like a magnitude 9 earthquake. The radiating shockwaves flattened all buildings in their path and swept and spread in all directions with dust hundreds or thousands of meters high...
It took more than five minutes for this "disaster" to finally come to an end.
The swirling dust was carried away by the air pressure flow, revealing the ravaged land beneath. As far as the eye could see, half of the Seventh Spirit School District had vanished without a trace, leaving only fresh soil "pushed" from the ground. Only the uncovered city ruins at the edges offered a glimpse of the former prosperity.
The edge of the ruins.
With a slight cracking sound, the "barrier" that had been frozen in front of him loosened and collapsed. Looking at the post-disaster scene before him, Lin Yi let out a long breath.
"The magnetic field is rotating? Not bad."
The AIM field that was trying to capture the fantasy beast had been reduced to a tiny, insignificant remnant, and it collapsed completely after Lin Yi located it.
He shook his head and received all the calculations and abilities belonging to the tens of thousands of capabilities into the "receiving device" implanted in his left hand.
After 0.1 seconds, the "Singularity Reversal" ability returned to LV3;
After 0.5 seconds, the "Singularity Reversal" ability is increased to LV4;
1.2 seconds later, the "Singularity Reversal" ability surged to the highest level Lin Yi had ever reached in this world: LV5.
Three seconds later, the "Singularity Reversal" abruptly ended at the last moment before advancing to the theoretical LV6. Lin Yi, who already knew it would turn out this way, simply gave up. After constructing a repulsive field on his body surface, he rose from the ground and gazed at the figure facing him from afar.
"It's you?"
Despite the great distance, the manager's voice sounded as if it were right next to his ear. He seemed somewhat surprised, but quickly regained his usual indifference: "As a 'newcomer,' you're one of the best-behaved in this batch."
Subconsciously glancing down at what looked like a piece of Academy City had been "gnawed away," Lin Yi could roughly understand what kind of evaluation criteria these "veterans" were using.
"Don't worry about it. There are plenty of similar 'story worlds.' If you want, we can give you ten or eight after you officially join the 'Alliance.'"
Tilting his head, Lin Yi asked curiously, "Is it all the same 'plot'?"
"That's right, they're both 'A Certain Magical Index,' just at different stages of the story."
Not intending to waste any more time on this topic, the manager bluntly stated, "Based on your current research level and capabilities, you are qualified to become a 'manager.' Now, stop interfering with this selection process and come with me."
What if you refuse?
Upon hearing this, the manager revealed a sinister smile: "I knew it, that's why I prepared a second option for you."
The suspended figure suddenly twisted, and by the time Lin Yi realized what was happening, the manager, with his fist raised, was already less than half a meter in front of him.
"I'll kill you, and then I'll take your corpse with me!"
"Boom——————"
The highly compressed force fields collided with each other, causing a "ripple" in mid-air. The next moment, the figure surrounded by the "repulsive force field" plummeted to the ground with a loud thud.
Clenching his fists, the administrator, perched over two thousand meters in the air, spoke in a voice as powerful as thunder: "My name is Tamah Hughes, a Level 3 Administrator of the Transmigrator Alliance. My ability is just as you see—a negligible 'Magnetic Field Rotation.' The last one worthy of my attention has already been reduced to a fraction. If you don't want to die so 'cleanly,' struggle with all your might, you ant! Magnetic Field Rotation—"
A high-intensity magnetic field formed in the sky, causing a large amount of water vapor to condense into clouds that collided violently and collapsed amidst Tamahus's maniacal laughter.
Six hundred thousand horses!
The downward force propelled Lin Yi nearly two thousand meters downwards. The thin layer of repulsive force surrounding him barely held on, as if it might break at any moment, but it never disappeared.
Three seconds later, the driving force generated by the rotation of the 600,000 magnetic fields was finally exhausted, resulting in a "sinkhole" in front of Lin Yi that stretched 2357 meters all the way to the ground.
"Is it not a simple increase in value, but an increase of multiples?"
Thinking it over, he stretched out his palm towards the figure more than four thousand meters above—
"Repulsive force"
sky.
Tamah Hughes, who was about to smash the "newcomer" below directly into the Earth's core, paused, and the maniacal smile on his face slightly subsided.
"Have we already been able to interfere with the weak nuclear force?"
Unlike the Railgun in Academy City, Tamah Hughes' magnetic field rotation power comes from the magnetic force of cell rotation. Macroscopic external interference is meaningless to him, who has already stepped into the realm of martial god - if 500,000 horsepower is not enough, then 600,000 horsepower, if that's not enough, then 700,000 horsepower, there will always be a time when he can knock someone down with one punch.
However, while possessing such powerful external destructive force, "magnetic field rotation" is a drawback regarding the internal interactions within the body, as is the case now—
The forces of gravity and repulsion not only interfere with macroscopic matter in the external world, but also exert microscopic interference on the cells within Tamahus's body...
"Heh, not a bad opponent, but do you think you can win just like that?"
He clenched his fists and raised them high, a maniacal grin spreading across his face: "My fists can't even block the dimensional barrier!!!"
"Magnetic field rotation—900,000 horsepower!!!"
The highly concentrated power began to interfere with reality, appearing to the outside world as a slightly dark "void" in the sky above Academy City, falling to the ground amidst many terrified and desperate gazes.
Information Integration Thought Entity: Chapter 590 Magnetic Field Rotation (Part 2)
Without a doubt, if this punch were to actually land, the entire Academy City would become history, and Lin Yi, who was located right in the center, would at least be invisible without a microscope, if not pulverized by the electromagnetic rotation of 900,000 horsepower.
Even the hardest materials have their limits, and this punch from Tamah Hughes had already exceeded the limits that the planet's materials could withstand.
Even before the 900,000 horsepower magnetic rotation had fallen, the force's diffusion and radiation had already begun to significantly impact the physical environment: matter was rising, gravity was reversed, and light was distorted.
"My fists can't even stop the dimensional barrier!!!"
It was as if the entire sky had been pulled down, and a black "hole" descended from the sky with layers of magnetic fields.
Facing the punch that could completely obliterate this information entity, Lin Yi narrowed his eyes slightly. The back of his raised left hand emitted a buzzing sound of hardware overload, as the calculations of tens of thousands of ability users were pushed to their limits at this moment.
The first component is "gravity".
The force field at the center coordinates collapsed rapidly, forming a "singularity" that devoured everything in its miniature form. Compared to the one that fell from the sky, it was on a completely different level in size, but its pitch-black depth was far beyond what the former could compare to.
"not enough……"
If Tamah Hughes's ability is also of the "gravity" type, then with this true "miniature black hole" prototype, it is indeed possible to tear apart the opponent's force field, or even let it come over and devour it. However, Tamah Hughes's true ability is "magnetic field rotation". The reason why it creates "singularity-like" light distortion in the sky is purely due to the distortion caused by its excessive power.
According to Lin Yi's calculations, his current ability limit is that he can directly confront magnetic field rotation below 500,000 horsepower. Against magnetic field rotation of 400,000 horsepower or more, he can only rely on traction rather than confrontation. When the magnetic field force reaches 700,000, there will be no possibility of confrontation.
The rotation of a 600,000-horsepower magnetic field is not 100,000 horsepower more than that of a 500,000-horsepower magnetic field, but more than ten times the latter. This increases in power, with the rotation of a 900,000-horsepower magnetic field being tens of thousands of times stronger than that of a 500,000-horsepower magnetic field—enough to smash half of the Japanese islands into the seabed.
Clearly, in the current stage of the story in the world of "A Certain Magical Index," the ability from "magnetic field rotation" has far exceeded the strength of the plot. Not to mention Accelerator, who is known as the No.1 in Academy City, even with Lin Yi's current computing power, which is close to 30 times that of Accelerator, it is impossible for him to fight against him.
If we must find a concept that can contend with this level of power, then it would probably only be "angels," "demons," and LV6, which is simply inaccessible in this story world.
"Is this the root of the problem?"
The black "sky" pressed down on the earth, and the underground structure beneath it began to shake.
Not just Academy City, but the entire Japanese peninsula—and even the tectonic framework of Eurasia.
It was only at this point that many people realized what was happening.
With such immense power, why would they need to worry about the existence of the indigenous people?
If a mere level 3 administrator can already conquer the entire world, then how desperate must level 4 and level 5 administrators be?
What truly enables the "Transmigrators' Alliance" to disregard the will of the natives is none other than this power they possess.
With a gentle flip of his outstretched left hand, the "receiving device" that had been implanted in flesh and blood was torn open and ejected by the repulsive field. Holding the device, which was stained with blood, Lin Yi let out a long breath.
"...reversal."
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