Main God Creation Rules

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[Unable to confirm]

"Humans are strange creatures. For them, something with a reasonable cost-performance ratio is never as precious as something rare. Just like with the same nutritional value, given the chance, they will always choose the more expensive item that satisfies a certain desire rather than the more common, cheaper item. Rarity not only fails to show how rare an item is, but it also makes them pay more for it. Why not?"

【…】

And so, the final exchange price of the potion, presented to the dozen or so candidates in World Two, was displayed in this way.

Enhancement Potion (Basic)

Exchange rate: 500 point

Enhancement Potion (Intermediate)

Exchange rate: 1000 point

Enhancement Potion (Advanced)

Exchange rate: 2000 point

Permanent Enhancement Potion (Lowest Tier)

Exchange rate: 10000 point

Prototype: Chapter 23 The Birth of the Kabane (Part 2)

Although the first "item" in the God Space Exchange System had been roughly planned, the current situation did not allow Lin Yi to easily present it to the many candidates in World Two who were still trapped in the Sea of ​​Dead Bodies.

"The first problem is the lack of raw materials. Even the lowest-grade enhancement drugs require killing these infected people and extracting their heart blood within a limited time, not to mention those with higher requirements... Perhaps I made a wrong judgment in this regard before. If these things were not so difficult to kill, I wouldn't have to do it myself. I could just let the native inhabitants of this world do it for me."

Unfortunately, the "steam gun" technology of this world was destined to fail to achieve this goal.

With more and more infected people appearing, it is estimated that if this continues, all the humans on this land will be wiped out, let alone launching a counterattack against these infected people and killing them.

However, the main god has a different standard for judgment in this regard.

The assessment that the infection cannot be excised due to the non-benign evolution of the infected organism, and that heart transplantation is the method to spread the infection, is correct.

"Let's leave it at that, but there's a second problem."

Gently shaking the liquid in the syringe, which was gradually changing from crimson to blackish-red, Lin Yi narrowed his eyes slightly: "When using enhancement drugs, the duration of the enhancement and the duration of weakness after the enhancement end both require a definite benchmark. We can't just find other test subjects to test this on bit by bit."

The Supreme God quickly provided a hint.

[Candidates for World Two]

"no"

The world is currently selecting new candidates.

"...That's what I thought at first, but I decided against it."

He paused for a moment, then continued, "In this regard, I think we should establish a major premise: for those who may become reincarnators in the God Realm, in what form should the 'God' exist?"

Insufficient data to parse.

"I don't expect you to answer... Omniscience and omnipotence, that's the only conclusion I've reached. Only such an existence can minimize the rebellious and resistant mentality of those reincarnators. Humanity's fear stems from the unknown. If they are facing a 'god' whose background is known to all, then no one can guarantee that they won't have rebellious thoughts at some point. But if they are facing a 'god' whose background is never known and who exists in an absolutely perfect state, they will suppress any thoughts they may have."

"Of course, I don't expect to solve the problem of resistance once and for all with this method, but at least it can save most of the trouble. For this reason, we must try our best to avoid exposing the imperfections of the 'main god' to those candidates and reincarnators."

Silently accepting the new "settings," the main god suddenly raised a question.

[Behavioral baselines under exposure conditions]

Lin Yi raised an eyebrow upon hearing this: "Didn't we already do it once before? Either force them to their deaths with a mission, or create some 'accident,' the worst-case scenario..."

He pulled a vial of black medicine from his jacket pocket, opened the bottle, and poured it into his mouth.

"We'll take care of them ourselves."

[Use Enhancement Potion (Intermediate), all attributes +5]

Name: Lin Yi

No.: 0

Strength: 15 (The average value for an average adult male is 10).

Physical fitness: 15 (the average value for an average adult male is 10).

Agility: 15 (The average value for a typical adult male is 10).

Mental state: 15 (the average score for an average adult male is 10).

Feeling something surging within her body, she explained to the main god while living in this body to adapt to this power that had suddenly appeared: "So after thinking about it, I can only conduct these experiments myself. Anyway, there is no possibility of failure. Even if I enter a period of weakness, you will give me a warning in advance. As long as I conduct a few more experiments, I will eventually be able to find the specific time value."

【Command confirmation】

"Okay, next..."

Weighing the crossbow bolt, which was noticeably lighter, he aimed at an infected body lingering at a crossroads in the distance: "It would be good to gather more raw materials while this experiment is going on."

"rub----"

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A rumor began to spread from the south of Japan to the north.

"...A group of unkillable monsters appeared there. Even if their limbs were severed and their heads were cut off, they could still move. The most terrifying thing was that everyone killed by those monsters would turn into the same monster!"

"I don't believe it. If they really can't be killed, why would anyone say they were?"

"That's because it was captured... You don't understand, I saw with my own eyes a captured monster tied to the gallows at Xianjin Station, and the samurai used steam cylinders to hit its heart countless times before they finally killed it—"

As the vivid explanation unfolded, the initially dismissive expressions of the people gathered around gradually turned into fear and unease, until a gruff shout interrupted: "What are you doing? What are you all doing? Are you plotting a rebellion?!"

Clearly, compared to the monsters who remained in the "rumor" stage, the fear of treason was far greater for these civilians who had not yet learned the truth. So, they dispersed in twos and threes under the watchful eyes of the knights. Even so, the uneasy atmosphere did not dissipate, but instead spread more and more throughout the city as time went by...

After patrolling the city and dispersing countless whispering crowds, the exhausted knight returned to the general's mansion in the city center.

Unlike the pervasive atmosphere outside, the general's mansion, equipped with a large defensive force—hundreds of steam cylinders—was noticeably calmer inside. Perhaps it was the sense of security brought by the cold, impersonal machinery. However, the knights ignored all of this, not even responding to the greetings of passersby, and instead headed straight for the room where the person of the highest status in the general's mansion resided.

"grown ups!"

"came back……"

Seated behind a table piled high with books, the white-haired shogun looked at the kneeling knight: "How is the situation?"

"This is very bad. Some residents have already started to believe the rumors and flee north, while many more civilians are still watching and waiting. But given the current situation, we may soon receive news of the fall of Luming Post Station. At that time, even if we use military force, we may not be able to control them."

Upon hearing this news, the Shogun behind the desk fell silent. After a long while, just as the knight was about to raise his head, he said, "Kabane."

"grown ups?"

"The name given to those monsters by the researchers of the shogunate is that humans who should have died have been resurrected and transformed into ferocious monsters that devour people. Non-human things, immortal things, have become man-eating monsters—these 'immortal monsters' that were thought to be superstition and buried in the previous era have actually existed in this world."

After uttering these words with a mixture of regret and helplessness, the shogun's tone turned stern: "I'm giving you an order!"

"Yes!"

"Seal off Juben Post Station! Don't let anyone out, and don't let anyone in—whether they are alive or dead!"

The knight, who had been bowing his head and awaiting orders, suddenly raised his head and looked incredulously at the elderly shogun: "My lord, in this way—"

"Everyone here could die."

After calmly uttering these words, the Shogun closed his eyes: "But do you really think we can survive now that we've escaped this Kohon-eki?"

"We received the message an hour ago. The railway was still operational when those monsters... Kabane attacked Deer Cry Station. Do you know what that means?"

"..."

"The Kabane will appear outside the Great Station in half an hour at the latest. Even if we retreat at that time, do you really think we humans can outrun those monsters on our own two legs?"

The knight, still unwilling to give up, raised his head: "At least let the master and his family escape; leave this place to us—"

"It's too late..."

His tone, tinged with a deep sense of weariness and despair, revealed his profound sense of loss: "The shogunate issued its final order to Kohon Station at dawn, sealing off all railways leading to Kongo Station to prevent the Kabane from infiltrating the north."

The knight stared blankly: "So that means..."

“We have been treated as one of the Kabane, and abandoned by the Shogunate.”

Prototype: Chapter 24 Containment

"too fast."

Lin Yi pulled the metal crossbow bolt, which was deeply embedded in his heart, frowned as he looked at the almost flattened arrowhead, then turned to look ahead—

In the town, now reduced to ruins, faint flames still flicker, but more often, infected individuals wander aimlessly through the streets. After killing the last "human" in their sight, these creatures, driven only by predatory instincts, fall into a state of bewilderment until another target appears or their bodies decay into skeletons...

"...Too fast."

[Weapon consumption rate?]

"It's not just this... the infection spreads too quickly among these infected individuals."

[Meets the ultimate goal]

"I never said I wanted to turn this world into a world where only infected people exist. After all, one example from World Two is enough. In fact, I might even want to reduce the level of infection in the future."

Insufficient information to analyze.

He intended to reload the crossbow bolt, but upon seeing the twisted shaft, he abandoned the idea of ​​reusing it and instead inserted it into the arrow box on his back as a spare, while drawing out another brand-new crossbow bolt.

"If nothing unexpected happens, these infected people will probably die, right? Not in the way of being killed, but in the way of dying because they run out of energy and can't move."

[Confirmed: Infected individuals in World 2 will continue to act for 100-180 days after losing their energy sources, depending on their ambient temperature and condition. Infected individuals in the current world will continue to act for 150-210 days after regaining their energy sources, depending on their ambient temperature and condition. The deviation is 20%.]

“That’s right… If it really becomes a world where only infected people exist, even if we can obtain as much experimental information and raw materials as possible in a short period of time, it is destined not to last long. In comparison, maintaining a state where the virus is not eradicated and humanity is not exterminated is the only way to maximize the benefits from a world.”

He paused for a moment, then said, "So, their infection rate is too fast."

Even though Lin Yi's actions started from the very beginning of the infection in Anming Village, he couldn't keep up with the speed at which the virus was spreading northward. As a result, all he could see now was a vast expanse of ruins destroyed by the infected...

It's not incomprehensible that such a situation would occur.

Firstly, the virus had just begun to spread and infect, and the shogunate, as the ruling power, probably did not yet know its transmission method and danger. Therefore, it would rashly send soldiers to try to eliminate the infected and prevent them from spreading. However, as time went on, the shogunate, having achieved no expected results despite huge sacrifices, should have realized the danger and taken action accordingly... The simplest and most direct method would be a large-scale lockdown.

The second reason for the rapid spread is the lack of countermeasures.

It's obvious that in a steam-powered age like this, the extent of human understanding of viruses would be unimaginable, making the invention of antibiotics or other drugs to stop or slow their spread virtually impossible. The only possible physical confrontation was also at a desperate disadvantage—their most powerful weapons couldn't even kill a single, ordinary infected individual.

Given these two factors, it's understandable that the virus spread at such a terrifying speed, but Lin Yi, as the instigator, cannot allow this situation to continue.

"God, is there any way to stop this?"

Large-scale virus eradication

Lin Yi's expression froze: "What do you mean?"

Researching and spreading retroviruses based on the characteristics of current global virus types can eliminate over 99% of infected individuals in the shortest time, but it may stimulate the evolutionary instincts of infected individuals, leading to the emergence of even more powerful infected species.

"...I think you should correct a misconception. Humans in this era cannot even fight against ordinary infected. If they become evolved infected, it will only be a one-sided massacre."

Based on calculations showing that with 1% of the infected remaining, it is concluded that humanity can completely eradicate the infected by sacrificing 87% of its total population.

His lips twitched: "Let's put this suggestion on hold for now. Is there any way to stop it without eliminating the infected?"

Large-scale annihilation of humanity

"..."

The current virus only infects humans. Eliminating the vectors capable of carrying the virus within the local area in advance can effectively prevent its spread.

"...I'm so stupid, Liu Lin 2II3 Siba Ba Si really."

Lin Yi pressed one hand to her face and silently made a decision in her heart: "I'll think of it myself."

First of all, distributing enhancement potions on a large scale is not an option. One reason is that we simply don't have enough raw materials to manufacture enhancement potions, and the other is that it would expose our identity—if we were to be investigated and found out that we were the original source of the virus's spread, that would be the most foolish situation.

Of course, methods that could exterminate humanity on a large scale are also not feasible. The primary goal of curbing the spread of the virus was to prevent the large-scale extinction of humanity; doing so would be putting the cart before the horse.

"So, this is the only method left...?"

With a sigh, he bypassed the infected creatures lingering in the distance, took out the half-burnt map he had found in the ruins of a town, and looked past the place called Lumingyi to his next target.

"Kokon-eki... Let's pray they can hold out a little longer."

Talking to himself, he moved on towards another goal.

Prototype: Chapter 25, Take it Down!