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Looking at these ferocious-looking "kindred spirits" ahead, the samurai holding the flag high swallowed hard, then forcefully swung his arm: "Fire!"

"boom--"

"boom--"

"boom--"

Steam billowed and billowed, filling the open space where the soldiers were lined up. In stark contrast, less than five meters away, the Kabane were densely packed together, rushing forward relentlessly, oblivious to their own fate, only to fall and tumble under the impact of metal projectiles.

Unlike the steam cylinders previously used by the Shogunate, which were only effective against humans, the Penetrating Cylinder, by maximizing the initial velocity of the shot, achieved the penetrating power to pierce the heart of the Kabane. Combined with the "shooting mode" provided by the "Alchemist," it actually caused tremendous damage to the Kabane.

But that's all they can do. After all, the Kabane aren't human. They don't feel sadness or fear when faced with the deaths of their kind. They act according to the instincts given to them by the virus—predation—and have no other thoughts.

"Step back! Step back! Let the samurai take over!"

After exhausting the last bit of steam, the soldiers retreated, their eyes filled with barely concealed fear, revealing the warriors behind them who were already fully prepared for battle. These warriors, wielding swords with blades wrapped in the membrane of the Kabane heart, were either excited or terrified. However, when they took out a vial of medicine and poured it into their mouths, all that remained in their eyes was madness.

As the Kabane roared and charged toward them, the humans responded with equally frenzied shouts, and in an instant, the entire battlefield was stained with flying limbs and blood...

Watching this scene from afar, Lin Yi silently issued instructions to the Supreme God in his mind.

"Make a note of this. Next time you manufacture the deterioration agent, remember to increase the content of unpurified genes. At least make sure that their mental loss level in a short period of time reaches the same level as that of the Kabane."

【Command confirmation】

The best weapon against madness may not be madness itself, but it is also not the worst weapon.

In the fierce battle fought by a thousand samurai wielding sharp blades, a large number of attacking Kabane fell on the land covered with flesh and blood. As the steam from the penetrating cylinder was filled once again, this brief battle ended in victory for the shogunate, though it could not be called a "complete victory".

"The casualties among ordinary soldiers were relatively few; only a few were accidentally dragged away by the Kabane. But as for the samurai..."

The samurai who knelt down to report to Amatori Mima hesitated for a moment, glancing at Lin Yi's side, before continuing under Amatori Mima's reprimand: "Nearly five hundred samurai have died in battle, most of them dying in the chaos after the battle ended."

This is clearly a description similar to the Spring and Autumn Annals style. At least from what Lin Yi saw, most of the samurai went mad after the battle with the Kabane and killed each other in a vicious cycle. Otherwise, the number of casualties would not have been so severe.

Lin Yi raised an eyebrow but still didn't speak. Listening to the report, Mima Tentori seemed oblivious to the subtle hint in the loyal samurai's eyes, and said calmly, "I understand. Properly bury the fallen."

"……Yes!"

After the samurai left, the tent, which contained only two people, fell into a deathly silence for a moment, until a sudden question rang out: "Master Alchemist, may I ask you a question?"

"of course."

It was an unexpected statement.

Turning around, Lin Yi looked at the son of the Shogun with a smile.

"As a human, how did you defeat those Kabane?"

Seemingly to express his sincerity, the future heir to the shogunate even bowed his proud head before this "outsider": "As far as I can see, from the poorest of the poor to the highest-ranking general, no one in the entire shogunate dares to face the threat of the Kabane, but you are different."

Like an organizer speaking, after a brief pause, Mima Amaterasu continued, "Not only are you not afraid of the Kabane, but you are also approaching them. Just like this counterattack, anyone who knows anything about the Kabane would not be willing to join this counterattack, but you still came."

"As a human being, how do you view and defeat those Kabane?"

Lin Yi realized he had made a mistake, a mistake formed by habit and subconsciousness. Fortunately, he realized it in time.

Before answering that question, may I ask Mr. Mima another question?

Amatori Mima replied solemnly, "Yes!"

"As a human being, why would you fear the Kabane?"

"Naturally, it's because of their terror and threat."

Mima Amagi answered without hesitation, while gripping the katana at her waist: "Why they formed and why they attacked Hinomoto are unknown, but they are indeed feeding on us and turning us into their kind, so I fear them."

He showed no shame whatsoever, but rather frankly admitted his fear—of the unknown.

"Therefore, just as Lord Mima feared them because he knew nothing about them, I defeated them because I understood them."

Chewing on the word, Mima Amatori countered, "Understand?"

"Yes, whether it's creating weapons that can pierce their hearts or developing drugs that can drive people even crazier than them, it's all based on an understanding of the Kabane. And when you understand why it's so powerful and why it's so terrifying, you'll find..."

"They lure the Japanese into their cages, and the Japanese flee, but they are not only capable of bringing disaster."

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The brief conversation that took place a week ago didn't change anything—at least not on the surface.

Following the will of the Shogun, Mima Amatori led his army to wipe out all the Kabane they could see along the way. After paying a certain price (mainly samurai who used drugs), they finally arrived at their destination.

The post station in the occupied city: Juben Post Station.

Forbidden Zone of Life: Chapter 60 Second Evolution (Part 1)

"According to reports, due to the blockade of the North and South City Post Stations, it is estimated that there are more than 50,000 Kabane in Juben Post Station. We can gradually eliminate the Kabane by surrounding the inner city and using the penetrating tubes. As long as we do not cause a large-scale disturbance at once, we can completely wipe them out without any casualties!"

After a week of battles, large and small, against the Kabane, the men in this army were no longer as fearful and anxious as they had been when they first set out. Instead, they had gained their spirit and will through repeated victories. It is no exaggeration to say that this army was far stronger than the soldiers still trapped in the city post station in terms of "determination." Coupled with the "sharpness of their weapons," even if Lin Yi no longer provided them with more advanced technology and medicine, they would be able to wipe out all the Kabane in Japan with their current strength. The small post station in Japan would naturally be no problem for them.

"Well, that's about it..."

"You alchemist?"

"I won't be participating in this operation," Lin Yi said to Mima Amatori, who looked puzzled. He patted his notebook and said, "We've already recorded most of the information we wanted, so there's no point in continuing. It's better to stay here and study it, to see if there are any weaknesses of the Kabane that we haven't noticed, isn't it?"

Before Mima Amagi could speak, the samurai below nodded repeatedly. In his opinion, it was better to let this mysterious figure, who had not played any role throughout the entire battle, take away the merits that were about to be obtained—after all, it was a battle that was destined to be won.

Amatori Mima frowned at the samurai's unauthorized actions, but made no attempt to force him. Instead, she instructed the surrounding soldiers to remain on guard.

The following day, the army split into two parts. The majority of the troops, led by Mima Amaterasu, headed towards Kohon Station, while a few who were injured or unable to move stayed behind at the temporary camp to wait. Lin Yi was naturally assigned to the unit that stayed behind.

"It's really fun."

Gazing at the samurai troops disappearing into the distance, Lin Yi smiled: "On the one hand, they don't want to cause any trouble because they need my help, and on the other hand, they are suspicious of me and want to get rid of me as an 'unexpected factor.' In the end, however, it was a subordinate who made the decision."

He shook his head: "I can't be a hero or a tyrant, I'm afraid I can only be a coward."

Gently uncorking the test tube in his hand, he carefully poured it onto the ground at his feet under the curious gaze of a passing patrolling samurai: "Are you curious?"

"Yes... sir, what is this—"

"We're conducting an experiment."

Facing the still puzzled samurai, Lin Yi smiled and said, "It's about the experiment on the Kabane's sense of smell."

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"This is it."

Looking at the blurry drawing in her hand, which looked more like a child's scribbles than a map, Miyamoto Rei finally breathed a sigh of relief when she could see the tall city walls in the distance—the worst had not happened, and the "side quest" she had spent a week searching for was finally showing some promise.

Upon spotting the distant post station, Hirano Toda also smiled and quickly caught up, his somewhat chubby body displaying an agility completely at odds with his appearance.

For Miyamoto Rei and Hirano Toda, the only two survivors of Wisteria Academy, this side quest came at a very opportune time.

Normally, as someone who wasn't even an evolved being, Miyamoto Rei wouldn't have been able to survive to the end in the brutal selection of candidates. Compared to her, Busujima Saeko obviously had a higher chance of survival. But until the very end, no one knew the outcome—Miyamoto Rei survived, while Busujima Saeko died.

Subsequently, the two survivors from Wisteria Academy had to abandon their previous prejudices and band together. However, they were still wary of the other three reincarnators and could not integrate smoothly: after all, neither of them was good at communicating with strangers.

Naturally, the five people split into two groups and acted independently without interfering with each other.

Fortunately, with the help of Hirano Toda, who had already become a virus evolver, Miyamoto Rei managed to gather enough reward points to exchange for the potion and become another virus evolver. However, the two reincarnators consumed all the accumulated reward points in the process, to the point that they could not even afford the "basic healing potion," which was one of the less desirable healing potions available in the new pool.

Just when things were in a transitional period, Miyamoto Rei triggered a "side quest" by sheer coincidence, which is why the two reincarnators appeared around the Giant Station at this time.

"This side quest seems to keep updating with new information as the quest progresses. At first, it just told us to approach the southern post station, but two days ago it told us to follow the shogunate soldiers... Now it has directly turned into searching for anomalies in the Kohon Post Station."

"Abnormal situation... what exactly constitutes an abnormal situation?"

Rei Miyamoto shook her head helplessly: "I don't know, but we can only go and see. Anyway, there's no mandatory punishment like this. We can just retreat as soon as we find danger!"

Having made their decision, the two reincarnators no longer hesitated. While remaining vigilant about the Kabane that might appear around them, they approached the desolate city post station. Before long, they arrived at the foot of the city gate of the Giant Post Station, which had already collapsed by more than half.

"Juben Station was one of the first stations to fall when the Kabane appeared, and there may be a relatively large number of Kabane inside."

"fine"

Hirano Toda, who had caught the faint sound of gunfire, comforted them, saying, "Those shogunate soldiers have already gone in. We just need to carefully follow behind."

Thanks to the T-virus evolved beings' attributes, which are several times greater than those of ordinary people, the two reincarnators managed to sneak into the Kohon Post Station, which had already been cleared by the Shogunate soldiers, without any major incidents. However, apart from the Kabane corpses strewn everywhere, they couldn't find anything that could be called an "abnormal situation." This continued until the two reincarnators had almost circled the entire post station.

"Could the location be wrong?"

"Impossible, this is indeed Jubenyi—that's what I heard from those soldiers!"

Pointing to his ears, Hirano Toda, an agile-oriented evolved being, not only showed increased speed but also increasingly acute senses. He could hear conversations from a distance as long as he concentrated. During this time, he heard information about the operation to eliminate the Kabane from several shogunate soldiers.

Miyamoto Rei was equally baffled by this situation. Just as she was hesitating about whether to make contact with the shogunate people, a huge sound suddenly came from afar—like countless shouts overlapping to form a massive roar.

Forbidden Zone of Life: Chapter 61 Second Evolution (Part 2)

When the twisted behemoth before him truly stood up in human form, the ominous premonition that had begun to arise in Tenryu Mima since stepping into this city became a reality.

"Shoot—quick! Don't let that monster get close!"

"No, help!"

"Don't run, it's just a Kabane—"

The previous series of victories seemed like an illusion. With a single stomp from the "humanoid" figure formed from countless Kabane, standing over ten meters tall and emanating black smoke, everything vanished without a trace, as if a beautiful dream had been shattered.

The first to break down were the ordinary soldiers wielding expensive penetrating cannons. When they realized that their weapons, like the steam cannons that had been ineffective against the Kabane, posed no threat to this colossal creature billowing black smoke, their hard-won "determination" crumbled instantly—this was a battle that no will could decide.

They cried and screamed, dropping everything they could carry, trampling over the bodies of their fellow humans as they fled into the distance. Even when the overseeing warriors raised their weapons to them, it was to no avail. Perhaps for these people who had given up thinking, it was better to be killed by these warriors than to be swallowed up by that terrifying black smoke monster and become part of it.

The second group to collapse were the samurai who hadn't had time to use the potion. Unlike the completely ineffective steam cylinders, their metal blades, covered by the Kabane heart membrane, could still cut into the body of the black-smoking monster, but that was all.

For this black smoke monster that stands more than ten meters tall and continues to grow larger as it devours more humans and Kabane, what difference would it make if you stuffed the entire katana into its body?

Not to mention, the only part of it that the samurai could touch was its feet; they couldn't even attack the knees, which were slightly higher.

After paying nearly half of their futile sacrifices, the warriors began to break down. They turned their weapons on those who stood in their way, displaying a valiant slaughter against their fellow warriors that they had never shown even when fighting the Kabane, all in an effort to escape this hell faster than anyone else.

Finally, it collapsed... perhaps the word "collapse" is not quite accurate to describe it.

Those warriors who had gone mad from the use of the potion were not able to leave the black smoke monster even half a step. Instead, like the Kabane, they were helplessly floating and dragged toward that terrifying, ferocious, and despairing behemoth, becoming a part of it.

Lost.

Even though no one reported anything about what was happening, Mima Amatori still clearly came to this obvious conclusion.

Perhaps with that courage and that equipment they could defeat thousands upon thousands of Kabane, but they still couldn't handle even a single monster in front of them.

Involuntarily, a question arose in the mind of Amatori Mima: Why?

Why do they, who outnumber it by tens of thousands of times, only manage to flee in disarray before it?

—Because of the unknown, and fear.

He knew nothing about it, so all he could do was fear and flee; he couldn't even turn around and pick up a weapon to face it.

At that moment, Tenryu Mima realized what he truly needed to achieve his goal... Unfortunately, it seemed he realized it a little too late.

"Lord Mei Ma, run away!"

The loyal samurai forcefully pushed away Amaterasu Mima. When the shogunate heir came to his senses, he saw his samurai being swallowed whole into the black smoke monster's mouth, which was as big as a person. He opened his mouth as if to say something, but only distorted, incoherent sounds came out.

He tried to move his hands to stand up and escape, but found that his trembling limbs could not give him any strength. So he watched helplessly as the shadow above him fell and closed.

Thus, the successor to the shogunate became yet another victim, one of the many in Japan who perished at the hands of the Kabane, without a trace...

"Well, there's no difference."

Talking to himself, Lin Yi turned his gaze back to the "black smoke monster" that was still slaughtering the survivors. At a height of seven or eight meters, in an area resembling a human heart, a wisp of eerie blue light was clearly captured.

"I really didn't expect that..."

With a sigh, Lin Yi eagerly scanned all the data about this "black smoke monster" provided by the main god on his retina.

"This is the complete form of the Kabane evolution... another powerful mutation system completely different from the T-virus."