Infinite Reincarnation: I am the Monster.

Chapter 446 Fragments of the Shikon Jewel
As the nuclear explosion dissipated, Qingyun's remains were completely transformed into a grotesque and rotting mass of flesh. Bai Cangshu, expressionless, pointed a finger, and the Hole Wave instantly obliterated the flesh.

At this moment, Osaka, where Bai Cangshu was located, had been completely turned into wasteland. The shopping streets had been razed to the ground, leaving only some broken ruins of reinforced concrete.

Most of the collapsed building was completely carbonized, with only a large portion of the frame remaining.

As Bai Cangshu walked through it, the world fell silent. Within the range of his [Mind Network] perception, there was no life.

This is the price of communicating with the multifaceted alien once: countless people, both those he had seen and those he hadn't, turned to ashes.

Oka Hachiro, who is considered talented in this world, and other reincarnators who might be hiding somewhere in the city, will all die in this explosion.

Bai Cangshu took one last look at the monsters on the ground, whose corpses had vanished without a trace. Feeling a little regretful, he took out [Ace's Single-Person Boat], stepped on it, and lightning surged from beneath his feet.

Thanks to the effects of the [Imperial Thunder Prison Scripture] LV1 and the acquisition of the new energy system [Electric Current Drive], Bai Cangshu can now control and wield lightning much more powerfully than before.

Using this item to fly is essentially costless.

Clouds surged forth, and Bai Cangshu shot straight into the sky. He crushed the drop card of the slippery gourd, but in his heart he was thinking about the conversation with the multifaceted aliens.

Regarding the "observer," the only thing he could think of was the famous "observer effect," which roughly describes how the act of observation affects the observed.

The most intuitive example is in the double-slit experiment, where the wave-particle duality of photons changes depending on whether they are observed or not. When observed, they behave as particles, but when not observed, they behave as waves.

The fact that this objective entity can change due to the observation of such a subjective third-party behavior has given rise to many frightening speculations.

The "observer" described by the multifaceted aliens is probably a concept like this. They believe that there exists an extremely high-dimensional being that observes the world, the universe, and all things. It is because of their observations that the world exhibits different appearances and forms.

This level of power is too high, exceeding the scope that Bai Cangshu can currently access.

However, combined with the theory of "information" advocated by both multifaceted aliens and space, Bai Cangshu has come up with many conjectures.

Then comes the so-called "heart".

Bai Cangshu knew that the reason why the multifaceted alien said his soul was unusually heavy was probably because he was shattered by Saitama's serious punch, and then repaired by Shigeo Kageyama using the golden soul fragments he obtained from the pirate world.

Whether it was Saitama's conceptual attack or the fragments of those golden souls, they all remained within his own soul.

Even when Bai Cangshu activated [Transcendent Spiral], he was unable to detect the impact of this change on himself.

Neither actual power nor influences on thoughts or emotions were perceived, and neither the goddess nor the space showed any abnormalities.

"Ha, the heart is truly unfathomable, formless and intangible."

Bai Cangshu raised his head, recalling the "Black King" he had met. The opponent was indeed incredibly powerful. Even without the overwhelming sense of invincibility that Saitama gave him, the intense despair and the feeling that the whole world was integrated with him made it impossible to feel any possibility of victory.

Is that power related to the heart...?

Bai Cangshu himself did not realize that all his concern about the "heart" was linked to power. What he cared about was not the heart, but ultimately power.

[You have activated the Drop Card - Demon King Nurarihyon]

You have gained 2500 Dimensional Points.

You have obtained the material: Nurarihyon Core (Extremely Rare)

You have obtained the item: Shikon Jewel Fragment (Purple)

Bai Cangshu's attention returned due to this highly successful extraction, and he also broke free from that rare state of contemplation.

Things that are too far away are not of much significance to Bai Cangshu. He greedily wants to obtain the power of the Black King and Saitama, but he is unsure how much of that power is composed of something he cannot understand at all, the Heart.

That's why we explore, and that's why we communicate with the multifaceted aliens.

Ultimately, only power held in one's own hands is true and real power! [Shikon Jewel Fragment (Small)]

【Quality: Exquisitely Rare】

[Description: A precious gem formed by a high priestess in a certain era of demons, condensing her own pure soul with fragments of the souls of many great demons.]

[Usage Requirements: Must possess demonic power or spiritual abilities]

[Effect 1: When worn, the user gains low-level demonic power resistance and low-level demonic power enhancement characteristics.]

[Effect 2: Consuming or implanting this item into the body will greatly amplify attributes such as spiritual power and demonic power, but at the same time, the user will be affected by the soul spirit within the precious jade.]

[Effect 3: This fragment can be fused with other fragments. Each fusion will amplify the effect until it becomes a complete fragment.]

This fragment of the Shikon Jewel is probably the smallest of the three, only the size of a corner of a lens, but Bai Cangshu could indeed feel a very strong power in it.

If this thing weren't fundamentally different from the Nurarihyon of this world, it could indeed provide a significant boost.

Looking at the Shikon Jewel's effect 2, with its clearly marked negative effects, Bai Cangshu felt an urge to try it out.

If I could truly absorb the souls of the great priestess Midori and the great demons and dragons of that era into my body, it would be a great boost to my strength.

Just now, Bai Cangshu fully experienced the power of Gojo Satoru's limitless technique during the nuclear explosion. With his current physique, being exposed to a nuclear explosion at close range would have given him a certain probability of being completely annihilated and turned into charcoal.

But with the Limitless Technique, he didn't even completely shatter his Armament Haki.

This regular technique allowed him to completely avoid damage from the shockwaves and flames of a close-range nuclear explosion.

Therefore, Bai Cangshu increasingly looks forward to absorbing more and more powerful souls, and then completely absorbing and simulating the power of these souls. At that time, Bai Cangshu can be considered the most versatile reincarnator.

Furthermore, there is no need to spend resources to develop and upgrade these capabilities.

[Scavenger EX051, about to begin its third coordinate broadcast]

The space did not mark Bai Cangshu as an object to be cleared, nor did it intend to deploy new cleaners; it directly started the third round of coordinate broadcasting.

A large amount of coordinate information immediately appeared in Bai Cangshu's mind, along with the current image of those coordinates.

To Bai Cangshu's surprise, the coordinates where the most reincarnators were concentrated were in Tokyo.

Moreover, Tokyo at this moment was not destroyed by the nuclear explosion.

Bai Cangshu counted the coordinates; there were as many as seven people. Apart from one target far away in Germany, all the other reincarnators in this world had gathered in Tokyo.

"In other words, one of those two targets that must be eliminated has already been transported to Tokyo by the Multifaceted Aliens..."

Bai Cangshu recalled that the multifaceted aliens had not spoken of the agreement they had reached with him, and it was highly likely that the other party had set their sights on this elimination target.

Thinking of this, Bai Cangshu's lips curled up. He was very curious about what kind of bargaining chips the multifaceted aliens, a high-dimensional race, would accept without needing to communicate with him.

Bai Cangshu understood this when he returned to the skies above Tokyo and watched the monsters crashing into the city below. At the same time, he also understood why the nuclear explosion had not destroyed Tokyo.

A monster covered in scales and with several huge spikes protruding from its back, remarkably similar to Godzilla from movies and TV shows, is wreaking havoc in Tokyo.

Shibuya has completely fallen. A large number of armed helicopters are hovering over the city. Bai Cangshu can also see a large number of members of the Black Ball Squad appearing on the tops of various high-rise buildings. It is probably because those Japanese zaibatsu have issued new missions.

But Bai Cangshu knew very well that this monster, which resembled Godzilla, was a gift from the Multifaceted Alien, one of the Reincarnators he had to eliminate...

(End of this chapter)