Crossover Anime: I Became Invincible Starting as an Ajin

Chapter 112 Reconstruction of Reality—An Attack from the Incubator Civilization

"The strategy for dealing with the target 'Wang Bai' has evolved from individual intervention to systemic confrontation."

"The network they are building is eroding our operational foundation."

"Conventional observation methods are becoming less efficient. Requesting authorization to initiate a higher-level real-world intervention protocol to stress-test network nodes and attempt to locate the core."

The cold, impersonal instructions are transmitted and processed within the incubator network.

They realized that simple information warfare and psychological warfare are becoming less effective in the face of "purifying the network" and "guarding the mind with intention".

Wang Bai is not only saving people, but also fundamentally dismantling their control system that they have cultivated for countless years.

Faced with Wang Bai's ever-growing "purification network" and the incomprehensible power of "artistic conception," they were confronted with a formidable challenge.

The Incubator Civilization began to truly value Wang Bai.

At some point, Wang Bai actually managed to shake the very foundation of their purification system.

All QB ceased operation, and massive amounts of data flowed through the technological network of the Incubator civilization.

In response to Wang Bai's behavior, the Incubator Civilization adjusted him to the second priority level, below the first priority level of anti-entropy.

The city of Takihara gradually took on a sickly leaden gray hue, not because of overcast skies, but more like the color itself was being lost from reality.

Wang Bai stood outside the temporary base, looking at the sky and sensing the abnormality around him.

The barrier that originally covered the entire city suddenly became blurry, just like a full signal suddenly dropping to three bars.

Something's not right.

Wang Bai's deep voice sounded exceptionally clear in the quiet room.

Homura Akemi appeared instantly beside him, her purple eyes filled with vigilance.

Mami Tomoe put down her black tea, Kyoko Sakura stopped playing her game, and Sayaka Miki looked up nervously.

They all felt it; an invisible, suffocating sense of oppression surged from all directions, not the witch's aura of despair, but something much colder.

"The Soul Gem?!?"

Suddenly, Mami Tomoe screamed.

Mami Tomoe's Soul Gem dimmed slightly, not in a dirty way, but more like its brightness had decreased.

Mami Tomoe felt as if her body had become heavier, as if she were filled with lead balls.

Sakura Kyoko immediately transformed, but quickly noticed something was wrong.

"The flow of magic power doesn't seem to be very smooth."

Everyone realized that only QB could do such a thing.

"Damn it, what the hell is the Incubator civilization doing?!"

All eyes turned to Wang Bai, hoping to get an answer from him.

Wang Bai did not answer; he focused all his energy on sensing the outside world.

In his perception, the once stable world seemed to have taken on a strange quality, as if the entire city of Mitakihara had been placed on a canvas—

It felt like entering a witch's barrier, but without the witch's presence.

Wang Bai spoke, his voice unusually solemn: "It seems the Incubator Civilization is finally getting serious."

"The rules around us are being rewritten; no, we should say that the reality around us is being transformed by a witch's barrier."

As if to verify his words, outside the window, a street lamp on the street corner flickered a few times, like a television screen with a poor signal, before turning into a cartoon-like form.

Even more terrifying is that it's as if an invisible eraser is grinding the streetlights into pieces.

Within the observation network of the incubator civilization.

A special protocol is in operation.

Reality Reconstruction - Localized Silent Target Area: Mitakihara and Surrounding Area

Increase the local spatiotemporal uncertainty constant and the extraordinary ability to perturb stability rules.

By introducing an existence decay field, a random probability triggers an increase in "information entropy" to a critical point, causing the target's "existence" to be reclaimed by the basic rules.

Continuously apply logical pressure to force high-value targets to expose their core locations or take large-scale defensive measures in order to collect data.

Crises followed one after another.

Homura Akemi attempted to stop time to investigate the situation, but the gray domain fluctuated violently as soon as it unfolded. She groaned, and a trickle of blood spilled from the corner of her mouth.

Just now, Homura Akemi felt like a car traveling on a highway, when suddenly the road beneath her feet twisted 360 degrees.

"Time seems to have been disrupted; forcibly stopping it would tear me apart!"

Mami tried to materialize a flintlock pistol, Kyoko tried to materialize a spear, and Sayaka tried to materialize a saber, but they all failed.

At this moment, reality seems to prevent such a magical creation from existing, or reality lacks the conditions to construct it.

The network that Wang Bai built using the purification runestones began to alarm.

On the interconnected map in his mind, nodes representing magical girls flashed incessantly, and from the intermittent information, he could sense that the magical girls' bodies were not seriously injured.

It seems that the transmission of information on the internet is being interfered with by some force, or perhaps the force itself is being blocked.

It's clear that the magical girls outside are now also in danger.

When Wang Bai revealed this, the people present all frowned.

"We must gather the magical girls. If QB wants to take any action, these magical girls will definitely be their target."

Wang Bai agreed with this view, but—

"Calm down! Going out now won't change anything; you might even disappear like that streetlight outside."

Wang Bai said sternly, "Going out to save other magical girls without a clear understanding of QB's methods is nothing more than the Calabash Brothers saving their grandfather."

"What should we do then?" Miki Sayaka asked anxiously, her voice trembling with worry. "Are we just going to stand by and watch Kyubey run rampant like this?"

Wang Bai shook his head and reassured them, "Have you all forgotten? In Mitakihara, I created a large number of familiars and released them."

"Let these familiars inform the magical girls outside about their gathering."

However, this cannot fundamentally solve the immediate problem.

The power that the Incubator civilization used this time can be described as extraordinary.

It can be said to be a force at the level of rules.

To defy the rules — unless one possesses the same level of rule power.

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Perhaps this is the purpose of the Incubator Civilization?

Do they want to expose Wang Bai's trump card—the Imaginary Tree?

The Imaginary Tree possesses this potential, but it is not yet fully grown, and the risk of its core being exposed is extremely high.

The incubator's move was undoubtedly a way of forcing him to reveal himself.

"We can't fight them head-on, nor can we just sit and wait to die." Wang Bai opened his eyes, a resolute glint in them. "They want to force out the core, then I'll give them a core!"

He looked at Homura Akemi: "Homura, although your time manipulation abilities are limited, can you still perform precise jumps over short distances and small areas?"

Since the Incubator Civilization has gone this far, they must be monitoring Wang Bai's actions from somewhere right now.

Even with Wang Bai's speed, he probably still wouldn't be able to escape the other party's observation.

However, any action he takes will inevitably require time to plan and prepare.

This requires Homura Akemi's power.

Homura Akemi wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and nodded.

"Mami, Kyoko, Sayaka, you stay here and do your best to maintain stability inside this base and receive any magical girls who might try to escape."

At the same time, by continuously practicing "guarding one's mind and spirit," your collective will is a vital force in combating this distorted reality!

"What are you going to do?" Mami asked worriedly.

"I'll go make them a target."

Wang Bai took a deep breath, looking at several gems engraved with the most complex and unstable runes.

"I will simulate the fluctuations and energy characteristics of the Imaginary Tree's core in the abandoned industrial area in the northwest corner of the city, creating a massive energy source and a singularity of rules. This will draw most of the pressure of 'reconstructing reality' there."

"It's too dangerous! You'll be wiped out by their combined fire!" Sayaka exclaimed.

"This is the only way."

Wang Bai spoke calmly.

"Only by drawing their fire can we buy time for the true Imaginary Tree to grow, and also buy space for you and others to survive. And—"

"I also need to experience firsthand the true nature of this reconstruction of reality in order to find a way to resist it, or—or—utilize it."

He said no more, and focused his consciousness into his body, briefly communicating with the slightly trembling sapling of the Imaginary Tree to ensure the final connection and energy channel.

"Flame, take me there."

Homura Akemi gave Wang Bai a deep look but did not try to dissuade him.

The gray area where time had stopped unfolded with great difficulty, enveloping the two of them. The next second, they disappeared from the room.

See the abandoned industrial area northwest of Takihara.

The distortion of reality is also evident here; the rusty pipes turn into various colors and wriggle constantly, like colorful slugs.

The ground rippled gently like the surface of water.

The sky was fragmented, pieced together from different shades of gray.

Wang Bai stood in a relatively open space, pouring his own magic power, artistic conception, and the power temporarily borrowed from the Holy Grail fragments and the Imaginary Tree into those unstable runestones without reservation.

"With my prayers as my guide, and the knowledge of another world as my foundation, let us construct this false world tree, adorned with the words of the Age of Gods!"

Through the prayers collected during this period, and the energy transformed from the tragedy.

Wang Bai, on the other hand, uses the cultural knowledge of another world as a cognitive foundation, his own prayer as a starting point, and the power of the Imaginary Tree as the main body to create a fake projection of the World Tree.

boom--!!!

A massive pillar of light, containing complex rules and immense energy, shot into the sky!

Within the pillar of light, the phantom of a giant tree, its details rough and its true form obscured, slowly unfolded, emanating a wave that was impossible to ignore.

Even as a projection, using the power of the Imaginary Tree as its status, it is no less powerful than the original legendary World Tree.

The only difference is that they have the status but no specific abilities.

The Incubator Civilization, which had been constantly monitoring Mitakihara City, immediately noticed this grand anomaly through QB's eyes.

"And what is that?!"

Every now and then, some of the things Wang Bai created remained outside the database of the Incubator Civilization.

As a technologically advanced civilization of cosmic scale, there are very few things unknown to them.

But they had never seen such a strange phenomenon before.

The incubator civilization constantly captures a large amount of abnormal and contradictory information, but when it tries to analyze it, this information is as untouchable and unanalyzable as flowers in a mirror or the moon's reflection in water.

Even though the Incubator civilization was unaware of this power, they still realized that the enemy's actions had to be disrupted.

The pressure of "reconstructing the reality of the entire Mitakihara City" was concentrated on that pillar of light, converging towards the industrial area.

Various terrifying rules and phenomena unfolded around the pillar of light, as if the end of the world was approaching Wang Bai.

However, beneath that fake World Tree, another magic circle was drawn, and Wang Bai lay within it, his blood flowing through the drawn runes.

Akemi Homura watched in astonishment as Wang Bai collapsed to the ground after Liu Xue'er had overdone his attack, then stood up again, only to collapse to the ground once more.

Looking at the pool of blood in front of him, which was the size of a pond, his eyes were filled with complex emotions.

Although it's unclear how Wang Bai managed to survive, it's obvious that he paid a hefty price to achieve this.

Homura Akemi was deeply shocked. Was it really worth it to make such a terrifying and enormous sacrifice for a magical girl she had never seen before, facing a powerful civilization on a cosmic scale like the Incubators?

"The Rune Matrix - Analysis Matrix is ​​complete. If we're lucky, it might even be able to give the Incubator Civilization a run for its money."

Wang Bai stood up excitedly. This time, he had invested a lot of money to gather a large amount of magic power and to achieve more efficient magic power transmission.

They died several times before they finally gathered enough blood.

Compared to the brilliance of the fake World Tree, the Analysis Array did not make a grand entrance this time, and instead appeared rather dim in comparison to the World Tree.

Wang Bai's Rune Matrix Reversal clashed violently with the power of reality reconstruction in the first instant!

The light of the runes and the distorted reality eroded and annihilated each other, emitting a silent yet soul-shaking roar.

Wang Bai stood at the eye of the storm, his body feeling as if it were being torn apart by countless invisible forces, blood seeping from his seven orifices. But his eyes remained firm as he frantically analyzed the operating mode of "reality reconstruction".

The fake core that Wang Bai had hooked onto let out a mournful cry of unbearable strain under the pressure of the reconstruction of reality.

Cracks gradually appeared on the phantom of the giant tree, and the blood inside the rune matrix gradually boiled and turned into a scarlet blood mist, clearly operating at its limit.

Some of the attacks from "Reality Reconstruction" penetrated through the cracks and landed on Wang Bai, turning a part of his body into black and white, transforming it into a strange cube that fell to the ground and then disappeared.

But the Incubator Civilization was even more panicked than Wang Bai.

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