As a weirdo, I like being a Kamen Rider

The beam collided head-on with the shield, and a deafening roar echoed through the sky.

He felt a numbness in his arms, and was propelled backward by the immense force, crashing heavily into a wall some distance away. Debris rained down, burying him halfway within.

"Kiba!" Haitang couldn't help but shout from afar.

The behemoth took a step, each step causing an earthquake-like tremor. It rushed forward quickly, raising its massive feet to crush the embedded timber.

Just then, a blinding emerald-gold light suddenly erupted from the pile of rubble. A figure rushed out at an even faster speed, charging head-on towards the giant beast's paw. Kiba Yuji gripped his sword with both hands, the golden patterns on the blade glowing as if burning, and emerald-gold photon energy frantically converging towards the blade's edge.

“I’ve said it before…” His voice came through the armor, deep and firm, “I want to create a world of coexistence!”

The sword blade slashes upwards!

The emerald-gold blade flew from the sword and slashed down on the giant beast's foot with overwhelming force!

"Roar--!!!"

The behemoth roared in agony. Its greyish-white bone armor, strong enough to withstand cannonballs, was sliced ​​through like tofu by the emerald-gold slash, and its massive feet were severed with a single blow. Losing its balance, the behemoth collapsed to its knees, the earth cracking beneath it and raising a cloud of dust hundreds of meters high.

Yuji Kiba gave it no chance to catch its breath. Using the recoil from his strike, he leaped into the air, his emerald-gold eyes meeting the giant beast's gaze. At that moment, the kingly pressure was released without reservation, and the ferocity in the beast's eyes was forcibly suppressed, replaced by a fear that originated from the depths of its genes.

"ended."

Kiba raised his longsword above his head with both hands, its blade pointing straight to the sky. Emerald-gold energy condensed and transformed into a sharp blade that pierced through heaven and earth.

He swooped down.

The behemoth struggled to avoid it, but the emerald-gold streak of light had already reached it. Kiba Yuji's figure passed right through the behemoth's forehead.

Time seemed to stand still at that moment.

The behemoth froze. A thin, emerald-gold crack suddenly appeared on its massive head. The crack spread rapidly, crawling across its entire body like a spiderweb.

The next second—

boom!!!

A torrent of emerald-gold energy erupted from the behemoth's body, tearing apart its grayish-white bone armor. The mountain-like body swayed twice before finally collapsing with a deafening roar, crashing heavily onto the street and kicking up clouds of dust.

Yuji Kiba knelt on one knee, his longsword planted in the ground, and slowly straightened up. His emerald-gold eyes calmly gazed at the crumbling remains of the colossal beast at his feet.

The entire battlefield fell into a deathly silence.

Kiba Yuji slowly straightened up, his emerald-gold eyes looking past the Leo cavalrymen towards the slender figure in the distance.

"Now, are you qualified?"

SmartLady snapped out of her shock. She glanced at the crumbling remains of the giant beast at Kiba's feet, then at Lin Chen, who stood expressionless beside her.

"Kokiba, your current strength is indeed astonishing. However, for the Orphnochs, powerful individuals are not indispensable."

She turned her head slightly, her gaze falling on Lin Chen.

"He is the one who can truly lead the race into the future. He holds the secret to the Orphnoch's evolution into its perfect form, a possibility that no powerful individual can replace. What the Board values ​​has never been mere force, but the hope for the race's continuation."

Yuji Kiba listened quietly, his emerald-gold eyes remaining calm.

He certainly understood the meaning behind SmartLady's words. Murakami Kyo had already made it very clear in the cultivation tank—Lin Chen's body was a treasure bestowed upon the Orphnochs by heaven; his cell division rate was equal to that of humans. As long as the secret within was unlocked, the entire race could be freed from the curse of short lifespan and become perfect life forms.

Force may conquer temporarily, but what makes Orphnoch indispensable is Lin Chen, this "treasure".

But he now possesses that uniqueness as well!

"is it?"

Yuji Kiba spoke softly. He turned to look at the grayish-white dust formed from the giant beasts and slowly opened his arms.

"Well then, after you've seen this, think about it again."

As he finished speaking, countless emerald-gold particles of light floated from his palm. These particles, as if possessing life, flew lightly towards the remains of the giant beast, merging into the pile of grayish-white dust.

To everyone's astonishment, a miracle occurred.

The pile of ashes, which should have dissipated with the wind, suddenly began to tremble violently. The grayish-white sand, as if drawn by some invisible force, frantically converged, swirled, and reformed towards the center. The cracking of bones, the clanging of armor, and the slurring sounds of flesh and blood intertwined, sending chills down one's spine. Emerald-gold light burst forth from within the sand pile, illuminating the entire block as if it were daytime.

In just a few seconds, that mountain-like body reformed!

The behemoth roared to the sky, its deafening roar almost tearing the heavens apart.

It slowly lowered its head, its huge eyeball looking at Yuji Kiba standing in the ruins. The ferocity and savagery in its eyes faded away, replaced by a sense of awe and submission that came from the depths of its genes.

Then, its massive forelimbs bent, its enormous body pressed against the ground, and finally it gently placed its huge head on the ground in front of where Kiba Yuji was standing.

It signifies submission.

Seeing this scene, Yuji Kiba's emerald-gold eyes finally ignited with a true flame. Without hesitation, he bent his knees slightly, leaped up, and landed steadily on the giant beast's head.

The wind ruffled his silvery-white mane, and his emerald-gold eyes looked down at the dark battlefield and the dumbfounded SmartLady.

He slowly raised the longsword in his hand, its blade pointing straight to the sky. His voice was not loud, but it clearly spread to every corner of the battlefield and, through the still-functioning communication terminal in SmartLady's hand, reached the ears of every Smart Brain executive around the world.

"From this day forward, I am the King of the Orphnochs!"

The moment the words fell, the colossal beast beneath their feet roared in response, as if announcing to the world the birth of a king.

......

The night wind howled on the rooftop.

Lin Chen stood alone on the edge, looking down at the entire city. This world was almost devoid of humans, yet it was not much different from human society.

He raised his hand, and the evolutionary memory appeared in his palm. Its faint light flickered in the night, like a beating heart.

"Help me contact Touma," Lin Chen whispered.

In the space of consciousness, the female figure formed from Earth's consciousness appeared, her brows slightly furrowed: "Are you sure you want to do this? The will of that being is not something we can defy."

"Enough nonsense." Lin Chen interrupted her, his eyes cold. "Have him lift the seal. I'm leaving this godforsaken place."

"Then what will happen to the world?"

"This place is now Orphnoch's paradise, and Yuji Kiba has become the new king. I don't know if his dream will come true."

The others don't plan to leave with me either. The people of this world are still trying to make it a better place. I'm not a babysitter, and I respect their choices.

"Is that so? Then so be it!"

......

Indeed, as the Earth's consciousness stated, the will of the Dark Force cannot be altered by anyone. After Lin Chen made his request, the Dark Force did not grant it, but instead directly controlled the dimensional wall to throw him inside.

Lin Chen stepped out of the dimensional barrier, but the ground beneath his feet was not solid; instead, it felt like some kind of decaying, sticky, and damp organic matter.

He frowned and looked around.

The dark green sky hung low, shrouding the entire forest in a sickly dim light. The clouds were solidified, pressing heavily overhead, making it hard to breathe.

There was no wind, but the air was filled with a cloyingly sweet stench of decay, like countless fruits ripening to rotten perfection, mixed with the pungent sweetness of fermented flesh and blood.

The surrounding deep purple trees were twisted and grotesque, seemingly otherworldly. Their surfaces were covered with a layer of bark that resembled scales.

Lin Chen walked forward, stepping on the thick layer of decaying leaves that had accumulated over countless years.

An unpleasant, slippery sensation underfoot, occasionally punctuated by something hard—half-digested bone, or the remains of some long-dead creature, entangled with soil and mycelium, its original form indistinguishable.

He walked slowly, his gaze sweeping over the shadows of every tree, his right hand always resting on the Orga belt at his waist.

silence.

A deathly silence.

There were no chirping insects or birdsong, not even the rustling of leaves. But Lin Chen could sense that in this eerie silence, countless gazes were coldly watching him, this uninvited guest, from deep within the canopy, from behind the vines, and from beneath the decaying soil.

He stopped in front of an exceptionally thick tree and reached out to pluck a fruit hanging in front of him. The fruit trembled slightly in his palm; its skin was warm, and he could even feel some kind of liquid slowly flowing inside, as if it were something alive.

“The Forest of Helheim…” Lin Chen muttered to himself, his fingers squeezing the fruit slightly, deforming it and causing a few drops of milky white juice to seep out. “It seems that this time, it has been thrown into a troublesome place.”

Chapter 265 Snake and White Ya

The Forest of Helheim is also known as the Underworld of Helheim.

This is an alien realm in the void from Kamen Rider Gaim, corrupting the world and bringing trials to various civilizations. When the time comes, this eerie forest will condense the legendary Golden Fruit. And the power to obtain the Golden Fruit will allow one to rule the entire world and become a god.

Lin Chen casually crushed the pulsating fruit in his palm, and the milky white juice splashed onto the dark purple tree trunk, where it was quickly absorbed by the bark.

He flicked the sticky residue off his fingertips without expression and continued walking deeper into the forest.

He wanted to find a crack leading to reality, to see which civilization this world was currently eroding.

Subconsciously, he called upon the Earth consciousness within his evolutionary memory body in his mind, trying to obtain some information, but only silence responded to him.

……

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Lin Chen suddenly stopped and said coldly without turning around, "Come out."

"Has it been discovered? It seems this guest is quite an extraordinary person."

A flippant voice came from the shadows of the tree canopy behind him. Lin Chen turned around and saw a man standing there wearing a hip-hop style jacket, a bandana, and a smirking expression on his face, as if he were not in a dangerous exotic forest, but at a street party.

"DJ Sagara?"

Looking at the man's clothes and appearance, Lin Chen immediately realized the world he was in. This iconic hip-hop outfit could only appear in the world of Gaim.

This man, who appears and disappears mysteriously on the television screen and the edge of the battlefield, is the mysterious character in Gaim who exists like a "commentator".

"What do you mean by following me?"

Lin Chen asked coldly. He knew that the rules by which the Helheim Forest eroded the world had some kind of strange religious metaphor.

This forest's nature is very similar to the Garden of Eden in the Bible. Once the golden fruit is born, the forest will choose two individuals—the Daughter of Beginning and the Man of Beginning. Together, they will consume the golden fruit and thus rule the world.

This is analogous to Adam and Eve in the Bible, and the golden fruit is the legendary forbidden fruit. However, in the story of the Bible, there is another undeniable figure: the serpent that tempted Eve and Adam to eat the forbidden fruit.

The DJ in front of you, Sagara, is that "snake".

Hearing Lin Chen's question, Xiang Le opened his arms, his face still bearing that enigmatic smile: "Brother, this is the Helheim Forest, a trial ground that promotes the evolution of civilization. Here, only two kinds of people will appear: one is the remnant left behind after failing the civilization trial; the other is the individual who is currently undergoing the civilization trial."

He tilted his head, his gaze sweeping over Lin Chen with an almost tangible intensity, a hint of amusement in his smile: "Although you look very much like a human from the civilization currently undergoing trials, you can't fool me. I'm... quite interested in you."

"But I'm not interested in you."

Lin Chen felt a chill run down his spine when he heard a man say "interested" to him. He left those words expressionlessly and turned to leave.

However, the moment he took his first step, the ground in front of him suddenly exploded. Countless thick vines covered with dark purple scales burst out of the ground like living snakes, intertwining and coiling wildly, forming a huge, impenetrable wall in the blink of an eye, completely blocking his way.

Lin Chen stopped and slowly turned around.