As a weirdo, I like being a Kamen Rider

DJ Sagara was holding out one hand, palm facing him, the smirk on his lips now appearing particularly dangerous. The vines were clearly under his control.

Lin Chen stared coldly at the hand that was suspended in mid-air, manipulating the vines, while his hands had already taken out the Orga phone and the saber-toothed tiger memory.

"I advise you to make way."

"Don't be so tense, bro." DJ Xiang Le smiled and withdrew his hand, but the wriggling vines didn't disperse; instead, they shrank the encirclement even smaller. "If I really wanted to make a move, I wouldn't have talked to you for so long. It's just... you're really special."

A glint of light flashed in his eyes: "Clearly, he doesn't belong to this world. He's like a character who walked into the script, making even a DJ like me want to interview him."

Lin Chen didn't answer, he just looked at him, wanting to know what the snake's purpose was.

"The Golden Fruit is about to ripen, and Zeya City of human civilization has been chosen as the next target for invasion. But there are only a handful of individuals in this world who can compete for the Golden Fruit in the final battle," Sagara's voice became deep. "I would like to invite you to take the stage as well, and regardless of the fate of human civilization, bring a grand performance to this world..." At this point, his deep voice disappeared, and he became extremely fervent.

"Although I am also interested in the Golden Fruit, I do not want to do as you say." Lin Chen took a step forward, instantly transforming, and pointed the Earth Emperor Sword directly at Xiang Le.

"Get out of my way, or I'll cut a path through you."

"That's really brutal." Sagara shrugged, but his smile faded. "Fate has already decided that you'll be on stage. You can't escape it!" After saying that, his figure slowly faded and disappeared.

After Xiang Le disappeared, the figures of seven or eight low-level alien beings slowly emerged from behind the tree. They were hunched over, covered with rough, dark green keratin, and their eyes were devoid of any rationality.

After appearing, several aliens lowered their bodies and pounced from the front, while others used the twisted tree trunk to leap up and prepare to tear their prey apart.

Lin Chen didn't even move. He twirled the Earth Emperor Sword in his hand, his photon blood charging, and the sword's edge drew a perfect circle. All the attacking aliens were cut in half at the waist and instantly blasted into ashes.

After dealing with these small fry in one blow, Lin Chen sheathed his sword and was about to deactivate his transformation when the air in front of him suddenly distorted.

Crimson flames materialized out of thin air, and a tall figure emerged from the fire. His body, easily two and a half meters tall, was covered in crimson armored exoskeleton, his shoulder armor bulging menacingly like animal bones, and beneath his visor, emerald green compound eyes locked onto Lin Chen. In his hand, a jet-black greatsword dragged on the ground.

“The strong…” Zhenhong began, her voice low and hoarse, carrying the unique ancient accent of someone from another realm, “I smell it. Your blood, your bones, all call for battle.”

Lin Chen slightly raised his scarlet compound eyes, but did not speak.

Without waiting for his response, Zhenhong swung her greatsword down with tremendous force, creating a howling wind! The strike was powerful and heavy. However, Lin Chen neither dodged nor evaded, but instead raised his Earth Emperor Sword upwards—

clang--!!!

A deafening roar erupted, and the shockwave blasted away all the humus within a ten-meter radius. Seeing this, Crimson was overjoyed. She conjured another blazing fireball in her left palm and hurled it at Crimson's face!

Lin Chen stepped back slightly, and with a slash of his Emperor Sword, the fireball was split in two, exploding into two blazing flames in the distance behind him.

Immediately afterward, he lunged forward, his Emperor Sword slashing towards Shinku's chest, but Shinku blocked it with his greatsword. Seeing this, he exerted force with his left arm, and Shinku felt an irresistible, immense force coming from the greatsword. He was shaken back three steps, and only when his sword pierced the ground did he regain his footing, leaving two deep furrows beneath his feet.

"Is that all?" Lin Chen's voice came through the armor, uttering his first words since the start of the battle. As soon as he finished speaking, his figure suddenly turned into a golden stream of light and disappeared.

Crimson's pupils contracted sharply, and her body instantly vaporized. However, Lin Chen reacted even faster. The Earth Emperor Sword precisely slashed into the crimson mist. The moment Crimson materialized was completely anticipated. A string of dazzling sparks erupted from her breastplate exoskeleton, and she was sent flying backward, crashing through three twisted giant trees before landing with a thud.

"Cough..." Crimson knelt on one knee, her longsword planted on the ground. Her emerald eyes showed no fear, but instead burned with an even more intense fighting spirit. "Exhilarating! You... are worthy of my full strength!"

He suddenly conjured two enormous fireballs in his hands and hurled them wildly, while his body vaporized again, using the fireballs as cover to launch a surprise attack from the flank.

Lin Chen's figure flashed repeatedly, golden light weaving through the flames of the exploding fireball, actually rushing straight up into the blast.

As soon as Crimson condensed from its vaporized state, before he could even raise his longsword, Lin Chen was already in front of him, the Earth Emperor Sword pressed against his throat, dark golden photon energy flowing around the blade.

"Move again," Lin Chen's bloodshot compound eyes were icy, "and I'll kill you."

Crimson froze, his greatsword creaking in his grip, yet he dared not move an inch. He clearly sensed that the dark gold knight before him possessed unfathomable strength, far surpassing those armored knights wielding chainmail. He was a monster comparable to His Majesty…

Just then, a majestic and deep voice descended from the sky, like a divine decree: "Enough, Crimson."

At the top of the tallest tree, a pure white figure stood silently.

“Wang…” Zhenhong began.

"Step back." Bai Ya's gaze swept over them, his tone calm yet unquestionable, "You are no match for him, do not bring about your own destruction."

Shinku stared intently at Lin Chen, and finally, in a resentful silence, her body suddenly transformed into a stream of red energy and dissipated into the void.

The forest returned to its deathly stillness.

Bai Ya lowered her head, her emerald green compound eyes meeting Lin Chen's scarlet gaze from afar.

"Traveler from afar... leave this place."

After he finished speaking, he waved his right hand, and a rift with zipper teeth appeared directly next to Lin Chen.

Within the crack, faint glimmers of light from the real world could be seen flickering.

Lin Chen looked up and glanced at Bai Ya at the top of the tree.

The dark golden compound eyes and the emerald green gaze briefly met in the void, without words or confrontation. Then, he withdrew his gaze, turned, and stepped into the rift. His dark golden armor flashed by in the distorted light and shadow, and his figure completely disappeared into the Forest of Helheim.

The forest returned to its deathly silence, as if no one had ever been there.

......

A gaping hole with zipper teeth silently tore through a narrow back alley.

Lin Chen took a step forward, his boots landing on the solid asphalt, a stark contrast to the rotten, sticky feel of the Helheim Forest. He raised his hand and pressed it against his waist, causing the Orga armor to dissipate into countless specks of light.

Sunlight streamed through the gaps between the buildings, falling on my face with a long-lost warmth. The hum of passing cars, the promotional announcements from shop entrances, and the energetic street dance music from the distant square filled my ears.

Outside the alleyway, groups of young people in brightly colored jackets walked by, laughing and chatting. A preview of the Zeya City Street Dance Competition was playing on a huge electronic screen, and in the corner of the screen, the logo of the World Tree Foundation flashed by.

He straightened up, brushed off non-existent dust from his shoulders, and stepped into the crowd.

"...Let's see what's going on in this world first!"

Chapter 266 Kouta Kuzuha

Lin Chen merged into the crowd, his gaze subtly sweeping over every detail of the street.

The vibrancy of Zeya City far exceeded any imagination of the fictional world in my dream. Vibrant graffiti covered entire walls, a street vendor's stereo blasted deafening dance music, and a group of young people in various uniforms gathered in the center of the square, swaying to the beat, while the crowd cheered. Everything exuded an almost blind energy.

But his gaze eventually settled on the towering white building in the center of the city.

World Tree Foundation.

Lin Chen withdrew his gaze, turned and walked into a secluded alley. Leaning against the wall, he took out the Evolution Memory from his pocket and tried to reconnect with Earth's consciousness.

The memory flickered slightly, but there was no response.

Lin Chen put the evolution memory back into his pocket and was about to turn around and leave the alley when he suddenly frowned.

In his perception—about three streets to the southeast—there was a violent collision of energy, and... the nauseatingly sweet and putrid stench of the aliens.

"Hmm. Are they invading from other realms?"

He muttered to himself, then stomped his foot and shot out of the alley like an arrow, disappearing into the crowd in a few flashes.

……

Three streets away, it was already a scene of ruins.

The asphalt road was torn open with several jagged cracks, and a car overturned on the side of the road, billowing black smoke.

Citizens screamed and scattered in all directions, while in the middle of the street, several spatial rifts appeared like zippers torn open by an invisible hand, with dark green light seeping out from between the gaps. Countless low-level aliens were swarming out of those rifts, their bodies hunched over, and upon landing, they pounced on the nearest living thing on all fours.

"Damn it! There are too many!"

An orange figure darted through the horde of beasts—it was Kamen Rider Gaim. Wielding the Ootengu, he slashed down an alien beast charging at him head-on, dodged another's claws, but three more leaped down from the sign above his head, forcing him to retreat several steps.

"Kudzu leaves! Above my head!"

On the other side, Kamen Rider Knuckle, also known as Zack, roared and unleashed a powerful blow from his Pinecone Armor gauntlets, smashing an alien attempting to ambush Gaim into dust. But more aliens surged in like a tide, and the two stood back to back, completely surrounded.

"We can't possibly kill all these guys!" Zack gasped for breath. "At this rate, we'll be worn down sooner or later!"

Gaim glanced up at the spatial rift that was still spewing out monsters, and gripped his twin swords tightly: "Just hold on a little longer!!"

However, the outsiders gave them no chance to breathe. A dozen of them simultaneously lowered their bodies and pounced from all directions like arrows released from a bow!

At this critical moment—

A dark golden streak of light descended from the sky and crashed into the center of the beast horde!

boom!!!

The shockwave erupted in a ring, sending the dozen or so alien creatures that were rushing towards the two flying. From within the dust and smoke, a dark golden figure slowly straightened up.

“That is…” Gaim was stunned.

Without a word, Lin Chen took the Earth Emperor Sword from his waist. The dark golden blade trembled slightly, photon blood surged, and a deep hum was emitted.

"Don't stand there." His voice came through the armor, addressing the armored vehicle, "We're going in."

Before he finished speaking, his figure had already transformed into a golden streak of light!

The novice aliens seemed to sense an even greater danger, abandoning Kamen Rider and Nackle, and instead rushing towards the dark golden figure. However, they couldn't even touch the hem of Lin Chen's clothes—golden streams of light weaved through the beast horde, each flash accompanied by a burst of dark golden sword light.

As soon as one of the aliens leaped up, it was beheaded by a single sword strike. Another stealthily approached from the side, its blade piercing the chest from behind. All three pounced at the same time, but a golden stream of light passed through the gap between them. With a sweeping sword strike, all three heads flew up and turned into gray dust.

"As expected, he's incredibly strong!" Kouta's eyes widened, his face, hidden beneath the orange armor, filled with shock.

"Don't just stand there!" Zack was the first to react, slamming his Pinecone Gauntlets into the ground and shattering an alien that was trying to sneak up on him. "Clear out these monsters first!"

Gaim snapped out of his daze, unleashing a cross-cutting attack with his Ootengu and Musou Blade: "Oh!"

All three parties acted simultaneously!

Gaim's twin swords moved with impenetrable speed, their orange blades tearing slits through the beast horde. Knuckle's gauntlets wielded immense power, each strike shattering the aliens into pieces. Lin Chen, on the other hand, was the Grim Reaper of the battlefield; wherever his golden light passed, only swirling gray dust remained.

A slightly larger alien creature leaped down from the edge of the rift, pouncing towards a little girl who had fallen to the ground and was unable to escape. A cold glint flashed in Lin Chen's eyes, and the Earth Emperor Sword switched to cannon mode, dark golden energy condensing at the muzzle—

boom!

A beam of light pierced the street, precisely blasting the alien into dust, and the aftershocks engulfed the three behind it as well. Taking advantage of the moment, Gaim rushed forward, scooped up the little girl, and pushed her to safety.

"Thanks!" Kouta Kazuha called out to Lin Chen.

Lin Chen didn't respond, but his figure transformed into a streak of light once more, heading straight for the space rift below. The largest number of aliens had gathered there, almost forming a writhing mountain. He gripped his sword with both hands, dark golden photon energy frantically converging into the blade, and a gigantic light blade, tens of meters long, swept out horizontally!

A dark golden blade of light swept across the entire street, and wherever it passed, the aliens were vaporized before they could even utter a cry of pain.

On the street, the last alien was smashed to pieces by Nackle's punch. The rifts in the air were also closed; clearly, someone was manipulating the system!

The dust has settled.

Lin Chen slowly sheathed his sword, turned around and looked at the two knights behind him, his scarlet compound eyes flickering slightly.

Gaim and Knuckle exchanged a glance and then deactivated their transformations.

The orange and green pinecone armors dissipated into specks of light, revealing the young but weary faces of Kouta Kuzuba and Zack. Lin Chen also raised his hand to his waist, and the Orga armor faded away as more specks of light filled the sky.

"You, who are you?" Kouta Kuzuha looked at Lin Chen with a solemn expression.