Infinite Chimera Creation

Fortunately, when the experiment officially begins, these things are no longer needed. All that is needed are some small items and Yuan Yuan's meticulous control over spiritual energy.

"Originally, it should have been based on my flesh and blood, but since I am now in a completely soul state, a portion can only be extracted from the regenerable part of my soul as the base."

Then, using the spiritual energy generated by the dissolution of the mask during the Hollowfication of a high-ranking Hollowfied, and fusing it with the extract from the seventh specialized artery of the Quincy's left hand—a material used to catalyze the completely disintegrated soul fragments of the person who possessed the ability of [Spiritual Energy Absorption]—and adding the bone marrow extract of Yamamoto Genryusai, the strongest Shinigami in a thousand years, a magical revival was applied, followed by…”

Muttering to himself, Yuan Yuan's eyes burned with even greater fervor as he gently placed several writhing lumps of flesh on the lab table.

"After 2,671 steps, we finally obtained these original entities. The next step is the final one."

Chapter Seventy-Five: Seven Snakes

"First, there is [obsession and despair].

Muttering to himself, Yuan Yuan picked up a white bone-armored sphere on his left and tapped it lightly with his fingers, causing a small crack to appear. Instantly, the desperate spiritual power compressed to its limit, emanating from Nnoitra, a peak Adjuchas Hollow, surged forth.

A gray spiritual energy, tinged with despair, coalesced in the air, forming the image of a mantis with six blade-like arms. The gray mantis bared its fangs and brandished its sharp scythes in a menacing, battle-hungry stance, giving it an exceptionally ferocious appearance. However, this battle-hungry nature also conveyed a sense of desperate hysteria, a feeling that it had given up everything and was therefore pursuing a fight to the death.

"Although the materials used to prepare the protozoa are the same, there are still subtle differences. For the weakest form of Despair, we will use the protozoa with the lowest activity."

As he spoke, Yuan Yuan raised a finger and gently pointed it at the mantis in the air. Instantly, a white spiritual energy shattered the gray mantis into pieces. Then, beams of white spiritual energy spread out, forming a large net that caught all the mantis fragments, leaving no trace.

As Yuan Yuan gently closed his right hand, the large white net gradually tightened and began to rotate. Finally, when Yuan Yuan's right hand was completely clenched into a fist, the gray mantis transformed back into gray spiritual energy.

Yuan Yuan carefully controlled the gray spiritual energy as it came into contact with the writhing flesh, attempting to fuse with it at each pre-planned point, daring not to be careless in the slightest.

"First contact attempt successful; fusion attempt successful."

Second site contact attempt failed, retry, contact successful, fusion attempt...

Contact attempt at site 6375 was successful; fusion attempt was successful.

It took Yuan Yuan two whole days, without a moment's rest, to finally complete the final step, [Infiltration and Fusion], with just a small ball of spiritual energy and a small chunk of meat.

Once this step was completed, the small lump of flesh had undergone a dramatic transformation. What was originally a shapeless, wriggling ball of flesh, like a slime, had now become a tiny monster.

At first glance, this little monster resembled a newborn black snake, but upon closer inspection, one could see three pairs of sharp, blade-like arms gleaming with a cold metallic light at its vital point. Of course, if this little fellow were merely odd in appearance, it would at most be considered a deformed creature, not worthy of being called a monster. Yuan Yuan's laboratory was never short of strangely shaped objects.

What transformed him from a deformed being into a monster was the aura emanating from him. Even though his eyes weren't open, he floated in the air purely on instinct, occasionally twisting his body, yet he exuded an overwhelming sense of despair, as if he were dragging the world down with him.

"Serpent of Despair. Initial Form, Completed."

After quietly announcing the first success, Yuan Yuan gently placed the newborn little guy into a specially made container and set it aside.

"Even the easiest level, Despair, took me two days, and I almost failed several times later on,"

Rubbing his temples, Yuan Yuan had a headache.

Although Nnoitra's despair was already quite intense, it was the weakest of the madness and obsessions that Yuan Yuan had collected.

This despair from Neutra was so intense that it couldn't even affect the emotions of others, let alone influence matter like a madman.

This weak infectivity is certainly far less effective than berserk energy in combat, but it is precisely because of this weakness that it became the easiest to experiment with.

Because its infectivity is weak, it means that it won't be like a madman, which, when it intends to infect one site, inadvertently infects all the surrounding sites at once, thus disrupting the order.

"So, even when it comes to precise operations requiring absolute accuracy, we still need to use a supplementary brain?"

Rubbing his temples in exasperation, Yuan Yuan pulled out a handful of insect eggs and tossed them into the air.

"The entire auxiliary brain is constructed, the information of the original egg is written into the human brain, the volume is set to pentaploid, and the specialized computing area is specifically amplified."

Information written complete, energy sufficient, activation commencing.

Standing amidst dozens of floating, swollen human brains, Yuan Yuan lowered his hand from his temples, took a deep breath, and slowly closed his eyes.

"Even if you don't like the auxiliary brain, you have no choice but to use it in this situation. Mental wave synchronization, synchronization complete."

The experiment begins.

When Yuan Yuan opened his eyes again, they were empty. Without his habitual rubbing of his temples, he picked up the second bone armor orb and began creating the second monster.

This time, Yuan Yuan used the peak Adjuchas's [Obsession. Compassion] from the Antelope Knight Nelliel. Although the fusion of Compassion is much more difficult than Despair, with the help of the auxiliary brain, it only took a day and a half to complete the [Serpent of Compassion. Primal Form], which was completely black and had a pair of ram horns on its head.

The tiny serpent of compassion coiled in the air, radiating an aura of compassion more like that of the Buddha than that of Ikkyu, who had fallen into the mortal realm, as if he were a saint who had saved the world.

However, it seems that within this compassion, there is a faint hint of bloodshed.

Next, the [Obsession. Salvation] from Halibel, the [Obsession. Loneliness] from Stark, the [Madness. Wrath] from the Old Hell, the [Madness. Belief] from Ikkyu, and the [Madness. Pride] from Yuan Yuan himself were taken out of the bone armor spheres one by one and fused with those flesh spheres.

The fusion process for [Salvation] took one and a half days, [Loneliness] took two days, [Anger] took eight and a half days, [Unwavering Belief] took twelve days, and [Arrogance] took nineteen days. Initially, when only [Obsession] was used as the raw material, the time was not too long. However, starting to use [Frenzy] as the raw material, the time required increased significantly, and continued to increase as the intensity of Frenzy increased.

This process, which is close to creating life from nothing, is not easy to complete even with the assistance of a supplementary brain.

During this period, the auxiliary brain had to be replaced every two days due to insufficient nutrition. During the fusion of [Arrogance], the auxiliary brain repeatedly failed due to overcalculation, necessitating premature replacement. This single experiment alone used up a quarter of Yuan Yuan's original egg.

Of course, such a time-consuming and labor-intensive experiment yielded satisfactory results. Besides the [Serpent of Despair] and the [Serpent of Compassion], several other monsters floated on the experimental table.

The "Snake of Salvation" has blade-like fins growing from its seven-inch mark and exudes an aura like that of a saint.

A solitary serpent with gray hair growing on its neck, exuding an aura of "Even standing at the center of the world, I am still all alone";

The black scales were stained with blood, and even though it had not yet awakened, it still looked like the [Serpent of Wrath] ready to unleash a berserk attack at any moment;

Just by looking at it, one can understand that its thick golden scales exude an unshakable aura, like the earth itself, that of the "Serpent of Unwavering Belief."

And finally, there was the Serpent of Pride, which was entirely black with golden eyes and, though smaller than a palm, seemed capable of swallowing the world.

"If these little guys, born from my flesh and spirit but with completely different personalities than mine, were to wake up, they would surely make the world a more interesting place."

Rubbing his temples, Yuan Yuan's lips curled up in a smile. Although his tone betrayed his exhaustion, his face was full of joy.

After rubbing his face vigorously to calm himself down, Yuan Yuan gently waved his hand and sent the seven little lives into the incubator that had been prepared in advance.

"Not yet, not now. I need to be patient, patient. It's not the time for these little guys to wake up yet. This world, which is heading towards destruction, has no room for them to operate."

"Now, I should go and get some rest, and then plan to find a suitable 'mother' for these little ones."

P.S., as expected, snakes are the best! *罒▽罒*

Chapter Seventy-Six Forbidden

"Captain Yuan Yuan, can you explain where you've been for the past two months?"

The newly appointed Captain-Commander of the 13th Division, Kyoraku Shunsui, looked helplessly at the still calm Yuan Yuan and asked with a wry smile.

Shinigami are the guardians of the Soul Society, holding a status far exceeding that of ordinary people wandering the Rukongai. They enjoy numerous privileges, and anyone who becomes a vice-captain can become a lower-ranking noble.

From this perspective, being a Grim Reaper undoubtedly seems like a noble and prestigious profession. However, these are merely superficial appearances, like the beautiful cloak of a poisonous weed. The true Gotei 13, from its inception, was defined as a group of assassins who would stop at nothing to protect the Soul Society.

The Shinigami of the Thirteenth Division are essentially just soldiers who protect the Soul Society and are subordinate to the Soul King.

From the day the students of Shinigami graduate from the school and become Grim Reapers, they are destined to lose their former freedom.

When not on mission, none of the Grim Reapers, including the captains, are allowed to leave the Soul Society. These soldiers, known as Grim Reapers, spend their hundreds of years of life within this high wall of murderous stone. If any Grim Reaper leaves the Soul Society without permission, there will be no room for negotiation; they will be hunted down as deserters.

According to the rules, Yuan Yuan had left the Seireitei for two months without cause or reporting it. As the Captain-Commander, Kyoraku Shunsui should have immediately ordered all captains to apprehend him at all costs, regardless of his life, upon learning of his return. Instead, he summoned all the captains to the First Division's barracks, then looked helpless and politely inquired about Yuan Yuan's reasons for leaving the Seireitei.

The reason why Kyoraku Shunsui behaved this way, and why none of the captains objected to his attitude, was naturally because of what that person, who had started pretending to be blind again, did when he left the Soul Society.

Not long after Yuan Yuan left the Pure Spirit Court, the captains noticed that his immense spiritual energy had vanished into thin air. However, when they rushed to the location where his aura disappeared—the Fourth Special Research Institute—they stopped in their tracks.

Because, outside the Fourth Special Research Institute, a city wall made of hundreds of huge stones had been erected.

With the aid of spiritual power, ordinary Grim Reapers can easily leap to heights of tens of meters. If the walls, marked with the scarlet character for "death," were just ordinary boulders, they naturally wouldn't be able to stop the captains of the Grim Reapers. However, if these boulders were all unabashedly releasing the aura of the Ninety-Nine Binding Path, the [Forbidden] Path, then it would be a different story.

Kido, divided into Hado and Bakudo, are skills that most Shinigami can master. Their power and difficulty increase exponentially with the number. Ordinary Shinigami members can only master Kido below number 30, while vice-captain level Shinigami can generally master up to number 50.

Even captain-level Shinigami cannot master all of the ninety-odd and above Kido. Among them, the ninety-ninth Kido, known as the pinnacle of Kido, is mastered by no more than five people, including the leaders of Kido sects who specialize in Kido.

The ninety-ninth binding technique, the Forbidden Technique, has three effects. The first effect is the appearance of black leather straps binding the enemy. The second effect is the piercing of dozens of iron spikes into the bound person's body, fixing them in place. The third effect is the falling of a huge stone tablet engraved with the swastika, completely crushing the enemy.

Only the leader and deputy leader of the Oni-do Clan were able to fully utilize these three effects and bring down the giant stone tablet. Moreover, even with their abilities, they needed to rest for a long time after using the complete version of the restriction before they could use it a second time.

In fact, just knowing that the sacrificial Kido, "One-Sword Cremation," which was used as a finishing move by the former Captain-Commander Yamamoto Shigekuni, was only the 96th level of the Hado (traditional Japanese magic), makes it easy to imagine how difficult it is to master the 99th level of the forbidden technique.

However, these giant stone tablets, which only appear when the Ninety-Nine Binding Paths are fully utilized, now appear to be ordinary killing stones. Hundreds of them stand there together, forming a city wall that, though not tall, is extremely imposing.

A group of veteran captains, whose lifespans were unknown, looked at the boulders that challenged their previous understanding and even began to doubt whether Yuan Yuan was a monster.

Moreover, what surprised everyone even more was that the monster who had used the "Forbidden" skill hundreds of times in one go seemed dissatisfied with the "卍" character on the stone tablet and actually changed it into the bloody "Death" character.

Such a high level of demonic arts is already difficult to use, yet it can be modified. This is something that none of the captains would even dare to imagine.

Even though the captains were unwilling to believe what they were seeing, they had to admit that the hundreds of boulders with the swastika symbol on them arbitrarily changed into the blood-red character for "death" were products of the Ninety-Nine Ghost Path, which even they might not be able to withstand.

Seeing the scarlet "death" characters, none of the usually high-ranking team leaders dared to enter the research institute to investigate the reason for Yuan Yuan's departure.

After Yuan Yuan returned, the captains did not attempt to arrest him, but instead questioned him in a somewhat weak manner, which is understandable.

Pulling at the blindfold covering his eyes, Yuan Yuan uttered words in an extremely calm tone that nearly caused the captains to draw their swords.

"During this time, I went to Hueco Mundo."

Ignoring the captains' wary attitude, Yuan Yuan remained calm.

"I learned some interesting news from some of the big shots I had beaten up."

Based on my observations of Hollows who escaped from Soul Society—yes, those Hollows who fled during that war—don't be surprised. If you've lived in Hueco Mundo for fifty years, you'll understand that while Hueco Mundo is vast, finding someone isn't difficult.

According to the Hollows' testimonies, the Hueco Mundo's attack on Soul Society was because someone contacted Adjuchas, who had no hope of advancing normally and could only set their sights on higher-ranking Shinigami, and provided them with the accurate coordinates of Soul Society free of charge.

The person who took the initiative to contact so many Hollows also has an interesting identity.

He's a culprit.

According to the testimonies of those who escaped the Hollows, the one who had the spiritual energy reaction with the Captain-Commander in the Seireitei when the numerous Hollows descended upon Rukongai was the one from whom the vengeful spirit "Sinful Man" fought.

Turning towards the Fourth Division Captain, Unohana Retsu, Yuan Yuan's spiritual energy subtly enveloped the gentle-smiling woman, and as if influenced by her, his tone softened.

"Captain Unohana, the features of the culprit should be extremely obvious. As the captain, you couldn't possibly not recognize him."

So why didn't you say this message out loud?

PS1: I've been busy with classes lately, so updates have been late. But the three-day Qingming Festival holiday is almost here, and I'll try my best to accumulate chapters then, hoping to update on time again. Please bear with me for a few more days, everyone.

Chapter Seventy-Seven Loss of Composure

Upon hearing Yuan Yuan's words, all the captains looked at Unohana Retsu, whose smile remained gentle, with disbelief in their eyes.

When the captains returned to the Soul Society from Rukongai and asked who killed the Captain-Commander, Unohana Retsu answered that it was a Vasto Lorde-class Hollow whose abilities were extremely effective against the Captain-Commander. If Yuan Yuan's statement was true, then Unohana was undoubtedly lying. In other words, this veteran captain, who had served the Captain-Commander since the founding of the 13th Division, concealed information crucial to the Captain-Commander's death.

"No, that doesn't make sense,"