It was their existence that led to humanity's crushing defeat in the Gastrea Wars, losing 80 percent of its territory, and these Stage 5 zodiac zones did not appear out of thin air.
It's as if the old children's bicycle in Xie Mu's hand is the legacy that summoned 'Scorpio', so you can know what happened without even having to deduce it.
A meteorite falling from the sky brought with it a virus that appeared to grant 'immortality,' and greedy and foolish humans began to conduct live experiments on these unknown viruses.
Perhaps by chance, or perhaps by some conspiracy, when the eleven girls were put on the operating table and implanted with the virus, they collectively went berserk, transforming into the most terrifying stage five Gastrea. They then spread the virus in large numbers, led the Gastrea to take revenge, and ultimately destroyed the entire world.
The story unfolds in this way, with perhaps some unknown masterminds added later on.
Xie Mu's plan was quite simple.
Since the Zodiac boss battle won't start until the second week, why doesn't she start it earlier?
She's not just going to open one, she's going to open many!
Let these monsters kill all the other reincarnators in her place!
This will certainly affect her as well, but being prepared and well hidden will allow her to gain the upper hand in the chaos.
"Interesting... How do these things attract those monsters?"
Orochimaru picked up the worn-out doll and said with great interest...
"There seems to be some strange connection between the zodiac signs, and their intelligence has even reached the point where they can 'communicate'."
Xie Mu answered in this way.
What she was about to do was quite absurd, but it perfectly aligned with the world's excellent regional matchmaking system.
Don't think she's the only one doing such a lousy thing; in fact, there are tons of people doing it!
The Scorpio who was drawn to the scene in the first volume of the novel was the mastermind behind it all, Kikunojo Tendo, whose aim was to destroy the Holy Emperor's proposed "Gastrea New Law."
Yes, just because he wanted to destroy an anti-discrimination law, he decided to destroy the entire city of Tokyo where he lives.
The key point is that if the protagonist, Rentaro Satomi, hadn't intervened in the novel, Tokyo might have truly been destroyed by Scorpio. She didn't know if there was a mastermind behind it all, but she could only say it was incredibly insightful!
Then, after the Scorpio's head was retrieved, it became a medium for summoning Libra. After discovering that the 'Solomon's Ring' device developed by the Russians could communicate with the zodiac, their first instinct was neither to establish peaceful relations nor to study weaknesses, but to use it to harm their own people!
Because they had been ravaged by Libra, nicknamed "Plague King," who possessed tens of thousands of deadly viruses specifically targeting humans, these Russians used this invention, combined with Scorpio's brain, to lure Libra to Sendai to wreak havoc on the Japanese.
The reason? Xie Mu really doesn't know, after all, the novel hasn't even gotten to this point.
All I can say is that, regardless of the country, the people at the top are all like Showa-era strategists, possessing more conscience and brains than most.
As for why the Osaka Research Institute would contain three relics that could summon the Zodiac, we have to mention an organization called the "Five Flying Association".
There's really no need for much introduction. This thing is a standard Freemason-style conspiracy and secret organization. Its goal is also a very traditional one: to eliminate too many humans and eliminate the elites so that the world can be rebuilt. It's a standard brain-dead villainous organization.
"So you want to take the Zodiac to Osaka and other cities, destroying both the locals and the reincarnators?"
Orochimaru played with these relics, chuckling to himself.
"You really are cruel, Mutsu-kun. If I weren't certain you weren't from my world, you would be the most typical Uchiha."
Talented Uchiha are basically all crazy, but it can only be said that the physiological characteristics of the Sharingan combined with the cruel environment turned them into crazy people.
The girl in front of him was indeed a born madwoman, and with the Sharingan, she was simply madness upon madness, a perfect match.
"Destruction, ruin—the Supreme God encouraged us to do just that," Xie Mu sneered.
"Since destroying things earns reward points, it means there's nothing wrong with what we're doing. Besides, didn't the Supreme God also issue the Zodiac Invasion mission?"
"We were merely going with the flow. If we don't seize an opportunity presented by heaven, we'll suffer the consequences!"
Orochimaru smiled without saying a word. The person in front of him was just making excuses for his own benefit, but he himself had no right to say such things.
After all, Orochimaru has never been a good person.
She's absolutely right. Trying to eliminate the remaining seventy-odd competitors by brute force is the stupidest approach. The smart thing to do is to utilize the rules, and then transcend them.
However, sometimes, being too clever can backfire.
"So what do you need me to do, Mutsu-kun?" Orochimaru licked his lips, speaking with a wicked grin.
"You are a scholar who studies the Sharingan," Xie Mu said softly.
"I want your help to enhance my illusion magic, and then... control the zodiac!"
"Just like Madara Uchiha controlling the tailed beasts!"
Chapter 93: 92. The Zodiac Invasion Begins!
There are fifty-nine people left.
On the top floor of the National Diet Building, the tallest building in Tokyo, Giorno looked at the Reincarnators' location display after today's checkpoint announcement, and murmured as he saw that more than half of the numbers had already been counted.
"And the second week is just around the corner."
The elimination process of the first two weeks has passed, and the mutual hunting among the reincarnators under the priority conditions has calmed down.
Or rather, almost no reincarnators were eliminated starting three days ago.
The first day of the location reporting begins is the peak period for Reincarnators to hunt each other. Reincarnators in the same area often flee or chase each other after knowing each other's location, and they always end up bumping into each other.
When one team fights with another, it quickly attracts another team to intervene and break up the fight, and often only one or two people out of a group can survive.
But this situation changed fundamentally after a few days.
Ultimately, Final Battle is not just a simple 'game'. Although it's called a large-scale battlefield and a battle royale, the map here is not only unrestricted, but there's also no concept of a shrinking circle.
Therefore, many clever reincarnators chose to simply leave the main battlefield of Japan, hoping to survive outside until the war ended.
This is actually not easy. The danger in the undetermined area is not only the Gastrea that appear, but also the viruses mixed in with various places. The ocean in this world is not safe either, as it can be said to be the high-incidence area for Gastrea infection.
The only way to cross the ocean is by using a flying vehicle, but among the many reincarnators, very few have the means to do so.
For the remaining inescapable reincarnators, their choice is the same as nothing.
Rather than being hunted alone, it's better to join other groups, illegally form teams, and stick together for warmth.
This has led to the near extinction of those lone wolves who like to betray others.
There are always people who tout the correctness of zero-sum games under such high-pressure environments, as if becoming a ruthless lone wolf allows one to do whatever one wants.
But the truth is, even in a high-pressure apocalyptic environment, such shameless and uncooperative individuals may gain a slight advantage in the early stages, but they will soon be destroyed and swallowed up by other groups that choose to share resources and work together.
This is how it was for these reincarnators in the final battle. Of the fifty-nine survivors, only a very few lone wolves roamed the no-man's-land. The other reincarnators who stayed in the safe numbered areas were all groups of at least four people.
These survivors would report their positions daily and typically remain firmly in position within their designated areas, ready to fight if anyone attacked. They would then use their geographical advantage to engage the attackers.
After the initial few teams stubbornly tried to hunt down other teams but failed in various ways, either being wiped out by the opposing team or being wiped out by someone sneaking up from behind to intervene, everyone calmed down.
Thus, the game fell into the sixth stage of the game, where players were constantly driving each other's points.
As one of the earliest groups to form a team, Giorno and his group had already declared Tokyo to be their territory after killing a dozen or so reincarnators, successfully taking over the area completely.
But correspondingly, they are also trapped here.
Giorno rubbed his temples. This balance could probably be maintained for a very, very long time if no external force intervened.
Perhaps the various small groups will further merge until they become large organizations with twenty people each, and then everyone will be at a standstill with no movement.
But naturally, the supreme deity would not stand idly by and watch such a thing happen.
Therefore, just like the sudden location reporting and elimination of all lone wolves in the first week, the world boss battle in the second week will probably be the beginning of breaking this cycle.
For the main god, this is a catfish that incites their reincarnated beings to fight each other, but for those living in this world... it might just be an undeserved disaster.
This is the case with their team of seven. In addition to facing the invasion of other reincarnators, their teamwork during this period has been aimed at strengthening all the power they possess.
In order to prepare for the upcoming BOSS battle, which will be a catastrophe for humanity in this world.
But according to Kong, what he was worried about was still themselves, the reincarnators...
Giorno took a deep breath, welcoming the final moment of the second week.
As the clock struck its final hour—
The majestic voice of the supreme god resounded in the minds of all the reincarnators in an instant!
The second week of the Reincarnation World has begun, and the story event "The Invasion of the Zodiac" is now live! All Reincarnators can choose to accept this world quest. The team that deals the most damage to the world boss will receive the coordinates of the sole extraction point for early departure!
'A reincarnator has been detected activating the specific story item 'Seven Star Relic,' increasing the difficulty of the story event 'The Zodiac Invasion'!'
World Boss has arrived! Location marked!!!
Accompanied by the voice of the Supreme God, Giorno, Jotaro, Sora, and Polnareff all looked extremely pale.
Just as Kong had feared—someone was up to no good!
They looked at the marked location, which appeared on the 'Neon' map. In addition to the dense red dots, there were four huge red markers!
Zodiac - Scorpio!
The Zodiac - Libra!
Zodiac Sagittarius!
Zodiac Pisces!
Intrusion... Begins!
......
Two hundred kilometers west of the Tokyo area, in an unexplored area formerly known as Shizuoka Prefecture.
There was no wind here; the air, like congealed pus and blood, pressed heavily on every inch of the cracked earth. The sky was a cursed crimson-purple, with murky clouds hanging low, like the mucus of rotting entrails, slowly writhing and dripping acidic, sticky rain with faint radiation.
The rumble began as a dull, continuous tremor from the distant horizon, like countless giant hammers pounding the gates of hell deep within the earth's crust. Broken concrete chunks tumbled down with the tremors, and the remains of abandoned viaducts groaned under the weight of the tremors.
This sound did not come from a single source, but was a torrent that converged from the noise of billions of footsteps, the friction of billions of heavy bodies, and the sound of billions of limbs striking rocks, engulfing everything.
Then they came.
The horizon itself began to twist, writhe, and rise. It was not a mountain range, but an endless, living wave composed of countless writhing, climbing, and rolling Gastrea. They tore apart the horizon, overflowing like a filthy tide, filling every inch of space as far as the eye could see.
Phase one consists of various insects, animals, and gastrulation organisms with a single biological form rolling and squeezing between rock crevices, leaving behind shiny, corrosive trails of slime as they greedily and frantically climb forward.
In Phase Two, possessing two biological characteristics, they begin to have more ferocious aggressive organs, devouring their Phase One counterparts as they advance, and some may even evolve into Phase Three beings.
The third stage creatures are almost unrecognizable as living beings. They are a mixture of three or more biological characteristics, like synthetic abominations that have emerged from a nightmare. One is a monster that resembles a giant centipede, but its sides are covered with constantly opening and closing beaks that spew corrosive acid. The other is like a skinned giant ape, but its back is covered with a tortoise shell, from which dozens of wildly waving tentacles with eyeballs and suckers at the ends extend.
The above-mentioned army almost filled the entire field of vision, but apart from these Gastrea's regular army, the most terrifying thing was that thunderous behemoth.
Gastrea that have reached stage four can no longer be called living organisms. They are like moving hills, with huge bodies tens of meters long, each with the shape of a 'slime monster'. But this is precisely the characteristic of dozens of organisms fused together. A completely fused organism means that it has no biological characteristics whatsoever.
These monsters easily smashed a crumbling, abandoned building into dust. Dozens of tentacles covered in suckers and bone spikes swept through the horde, scooping up large numbers of low-level Gastrea and stuffing them into the central, gaping maw, the chewing sounds like rocks crumbling. They were the nodes in the horde, radiating a suffocating pressure.
The air was thoroughly boiled by billions of sounds of hissing, roaring, grinding, chewing, bone breaking, and shell shattering. It was a symphony of hell.
A strong, pungent stench, mixed with the smells of strong acid, rotting entrails, and excrement, formed a tangible, viscous miasma. The earth was trampled into a boiling swamp, and viscous, fluorescent green blood, pus, and broken tissues splattered everywhere, staining the rocks and ruins with eerie and ominous colors.
In the heart of this living hell, surrounded by endless waves of filth, a being is slowly moving.
It is not walking, but plowing the earth.
Zodiac Scorpio.
Its very existence is a mockery of the laws of biology and the laws of matter.
Its massive size of four hundred meters is like a walking mountain. Layers of twisted, compressed, and slowly writhing muscles make up this mud-like behemoth, its dark brown, cracked muscles covered in scars as if it had contracted smallpox.
The scars were covered with protrusions, and eight sickle-shaped foreign objects with barbs pierced the skin from the neck, head, and right eye. The head was abnormally large, with a bird-beak-like curved object extending unnaturally from the corner of the mouth, and the remaining left eye was pitifully small.
At the heart of this group of Gastrea exists such a ferocious behemoth, a monster that can trigger megalophobia just by looking at it.
And four of these things were refreshed simultaneously in the neon lights.
Scorpio is the weakest of them all. It has no special abilities. Compared to Libra, which is carrying tens of thousands of deadly infectious viruses and is attacking Osaka, Sagittarius, which can launch electromagnetically accelerated projectiles and even shoot down artificial satellites, and Pisces, which keeps splitting and reorganizing after being attacked, Scorpio is practically powerless.
If anything, his muscles are incredibly tough, so even targeted metal weapons can't cause him any damage; his only weakness is his head.
"Waaaaah~~~~~~"
A mournful cry echoed through the night sky. Scorpio, this hybrid monster that absorbed the genetic factors of countless creatures, was transformed from an innocent girl into what she is today through inhumane experiments, and may even still retain her past memories and thoughts.
Now, under artificial control and attraction, it is heading towards Tokyo, which may be her former hometown.
It's hard to say whether He is righteous or wrong.
The same is true of the dimensional light of this world. Humans are not favored in this world. Perhaps they are still the main characters, but in the script of the dimensional light, these 'anthropomorphic' beings, who are so foolish that they are unbearable to look at compared to their counterparts in other worlds, deserve to suffer these torments.
A race that brings about its own destruction through arrogance, greed, stupidity, and cruelty is not worthy of pity.
Neither the planes of existence pity them nor the supreme deities.
Therefore, this is why the world is used as a battlefield, because no matter how much trouble they cause, the light of the plane will watch coldly, and even if they are slaughtered, the main god will not lower their rating.
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