Infinite Sun in the East China Sea

Chapter 415 Self-Will
"Captain, haven't you made a decision yet?"

Zhao Yingkong asked.

This was unlike the East Sea team's style, which she knew. In other reincarnation worlds, the plan was already decided the moment the story began.

"Do not worry."

Xu Feng looked into the void: "I'm calculating your success rate and rate of return, which involves a lot of data."

"Success rate..."

Zhao Yingkong was no longer a clueless newbie. With the help of the supercomputing in the inherent barrier, she instantly guessed that the captain planned to make one of the members of the East China Sea team the protagonist of this world.

Clearly, Xu Feng himself did not intend to take any risks.

But he didn't want to give up the benefits of this world... The next team to work hard is his teammates from the East China Sea team.

"Without outside help, it is difficult for outsiders to become the protagonist in this world. The second male lead in this world, Gai Tsutsugami, made so many efforts, but in the end, he was still the backup until his death."

Xu Feng said, "Even with external assistance, the protagonist himself must be excellent enough."

"After comprehensive calculation, there are not many people in our team who have a chance of success; among them, Mei and Sakura, you two have the best chance."

"We, the protagonists of this world, the future 'Adam'?"

Zhao Yingkong pointed to herself in astonishment.

"Yes!"

Xu Feng nodded in agreement.

Unfortunately, the male members of the East China Sea team other than him were unable to undertake such a difficult task, so they had to broaden their selection pool.

As for why the other male members of the East China Sea team are so bad...

Well, then blame it on the fact that the seedlings sent by the main god were too poor.

“Ouma Mana, whose identity as ‘Eve’ has already been confirmed, will absolutely, absolutely not choose us!”

"When we make our choices, her will becomes irrelevant," Xu Feng said nonchalantly. "The characters in the story are merely playing a game within the rules of the apocalypse, while we are shaking those rules. When the reincarnators participate, the characters appearing in this world are no longer just Eve and Adam."

"Captain, is it because of my path that you think I'm suitable?" The shrine maiden approached Xu Feng and took his hand.

She sees herself as a container.

This path is very similar to the void of Ouma Shu, a void that can accommodate everyone, which will greatly increase her potential again during the ritual.

"That is indeed a consideration."

"In that case... let's give the opportunity to Sakura. This shortcut can make me stronger, but it will affect my purity."

Mei said seriously, "Sakura is different."

When the East Sea team defeated Zhao Zhuikong, the witch already knew that there was a defect in the genes of the Zhao family. This defect allowed them to grow rapidly when they were weak, but they could never overcome the inner demon before they were repaired.

If Zhao Yingkong seizes the opportunity in the world of Guilty Crown, she might be able to make up for her shortcomings here.

Xu Feng met the witch's flawless eyes and said gently, "That's fine."

He didn't ask for her opinion, but for some reason, the girl would never refuse.

—She was so eager to get started just now.

Yuzuriha Inori and Ouma Mana, the current Sakura Sora and the past Sakura Sora... the two are not completely similar, but Zhao Sakura Sora's emotions do fluctuate when facing Yuzuriha Inori.

The tool-like beings created through replication eventually developed their own will.

But the ending was exceptionally tragic.

This made Zhao Yingkong extremely dissatisfied.

She hoped that Yuzuriha Inori would have a happy ending, a thought that grew stronger as she delved deeper into the plot of Guilty Crown.

"Sakura, get ready to meet Yuzuriha Inori."

Xu Feng instructed, "Inject the Void Genome from Yuzuriha Inori's hand into your body at the appropriate time... Fourth-order gene lock, continuously adjust the genes in your body to be able to exert some of the power of the Void Genome."

"In order to last until 240 days later, and only use the power after unlocking the gene lock when not necessary, even a fourth-tier powerhouse with an ordinary human panel should be able to easily roam this world. I will provide you with technological support within the world's limited scope."

The information depth of the gene lock ability is extremely deep. As long as it is a reincarnation world covered by the main god's ability, this ability cannot fail!
Zhao Yingkong nodded: "I understand..."

Xu Feng continued, "Then comes the newcomers... Mr. Yamanaka and Ms. Hazuki. You two will be working with Sakura Sora from now on. Hehe, in this cycle of reincarnation, you two ordinary people with no supernatural abilities will actually be very safe if you don't do anything unnecessary. Your survival probability is second only to mine."

"Especially when we veterans are attracting the attention of that unknown force."

Xu Feng handed two Gauss pistols with unlimited ammo to the two newcomers.

This weapon can easily destroy any weapon that human civilization in the story can manufacture; only some high-level void abilities can withstand it.

"Can we follow the captain forever?" Hazuki Mio, the idol among the newcomers, gripped her pistol helplessly.

She still felt safer following this mysterious and unpredictable captain.

"If you insist, that's fine with me; however, it may not be safe here. If the enemy is stronger than I anticipate, I won't be able to spare the time to protect you during the fierce fighting..."

Soon, Zhao Yingkong walked lightly toward Yuzuriha Inori.

After a moment's thought, the young man, Yamanaka Tsutomu, also left the auditorium.

He was just an ordinary person, and his speed was far inferior to Zhao Yingkong's, but the special glasses that Xu Feng gave him already projected Zhao Yingkong's future destination, allowing this newcomer to go there in advance and wait.

In addition, Koizumi Masao's creation of a human flew into the sky, assisting Zhao Yingkong from another angle.

This creation process will continue to test the dangers in this world.

After they disappeared from the small auditorium, Xu Feng snapped his fingers lightly again.

A protective shield shimmering with a faint golden light enveloped everyone.

"The God's protective shield?"

The reincarnators of the East Sea team were very familiar with the scene before them. Every time they entered the reincarnation world, they would face such a creation of the main god.

"Yes, it's not difficult for me to manifest the protective shield of the main god now."

Xu Feng sighed softly: "Unfortunately, I have never seen a treasure that is too precious. I can only try to take advantage of the main god and find some moves from the main god's mechanism that can make the 'Reality Materialization Illusion Technique' work powerful enough."

"With this protective shield in place, most of the dangers in the world will not affect us."

After the protective shield appeared, the space inside it gradually increased, allowing the reincarnators of the East Sea Team to have more room to move around inside, but the area they occupied on the outside became smaller and smaller, eventually becoming almost non-existent.

Next, this protective shield space established a connection with Masao Koizumi's creation, fixing the exit in the dream dimension of that creation, allowing the people inside the shield to observe the outside world from the perspective of that creation.

Near the top high school in Tianwangzhou.

Yuzuriha Inori was somewhat disheveled as she tended to her wounds. A strong will urged her to get into the nearby school as soon as possible, but the large number of GHQ soldiers in that area made her particularly conflicted.

Ten years ago, the Lost Christmas incident wiped out Japan's top leadership, and the entire country's order was thrown into chaos by the Apocalypse Virus.

GHQ is an aid organization jointly established by countries around the world. It manages the current situation in Japan, and its main task is, of course, to prevent the Apocalypse Virus from spreading from Japan to the rest of the world.

Human medical methods are completely ineffective against the Apocalypse Virus. In order to strictly control the virus, the GHQ's power in this region is virtually unchecked, naturally leading to instances of abuse of power.

In the anime, the second male lead, Gai Tsutsugami, forms Funeral Parlor, an organization to resist GHQ violence.

Yuzuriha Inori was originally a clone of Ouma Mana, and was intended to be the vessel for Ouma Mana's future resurrection. After Gai Tsutsugami rescued her from the laboratory during one of his operations, she became a member of Funeral Parlor.

Last night, the girl participated in the operation to steal the Void Genome under Gai Tsutsugami's command.

Currently, due to the disappearance of that important item, this area is under tight security. Even if she tries her best to hide, it's only a matter of time before she's discovered. If she rashly enters the school, she will be discovered immediately.

"Since the reincarnator suddenly appeared at Ouma Shu's secret base, is Ouma Mana, who has been secretly influencing Yuzuriha Inori, planning to change the location so that the two can meet?"

Zhao Yingkong stood in the shadows not far from the girl, quietly observing this character from the story.

"To save people from disaster...or perhaps..."

The handsome assassin emerged from the shadows, looking down at the exquisitely beautiful girl who resembled a porcelain doll.

Upon discovering the stranger, the small robot next to Yuzuriha Inori, which resembled a rice cooker, immediately launched an attack, shooting out a grappling hook.

Zhao Yingkong slightly shifted her feet to avoid the robot's attack, and pulled the small robot into her hand along the rope that was shot at her. She then opened the robot's cover and took out a reagent bottle containing the Void Genome.

The heavily injured Yuzuriha Inori shrank back, but groaned as she hit the wall.

"Is this the Void Genome? There's nothing special about it at all..."

Zhao Yingkong closed her eyes.

A brief dream appeared in her consciousness.

After exchanging words with Xu Feng for a while.

Without hesitation, the assassin girl plunged the Void Genome into the blood vessel in her neck, and a blinding beam of light shot straight into the sky, making even the rising sun appear somewhat dim.

After witnessing this scene, Yuzuriha Inori's pupils kept changing color.

An unnamed rage ignited in her heart.

Because of the severity of her injuries, she didn't have time to do anything, but the wounds were healing at a visible speed.

Zhao Yingkong no longer had the energy to pay attention to the girl who seemed a little off.

She had to focus all her energy on the Apocalypse Virus within her body.

This thing was multiplying wildly inside her body, with a large number of cells turning into crystals every moment.

In the fourth stage, the gene lock is activated to the maximum extent, and gene fragments are continuously adjusted to screen out genes that can resist the invasion of the Apocalypse Virus.

This caused purple crystals to continuously appear on the surface of her body, and those purple crystals were constantly decomposed under microscopic control.

At the same time, Zhao Yingkong also discovered that there was a special force in the Void Genome that restored the crystal cells back to normal cells, maintaining balance in her body.

"This power... the fragmented light of the soul has been preserved through the crystallization of the Apocalypse Virus?"

Zhao Yingkong glimpsed some fragmented images from this power.

The scene looked somewhat familiar to her.

Then he found the corresponding information in his memory.

“Skrug… So, is this why there are only three branches of the Void Genome?”

Scruggs is the protagonist of the Guilty Crown prequel game. Like Shu Ouma, he possesses the power of the king to extract the void from human bodies. However, his power of the king is incomplete, and once the void is extracted, the target will die.

Before entering this world, Zhao Yingkong spent some time learning about the prequel's plot.

In the game's storyline, the protagonist of the prequel escapes from a laboratory researching the Apocalypse Virus with the female protagonist Carol and investigates the mastermind behind it all, Dart.

During this process, Skruggie defeats Pastor, the ghost mech representing the past, and Prezett, representing the present, and extracts the final Thorn Crown from the palace of Carlo's son, representing the future.

In the end, he sacrificed himself to stop the 'Lost Christmas' that occurred due to Mana Ouma's loss of control, leaving him with only an arm.

The power residing in that arm is the core of the Void Genome!

"This is clearly the process of overcoming inner demons..."

Zhao Yingkong recalled the final choice in the game: "The protagonist in the prequel, whether he let go of his obsession and chose to ascend to heaven or bore all the sins, had essentially broken through his inner demons!"

"Do the three genomes correspond to the past, future, and present?"

"Fate... is indeed cruel!"

In that instant, Zhao Yingkong understood a lot of information in the plot and realized the importance of this void genome.

If the user of the Void Genome is an ordinary person, the enhancement process ends here.

Those who cannot fully control the power of the King can only imprint the power of the Void Genome on the back of their palms to gain the ability to extract the Void from the bodies of young people deeply affected by the Apocalypse Virus.

However, Zhao Yingkong has unlocked the fourth stage of the gene lock, and is only one step away from the mid-stage of the fourth tier.

The power from the Void Genome intertwined with some of her genes, and the double helix of light began to move from her arm all over her body.

The will within those cells continuously converges under the guidance of this double helix.

Ultimately, a question emerges deep within my soul: Who am I?

"I am Zhao Yingkong...born from nothingness, shaped by time, anchored in the present Zhao Yingkong...everyone has a different inner light, this is my inner light, determining what is my...anchor of origin!"

Zhao Yingkong opened her eyes: "I've clarified all the causes and conditions, no longer confused by my past identity, nor lost because of the complex relationships of the future..."

She gently touched her chest, conveying her will to another version of herself.

"Every deficiency has a chance to be remedied, and there isn't necessarily only one way... Every seemingly tragic sacrifice is essentially due to a lack of strength! I'm not that strong right now, but I've been given that opportunity!"

During the team battle against the Demon Team, Zhao Yingkong learned that Zhao Zhuikong planned to sacrifice herself to fulfill the wishes of her younger sister, who also had a defect.

But that's the reality.

That kind of self-righteous sacrifice is purely... self-indulgence.

Some people, seeing only one solution that involves extreme sacrifice, presumptuously assume that it represents the limits of God.

If one performs well enough to gain the favor of the main god, even if the reincarnator has flaws, the main god can arrange a world for the reincarnator to make up for those flaws!

Fortunately, the East Sea team, having consecutively defeated the Heavenly Team and the Demon Team with absolute advantages, has reached this level.

Zhao Yingkong felt that Zhao Zhuikong, who possessed extremely strong power as soon as he entered the world of reincarnation, could also have such an opportunity.

Unfortunately, he didn't seize the opportunity.

At this moment, the GHQ soldiers around noticed the commotion.

Seeing this, Zhao Yingkong couldn't help but smile: "Although we've drawn a clear line between ourselves, in this situation, we simply can't separate... Let's fight side by side in this battle, and then try to reconcile..."

Her palm hovered above her heart.

Immediately, a long sword was drawn from his body!

(End of this chapter)