Temperature Control in Academy City

In the aim phase, she can easily distinguish the difference between the two force fields. At the same time, these force fields become entities in reality, making it easier for her to separate them.

Of course, before cutting or destroying the core, the black ball filled with negative emotions must be eliminated.

At least we can't give them the chance to return to Misaka-senpai's brain.

Chapter 368: Half-broken Network

The phase formed by the aim diffusion field is inextricably linked to Academy City.

If Natsume knew more about phases, he would know that this phase has too many artificial traces.

These artificial traces exist in all aspects. Just the fact that the ability users act as batteries and continuously recharge this phase poses a huge problem.

At least in those naturally occurring phases, there is not such frequent energy exchange.

However, Natsume-san's associative ability is always very rich.

At this moment, I suddenly remembered an urban legend, the legendary "Mirage City", the "Imaginary Number District·Five Elements Organization" of Academy City.

The current situation is undoubtedly in line with this.

"It turns out that Academy City is so powerful." Natsume felt complicated.

Normally, she would be very happy about the strength of Academy City, which gave her an inexplicable sense of security, but in this situation, she couldn't seem to be happy.

At this time, a certain girl with a bun-like haircut has been completely brought into the perspective of the force field phase, looking at the physical universe with great curiosity.

The physical universe is a gorgeous yet empty stage, with numerous buildings and crowds of people. It is so quiet that it seems like a silent film from the past, as if all the colors have been dyed with a monotonous appearance.

There are energy blocks of varying sizes floating in it, which are merging into the larger phase bubble like bubbles, while also constantly changing the composition of the large bubble.

The transparent energy blocks flashed with unique ripples, releasing ability signals of different types and strengths, which were enough for people to distinguish them from each other.

It's easy to guess that this is the Academy City's ability users continuously releasing force fields.

At the same time, Natsume is unable to further perceive the microscopic level of the real universe.

This phase does not seem to have the concept of matter, and naturally it is impossible to observe the operation of the microscopic level in reality through it.

Even though it is extremely similar to the real world, with buildings, temperature, electricity, and light, all of these are fake worlds made up of aim force field energy.

However, in the lightless phase, the microscopic level can be perceived. Is it because there is matter there?

Natsume felt that everything there was quite material, at least it was consistent with his own perception.

However, there is the possibility of mutual conversion between matter and energy.

In fact, the lightless phase is just a phase that can convert energy into matter? And all the basic laws of physics happen to be the same.

Although she was thinking about something in her mind, Natsume's actions did not show any dissatisfaction at all. She was a girl who could do two things at once.

After thinking for a while, she immediately gave up the idea of ​​looking for the core.

Even if he could quickly move his senses to locate the core, the time it would take for his body to rush over would definitely be unacceptably long, at least Misaka-senpai couldn't wait there.

Then I can only try to cut the aim force field cluster on Misaka-senpai's body.

Natsume has already discovered that his senior was forced to connect to the Internet by the force field of Misaka Network, and what he did was to forcibly disconnect her from the Internet.

However, such an Internet outage can only interrupt the evolution process. If Kihara Gensei is not dealt with, the Misaka network will still find Misaka-senpai's brain again, and he can only temporarily take Misaka-senpai away from that person's sight.

Chapter 369 Traces

AIM's diffusion field is just a kind of energy, but when it gathers in reality, it has some properties of matter.

It is not difficult for Natsume to cut the force field aggregate.

The simplest power methods, such as water jets and air guns, can do this job.

The "gift" that Kihara Gensei left in Natsume's brain can serve as a scalpel this time better than conventional means.

Atomic disintegration, the fourth one’s special skill.

By destroying the internal structure of atoms, electrons are extracted. These electrons are neither waveforms nor particles, but still maintain a pure electronic form, which is a strange form between the two.

Since they cannot decide what form they will take, these pure electrons will be "stuck" on the spot, forming something like a wall.

The huge acceleration generated when releasing electrons will also be released at the same time, turning into unstoppable kinetic energy, shredding everything that stands in its way.

Simply put, atomic collapse not only has powerful offensive capabilities, but also has a wall-like barrier property in its attack path.

However, the blocking effect is very problematic because the attack dissipates too quickly. However, as long as the number and accuracy of atomic collapse are increased and the subsequent damage caused by indiscriminate use of light is ignored, an excellent defensive effect can still be achieved.

This type of defense has a very poor input-output ratio, and full-body defense requires at least one large-scale release of capabilities.

It might be a good trump card for the fourth one, and even give her the confidence to fight against Kakine Teito, but it is just icing on the cake for Natsume-san, after all, few people can beat her.

But I have to admit that atomic collapse does meet my current needs very well. It can not only cut the aim diffusion field aggregates, but also form a short-term barrier effect.

If Natsume-san releases it multiple times, he can leave himself enough time to transfer Misaka-senpai.

"It would be nice if Shirai-san was here."

Natsume was thinking about something inexplicably and urgently needed help from his teammates, but unfortunately the only helper around him was the white-haired guy who didn't get along with him.

However, with such a big thing happening, maybe Shirai-san had also received the news by now. After all, Miss Maru-hair easily found a few discipline committee members nearby.

As for the security teachers, they may have received the report call and are rushing over.

Fortunately, Natsume has almost grasped the situation, and she is confident that she can handle this matter in her own way.

Including that Kihara Gensei, everything will be solved. She already knows the reason why she can't find Kihara Gensei, and many problems have been solved.

"It's because of his multiple abilities. Invisibility may also be coupled with an unknown thermal system ability. No wonder I couldn't find him."

Looking through the force field phase, Natsume caught a mottled bubble of AIM diffusion force field. The abilities of various different signals merged together to form an extremely strange and ever-changing special AIM force field.

After a quick guess, Natsume concluded that it must be that Kihara Gensei.

When controlling Natsume's brain, Kihara Gensei probably knew the sensitivity of her heat perception.

In fact, it is Natsume's radar blind spot.

For example, a girl with a bun can distinguish the slightest change in heat to a few decimal points at most, and the range of the slight change in temperature that attracts the brain's attention is also very small.

This is exactly what Natsume-san is good at, and it can be said to be her Achilles' heel.

After obtaining this information, some research institutes will be able to create various combat weapons targeting her, not to mention that Natsume's temperature control range has also been leaked.

Therefore, as long as Kihara Gensei can make himself close enough to the ambient temperature and constantly make corrections as the environment changes, it will be easy for him to be removed from Natsume's radar.

"I must get my secret back."

A strong feeling of disgust surged through Natsume Sonoko's body. It was not a happy thing to have your brain controlled by someone, let alone a mad scientist.

She finally realized what it meant to use any means necessary and never underestimate the enemy's bottom line.

Her secret is known only to herself.

Natsume's biggest weakness is the inability to resist psychological control. In the past, he didn't feel any pressure when he was with Shokuhou-senpai, but now he feels like a huge mountain is pressing down on his heart.

Fortunately, she almost had a solution.

The lightless phase is used to extend the perspective to the atomic level, and the free electrons are manipulated by controlling the temperature themselves.

Natsume is becoming more and more certain that the essence of her ability, in addition to controlling the activity level (temperature) between molecules, also includes controlling more microscopic quantum motion.

A quantum can be understood as a considerable amount of a certain substance, that is, an aggregate of some indivisible elementary particles. It is the smallest unit that can exhibit the characteristics of a certain substance or physical quantity. Electrons can naturally be quantized as well.

Quantum motion is relatively uncertain, unlike macroscopic motion which can be summarized into some useful laws. However, the premise of all this is the existence of an observer.

Now Natsume has the ability to observe at the atomic level and even smaller levels.

The ability development can be carried out not only at the molecular level, but also freed from the dependence on the environment, mainly the total amount of macroscopic thermal energy and kinetic energy in the atmosphere, and can quickly establish its own control over electrons.

In that case, Natsume Sonoko could completely build her own electromagnetic barrier, and the situation today would be unlikely to happen again.

This kind of manipulation is probably similar to how Misaka-senpai controls electrons, but it is very different from a personal reality perspective.

Natsume-san's personal reality seems to be more applicable than Misaka-san's, after all, Misaka-san's control range is limited to electronics.

Other users of thermal system abilities may be similar, and Natsume-san is not the only one of his kind, but there is no doubt that the thermal system ability is one of the types of abilities that is most deeply related to the operation of the physical universe.

However, this does not explain the advantages and disadvantages of the two abilities. The degree of development is the most important criterion for measuring people with abilities.

After all, in this world of Magical Index, the four basic forces are connected, matter and energy can be transformed, and Natsume just took fewer detours.

In other words, the path of each person with special abilities is different, but the final destination will all point to the universe itself.

"The formula left by Kihara Gensei actually helped me. It allowed me to quickly master atomic collapse. With the help of the microscopic perspective, my accuracy can even exceed that of the fourth place."

Natsume knew exactly what he should do and returned his gaze to the real world.

However, it was too late for her to construct a new formula based on the microscopic level, so she could only use Kihara Gensei's old version for now.

Just like Natsume-san always leaves traces in Reiko's mind, some information about Kihara Gensei also remains with Natsume-san.

This has nothing to do with the ability to control one's mind. It is something that is bound to happen after using someone else's brain. However, Shokuhou-senpai usually erases these traces.

Kihara Gensei was forcibly driven away by a guy with a bun, so naturally there was no chance to erase any traces.

Chapter 370 Come on, big brother who plays vector

The knowledge from Kihara Gensei has been integrated into Natsume's understanding of atomic collapse, and various insights are constantly flooding into his mind.

Coupled with some of the experience she had gained from being forced to use it in actual combat not long ago, Natsume easily found a slightly perfect balance point through the phase perspective, which was enough for her to grasp this dangerous weapon.

The practical application of atomic destruction has been completely formed. Natsume adopted this best plan without hesitation, and at the same time looked around the entire battlefield, looking for the right time to take action.

The battlefield before them had changed drastically. Under Kihara Gensei's intentional or unintentional influence, the scale of the battle had affected an area of ​​several kilometers around.

The nearby buildings were burned and corroded by the power brought by the dark energy body. Before long, bare steel bars were visible to the naked eye. Large amounts of bricks and stones continued to fall off, and the resulting waste immediately filled a large area.

The crowd was evacuated urgently.

In other words, those curious citizens of Academy City had to give up their desire to watch the fun under the indiscriminate erosion of energy and evacuate in an orderly manner under the temporary command of the Discipline Committee.

There was a washed-out teddy bear on the evacuation road. Its little owner was struggling with tears in his eyes to pick it up, but was forcibly taken away from the scene by the responsible discipline committee member, leaving behind the lingering sound of sobs.

The deterioration of the situation became apparent as the sphere expanded.

Although the speed of this expansion was not fast, in just a few minutes it formed a huge monster with a direct radius of up to 100 meters and a deep radiation radius of more than 300 meters.

It was like an infinitely castrated version of a black hole that swallowed everything. Light from all around was continuously drawn in, and countless free electric charges entered it. The high temperature generated inside continuously dissociated the air into plasma.

After a while, the center of the dark sphere changed from black to red and black, as if it contained unimaginable huge energy, creating a dangerous yet beautiful atmosphere.

However, compared to the power of a true absolute ability user, Misaka-senpai's level 6, which has not yet fully evolved or is an extremely inferior version, can only be said to have shown the tip of the iceberg of the genuine version.

At least in terms of accumulating free energy and creating aim diffusion field tools, it is still in a relatively immature stage. Even under Accelerator's tireless attacks, it has been unable to gather an attack that could destroy Academy City.

Even though Accelerator's ability is very effective in restraining energy-type attacks, the effect is undoubtedly too good. The computing power that this senior can currently master alone is almost far beyond Accelerator's peak state.

Under normal circumstances, even if he couldn't defeat Accelerator, he wouldn't be suppressed so badly.

However, this probably has a lot to do with the fact that Misaka-senpai has lost all her sanity and can only act on the instinct of revenge. She is like a robot that cannot adapt, which is equivalent to another huge weakening.

And Misaka-senpai herself has always been right behind this black ball.

The two sides were almost tightly pressed together, only two or three meters apart at most, facing the bomb face to face without any scruples.

This is a huge taboo for people with special abilities. Except for the fourth person whose ability itself is highly dangerous, most people with normal abilities will choose to maintain a safe distance.

Even if these energy bodies are their own creations, they are all to prevent themselves from being destroyed.

To ordinary people, what Misaka-senpai did was like suicide.

Even if that black ball of energy gathered enough energy to destroy Academy City, Misaka-senpai herself would bear the brunt of the attack.

However, as far as the current situation is concerned, with the existence of Accelerator, the power contained in this black ball has been maintained at destroying an area of ​​several kilometers and half of the Seventh District, but it is unable to truly destroy the Academy City in one blow.

However, Natsume still has some doubts about this. Due to the lack of higher-level information, she cannot be 100% sure whether the absolute ability user will have some strange genetic mutations, causing him to no longer be afraid of attacks based on the aim diffusion field.

The young girl always likes to daydream. She is actually quite curious about level 6, but she is too lazy and lacks the motivation to make progress.

This is probably due to Natsume's personality. Maybe she is not suitable to be a strong person. She is just an ordinary girl who loves life and only desires power when she feels pressure.

No one can tell whether this is also in line with her true heart.

Or maybe it's just self-deception and self-consolation, living alone and bravely in this steel forest.