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Ultimate Evolution System

[Host: Lin Chen]

[Race: Tiger-type Orphnoch (Complete Form)]

Core Attributes:

[Body Condition 57/149]

Agility 50/139

Spirit 51/103

Lifespan: 55 years

Evolution Points: 6

Ability 1: Echo Guardian - Life Anchor

Ability Effect: By using one's own life energy, an invisible "life anchor" can be placed on a designated "protected object." The anchor will record the object's health and life status. When the anchored object suffers fatal damage and its vital signs are about to dissipate, one can instantly sacrifice one's own life energy to forcibly reverse the object's life status back to the moment of anchoring, thus negating all fatal damage.

Cost of Ability: Each time you reverse a fatal blow from another, it consumes your own life essence, reducing your lifespan.

Ability 2: Tiger Hunting Domain - Critical Prediction

Ability Effect: Unfolds a "Tiger Hunting Domain" with a radius of 500 meters centered on the user. Within the domain, the user can sense all deadly threats to themselves or the protected object in advance and can predict the "future" 3 seconds in advance. At the same time, speed, explosive power, and dynamic vision will be doubled within the domain.

Cost of ability: It will accelerate the consumption of life essence.

Although every ability comes with a price, Lin Chen couldn't help but marvel at their practicality. The first ability, Echo Guardian - Life Anchor, seemed to be the method Momose used to revive Orphnoch, and he himself had somehow acquired this ability. As for the second ability, it seemed to be exclusive to bosses. He just didn't know if these abilities could be used in his human form.

Another hour passed, and Lin Chen remained in the form of a silver-armored tiger-type Orphnoch, unable to transform back into a human. He stood in the center of the room, repeatedly trying to suppress the Orphnoch factors within his body, but the silver armor, seemingly forged from refined iron, remained completely fused with his flesh and blood, unmoving.

However, compared to the inability to resolve the issue of the shape, another unusual fluctuation was more concerning to him.

The evolved mental perception has been greatly enhanced, and at this moment it can clearly detect a faint trace of alien life in the photo studio. — Remembering that this is the world of Kamen Rider Kabuto, perhaps some alien insect has infiltrated through mimicry.

He pushed open the door and walked into the living room.

In the living room, Hikari Natsumi was whispering something to Tsukasa Kadoya, her tone tinged with worry; Yusuke Onodera sat on the sofa beside her, nodding occasionally in agreement, the atmosphere somewhat somber.

Lin Chen's gaze instantly locked onto "Kadoya Tsukasa".

His appearance, clothing, demeanor, tone of voice, and even his nonchalant and unrestrained expression were exactly the same as the real Tsukasa Kadoya, without a single flaw. But in front of Lin Chen's perception, all the disguises were exposed—beneath that skin pulsed the cold and turbid life energy of the alien insects, which was completely different from the fresh and warm aura of humans.

fake.

He immediately recalled a scene he had witnessed in his previous life: the Worms mimicked Tsukasa Kadoya, and Tsukasa Kadoya staged a famous scene of "I'm fighting myself".

Lin Chen suppressed the urge to immediately kill him, a playful smile curving his lips. Since he'd stumbled upon this spectacle, he might as well observe and witness this classic scene unfold.

Lin Chen didn't immediately point it out, but instead walked up to the group without making a sound.

"Lin-kun?" Hikari Natsumi was the first to notice him, a hint of doubt flashing in her eyes. "Why haven't you turned back into a human form yet?"

"The evolution isn't completely over yet, so we can't revert back for now," Lin Chen explained casually, his tone calm. "It should be fine in a while."

Guang Xia Hai nodded knowingly and didn't ask any further questions.

Just like in the original story, not long after, the real Tsukasa Kadoya pushed open the door from the outside and entered, followed by a young man—"Shin," the counterpart of Shin Kagami.

As soon as he entered, his gaze fell abruptly on Lin Chen, his pupils contracted sharply, and he immediately drew his self-defense weapon, pointing the muzzle directly at Lin Chen in his silver armor form, and shouted sharply, "Alien Insect!"

In his eyes, this body, covered in silver armor and inhuman in form, was no different from the monsters that attacked humans.

"Wait! Shin, don't shoot!" Tsukasa Kadoya and Natsumi Hikari stepped forward to stop them at the same time.

"He's not an alien insect!" Guang Xiahai hurriedly explained, "His name is Lin Chen. He was originally human, but he experienced some accidents that turned him into this. He won't hurt us!"

Xin hesitated, looking at the group before glancing at Lin Chen. Lin Chen, now entirely silver and impeccably armored, possessed a cold, ruthless beauty rather than the usual grotesque ferocity of the monsters, truly unlike those vicious alien insects. He hesitated for a moment, then slowly lowered his gun.

Lin Chen didn't care at all and just stood quietly to the side.

Hikari thoughtfully served Shin a cup of warm black tea. Shin held the teacup, his tense expression easing slightly, and began to tell everyone about the enemy of this world—the Zerg.

They can perfectly mimic human appearance, memories, personality, and even habits and emotions, lurking in human society and difficult to distinguish.

As soon as he finished speaking, the living room fell into a deathly silence.

Everyone belatedly realized a chilling truth:

There are now two Tsukasa Kadoya here.

One of them must be a different kind of insect.

The mimicry of the alien insects is so flawless that it is impossible to distinguish the real from the fake based solely on their appearance and behavior.

Yusuke Onodera frowned, while Natsumi Hikari's gaze shifted between Tsukasa Kadoya and Kadoya. Only Lin Chen knew in his heart that the show was about to begin.

He stepped forward and looked at Guang Xiahai: "Xiahai, there's a way to tell them apart. Come here and point at him."

Lin Chen gestured to the imposter, Tsukasa Kadoya.

"Call him?" Guang Xiahai was taken aback. Although he was puzzled, he still obediently stepped forward.

The fake Tsukasa looked completely bewildered, but still didn't dodge.

Guang Xiahai stretched out his finger and gently touched the neck of the fake.

The next second, a bizarre scene unfolded.

The fake Tsukasa Kadoya trembled, his eyes instantly reddened, and tears welled up without warning, his emotions collapsing inexplicably.

Those who are being ridiculed and pointed out will only laugh.

The truth is obvious.

"You...you guys..." The fake Tsukasa Kadoya cried out, his face suddenly changing as he realized he had been completely exposed. He shoved Hikari Natsumi aside and turned to run wildly out the door.

"Don't run!"

Tsukasa Kadoya gave a low shout and immediately gave chase, with Natsumi Hikari close behind.

A flicker of excitement flashed in Lin Chen's eyes; he couldn't miss this long-awaited moment. Completely disregarding that he was still in his Orphnoch form, he strode forward and charged out with the two of them.

Three figures, one in front and two behind, quickly caught up with the frantic fake Kadoya Tsukasa. Lin Chen jumped directly into Kadoya Tsukasa's path.

"Where do you think you're going, you fake?" Tsukasa Kadoya said.

Seeing that he had nowhere to escape, the fake Tsukasa Kadoya calmed down, turned around, and provoked him with the same arrogant tone as Tsukasa Kadoya: "How can you be so sure you're the real one?"

The real Tsukasa Kadoya looked impatient and didn't bother to waste words with him.

"Kamen Ride! Decade!"

A high-pitched transformation sound rang out, and crimson armor instantly covered his entire body—Kamen Rider Decade had arrived.

Seeing this, the fake Tsukasa Kadoya, far from being afraid, laughed even more wildly, stepping forward and poking Decade's breastplate with his finger: "Come on, if you've got the guts, hit me. Do you dare to lay a hand on yourself?"

He perfectly inherited Tsukasa Kadoya's personality, becoming extremely arrogant.

Tsukasa Kadoya didn't say a word to him, and instead threw a punch that slammed hard into the head of the fake Tsukasa Kadoya.

"Bang!"

The fake Tsukasa Kadoya screamed, clutched his head, and squatted on the ground, tears and snot streaming down his face, his arrogance completely gone.

Tsukasa Kadoya followed closely behind, delivering another powerful punch that sent him flying.

The fake Tsukasa Kadoya crashed heavily to the ground, furious and unable to maintain his human form any longer. His body swelled with green light, twisting and expanding, revealing his true form—a monstrous insect-like creature with a gruesome, emerald-green body, none other than the Worm from Kamen Rider Kabuto.

The show is over, it's time to wrap it up.

As soon as Lin Chen thought of it, he moved and instantly appeared in front of the alien insect.

The silver-armored hand clenched slightly, without using any fancy moves, simply swiping out a claw.

"Sizzle—"

The sharp blades tore through the alien insect's body as easily as slicing tofu, green blood splattering everywhere. The alien insect didn't even have time to scream before its body exploded.

[Ding! Killed a Zergling (unmolted), gained 1 Evolution Point!]

Lin Chen withdrew his hand and was about to turn around and meet up with Kadoya Tsukasa when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a girl walking slowly down the street not far away.

The girl looked to be no more than ten years old, with an innocent appearance, but in Lin Chen's perception, her life fluctuations were not like those of a normal human—she was an alien insect!

He took a step forward, preparing to deal with them as well, when suddenly a scene flashed through his mind without warning!

In the scene, he had just taken a step towards the girl when a red streak of light flashed by as if teleporting, its speed too fast for the naked eye to detect. Before he could react, he was blasted away by a terrifying force, but he was not seriously injured.

The speed of the red figure had exceeded the limit, reaching an unbelievable level.

Lin Chen's pupils contracted sharply, and he stopped abruptly in his tracks.

The image disappeared, and only a moment passed in reality. Lin Chen knew that his second ability had been activated.

He slowly raised his foot, not rushing towards the girl, but taking a small step to the side to test the limits of the red figure.

Just as his toes touched the ground—

"Whoosh—!"

The sound of something cutting through the air was extremely sharp.

A bright red figure appeared out of thin air in front of Lin Chen as if by teleportation, without any warning, so fast that only a blur remained.

Because Lin Chen had a premonition of what was happening, he was prepared and reacted almost instantly the moment the red figure appeared.

"Transform!"

A burst of dark golden light erupted, and the Earth Emperor Armor instantly covered his entire body, revealing his ferocious and majestic Orga form.

"clang--!!"

A piercing clang of metal clashing.

The crimson figure's blade clashed violently with the Earth Emperor's breastplate, sparks flying everywhere.

Lin Chen felt a tremendous force coming from him, and he staggered back several steps before regaining his balance. Only a shallow white mark remained on his chest armor, which was not broken.

Tsukasa Kadoya also saw the red figure that attacked Lin Chen and uttered a name: "Kabuto King".

Kamen Rider Kabuto, with his bright red body and sharp design, moved quickly around.

Hearing Tsukasa Kadoya call out Kabuto's name, Lin Chen understood why he had been attacked. Because of Kabuto's cool and collected demeanor, Lin Chen had watched the TV series. In the show, Kabuto was a siscon (sister complex), protecting his sister even though she wasn't human.

In the foresight he just saw, he was ambushed by Kabuto King without warning precisely because he was about to attack that girl.

That seemingly ordinary Worm girl must be the sister of the Kabuto King of this world.

Having figured this out, Lin Chen immediately raised his hands to indicate that he meant no harm and said loudly, "I mean no harm!"

Kabuto was still moving, but Lin Chen could no longer sense any killing intent.

But Lin Chen knew that Kabuto King hadn't left at all; it was moving at high speed in the vicinity.

Even though his speed was so fast that it was impossible for the naked eye to detect, the fluctuations in his life energy could not escape Lin Chen's perception.

Just then, the girl seemed to sense something, slowly turned her head, and saw Decade and Orga transformed on the street.

Surprisingly, she showed no fear whatsoever.

Tsukasa Kadoya looked at the girl thoughtfully, then gazed in the direction where Kabuto had disappeared, as if he understood something: "It seems that Kabuto has been protecting her all along. There must be some kind of relationship between the two of them."