I am Jinshan Youxia

This ability can do even more.

Zhang Chengyi did not feel any strain. He clearly sensed that the touch-triggered power of the energy dissipation ability could be precisely applied to the psychic power at the microscopic level.

As long as one's brain can keep up and one's calculation ability is not a problem, one can take the interference of 'force' to the next level.

"Click~ Click~ Click~"

With a thought, Zhang Chengyi floated up, and everything around him seemed to lose its power and shattered rapidly, looking like the deletion with a shattering effect in a game.

The next second, Caoguo Town ceased to exist.

Only smokers remained, staring blankly at the potholed earth, their hearts filled with confusion.

Of course, Zhang Chengyi did not make things difficult for them. Soon, under the precise control of his energy-dissipating ability, their brains experienced slight oxygen deprivation, their eyes rolled back, and they fainted. Finally, they were carried into the sky and floated quietly.

The modifier's computing power is top-notch, and he can also temporarily borrow bodies from other worlds to perform calculations and overclock. In the world of A Certain Magical Index, even if the body he was in before logging in was only a LV2 esper, after logging in, he can directly unleash the power to the theoretical level of a LV6 absolute esper.

The combination of telekinesis and energy dissipation, which also requires computational abilities, could probably only achieve such a terrifying effect when applied to him.

The town of Kusako, now an empty lot, has nothing at all.

Only patches of tobacco were growing wildly on the ground, the green rapidly expanding outwards from the crematorium, engulfing nearly half of the original Caoguo Town in just a few seconds, looking quite eerie under the moonlight.

Then it stopped.

Zhang Chengyi thought it would multiply indefinitely, but in the end it was just like that.

Considering that the workers living here harvest tobacco every day, pulling up the tobacco shouldn't affect the rules regarding the loss of control.

perhaps.

But he felt that even if the rules regarding tobacco changed, it should be acceptable, at least he wanted to know what would happen if the rules were handled roughly.

With that thought in mind, he used his telekinesis to harvest all the tobacco and then used the ability of his telekinesis to precisely target the microscopic level, causing the internal structure of the tobacco to go out of control and collapse. Finally, it silently turned into imperceptible dust. He then used his telekinesis to knead this dust into a high-quality white ball and casually tossed it into his pocket.

That's it?

Zhang Chengyi landed where it should have been a crematorium. After landing, he was a little confused. The out-of-control rule [Tobacco] had disappeared.

This uncontrolled rule is somewhat similar to the Blood Jade Tree, both using humans as nourishment to spread.

The Blood Jade Tree parasitizes the human body, spreading through wounds and enhancing the human's craving for blood, thus distorting their mind. Meanwhile, the Tobacco Tree parasitizes crematoriums, requiring the ashes from human cremations. It bewitches those entering crematoriums to use tobacco grown from human ashes to make cigarettes, further enhancing their craving for tobacco and distorting their mind, ultimately leading to death from smoking and accelerating the generation of nutrients.

It's incredibly complicated, unlike the simple and straightforward methods like "mold" and "high-speed driving." I reckon it's been significantly altered by humans, much like the Magic Mountain.

Normally, at the crematorium, etc.

Zhang Chengyi suddenly realized the problem. The first body, which was undergoing a clone experiment in the laboratory, raised its head and said, "Have all the nearby crematoriums sealed off, and prevent anyone from entering or leaving. Investigate which crematoriums have tobacco growing there. The investigators need to be injected with [insurance bacteria]."

He now suspects that the missing tobacco may have been moved to another crematorium.

"Let's go, let's go back first." The second body flew out of the now-empty Caoguo Town, carrying the unconscious veteran smokers in the sky, called the security team members, and hurriedly left.

These people, whose minds have become so twisted, can no longer satisfy their senses simply by implanting microbes. Driven by the rules of tobacco, they will constantly try to kill people and burn ashes to produce tobacco, which is equivalent to becoming a small-scale spread point of out-of-control rules, and they must be brought under control.

The tobacco regulations are not difficult to handle. If it can be determined that the tobacco is following the crematorium, a crematorium can be built to contain it. However, the subsequent handling is very troublesome.

Nakatani cigarettes aren't just popular in Japan; they've been sold overseas for a long time. The more chaotic the place, the more people smoke Nakatani cigarettes. This product of uncontrolled regulations is much more addictive than ice.

If they can't all be dealt with, there's no point in talking about containment.

According to Keiichi Matsui's investigation, some local authorities deliberately allow tobacco regulations to run rampant because it makes it easier to control ordinary people. After all, even if you smoke Nakatani tobacco to death, it will take at least several years before you die. During this time, smokers are exceptionally obedient in order to get cigarettes.

Moreover, those who are already controlled by "tobacco" are less likely to be affected by other out-of-control rules, making them excellent candidates for exploring other species.

The origin of this thing is becoming increasingly suspicious...

Zhang Chengyi was thinking about the speculation that Matsui Keiichi had included in the appendix of the intelligence report. This guy suspected that the rule of tobacco control was likely specially cultivated by some old politician in Japan.

The evidence is that the investigation department has a special unit that is specifically responsible for exploring and investigating dangerous anomalies, and it purchases large quantities of Nakatani Tobacco every month.

But after Yamada, who wielded the 'sword,' died, all of these special units also died, proving that they were all monsters who had died but were revived by the sword using the rules of life force.

First, they die from smoking, then they are resurrected through a sword. They control others with tobacco, replenish their life force periodically, and fight to the death against the aliens. Even if they die, they can quickly select from among the dead smokers...

Putting aside moral issues, in this worldview, using human lives to exploit out-of-control rules is already a relatively good solution.

The more people die under the uncontrolled rules, the easier it is to create even bigger trouble. Using the rules in this way is like drinking poison to quench thirst.

If we take it a step further, according to Keiichi Matsui's speculation, even the creation of tobacco regulations was rife with official manipulation.

"Should we say that the world forces people to act like ghosts, or that humans are most capable of sacrificing themselves?"

Chapter 331 The Bat Woman

Regardless of what secrets lie behind tobacco, that's all in the past.

Zhang Chengyi only just realized that the biggest thing he had done so far that changed the world's格局 (geju, a term referring to the overall situation or structure) was actually killing a guy who had come to provoke him.

After Yamada's death, all those he had resurrected died on the spot. The political situation changed, and part of Japan's defenses against supernatural beings collapsed, triggering a series of chain reactions.

"Your Highness."

The member of the security team with the ability to neutralize force peeked out from the front, hesitantly asking, "You, how did you do that just now?"

As someone who also possesses the ability to neutralize force, he knew very well that Zhang Chengyi had just used force neutralization, but he was somewhat puzzled as to how he could achieve such a level.

In addition, having spent a lot of time with His Highness recently, I naturally know that he is not a cold and authoritative boss, which is why I dared to ask.

"Want to know?" Zhang Chengyi smiled and reached out, transmitting his memory and images—capable of accurately calculating microscopic forces using mental power—through telepathy.

With just a little bit, the person with the ability to neutralize energy felt dizzy and his face showed discomfort. After a while, he recovered and rubbed his temples, saying, "So it was telekinesis, but telekinesis..."

He still didn't quite understand. At this point, his lack of understanding wasn't due to a lack of comprehension, but rather a belief that it was impossible. He then wondered if only divine power could amplify his abilities to such an exaggerated degree.

Zhang Chengyi saw through his thoughts at a glance and explained, "Theoretically, you can do it too. It's not very complicated. If your computing power, brain, and nerves are good enough, you can use your mental power to analyze the microscopic level. It's not difficult to do this."

Of course, this is outstanding enough that in the world of A Certain Magical Index, it would be at least a Level 5 esper.

Within this world's worldview, reaching the LV5 level of superpowers isn't particularly difficult. The enhancement effect of supernatural bacteria on the body hasn't reached its limit yet. Multiple bacteria can cross-enhance, and symbionts in laboratories obsessed with using bacteria to enhance themselves have already touched the edge of the magnetic field rotation in the Sea Tiger world.

With the assistance of other microbial communities, and if this continues to strengthen, according to calculations, within a few decades at most, a group of microbial madmen will appear on Earth. If they continue to strengthen for several hundred years, the humans of this world will be able to go to the Dragon Ball set and fight a regular Saiyan. Destroying the planet will be a piece of cake.

The potential is definitely high, but the problem is that there simply isn't that much time.

The speed at which the gut microbiota can be strengthened is limited, and there's no way to enhance it through cultivation or similar means. It can only be done slowly over time; the longer you live, the stronger you become.

However, there are indeed differences in their application. Even with the same level of ability, it depends on how it is used. In the area of ​​mental manipulation, even Zhang Chengyi is not as adept as Matsui Keiichi. He is born with the ability to perceive the emotions and thoughts of others. After decades of scheming and intrigue, he has developed his senses, hormones, and mental transmission to the best of his ability.

Moreover, while others were learning, Keiichi Matsui was constantly making progress. He became a spiritualist purely because of his hobby and personality, so he naturally had enough motivation to research and improve.

As a symbiotic member of the microbial community, the energy-dissipating user completely believed the words of the microbial leader. From body to mind, he had no reason to doubt Zhang Chengyi, and an excited expression appeared on his face.

"Thank you, Your Highness." He was already fantasizing about going back and quickly implanting psychic bacteria and a large number of bacteria that could develop the brain and nerves to cultivate his abilities.

From an outsider's perspective, Zhang Chengyi's performance just now was too exaggerated. He easily erased everything around him, truly no different from a god.

142 years

Zhang Chengyi roughly calculated the time it took for the other party to strengthen their performance to match his earlier actions through telepathic communication.

Well, all I can say is that there's a lot of room for improvement.

[If I were willing to share my computing power, they could use the same level of ability, and bypass the limitations of my physical body. If they worked together, given the current number of power-absorbing individuals, we could probably wipe out Japan in an instant.]

He suddenly realized that if he continued to develop, in ten years at most, when he had discovered all the power-consuming individuals in the world, he would be able to leave Earth just by relying on superpowered individuals.

Combined with the ability to create explosions or other forces, it would be entirely possible to take all of humanity to the moon for refuge.

It's a possible path.

Zhang Chengyi's first body immediately noted down this project to be developed in the laboratory memo.

If technological and mechanical solutions fail, the superpowers granted by microbial communities will be humanity's last resort.

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In the laboratory.

"Your Highness, something has happened."

Goro Furuhata rushed in, placed the documents in his hand on the table, and said with a serious expression, "The security team discovered that a flying humanoid target was stealing babies in the city at night. It was very fast and had a high level of intelligence. They couldn't catch it."

Zhang Chengyi opened the file, which contained a stack of photos. The figures of the targets in the photos were somewhat blurry, but their faces were clear. They were obese, with sharp teeth showing in their mouths, and pure white eyes.

It's probably a woman, since she has breasts, but I can't be sure.

The key point is that this thing has a pair of bat-like wings on its back. Judging from the size of the wings, without some superpowers, it probably wouldn't be able to carry this woman at high speeds.

The first thing that comes to mind when you see bat wings is a demon, but do demons even exist in this world?

Or is it simply a case of rules spiraling out of control?

Judging from their clothing, they are likely Japanese.

"Check if she's a Japanese resident, and also check where other babies have been lost nearby. Try your best to pinpoint his or their location," Zhang Chengyi ordered. "Once you've located the baby, lead a team to investigate."

"Remember to pay attention to the containment regulations. I'll have Matsui Keiichi cooperate with you."

He couldn't do everything himself. He had two bodies; one had to stay in the lab and was the core of the extraordinary microbial system, so it couldn't be lost, while the other was searching for tobacco and inspecting the out-of-control rules around N City, so he couldn't spare the time.

Moreover, the fact that he needs a sufficient number of infected people around him to move around means that he cannot explore alone.

It's a good opportunity to train the security team; if any problems arise, there's always a safety net in place, and he can take over the team at any time.

"Yes," Goro Furuhata replied and quickly left.

Who knows if the baby that thing kidnapped will survive? Every second counts.

Zhang Chengyi dialed Matsui Keiichi's number: "How's it going on your end?"

"They are willing to live in harmony with us." Matsui Keiichi's voice carried a hint of contented languor. "Your Highness, is there anything I can help you with?"

“A monster that abducted babies has been discovered in N City.” Zhang Chengyi said bluntly, “I’ve sent Goro Furuhata to investigate. Please cooperate.”

“Okay.” Matsui Keiichi became serious.

Chapter 332 Shirabe Village

One day later, in Shirabe Village.

It is empty and desolate.

This was Goro Furuhata's first impression: the roadside was overgrown with weeds, and ordinary people had to take a bus that only came once every three days to get back. There were no crops in the fields, and they looked like they had been abandoned for a long time, with weeds that were already waist-high.