An infinite journey starting from paradise

What truly infuriated Gin was Pisco's recent behavior—his poaching of the organization's members. Gin noticed that Pisco had recently embezzled a large amount of the organization's funds and sent many of the organization's junior and potential members to work as laborers at a toy factory called Mifune Electronics. He pocketed all the money he earned.

This behavior is considered a betrayal of the organization. Even though Pisco is a veteran of the organization, Gin has the power to get rid of him.

Gin, however, was powerless. First, his limbs crippled by the police, leaving him temporarily disabled. Then, he lost Sherry, and his position in the organization plummeted. Even Tequila, who had been loyal to him, had sided with Bourbon. Only Vodka, also in a wheelchair, was left by his side.

Gin reported Pisco's behavior to that gentleman, but he never responded, as if he condoned Pisco's behavior.

"The corruption of veterans like Pisk has become an obstacle to the organization's development, and the newcomers are always mixed in with undercover agents, making it difficult to find fresh blood... How could our organization have become like this?"

In grief, Gin drank the liquor in the glass in one gulp, but Vodka next to him kept staring at the TV screen. The reason was that three members of the idol group "Earth Ladies" that he used to be a fan of also appeared at the press conference.

However, when Vodka thought about the idols he once pursued who were now working for the man who crushed his hands and feet, he couldn't help but feel sad.

Just as the two of them were spending their time sadly, another member of the organization walked into the cocktail bar.

Gin glanced sideways and found that there were quite a few people coming, all of them were middle-level members without code names. Then Tequila and Calvados also walked in with expressionless faces.

They stood on both sides of the bar's main entrance, as if welcoming someone. Then Piske walked into the bar and respectfully invited in a tall young man in black.

"Ah~ Gin-san~"

As soon as he appeared, Lin Shangren imitated Gin's perverted tone and said something a little disgusting.

The moment he saw Lin Shangren, Gin felt a chill all over his body. He wanted to draw his gun, but his hands trembled uncontrollably.

"BOSS!"

The members of the organization on both sides saluted at the same time, and the members of the organization originally in the bar also stood at attention and saluted.

At this moment, Gin was like Nicholas Fury from the Serpent Shield, playing a game of "Damn, I'm surrounded by moles." He stared at Lin Shangren in disbelief, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw his most loyal subordinate, Vodka, shakily standing up on crutches.

"Vodka! Why you too?!"

"Brother...my legs..."

Gin lowered his head and saw something black and sticky under Vodka's feet, crawling up his legs.

"Big...Brother..."

Vodka's eyes dimmed and his expression became dull, as if his soul had been drained out.

Such an unusual situation was completely beyond Gin's comprehension. At this moment, he heard Lin Shangren say, "Uozuka Saburo, right?"

"Yes..." A lifeless sound came out of Vodka's mouth.

Lin Shangren asked again: "Do you still remember your identity?"

"Gu...I..."

"You are a former KGB agent, ordered to infiltrate this large transnational criminal organization, right?" Lin Shangren said.

"I am? An undercover agent?... I am... uh... yes, I am undercover." Vodka's voice gradually became clearer from low.

"Then, who am I?" Lin Shangren asked again.

"You are the leader who leads everything, the absolutely wise decision maker, my master, I will always be loyal to you, Lord Lin Shangren. I swear to be loyal to you forever!!! Loyalty! Sincerity!" Vodka's eyes regained their spirit, and his tone became more fanatical.

"Vodka...what a joke." Gin watched all this in disbelief, as if he was the incompetent husband in some Japanese feature film who witnessed the whole process of being cheated on.

"What did you do to him?!"

"You'll know, Kurosawa Jin." Lin Shangren said with a smile, "Remember? Actually, you are an undercover agent of the Japanese Public Security Bureau."

His consciousness was invaded, his most difficult memories were peeped into, and then all his memories were stirred into a mess. As an ordinary human being, Gin was unable to resist the dual influence of the Heart Shadow and the Axis Seal.

Soon, Gin's memory and personality were completely overwritten, and he stood up and saluted like everyone else.

"loyalty!"

"Very good. Before your death comes, serve me as my nuclear-powered beast of burden, devoting yourself to the cause of justice until your death."

Hayashi Naoto clapped his hands in satisfaction, then used two drops of his blood to completely heal Gin and Vodka. Oh, these two should be Kurosawa Jin and Uozuka Saburo, the Metropolitan Police Department's specially hired interns. Hayashi Naoto looked forward to their contributions to curbing crime in Tokyo.

[You really have a bad taste, leaving them until the end and playing this trick.]

【Agreed. (?＞?＜)】

"It's because I was scared by them when I was watching Conan on TV as a kid. For these two childhood traumas, which were neither big nor small, it can be considered revenge if they also leave psychological trauma in their hearts." Lin Shangren answered in his heart.

[Is that so? No wonder the librarian in the library corpse case was beaten up like that by you before he was arrested.]

I'm guessing that old lady who had plastic surgery in the Blue Castle is going to suffer a lot too. (?ω?)

"Let's talk about it later. Let's deal with the current situation first. The only code-named members who haven't been controlled are Reina Mizunoshi, Rei Furuya, Chianti, and Vermouth. The two undercover agents are easy to find, but the latter two..." Lin Shangren looked at Gin, "Xiao Zhen, do you have any clues about their whereabouts?"

"Yes. I have Chianti's contact information. As for Vermouth, I don't know." Gin replied.

"Oh, then call her over." Lin Shangren said.

……

In just half a day, Hayashi Shangren had essentially taken control of the winery's entire presence in Japan. With the exception of Karasuma Renya and Vermouth, whose whereabouts were unknown, he controlled most of the senior management, and it was only a matter of time before he could control the rest.

Hayashi orders Gin to contact Chianti to meet her at the cocktail bar, but he's not going to wait around. Before Chianti arrives, Hayashi plans to visit another "slash youth"—part-time worker Toru Amuro, distillery bourbon, and Japanese public security officer Rei Furuya.

Lin Shangren learned from Tequila that Bourbon was secretly investigating the matter about Itakura Taku and the Duke of Dark Night. Lin Shangren happened to be very interested in this, so he could take the opportunity to arrange some new jobs for him to check on the progress of his investigation.

"They're recruiting computer geniuses. Their ostensible goal is to develop a virus that can completely eliminate all traces of their online activities, but they're actually secretly researching something even more 'dangerous'."

Thinking back to the genius boy Hiroki who developed the artificial intelligence Noah's Ark in the movie "The Phantom of Baker Street" and the organization's long-standing purpose, Lin Shangren also had a guess in his mind.

Chapter 438 is Ultra Seven, we are saved!

In the suburbs of Tokyo, Rei Furuya's safe house.

"NLP (natural language processing), ANN (artificial neural network), SNN (spiking neuron model), brain-inspired computing..."

Lin Shangren was sitting in a chair with his arms stretched out, looking through the information secretly collected by Furuya Rei and Tequila, while the part-time worker emperor of Beika Town himself was standing beside Lin Shangren somewhat stiffly.

Lin Shangren didn't brainwash Rei Furuya. Although he had an instinctive aversion to the Tokukoku (Japanese Public Security Bureau), Rei Furuya was a good person after all, and good people were always treated favorably by Lin Shangren. Lin Shangren simply revealed his full identity to Rei Furuya, stating his own high-ranking status, and had Rei Furuya's immediate superior call him. This Japanese wolf warrior, who valued the country above all else, smoothly cooperated with Lin Shangren, the "big leader."

Listening to Lin Shangren exclaiming in amazement while spouting some proper nouns and aliases that he couldn't understand at all, Jōgōu Ling wanted to ask curiously, but when he saw Lin Shangren's serious expression, he suppressed his curiosity.

"I have to say, on the metaphysical side, this world is only at a low level of magic, but on the scientific side... this is just too weird. Using a 32-bit fourth-generation processor, they can actually do such a brutal job."

As Lin Shangren had anticipated, the winery's recruitment of so many computer geniuses was truly aimed at developing artificial intelligence and mind uploading. Apparently, the immortality-seeking Old Dengs, seeing their physical ascension drug A making slow progress, had turned their attention to cyber ascension.

"If we could truly create highly intelligent AI, it could certainly aid in the development of Drug A. However, using AI for something as trivial as immortality is a waste of talent. It would be better to use it for something more meaningful."

In an instant, Lin Shangren's mind flashed with images of a series of supercomputers such as "Skynet", "Intelligent Brain", and "Prophet" from countless dystopian science fiction films.

Although Lin Shangren had already decided to rule the few worlds he had explored, his personality made him too lazy to assume supreme control. After all, such a task was too taxing. Even if he used his powers to brainwash and create a group of absolutely incorruptible, upright, and efficient civil servants, creating a political system unprecedented in human efficiency, subsequent iteration and maintenance would still be a problem. Creating an artificial intelligence system would be more convenient.

As for whether there will be any intelligent machine awakening or artificial intelligence rebellion, it is not a big deal for Lin Shangren, who can now control shadows, water, and electricity, and can be easily suppressed.

"I'll work on it next time I come back. Maybe after a few rounds of exploring the magical world, I can make some new discoveries to improve this thing."

Thinking of this, Lin Shangren wrote down the list of technical talents involved in the materials and prepared to hand it over to Tachibana Maya.

Seeing Lin Shangren suddenly stand up, Jiang Gu Ling finally asked, "Mr. Lin, what are you doing..."

Lin Shangren replied irrelevantly, "Officer Furuya, you no longer need to use the Bourbon identity. The organization will be completely wiped out soon. The neutralization process has already begun, and it will be completely liquidated in about two or three months. If you want, I can leave the job of shooting Gin personally to you."

"what?"

Lin Shangren's words left Furuya Rei somewhat bewildered. He stood there in a daze, but Lin Shangren reached out and patted him on the shoulder, continuing, "You can now live openly and honestly as Furuya Rei. If you'd like to shine in other positions, you can report to the Metropolitan Police Department's new department, DIE."

After he finished speaking, Lin Shangren's figure suddenly disappeared. Looking at the empty room, Jiang Gu Ling felt as if he had just been dreaming.

……

A few minutes later, Seven Star Entertainment Co., Ltd.

Since Gin hadn't been able to contact Chianti, Hayashi Shangren dismissed them after assigning them new tasks. He returned to his office and turned on the TV. Today was the premiere of Ultraman in this world, and Hayashi Shangren planned to watch Ultraman while packing the equipment he would need for his trip to Midgard.

"Ohhhh, here it begins!"

As the varied version of "Ultraman Song" sounded on TV, Lin Shangren became excited.

Using more advanced modern special effects technology to shoot the film and re-polishing and improving the script, Lin Shangren is confident that his version of "Ultraman" remade in the world of science will definitely become a classic that will accompany countless children in this world and even other worlds to grow up healthily.

"Heroes are necessary. Compared to monster-versus-monster battles like Godzilla, a giant hero who stands completely on the side of humanity, and a team of humans who use their own wisdom to defeat monsters, is more appealing to children."

This Ultraman movie is great, and the next Ultraman 7 will be even better!"

Lin Shangren's gaze shifted towards the red Ultraman Seven suit before him. Calling it a suit wasn't entirely accurate; it was, in reality, a combat suit crafted from the combined power of Dr. Agasa's physical enhancement suit and Lin Shangren's unique alchemical techniques. Adding some metal armor and a sword, it could rival Mobile Seven, perhaps even surpassing its capabilities.

The headband was crafted from a special metal found in Alfheim, a relic of the Hagarm royal family. Lin Shangren then used the [Furnace of Hundred Aspects Wedge] to fuse it with his flesh and blood and the materialized shadow. While its strength was far inferior to Seven's ice axe, it was still considered a divine weapon in the low- to mid-level martial arts world.

"If circumstances permit, I will personally play the suit actors for Tuan Moroboshi and Seven."

Thinking of this, Lin Shangren immediately put on the Ultraman Seven suit. Although the suit's shape was designed based on the most classic Seven image, due to Lin Shangren's overly muscular physique, the effect of the suit on him was more like the legendary instant kill king Seven X, except that his face was kinder and his arms were thicker but without the iconic large shoulder armor.

"So handsome."

Lin Shangren summoned a mirror, and then he performed Seven's classic fighting starting posture and Leo's cosmic boxing starting posture in front of the mirror.

"Coupled with the giant Buddha beads' ability to grow, I'm really becoming Seven."

"So, are you also ready to use a jeep to train your juniors?"

"To be honest, I really want to play Leo. Ah, the remake of Leo must seriously revise the script. No, no, I need to find a place to use the giant Buddhist beads to transform into Ultraman right now.

"Xiao Ai, how about you take me to Midgard first? We can confirm that the flow of time in these worlds is the same, so even if it doesn't stop, it won't delay anything." Lin Shangren said.

Just like all big boys who like toys, Lin Shangren is now eager to fulfill his childhood dream.

"Alright then. If we can lift the time freeze on that world, we can free up some resources to control those unexplored worlds."

Then, time is suspended, brave Lin Shangren, go and become a miracle! ?(?﹃??)】

Just when Ashrose was about to take Lin Shangren across the Sea of ​​Possibilities into the world of Midgard, a purple teleportation array suddenly lit up under Lin Shangren's feet, and the destination of the teleportation happened to be somewhere on Midgard.

[My Lord, this...?]

"Let's go from here, then."

Lin Shangren's expression under the leather suit suddenly darkened - he heard crying, wailing and desperate calls for help, and that sound came from the other side of the magic circle.

From a rational perspective, Lin Shangren shouldn't have acted so impulsively. But he's not just Lin Shangren now, he's also Ultraman Seven, a hero representing justice who can't remain indifferent to cries for help.

……

In the western part of Midgard, it is the border between the human empire Rufen and the dark elf kingdom Keludora.

Although the Rufen Empire and the Kairudora Kingdom maintained a temporary peace on the surface, frictions between the two countries still occurred in such border areas. Kairudora's dark elf border troops often disguised themselves as bandits to raid human villages in the border areas, and occasionally there would be large-scale massacres to kill innocent people and claim credit.

However, because the Rufen Empire's military strength was far inferior to that of the Kairudora Kingdom, the human garrisons at the border mostly turned a blind eye to this situation. What did the deaths of a few villages of border pariahs matter to them? They were a source of troops, and they couldn't pay much tax or provide much food.

However, with the outbreak of war between the Kingdoms of Keludora and Redgardo, some of the elites on the western border were transferred to the northern front, weakening the defense. The Rufen Empire also began a "revenge of the same kind," learning from their allies and raiding villages, reaping a large profit from the capture of Dark Elf slaves.

The dark elf border troops who had suffered losses therefore began to retaliate frantically, and the armies of both sides began a fierce competition in the sideline.

And tonight, a group of dark elf border troops disguised themselves as a group of horse bandits as usual, and rushed towards a village in the border area in a well-trained manner.

However, their purpose this time is not only to rob people of their money and property, but also to exterminate all humans in the village and chop off their heads and take them away. Since the recent looting by the human border troops has damaged the business of a senior officer on the dark elf side, he plans to collect a batch of human heads and send them to the chief officer of the human border troops as a demonstration.

However, just as this group of cavalrymen were breaking into the village with ease to rape and plunder, they saw a scene that they would never forget.

A giant, a silver and red giant appeared out of thin air and stood on the earth.

A thick darkness, emitting an ominous aura, enveloped the entire village, leaving only the living cavalryman outside. Within this eerie darkness, the red giant emanated a dazzling brilliance of fire and lightning.

"God..."

The dark elf cavalry, who were already blood-thirsty, were stunned on the spot. Then they heard the angry voice of the red giant: "Assholes! What have you done to my beloved humans?!"

The next moment, the light formed by the fusion of fire and thunder poured down like the Milky Way pouring back.

Chapter 439: The Amazing Giant Who Loves Life

The village burned in flames, the smell of burning protein in the air, the wails of human pain, the villagers who were impaled on long spears but still alive and begging for mercy and crying...

The moment he passed through the magic circle and reached the continent of Midgard, Lin Shangren's senses perceived these desperate scenes. Right where he landed, at his feet, was the body of a girl that had been torn into pieces, and next to her hand was a piece of parchment that had not yet burned out.

"Kill them all, string them all together, and chop their heads off with wind blades!"

"Hey, remember to keep a few kids so you can sell them after you're done playing."

Such sounds filled Lin Shangren's senses. Under the Ultraman Seven suit, Lin Shangren was furious.

"Unforgivable."

These tragic scenes seemed to touch the biggest shadow in Lin Shangren's heart and ignited his unprecedented anger.

Thick black shadows surged up from under Lin Shangren's feet like a wave. Darker than the night, the darkness quickly enveloped the entire village under the bright moon and firelight, extinguishing the flames and protecting the weak.

Lin Shangren, holding the big Buddhist beads in his hand, quickly expanded his body, and then a fifty-meter-tall silver-red giant stood on the ground in the solid darkness.