Anime Crossover: Post-Apocalyptic Survival, My Stand is the World

'Should I just manually create a max-level World Tree on the spot as a tutorial for newbies?'

'Just how many more GM-level cheats is this guy hiding that we don't know about?'

Yukino and Erina, on the other hand, instinctively covered their mouths with their slightly trembling hands.

They had to do this to barely suppress the gasp of awe and shock that was about to escape their lips.

They looked at Su Chen, and their eyes no longer held the complex identities they had before, such as companion, leader, queen, and strategist.

Those role labels based on human social relationships seem so insignificant and laughable in the face of this miracle.

In their hearts, only the purest, most primal faith remained, like that of the ancient ancestors who, upon first witnessing lightning and fire, looked up to their living gods.

It turns out that everything they had been arguing about before was actually true.

Those anxieties about survival, those arguments about the route.

Compared to this man's power, it was utterly insignificant.

He was alone.

This team, and indeed this post-apocalyptic world, is the only hope.

Chapter Ninety-Six: The Judgment of the Fruit of God

Dead silence.

Like the absolute stillness that followed the first day of the apocalypse, after the catastrophe that destroyed the entire civilization, a stillness that made one's heart stop beating.

Yukino Yukinoshita, Utaha Kasumigaoka, and Yui Yuigahama stared blankly at the plant bathed in the golden afterglow, at the fruit that resembled a small sun, feeling their perception being completely reshaped by a gentle yet irresistible force.

The brain is blank.

Sora and Shiro, the brother and sister who call themselves the gods of games, are like two statues witnessing the descent of a god before a temple, completely losing all reaction.

In their eyes, there was only that dazzling gold, and nothing else mattered.

Only Alice Nakiri.

This is a staunch believer who regards science as the ultimate authority.

Although she was equally shocked by the scene before her, her soul seemed to tremble, but her soul, belonging to a top-tier "283" scientist, and her irrepressible desire to explore the unknown, still compelled her to react instinctively.

She frantically rummaged through her high-tech silver briefcase and pulled out a portable energy detector that looked like a futuristic probe from a science fiction movie.

Then, with slightly trembling hands, she aimed the probe of the detector at the golden tomato tree that was still emitting a faint golden light.

drop.

The detector's holographic screen lit up, and a blue data stream began to scroll rapidly across it.

Next!

Drip, drop, drop——

A shrill, urgent alarm, sounding as if it were about to explode from overload, instantly pierced the deathly silence of the area, making everyone's eardrums ache.

On the screen, all the previously orderly data streams collapsed in an instant.

They turned into a garbled, crimson mess of errors and unknowns, representing the incomprehensible.

No...impossible.

Alice stared blankly at the energy readings on the instrument that had completely exceeded the limit, and the rows of cold, constantly popping error messages such as "Unable to resolve," "Exceeds cognitive threshold," and "Data model crash."

A look of bewilderment appeared on her usually confident and composed face.

The science she believed in and upheld, those laws and formulas that she was so proud of, which could quantify everything in the world.

Before me stood this irrational, miraculous plant, born out of thin air.

It appeared so pale, powerless, even ridiculous.

……

Su Chen ignored the silver-haired scientist who had begun to question the meaning of life.

Because he knew that any explanation in language was meaningless in the face of this miracle.

His gaze was gentle as he looked at the small miracle he had created with his own hands, and the divine fruit that contained all the life essence of the [Golden Experience].

He could feel a strange, blood-like connection between them and himself.

He slowly reached out and, under the gazes of awe and disbelief, gently plucked the golden tomato, which was like a work of art, from the branch.

The moment the fruit leaves the branch, the entire plant dims its radiance, as if it has dedicated all its glory to this unique creation.

The fruit felt warm and heavy to the touch, as if it still carried the pulse of life, gently pulsating in his palm.

A vast, pure, and unadulterated life energy flowed slowly into his body from his fingertips, like a weary bird returning to its nest.

His mental energy, which was slightly depleted from using the [Golden Experience] for the first time, was restored to its peak state almost instantly under the nourishment of this energy, and even surpassed it.

'Goodness…'

Su Chen was once again deeply moved.

'This thing…'

'Not only is it edible, but it's also a renewable, large-scale mana-restoring potion!'

He turned around and, in the silence, slowly walked to the blonde queen who was closest to him and was also completely stunned.

Nakiri Erina.

At this moment, she had long lost her usual queenly aura. She simply stood there blankly, her violet eyes reflecting the golden light of him and the fruit in his hand, like a devout and bewildered saint witnessing a miracle for the first time.

Su Chen slowly handed the golden tomato, which still radiated an enticing luster and vitality, to her.

"Try it."

His voice was soft, yet it carried an undeniable allure, like the ancient serpent in the Garden of Eden.

"Queen Nakiri".

"This is the real divine ingredient I prepared for you."

"..."

Erina Nakiri stared blankly at the fruit before her, a fruit that seemed to belong only in mythology, then looked at the god-like man who had created it...

For the first time, her proud heart, belonging to the Tongue of God, began to beat uncontrollably, the sound like a drumbeat that she could clearly hear herself.

Trembling, she slowly extended her hands, hailed as the "most noble in the culinary world," and accepted the forbidden fruit that seemed to still carry the warmth of the other's body.

Then, under the watchful eyes of everyone filled with curiosity, envy, and jealousy, especially from her cousin Alice, whose gaze was almost tangible.

Erina slowly brought the golden fruit to her lips.

She opened her noble, cherry-like mouth, which could judge all the deliciousness in the world, and gently took a bite of the fruit that seemed to be formed from light.

Click.

The crisp sound was like the first thunderclap before the creation of the world.

That moment.

boom--

A torrent of life that defies description in any language, the most primal, the purest, transcending all concepts of taste—sweet, sour, bitter, spicy, salty, and umami.

It exploded instantly in her mouth, deep within her soul.

That doesn't taste like it anymore.

That was Genesis.

It is the singularity of the Big Bang, the birth and death of stars, the appearance of the first single cell on Earth, the transition of life from the ocean to the land, and the journey from barbarism to civilization.

It is that magnificent epic of life, spanning billions of years.

Everything, in that instant, was compressed into the purest form of "information," transcending language and logic, and forcibly poured into her mind.

Her prized "divine tongue," capable of pinpointing even the smallest difference in salt content—a difference of 0.01 grams—was on full display at this moment.

Before this divine fruit, created by the very hands of "God".

first…

Because the composition of this flavor that transcends dimensions cannot be deciphered.

Because it was overwhelmed by that enormous flow of life information.

And it fell into the happiest, sweetest, and most complete shutdown state.

"what…"

Her thin lips, which were always tightly pursed in arrogance and exuded queenly majesty, parted slightly uncontrollably.

She let out a soft moan filled with happiness and intoxication, a moan that would make any man's bones melt.

Her body lost all strength and slumped backward uncontrollably.

It was as if their souls had ascended to heaven in that exquisite taste, never wanting to return.

Chapter 97 The Fruit of God and the Queen's Submission

Hisako reacted almost the instant Erina swayed. Her movements were lightning fast. Just before her young mistress was about to collapse to the ground, she rushed over and steadily supported her with her own body.

"Miss Erina. Are you...are you alright?"

Her voice was filled with anxiety and worry. She had never seen Erina so distraught; it wasn't just physical exhaustion, but more like a mental collapse.

However, the answer she received was a face she had never seen before, belonging to Erina Nakiri.

The girl, who had always been as proud as a canary—no, like a phoenix surveying its territory—was now leaning against her without any defenses.

Her cheeks were flushed, a healthy rosy glow emanating from within, even carrying a hint of sacred radiance.

A glistening tear still clung to the corner of her eye, as if she had just undergone a baptism that purified her soul.

Those beautiful violet eyes, which were always full of majesty and scrutiny, were now filled with a hazy, dreamlike quality, as if reflecting a vast starry sky, so deep that one could not see the bottom of them.

Her soul seems to still be wandering in that grand illusion of the birth of the universe and the origin of life, not yet fully returning to this mortal body.

My whole being felt as if I had been completely purified by the torrent of "miracle of life" contained within that golden tomato.

The weariness, unease, fear, and gloom that had accumulated deep within her heart due to the arrival of the apocalypse were things she herself hadn't fully realized.

At this moment, everything was completely washed away by that warm yet domineering power.

"..."

"Isn't that...too exaggerated?"

Looking at the scene before her, which could be described as a live version of "food-induced clothing explosion," Yui Yuigahama muttered in disbelief.

"It's just a tomato, isn't it?"

"Is it really that delicious? So delicious that it can make you feel like you're in heaven?"

"No, that's no longer in the category of 'delicious'."

Beside her, Kasumigaoka Utaha wore an extremely solemn expression.

Looking at Erina's dazed state, she said in an almost soliloquy tone, "The purest concept of 'happiness' was forcibly and irresistibly written into her cerebral cortex, bypassing all logical judgment and emotional defenses."

"It's just like..."

She glanced at the man who remained calm throughout, as if he had simply planted a potted plant casually.

"A banned drug for psychopaths."

Moreover, it has no side effects and is only addictive.

……

"I do not believe!"

Just as everyone was still in awe of the scene before them, a spirited shout filled with defiance and scientific exploration rang out.

It's Alice Nakiri.

This staunch believer in science burst out of the crowd in a single stride, like a silver leopard discovering a new toy.