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Just as drugs are developed to kill viruses, once a virus that aims to destroy life comes into contact with life, the solution has already been decided.

In less than five minutes, the seemingly fierce "war" ended with a giant tentacle emerging from beneath the human soldiers' ranks, spewing out a large amount of virus-carrying liquid that infected more than 90% of the soldiers. The fate of the few soldiers who were lucky enough to escape infection was far from good, as they were surrounded by a group of hungry infected.

Above those mournful screams, Lin Yi spread his energy throughout Manhattan, and soon found that "familiar" life force... However, strangely enough, this time there was more than one.

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Unknown interference drove Alex to make this decision.

To create new pathogens, to make them stronger by any means necessary, and then to devour them—or to be devoured by them.

Alex didn't know why he did it, since he was only derived from a drop of residual blood and had lost most of his memories, including his past as a human being and the time he briefly glimpsed the existence of the "forbidden zone".

However, Alex forgot that the awakened world will did not forget, and he clearly realized that the crisis did not disappear with the departure of the "forbidden zone", but would come again one day in the future.

To avoid a repeat of the scenario where he was easily crushed and killed, the will of the world compelled Alex to make this decision.

Thus, the powerful hunter used Manhattan as his hunting ground to create a second powerful hunter. While puzzled by this decision, he spared no effort to make him powerful enough to kill him.

It must be said that he succeeded. The terrifying potential of the prototype virus became even more terrifying under the interference of the world's will. After countless evolutions and mutations, this virus has completely broken away from the scope that humans could calculate at this time. Even Lin Yi, who created it, probably did not expect it.

Naturally, Alex didn't expect that he would become the first individual to experience the terror of this virus.

"Welcome to the top of the food chain."

After leaving those words, the individual named Alex was completely devoured. This time, without the protection of the world's will, he had no chance of survival. After all, the world's will had no reason to let him continue to live after finding a better target.

"tread"

Standing atop the dilapidated buildings ravaged by the previous battle, Lin Yi observed with a hint of surprise the ever-changing signs of life not far ahead.

It has to be said that this is a strange phenomenon. No matter what world you are in, everyone is a unique being, and naturally their aura and soul are also unique. They are marked with an unchangeable mark at the moment of their birth, but the individual who appeared in front of Lin Yi at this moment was completely different.

Using a virus that has undergone countless evolutions and mutations, Lin Yi, who had personally stepped into the "forbidden zone," could sense that the brand-new viral prototype carrier was undergoing an unprecedented evolution. This evolution wasn't just limited to its flesh and body; it had even interfered with—

"Soul form..."

Overwhelmed curiosity changed Lin Yi's original plan. Facing the strange being roaring before him, he directly grasped the sword blade floating beside him with his left hand.

Soul Leap: Chapter 355 Soul Leap (7)

James Heller was an ordinary special forces soldier who had a happy family, but all of that was destroyed in the virus outbreak in New York City.

Having lost almost everything, James encounters a "creature" named Alex during a squad mission. Unaware of his surroundings, he is forced to become infected with a variant of the original virus. Alex then uses various methods to evolve the original virus to an unprecedented level. With this virus, which has undergone countless evolutions and mutations, James successfully kills everything that destroyed his family and was also the "culprit" that led him to this point.

Alex Mercer.

Theoretically, everything ended the moment he killed the "culprit." New York, having lost its biggest source of the virus, would return to its original peaceful state. And once people realized the danger of the virus, unless the whole world was under a super-idiotic spell, they would not continue to recklessly reach out to things they could not control.

However, that's only in theory.

James, who had absorbed all of Alex's abilities, also absorbed his memories. Before James Heller could figure out what was going on, a deafening roar that tore through the air descended upon him.

In the critical moment, the mutated blade he instinctively raised above his head couldn't fully withstand the immense pressure. As his body plummeted uncontrollably, James saw that face clearly—awakening a memory that originally belonged to Alex.

"Galio!"

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The abnormality in his soul interfered with the release of many abilities. At least for now, apart from the various "basic attributes" given to his body by the virus, the most Lin Yi could do was pick up the Zhuxian Sword and swing it around casually.

Even so, once the basic attributes become powerful enough, the attacks that were originally seemingly chaotic become extremely threatening, at least for this low- to medium-activity world.

The straight-down sword blade tore through the air, carrying terrifying wind pressure as it struck the newly mutated prototype virus carrier before him. Before the latter could dodge, it smashed him into the ruins beneath his feet. After a series of tremors and booms, Lin Yi, who felt that the "carrier's" life force had not been damaged, was not surprised. He simply took a step forward and fell through the gap that had been smashed open.

Unlike humans, attacks from "vessels" are particularly bizarre and deadly.

An unidentified substance composed of flesh and bone burst forth from every corner of the ruins the moment the body fell, like a venomous snake lurking in the shadows finding its prey. Judging from the sharp sound of it cutting through the air, being hit by it would definitely not end well.

Having lost his sight and with most of his hearing impaired, the spiritual energy system that allowed him to control the sword for all-around defense was also unable to be released due to his soul's condition. Generally speaking, facing such a crisis would be quite troublesome, but this time was different...

"Perhaps your creator didn't tell you something."

The moment the attack from above missed, James knew things were going to get bad. Just as he was about to dodge, a voice rang out behind him, carrying a message he couldn't ignore: "This virus was originally created by me."

"—!"

For the next three seconds, James completely lost control and sensation of his body. Only after feeling the intense impact and pain did he manage to push away the stone pressing on his body and get up from the huge crater again.

"Shit...you mean you made all of these things?"

Sensing the millions of infected people in New York City at this moment, Lin Yi raised an eyebrow: "If that's how you want to think of it."

The anger that had subsided after the "revenge was completed" reignited, even more intense than when it was directed at Alex, and had twisted from anger and hatred to a point of no return.

Encapsulating the malice of this entire low-to-medium activity world, the "carrier" roared furiously, stomping on the fragile ground beneath its feet, breaking the sound barrier and crashing into the tiny figure in front of it in a distance of less than two hundred meters.

Under normal circumstances, the best response to such a clearly reckless attack would be to temporarily avoid its force, but this is clearly not necessary now...

Lift your foot and step down.

There was still emptiness before my eyes, but through my skin and body I could feel a subtle sensation brought about by speed. What followed was a head-on collision—after a brief pause, the oncoming "obstacle" was swept up by a force dozens of times greater than its charge, and tumbled and flew backward along the same straight trajectory...

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Mike Jack is a soldier, an elite soldier belonging to the Gentek Virus Management Agency.

His mission is to eliminate infected individuals within New York City and prevent the virus from spreading to more distant lands... This is by no means an easy task, as evidenced by the Blackwatch's ever-increasing death rate over the past two years. However, just as dramatically as the death rate, wages and benefits have also skyrocketed, so Mike grits his teeth and continues to persevere in this job.

Surviving in New York City today is no easy feat. Keen senses, strong will, and a robust physique are not the decisive factors that allow them to survive in New York... or rather, they are not the only necessary factors. More often than not, what they need is not skill but luck and keen eyesight.

As a "veteran" who has been serving in the defense of New York's wealthy neighborhoods for two years, Mike knows a lot about the virus and those infected, much of which cannot be disclosed due to confidentiality regulations, but the information about those "extremely dangerous individuals" is an exception.

Alex Mercer was once an ordinary employee of the Blackwatch, an organization that was investigated and forcibly disbanded. Due to an accident, he was infected with an extremely dangerous virus that spread throughout New York for some unknown purpose. He possesses terrifying combat capabilities, capable of easily tearing apart tanks, destroying helicopters, and annihilating an entire modern army in one fell swoop. He can also easily disguise himself as others and infiltrate the central base facilities to carry out internal sabotage. He is ranked as the most dangerous person in the entire Gentek.

Normally, encountering this extremely dangerous individual would mean certain death, but recently things have been different.

James Heller, once an ordinary special forces soldier with a completely blank family background (secretly kept by high-level management), became "famous" in New York because two months ago he became the second person similar to Alex Mercer.

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Which is more dangerous, two unstable factors or one unstable factor?

If it were Mike in the past, he would definitely say that the two unstable factors were more dangerous, but after seeing New York for the past two months, he was no longer so sure.

Alex Mercer and James Heller, both extremely dangerous individuals infected with a terrible virus, did not unite to cause greater destruction to New York or even the entire United States. Instead, they fought against each other in various ways. Mike, who was on the front line of the fight against the virus, had seen these two non-human beings with human appearances chasing and killing each other in New York as a hunting ground more than once. Judging from their appearance, they were definitely not disguised.

The soldiers were puzzled by this situation, but in addition to their confusion, they were also relieved. They were relieved that they didn't have to face Alex Mercer in person, and they were also relieved by James Heller's actions of killing the infected. Although James Heller was still listed as a target to be hunted down and killed on the surface, many people unknowingly believed that this former special forces soldier was on the side of humanity and might become a hero of humanity in the future.

It was with this thought in mind that when Mike saw this "human hero" appear before him in a severely injured state, his first reaction was not to report it, but after a brief hesitation, he immediately pulled him into his armored vehicle.

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Fighting on the sidelines always presents many disadvantages, such as constant malicious targeting and various "unexpected accidents." For example, Lin Yi is quite certain that he has never come into contact with this human force called Gentek, but the reality is that he has inexplicably offended them without ever having made contact. As a result, when he was trying to continue tracking along the direction in which the "vessel" was escaping, a large number of armored troops suddenly appeared in front of him.

Unfortunately, the strange feeling in his soul intensified again at this moment. The situation that could have been easily resolved with a "magic trick" failed due to the paralysis of the "root". The magnetic field that was still able to maintain also failed. Lin Yi, who was bound to the ground by gravity, had to start thinking about whether to continue forward or take a slightly longer route.

The thought process lasted less than three seconds before it ended, partly because the sound ahead had become too close to ignore, and partly because he had no expectations of the "will" of this world.

It is conceivable that if one chooses to take a longer route now, one will inevitably encounter unexpected "accidents" later. Rather than letting more and more "accidents" emerge, it is better to nip the "accidents" in the bud from the beginning. Even with this genetically incomplete body, Lin Yi is still capable of doing so.

"Speaking of which, it was me who brought you to 'consciousness'."

Recalling the entire process of this zero-activity world transforming into a medium-to-low-activity world, Lin Yi suddenly had an idea.

For the Gentek virus management agency, the tasks that need to be done are quite clear.

"Alex Mercer was killed by James Heller, so James Heller's virus became more powerful. But James Heller was then defeated by Galio, so Galio's virus became more powerful!"

A simple, brutal, and undeniable reality, coupled with a little "inducement," fueled their insane idea: "Capture Galio. I don't care what his connection is to the original 'Blackwatchers.' The current situation is that as long as we capture him, we can obtain the most powerful virus and create the most powerful super soldiers. This will be the new hope for America's resurgence! We are willing to pay the price of the entire city of New York for this."

The near-mad proposal was agreed upon by people who were equally mad, and so they let the madness continue to spread.

Upon receiving the order, the troops began to leave their original positions and, guided by satellite, advanced toward their target. Initially, they had doubts about the order itself, since both Alex Mercer and James Heller had impersonated Gentek members more than once before, issuing incorrect orders and causing heavy casualties among the soldiers. But this time was different.

"He cannot fake it, nor can he absorb our bodies and memories."

No one knows who said this or what scientific basis it has; everyone just imagines it without any reason.

The army, having abandoned its concerns, began its attack, completely disregarding the survivors hiding in the neighborhood, and unleashing a fierce barrage of firepower on the entire area as if it were an inhuman enemy.

Soon, they spotted their target.

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"what is that?"

The scope was aimed at a massive, five-meter-tall object in the center of the plaza ahead. The soldier asked, bewildered, "A stone statue?"

"What statue?"

“A huge stone statue… It’s strange, but the target’s reaction is definitely coming from the statue.”

"Could he be hiding inside?"

After hesitating for a moment, the soldier decided to proceed: "Target is the statue, attack it! Repeat, target is the statue, attack it!"

Seconds later, several short-range missiles landed directly in the center of the square. The huge explosion and shock buried the tall stone statues in dust. Just as the soldiers who had breathed a sigh of relief were about to approach the bodies or remains of the target, they suddenly heard screams of horror.

The next moment, a fist the size of half a person descended from the sky, crushing the soldier into a pile of "carbohydrates" while spreading its upright wings.

—A giant, moving stone statue.

In this low- to medium-activity world, a moving stone statue is, to some extent, even more terrifying than a virus. The soldiers, recovering from their shock and bewilderment, launched a frenzied attack on the moving stone statue. However, its massive body, while slowing down the stone statue's agility and speed, also endowed it with powerful defensive capabilities. Even armor-piercing bullets designed to counter armor could not penetrate the solid stone defense on its surface.

"My God, are all those stones diamonds?"

The colossal stone statue ignored the people's wails and instead used its immense power to rampage through the army, paralyzing half of the troops before suddenly stopping. Just as the soldiers were about to cheer, it made another great move.

With its wings flapping powerfully and its massive feet stomping the ground, it created a depression several meters deep in the square before defying gravity and soaring over a thousand meters into the air, leaving a trail of stunned onlookers. Along its path, an armed helicopter that was unable to avoid it was knocked over and exploded.

After the upward force dissipated, the giant stone statue came to a standstill again. Just when people doubted that it was about to fall, it suddenly changed direction and plummeted towards a remote part of New York City at several times, even dozens of times, the speed during its ascent.

In a daze, people seemed to hear a monotonous, mechanical sound.

[Heroes Arrive]

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Unlike other worlds that retain their activity, the activity of the prototype virus world only began after it aggregated many world virus samples and produced the prototype virus. For this reason, the activity of the prototype virus world is also relatively singular: viral activity.

Once Lin Yi stepped into the "forbidden zone," he was destined to be unable to continue exploring the realm of life. For this low-activity world, there was no need to consider that Lin Yi would suddenly possess the devouring and assimilation ability of the prototype virus. Coupled with the abnormality in his soul, from the very beginning, the world's will placed Lin Yi in the position of "prey."

—An extremely dangerous “prey” with rather limited means.

The world's will has enough patience to deal with this "prey." To this end, after sacrificing the first "hunter," it reawakens it, and still not satisfied, it creates a second "hunter," even going so far as to use the entire city of New York as nourishment, along with the first "hunter," to support its growth.

It has to be said that it succeeded. The second "hunter" displayed incredible regenerative abilities. Even though it was initially defeated due to its inability to adapt, it recovered in less than three hours. It even continued to strengthen and mutate while unconscious. One can only imagine what the scene will be like when this second "hunter" wakes up and faces its "prey" again...

This wonderful idea has been ongoing, with "heroes" descending from the sky.

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The "forbidden zone" limits Lin Yi's ability to change himself, whether it is beneficial or harmful. But what about changes to things outside of himself?

The Giant Virus, a variant of the T-virus, is a prime example. This virus doesn't significantly alter the infected individual's own mutations, at most improving their recovery ability. However, on another level, it also causes the most significant changes in the infected. Unlike the inward changes of the T-virus, Kabane virus, and Ghoul virus, the Giant Virus is a completely outward change.

Using water, sunlight, and a small amount of carbon-based substances as a medium, those infected with the Titan virus can forcibly create an external "shell" ranging from three to fifty meters in height when exerting the virus's abilities. They then use this "shell" to fight. For the infected, this "shell" is not equivalent to themselves, and even if it is dismembered or destroyed, it has no meaning. In this respect, the "Titan" is like the infected's clothing, which can be easily manufactured as long as there are enough raw materials. And no matter what kind of clothing they wear, it will not have any effect on their internal structure.

Based on this principle, Lin Yi, unable to change the internal structure, began to change the external structure—creating his own "clothes".

Like the giants, this "clothes" is made of sunlight, carbon, and water.

However, the giant alone was too bulky and too fragile. Not to mention bullets, even a sharp blade could easily cut through this "clothing". Taking this factor into consideration, Lin Yi began to reduce the space belonging to "water" and continuously increase and compress the "carbon" part... When this compression reached a certain limit, what Lin Yi got was this "stone statue" with a diamond-like structure.

Admittedly, this "clothing" has a side effect similar to that of a giant who cannot use it in a place without sunlight, but Lin Yi only needs to use it for the moment, so there is no need to be too demanding.

For some subtle reason, Lin Yi gave him the name "Galio," which he had left behind in this world.

"Yes, Galio, the Colossus of Justice."

Controlling the diamond-made hand to grasp and lift the "carbohydrates" below, Lin Yi felt no burden towards the surrounding ruins, which were over a hundred meters in diameter. Compared to the potential harm that the virus might cause if it continued to spread in this world, if this small destruction could end it, it would definitely be considered "justice."

Therefore, the one who caused this scene is naturally the "hero".

And so, the righteous hero, after bringing a “trivial” disaster to the city, departed amidst the world’s unending malice and lamentations. What would become of the world afterward was no longer the righteous hero’s concern.

A righteous hero never considers the consequences.

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Carrying the completely inactive "carrier," Lin Yi returned to the laboratory and immediately sealed it in a completely vacuum environment. Given the dangerous nature of the mutated prototype virus, even the slightest spread of its substances could evolve into a global catastrophe. Even if it didn't matter to Lin Yi himself, it would be extremely foolish to think that this negligence led to the disappearance of a "resource base."