Chapter 1280: The Successfully Transformed Beast
"Still on about research topics? Are you trying to play teacher-student roleplay?"
Eiji was amused.
Just imagining Kishinami wearing a white blouse, black pencil skirt, and pantyhose was quite exciting.
But to be fair, he couldn't simply ignore Kishinami's words.
Because he genuinely had doubts about the existence of the cyberspace.
The cyberspace initially only appeared in Kinojo City. According to BB, Goetia had her establish it to help Heroic Spirits awaken.
But Merlin had always maintained extreme wariness toward that cyberspace.
Eiji only half-believed BB's explanation.
However, since the cyberspace hadn't caused any problems later, Eiji didn't pay much attention to it.
Thinking about it now, this cyberspace was indeed unusually suspicious.
The most suspicious aspect wasn't its functions, but its quantity.
Initially, there was only one cyberspace in Type-Moon Academy in Kinojo City. Perhaps there were others elsewhere, but Eiji hadn't discovered them. At that time, cyberspaces were very few.
But when the second moon appeared in the sky, the number of cyberspaces began sprouting like bamboo shoots after rain. The entire Kinojo City was filled with cyberspaces—dozens if not hundreds of them.
And when the third moon arrived at this Singularity, cyberspaces had already appeared all over the world. According to Merlin, their number had exceeded ten thousand!
Until the fourth moon arrived, terrestrial civilization faced mass extinction, and the UO finals officially began.
What was on the moon? That answer had long been revealed—Mooncells from various parallel worlds, even super quantum computers capable of calculating up to eleven dimensions.
But why did the finals only officially begin when the fourth moon arrived?
Why did the number of cyberspaces explode when the second and third moons appeared?
Goetia hadn't revealed this answer, and perhaps even he didn't know it himself.
Eiji had certainly pondered this.
The reason the finals only began after the fourth moon appeared was likely because something required the combined power of all four Mooncells to accomplish.
The first three moons could only continuously perfect this process.
Only when the fourth appeared could the outcome be finalized.
"I don't know. Why don't you just tell me?"
Eiji looked directly at the fully restored giant Kishinami and shrugged.
"After all, you just want to buy time, right? Fine, I'll give you this opportunity."
"Hehe, you're quite arrogant too!"
Kishinami's light laughter echoed.
How I look forward to seeing him bow before me!
Arrogant?
Hah!
Eiji sneered coldly.
You think I'm like you?
I'm genuinely awesome!
Please call this confidence!
"BOOOOOOM——!!!"
While speaking, the ground beneath them suddenly began shaking violently.
This fierce tremors swept through the entire Kinojo City, collapsing numerous buildings. The roaring sounds spread throughout the entire finals venue, and the massive commotion made countless participants pale with fear.
Just how high-level were the participants fighting here?
"Then as you wish, I shall directly tell you the answer."
Kishinami's voice grew increasingly ethereal.
Her form became illusory, as if she might vanish at any moment.
"Those cyberspaces, nominally meant to awaken Heroic Spirits, actually function to store nourishment!"
Nourishment?
Eiji's eyebrows twitched, as if he had thought of something.
"This Singularity is extremely peaceful. The Heroic Spirits living here have no need for battle—they enter the final stage in their peak condition from the very beginning. But participants from outside cannot."
Kishinami's voice, full of lament, rose from beneath the earth.
"For example, because I caused a bit of trouble earlier, I failed at the critical moment of metamorphosis. All the Spirit Origins I had accumulated were completely depleted, my power greatly diminished—less than a tenth remains. To participate in the finals in such a state, no matter how you think about it, is an act of recklessness, isn't it?"
It was more than just reckless—it was like throwing meat buns at a dog!
As a Beast, Kishinami possessed an immensely powerful Spirit Origin.
But with her power greatly depleted, she merely retained that Spirit Origin in name. On this stage where hunting Spirit Origins is the goal, with less than a tenth of her strength remaining, she would undoubtedly become a coveted target in many people's eyes, attracting attacks and the usurpation of her Spirit Origin.
The so-called "Spirit Origin" refers to the spiritual particle foundation.
In the world of magecraft, spiritual particles are the most fundamental, indivisible particles of a person or a soul, corresponding to quanta in the scientific world.
Spiritron transfer is the process of decomposing a person into these most basic spiritual particles, transmitting them as information to the past, and then reassembling them into a person. The Coffin is used to protect the integrity of these spiritual particles.
Therefore, all living beings inevitably possess a Spirit Origin, differing only in strength, weakness, and form.
Even Eiji must have a Spirit Origin.
However, ordinary means cannot seize another's Spirit Origin. This requires not only compatibility but also the consent of the person being stripped. Only a supremely powerful computer like the Mooncell can bypass all restrictions, cleanse a Spirit Origin into a blank state, and allow anyone to absorb it freely.
"But this is a competition to determine the Earth's UO. How can we allow those originally qualified to compete to accidentally lose due to injuries or power depletion?"
"Speaking of this, you should understand now, right? Those cyberspaces store vast amounts of nourishment precisely for participants like me in situations like this."
The ground beneath their feet suddenly rose.
No.
It wasn't the ground.
Eiji had mistaken it for the ground only because he was too close.
In reality, if viewed from a distance, it would be clear.
It was a body.
A female body, enveloped in light, with distinct curves!
"Boom——!!"
The female body rising from the ground quickly adjusted its posture and stood firmly on the earth.
Its height was approximately one thousand meters.
If the previous fifty- or sixty-meter Kishinami was only visible to people within a few kilometers, now, no matter which part of Kinojo City you were in, you could see that towering, colossal female form.
Hundreds of thousands of people stared dumbfounded at the sky-piercing giant.
Ninety-nine percent of the contestants were instantly struck by a tremendous mental shock, their brains feeling as if struck by a massive hammer. Their cognitive abilities melted away like the first snow after rain, leaving them either weeping or laughing hysterically.
The entire city of Kijōshi instantly descended into a carnival of demons!
"Ahahahaha! Is this the feeling of successful metamorphosis? Truly an experience I've never had before—utterly sublime!"
Kishinami's bewitching yet unrestrained, soaring laughter echoed throughout the entire cyber world.
Drawing upon the nourishment stored across countless cyber spaces, the metamorphosis that had failed during the CCC collaboration was now perfectly achieved!