"No need to apologize, Sanemi, Kyojuro, you have done very well."
Sanemi Shinazugawa and Purgatory Anjuro fought for a day and a night as soon as they arrived in this world. This was a targeted attack by the world will, wanting them dead.
If it weren't for protecting Xianjin Station, although they would have been in a sorry state under such targeting, they definitely wouldn't have been in mortal danger; on the contrary, it would have been a resource for them to grow stronger.
A day and a night of fighting had already brought both their basic abilities to C-rank, meaning they had all reached above 600.
Now they could upgrade to Lv.2, but upgrading now would be a complete waste of potential.
"This is the problem of this world. This world wants to turn all humans into Kabane, making the world a Kabane world."
"Because your appearance is an obstacle to the world, you were met with a trial as soon as you arrived."
The two couldn't believe it.
Sanemi Shinazugawa's eyes were bloodshot: "The world wants to turn all humanity into Kabane? Into those monsters? Is the world crazy? How could it side with the Kabane?"
Purgatory Anjuro's worldview was in chaos from shock: "How can this be? The enemy is the world itself? Does the world also have self-awareness?"
Xia Wei calmly said: "Yes, the world has a will, and the origins of the world will are diverse."
"Because there are far more Kabane than humans in this world, the world will sides with the Kabane."
"Perhaps it once sided with humans, but after the Kabane virus appeared, the world will was also changed, even losing its most basic judgment."
"If you compare the world to a person, then the current world will is a confused madman."
Not just the two, but everyone else was too shocked to speak.
No one would doubt it, because it was spoken by a God who could change heaven and earth.
"The world sides with the Kabane—" Ikoma was completely stunned.
"The world wants to turn all humans into Kabane." Unnamed opened her mouth, her hand involuntarily going to her heart.
She had willingly been turned into a Kabaneri by "Brother."
"Brother" was the one who saved her from a Kabane surge when she was little.
Only by becoming useful to "Brother" would she not be abandoned. "Brother" told her that the world was about the survival of the fittest, so only by becoming stronger would she be useful to him.
She believed "Brother" implicitly; she didn't want to be abandoned.
However, when she received the blessing of God, she felt something completely different from what "Brother" had said.
"Fight for all that is good."
Although there were only a few words in the blessing, she saw many things.
These were beautiful images and thoughts from many people, and the expectation from God that she would have her own judgment.
What should I do?
Unnamed was lost.
Although she had become a Kabaneri and killed many Kabane, she was still essentially a 12-year-old girl.
"Before, was that voice in my head the world?" Unnamed then thought of the voice that appeared in her mind when the two divine beings fought the Black Smoke.
"How can this be, the world is siding with the Kabane." Ayame Yomogawa covered her mouth with both hands.
"This is truly terrifying." Takumi shivered, the heavens themselves were siding with the monsters.
"
Arichi was very shocked, but looking up at the calm young God, her heart also calmed down.
God is here, what is there to be shocked about? God will surely protect humanity.
Xia Wei continued: "But don't worry, the apocalypse will pass soon."
"But before the apocalypse passes, there will be another trial for humanity."
"A large portion of the world's Kabane will concentrate their attacks on human Kōtetsujōs, and there will be more than one or two Black Smokes."
"Hinohomoto in particular will be the most severe. Therefore, Sanemi, Kyojuro, your mission is to go to the most severe areas to intercept the Kabane."
As Xia Wei spoke, a pendulum appeared in his golden eyes.
This world does not have the "Sovereignty of Fate," so his manipulation of fate was completely at will.
"Xianjin Station will not have Kabane, so those with combat capabilities should go to other Kōtetsujōs to participate in the battle."
"Those who cannot fight should simply do what suits them best."
"Fate will lead you to the end."
No one spoke; they had no right to question God, so after collectively bowing, they left only after God had departed.
Those with combat capabilities boarded the Kōtetsujō at Xianjin Station with a strong sense of mission.
The Kōtetsujō let out a rumbling steam sound as it left the station, heading towards Kongokaku.
Kongokaku is the core city of the Shogunate, and nominally the great city that governs the entire Hinohomoto.
As long as they followed the path from Xianjin Station to Kongokaku, the end of the world would pass.
No one had the slightest doubt or hesitation about God's oracle.
Purgatory Anjuro and Sanemi Shinazugawa boarded the Kōtetsujō, and everyone deferred to the two of them.
Kyojuro Rengoku and the other knew nothing about the Kōtetsujō, so they had no intention of managing it. They only wanted to quickly resolve the impending apocalyptic trial.
Sanemi Shinazugawa wiped his nichirin blade: "The apocalyptic trial, although I don't know what I'm supposed to cut down, as long as I resolve the trial, I'll save the world, right?"
Kyojuro Rengoku nodded: "What God says must be true."
Sanemi Shinazugawa shook his head: "I only have two blades left. Our strength is growing, and our blades can no longer keep up with our use."
Kyojuro Rengoku looked down at his chipped blade: "I hope the gentlemen of Swordsmith Village can forge even stronger blades."
In the carriage.
"It's unbelievable, my head is spinning, Ikoma." Takumi held his head in his hands.
Ikoma's eyes were serious: "It's okay, God has already said, the apocalypse will pass soon."
"Hey, it's everyone's first time preparing for battle, why are you so calm?"
"I've wanted to kill Kabane myself for a long time." Ikoma looked down at the stone in his hand. It was a stone given to him by his sister, a memory of regret. He had abandoned his sister and fled alone because he was afraid of Kabane.
In another Kōtetsujō heading towards Kongokaku.
Inside this Kōtetsujō, a large number of Kabane were confined.
An elderly Kabane in a white lab coat was nailed to the wall of a carriage filled with bottles and jars. It was clear that before he became a Kabane, he was a scholar who researched Kabane.
"Stop! Stop talking in my head! Ahhhhh!"
A young man with long red hair covered his head, his eyes crimson, and his heart glowed, proving that he was not human, but a Kabaneri, somewhere between human and Kabane.
A man heard the scream and burst in: "Young Master! What's wrong? Why was Dr. Zhuang Wei infected?"
"Roar, roar, roar—" The man called Young Master turned around and let out a Kabane roar.
"Revenge, revenge, take revenge on those people, kill everyone, turn everyone into Kabane, roar, roar, roar—"