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Since Aleister, as the founder of the scientific faction, was able to obtain "plot" information from those transmigrators, it is not surprising that the highest church of the magical faction would also know the same information.
"I still remember how I felt when I first heard about the 'Fallen Angels' from those newly minted magicians. Even I, who had integrated all the power of the Puritan Church, couldn't easily complete the spell, yet it was done by an ordinary person."
As she said this, Laura Stewart sighed, "I don't know if this is the fall of the mystic side or the rise of ordinary people."
Standing before the archbishop, Lin Yi gestured, "It seems I don't need to say anything more."
"Although I'm very unwilling, it seems we have no other choice now. Even Aleister has given up on opposing you, so I, a mere woman, can only let you 'do whatever you want'~"
Lin Yi watched quietly as this "girl" whose age was measured in centuries performed.
"Alright, as the price for attacking you, I will complete the 'Fall of the Angels' spell. In return, I hope the Alliance will let us go. After all, being targeted by a group of 'demons' is not a pleasant thing."
Lin Yi neither confirmed nor denied it.
"I'm sorry, I don't belong to the alliance. You'll need to wait for that administrator to return and communicate with him yourself."
"At least you won't take action, right? Like suddenly causing the power of a magnetic field of 900,000 horsepower to fall on Britain or something like that."
"hehe."
Laura Stewart frowned slightly, hesitated for a moment, but then obediently turned around and began the ritual.
When making decisions, one must be prepared to accept the consequences. Success brings great rewards, but failure requires the capacity to pay a price. The High Priestess, who held sway over half of the mystical side, understood this principle well, and that was all she could do.
— To exchange a fallen "angel" for the survival of the British Puritan Church.
Lin Yi wasn't completely ignorant about the "angel" species; in fact, he had studied it quite thoroughly in another sense, even though the "angel's" stance was somewhat strange...
To this day, Gabriel, who still appears in various mission worlds under the control of the "main god," is an angel of the highest order. However, this "angel" is not the same as that "angel." Putting aside the fact that Gabriel, having lost her divine status, cannot be considered a complete "angel," the drastically different understandings of the "angel" species within and outside the closed system alone determine that they are just different individuals bearing the same name.
In the world of "A Certain Magical Index", angels live in a higher plane different from Earth. Even the weakest angels possess overwhelming power over humans, roughly equivalent to "demons" in terms of ability level. For example, a mere "fall of an angel" can involve more than seven billion humans worldwide, and they often have to risk destroying the world to return to the heavens.
If the information appearing in the plot is true, then the "angel" must be beyond the current capacity of the entire world: residing between the realms of nations and stars.
Lin Yi was deeply curious about whether such an "extraordinary" individual could actually exist in the world today.
As Laura Stewart completes the "Fallen Angels" ritual, an elusive "change" begins to unfold...
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Delas felt genuinely uneasy.
Just when I had calmed down by comforting myself, the feeling suddenly intensified again, as if disaster was about to strike at any moment.
"Although he is only a candidate, a sage's premonition cannot be wrong!"
The time traveler suddenly stood up and approached the cathedral where the Supreme Bishop was currently located.
"Speaking of which, I wonder what the High Bishop has been doing inside the church these past few days after sealing it off... Do these characters in the storyline have some means to deal with that kind of monster?"
Thinking about this, Delas felt a little excited. If such a possibility really existed, it would definitely be an amazing side quest. As long as he completed it, he would at least receive a "saint" reward. He quickened his pace without thinking.
Somehow, misled by the higher plane, the time traveler subconsciously ignored the unusually quiet atmosphere around the church until he pushed open the church door—and was engulfed by holy light.
Information Integration Thought Entity: Chapter 594 Outer God
Information from Obito Uchiha revealed one of the fundamental rules of this world: power exceeding the level of a nation is not allowed to exist.
However, the development of the plot goes against this rule. If the plot has gone off the rails, then this "fall of the angels" event could have been avoided. After all, no one would be so bored as to switch to a body that doesn't belong to anyone, and the mystical side would never allow such a large-scale magical ritual to be used at will.
As a result, the world's rule of "not allowing the existence of forces exceeding the national level" has inexplicably continued because of the appearance of the transmigrators. Now, those who have acquired ownership of the entire world are breaking this rule itself: causing the "angels" that would not appear in the chaotic storyline to "fall" down once again.
Anglican cathedral.
On the surface, the "fall of the angels" ritual itself has nothing mysterious about it. There are no hymns or blessings from heaven, and not even a glimmer of light. In fact, the entire "fall of the angels" ritual is just a collection of religious artifacts from all over the world.
"Okay."
Laura Stewart, clapping her hands as she placed the last statue on the table in the center of the church, turned to face Lin Yi: "Now, all you have to do is go back to sleep and you'll see a completely different world tomorrow, like the president on TV has become a familiar face, the beautiful girl has become a burly man, and the kind high bishop is gone forever."
Sensing the "abnormal" energy that had somehow permeated the church, Lin Yi said in a subtle tone, "I don't think it's necessary to go through all that trouble."
Before the archbishop could speak, a commotion coming from the gate caught her attention.
"Dras?"
Lara was no stranger to this transmigrator who had joined the Puritan Church six months ago as a candidate saint. In fact, she had personally extracted a lot of information about the Puritan Church's "plot," including "Angel's Fall," from his mouth (which he was unaware of). However, this did not explain why he was able to silently break through the sealing magic she had set up around him and appear here.
After pushing open the church door, "Dras" neither entered the church nor left, but stood there strangely, even though he was facing a monstrous ability user and another representative of the mystical side.
A man capable of leading the Puritan Church would not be slow-witted. Faced with Delas's unusual behavior, the High Bishop not only did not approach him but instead became more vigilant: "What are you doing here?"
[...expulsion.]
The overlapping voices echoed repeatedly in the church. This time, no one needed to remind them; anyone with a brain knew that "Dras" was no longer "Dras"—the transmigrator from another world.
Its silhouette seemed to blend into the night sky surrounding the church, exuding a suffocating sense of heaviness.
【heresy】
"Haha... If Your Excellency the Angel wishes to expel heretics, may I take my leave?"
Her answer was a dazzling holy light.
The light invaded every inch of the church, but Lin Yi, who did not feel threatened by the blinding light, simply used a repulsive field to detach himself from the ground and did not continue to act. The Supreme Bishop, who was affected by the light, took the same action—when facing a high-ranking angel whose strength was unknown, all caution was necessary.
Just as I sensed, the holy light emanating from "Dras's" hands was not an attack method, but rather a way to isolate the church from the outside world, creating a separate space in another sense.
"I see... Since they are not beings from this world, they don't need to take over human bodies like in the 'plot.' Therefore, the situation of humans changing bodies like in the 'plot' naturally won't happen. High-ranking angels only need to directly invade the bodies of these otherworldly humans to achieve their descent. From this perspective, transmigrators should be considered the best bodies for divine descent, right?"
He suddenly looked at the Supreme Bishop beside him.
Lin Yi had always had doubts. If Aleister accepted transmigrators because the ability users had superpower-like abilities, then the mystical side, which was a completely different system, had no reason to let transmigrators join. After all, compared to the natives who knew him well, transmigrators from another world were unsafe in every sense.
It now seems that what the mysterious side was looking for was not the "aptitude and potential" that the time travelers thought they were looking for. The so-called "sage candidate" was just a gimmick. What they really needed was the time traveler's body—the perfect material for divine intervention.
Using time travelers as vessels for "angelic fall" doesn't need to be as complicated as described in the original plot. All you need to do is set up the ritual and bring in a time traveler as a sacrifice. In this way, the Puritans can obtain a large number of high-ranking angels at an extremely low cost.
Unfortunately, all of Laura Stewart's plans had to be abandoned due to the intervention of the "Transmigrator Alliance," an unimaginable force. Faced with the "demons" of the Transmigrator Alliance who could destroy countries and stars at any time, these angels alone were simply no match for them.
Without the slightest hint of panic at the exposure of an evil secret, the High Bishop simply smiled and looked ahead: "Is it really alright to still be concerned about these trivial matters? The angel is quite angry right now, for a mortal to bring it to the mortal realm without the permission of Heaven."
Even without her reminder, one could sense its "anger" simply from the almost tangible surge of energy emanating from the sealed church. It was through the "emotional" expression of this energy that Lin Yi glimpsed the "angelic" essence that was different from Gabriel's.
—Activated energy.
A highly compressed, condensed, and dense energy body can only acquire the concept of a "body" in the real world after it has invaded the human form. In this way, we can roughly imagine what the "celestial realm" mentioned in the mysterious side of this world is like.
“If your doctrine is that believers can ascend to heaven after death and enjoy eternal light, then you are probably not wrong.”
"?"
Raise your right hand and open your palm to the "angry" angel in front of you: "Be happy, after you die you will be no different from these 'angels'."
[Evil Banished]
As the cold, mechanical sound echoed, the holy light filling the church twisted and compressed around Lin Yi's location. His "Singularity Reversal," which had barely recovered to LV4 after losing the convenience of "Illusion Hand," lasted only half a second before being completely eroded by the single-attribute energy.
As the energy, which had already exceeded the world's tolerance limit, pressed towards his body, Lin Yi raised his head.
An angel, lurking within holy light, tore through space and appeared above. In its numb and cold gaze, the pair of eyes below, carrying an enigmatic smile, and the black vortex slowly swirling deep within those pupils, were clearly reflected...
[Outer Gods]
P.S.: Fourth update
Information Integration Thought Entity: Chapter 595 The Key and the New World
Pushing open the church doors, a slightly cool night breeze swept away the remaining heat from my body, and the last few tiny specks of light blended into the night, everything was no different from before.
Stepping out of the area shrouded in the "celestial realm" viewpoint, I found the two girls waiting outside. Reki was as serious as before, while Aria, having grown bored, started attacking the ground beneath her feet.
Noticing the footsteps, the two looked up. Lin Yi, who was walking towards them, smiled and said, "Okay, let's go to the next stop."
"……Who are you!"
The steps stopped.
Slightly surprised, he looked at the twin-tailed girl pointing her gun at them, but quickly regained his composure: "Besides 'me,' do you think anything else that comes out of there would talk to you?"
With one hand pressing down on Aria's twin guns, Reggie shook her head gently at her, then followed Lin Yi, who had already left on his own.
Perhaps in terms of combat, Aria the Scarlet Ammo is far inferior to the current world of A Certain Magical Index, but the detective experience and genes still endow the protagonist of this story with a keen sense of insight... although it is of little use.
If "Lin Yi" is still "Lin Yi", then he is naturally still the "Singularity Reversal" ability user who accepted Obito Uchiha's kindness and came to this world following the "Golden Road Sign".
However, if "Lin Yi" is no longer "Lin Yi" but becomes a different individual in the church, then no matter how the girls react, it will not change the fate they will face.
Having leeway is the privilege of the strong, while the weak can only passively choose to have it.
……
Three days later, the closed church doors were opened again, and there was nothing inside except for the empty furnishings.
A week later, no matter how unwilling they were to believe it, the Anglican Church of England had to accept the reality that their High Bishop had "mysteriously disappeared." Faced with the increasing pressure from other mystical forces and the covetous eyes of the scientific community, the Church had no choice but to select a saint to succeed the next bishop.
A month later, the "meteorite" that fell from the sky crashed into the disaster-ridden Academy City. According to unknown rumors, it seemed that the Alliance administrators who had been missing for more than a month had returned. However, by this time, Lin Yi had already left the world of "A Certain Magical Index" with the "key" that could lead to another world.
Three months later, the plot of "A Certain Magical Index," which had reached its limit, came to an end, amidst a distortion that swept through all known spaces—
"The world restarts."
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The alternation of light and darkness passed by in an instant.
Central District, Hero Association Headquarters.
After stepping out of the "teleportation portal," Lin Yi's first action was not to focus on the magnificent architectural complex in front of him, which covered tens of thousands of acres and was filled with unscientific buildings hundreds of meters high. Instead, he turned to look at the "teleportation portal," which was less than three meters high and two people wide, from which he had just stepped out.
In terms of the feeling during the legend, the "world transfer" within the closed system is much simpler than that outside the closed system. At least Lin Yi, who has personally experienced the unique "world transfer" of the God Space many times, can clearly feel the difference between the two.
Putting aside other factors, the difference in physical burden between the two is about ten levels or more. As a result, even ordinary people can easily withstand the "world transfer" within the closed system, while the "world transfer" in the main god space outside the closed system will at least cause a "world-shaking" event for a while. Only after strengthening can one avoid the situation of gaining a negative status as soon as they step into another world.
And I don't know if it's just my imagination, but regarding the "world transfer" just now, the "world barrier" that I crossed when I moved from the world of "A Certain Magical Index" to this world seemed to be quite weak...
While he was pondering, his two companions emerged from within, and the futuristic portal rapidly contracted—ultimately forming a code that constantly changed data.
This is precisely the essence of the "key".
Unlike the physical "keys" made of metal that we commonly know, the worlds that allow time travelers to travel between different worlds, apart from the world they initially enter as newcomers, all require the existence of "keys"—coordinates and calculation formulas. Otherwise, it would be impossible to find the target in the vast sea of dimensions.
The "key" to the world of "A Certain Magical Index" was once in the hands of Tamah Hughes, a Level 3 administrator. However, after he disappeared from Earth's gravity field, it fell into Lin Yi's hands. Even if Tamah Hughes successfully returned to Earth, he would have to spend some time calculating a new "key," since the world coordinates within the dimensional sea are constantly changing...
Before Tamah Hughes regains the "key," Lin Yi doesn't need to worry about senior members of the Transmigrator Alliance coming to his door. After all, with all the transmigrators, including the administrators, locked up inside, no one can publicize what they did in that world.
The incomplete world of "A Certain Magical Index" was insufficient to support cross-world communication. Even if the higher-ups of the Transmigrator Alliance realized something was wrong and wanted to send people in, they could only limit themselves to transmigrators below the national level. And even if more of these transmigrators entered, they would only end up in a similar situation to Tamah Hughes: honestly applying the formula to calculate the specific information of the "key".
Overall, Lin Yi is relatively safe now... especially after regaining some of his abilities in the "church".
"Unlike the previous world of A Certain Magical Index, the remaining 'God Space' in this world is relatively intact. The transmigrators' activities are no longer limited to a city. As long as they are on this planet, they can connect to the 'God Space' at any time to submit tasks and redeem rewards. In addition, this world has a high capacity to accommodate a large number of ability users, so there are many powerful transmigrators who have settled here."
Before arriving here, Lei Ji had already given Lin Yi a brief explanation based on the information gathered by the "Imagination Organization." Uncharacteristically, she became quite verbose. Although she had chosen the most concise way of explaining, information about a world couldn't be conveyed in just a sentence or two as she had done before.
"Upon entering this place, every traveler should automatically receive a side quest."
With a slight raise of his eyebrows, Lin Yi stared at the "task list" in front of him, a task list that only he could see.
Side Quest: Join the Hero Association
Success Rewards: Determined by ranking; higher ranking yields higher rewards.
Failure penalty: None
"Yes, received."
"Then you can take a look at this."
As he said this, he handed over a tablet computer that he had somehow gotten his hands on.
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Information Integration Thought Entity: Chapter 596 Hero Association
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