Chapter 811: Reaching the Divine Realm
At this moment, Misaka Mikoto was truly grateful for the recent battle—thanks to that robot girl, she was now in peak condition!
A minute ago, in front of the convenience store, that robot girl manipulated a heavy truck to attack them.
Misaka Mikoto intervened in time to resolve the crisis and took the girl away from the convenience store entrance to open a new battlefield far away.
This decision was originally not a problem; it was to prevent the sudden attacker from disturbing Lin Wuming.
Moreover, Misaka Mikoto was confident that she could resolve the battle in a short time, and then she could immediately return to rejoin Lin Wuming and Hu Feng Homi.
In fact, Misaka Mikoto did achieve it; the entire battle lasted only about forty seconds.
The enemy was a clone of Caochi Liangzi, an artificial human whose thought processes and decisions were based on a "computer," so her reaction speed was naturally extremely fast.
And Misaka Mikoto, a Level 5 Electromaster, had even faster reaction and attack speeds.
Therefore, within a mere few tens of seconds, both sides had engaged in dozens of high-speed exchanges.
The clone's fighting style was very unique; she fought using "artificial muscles" created by combining a certain slime mold with the muscles of large herbivores.
These "artificial muscles" would explosively proliferate with just air, water, and trace amounts of light.
Through the "mother strain" stored within her body, the clone could control all "artificial muscles."
This was essentially a fighting style based on "violence of quantity"; the more "artificial muscles" proliferated, the stronger the power the clone could exert, to the point of having no upper limit!
And to those who didn't understand the truth, her ability seemed omnipotent, much like Nen.
Unfortunately, she encountered Misaka Mikoto as her opponent.
Although time was short, Misaka Mikoto didn't know the true nature of the enemy's ability.
However, because of her close relationship with Lin Wuming, and even having had practical combat experience directly confronting Lin Wuming, Misaka Mikoto understood Nen very well.
So, she simply treated the enemy's strange ability as Nen and responded accordingly.
—Anyway, it's unlikely there's a Telekinetic User stronger than Senior Wuming in this world.
Therefore, Misaka Mikoto fought without hesitation.
Even better, the two engaged in a high-speed, quick-strike offense, a battle rhythm that gave the clone no chance to replenish her depleted "artificial muscles," causing her combat power to weaken with each passing moment.
Finally, the decisive moment arrived—Misaka Mikoto's Iron Sand Sword broke through her defensive network, cutting across the clone's cheek and revealing the metal shell beneath the artificial skin.
After confirming that the opponent was indeed a robot, Misaka Mikoto immediately let loose.
She had noticed earlier that the metal content in this girl's body was a bit excessive, but because her every gesture and even facial expression were indistinguishable from a human's, Misaka Mikoto dared not confirm it, only thinking she was a human with a high degree of prosthetic body augmentation.
But now it seemed that even her head was made of metal; she was undoubtedly a robot!
Adding to that, by this time, the huge commotion from the convenience store behind her made Misaka Mikoto even more worried.
Unwilling to delay any longer, Misaka Mikoto fired a Railgun, shattering the clone's feet, and then extracted steel bars from surrounding buildings to form a cage, sealing her away.
Having dealt with the immediate enemy, Misaka Mikoto immediately turned back to the convenience store entrance and then saw Lin Wuming suspended in mid-air…
Seeing Misaka Mikoto's powerful return, Kihara Gensei, who was observing from nearby, shook his head slightly.
—It's too late, there's no time.
The two Level 5 powers collided, holding each other for less than a second.
Then, Lin Wuming's Nen burst forth again.
Misaka Mikoto suddenly felt herself lose control over the iron sand; the dark curtain of iron sand in front of her instantly vanished!
It turned out they had been pressed to the ground by some force, forming a layer of black carpet on the ground.
Lin Wuming's surroundings were empty; even the rampant Nen storm had disappeared. Even the sky above him was cloudless, so clear that the starry sky beyond the atmosphere could be seen.
As for the vast and chaotic power that had just been swirling around Lin Wuming…
Misaka Mikoto followed the warning in her heart, looking up at Lin Wuming's head.
—It's there!
Nen, Lin Wuming's berserk Nen, was all compressed and gathered above his head.
From light to deep, a transparent ring appeared there.
Nen is formless and intangible, but it could be easily seen through the distortion of light.
"…What?" Misaka Mikoto murmured to herself.
In fact, she already had an answer in her heart; she had seen a similar scene on Index before, and according to the magicians, this was…
"An Angel Halo." Kihara Gensei narrowed his eyes. "It succeeded!"
A new god was born, heaven and earth changed, and the world trembled.
Kihara Gensei's legs gave way; it was the office building he was in that was shaking, as if experiencing a violent earthquake.
On the elevated loop road leading to the 20th School District, a blue sports car also crashed into the roadside barrier due to the sudden tremor.
"Am I a step too late?"
Ignoring the damage to her beloved car, Kiyama Harumi jumped out and looked towards the direction of the 20th School District in the distance.
The violent tremor spread outwards in waves, centered on Lin Wuming, and each wave gradually intensified.
Kiyama Harumi knew that this was not an "earthquake" at all; it was "vibration" itself.
It was the world, space itself, experiencing a drastic change and producing this vibration.
In other words, this was the Chaotic Open phenomenon, just a version strengthened countless times.
As the vibrations spread, even the No Window Building began to sway.
In that room within the building, the liquid in the giant test tube rippled.
Golden Retriever—Kihara Gensei looked up at the swaying hoses on the ceiling.
"It seems to have begun. Aren't you going to do something to stop him?"
"That question should be directed at you, Nogod." Chairman Aleister's tone remained as unperturbed as ever. "I said I wouldn't interfere in this incident, and I've already handed full authority over to you, haven't I?"
The fact was, Kihara Gensei had only met Lin Wuming during the Tokiwadai Middle School Summer Festival and had not interfered in his conflict with Kihara Gensei since.
Therefore, on this matter, Kihara Gensei also felt guilty and had no standing to criticize Chairman Aleister.
"…I thought you valued that young man greatly," Kihara Gensei said.
After all, seeing Aleister's attitude towards Lin Wuming, anyone who knew him would think he was preparing to make Lin Wuming the so-called "Vice Chairman."
"Of course I value him," Chairman Aleister said, "which is precisely why I won't stop him from becoming stronger."
