Episode 129: Deception and Domination (9)
“I think deceiving and shaking up both the coalition and the church have worked well. “Then what about where you are focusing your efforts now?”
[Because it is a conflict between different evolutions, it is important to deal with the opponent without exposing your strengths to the opponent.]
There are quite a few major events that Lucy controls and manipulates at the same time. However, Lucy takes full advantage of her strengths to organically connect and calculate everything, so it’s not a problem at all.
Lucy, who had deceived two large groups using the elves she had annihilated, did not stop there and accelerated her shake-up, while at the same time investing considerable nutrients and computing power into occupying new lands.
“Crushing it with force. The problem is that the other person also follows suit.”
He sighed as he looked at the screen Lucy showed him.
The tactic Lucy chose to deal with the infected entities of the corrupted World Tree, which use real-time mutation and infection as a powerful weapon, is to push them away with force and numbers.
However, in the end, this was only a temporary measure, as the infected entities that read the devil’s army’s tactics transformed their bodies and used the same tactics to fight back, ultimately leading to another sluggish war of attrition.
The intention was to prevent infected entities from acquiring skills and abilities, but in the end, it was not very effective.
Lucy couldn’t understand the fact that those terrible monsters could replicate the essence of the Demon Lord’s army that she had accumulated so far just by looking at them and dealing with them.
“Sometimes you have to know how to admit it. “At least they are better at analysis and replication.”
[that… … That’s right.]
“But I think you’re better at the concept of ‘evolution,’ Lucy. The power you have isn’t just about cloning. Do you think they’re evolving? That’s just copying. “If they don’t have someone to follow, they can’t evolve.”
He smiled bitterly and comforted Lucy, who was in quite a big crisis.
However, those soothing words were not empty words. In fact, he had an accurate understanding of Lucy’s strengths and the opponent’s weaknesses.
“It’s just my opinion. Sometimes it can be more effective to highlight your strengths rather than trying to cover up your weaknesses. “Although I don’t know how to apply that idea to your situation now.”
[It is my job to find that way.]
As she had done so far, Lucy took the ideas he gave her as inspiration, processed and developed them herself, and created new tactics or strategies.
It’s still the same now. He advised that it would be better to maximize your strengths rather than trying to cover up your weaknesses.
And Lucy’s strengths have definitely evolved. It’s not something you simply watch and follow. If there is an object, Lucy can break it down into cells, analyze it completely, and use the analysis value as data to mix it with other data to create and remodel a completely new being.
“A new type of soldier with new abilities is needed.”
“What kind of soldier are you trying to make? “The opponents are crazy monsters who copy swordsmanship, magic, and the forms and tactics of soldiers.”
Raon laughed when Lucy said that this was the only answer after ending communication with him.
Raon, who stayed back to prevent power leakage while continuing the war, has long since been defeated by the infected entities of the corrupted World Tree.
“It seems to me that there is no creature more perfect than those guys. “What kind of creature can beat those guys?”
“Perfect, don’t say such words out loud.”
When Raon even expressed awe at the power of the infected entities, Lucy made a grim face and silenced him.
Perfection is a state that should never exist or be reached by those who pursue it. The moment you become convinced of the word perfection, evolution stops and growth stops.
“Then what method are you thinking of? “Demon King.”
“Evolution, an evolution that cannot be imitated or copied.”
Lucy’s eyes sparkled. The transcendent computing power had already suggested the highest probability hypothesis after numerous calculations, and as always, Lucy immediately put the plan into action without the slightest hesitation or time.
“It’s the height of inefficiency that you can never see and imitate if you don’t have the same analytical skills as me. “Only, an enemy weapon to deal with the infected entities of that corrupted world tree.”
Lucy manipulated the nanos to create a new soldier. Production did not require much nutrients. This is because its identity was a cell-type soldier as small as a cell.
“There are definitely disadvantages… … .”
“I take them all. Only then can we win.”
Lucy, who decided to accept the shortcomings of the cellular soldier’s lack of efficiency, began to frantically twist the new soldier’s genetic information.
They put 100 pieces of information where only one piece of information was needed, and synthesized and combined two or more types of genetic information even though there were substitutes, creating a bizarre creature that defies common sense.
It was hard to even call this a living thing. Because such inefficient creatures cannot survive in nature.
“It exists for only one thing. “To erase those infectious agents.”
Copying and imitating. Lucy herself wasn’t satisfied with just that. If all you have to do is simply follow what is said, growth will stop the moment there is no one to follow.
Lucy won’t tolerate that. No matter what happens, evolution must continue. I firmly believed that it was the duty and mission of living, breathing creatures.
“What are the names of those little soldiers?”
“Slos Alpha. A living being born only to exist.”
Lucy positioned these rapidly multiplying new soldiers in places where they could directly penetrate the other soldiers’ bodies, such as their weapons, teeth, and claws.
The role of these small cells is simple. You really just have to do nothing and just stay.
All it has to do is become a foreign substance in the enemy’s body, consuming its built-in energy and replicating itself.
In that case, the infectious bacteria inside the infectious agents must remove these foreign substances in order to operate normally.
But it will be difficult to remove. The infected will never know what Sloth Alpha’s weakness is.
Since it is a foreign substance that does not fight and simply exists, the unique replication ability that infectious bacteria boast is of no use, and since it has no ability to decode the complexly twisted genetic information, it is impossible to calculate it backwards.
“What if the enemies overcome Sloth Alpha?”
“Then beta, gamma…” … Just keep improving and evolving. There is no end. There is no set correct answer. “Just trying and fighting and surviving is the right answer.”
Lucy gave an attack order to the enemies, whose body had become stiff and could not move normally.
The balance of the battlefield seemed to be collapsing. There are no longer any enemies that become stronger the more you fight them. Let alone cloning, the best thing to do is to properly protect the body.
“Like this, we will push the world tree down.”
A huge shadow passes over Lucy and Raon’s heads. The advanced soldiers of the Demon King’s army, who had been developed like this at best and had to be left behind, entered the war at once and massacred the confused enemies.
“… … .”
And of course, this is also seen by the corrupted World Tree that controls the infectious agents.
However, the corrupted World Tree, or more precisely, the infectious bacteria that infected the World Tree, the pillar that supported this land, had no choice but to fall into a temporary state of stun.
They started out as tiny bacteria and completely covered the world, so there was no concept of defeat.
* * *
“What we learned about them is that they originated from just one cell.”
Lucy analyzed infectious bacteria for the first time and immediately recognized their roots through replication and division.
In reality, the first infectious bacteria that settled in this world was just a single cell.
However, the infectious bacteria began to multiply like crazy, devouring the host’s body and cells, and eventually covered the entire world.
No force could defeat them. They are beings that become stronger the stronger their opponent is. No matter how many different powers were used, it was impossible to overcome the infectious bacteria’s ability to replicate.
When they finally killed even the last heroes and infiltrated the World Tree.
Infectious germs, which have obtained some of the power of the World Tree that governs the world, exploited and devoured the entire land, using the World Trees spread out across the world as a kind of base station.
The same was true for the Corrupted World Tree that became Lucy’s target.
As all the nutrients in the area were consumed and the land was devastated, new prey from another world arrived while it was resting in a state of extreme dormancy.
Just as Lucy saw them as prey, the Fallen World Tree also saw Lucy and the Demon Lord’s army as prey.
When two predators seeking food collide, the result is, of course, one’s defeat and one’s victory.
The Fallen World Tree was confident that the winner would be itself until this very moment.
“Unbelievable. Could it be that these guys were only a small minority?”
“It doesn’t matter. Even if it takes more time, it’s okay anyway. All you have to do is knock it down and produce a new one.”
Raon shook his head as if he was tired of seeing another group of infected creatures rushing through the fog.
However, Lucy confirmed the will of the Fallen World Tree and instead accepted its provocation.
“It seems like they are losing out in evolution, so it seems like they are trying to compete with numbers and productivity. But this side can handle no matter how many they come.”
Lucy mobilized the high-quality soldiers she had saved for times like this.
Lucy, who until now had been the one to push away with quantity, this time had to reduce the opponent’s numbers in a battle as efficient as possible.
“Overwhelming firepower, and destruction.”
The high-ranking soldiers of the Demon King’s Army, with their strong hearts big and small both inside and out, unleashed their energy toward the great army that was rushing in like a wave, covering the heavens and the earth.
Its firepower is incomparable to that of the Dark Elves who resisted the fiercest in the past. In the end, even dark elves could not escape the limitations of being living creatures, so no matter how strong a spell was used, the amount of energy an individual could contain was limited.
However, Lucy’s demon lord army was different. The demon king army, which had to overcome its limits to fight the demons, was a living thing, but not a living thing. As efficient combat weapons that exist and live only to fight, they were able to contain more energy even if they had the same body area and weight.
“Is that all you have?”
Lucy, who could unleash her firepower to her heart’s content without fear of being stolen, advanced her legion without stopping and laughed at the corrupted World Tree in the fog.
If there are no new numbers, it is the infectious agents that have taken over this world that will be eliminated.