novelraw Chapter 12 The young man didn't know his limits and went too far.
Chapter 12 The young man didn't know his limits and went too far.
As mentioned before, reborn individuals are troublesome creatures. They are aware of the future and are also extremely sensitive. They pay close attention to everything related to their past lives, and once changes occur, they start overthinking. This is especially true for someone as meticulous as Zhou Shen. However, every action of such a person can have a butterfly effect, with each different choice altering the past.
However, this does not mean that all changes are reasonable. After he awakened his higher-dimensional abilities, all the changes were too abrupt and too eye-catching, so it is normal for Zhou Shen to feel doubt.
So, how do we dispel his doubts?
Explanation?
That's bullshit. How can you explain something like that?
Therefore, the best approach is to let Zhou Shen, the reborn individual, discover that he was not simply reborn, but rather reborn into a parallel world that is similar to, yet completely different from, his previous world. In this way, all the changes would become reasonable.
It's not just Zhou Shen.
As someone who has read thousands of novels, he knows very well that not everyone in this world is destined to be the protagonist. Zhou Shen can be reborn, but can't others? Zhou Shen was just close to him, so he discovered him. What if there are other reborn people?
Therefore, the most important thing is to make Zhou Shen and the other reborn individuals, whose existence is unknown, understand that this is a parallel world.
How can we make them understand?
Of course, it's about causing trouble.
Therefore, we must not only do it, but also create a major event, a major event that can have a huge impact on the world, a major event that can shock everyone and even change the world's perception of humanity.
Only in this way can the reborn beings clearly realize that the problem lies with the world.
So, how do we create a big event?
With his abilities, he could easily cause any kind of incident, but it wasn't that easy either.
For example, if he were in wartime, he would not hesitate to break off that narrow island on the basketball in front of him. But now it's not wartime; he's just a mortal who has to live in this world. For him, a peaceful world is valuable, as for that island...
Thinking of that island, he became extremely annoyed. Damn it, didn't he return that egg to its rightful owner? He even threw it inside a Fuji apple, so why hasn't it made a sound? It exploded on my turf, but now it's not even making a fuss?
Is it because I lack the knowledge and don't understand the principles of bombs?
Isn't this bullying an honest person? I'm just an ordinary high school student, how would I know how to detonate a bomb?
How about we try creating a tsunami?
A thought flashed through his mind, and just then, his phone suddenly dinged, displaying a news article.
His eyes lit up when he saw the news that "the U.S. and Japan launched a military exercise codenamed 'Perseverance Blade' in the East China Sea in the early hours of today, and our military is observing it closely."
"Military exercises? Military exercises my ass! Dude, times have changed!"
A bold and utterly absurd idea quickly took shape in his mind. He wanted to create a global event that defied current scientific explanation, to completely muddy the waters and shift Zhou Shen's perception from the subtle butterfly effect to the fact that this was simply another world!
This is not difficult.
He turned on his computer, checked the map of the three-nation military exercise, blinked, and a blue star appeared before his eyes. He reached out and began to manipulate it. A few seconds later, on the azure sea, the USS Worthington aircraft carrier, surrounded by a group of destroyers and frigates, cleaved through the waves, with fighter jets roaring overhead. Japanese ships were also patrolling nearby, making quite a spectacle.
"Worthington, the Cherry Blossom Axe, I've heard so much about you! Behold my invincible iron fist... wait, it's gone!" Hu Biao's lips curled into a mischievous smile as his gaze locked onto a giant squid leisurely scurrying about in the deep sea.
Then he reached out his hand, but stopped there...
After thinking for a moment, he turned on his computer, cleared out all his stocks that were at their peak, then opened a drawer, put on the latex gloves he had prepared long ago, and reached out again to pick up the giant squid. He then reached out with his other hand and began to adjust the proportions of the image in front of him, comparing the squid's size with that of the Worthington. He confirmed that the squid in his hand was slightly larger than the Worthington in a higher dimension before stopping.
Like placing a delicate toy, he precisely positioned the giant squid, which was in a higher dimension and invisible to the naked eye but whose physical existence was anchored, in the sea directly below the Worthington. He even thoughtfully wrapped the squid's two longest tentacles around the Worthington's huge propeller like a cable before removing his hand.
In a higher-dimensional state, the squid is endowed with physical strength commensurate with its enormous size. Otherwise, ordinary creatures would have been crushed by their own weight long ago if scaled up proportionally. This was confirmed after several experiments. It can not only achieve a higher-dimensional state itself, but also endow all objects except itself with a higher-dimensional state.
Then, it's time to watch the show!
The bridge of the USS Worthington in the exercise area.
Captain Robert Keane stood smugly at the porthole, gazing at the massive fleet outside. "Gentlemen," he declared, "this exercise has demonstrated to our allies, and to potential adversaries, our resolve and capability to uphold freedom of navigation..."
Before he could finish speaking—
Rumble...!!!
A muffled, thunderous roar, accompanied by a metallic, piercing sound, suddenly came from beneath the ship!
The massive USS Worthington seemed to be violently pulled by an invisible giant hand, jerking abruptly before emitting a groan that made your teeth ache! Loose objects on the deck instantly slid off, alarms blared in the bridge, and red lights flashed frantically!
"Report! Propulsion system malfunction! The propeller appears to be entangled by an unidentified object!"
"The ship is listing severely! 15 degrees to port... 20 degrees!!"
"The sonar echoes are chaotic! There's a huge unidentified object underwater!!"
Captain Keane stumbled, grabbing the handrail to steady himself, his face drained of color.
"What's going on?! Is it a submarine attack? Or a runaway?!" he roared, this was completely beyond his comprehension.
On the sea, a sudden and dramatic change occurred!
Just as the Worthington was listing violently, a huge bulge of water appeared on the sea outside its port side as if boiling. Then, a terrifying tentacle, as thick as a giant oil pipeline, covered with suckers and dark red in color, burst through the sea and shot straight into the sky, accompanied by a spray of water!
Those tentacles were so huge that the part that was above water was taller than the mast of the bridge!
Then, a second, a third... more tentacles burst from the water, some wrapping around the hull, others waving wildly in the air! A huge, despairing shadow loomed beneath the surface, its outline even larger than the Worthington itself!
"My God... what is that?!"
"A sea monster! It's a sea monster!!"
"Kraken! The legendary Kraken!!"
Panic spread like a plague through the fleet. The officers and men on the USS Worthington, as well as the sailors on the nearby escort ships, were terrified by the incomprehensible sight.
Some people stood frozen in shock, some made the sign of the cross on their chests, and many more were simply gripped by pure fear of the unknown behemoth.
Time seemed to freeze for ten seconds.
These ten seconds are ten seconds in which cognition is completely shattered and rebuilt.
Finally, the closest Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, the USS Sterett, reacted first. The captain, battling immense shock and fear, roared, "Fire! Aim at the tentacles! Free fire! Cover the USS Worthington!"
The close-in weapon system roared first, unleashing a dense barrage of bullets at the waving giant tentacles.
However, something astonishing happened: the shells, powerful enough to tear apart anti-ship missiles, had absolutely no effect on the tough, slimy tissue...
No, it wasn't that it had no effect; in fact, it passed right through the monster's body and flew into the sky.
It missed!
At this moment, the monster that had entangled the aircraft carrier was like the Xue family's cat—it appeared to exist, and it actually existed, but when faced with attacks, it seemed as if it did not exist!
"Waaah—"
A deep, resonant sound, as if from the primordial era, traveled through the water, sending chills down one's spine.
The giant squid seemed to be getting impatient and suddenly lifted half of its mountain-sized body out of the sea!
At this moment, world history was rewritten, and human cognition was completely overturned.
Mythology descends upon the human world!
On the sea, a massive head covered in tough skin swept across the surrounding tiny ships with two car-sized eyes, its gaze cold and merciless. More tentacles coiled around the Worthington, and then, with a sudden burst of power!
Under the watchful eyes of countless horrified men, the Worthington, with a displacement of tens of thousands of tons, was dragged like a toy by a force that defied the laws of physics, tilting violently, its massive bow rising, and then irreversibly... pulled into the turbid, churning sea!
boom!!!
A deafening roar, accompanied by tsunami-like waves, spread outwards.
At the same time, the funnel-shaped organ under the squid's head suddenly contracted, and a thick, ink-like black liquid, comparable in volume to a small oil tanker, gushed out, instantly engulfing a vast sea area centered on the sinking point!
Several ships, including the HMS Sterett, were blackened by the sudden "ink storm," and their radar and optical equipment malfunctioned instantly, leaving the decks in a mess.
In the distance, the Eastern Navy monitors the fleet.
Inside the bridge of a certain type of destroyer, there was a deathly silence.
All the officers and soldiers, from the captain to the ordinary observers, stared wide-eyed at the enhanced real-time images transmitted back by the optical probes on the integrated mast.
"Report... the Worthington... it... it was..." the sonar soldier's voice trembled, "... dragged to the bottom by... an unidentified gigantic creature!"
"Confirmed! Optical image confirmed! Giant cephalopod features! Repeat, confirmed to be a cephalopod, hmm... looks like a giant squid!"
"Target creature... has infiltrated the ink zone, signal... has disappeared?!"
"I have eyes!" Captain Liu Dongting snapped back to reality, shouting to quell the turmoil in his heart. He then ordered in a voice as calm as possible, though still slightly trembling: "Immediately send all data from the scene, including optical, radar, sonar, and electronic signals, encrypted with the highest priority, back to headquarters! All units, maintain maximum alert, but without orders, no one is permitted to approach the incident area!!"
At this point, his mood calmed down slightly. "Also, we should send out communications to see if there's anything we can do to help; we can provide humanitarian aid."
"Huh?!" The staff officer next to him was stunned. Wasn't it strictly forbidden to approach the sea area where the incident occurred?
"Captain, what if they need to call for help?!"
"What did you say?!" Liu Dongting whirled around, shoving his face at the staff officer and roaring, "What did you say? I can't hear you!"
This is like a deaf person asking a profound question.
"Huh? Oh—" In an instant, the staff officer understood and quickly told the communications officer to send a signal.
"Damn, that's a talent!"
At this moment, Hu Biao also saw the captain's behavior and couldn't help but twitch his lips. Great powers are magnanimous, those who understand will understand.
This matter cannot be kept secret. Putting aside the squid's enormous size, joint military exercises like this usually involve reporters following and filming. Such a major event will likely spread throughout the world in no time.
"As I suspected, all attacks from the real dimension are ineffective in a higher dimension. In other words, if I were in a higher dimension, it would be like unleashing my full power in the real world, even more powerful than Obito's Kamui."
Isn't that right?
When Obito's Kamui comes into contact with reality, it will return to reality. However, his higher-dimensional state can directly pull reality into the higher-dimensional state. Once in the higher-dimensional state, who can defeat him?
Now, my safety in reality is finally guaranteed!
It has to be said that after reading so many online novels, even he couldn't help but develop some paranoia after discovering he had superpowers.
He reached out again, and with a thought, retrieved the squid that was still in a higher-dimensional state, canceled its higher-dimensional state, and casually tossed it back into the deep sea on the other side of the world, letting it continue to be an ordinary giant squid, as if nothing had happened.