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The nights in modern cities are even more bustling than the days. However, just as the brighter the place, the darker the shadows are, there are also unknown things lurking behind the apparent indulgence and recklessness.
"Yu Tai Shinichi, male, 27 years old, currently residing in 17-cho."
The steady voice rang out from the empty street. Although it was less than five meters away, it seemed to be isolated from the bustling scene outside. Not only did the pedestrians passing by not pay any attention to it, but even a stray cat looking for food did not turn its attention to it.
Clearly, this is not a "normal" thing.
The voice continued: "You appeared in this city before November. No one knows your past, and no one knows your true identity. The only thing that is certain is that you are not from this world."
With the final conclusion, the figure in leather shoes walked up to Lin Yi: "Am I right, Mr. Yu Tai Shinichi, the otherworldly being?"
Raising an eyebrow slightly, Lin Yi asked curiously, "A mechanism?"
"You can call me Shinchuan, a member of the organization who is not worth mentioning."
As he said this, Xin Chuan walked into the dim light, and Lin Yi was able to see his face clearly.
His slightly graying beard and hair proved that he was not young, and his gaze was more composed. Such a person usually does not act impulsively. In other words, his appearance here was not a personal act like Lin Yi's when he took over the identity of "Yutai Xinyi", but was permitted by the "organization"... or even directly ordered by the "organization".
While he was pondering these things, Nitta spoke up again: "By directly contacting Asahina Mikuru, can we assume that you otherworlders are planning to formally engage with the special case concerning Haruhi Suzumiya?"
As the most direct native inhabitants—representing the forces at this stage in terms of both space (their place of residence is Earth) and time (the early 21st century, the time of their survival)—it can be said that the organization is the most cautious of the three existing forces in the face of the series of incomprehensible phenomena caused by Haruhi Suzumiya's unique existence.
After all, neither the Information Integration Thought Entity on the other side of the galaxy nor the future human organization in the future timeline would be directly affected by Haruhi Suzumiya. However, the organization, which can only live on this Earth and in this time, cannot escape this situation. Given this, it is reasonable for the organization to react in this way, since it has taken the initiative to contact the future humans, even though it has been observing from the sidelines. If it does not do this, will it wait for the end of the world?
In fact, compared to the Information Integration Thought Entity and the Future Human Organization, the "otherworldly beings" in the eyes of Lin Yi and the other natives are even more dangerous. If Haruhi Suzumiya goes berserk, the former two will still be somewhat involved (being in the same space and timeline), but the otherworldly beings can simply hide in another world and be done with it.
With this advantage, the organization had absolutely no control over the possible actions of the otherworldly beings.
Clearly, this is the result of information asymmetry. If they knew what the Transmigrator Alliance, the Main God Space, and the entry threshold were, these natives probably wouldn't be so conflicted. Unfortunately, they don't know, so they can only guess and speculate like this, and then come to contact Lin Yi, the "representative of the otherworldly people," with this information that even they themselves cannot be sure of.
Faced with Nitta's questioning, Lin Yi simply smiled and said, "We don't have any similar ideas at the moment."
"Then why did you contact Mikuru Asahina?"
"Besides being 'Haruhi Suzumiya' and a 'member of the SOS Brigade,' she should also be considered a 'person from the future.'"
Lin Yi paused, then said, "Aren't you interested? Future people who have mastered time travel technology."
Nitta was silent for a while, probably communicating with someone, which led to the inference that he was telepathic—or that the person he was communicating with had telepathic abilities.
This is also the most distinctive characteristic of the organization's members. Because Haruhi Suzumiya had the idea of wanting to come into contact with "espers," a world that originally had no superpowers suddenly had espers. If it weren't for the existence of the "organization," it's estimated that not only Haruhi Suzumiya, but the entire Japanese society would already know about these beings with incredible abilities.
The mysterious and inexplicable power emanating from "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya" reveals itself in these tiny details.
It's unclear what Nitta said to the other person, but their conclusion doesn't seem promising.
"I'm sorry, the organization cannot verify the truth of what you said. Moreover, as people living in this era, we neither want to interfere with other timelines of Earth, nor do we want others to interfere with our Earth's timeline."
The conflict between "outsiders" and "natives" is ubiquitous. After all, for "outsiders," the world can be destroyed with impunity as long as there is a reason for its existence, since it is not their place of survival. But for "natives," the world is indeed their only living environment, and they must do everything in their power to protect it.
After the appearance of future humans, they will have to protect not only the future Earth but also a future Earth.
Lin Yi's rashly coming into contact with time travel technology can be viewed as a minor or major event. On a minor level, it's just a personal action by an individual from another world who wants to understand Earth's future technology, and it doesn't have any destructive potential. But on a major level, what if this individual from another world wanted to use this technology to cause trouble in Earth's timeline?
Kill Haruhi Suzumiya in other timelines?
Destroyed before the organization was even established?
Or to put it more bluntly, release the virus when humans evolved from apes?
……
These things were all too dangerous, so dangerous that the authorities dared not take any risks, and the conclusion was obvious.
"Stop your actions, or the authorities will take necessary action to protect the world."
Lin Yi was speechless: "This world is so fragile, it has to rely on parasites like you who live on its body to protect it time and time again."
Nitta took Lin Yi's words as mockery, but he could tell from the nonchalance in Lin Yi's tone that he did not want to stop the operation. So he raised his hand and said, "Give up the resistance, or I will take action."
"No wonder he's so kind."
Taking out the item he had just received and wasting one use in less than half a day, Lin Yi now understood why the Transmigrator Alliance would distribute these obviously valuable items to transmigrators who accepted missions in this world.
Given the positions of the organization and the otherworldly beings as "invaders" and "natives," there is absolutely no possibility of compromise—unless the latter remains a bystander, which is what the Transcendent Alliance has been doing all along.
If action is taken, hostility will almost certainly follow.
Why would a transmigrator with only human-level abilities be sent to face the superpowered beings of this world?
Ha ha.
Gently release the prop from your hand.
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Information Integration Thoughts: Chapter 664 The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (6)
The battle was unremarkable. For the natives who had never even reached the level of a city, anyone in this world and a transmigrator who had temporarily regained all his abilities through the "closed space (alienated version)" possessed the power to fight against all of humanity on Earth, let alone a mere superpowered individual.
Lin Yi didn't even have time to use his "Nuclear Fusion Fist" before his opponent was knocked away by the subconsciously spreading AT field—severely injured and unconscious.
Of course, if Lin Yi hadn't opened the "Closed Space (Alienated Version)" in this battle, then the roles of both sides would have been reversed. There was no need to fight at the city level; just fighting at the army level would have been enough to crush a transmigrator at the human level. Moreover, this time, the organization had only deployed one of their relatively strong peak army-level members for the sake of prudence.
But all of this was decided the moment the "Closed Space (Alienated Version)" was used.
Using it means being crushed by the transmigrators, not using it means being crushed by the natives. That's how straightforward and boring the battles are in this world.
Looking at the item that had only two uses left in his hand, Lin Yi raised an eyebrow, glanced once more at Nitta lying motionless on the ground, and then turned and left.
The "Closed Space (Alienated Version)" is independent of this world. Even if you destroy the entire earth and sky inside, it will not have the slightest impact on the outside world. This is also to take into account the world-destroying power of the interstellar transmigrators. Otherwise, when they finally have the chance to go all out, they would have to worry about whether it would affect Haruhi Suzumiya who is "close at hand". It is estimated that they can only exert 10% of their power... In a sense, 10% seems to be enough?
Shortly after Lin Yi left, several figures suddenly appeared in the air, and members of the organization quickly lifted the battered Xintian from the ground and disappeared.
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The following day, Koizumi Itsuki, who was carrying out his "daily tasks" on campus, suddenly received an urgent message from the organization. Although this caused some dissatisfaction from Suzumiya Haruhi, he still managed to get leave from club activities.
After returning to the headquarters, Koizumi Itsuki learned what had happened the previous night.
"The situation is more serious than we thought."
The person he spoke directly with was the head of the organization in this city, because Koizumi Itsuki's mission was quite special, so many things involved him.
"The otherworldly beings have no intention of giving up, and the power they possess..."
At this point, the person in charge of the organization looked somewhat conflicted, but in the end, he stepped aside to let Koizumi Ichiki see the picture on the screen himself.
"This was extracted from Nitta by a superhuman in the organization who can extract images from the surface memory of a person's brain. He is still in a coma, so this is the only way we can obtain information."
Koizumi Ichiki paid no attention to the words of the person in charge of the organization; his attention was drawn to the terrifying, world-destroying scene on the screen.
A golden light suddenly burst forth within the hazy "closed space," then shattered all matter with unstoppable force. Nitta's ability projectiles, which he attempted to launch to block it, vanished without even causing a tremor. In his panic, he seemed to try to create distance, but his retreat speed was no match for the speed at which the golden light spread. In the blink of an eye, he was caught up, hit, and sent flying.
The video ends here.
Looking at Nitta, who was still unconscious, Koizumi Itsuki had many questions he wanted to ask him, but he would have to wait until Nitta woke up.
“You have entered many closed spaces created by the emotional fluctuations of ‘Haruhi Suzumiya’, so you have more experience in this area.”
The gaze from the person in charge of the organization made Koizumi Itsuki somewhat realize something.
"Tell me the differences between those locked spaces and the locked spaces of these otherworldly beings."
Recalling his recent encounter, Koizumi Itsuki replied, "The internal structure of the locked space is not much different; it's all gray and hazy. However, Haruhi Suzumiya's locked space is more complete. In most cases, she projects the surrounding scenery into the locked space, unlike that otherworldly person who has nothing but a barren land and sky."
Record this information, and the person in charge of the organization will continue to keep an eye on him.
"...The locked space of Haruhi Suzumiya is an inner world formed by her mental pressure. Haruhi Suzumiya has no control over the inner part of it, nor can she enter it. But this otherworldly person..."
Looking at the figure faintly visible in the center of the golden light on the screen, Koizumi Itsuki felt that his previous understanding of the closed space based on Haruhi Suzumiya was gradually collapsing.
The person in charge of the organization did not give up so easily, but continued to ask, "What is your judgment on this phenomenon that is different from that of Haruhi Suzumiya?"
"The first conclusion is that he is able to enter a closed space, that is, his own 'inner world,' and to display his power in the way he wants."
"The second one?"
"The second one... he didn't enter the inner world at all, and even this closed space is just a fake, an environment used to avoid damage to the outside world."
The person in charge of recording the information paused in their work, looked up at Koizumi Itsuki with a somewhat blank expression.
"Yes, that's also possible... It's all the power that this otherworldly being possesses."
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The organization knows almost nothing about people from other worlds.
Unlike the Information Integration Thought Entity, which needs to obtain information from humans, and unlike the Future Human Organization, which travels from this era to the future, the Otherworldly People have almost no connection with this world—whether in the past or the future. This also means that even if the organization wants to take the initiative, it has no clues.
Should we rashly provoke a war with people from the future?
Even in extreme circumstances, they would not make such a choice. After all, facing an opponent who can enter and destroy their world at any time, while they don't even know where the opponent's world is, any human knows that such a "war" is impossible to win.
Against this backdrop, the organization's knowledge of the otherworldly beings is limited to their human-like appearance (it is still unknown whether this is a disguise). They have other purposes in this world (including Haruhi Suzumiya, but not only Haruhi Suzumiya, otherwise they would not have been indifferent to the establishment of the SOS Brigade). They control a large amount of resources (financial infiltration and control of a large number of conglomerates and financial companies). They know most things about this world (including the existence of the Information Integration Thought Entity and the Future Human Organization).
Now, they have added a new record to their understanding of "otherworldly beings".
— It is suspected that a humanoid annihilation weapon exists.
Information Integration Thoughts: Chapter 665 The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (7)
Lin Yi realized that his understanding of the current situation was somewhat flawed. In order to correct this error, after resolving the incident with the agency, he returned directly to the Transcendent Alliance's headquarters and found the person in charge, Sigtel.
How many times has this world 'cycled'?
For safety reasons, Lin Yi did not use "restart" but "loop", and the answer from Siegtell confirmed his guess.
"It seems you've already noticed quite a few anomalies."
The smile on his face slowly faded, and Siegtell sat down in a chair and poured Lin Yi a cup of coffee: "Sit down, this story is a bit long."
Lin Yi readily agreed and sat down opposite the time traveler, waiting for the speech to begin.
Organizing his thoughts, Siegtaire slowly began, "In my memory, this is the forty-eighth cycle. You figured that out from the unusual reactions of those natives, didn't you?"
Lin Yi nodded: "The power we can use in this world is extremely limited, at least on the surface, it is not comparable to the power that these natives can use. Under such circumstances, I can't imagine what reason they would have not to exclude us 'invaders' from the game."
The conflict between the invaders and the natives is inevitable once their positions are established. Unless one side completely overwhelms the other, there is virtually no possibility of peace. However, even though the invaders in this world have clearly weakened to this extent, the natives have still not taken any action. Lin Yi initially thought that some transmigrators had already demonstrated their power in advance using something like a "closed space (alienated version)" to intimidate the other side, but judging from Nitta's previous reaction, that was not the case at all.
"If I'm not mistaken, that 'tool' is being used for the first time in this cycle?"
"Yes."
Siegtell readily admitted, "You're using this item for the first time in this forty-eighth cycle, newbie."
Lin Yi narrowed his eyes slightly and remained silent.
Seeing this, Siegtell, who had misunderstood the deeper meaning of Lin Yi's expression, smiled instead: "No need to worry, newcomer. I have no intention of interfering in your entanglement with Yu Tai Shinichi. When you decided to take on this mission, it was no longer an important matter. If you can complete this mission, I don't mind whether you live as someone else or as Yu Tai Shinichi."
After a long silence, Lin Yi slowly spoke: "I need all the intelligence."
"Of course, that's necessary."
"This world is far more complex than you imagine, and in order to eliminate the last hidden dangers of the 'Main God Space,' the Transmigrator Alliance has made sacrifices beyond your imagination. With the Transmigrator Alliance maintaining a high degree of blockade over this world, not only can a transmigrator of a star level enter, but even a rat or a bacterium cannot enter without our permission."
Upon hearing this, Lin Yi suddenly spoke up: "Did you set the restrictions on star ratings?"
Siegtell paused for a moment upon hearing this, then nodded in agreement: "Yes, it's both to protect those transmigrators who can't even withstand the 'settings' and to prevent unreasonable lower-level transmigrators from causing trouble in this world. It must be said that their ability to solve problems may not be good, but their ability to create problems is definitely beyond your imagination. In the first few cycles, we didn't fall because of the unreasonable ability settings of this world, but because of those transmigrators who thought they were the protagonists of destiny after they transmigrated."
As he spoke, Siegtell's expression became conflicted: "You can't imagine what they did. Some went straight to Haruhi Suzumiya and told her that she was actually a 'god,' some used drugs with malicious intent, and some tried to kill the 'god' with a pistol to become god-slayers in this way... And what's even more ridiculous is that one of them actually published the light novel 'The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya'—I hate spoilers more than anything else in my life!"
Seeing Siegtaire's emotional outburst, Lin Yi expressed his understanding.
After calming down, Siegtaire regained his smile: "Sorry, you must have found this amusing. Let's continue."
"After failing in the previous cycles due to the antics of these lower-level transmigrators, the Transmigrators Alliance set a threshold for entering this world. However, it's not as strict as star-level requirements, but rather city-level. As you know, having risen from the bottom, we did have many illusions at the beginning, but having come this far, we've come to terms with reality. Even if we come to this world, we won't do anything incomprehensible; instead, we'll prioritize completing the mission."
At this point, Siegtell's expression turned somewhat gloomy: "What truly limits our cap to star levels is 'cycles'."
"cycle?"
"You felt it too, didn't you? The power that a star-level being can use in this world?"
He pressed his palm onto the wooden table, leaving a shallow handprint: "With the same force, before time looped, this palm could shatter the planet beneath my feet, shatter the moon on the fifth loop, cause tectonic plate tremors on the tenth loop, destroy a city on the twentieth loop, barely manage to break a mountain on the thirtieth loop, and maybe even send a car flying on the fortieth loop. But now..."
Looking at the handprint on the table, Siegtaire chuckled: "I can't even kill a fly."
Beside the palm print, a fly that had sensed danger and avoided it was buzzing around.
"What causes all this is the cycle. This world cannot be ended by anyone's power. Even if it is destroyed, it will return to the beginning in a cycle. But with each cycle, the power that we transmigrators can use will be limited by one layer. From the star level to the national level, from the national level to the city level, from the city level to the military level, and from the military level to the current human level... If it happens twice more, we will not even be able to fight at the human level and will be completely ordinary people. If we really reach that point, our mission in this world will completely fail."
After continuously sorting and categorizing this intelligence, Lin Yi asked again, "What is the reason for the cycle?"
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