Terror Infinity - Side B

Chapter 6 - 4, Btooom

Genetic Constraint

Human evolution?

Everyone looked at this scientist said to study OOPArts as she indulged in her thoughts.

Saki: Are you that worried that you can't fight a proper battle. That you can't defeat trained soldiers armed with unknown numbers of BIM and other weaponry as well? You shouldn't underestimate human potential.

Shin: So what? You are saying that I can defeat them? Maybe even by myself? I am a high school dropout with no training. I can beat an average person, but-

Saki: It isn't impossible. Like I said I will choose the path with the greatest chance of survival for me and the group, but I also believe that there are no absolutes forces in the world that humans can't bring down.

Shin: You mean this Genetic Constraint thing?

Saki: Of course. The Genetic Constraint... This is the highest technology in our world. China is a bit ahead of us, but our country is still ahead of most countries in the world. The US and European countries might not know more than us about this.

Hikari: I am a hacker in real life and I have never heared of this Genetic Constraint on any database.

Saki: That isn't surprising. It isn't just the world's greatest power, but it's our greatest secret as well. Only because of a fateful encounter in my youth did I hear of it and decide to devote my life to studying it. In the ancient ages when our ancestors were still apes, no, it was even before that, the dryopithecus... There was a missing period of time in our archaeological studies. Nothing indicated why apes evolved into man. Don't trust textbooks that said it was gradual evolution over millions of years. Let me tell you, the latest genetic studies show that this evolution only took 120 years. Not several million, not even several thousand, it's merely 120 years. Humans evolved from dryopithecus to the early man, australopithecus. From the oldest single cell organism to multi cell organism, to invertebrates, to reptiles, and gradually evolved to the modern human, our history is indicated in our genetic code. Do you know what appeared in our genetic code during those 120 years? Let me tell you, it's a constraint. Yes, it was a constraint, our evolution exploded only for 120 years, then it was sealed off due to various unkonwn reasons. After that, from the early man to modern human, our evolution was actually minimal. To the point that we didn't even evolve a bit for the past tens of thousands of years. Definitely, you can say that our technology is evolving, that we are more advanced that people tens of thousands of years ago, but this is only an accumulation of knowledge. It has nothing to do with biological evolution. Our evolution has come to a complete stop!

The theory of evolution by Saki (Don't know last name). She didn't care for the shocked expressions of everyone around her and continued.

Saki: This dimension, I am not talking about Btooom or this new experiment by God to send us into the worlds of manga and anime, but the overall dimension... I've seen this before. Except that I didn't understand it's meaning at the time. In a certain ruin where we found a human skull in a cave, our country actually found a tablet with words carved on it. We translated most of the words and it basically said, 'When human evolution comes to a stop, horror will unlock human's Genetic Constraint again, to restart the advancement of evolution. The message was left by people named, 'The first group of humans to unlock their Genetic Constraints'. Perhaps this dimension really existed since the ancient times.

Shin: Alright, you got me curious. What happens when we unlock the Genetic Constraint? Humans become supermans without even having to exchange items from God?

Saki: In a way yes. You probably heard this line, all things in their beings are good for something. According to our genetic code, there are no weaklings in the human race. Every person is supposed to have a speciality and his speciality is guaranteed to be among the most talented. In fact, some can achieve it through training, such as sports, or memory, or wit. Removing the Genetic Constraint will allow us to choose our speciality depending on the situation. You can be a genius when you need to think, have unparalleled strength when you need power, and during battle... You can become a super warrior that can survive no matter what happens, even if everyone else died, you will live.

Shin: ...

The Genetic Constraint.

Saki's words were shocking to the others.

Humans that can alter their speciality at will and be able to survive through any situation were pushing the limit of the potential of our species. I

f what Saki said was true, then that was a power that I desperately needed. I, who had lost all confidence in myself, that I could overcome this world and survival to one day become OP and return home... A talentless person like that needs that kind of power.

Saki: Being able to solve any difficulties, have the mentality to never give up, and survive through any situation! This is our evolution after removing the Genetic Constraints! Just think about it. Apes reached this limit and became human, then what will humans become when we reach it?

Zero: How do you unlock the Genetic Constraint? Training? With drugs or something else?

It was surprising that the quite Zero spoke up, but I guess that this was just that interesting of a topic to discuss. Saki then said he was half right. It needs a certain substance, but it isn't something that one could get.

Saki: It needs a substance similar to the epinephrine hormone that can only be produced by the human body. The crucial point is... It's poison. You probably heard of stories like a mother lifting a car to save her son. This actually happened, but what you may not know is that this woman died soon afterward. Scientists found a micro amount of this substance in her blood stream. Therefore it's impossible to unlock the Genetic Constraint with outside help... At least we can't do it with our current technology. You can only work towards it yourself. Of course, we don't even have a direction on how to do so right now. Anyway, I suspect that this dimension is related to Genetic Constraint. It might even be the creation of the first group of humans that unlocked their Genetic Constraint.

Kampa: You think ancient apes predicted the horror movies that we will watch? And all those Sci-fi weapons that you can exchange, you think they can predict everything?

Saki: Perhaps aps can't, but what if the thing they created has artificial intelligence? Computers won't die. They can record our horror movies then make us experience them, until we die or break the limit to unlock the Genetic Constraint. Then we will be able to earn enough points to leave. What do you think of this hypothesis?

Shin: I'm no scientist, but that does sound convincing. The Genetic Constraint. Because of this you don't not believe that any obstacle is impossible to overcome.

Saki: That is right, but I am no optimist. I believe in hard facts in the end. That is all, yet... I am forever unable to disregard the 1% chance of a miracle.

When Saki said that last part... Her usual coldness disappeared and was replaced with a kind smile. Whatever the Genetic Constraint means to her, it wasn't pure academical.

Shuai: This is great and all, but even if it is true, we can't bet our lives on this 1% miracle. We still need to choose a path to take, yet after hearing Saki's options and Shin's criticisms, I don't know what we should do anymore. Attack now or take our chances tomorrow after gathering more intelligence? Well, since I only have two Chips you all know that I need to go out there with or without you.

Hikari: I may have an idea.

Shin: What is it Hikari... Oh, that is it!

Shin had completely forgotten, but luckily Hikari hadn't. Hikari then brought up that it may be possible to go after other NPC safety instead of moving around aimlessly like Saki was worried about and being attacked by the Btooom Soldiers and Commander. From Hikari's backpack, she took out her laptop and explained to Saki and everyone else how she was able to hack into Tyrannos Japan's system on the island. As a result, she is able to potential track down every NPC and Player on the island and hunt for chips more effectively. It is unfortunate that she can't track the movements of the Btooom Soldiers and Commander, but with the laptop they can very easily gain chaips from NPC without roaming around carelessly. Saki became excited after hearing this.

Saki: This is great. Why didn't you mention this earlier?

Shin: Sorry. I forgot about it.

Saki: You shouldn't forget these kinds of life saving methods, so with that kind of information don't in the future. Now, do you know what this means? We can far more effectively gather Chips and as long as we are careful, avoid the Btooom Soldiers and Btooom Commander at the same time. We may even be able to predict the enemys next target and ambush them. No, we are not even limited to just two course of actions now.

Shin: Go on then. The more plans the-

It was at that moment when there newly found hope was distinguished by despair and death. Shin and the others had felt that a radar locked on them, but it wasn't like anything that they have ever felt before. This scan gave a opressive pressure of a beast that threatened to devour their prey whole. Zero went out to scout and confirmed their worst fears had come true. The Btooom Soldiers lead by their Btooom Commander were here and heading straight for them.

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Tyrannos Japan: Game Planner Gemu Shusaisha's Report 12.

Real World Btooom Game, Hard Mode - Day 2.

4:25 PM

Players Alive: 8/15.

NPCs Alive: 69/150.

Btooom Soldiers Active: 25/25.

Btooom Commanders Active: 5/5.

Ryota Sakamoto, Btooom Lord Inactive: 1/1.

Daily Minutes -

1. The culprit has been found and target has been marked. Along with the culprits group they will be eliminated from the game. Hahahahaha!

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Authors Note:

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This chapter was just to introduce the concept, so there really was no point to changing up Xuan's description of it.