Chapter 116: Made in China · The World!

Chapter 116: Made in China · The World!

Some say that the green baby born from a pile of corpses is actually a substitute for Jonathan Joestar; otherwise, it wouldn't be so friendly toward Jolyne and her group.

However, it's important to note that the green baby is not a Stand. This thing is an unknown entity.

In fact, whether it even qualifies as a living being is uncertain. It is neither Jonathan nor Dio but rather the fusion of thirty-six sinners' souls.

DIO's toe bone, after being awakened by Sports Maxx's Stand, Limp Bizkit, gained self-awareness. Within the Special Punishment Isolation Ward, it transformed thirty-six prisoners into plants and absorbed their souls, ultimately giving birth to the green baby.

It bears the distinct Joestar family birthmark.

At first, upon encountering Jolyne and Anasui approaching it, the green baby perceived them as threats and manifested its Stand, Green, Green Grass of Home, shrinking them with its ability. This marked the beginning of its capacity for thought and its ability to manipulate its Stand in combat.

This leads to a contradiction—since the green baby has its own Stand, Green, Green Grass of Home, theoretically, it shouldn't be a Stand itself.

The ability of Green, Green Grass of Home is both simple and powerful: everything within the green baby's vicinity continuously shrinks.

Its power is inspired by Zeno's Paradox in physics.

Starting from an unknown distance from the green baby, anything—whether objects or people—shrinks in proportion to the distance they cover.

For example, if one moves halfway toward it, their height and the remaining distance also shrink by half.

In its default state, Green, Green Grass of Home is very small and non-aggressive. However, in contrast to its shrinking victims, as it gets closer to its target, its form grows larger. If it senses anyone trying to approach the green baby, it instinctively attacks, eliminating any would-be intruders.

Thus, no one can make physical contact with the green baby.

Much like its user, Green, Green Grass of Home has the intelligence and personality of a newborn. However, as the green baby begins to develop cognition and understanding, its Stand's attacks become more vicious and cunning—such as using strong winds to hurl small stones at Jolyne and Anasui at twice their original velocity, attempting to crush them.

If one leaves the green baby's vicinity or piques its interest, they return to normal size.

Chang Wei intended to replicate the conditions that gave birth to the green baby. He didn't need to find Limp Bizkit to awaken souls—he could do that himself. As for sinners' souls, Chang Wei had none, as most of the souls his Divine Light Virus absorbed had already been used to strengthen his own.

But that wasn't a problem. If he retrieved Stroheim, he could acquire the souls of sinners. Compared to sheer purity, those thirty-six wicked souls were nothing. Countless horrific human experiments had been conducted under Stroheim's supervision. Perhaps he could even take a trip to Japan—there would surely be plenty of sinful souls there.

For now, he put the green baby aside. The most important thing at this moment was—The World!

"Za!—Warudo!"

Chang Wei attempted to summon The World.

The golden World had just manifested behind him when, unexpectedly, Made in China suddenly sprang to life. Without warning, it wrapped around The World, catching it completely off guard.

The World: (,,#Д)

"Nani?"

Chang Wei had no idea why Made in China was acting this way. After all, even other Stand users with multiple Stands had never experienced something like this.

It seemed that Made in China had its own consciousness, though it wasn't as active as Whitesnake. It was silent and reserved—Chang Wei had never even heard it speak. Its sudden action left him baffled.

The World resisted for a moment but was quickly devoured by Made in China.

Then, Chang Wei saw that Made in China's status panel had changed.

[Made in China · The World]

It still had a six-A rating, and its first ability remained unchanged, but now it had gained a second ability.

[Made in China · The World]

Effect: Stops time for up to ten seconds.

"This isn't an evolution—it just gained a new ability?"

Chang Wei pondered. Did this mean that every Stand he obtained would be devoured by Made in China?

If that were the case, his dream of having an army of Stands to gang up on enemies would be gone.

Still, this also highlighted the terrifying potential of Made in China. It had just acquired The World's ability and could already stop time for ten seconds—surpassing DIO's final limit in the original story.

And this ten seconds might not even be its upper limit, as its growth status wasn't marked as complete.

"I am truly the greatest genius!"

Chang Wei burst into laughter.

"Mede in Chi~na—Za! Warudo!!!"

He immediately tested the ability. Instantly, Made in China manifested as a dark-colored version of The World, and everything in Chang Wei's perception came to a halt.

"Molecules have stopped moving, yet I can still see and act. This means it's not a time stop in the sense of physics… I recall that The World's time stop works by wedging itself into the current world's time gears…"

"One second has passed!"

For Chang Wei, a single second was enough to wipe out an entire city's population. Ten seconds? In another world, who knew how long he could halt time?

Even if it only worked for a second, that was enough time for him to charge up a devastating attack and unleash it at point-blank range.

"Two seconds have passed!"

Chang Wei aimed to experience the full ten seconds. Soon enough, he reached the limit. He felt a tearing sensation across his body—subtle, but noticeable. He could endure it.

At the same time, his soul and mental energy felt a pulling force, but he ignored it.

The eleventh second!

Made in China suddenly shattered, and Chang Wei's entire body cracked open, blood gushing out. The moment his blood appeared, it nearly vaporized the entire city—fortunately, he contained and recovered it with telekinesis.

After exceeding the eleven-second limit, Chang Wei felt an earth-shattering pressure. Made in China instantly collapsed.

But he had adapted. He had evolved. And in doing so, Made in China had evolved as well. Now, its panel displayed that it could stop time for eleven seconds.

"So that was the pressure of the time gears… Made in China is still too weak—it couldn't withstand it, and I ended up getting hurt too."

Chang Wei muttered to himself.

It had been a long time since he last suffered an injury. It was a rare experience.

"I suppose I could keep pushing it further… but there's no real need."

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