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The Punishing Virus
The Punishing Virus is a type of cybernetic pathogen that is able to infect both humans and machines. Upon infection, humans quickly die due to cellular breakdown; they can only survive in areas with low atmospheric viral concentrations with the assistance of a specially-designed serum that can...
Corruption (Both Types), Biological Manipulation, Disease Manipulation, Possession, Corrosion Inducement, Transmutation, Empathic Manipulation, Hacking, Technology Manipulation & Madness Manipulation (Types 1 & 2; The Punishing Virus directly attacks an organism's cells, causing rapid cellular decay and hijacks the logic circuits of mechanoids, corrupting them, and causing them to manifest extreme hostility towards any individual displaying human consciousness or behavior)
Both types of madness manipulation should be removed since a machine only becomes mad from getting hacked by the virus, not by directly affecting the mind of the machine itself. Corruption should only be type 1 since an infection by a virus is performed through physical vectors. It is also completely said that the virus is incapable of taking over the consciousness of a living human being, meaning corruption and possession should also be limited to only machines. Nothing is said about transmutation and corrosion inducement so the two abilities should be removed.
Higher-Dimensional Existence (4-D), Abstract Existence (Type 1: Energy, Emotions, Thoughts, Information [Type 2]), Dimensional Manipulation & Information Manipulation (Type 2; Eventually it is revealed that the "language" or "code" in the virus is higher dimensional in nature, with it also being revealed that it's essence is multidimensional information. The virus is also responsible for absorbing all information of a universe bubble, thus destroying said universe in the process, it has also filled itself with earth specific information overtime, displaying its memetic contamination characteristics and has a 4th dimension to it)
Issue lies with the Abstract Existence and Dimensional Manipulation. It is only said that the virus resonates with every piece of information of the universe. But it is never said that the virus is all of the information in the universe nor has it absorbed or became it. Since it is said that the virus essence is higher-dimensional information, its abstract existence should only be type 1 information, since it said nothing about being made up of energy, emotions, thoughts or fundamental abstract substances that shapes the universe. Dimensional manipulation should also be removed, since the scans said nothing about manipulating dimensional axes itself, only said to have absorbed information that originated from the fourth dimension. Abstract Existence should only be Type 1 information and dimensional manipulation should be removed.
Non-Physical Interaction (Data, Thoughts, Emotions, Spirits/Souls, Memory, Void, Energy & Information [Type 2]; The Punishing Virus fills itself with earth specific information, such as emotions, thoughts, desires, etc. It has also once absorbed all information of a universe bubble, including spirit, memory, matter & energy, amongst other things)
Nothing is said about the void being interacted here. The Void NPI should be removed.
Mind Erasure (Potent enough concentrations of Punishing causes M.I.N.D deviation in those it infects, destroying their minds in the process<a href="https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/The_Punishing_Virus#cite_note-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a>)
This is only mind destruction, not erasure.
Aura (Overwhelming), Passive Death Manipulation & Passive Mind Erasure; Corrupted such as Tifa are capable of causing M.I.N.D deviation in weak-willed Constructs with just her appearance. M.I.N.D deviation being the process in which a Construct's M.I.N.D becomes corrupted and then destroyed, with this corruption alternatively causing cellular breakdown<a href="https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/The_Punishing_Virus#cite_note-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a> for humans.)
None of this is Death Manipulation or Mind Erasure. M.I.N.D deviation cause cellular breakdown in humans which should be Biological Manipulation instead. Humans die because of the cellular breakdown but not from inducing death itself. Mind manipulation should also be limited since it only works on Constructs, also it'll be corruption and possession since M.I.N.D deviation doesn't entirely erase a construucts memory.
Corruption (Both Types), Biological Manipulation, Corrosion Inducement, Transmutation, Information Manipulation (Type 2), Disease Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation, Technology Manipulation, Hacking, Madness Manipulation (Types 1 & 2), Possession, Perception Manipulation, Memory Manipulation, Mind Manipulation & Death Manipulation (All corrupted have resistance to a majority of the core effects of the Punishing Virus due to already being Corrupted)
Covered before. Corruption change to only type 1 and limited. Transmutation and corrosion inducement remove. Type 2 information remove because the virus did not absorb the information of the universe, only resonate. Madness manipulation remove, possession is limited, perception will also be limited. Mind and perception manipulation will be limited because M.I.N.D deviation only affects the consciousness of machines and constructs, not humans. Death manipulation will be removed since M.I.N.D deviation does not induce death to a human or construct.
Matter Manipulation (Molecular), Minor Electricity Manipulation, Enhanced Aura (Explosive & Overwhelming) & Enhanced Passive Death Manipulation (Ascendants such as Alpha are capable of radiating pure Punishing in the form of a red aura, with said aura being extremely hot and having electric sparks. Lamia had every molecule around her teeming with the Punishing Virus, making it so her mere presence would cause any construct within range to collapse in a few seconds.)
Covered before. Remove death manipulation.