They won the Holy Grail War, but this turned out to be the Virtual Tree Universe.

Chapter 124 The Mysterious Tower in the Vortex of the Galactic Frontier
After handing Genovia and Orpheus over to Scáthach, Danlei went to say a few words to the two before leaving.

Danlei's reason for them was that he had to participate in a trial that was only for him and he couldn't bring anyone else along.

Fortunately, similar trials are quite common in myths around the world; the twelve trials of Heracles in Greek mythology are of this nature.

Therefore, including Scáthach, all three of them thought that Danlei was going to complete his own mythological trial.

After learning that she would be staying in the Land of Shadows to receive training from Scáthach, Genovia did not resist. After witnessing the battle between Danley and Scáthach, she truly felt that she was far too weak.

So weak that Genovia felt her abilities were so limited that she might not even be strong enough to be a menial worker for Dan Lei in the future.

So she made a firm promise that once Danlei returned, she would definitely grow to the point where she was truly qualified to stand by Danlei's side.

Here, Dan Lei gave Genovya a good encouragement, declaring that he believed in her.

After all, you can't exactly say things like, "If I come back any second from now, you'll be devastated."

Moreover, Genovya is the first familiar he has connected with through the Holy Grail, so he definitely needs to give her a good encouragement.

As for Orpheus, she simply gave Danlei twenty [Snakes], indicating that as long as Danlei fulfilled his promise within a thousand years, she would listen to him and stay in the Land of Shadows for the time being.

Danlei didn't say much in the end. He patted her little head, said a formal goodbye to Scáthach, left the Land of Shadows, and then found a remote corner of Earth that no gods or demons would care about, before returning to the Star Iron Universe.

Back at the Black Tower Space Station, the fog that Dan Lei released before leaving was still there, but because teleportation doesn't allow you to bring items, all the equipment was "destroyed".

However, before the fog dissipated, Danlei used magic to pick up all the props on the ground.

Then, Dan Lei rushed out of the room and headed straight for the laboratory used for the Star God's breeding destiny experiment.

Back in the lab, the fourth mirror was still there, and Danlei smiled happily.

However, Danlei had been to another world and had been there for several months. He was no longer as angry as he had been about the Fourth Mirror's previous difficulties and sarcastic remarks, so he was able to laugh when he saw that it was still there.

But for the fourth mirror, Dan Lei had only been gone for a short while, a few minutes in total.

So when he saw Danlei return with a "lewd look on his face" and smile at him.

In other words, the mirror didn't have any goosebumps, otherwise the fourth mirror would probably have started crumbling.

So it said in a slightly frightened tone
"You sinner, why are you looking at me like that?"

You're not planning to assault me ​​to force me to open the door, are you, you pervert! You're a pervert who gets horny looking at a mirror!
Wait, has your reproductive fate gone awry again?
No way! Could it be true that the legendary fate of reproduction can affect inorganic matter?

Upon hearing this, Dan Lei was immediately speechless, wondering how the Fourth Mirror could be so filthy, and what exactly the Black Tower had installed in its intelligent system.
So Danlei could only complain.

"Fourth Mirror, when I see Black Tower, I'll definitely make her check your AI system to see what exactly you downloaded. It can't be that all this random knowledge of yours was inputted by Black Tower, can it?"

Upon hearing this, the fourth mirror immediately became anxious and protested.
"Don't talk nonsense! Lady Black Tower is the purest of women; she would never peep at people at night... Ouch!!"

It can only be said that this is not the first time the Fourth Mirror has spoken recklessly, so before it could finish speaking, a small black tower puppet appeared out of thin air behind it and unceremoniously raised its hammer and struck down.

After finishing the hammering, the little black tower doll glared fiercely at Dan Lei, then instantly became dazed, silently picked up the hammer and left the laboratory.

However, this little black tower puppet had already proven that the black tower was indeed observing this place through other means, so Dan Lei simply looked up based on his intuition and said...
"Heita, you and Nguyen Mai wait for me, I'll come find you right away."

After saying that, Dan Lei flipped the fourth mirror over from the ground, making sure the mirror was facing upwards. Then, ignoring that the mirror was still in a dazed state, he took out a [Snake] and poured magic power into the fourth mirror.

Furthermore, Danlei also caused Draig to begin multiplying the magic power within his body.

The fourth mirror was also sturdy; the strength of a single snake couldn't possibly sustain it.

However, Dan Lei quickly took out ten snakes and said he would definitely eat them to death today.

The Holy Grail, which was modified by the Star God and could support Dan Lei's journey through the world, was already full of ten [Serpent] magic before its evolution. Even if Black Tower was a genius, her creation could not withstand more energy than the Star God's creation.

Sure enough, after the second snake was fed, the fourth mirror began to leak energy out of control, and the excess energy could only be injected into the portal to expand its entrance.

Therefore, Danlei took the initiative and transferred the magic power that Draig had multiplied during charging into the fourth mirror in one go.

Then Danlei heard the Fourth Mirror call out in an unusually suggestive voice.
"Ah~ ah~, there's too much, so much, I can't take it anymore."

"No~ Stop pouring in more~ Waaah, I'm about to burst, I'm going to cum~ Ah!!"

After that, the fourth mirror really did leak.

A massive amount of magic power overflowed from the edge of the mirror, and the energy that was originally being contained was completely out of control. Dan Lei didn't even need to enter the spatial passage in the center of the mirror; the entrance expanded to seven or eight meters and swallowed Dan Lei whole.

After a moment of disorientation from spatial teleportation, Dan Lei found himself in a corridor, but the corridor's decor could only be described as cyberpunk classical.

It is considered classical because the shape of the windows in the corridor, the carpets, the chandeliers, and the wall tiles are all in the style of a medieval European castle.

But upon closer inspection, the window reveals the universe, where countless meteorites form a rapidly rotating vortex, with unknown high-energy cosmic rays constantly striking the meteorites and producing iridescent light.

Therefore, the material of this mirror is an unknown material that is far more advanced than the mirrors used in the Black Tower space station.

The wall tiles used in the walls are also made of unknown materials. Each tile is actually made of metal. It is impossible to tell from the outside whether there are any wires connecting them, but based on the energy and force field reaction contained inside, it is known that its defensive power is definitely not low.

The same applies to carpets. Although they look and feel like wool carpets, they are actually made of unknown metal materials.

Danlei used the power of destiny to inject some of the unclaimed imaginary energy he had collected into the carpet, which it could even absorb.

However, there seems to be an access control issue here. As soon as Dan Lei input the Destiny Energy, the entire carpet suddenly emitted a sharp sound like fingernails scraping a blackboard, and quickly stopped reacting to the unclaimed imaginary energy.

Danlei originally wanted to do some research, but since he didn't know the way around here, he wanted to deliberately waste some time to see if he could run into a "native".

Because Danlei was absolutely certain that Black Tower was watching him.

If she finds herself neglecting her duties, given her personality, even if she's furious, she won't just stand by and watch; instead, she'll try to find ways to push things forward.

After all, Black Tower was testing Dan Lei, not simply observing him.

Therefore, Danlei heard the sound of thousands of troops rushing in from the depths of the corridor.

Then, a group of small and large black tower puppets appeared, charging forward while wielding hammers and saying...

"Eliminate the intruder! Eliminate him here! We absolutely cannot allow him to pass through here and get close to Lady Black Tower!!"

When Dan Lei saw this, he was immediately speechless. If these little black tower puppets had been blocking the passages from both sides, he would have believed his words about "eliminating the intruders".

Now they're coming from one direction and saying we can't go through here, or we'll see the Black Tower.

If Danlei still can't understand such an obvious hint, he might as well just find a cloth to cover himself up to avoid embarrassment.

However, Dan Lei's idea of ​​using these little black tower puppets to attack is serious.

Dan Lei knew this from the moment the first charging doll jumped up, used his power of intellect to condense a huge diamond with cat ears, and then slammed it directly at him. However, unless the doll was possessed by the Black Tower, this kind of attack would be easily handled by Dan Lei, not just now, but even before he had been to the world of High School DxD.

So Danlei used the relatively gentle power of his abundant destiny, combined with his balanced destiny and magic, to catch the diamond. Then, after turning around and empowering his hunting destiny, he unleashed his multiplied magic to shoot it out.

The black tower doll that launched the attack was instantly smashed to pieces by its own diamond.

At the same time, the diamond also crashed into the army of little black tower dolls behind it.

Then the diamond exploded, instantly knocking down a group of small black tower dolls.

Dan Lei's heavy-handed attack on the little black tower dolls here suggests that he knows the black tower only uses them as tools, and even as consumables.

Therefore, as long as the damage caused by the attack does not affect her daily life, she will not be truly angry.

After dealing with this group of enemies, Dan Lei said that since the Black Tower had given him a clear warning, he naturally went straight along the route the Little Black Tower had taken.

At this moment, Danlei felt as if he were exploring an ancient castle in an RPG game.

Whenever you encounter a multi-way intersection, various enemies will run out shouting, "Don't let him pass through here and get close to Lady Black Tower!!" and then attack you.

However, the attackers were all of average strength, to the point that Dan Lei could defeat them without even using his soul power.

Moreover, Black Tower thoughtfully provided rewards along the way.

After each battle, you can see a room with its door open after walking a few steps.

It often contains rare items and various research materials that seem impressive just from the title.

There was even a room filled with all sorts of precious metals and jewels. It's a mystery where Black Tower, who had spent all his money in the bottomless pit of the simulated universe and was always short of money without Estelle by his side, found so many precious metals and jewels.

It's important to know that Black Tower never accepts gifts from strangers; she only scams acquaintances.

However, Dan Lei ignored all of these things.

Dan Lei's goal is clear: as long as he can catch up with Black Tower, all these things will be his.

If we can't win them over, we shouldn't accept these things in order to leave a good impression that we can cooperate in the future.

Otherwise, what difference would there be between me and that guy who makes 500 a night?

Soon, Danlei arrived at the central area of ​​the building.

Once he got here, Danlei finally understood the structure of the building he was in.

This building should be a tall tower.

At this moment, Dan Lei recalled that the story of the Black Tower character mentioned that the Black Tower's home was on the edge of the galaxy, and it was a tall tower.

The exact location wasn't mentioned, only that it's in a desolate, lifeless galaxy, where there's a cosmic vortex, and the tower within it is the home of the Black Tower.

Recalling the view outside the window he had just seen, Dan Lei was basically certain that this was the Black Tower's true home, the tower on the edge of the Milky Way.

Of course, don't expect Black Tower's house to be designed normally.

At this moment, in front of Dan Lei was a spiraling upward slide with no handrail, whose end could not be seen with the naked eye.

Okay, this thing is more of a suspended slide than a slide.

Danlei remembers that in the animated short film "The Magic Kitchen of the Big Black Tower", she was the one who controlled the "magic carpet" to move on this slide.

Of course, as Dan Lei said, this is a suspended slide, and it's not a simple magnetic levitation; it's an energy repulsion phenomenon whose principle Dan Lei doesn't know.

At the same time, when Dan Lei tried to take off directly, he felt a resistance.

The resistance is not strong, so it wouldn't be too difficult for Dan Lei to break through if he wanted to.

However, this slide is obviously a bit of a challenge, so Danlei felt it was better to stick to the main route.

The unknown mutual exclusion phenomenon would be very troublesome for Dan Lei to study normally.

This is because specialized instruments are needed to determine the nature and energy characteristics of the repulsive force, and then match the corresponding energy and wavelength.

However, the Black Tower seems to have limited understanding of the equilibrium destiny.

The Balanced Fate is best at resolving conflicts between two forces.

Therefore, Danlei only needs to use some imaginary energy, wrap it with balanced destiny, and touch the energy of the slide to understand its nature.

Then, you can use the technique to adjust the required energy and wavelength.

So, Dan Lei took out the metal plate left over from making the puppet from the Devouring Sac and made a small car.

After analyzing the energy properties using the Balanced Fate Path method, the incantation was recorded, and it was indeed able to float on the slide.

Next, Danlei only needs to solve the problem of upward thrust.

It's simple, just use wind magic to provide thrust.

However, the passage was longer than Dan Lei had imagined. As he went up, he felt his eyes were about to blur. Even with his full speed, it took him nearly half an hour to reach the end of the road, where a staircase covered with vines and adorned with perfectly placed flowers on the handrails led to a tightly closed door at the end of the staircase.

Danlei remembers this staircase; it seems to have appeared in an animated short film.

But there used to be a door here? And there's a wall next to the pillar?

However, what was there before is not important; what is important is that there is now a door here, and it looks very sturdy.

Clearly, this should be another test.

So, after Dan Lei climbed the steps, he sensed the surroundings briefly.

Then Dan Lei felt the power of the Envoy-level Intelligence Destiny that left him dumbfounded.

　The speculation about the Black Tower in the universe comes from the "Honkai Impact: Star Railway" Thousand Star Chronicle PV: "The stars are silent as a mystery".

　　Inside, the Black Tower faces the Venerable Master of Wisdom, who is situated within a vortex of starlight.

　　Of course, it was later explained that this was Black Tower's own fantasy.

　　However, placing the Black Tower's home on a planet is too low-class, so I insist that the vortex in The Black Tower Story 3 is definitely not a vortex in water.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)