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

Chapter 188 Three-way Siege, the Final Battle Begins

Upon hearing Dan Lei's words, Rick, who knew that whether he faced danger or not, immediately stopped pretending and stood up to face Dan Lei directly, saying excitedly...
"I don't have your kind of redundancy, and besides, can you guarantee that the war will end once you become the only god?"

Dan Lei answered the question instantly.

"Of course it will end. Even if [God of War] Altshu becomes the only god, the battle will still end."

However, whether the new world represents the peace everyone desires is a matter of opinion.

Upon hearing this, Rick immediately said with disdain.

"Yes, the world you have created will only be a world where the strong endlessly oppress the weak, and the weak will never have a chance to rise up."

There's a classic rebuttal to that statement from an online forum from a past life, so Danlei just blurted it out.

"Really? Then just become strong. As long as you're strong enough, whether the weak can turn the tables is up to you."

You should know that the path to advancement for humans has been opened. The character you're playing, Hanabi, can easily knock out an eighth-level Forest Elf.

From now on, humanity can no longer use talent as an excuse; weakness will be the consequence of not trying.

Dan Lei's statement is a fallacy. The facts prove that hard work is only the foundation for a person to succeed.

Moreover, most people work hard their whole lives, only to be born into a different family than someone else.

It will take the combined efforts of several generations to achieve upward social mobility.

But Rick couldn't refute this, because the humans in the game of life suffered too much. Danlei was just providing a sanctuary for the humans here, so they wouldn't be slaughtered at will by other races, and he was hailed as the savior of the vast majority of humanity.

However, Rick has his own ideals, he stated frankly.

"A world that cannot make everyone laugh is meaningless."

Dan Lei laughed at these words and retorted.
“Okay, I’ll add a rule during creation: everyone has to laugh three times a day, or they’ll get itchy all over until they laugh it off. That way, I can fulfill your request.”

Rick was speechless again after Danlei's words, and after a long silence, he spoke again.

"As expected, you cannot create the world I dreamed of."

Dan Lei responded without any hesitation.
"I created the world, so why should I create the world you dream of?"

Rick, aren't you taking yourself too seriously?

Alright, since Shubi gave me the information on the Machine Type, I won't punish your rudeness this time. Take her away.

Find a remote place to hide; the war will be over soon.

Your true mission lies in the post-war world. There, under the new rules, use your wisdom to lead humanity to a better life.

After saying that, Danlei reached out and took the doll that he used to communicate with Hanabi from Rick's arms, crushed it, and turned to leave.

Rick and Hugh have temporarily lost their value to Dan Lei.

However, seeing how pitiful the couple was, and since they hadn't caused him any real harm, Dan Lei decided to let them continue living.

Furthermore, during his earlier data exchange with Shubi, Danlei secretly transmitted information about female anatomy and some unspeakable positions to her.

After all, machine-type machines can change their own structure simply by observing it. In the original story, Shubi asked Chlorine Dora, who claimed to be Rick's sister, to study the structure of his organs, which led to Rick being beaten up.

Dan Lei already had a thorough understanding of female anatomy when he was learning to make puppets from Aozaki Touko.

Before leaving, Danlei sent a message to Xiubi.
"If you want Rick to live, the best way next is to drain his energy through sexual activity."

Danlei passed this data to Xiubi so that she could completely drain Rick's energy, as this better suited Danlei's current needs.

Knowing that Rick and Hanabi's scheme was already known to him, Danlei decided to play along.

The Skywings and Goblins certainly wouldn't dare gamble that Avalon City hadn't produced any artifacts.

Even if the two sides do not form an alliance, they will definitely launch a strong air attack on Avalon.

So, Danlei has to go back and prepare some gifts for them.

Furthermore, security for fireworks displays needs to be strengthened.

In Rick's memory, Hanabi's initial mission when she infiltrated Avalon was to release the power gathered within the city into the air.

Rick had no idea what the specific methods were; Hanabi simply said, "Just watch me play."

Therefore, Danlei must go back and "interrogate" Hanabi.

You asked why we didn't directly read Hanabi's memories but instead had to "interrogate" her.

Then Danlei would answer you: there's a consensus in the Star Iron Universe, which is not to try to understand the Masked Fool's thought process.

Even memory thieves rarely steal the memories of the Masked Fool.

Because their memories are often very muddled and their logic is also very confused, forcibly reading their memories can easily lead to mental breakdown.

As for Hanabi, Danlei could guess how chaotic her mind was without even reading it.

You can understand "a thousand faces and a thousand appearances" as her having a thousand personalities and completely independent memories, which are then mixed together and stuffed into a sea of ​​consciousness.

Danlei doesn't have the power to manipulate these memories. If he were to copy and filter them all at once, he would at best suffer from a split personality, and at worst become the next Hanabi.

It can be said that a masked fool like Hanabi was despised by all the rememberers entirely on his own.

As the saying goes, if I'm smelly and dirty enough, not many people will bother to try my taste.

In the Pinocchio storyline, Black Swan's reluctance to interact with Hanabi is likely due to her dislike of Hanabi's confused memories.

So Danlei went straight to the council hall after returning to Avalon.

Hanabi was still playing the role of Artoria, just like before, with her hands bound and locked in a huge birdcage in the council hall.

However, she clearly knew Danlei would come, and it's very likely that she sensed it when Danlei destroyed Rick's communication doll.

Therefore, when Dan Lei added extra imaginary energy and mental power to the isolation barrier, Hanabi took the initiative to ask...

"Danlei, what did you do to Rick in the end? You can read memories, so you must already know about our plan, right?"

Danlei was surprised that Hanabi cared about Rick and asked directly.

"I didn't expect you to care about people, just because he's your successor?"

Upon hearing this, Hanabi immediately reverted to her original form and said indifferently.
"How could that be? I just thought that little potato was quite interesting, it's a shame it died."

Dan Lei didn't know whether Hanabi was sincere or not, but it didn't matter whether it was true or false. After the Game of Life incident ended, Hanabi would definitely be sent back to the Star Iron Universe by [Aha].

Rick will definitely stay here.

The chances of them meeting again are slim, though not impossible.

So, Danlei simply reached out and placed his hand on Hanabi's back, and then said...
"Don't worry, he not only didn't die, but I also helped him out."

I saved him from the Skywing race, healed all his injuries, and gave him the female physiological structure of the Mech race beside him.

Let her drain Rick dry while she's at it.

By the way, you haven't seen that mecha. She looks like a human who is seven or eight years old, but Rick married her.

Moreover, when he married her, she didn't even have the relevant organs.

I must say, your apprentice's XP is quite unique.

Upon hearing this, Hanabi immediately showed an amused expression and laughed.

"Danlei, why don't you let me leave here first?"

I'm planning to throw that kid a grand coming-of-age party, to announce to everyone in the village that he's finally lost his virginity. I imagine his expression will be hilarious.

"By the way, could you please take your hand off my back? Seriously, you're not going to suddenly become a beast and try to hurt me, are you?"

Upon hearing this, Dan Lei could only think that this person truly lived up to her reputation as Hua Huo. She could even trick herself, so she wouldn't hold back at all when it came to tricking her apprentice.

However, we definitely can't set off fireworks now. Once Jibril returns, the Winged Race will surely attack, and the fate of this world is hanging in the balance.

So, Danlei tapped her on the head and said...
"Don't worry, I'm not interested in someone with your figure."

Placing a hand behind your back is just to confirm that you are the real person.

Forget about letting you out; I'm planning to put you in a rocket and launch you straight out of this star system.

Believe me, I've wanted to do this for a long time.

After saying that, Danlei knocked Huahuo unconscious without waiting for her reply.

Then, the person and cage were sealed together and thrown into the sac.

Immediately afterwards, Dan Lei used the Divine Machine Hundred Refinement Hand to launch a large rocket made of imaginary energy into the starry sky.

Dan Lei estimates that this rocket could easily traverse the Earth-Moon system where the Game Life planet is located.

Dan Lei wasn't sure if the rocket could escape the star system.

But that's enough. Hanabi doesn't have any spatial abilities, and Danlei went quite far, even injecting her with some hypnotic substance.

Normally, it would take several weeks for Hanabi to wake up. Unless [Aha] gives her a cheat code, it's unlikely she'll return before the final battle.

After seeing off the fireworks, Danlei immediately summoned Morgan and demanded that the entire magic base beneath Avalon be replaced.

Dan Lei did this purely out of fear that Hanabi had already tampered with the Magic's foundation.

Although she doesn't understand magic, she doesn't necessarily need to know how to destroy something.

The magic base plate contains a massive amount of ley line energy; even the slightest damage could trigger a super explosion powerful enough to shatter the continent of Lucia.

Fireworks is an officially certified, shameless fool who has no bottom line when it comes to having fun.

The final battle is almost here, and she will stop at nothing to see Dan Lei, who seems to have the upper hand, suffer a dramatic comeback.

It's unlikely that the firework sets a trap that triggers when it moves a certain distance away; rather, it's triggered when the energy within the base plate becomes active to a certain degree.

Danlei was not confident that he could uncover Hanabi's hidden methods of sabotage.

Therefore, the safest approach is to replace the entire magic base.

Of course, the magic base, which has already gathered a great deal of power, cannot be changed at will.

You must first create a magic base of the same level, and then transfer all the magic power to it.

It's important to understand that the ley line magic currently gathered in Avalon City is only just enough to theoretically penetrate the standard line of a planet.

Replacing the base plate now will inevitably result in a loss of some magic power, and it will also take time to transfer the magic power into the spell.

However, since Danlei decided to change the base, he had already figured out where to make up for the missing magic.

Therefore, I insisted on replacing Morgan.

Because the construction of the foundation is not a big problem, the resources and manpower that Avalon City can mobilize now are incomparable to those when the city was first built.

The new foundation can be completed in three days at the latest, and with the time for magic transfer, the entire project can be completed in five days at most.

Even if the Skywing race flew over from the other side of the planet right now, it would take them more than a day to get there.

Avalon City should be able to withstand the Skywings for four days without any problems.

To see just how resilient the power of preservation is in defensive battles, please refer to Belloberg.

Despite the relentless onslaught of the antimatter legion, the city persevered for a full thirty years without being completed.

Moreover, the builders built Beloborg while withstanding the fierce attacks of the antimatter legion over the past thirty years.

After the stellar core cold wave swept across the planet, the city withstood the attacks of the cold wave and the rift creatures for more than seven hundred years.

Compared to the Antimatter Legion, the Skywing Race is overestimating them.

Although the Skywing race may have a slight advantage in individual combat strength, their numbers are too small. Any single unit from the Antimatter Legion could cripple the Skywing race.

If you add a dozen or so more Doomsday Beasts, Altshu will be overwhelmed and killed. (In the original story, he was overwhelmed and killed by the Machine-Type Beasts.)

Moreover, judging from the subsequent actions of the Skywing and Goblin races, time is on Dan Lei's side.

The Skywing and Goblin species did not react as quickly as Dan Lei had anticipated.

According to reports from scouts and reconnaissance units.

The goblins first sent envoys to Avant Heim to discuss the matter for two days.

Dan Lei didn't know what the two groups had reached in their discussions.

Two days later, a combined force of goblins, giants, and orcs from another continent flew around the planet in a goblin ship, intending to launch an attack from the east of the continent of Lucia.

Meanwhile, the Skywing race's homeland, Abant Heim, set off directly to attack from the west of the Lucia continent.

Meanwhile, the Dark Alliance in the south launched a full-scale counterattack, intending to tie down the forces of the Avalon Federation.

At this time, it will take three more days before the magic array plate in the underground city of Avalon is replaced.

The Skywings will arrive in the western part of the Lucia continent in a day and a half.

The goblin's spaceship was slower than Avant Heim's and traveled a longer distance, taking about two days to reach the eastern part of the Lucia continent.

The actions of these three parties are clearly intended to force the Avalon Alliance to split its forces.

This was an open conspiracy; Danlei had no choice.

Therefore, Danlei transferred a combined force of humans and orcs, along with a small number of forest elf troops, to the south to defend against the attacks of demons and vampires.

Vampires can only operate at night, and with the Avalon Federation shifting entirely to defense, it's impossible for the Dark Alliance to break through their lines within three days.

Then, the remaining main force of Danlei was all transferred to the east.

This large army, composed of dragon spirits, fairies, and forest spirits, under the command of Xinku, was capable of defeating the goblin army.

Moreover, both the dragon spirits and the fairy spirits received secret orders from Danlei and Morgan that if the forest spirits dared to betray them on the battlefield, they could be executed directly.

If the battle goes against us, we can retreat directly. The capital of the Forest Elves is in the east, and it is full of civilians. As long as we occupy this place, the Forest Elves will not dare to make any rash moves.

Furthermore, the magic power lost when the magic array is replaced is injected into the Rungomminiad defense tower in Avalon City.

The command of the magical puppets is almost entirely in the hands of the fairy species.

The dragon spirits also possess the immortal vessel Zhu Minghuo, given to them by Dan Lei.

With the magical puppets covering the rear, Rungomniyad providing cover, and Zhu Minghuo bombarding, it would be enough to ensure the retreat of the main forces of both races.

As for the Skywing race, Dan Lei will lead his army of magical puppets to resist them.

With Draig and Albion around, Alts can't come out, and the Skywing race will only be slaughtered by themselves.

　Hanabi's evaluation of Sangbo clearly stated in her voice message that having principles was his weakness.

　　Hanabi believes that being too restrictive is a major taboo for pleasure.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)