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

Chapter 193 Finally Discovering the Black Tower Where the House Was Stolen
Ruan Mei said that Dan Lei's establishment of a harem was not deliberate, but rather a routine interrogation.

However, Dan Lei immediately denied the triple threat, sweating profusely.

“I did not build a harem in the world of trials. I am not a harem king. Ruan Mei, don’t talk nonsense.”

Dan Lei didn't confess without being asked; this kind of reaction is what a normal married man should have.

If Dan Lei were to refute this in an extremely calm manner now, it would only arouse Ruan Mei's suspicion.

After all, if you, Danlei, have nothing to hide, why are you forcibly controlling your emotions?

Moreover, Danlei was forcibly hypnotizing himself into believing he wasn't lying when he said this.

In Danlei's mind, the harem definitely needs multiple women, so by limiting the location to the world of trials, he actually only provoked Morgan.

Does having one wife count as a harem? Definitely not.

Danlei subtly reminded himself of this, preventing himself from making the instinctive little movements that come with lying.

It must be said that such a hint was effective; under Dan Lei's "sincere" gaze, Ruan Mei did not pursue the matter further.

Since Danlei's reaction was normal, a non-existent matter was meaningless to Ruan Mei, so she wouldn't ask any further questions.

After all, Ruan Mei didn't understand the art of marital sparring.

She wouldn't look for opportunities to put pressure on her man, so that when he was about to make a mistake, he would think of the pressure she put on him and stop him in time.

Seeing that Ruan Mei did not pursue the issue of the harem but instead inquired about the local ethnic groups, Dan Lei decisively took out the weapon he had prepared in advance to appease his wife: the Divine Essence.

Dan Lei has had a huge harvest this time. He has already activated the [Divine Essence] of [Nature] and [War], and there are also unactivated Divine Essences that he salvaged from the eleven Essence Explosions of the Goblins.

However, the goblins' subsequent collection of divine essences didn't contain any grand concepts; they were mostly niche concepts like "jokes."

In the world of No Game No Life, the gods are typical examples of the smaller the concept, the less suitable they are for combat, and the lower their energy and combat power. It's no wonder that the marrow explosion caused by the [divine essence] of these concepts could not be destroyed by the [divine strike] even with twelve shots fired simultaneously.

However, just as Dan Lei had predicted, Ruan Mei was very interested in the [Divine Essence]. She picked up the magical artifact containing the [Nature's] Divine Essence and observed it while saying...
"This thing is indeed a bit special. In fact, there are quite a few guys in the universe who have ascended to godhood after believing in intelligent life."

However, these so-called gods are merely frogs in a well, and their strength is strongly tied to the number and degree of their believers.

Once a large number of believers die or cease to believe, their power will decline rapidly in a short period of time.

I have studied and dissected this kind of life form, but the faith energy it leaves behind after death is of little use; it cannot be used to peer into the Star God.

Because the Star God's power comes from the Tree of Imaginary Numbers, its power is not affected by the number of believers. Even if the Star God dies, as long as its destiny is not torn apart and swallowed up by other destinies, it will still exist there.

After Ruan Mei finished speaking, she put down the [Divine Essence] in her hand, her eyes shining as she said...

"By the way, didn't you say that after you got the Star Cup, you obtained a set of underlying techniques for constructing and modifying the rules of planets? Show it to me."

Dan Lei always tried his best to meet Ruan Mei's requests, so he copied the technique from his memory and passed it on to Ruan Mei.

Ruan Mei had studied magic, and with her genius-level learning ability, it wouldn't be difficult for her to understand this spell, although it would take her a little time.

Sure enough, after receiving the memories, Ruan Mei quickly entered research mode, taking out paper and pen to draw some equations at home that Dan Lei recognized individually but could not understand at all when combined.

However, Ruan Mei's research session lasted only a day. She threw down her pen, returned to her bedroom, and said to Dan Lei...

"No, I need computer assistance; I can't continue my research here."

This surprised Danlei a bit.

You should know that Ruan Mei is someone who can come to a desolate, lifeless planet all by herself, and then leave causing a life revolution on the planet.

However, it is clear that Ruan Mei, who can create life with her hands, is far from being able to create a planet with her hands.

Even with her genius-level brain, her computing power was insufficient to understand the underlying techniques that construct the rules of a planet.

So, Dan Lei took the initiative to ask...

"So, you're planning to go to the Black Tower to conduct research?"

However, Ruan Mei, who was in a bad mood at the moment, decisively glared at Dan Lei and said...
"I am an independent researcher and do not need to collaborate with Black Tower on every research project."

"And I also have a supercomputer in my lab, although not as powerful as the Black Tower or the Sluggle, it's enough for my needs."

Upon hearing this, Dan Lei realized he had made a mistake, so he quickly pulled Ruan Mei into his arms and went along with what she had said.

"That's true. Black Tower insists on studying my magic herself, but her attention is currently focused on simulating the universe. Her research progress is probably still stuck on the underlying logic. Even if I gave her this spell, she wouldn't understand it."

However, you reminded me that on the trial planet, I obtained data on the birth of a purely mechanical intelligent life form from scratch.

When you get back, send this to ScrewGumm. This data is too large; even with my Jade Transmission, it probably won't be finished in several days."

Ruan Mei might be jealous of Dan Lei and Heita, but she definitely wouldn't be jealous of Dan Lei and Luo Sigumu, so she readily agreed.
"Okay, I'll send it to you when we get back. Give me that document first."

However, at this point, Dan Lei had already started to physically assault him, and bluntly stated...

“We’ll talk about it tomorrow morning, Nguyen Mai. We should rest. It’s been eleven years since I last saw you.”

Looking at Dan Lei's eyes, which were starting to blaze with desire, and considering that he had been "celibate" for eleven years, Ruan Mei could only say helplessly...
"Turn off the lights first, okay?"

(The following 8,000 words are omitted)

The next day, Dan Lei woke up feeling refreshed, while Ruan Mei, unusually, needed to rest a little longer.

After the Holy Grail absorbs the Star Grail, although the improvement to oneself is small, it is not zero improvement.

Moreover, the physical strength boost that [Suihuang] gained from absorbing the Divine Essence of Order was not for nothing.

Furthermore, perhaps due to having gained some experience from doing certain activities, Dan Lei felt less pressure in mobilizing the power of the Skarakabaz Breeding Commander, and the amount he could mobilize had also increased significantly.

The amount that could be adjusted at one-tenth at a time has been increased to nearly one-fifth.

Of course, something seems to be missing physically, and Danlei still can't have children.

However, Danlei is not worried about this. He feels that if his body evolves again, or at most twice, the fertility problem that has been bothering him will definitely be solved.

Therefore, Danlei decided to go hunting.

After eleven years in the game, even after consuming a mass of Order Essence, the [Suihuang] Source Fire was still somewhat depleted after continuous battles (Dan Lei participated in the Orc War and the campaign to expel the Skywing guerrilla forces). It was time to find Zhu Ming's Unlicensed Suiyang to replenish it.

It can only be said that the unlicensed Suiyang, who was lurking in the Ming Dynasty during this period, was truly unlucky.

Dan Lei has traveled through time and eleven years, but to them, Dan Lei was still eating Sui Yang in the street yesterday. He finally managed to trick those little white Sui Yang registered by Zhu Ming into protesting, and heard that the Ten Kings Division went to warn that killing god, but why is that person still here the next day?

It can only be said that these unlicensed officials were completely unaware that the Ten Kings of Zhu Ming were the ones who hated them the most.

Excluding routine tasks, Zhu Ming's Ten Kings' Offices devoted about 30% of their energy to smugglers, 10% to the Xianzhou citizens who had actually committed offenses, and the remaining 60% to capturing and eliminating these unregistered Suiyang who roamed around.

Moreover, this work will not stop as long as the [Suihuang] exists.

Therefore, Zhu Ming Shi Wang Si applauded Dan Lei's ability to help alleviate the pressure.

It should be noted that the resources required to detain these unlicensed juvenile delinquents have been increasing year by year.

After all, Zhu Ming had the [Suihuang] body, so he didn't need to use ordinary solar energy as a fire source like the Luofu Creation Furnace.

If it weren't against the rules, the Ten Kings of Zhu Ming would have loved to invite Dan Lei to the prison where Sui Yang was imprisoned and have a buffet. After all, Zhu Ming had nothing else, but Sui Yang had plenty.

Moreover, Dan Lei remembered the instructions from the staff of the Ten Kings Division. Yesterday afternoon, while Ruan Mei was doing her research, he specially crafted a large lantern to hold all the unlicensed Sui Yangs he had captured. He planned to feed them to the [Suihuang] Source Fire when he got back.

However, that very evening, Ruan Mei, who had been staying with Dan Lei for two months, left with all the [Divine Essence].

Three months later, Nguyen Mai suddenly sent me a picture of herself holding a golden apple, saying...

"We've had a bumper harvest of golden apples, six in total. How many do you want?"

Dan Lei took one look and quickly replied
"So fast? This thing can be grown in ten years?"

“Normally it wouldn’t work, but I found an uninhabited planet with abundant energy to grow it, and used the energy of that planet to supply it.”

Furthermore, they will subsequently obtain highly nutritious organic matter from space and scatter it onto the earth as fertilizer.

Most importantly, after studying the underlying formulas of your planetary rules, I borrowed some computing power and energy from Screw Gum and integrated your [Nature] essence into the planet.

This planet has now been activated, and I've named it Golden Orchard. It can nourish the golden apple trees by devouring cosmic behemoths or other planets, allowing the trees to bear fruit quickly.

That's how the six golden apples came about.

However, after the Golden Orchard made the Golden Apple Tree bear fruit, it fell into a deep sleep, and it is unknown when it will wake up.

I'm now preparing to research beverages that can awaken living planets, such as special coffee beans or something similar.

It's a pity the Star Train is still out of contact, otherwise I'd like to ask them to go to a remote planet and collect wild coffee tree seeds there.

Upon hearing this, Dan Lei broke out in a cold sweat. Coffee beans that could awaken a living planet—this thing was practically a biological weapon!

And you sent Himeko to pick super coffee tree seeds that you thought were useful for this research?
It would be strange if Himeko didn't have these seeds processed into coffee beans.

Dan Lei couldn't even imagine what kind of culinary disaster Himeko Coffee would become.

However, just as Dan Lei was trying to stop Ruan Mei's terrible idea, three messages suddenly arrived from the Black Tower.
"Dan Lei! What's going on with the Divine Marrow?!"

"Why didn't you tell me you had this amazing thing after you came back from the new trial!"

"And another thing! You only gave the fundamental planetary rules and techniques to Ruan Mei, and not to me! What do you mean by that?!"

Dan Lei immediately broke out in a cold sweat. It seemed that Ruan Mei had also asked Hei Ta if he wanted the Golden Apple, and then Hei Ta asked a similar question to his own. Ruan Mei simply told the truth.

However, Dan Lei really didn't expect that Ruan Mei didn't give Black Tower a single piece of the Divine Essence.

Dan Lei originally thought that Ruan Mei would at least give Black Tower a copy of this, so he didn't bring it up.

So, Danlei deliberately pretended not to understand and replied directly.
"? You didn't even give Ruan Mei a single piece of the Divine Essence?"
Although I didn't tell her she would definitely give it to you, I assumed she would at least give you one.

So you're only now grasping the essence?

"In terms of the underlying rules of the planet, this thing is a magic spell. Since you don't know magic, I didn't think of giving it to you."

Black Tower was clearly very dissatisfied with Dan Lei's explanation.

Although both explanations were barely plausible, Danlei overlooked the most crucial issue, so Heita continued to press for answers.

Neither of these two issues is the key point!
You said you forgot to ask Nguyen Mai to give me a copy of the letter. After all, I've made similar mistakes before, assuming others would understand what I meant, but they didn't understand at all.

I'll accept it even if you say I don't understand magic and don't give me the spell.

But why did these things end up directly in Nguyen Mai's hands? Explain that to me properly!

Regarding this question, Dan Lei raised another question mark, stating bluntly...

"? You didn't know that after the last group chat, Ruan Mei came straight to my place without notifying me?"
She stayed with me on Zhu Mingxian Boat for two months, and when I returned after completing my trial, she was right beside me.

Heita was shocked by Danlei's words, as evidenced by her reply with "!!!".

At this time, Heita had not yet realized that Ruan Mei had given herself away, and still thought that Dan Lei and she were just living together normally.

Black Tower confirmed that Nguyen Mai knew that Dan Lei and he had lived together. (Although they lived in different rooms, sleeping in the same tower at night counts as living together—Black Tower's words.)

In this situation, Ruan Mei didn't tell anyone and took the initiative to move in with Dan Lei, which is a very serious problem!

The key point is that Dan Lei, that silly boy, doesn't seem to realize the seriousness of the problem and still thinks he knows about Ruan Mei's actions.

Dan Lei did this on purpose, since he really hadn't confirmed with Ruan Mei whether Black Tower knew her whereabouts.

After all, how low must one's emotional intelligence be to ask one of the girls if the other knows where she is when pursuing two girls?

Therefore, Danlei has room to maneuver here.

As long as Ruan Mei cooperates, Black Tower will be completely bogged down in this mess.

Of course, the worst-case scenario is that Ruan Mei directly reveals that she is already with Dan Lei. If that happens, Black Tower will definitely declare Dan Lei's century-long promise a failure.

However, Nguyen Mai also understands the Black Tower. As long as she still wants to use the Black Tower to restrain herself, she will not expose herself, but will mislead the Black Tower with ambiguous words.

After all, Black Tower couldn't directly ask Ruan Mei if she had slept with Dan Lei again.

So, about half an hour later, Heita, after communicating with Ruan Mei for some unknown reason, created a small group chat containing only himself, Dan Lei, and Ruan Mei, and said directly in it...
Black Tower: "From now on, if we have anything good, unless we plan to keep it for ourselves, we'll share it with everyone! @Everyone"

Dan Lei: "I have no objection."

Nguyen Mai "+1"

(End of this chapter)