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

Chapter 454 The Holy Grail and Past Trace

If Lai Gushi doesn't appear, Dan Lei can't possibly stay in this fake cosmic vortex forever.

Although he has now entered Onfaros' firewall, the time on both sides remains chaotic until he officially enters the interior. If he delays too long, the Black Tower might catch up with him from behind.

Then, it will be embarrassing for me to have accomplished nothing.

Therefore, faced with an empty, high wall, Dan Lei chose the most violent way to break through it.

Dan Lei raised his hand, and hundreds of insects the size of African elephants flew out from a data gate, indiscriminately devouring everything in the fake creation vortex.

Since it's a firewall, it's data, and data is data that computing power can easily consume.

However, the computing power worm only consumes data; everything here is essentially shaped by data and transformed by memory.

This means that the computing power worms can not gnaw on the data space as quickly as they can on the pure data space. After consuming the data, they need to pry open the memory material that has lost its shape before they can continue to gnaw on it.

The return of a large amount of memory matter to its original form resulted in a sky full of colorful bubbles, making the space look like it was filled with soap bubbles.

It's quite obvious that such a commotion couldn't be kept secret from anyone in the vicinity of Onphalus.

Dan Lei quickly sensed a curious gaze coming from outside this space.

The person whose gaze was hidden in the stream of memories was clearly a memory user or a memory thief.

Moreover, more and more uninvited guests are arriving.

Without saying a word, Danlei released Xiao Huanlong and asked her to bring back the most obvious memory-taker.

Having played in Pinocchio for so long, Xiao Huanlong is already quite skilled at moving around in the memory.

Although there is a great difference between pure energy beings and memetic beings, when it comes to acting within memory matter, Little Illusion lacks the talent to manipulate memory matter compared to the Memory Being.

But lacking a talent doesn't stop her from dominating weaker opponents; moreover, she also uses sneak attacks.

The person who was spying on Dan Lei was fine when suddenly they felt a burning sensation on their body and realized they had been tied up.

A sweet female voice sounded from behind.
"Stop looking, Master wants me to take you there."

After saying that, Xiao Huanlong kicked Yi Zhe out of the memory stream where she was hiding and threw her in front of Dan Lei.

Seeing this, Dan Lei ignited a small wisp of [Fire Emperor] source fire to burn away the surrounding scattered memory bubbles, then drew a circle of fire around the memory-giver and asked...
"Which side are you from?"

The Memory Makers were terrified when they saw the [Suihuang] Source Fire. Unfortunately, they no longer had this ability. Even if they cried, they could only simulate tears. No matter how scared they were, they would not actually cry.

Of course, the screams and such were real.

Therefore, the person who remembered spoke with a trembling voice.
"Your Excellency Dragon Lord, Your Excellency Dragon Lord, I am a member of Liuguang Yiting, not your enemy!"

I was just curious about what was happening here, so I came over to peek for a while.

After all, your heroic figure is so captivating; I was mesmerized.

Upon hearing this, Dan Lei immediately reduced the size of the ring of fire around her, startling the memory-taker so much that she stood up to minimize her contact area with the ground.

Then, Dan Lei said coldly
"Flattery won't save your life, you rememberer."

Whether you are a member of the Flowing Light Memory Court or a Memory Thief, it doesn't matter to me at all.

There are now two types of people who remember in Onphalus.

One type is someone who knows nothing about the place, but has heard about it and wants to explore it out of curiosity.

One possibility is that they coveted something within Onpharos and were sent by Yiting.

Obviously, you're not the first type. If you were just curious and saw me, an average person would definitely run as far away as possible.

A friend of mine who is a reminiscer told me that the seal that [Fu Li] placed in my memory is, for you, the highest level of red warning.

So, this is your last chance. Tell me, which side are you on, and what is your purpose in coming here?
Answering irrelevantly will result in death. Anyway, there are plenty of people here in Onfaros, so asking other questions won't make any difference.

Those who remember are actually people who have died once, so they are actually quite afraid of dying.

The person who remembered dared not conceal anything at this moment and immediately spoke loudly.

"I came here to search for the seeds of memory."

"This is an order from the administrators of Yiting!"

Upon hearing this, the flames of the fire circle instantly engulfed the memory-remembering person, burning him to ashes.

Then Danlei murmured...

"Still not being honest, only saying half of what you mean, thinking you can get away with it?"

After speaking, Dan Lei looked around at the nearly empty space, his gaze piercing through the area to meet the other observers beneath the dense memory essence, and said...

"Alright, one of the troublemakers is dead. The rest, are there any honest ones who can come out themselves? Don't waste everyone's time."

Faced with Dan Lei's words and the gaze that swept over them, one of the remaining Memory ...

Seeing this, Dan Lei laughed mockingly.
"Run? Can you run away?"

After saying that, Dan Lei entered Immortal One.

"Initiating memory gate algorithm, target, memory user locked... Memory gate established successfully, setting memory negative pressure difference, setting complete."

As Immortal One's algorithm took effect, all the fleeing Memory Beings suddenly found a Memory Portal appearing directly in front of them.

Moreover, the negative pressure difference of the memory material caused the door to generate a huge suction force, and all the memory users were sucked into it without any ability to resist.

Then, scrambling and wetting himself, he fell in front of Danlei.

This time, Dan Lei didn't bind anyone; he directly released Skarakkabaz's spirit and then said...
"Alright, who will continue with the previous question? What is the seed of memory? Who is the so-called administrator of the Memory Court?"
Anyone who dares to spout nonsense, or whose answers are useless after others have given them, will be fed to my worms.

As soon as Dan Lei said that, the people present immediately started chattering.
"The Pure Child Without Leakage, the Seed of Memory, and the Administrator of the Memory Court are all Pure Children Without Leakage!"

The pure child without outflows, and also the pure child without outflows.

Ever since Silver Wolf reminded Danlei that before he became active, Elio had included the character Muroko in both of Onfaros's scenarios, Danlei had actually done some research on this topic.

However, there is very little information about the Pure One without leakage in the universe, and what is said about it is extremely vague.

However, the news that Liuguang Yiting was founded by one or more Wulou Jingzi is probably true.

Dan Lei had no idea how many twists and turns were involved in finding Wulou Jingzi.

So Danlei asked again
"So, after finding the seed of memory, what are your plans? To take it to the Memory Garden?"

All the memory-keepers nodded frantically at this question; clearly, their command was to bring the seeds of memory to the Memory Court.

Based on the available intelligence, this Wulou Jingzi is clearly the key to the Onfaros incident.

Therefore, Danlei decided to find this flawless pure child first.

So Danlei looked at these memory seekers and asked, "Since you were ordered to find the seeds of memory, why don't you go inside Onfaros to search for them, instead of coming here to watch the show?"

Upon hearing this, the survivors truly wept, one of them saying with grief and indignation,
"Lord Dragon Lord, this is really not our fault."

Originally, we had already managed to open the gate of Onpharos, and the white light band had been removed.

However, just as we were preparing to make our move in, a purple band of light, brimming with destructive power, blocked our path again.

The commotion here started a little later than that purple light band, so we had to come and check it out.

Upon hearing this, Dan Lei indicated that it might indeed be his fault.

His act of destroying this fake creation vortex directly led Lai Gushi to abandon this firewall and switch to other, stronger protections.

The band of light, brimming with destructive power, is indeed not something that computing power worms should be allowed to devour.

The scepter is the Iron Curtain, and no matter what, it is the Great Ruler of Annihilation. Its power to destroy destiny is definitely not something that the computing power worms can directly devour.

So Dan Lei pointed directly at the grief-stricken person reminiscing and said...
"You, open the door and take me to see that purple band of light."

"The rest of you can do as you please after I leave."

After saying that, Dan Lei withdrew the computing power worms and Skarakabaz that had almost gnawed holes in the data space.

At the same time, he clearly marked the person he was referring to to prevent her from playing tricks.

The person who remembered felt a little relieved when he saw that Dan Lei had released the others, because he thought he wouldn't have to die after helping.

So she quickly opened a memory portal and pretended to be a welcoming guest.

"Lord Dragon Lord, please."

Seeing this, Dan Lei walked straight into the teleportation portal, and the Memory Receiver followed him in eagerly.

However, as soon as the gate closed, a large ball of green flames of destruction instantly engulfed the other Memory Makers, who were annihilated before they could even utter a cry of agony.

Xiao Huanlong's figure appeared from the void at this moment. She smelled the lingering fear around her and sighed.
"The master is really wicked. He said do as you please, but he didn't say he would spare your life."

You guys are so naive. You bullied your master's friend and think you can survive.

What a pity, such delicious terror, it had to be burned after only a few bites.

At the same time, Dan Lei, who stepped out of the teleportation portal, found himself in a starry sea filled with meteorites. In the distance, there was an unknown purple spiral of light heading downwards, and below it was an energy vortex.

At first glance, it appears to be a narrow passage between fates, but the space is filled with a rich, complex atmosphere of memories.

Clearly, this space is still a memory space, and its appearance in this way is obviously a simulation of the Fate's Narrow Passage.

The memory practitioner who had been singled out by Dan Lei also came over and pointed to the purple light band in the distance, saying...

"Lord Dragon Lord, this is the destructive light band that is blocking us. The destructive power on it used to be very strong, and we had no way to deal with it."

Even without the recaller saying it, Dan Lei could sense a terrifying destructive power emanating from this band of light, so he spoke directly.

"It's too far from here, let's come closer and take a look."

Danlei's request wasn't excessive, and since he was walking in front, the person who remembered didn't object but slowly followed.

However, as the two approached the purple band of destruction, a warning suddenly rang out from this space.

"Danger ahead! Do not approach the light band again!"

However, before the warning was even finished, the destructive light band in front of them instantly became active.

Its energy band fired countless purple destructive rays at Dan Lei and the other person.

Needless to say, this firewall has a setting to automatically identify abnormal target attacks, so Dan Lei and his companion were attacked as soon as they got close.

However, Dan Lei is a messenger, and this level of attack is obviously not fatal. The echoes intertwine: once the attached fungal carpet is activated, these destructive rays can only scratch the surface.

However, Dan Lei was not kind enough to help the memory thief beside her by opening a shield. She didn't even have time to react before she was pierced by seven or eight beams of destructive light and disappeared into this memory space.

At this moment, a pink-haired girl appeared in the distance of this space, waving her arms and speaking to Dan Lei.

"Here, come here. This position will not trigger the light band's automatic counterattack."

As soon as the girl appeared, Dan Lei recognized her.

In the previous life, the girl who appeared in the very first PV of Onpharos was Xi Lian, the counterpart of Alicia from Honkai Impact 3rd... well, the thirteen or fourteen-year-old version.

Even though Dan Lei knew that this girl was related to Huang Quan and Raiden Mei, and even though they shared the same name, they were still two different people in essence.

But Danlei has a natural affinity for this face, much like a white-haired beauty's attraction to Chinese anime and manga.

So, Dan Lei dashed to Xi Lian's side and began to examine the girl in front of him.

To Xi Lian, Dan Lei was a complete stranger, so she didn't mind Dan Lei looking her over, and instead spoke in a familiar tone.
"Oh dear, don't stare at me like that, I get shy too."

Generally speaking, if a beautiful young woman makes such a soft protest and is not hostile, a polite man will tacitly back down.

Dan Lei was no exception.

Dan Lei stretched out his hand and said

"Danlei, from beyond the universe, has come to find three friends."

Dan Lei wasn't lying, so Xi Lian naturally extended her hand to shake his.
"Hmm, Danlei, hello. I'm Xilian, 'Ripples of the Past,' a very easy-to-remember name, huh?"

Just as Dan Lei and Xi Lian shook hands, the Holy Grail in Dan Lei's mind suddenly appeared above their clasped hands.

At the same time, the hazy consciousness within the Holy Grail suddenly became active, and it seemed to really like Xilian.

Dan Lei was a little confused at this moment. This was the first time that the Holy Grail had completely slipped out of his control and had run away on its own.

Previously, no matter what it wanted, it would at most send some instinctive requests to Danlei. If Danlei disagreed, it would stay still and behave itself.

Moreover, Xi Lian clearly sensed something as well. After letting go, she looked at the Holy Grail and murmured...
"Are you calling me? Waaah...you are me?"

As she spoke, Xi Lian's hand unconsciously reached for the Holy Grail. As her fingertips touched the Holy Grail, a dazzling pink light instantly illuminated the entire space.

The pink light disappeared, and Xi Lian was nowhere to be seen.

Suddenly, a pink halo appeared around the Holy Grail, and at the same time, Xi Lian's voice came directly from the Holy Grail.
"Huh? How did I become a cup? No, I'm a spirit? No, no, can a memory spirit have an additional spirit?"

After saying that, the pink figure suddenly reappeared in front of Dan Lei, and Xi Lian patted her chest and said...
"Thank goodness, thank goodness, we can still get out."

But what happened? How did that consciousness suddenly disappear?

　The author of "Memories of Flowing Light" clearly stated that he was inspired by Fu Li.

　　But now we know that Fu Li's actions were actually all part of the Wulou Jingzi Dinghao operation.

　　That flawless pure child who created the memory is most likely one of the founders of the Flowing Light Memory Court.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)