On how PhDs become human evil

"Atone for your sins with your death, you bastard!"

With a roar, a massive amount of Noble Phantasms poured out of the Gate of Babylon. In the golden flames, countless Noble Phantasms formed a torrent flowing upstream, moving at a speed that was beyond the reach of the naked eye.

The Gate of Babylon is like a cannon with the rate of fire of a machine gun, and most importantly, this cannon has unlimited ammunition. No matter where it is placed, this thing is absolutely a cheat!

However, do you really think that Sirin is only good at making noise and causing chaos?

"Nice toy, I'll take it."

A massive spatial gate appeared in the path of the Noble Phantasms. Behind the gate was the imaginary space created by Sirin. Although the Gate of Babylon's attack was incredibly fast, its trajectory was a simple straight line. As a result, all of the nearly one hundred Noble Phantasms that Gilgamesh had shot out flew into Sirin's imaginary space without missing a single one.

Upon seeing this, Gilgamesh was immediately filled with an uncontrollable and boundless rage!

"How dare you covet my wealth... Even a thousand deaths wouldn't be enough to appease my wrath, you bastard!"

"Nice wails, humans. I love seeing your frustrated yet helpless expressions. It's really satisfying," Sirin sneered.

Buzz—! ! !

As always, golden ripples appeared, and one after another, Noble Phantasms emerged from them. Nearly a hundred Noble Phantasms repeated their previous actions, all transforming into cannonballs and shooting towards Sirin.

"Those who never learn," Sirin thought, as the door to the imaginary space opened once more.

"Cirin! Get out of the way!"

Bai Jie's roar echoed in Xilin's mind, startling her so much that she instinctively teleported to the other side. At the same time, nearly a hundred magical artifacts pierced through Xilin's imaginary gate.

Still reeling from the sight of the pierced Imaginary Gate, Sirin stared wide-eyed at Bai Jie: "Human, you...!"

"The opponent is not an idiot. Although he is arrogant and domineering, he does have all the qualities of a king. Underestimating him will lead to a big loss. All those that were just shot out were space-targeting treasures."

Indeed, as Bai Jie said, all the Noble Phantasms Gilgamesh just fired were those that affected space. Of course, because Gilgamesh didn't know his true name, all the Noble Phantasms he fired were the type that could take effect without him having to say his true name.

Looking at Bai Jie's position, Gilgamesh laughed and said, "Looks like you have a pretty good Master, you bastard. You've been lucky to escape with your life."

"You've crossed me, you golden human!" Sirin said coldly, her icy tone revealing unspoken rage, as numerous spatial portals appeared behind her.

This scene stunned everyone. Gilgamesh was so angry that he laughed: "You even have the same attack pattern as me? Just how much do you want to provoke me, Faker!"

"You can only be arrogant now, humanity—destroy it!"

Countless spears of the sub-space were unleashed, and the pure energy transformed into a meteor shower that descended from the heavens. The overwhelming aura of destruction instilled fear in everyone, and almost everyone chose to flee the area immediately.

As for why it is "almost" - Gilgamesh did not escape.

He is a king, and a king does not run away. He will defeat Sirin's attack in a dignified manner!

[I urge you with a command spell, O Hero King, please retreat for now and regroup.]

Such a voice echoed in Gilgamesh's mind, and Gilgamesh immediately flew into a rage: "Use the words of Your Highness to quell the anger of a king like myself? You are becoming more and more audacious, Tokiomi!"

"I'll spare your life this time, woman. I will personally take your head!"

Just as Gilgamesh was about to be concentrated by the torrent of the Void Spear, he turned into a particle of light and disappeared from the spot. The next moment, Sirin's attack was unleashed on the empty ground.

Relying on Judah's flight mode, Bai Jie sat on the floating Judah, his gaze fixed on the direction Gilgamesh had looked before leaving: "Was he forcibly recalled by his Master? He clearly has such a powerful Servant, yet he is still so cautious. That Master seems to be a cautious to the point of being cowardly."

"Thank you for your hard work, Sirin. Let's go back now. There shouldn't be any fighting tonight, right?"

Falling back to Bai Jie's side, Xilin transformed back into a chibi form and sat on Bai Jie's head. She said irritably, "How could you run away at such a crucial moment? What a spoilsport."

"Anyway, the other party is also a participant in the Holy Grail War, and we'll fight again sooner or later. You can teach him a good lesson then."

"That's true. You'd better give it enough magic power then, don't let it stall halfway through, human."

"How could that be? I'm the kind of person who makes thorough preparations before a battle. —Besides, the Holy Grail War is actually nearing its end."

After saying something cryptic, Bai Jie and Xilin left the ruined dock in Judas.

P.S.: Update

P.S.: I've been a bit depressed these past three days. I've had an 18-game losing streak in King of Glory, even though they were all casual games. My mentality is still shattered. I even think that Platinum-level supports are better than Diamond-level supports. Seriously.

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Section 107, paragraph 11. Author: I ate so much at the buffet, thirty scallops made me so full.

On the second day of the Holy Grail War, having learned from yesterday's experience, Bai Jie had already bought plenty of food and put it in the refrigerator during the day. Now, the five of them were sitting around the dining table eating breakfast that the three Kallens had made together.

After all, it would be embarrassing to go to Kenneth's place for meals every day.

“Speaking of which, Sister Karen, what do you think of Otto?” Bai Jie suddenly asked.

"Cough cough!" Sister Kallen, who was halfway through her meal, suddenly coughed. "What's wrong, Master? Why are you suddenly asking this question?"

"No... I had a dream last night about you and Otto when you were little, so I wanted to ask about it."

Occasionally, this happens between Masters and Servants—Masters dream about things that happened to their Servants in the past, or Servants dream about things that happened to their Masters in the past. Last night, Bai Jie dreamed about things that happened to Kallen.

Upon hearing Bai Jie's question, Sister Kallen put down her chopsticks, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Well, I know Otto likes me, but... I only consider him a good friend, especially after what happened..."

Upon hearing this, Bai Jie recalled the information he had seen in the Destiny Database: the Destiny Expeditionary Force was defeated in China and, after returning to Europe, began selling indulgences to levy exorbitant taxes on civilians and suppress rebellious people everywhere in order to make up for the losses of the war.

Having witnessed the misery of ordinary people, Karen was inspired by Shakespeare to rob the rich and help the poor. With Otto's great help, she disguised herself as a phantom thief and infiltrated the mansion of the official Victor to steal valuables. This is how the phantom thief Karen was born.

However, during her phantom thief activities, Kallen accidentally witnessed a kidnapping and followed the clues to Victor's mansion, where she learned in the basement that Schicksal was conducting forbidden experiments on human Honkai energy.

Kallen, filled with a sense of justice, was disgusted by the Church's actions. She risked everything to steal the black box that was being used in the experiment, escaped Europe, and after many twists and turns, arrived in Japan. Then came the top secret, the Yae Sakura Incident, which was sealed at the highest level within Schicksal.

It's fair to say that if it weren't for the fact that human experimentation was being conducted by fate in that era, none of the subsequent events would have happened, and Kallen and Otto wouldn't have ended up with the blonde burying the white-haired.

"Karen, what do you think of Otto now? If those things hadn't happened, do you think you would have ended up with Otto?"

"Now... it's all in the past, I don't care anymore. As for Otto and me... given the circumstances back then, I probably would have married him in the end." Sister Kallen smiled and said, "At that time, Otto and I were already engaged by the elders of my family. I didn't dislike him, so if I were to marry him in the end, I would definitely choose him."

This was Karen's most direct thought. Although she also wanted to pursue free love, she knew that she had no choice in that era. Fortunately, she was satisfied with Otto, and she could accept it if their relationship changed from friends to lovers—provided that those things didn't happen.

Looking at Sister Karen's radiant smile, Bai Jie suddenly couldn't bear to reveal what Otto had done all these years, even if it was to resurrect her.

Noticing that Bai Jie's expression was a little off, Sister Kallen asked, "What's wrong, Master? Is something on your mind?"

"...Karen, you should be prepared that what I'm about to say is related to Otto."

"Otto? He should be dead by now, just like me, right?"

Shaking his head, Bai Jie said, "Otto is still alive. After you died, he used all sorts of means to live for another five hundred years in order to resurrect you, and he is still working hard to resurrect you to this day."

"But in order to resurrect you, he did many things he shouldn't have done, such as human experiments that you cannot accept. He has done a lot of them over the past five hundred years... Otto and I are in a superior-subordinate relationship. I have witnessed his attempts to resurrect you. For him, resurrecting you has become the meaning of his life. He would do anything as long as he can resurrect you."

Otto really sacrificed too much to revive Kallen. He did create countless tragedies, including the victim, Bai Jie. But Bai Jie doesn't hate Otto. If he were in Otto's shoes, he would have done the same thing.

If Chen died in front of him, Bai Jie would definitely do everything he could to revive her, just like Otto is now.

There's a song in China called "Nine Reincarnations," which tells the story of an emperor who reincarnated nine times in pursuit of a woman he was destined to never be with.

Otto resembled this emperor.

One waited for nearly a thousand years, the other for five hundred years.

“Otto… he’s become like this.” Sister Kallen spoke after a long silence. “For me… he’s made so many mistakes because of me. Is he an idiot? Why would someone as smart as him do this?”

To risk everything for a dead person is something that is completely incomprehensible to ordinary people. After all, when a person dies, their soul is destroyed and everything returns to dust. The cycle of life and death is the natural law.

But Otto refused to accept this. He didn't want Kallen to die; he only wanted her to live. He wanted to defy fate. If this were a novel, he would definitely be the so-called male protagonist.

"Master, I have a request. —May I meet with Otto?"

“…It’s not impossible, but I need to be able to contact them. You know, this world is a completely different world from ours,” Bai Jie said. “However, I think Otto is already on his way to this world.”

"Huh?"

“I left a device with Otto that can observe information about my world. Otto should have known about your existence a long time ago. Knowing his personality, he would definitely come over immediately. I guess we can see him in the next couple of days.”

As Bai Jie was saying this, he had no idea that after seeing what was happening on his side, Otto had died twice and even fallen into deep self-loathing and sadness.

P.S.: Update

P.S.: This chapter has a slight tendency to whitewash Otto, which may cause discomfort. Please forgive me. I started playing Honkai Impact 3 relatively late, and I'm only level 65 now, having only reached Chapter 5 of the story. I haven't played Honkai Impact 2 either, so I have almost no feelings of dislike for Otto. If I had to say, I actually admire him quite a bit, although there's really no way to whitewash what he did.

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Section 108, Chapter 12: 100% Win Rate

After breakfast, Bai Jie received a call from Kenneth, who brought three Karen and Sirin to the Fuyuki Grand Hotel to prepare for the second night's operational meeting.

"Well then, Fafnir, could you explain the current situation? After such a fierce battle last night, with your eyesight and analytical skills, you should have obtained a lot of useful information, right?"

Sitting on the sofa, Kenneth crossed his legs and spoke, leisurely sipping a cup of black tea in his hand.

Bai Jie sighed softly at his sworn brother's overly confident demeanor: "I'm eating sandwiches and drinking cheap instant coffee in my rented apartment, while you're enjoying high-end black tea here."

"Even if I gave you black tea, you'd just drink it like plain water. Giving it to you would be a complete waste. Compared to that, what about intelligence?"

"Okay, okay, I'll tell you what I've analyzed."

As Bai Jie spoke, he turned on his computer. Upon seeing this, Kenneth frowned. As an excellent magician, he was very disdainful of science, but he had to admit that science was more convenient than magic in a certain sense. He had also experienced the benefits of science to some extent, so he did not reprimand Bai Jie for his behavior.

Of course, if this had happened before he met Bai Jie, anyone who dared to tinker with machinery in front of Kenneth would at least have been given a good scolding.

"Let's start with our side first—Diarmuid's true name has been exposed, but it also successfully exposed Saber's true name, so it's basically a one-for-one exchange. Although I revealed Sirin's true name, since Sirin is a fictional Servant, it's impossible to find a way to counter her. Moreover, we've seen Sirin's combat power; suppressing three Servants head-on isn't difficult for her."

"In addition, last night's battle also created a false impression for everyone, that is, the Caster's identity is Sirin and I am Sirin's Master. This is conducive to Kallen's actions in the dark. After all, a Master can only have one Servant - this is the most normal idea."

"As for Saber, her true name has been revealed, and her Noble Phantasm is not hard to guess. Of course, considering the difference in ability values, if Lancer wants to fight her again, you'd better use Command Seals to strengthen yourself first."

Last night, Bai Jie saw Artoria's stats through his Master's access. Her Endurance, Agility, and Magic were all A's, and her Strength was B's. In terms of stats, she was top-notch and completely surpassed Lancer.

Kenneth lowered his head and pondered for a moment upon hearing Bai Jie's suggestion, then nodded and said, "Is there a problem, Lancer?"

“No problem, my master,” Diarmuid replied. “Although I crave a one-on-one knightly duel, before that, as your servant, I will surely bring you victory!”

"Alright, alright, Diarmuid, we can talk about expressing your loyalty later. Now let's analyze the next group—Rider."

Upon hearing Rider's name, Kenneth's face darkened. "Rider's Master is Waver Velvet, right? I can't believe that brat dared to steal my artifact. He'd better be punished properly."

"It seems that Waver has been completely led by his servants. Waver has no command ability as a Master. In my opinion, the level of vigilance is not high, but it is not low either. We need to prevent him from suddenly entering the battlefield like last night. Kallen and I will be responsible for this. Is that alright?"