On how PhDs become human evil

The thing looked very similar to soil, black, just black, like a soil-like object.

The substance that had seeped into the Holy Grail suddenly dripped out, followed by another drop, which turned into a thin black line, like a crack in a dam. Soon after, waves of black mud overflowed the container and flowed onto the stage floor.

The stage floor was simply not strong enough to support that dark object. Soil seeped into the brand-new building materials, eroding them, flowing deeper and deeper like melting snow seeping into the earth.

"Hey! What the hell is that thing?!"

Bai Jie, who was initially surprised by the Holy Grail's functions, panicked as soon as he saw the thing. He knew from his intuition that it was an extremely dangerous existence. To make an analogy, even the most powerful weapon in human history, the nuclear bomb, was not as threatening as that black mud!

"So there's something this dangerous on the inner side of the world? Those magicians at the Clock Tower have been chasing this black mud all along? You must be kidding me. — Damn! It's coming!"

Like a black mudslide, black mud flowed out from every crevice, occupying every corner of the steel-forged "forest," and then gradually rose like the ever-rising sea level, eventually directly destroying the entire audience area!

【Bird】

After deactivating his transformation and activating his flight memory, Bai Jie quickly left the collapsing stands. He glanced at the stands engulfed in black mud and Kirei Kotomine's corpse, then began to summon Sirin using Command Spells: "By Command Spell, come to my side, Sirin!"

This was the first time Bai Jie had used a Command Spell, and the spatial teleportation he achieved with near-magical power instantly summoned Sirin to Bai Jie's side.

"...Huh?" Sirin was stunned. "What's going on? Why did you suddenly call me over?"

"Look around and you'll understand, won't you?"

Only after Bai Jie pointed it out did Xilin notice the surrounding situation.

Endless black mud surged from the Holy Grail on the stage, its pitch-black color recklessly corroding everything it touched. Wherever the black mud reached, it ignited foul flames, and the magnificent stage that had just been built was now plunged into an irredeemable purgatory.

"What exactly is this...?"

“It’s something similar to a natural disaster, but not quite the same.” Talulah’s voice suddenly rang out, and then Talulah, who was being carried by Warfarin, appeared in Bai Jie’s field of vision.

Seeing Talulah being lifted up by Warfarin by the collar, Bai Jie couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Talulah, what's going on here?"

"Do you think I want to? I wouldn't want to either if I could fly on my own," Talulah said expressionlessly. "Getting back to the point, Bai Jie, this is a good opportunity for you. Don't you want to cure your Oripathy? Then jump down and take a bath."

"Huh?" Bai Jie's thoughts went blank for a moment.

Jump down? Jump into that black mud? And take a bath?

"Talulah, are you sure you're not trying to trick me?"

"The doctor is right. I cannot tolerate such an unreasonable treatment plan! At the very least, we need to figure out the composition of that black mud and confirm that it is harmless before we can proceed with the treatment!" As a veteran doctor of Rhodes Island, Warfarin was the first to voice her objection.

But Talulah wasn't one to reason with people. She swiftly swung her hand and threw Warfarin away, then fell face-first into Whitebeard's chest.

"As I said before, that thing is similar to a natural disaster, but not exactly the same. In terms of danger, it is much more dangerous than a natural disaster."

"Then why did you make me go downstairs to take a shower?"

"Since your body is practically useless now, you might as well take this opportunity to get a new body."

"This black mud actually has the function of reshaping the body? And how did you know that?"

“A woman’s intuition,” Talulah said. “Or do you want to continue with the current method, where I kiss your lips until they’re swollen every night, only to alleviate the symptoms a little bit? I’m doing this for your own good.”

"But this new medical method you've given me has absolutely no theoretical basis. What if I really die?"

Hearing Bai Jie say this, Talulah patted his chest and laughed, "Don't underestimate yourself, Bai Jie. You won't die, and you can't possibly die, because we'll always be with you."

“Talulah…”

"Besides, do you think I'm the kind of woman who would let myself become a widow? I'm still waiting for you to come back and have children with me. I've already thought of a name, how about Lucia?"

"Hey! Chen and I don't even have kids yet, and you already want one? Are you some kind of VIP on Taobao.com?" Bai Jie rolled his eyes at Talulah, then took a deep breath. "Fine, I'll believe you this once. Anyway, I can even eat Originium raw, what am I afraid of this little bit of mud? -- Sirin, catch Talulah."

After handing Talulah over to Sirin, Bai Jie looked down at the continuous flow of black mud below, and then suddenly plunged down.

As Sirin watched Bai Jie's figure being swallowed by the black mud, Gilgamesh's demonic laughter suddenly rang out: "Hahahaha! What's going on here? Such a hellish and gruesome scene! They're actually fighting to the death over something like that as a wish-granting machine. This entertainment is absolutely hilarious!"

"You're still alive, Gilgamesh, even though your Master is dead."

"Indeed, I have lost my Master and my magic power is almost gone, but you don't think I will lose like this, do you?"

Golden ripples appeared beside Gilgamesh, and he grasped a sword.

But can that really be called a sword?

It has a hilt and a guard, and its length is similar to that of an ordinary longsword. However, the most crucial part of the blade is quite different from traditional swords. It consists of three tightly connected cylindrical sections, with the not-so-sharp blade twisted into a spiral shape. The three cylinders slowly intertwine like chains, rotating and extending outwards.

Yes, it can no longer be called a sword. It was something that existed long before the concept of a sword appeared in the world, and it could not possibly take the shape of a sword. It was made by God before creating man and is a manifestation of divinity at the time of creation.

The three cylindrical sections, resembling millstones, echoed the movement of the celestial sphere, each rubbing and rotating against each other with a weight and force comparable to the earth's crustal movements, unleashing an immeasurable, surging magical power.

Upon seeing this, Sirin opened a portal to let Talulah in. With a cold expression, she gathered all the magic power within her body and poured it all into her right hand.

Sirin is the Herrscher of the Void, but her true ultimate weapon is not the map-wide attack that projects a large number of sub-vacuum spears, but the snap of her fingers that gathers all her power.

Of course, the snap is just a medium. Through the snap, Sirin can cause the surrounding space to shake violently and destroy everything in it.

This is unavoidable; as long as the enemy remains in this space, he has absolutely no way to escape.

In the past, Sirin would just snap her fingers casually without controlling the vibrations in the space, letting them spread their power in all directions. But this time, she was serious.

"Wake up, EA! The stage for you is ready! — [Enuma·Elish]!"

"This is the time of judgment!"

A storm that cleaved the world in two, and a tremor that shattered all things, erupted simultaneously!

In the next instant, the sky over Fuyuki City was torn apart!

Section 134, Chapter 34: Doctor: I have a new skin too!

pitch black.

This was the only color Bai Jie could recognize; at least within his field of vision, it was only black.

"The inside of black mud is naturally black, so that makes perfect sense..."

Bai Jie thought to himself, deep within the black mud.

Before entering the black mud, Bai Jie thought he would die instantly. After all, the black mud flowing from the Holy Grail was so ominous that just looking at it made Bai Jie feel fear and disgust from the bottom of his heart.

However, upon direct contact, Bai Jie discovered that he felt no pain at all and easily entered the interior of the black mud.

"However, they say they want to cure Oripathy... but how exactly do they do it?"

According to Talulah, this black mud is similar to but not exactly the same as the Cataclysm, and its danger level is even higher than the Cataclysm—so why can this stuff be used to cure Oripathy?

Just as Bai Jie was racking his brains trying to figure it out, a sound suddenly came from deep within the black mud.

"So that's how it is, this is your body."

The blackness in front of him instantly faded considerably, simply put, it changed from pure black to a grayish tone, which made it much brighter in terms of visual effect. In the grayish space, someone familiar to Bai Jie was standing not far away, watching him.

Irisviel, Artoria's apparent Master, but unlike her previous encounters, she is now wearing a black dress.

Looking at Bai Jie, Irisviel smiled and said, "I was wondering why there would be an alien object among all the evils of this world. So it was you who came in, the eighth Master outside the list."

"You're not Irisviel, are you?"

"To put it in a way you can understand, it's like the [consciousness of the Holy Grail], although in terms of personality it is indeed Irisviel," Black Irisviel laughed.

"Answer a few questions for me: What is this black mud? Why is my body there? What exactly is the Holy Grail?"

Faced with Bai Jie's three questions, Hei Ai Li simply smiled and asked, "Do you think these questions are important?"

boom--!

The Celestial Judgment of Heavenly Fire relentlessly spewed flames, the dark blue heavenly fire condensing into beams that pierced through Black Alice's body.

"You're really decisive. You're also someone who's good at ruthlessly destroying flowers, just like Kiritsugu," Black Alice said, as the spot on her chest where she had been shot ripped open twitched, and endless black mud instantly filled it in.

With a pursed lip, Bai Jie said, "That's why I hate people who are impossible to kill, they're all incredibly difficult to deal with—answer me, am I dead or not?"

"You already know, don't you?"

That's right, Bai Jie already knew when he saw his own body, he just wanted to confirm it again.

(Spiritual separation...is this what's called out-of-body experience? It should have been completed the instant I entered the black mud, which is why I didn't notice it immediately.)

“Strictly speaking, you are now the same type of existence as a Heroic Spirit,” Black Alice suddenly said. “Many Heroic Spirits are like this, aren’t they? Their graves and remains still exist, but their souls have transformed into Heroic Spirits and entered the Throne of Heroes. Your current situation is very similar. The only difference is that you don’t have enough merit to support you becoming a Heroic Spirit.”

Those who can become Heroic Spirits all left behind anecdotes during their lives. These anecdotes are the foundation that supports their ascension to Heroic Spirit status. For example, Artoria's journey as King Arthur and Diarmuid's achievements as a knight of Fiona.

Compared to them, Bai Jie's achievements are somewhat lacking—limited to this world only.

If we take into account his achievements in the Honkai World, Terra World, and Kamen Rider World, then White Knight is definitely the highest-level Heroic Spirit, after all, he is a man who has saved the world several times.

"Alright, now that you are the ultimate victor of the Holy Grail War, make your wish," Black Alice announced. "Saber, Lancer, Rider, Caster, Berserker, and Assassin have all been defeated and have left the battlefield. Archer is also in his weakest state. But you still have four additional Servants. You can be declared the victor of the Holy Grail War."

Only after Hei Ai Li said that did Bai Jie understand.

(Has Rider been worn down by Sirin's Infinite Corridor?)

According to Bai Jie's plan, after Lancer is defeated by the Conqueror, Sirin will imprison the Conqueror in the Infinite Corridor she created. It is a closed space with no entrance or exit, like an ouroboros, and no matter where you go, you will eventually return to the same place.

Rider's Noble Phantasm is a threat. Sirin could forcibly break it, but that might put her at a disadvantage when fighting Gilgamesh.

As for Gilgamesh, Kirei Kotomine has already been killed by Whitebeard, his entire upper body was cut in half, so he couldn't possibly still be alive. In this case, without the support of magic, it was only a matter of time before Gilgamesh was defeated.

Therefore, the victor of the Holy Grail War can only be Whitebeard.

"Come on, tell me your wish, and the Holy Grail will grant it."

"In that case... anyway, let me revive first, and while you're at it, remove those ores from my legs, okay?"

Upon hearing Bai Jie's wish, Hei Ai Li was taken aback for a moment, then laughed: "I see. But there's something I need to say first: the way the Holy Grail grants wishes is somewhat distorted, so please be prepared."

As soon as Hei Ai Li finished speaking, before Bai Jie could ask any questions, an endless black wave surged towards Bai Jie from all directions, wrapping him up layer by layer like a rice dumpling, making him look like an oversized rice ball.

Looking at the black mud ball floating in mid-air, Black Alice said, "Are you satisfied with this?"

"That's right, that's good."

Suddenly, the black mud cracked open, revealing a vacuum zone that stretched into the distance like a path. The person who appeared on this path was none other than Talulah.

"You only need to use the power of the Holy Grail to help him reshape his body; you don't need to do anything else."

"The Holy Grail has been corrupted. The sins of six billion people in this world cannot be borne by one person alone."

“Alone? What nonsense are you talking about?” Talulah laughed dismissively. “That guy has never been alone. He wasn’t alone in Lungmen, he wasn’t alone in Rhodes Island, and he’s certainly not alone now. There’s always someone by his side.”

During the Longmen arc, it was Chen, Hoshiguma, and Swire.