A journey into an infinite dimension

Olga Marie bit her lip, waved her hand and gave a loud order.

"Romani, check everyone and make sure they're in good condition; Leif, analyze their landing location; Jinger——"

Following Olga Marie's orders, the gigantic machine of Chaldea began to fully operate. Everyone temporarily forgot about the news that 'humanity only has three days left' and devoted themselves to their respective work.

Chapter 7 Explosion, Start

"Team A members are all fine and are already in place!"

"Team B members are all fine and in place!"

"Team C members are all in place, no problem!"

"Group D——"

"One of the suitors in Group E has an abnormal heart rate. Please send a doctor to examine him immediately!"

"Group F——"

After changing into the magic attire assigned by Chaldea for the aptitude users, Jiaye stood beside the specially equipped dedicated "basket" with Hong. He twisted his neck, making a series of popping sounds, and slowly scanned everything that was happening in the control room through his "Heavenly Eye", as well as the aptitude users standing beside their dedicated "baskets", and finally fixed his gaze on five people.

Olga Marie standing on the command desk; Leif walking around among the instruments, checking the machines over and over again; Roman helping to check on the suited person in Group E; Ritsuka Fujimaru, who looked particularly nervous because she had not received any training; and Mashu, who was comforting her by her side.

"Director, there's a minor malfunction with one of the instruments. The parts for repair are in the warehouse. I need to go back."

While waiting quietly, Leif suddenly walked up to Olga Marie and whispered with a serious expression.

"Go immediately. Sorry, we don't have any extra people to help you right now."

Olga Marie nodded.

"It's okay. I'll be back soon."

After saying that, Leif quickly left, leaving behind the other aptitudes who began to talk to each other in low voices after hearing the conversation between the two, and Jiaye who frowned slightly.

"what happened?"

Noticing Jiaye's strange behavior, Hong tugged at his sleeve and asked softly.

"Lev Lenore said the instrument was malfunctioning and needed parts repaired, but none of the instruments he had just checked showed any signs of malfunction. Furthermore, his solemnity was reflected only on his face, and there was only calmness in his eyes."

Ignoring the gazes of others, Jia Ye gently held Hong in his arms, then leaned over and whispered in her ear.

"You mean..."

Her eyes changed slightly, and the corners of her red mouth habitually curled up into an arc of interest.

"Although I don't know what he wants to do, it's better to stay alert later."

After saying that, Jia Ye pinched Hong's cheeks and then gently let her go.

In the eyes of others, the two people's actions were completely just flirting from beginning to end.

Different people hold different opinions on this. Some people think that they are very generous and still have the mind to flirt at such a critical moment. Some people cover their chests and take a step back, looking as if they are tortured by this wave of dog food.

“Um, that—”

Just when the quiet atmosphere was about to return to calm and solemnity after the twists and turns, a weak voice quietly reached everyone's ears, making them turn their heads with a "what's the matter" mentality to look in the direction of the voice - Fujimaru Ritsuka raised his hand.

"Are you... the 48th qualifier? What can I do for you?"

After hesitating for a moment, Olgamari recognized Ritsuka's identity through the universal <frame> beside her, raised her head slightly, and motioned for her to continue.

Although everyone's 'Basket' is specially equipped, because Fujimaru Ritsuka only entered Chaldea two days ago, there was no time to collect her physical data to customize a 'Basket' for her, so Chaldea had to give her the universal 'Basket' that was originally developed, and asked the logistics department to speed up the production of her 'Basket'.

"I'm a little nervous, so I need to go to the bathroom..."

With an awkward smile, Ritsuka said shyly.

As soon as these words came out, most of the men present subconsciously turned their heads away and didn't look at her. A few girls laughed softly, and even Olga Marie's mouth twitched slightly. After a while, she waved her hands helplessly.

"Hurry up and come back quickly."

"okay!"

After receiving the answer, Ritsuka fled out of the control room. Thanks to this, the atmosphere on the scene was slightly relaxed, and the tense expressions on some people's faces were visibly reduced.

"Hehe, he is indeed a very interesting child."

Hong covered her mouth and smiled gently.

"He's also a poor child. After all, you just happened to target him."

The smile on the corner of his mouth flashed away, Jia Ye muttered something softly, then looked at Honghe's kind smile and smiled awkwardly, and stopped talking.

Waiting is always painful, especially when you are waiting to embark on an unknown battlefield.

Olga Marie, who was a little irritable because she thought Leif and Ritsuka had not returned for a long time, looked at the time at her watch and realized that it was only three minutes since the two left. Given the size of Chaldea, it would take more than three minutes to walk back and forth between the warehouse and the bathroom, so she suppressed her annoyance and tried to calm herself down.

She wanted to give the order to set off immediately, but she didn't know which part of the instrument was damaged, nor did she know whether starting the operation without repairing it would cause problems for the adaptable people.

Although she did not have the qualifications to participate in the action, she was the commander of everyone. The more people joined the battle, the more pressure she would bear. Precisely because of this, she had to be more cautious and could not panic even if everyone else was panicking.

At this moment, during this period of time, all the adaptable people who were originally panicked because of the news that humans only had three days left have calmed down. They know that they can't do anything before the action begins, so they all tacitly lie down in their respective baskets, close their eyes and rest, preparing themselves to face the next unknown challenges in the most perfect condition.

Jiaye and Hong were also preparing to enter the basket, but at this moment, Hong's face suddenly changed, and then he immediately pushed Jiaye into the basket without hesitation and pressed his whole body on him.

"red----"

Because of the sudden impact on his back, Jia Ye's senses were slightly delayed for a moment. He originally wanted to ask Hong what happened, but as soon as he opened his mouth, the deafening noise drowned out his sudden change in expression.

Boom! ! ! ! !

Accompanied by a strong explosion and vibration, raging flames filled the entire control room in the blink of an eye, and all the cages were knocked down by the shock wave. Because of the protection of the cages, the adaptable people inside were only seriously injured and not killed. Jiaye was the only one whose cage was not closed. Because Hong was blocking in front of him, most of the impact was blocked for his fragile human body, so his situation was even better than that of other adaptable people.

At least, he was able to stay conscious and watch Hong slowly fall into his arms like a puppet with its strings cut off.

"Very good......"

Deciphering these words from her lip movements, Jia Ye ignored the severe pain in his body and subconsciously hugged Hong's weak body.

Great? What’s so great about it?

Because I'm okay? But I hope you're okay too.

Obviously, with your physique, if you just switch places with me, you won't be hurt at all. Or, instead of wasting time pushing me into the basket, you can respond the moment you sense danger. Then you won't be hurt either!

I----

The scorching air waves surged in, and the light blue light quietly gathered in front of Jiaye's basket to form an invisible barrier, blocking the flames for him and Hong, isolating the hot air, and blocking the possibility of Jiaye rescuing those lucky staff members who did not die in the sea of ​​fire.

[An emergency has occurred. An emergency has occurred.]

[Fire broke out at the central power plant and the central control room.]

[The central area's barrier will be sealed in 60 seconds. Staff, please leave immediately through the second gate.]

[The fire is too large. According to the highest safety order, the isolation wall is lowered immediately.]

The system broadcast and the alarm sounded simultaneously. At the same time, at the only exit of the control room, a door rose up on the top, bottom, left and right, and then locked together, completely sealing off the entire control room.

[It is detected that the system experiment is in progress. Manual operation is stopped. Please resume the operation within three seconds. ]

A second, slightly different broadcast sounded in the control room, but Jia Ye ignored it. He just silently held Hong and sat in the basket, while his palms pressed against her body were constantly sending a large amount of magic power into her body.

【3———】

【2———】

【1———】

[The operation cannot be restored and will switch from manual operation to automatic operation.]

[The experiment continues, and the search for the Master begins.]

[It has been detected that the Master in the <Basket> has fallen into an abnormal state. The only Master on the list is No. 9. No. 9 will be designated as the main subject of the experiment.]

[〈Basket〉——Link. 】

【Anti-summoning system, activated.】

[Spirit particle transfer begins.]

"No matter who you are, I have recorded this cause and effect. Just wait..."

Accompanied by a cold whisper, Jia Ye and Hong's figures turned into a burst of light golden particles and disappeared into the basket, and just five minutes after the two disappeared.

“Mashu!!”

The girl's screams echoed in this hell filled with flames. At the same time, a finger of a sleeping person in a basket suddenly moved. Magical power of unknown origin enveloped her, causing the nature of her life to quietly change.

Chapter 8: Drag Shadow

The town was reduced to ruins, with only fierce flames burning.

Countless buildings collapsed on the ground in a mess, and the flames licked the entire building. Even though it had turned into charcoal, it was still burning relentlessly.

Dark shadows wandered in every corner of the street, and the terrifying skeletons holding weapons ignored the burning flames and broke into every building as if looking for something.

Inside a collapsed building that was fortunately half-preserved, Jia Ye held the still unconscious Hong in his arms, constantly supplying her with magic power so that her body would have enough magic power to repair the damage on its own. At the same time, he calmly used the "Sky Eye" to transcend terrain and obstacles to conduct a "God's perspective" exploration, constantly observing the movements of every black shadow and skeleton soldier on the street.

At this moment, almost half an hour had passed since he and Kurenai were forcibly sent from Chaldea to the singularity.

Jia Ye could say with certainty and conviction that what he experienced in this short half hour was definitely more exciting and thrilling than what he had experienced in the first sixteen years of his life.

Half an hour ago, when he first arrived at the singularity, he had no intention of liberating or investigating the singularity. He only wanted to heal Hong's injuries.

However, God knows why, the landing point of his soul transfer was set in the center of a group of skeleton soldiers, and he landed on the head of a skeleton soldier. Thanks to this, Jiaye, who was surrounded, had no choice but to use part of the magic power that was supposed to be provided to Hong to defeat the group of skeleton soldiers.

Fortunately, those were just the lowest-level skeleton soldiers. Although no one knew the reason for their appearance, they just looked scary. Apart from that, their strength, speed, and explosive power were only at the level of an average adult. Although there were nearly a hundred of them, with Jiaye's strength, he only needed to use the least amount of magic power to safely escape from the encirclement with Hong.

However, just when the battle was halfway through, a group of shadow servants suddenly appeared out of nowhere and joined the siege of Jiaye.

Although the Shadow Servants are only the remnants of real Servants, they still possess a small part of the power of Servant. Jiaye was already seriously injured, and he needed to protect Hong who had lost her combat ability, and he also needed to conserve his magic power as much as possible. He had no choice but to choose to leave the battlefield and began a long game of hide-and-seek with the Skeleton Soldiers and Shadow Servants.

Jia Ye was extremely certain that some existence in this singularity must have discovered his arrival, otherwise how could such a large group of shadow servants appear on his battlefield so coincidentally, and it seemed that they were teleported here.

'We have to move again.'

Through the "Heavenly Eye", Jia Ye discovered that a shadow servant had entered the interior of the building and was gradually approaching his hiding place. He made a prompt decision and did not hold on to the lucky idea that "maybe it won't find this place". Instead, he immediately carried Hong in a princess hug and jumped to the window without glass. He jumped to the top of the building and threw a broken light bulb that he picked up inside the building down.

Ping-pong

The unusual noise immediately made all the nearby skeleton soldiers and shadow servants subconsciously focus their attention on the place where the light tube fell. Jia Ye also took the opportunity to use the "Rigid Body" to strengthen his body, and then jumped away from the original place on the wreckage of the buildings, while silently counting down in his heart.

'3....2....1....'

The moment he silently counted to '1', a blazing white light fell on the place where he was originally standing, piercing through the concrete building, and following his movement trajectory, falling on every place he landed, gradually approaching him.

While moving, Jia Ye also turned his head and glanced at the sky behind him with his peripheral vision, but he saw nothing except the white light that appeared out of nowhere.

"I really hate this feeling of being chased."

He sighed silently in his heart, then Jia Ye gathered all his thoughts and focused on calculating the landing point and finding the next hiding place.

How long would this cat-to-mouse-playing behavior last? Jia Ye felt it wouldn't be long, because he could sense that Hong was about to wake up.

When she wakes up, their side will be able to increase its combat power, and he will be able to free up his hands to fight with all his strength.

There was a narrow alley ahead with no flames. After confirming through the detection of the "Sky Eye" that it was not a dead end, Jia Ye released all his power when he reached above the alley, allowing himself to fall into the alley under the pull of gravity.

boom! !

With a loud bang, the two buildings that made up the alley suddenly collapsed, and the alley was filled with building debris, completely disappearing from someone's sight.

"Tsk, what a clever little mouse!"

Under the singularity, in a huge underground cave, a figure shrouded in a loose black robe bit his thumb and looked unhappily at the crystal ball in front of him that reflected the scenery of the ruined alley. A pleasant female voice came from under the hood that covered his entire face, revealing a strong sense of frustration and anger.

"Caster, where are Saber and the others?"

A clear, slightly childish voice came from behind Caster, which made her subconsciously startled. She immediately turned around and half-knelt towards the person who came.

"My lord, Saber and the others have already set off. My familiars can't keep up with their speed, but we can infer that they are approaching the area where the little mouse is."

"Really? That's great."

A petite girl with short, shining golden hair stepped out from the shadows.

Like the most noble princess, she walked to Caster's crystal ball with graceful and light steps, narrowed her blue eyes and looked at the scenery reflected inside with a smile.

Although the scenery in the crystal ball did not change and it was still the ruined alley, she did not feel bored at all.

"The little mouse that broke into the playground is a big brother who voluntarily turned into a little mouse for his beloved, and the doll sister who is deeply loved by the big brother. How enviable."