"Don't worry about it. It's a record that has fallen into the realm of imaginary events." BB explained, "But Dad has already met the people involved in that incident."

Xiomi was stunned for a moment, then quickly found the result among the people he knew.

"...Kishinami Hakuno and Gilgamesh?"

"Yes. They will appear in Fuyuki and go to Uruk. This is also Mooncell's arrangement." BB added, "But it is not a good thing to let outsiders interfere too much in this world, so they can only appear in a crisis of the scale of the Humanity Burning."

"Then Fuyuki—"

"Of course, it's because Mooncell predicted the Magic King's possible wish, so it originally gave the Holy Grail to you to hinder this matter. But after all, you are outsourced personnel, and Gilgamesh chose to help the Magic King." BB was obviously very dissatisfied, with his whole face puffed up. "BB was so angry that he wanted to help, but Mooncell forbade BB to intervene!"

“Ahahahaha…” Xijian couldn’t stop laughing dryly.

For Romani's sake today, that incident did not cause any irreversible consequences, and he is too lazy to care about that old matter.

"So Passionlip—" Shiomi looked at Passionlip who was standing next to her.

Knowing her own special weight, the girl did not sit on the bench. Instead, she used her huge claws as support to maintain her sitting posture.

"Just call me Lip." Lip said nervously, "Dad, Dad..."

"Don't force yourself to call me that. BB calls me that because it's her bad taste." Shiomi advised helplessly.

BB immediately protested: "Obviously I'm serious!"

"Who knows." Xi Jian spread his hands and chuckled jokingly, "So Lip is actually different from BB, and was not sent by Mooncell?"

"Yes... I thought I had disappeared, but now I reappear like this..." Lip looked at BB, "Melt should be the same."

"But Mooncell here seems to have to re-evaluate your value because your spiritual side seems to have grown." BB pinched Lip's cheek proudly, "That's why they let me recycle you."

"I see..." Lip's expression looked a little complicated.

I am happy but confused at the same time, and I don’t know what to do.

Seeing this, Shiomi gently reminded him, "Lip may have been designed as a weapon in the beginning, and existed only for fighting. But... you already have your own soul. Whether it is an organic life form or an information life form, the soul does not have any distinction between noble and inferior because of this."

"Really?" Lip's eyes showed curiosity.

She didn't understand what a human was, let alone human emotions, so Shiomi's words were extremely important to her.

"What determines the value of your soul is your future actions and choices, and you will be able to take due responsibility for these actions and choices." Shiomi nodded seriously, "Whether you want to have a noble soul or a humble soul, it's nothing more than this."

"But that's how humans survive, right?" BB asked in a corrective tone.

"At this point, whether it's humans or advanced AI, the only difference between them is in their abilities." Shiomi said calmly, "At least that's what I think. Of course, you can laugh at my shallow understanding."

"Alas..." BB didn't do that. He just smiled and sighed in understanding.

Passionlip also laughed.

In the end, even Xijian couldn't help laughing.

At this time, Altria pushed open the small door leading to the chapel from the inner room.

"I was wondering why it was so lively here. It turns out that the Master was talking to you two." Altria had a smile on her face as bright as the moon as always.

"Have you rested enough?" Shiomi asked with concern.

"Well, I rested enough that I was sent out to confirm the Master's whereabouts."

Altria nodded and made a joke.

Chapter 45 Fatal Compatibility

The road leading to the celestial room was artificially closed, making it extremely difficult to travel.

Not only are there strange obstacles that make the road less spacious than other places, but also make it narrow enough for only one or two people to pass side by side. It also has many twists and turns, with a turn every two steps.

At the same time, there are many confusing forks in the road, and after entering there are new forks in the road. It is completely a maze that people don't want to pass through.

In this labyrinth full of divergences, with only one path leading to the celestial room, there are also many monsters that are hostile to the attack program.

They often appear at a corner and attack Shiomi and his group first.

The battles themselves were not intense and could often be resolved with just one or two moves from Shiomi, but they were still full of trouble.

The most troublesome thing at the moment is the "Guardian" who is blocking the path leading to the Celestial Room in front of the group. It is a superior AI designed at the same time as Passionlip, like a sister, and a high-level Servant with composite divinity.

Alterego, Meltryllis.

With a tall posture like a ballerina, in contrast to Lip, Meltryllis' legs are designed to be like stilts.

They are not only feet, but also weapons and poison needles.

According to the information provided by Lip, Meltryllis possesses an ability called Melt virus, which can be injected into the target's body like a bee through its sharp feet.

As long as it is a tangible object, whether it is inorganic or organic, it can be absorbed, and deprive the target of its power, eventually achieving the result of swallowing up the entire target.

On top of that, Meltryllis also has extremely fast speed, and the only ones who can keep up with his aggressive ballet attack moves are Shiomi and Scathach.

The rest of the people formed a defensive formation with Morgan as the pseudo-center, looking for the right time to invade.

"Oh……"

Scathach bent down sharply and avoided the kick that was going straight to her face.

When the first attack failed, Meltryllis decisively pursued, gracefully and decisively changing the foot that supported the body, quickly turned over and jumped up, raised his knees, and pointed the spike directly at Scathach's abdomen.

when--!

The falling attack was cut off by Gungnir's sweep, and the huge impact force pushed Meltryllis out.

After the girl flipped several times, she landed on the floor with a crisp sound.

Although he had a restraint mask on his head similar to Lip's, preventing the group from talking to him or communicating with him, his fighting style was obviously more comfortable and flexible than Lip's.

No matter whether it was Morgan's magic or Tristan's arrows, even if they caught the moment when she stopped fighting against the two, Meltryllis would immediately realize that there was someone else behind her and quickly dodge, breaking free from the lock with extreme speed.

"It's really tricky. Let's not talk about other aspects for now. Just the speed alone has surpassed all the servants I know so far."

Scathach made this comment after regaining some distance.

"After all, she is a high-level Servant. Judging from her own abilities alone, her speed is probably top-notch among the numerous Heroic Spirits." Shiomi held the gun horizontally, "We have to find a way to catch her."

At this time, Tristan, who was looking for an opportunity in the formation on one side, suddenly gestured to this side.

After catching a glimpse of the signal from the corner of his eye, Shiomi nodded to Scathach, then took the lead and transformed into a ray of cold light to engage in combat with Meltryllis who was advancing again.

He deliberately exposed his flaws, luring Meltryllis to attack more actively, and then retreated step by step.

Until she was able to find a flaw that would allow her to shoot, she turned over and kicked, deflecting Shiomi's gun. Then she danced like a black swan, spinning and approaching Shiomi.

The movements were so fast that the hands, feet and faces could not be seen clearly, but anyone could see that if they were touched by this dance, they would be ground into pieces as if they were sucked into a meat grinder.

But this also has a disadvantage, which is that the speed will be temporarily reduced.

Moreover, using offense as defense does not mean having adequate defense.

Shiomi performed magic, and the strong wind pushed him and Meltryllis away from each other. At this time, Scathach jumped high and kicked the red spear in the air towards the target.

"『Kick Through the Deathly Flying Spear』!"

The red spears split into a number comparable to the rain of heavenly ghosts and poured down, forcing Meltryllis to quickly stop dancing and fight back while moving out of the attack range of the red spears.

This form of releasing the red spear of the real name has reduced the certainty of the hit effect, and is replaced by a large-scale attack.

Meltryllis escaped from the danger zone with the help of her combat instinct, but suddenly she found her body touching the silk thread, and she turned back unconsciously to check.

Then the dense silk threads suddenly tightened, trapping her inside. Meltryllis, who was not very strong, was unable to move for a moment.

"I'm sorry, Melt!" Lip said apologetically and stretched out his hands to Melt from a distance.

Ignoring the compression of plane distance, Meltryllis's movements were further restricted.

Lip intentionally controlled the speed and scale of the compression, ensuring that it only immobilized the opponent, thereby rendering Meltryllis powerless, giving Morgan time to contact the spiritual base, purify her, and free her from the restraints of the "Guardian".

However, Lip forgot an important fact until BB reminded him:

"No, there's no way to restrain Meltryllis with just this."

Then, Meltryllis, who was bound by the silk thread and restricted in space, suddenly collapsed. His body split into pieces and turned into colorless water, spreading out in all directions and escaping from the cage.

"Her body is a container made of pure fluid. It is impossible to trap her with just this kind of physical restraint."

"That's it!"

Shiomi suddenly rushed forward and attacked Lilith's recovering body with his bare hands, glancing against her counterattacking knee spikes.

Blood spurted out from his arm and melted into the water that was gradually forming.

Dragging his injured arm, he quickly retreated. The two sides distanced themselves from each other again. In just a few seconds, Meltryllis completed the decomposition and reorganization in the form of water.

Shiomi glanced at the wound on her wrist that was gradually healing.

It's just a scratch. Although a little bit of toxin was scratched on it, it's not serious.

"What a reckless behavior..." Gawain exclaimed in confusion.

Mingming Xijian's previous fighting methods were extremely sophisticated, so why would he suddenly choose such a reckless method, preferring to fight with his bare hands rather than using weapons?

"No, you are wrong, Lord Gao Wen." Artoria prepared to join the pursuit, "The Master has achieved his goal."

Then, Shiomi casually raised her hand and pointed at Meltryllis at her voice:

"Well, be a little rough, I'll treat you well later."

Meltryllis, who had no idea what was happening, seemed to be stunned and stood there.

Then, the expression under the mask began to distort, and the girl instinctively covered her body, only to see vines and flowers emerging from her body.

With a painful sound, the girl, who was made of fluid, had most of her body eaten away by the plants in an instant, and fell into the flowers, unable to move.

Chapter 46: The Truth of the Celestial Chamber

As Xijian said, this fighting style is a bit rough.

He used his own blood as a catalyst, blending it into Meltryllis' body, awakening it with the power of life, and using her body as a soilless cultivation medium in a sense to create plant life.

This is also the worst compatibility brought about by the girl's special body structure.

Only fluids could quickly absorb blood into the body, but she didn't realize that it was not nutrients that could be absorbed, but non-toxic "toxins" that were more deadly than her own toxins.

I'm afraid it won't work if I use a regular Servant.

After handing Meltryllis over to Morgan's care, Scathach stayed behind with Suzuka Gozen and Passionlip to guard, while Shiomi took Altria and two Knights of the Round Table into the unblocked celestial chamber.

"here it is……"

The moment they entered the celestial room, after seeing the interior clearly in the dim lighting, Altria was the first to be surprised.

"Chaldea's...control room?"

"These are... the coffins lined up against the wall?" Tristan, who had fought bravely on the battlefield, was also shocked at this moment. "Inside... are the coffins of young children..."

"How could there be such an inhumane act!" Gawain clenched his fists in anger.

Shiomi was not too surprised: "Sure enough, the power of SE.RA.PH comes from these 128 masters."

He looked at the huge device in the center of the celestial room that looked like a magic furnace.

"Do you know what's going on, Master?" Altria was deeply surprised.

"…To be precise, this was originally within Mari's authority." Shiomi crossed his arms, "She was already very busy managing Chaldea and dealing with the Magic Association, so she handed some of the matters over to me—"

In a sense, Shiomi is also Olga Marie's trusted confidant.

Because of this, he was exposed to some of the secrets of the Seraphix Oil Field and the secret research that Animusphia was conducting here.

The matter of Mashu alone had almost caused Olga Marie to collapse at one point, so Shiomi temporarily covered up the matter of the Seraphix oil field and did not report this part.

Chaldea, Animusphia, the Magic Association, various issues piled up on Olga Marie. When she finally had time to deal with the affairs of the offshore oil base under her jurisdiction, the human incineration occurred again.

It can be said that fate plays tricks on people.

"With the authority of the director, the report I received only described the clues. I know that this research has not been made public, and it is even kept secret from the Magic Association." Shiomi looked at the magic furnace-like thing, "Because this is an inhumane research that uses human magic circuits to communicate with the earth's spiritual veins to create super-large magic costumes."

Unlike the pure magician Maris Billy, who has no humanity at all, Olga Marie, as a magician, still retains quite normal human values.

"Are they using the magic circuits in the human body to conduct a large-scale human experiment?" Gawain could no longer hold back, he rushed over to question Xi Jian.

But Shiomi just stared at Gawain calmly: "Not only that, this experiment also involves a certain kind of human trafficking. Candidate masters who have the adaptability to spirit particle transfer, but are not high enough, will be sent here in the name of participating in other work."

The girl named Fujimaru Ritsuka might have suffered the same fate if she had not been extremely adaptable to spirit particle transfer.

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