Alchemy Principles of Type-Moon World

However, under Xing Qingfeng's guidance, the river water gradually underwent a strange transformation. The once clear, transparent water gradually lost its clarity, becoming turbid, as if constantly stirred by something. Microscopic ripples began to appear in the water, interweaving with each other. The original pale blue water gradually gave way to a dark silver sheen, and the silver liquid slowly rose from the riverbed and spread to the surface.

——Mercury.

As time went on, this change became increasingly apparent. A silvery liquid slowly crept upward from the riverbed, gradually replacing the once clear water. The ripples in the water also grew thicker, and the waves no longer lapped lightly against the shore, but instead felt heavier, each impact carrying a metallic quality.

Mercury began to gather from all corners of the river, the gentle current gradually replaced by a thicker liquid, the liquid metal flowing freely across the riverbed. The mercury reflected a cold light in the moonlight, like countless silver snakes slithering through the river.

With the infiltration of mercury, the "river water" flowing in the river veins was replaced by "mercury" with stronger magic conductivity. This also made the water veins, which were originally far inferior to the earth veins in terms of performance as spiritual veins, now far surpass the earth veins in performance.

The Kamogawa River, the river that runs through Kyoto, has been transformed into a vast magical circuit. Mercury flows through the river, then flows upstream through the sewer system, continuously expanding its presence. The original river water has been completely transformed into a highly efficient conductor of magical energy. The river's properties have been completely changed, and magical energy is rapidly transmitted along the water veins, covering the entire city.

"Hmm... It's easier than I thought." Xing Qingfeng felt the fluctuations of magic power at every node in the earth veins, and subtly adjusted the magic power corresponding to the water veins.

One of the properties of wave propagation is that they coherent. Coherence enhances beneficial effects, while unfavorable effects cancel each other out. If sufficient diffusion occurs, only waves that meet the coherent conditions will remain.

Magic also follows this law.

The hole leading to the outside world, fixed in the inherent barrier, was now injecting a steady stream of magic power. Although the waves were coherent, to reduce the massive magic field enveloping Kyoto, it was necessary to construct waves that met the conditions for coherence. Only then could the enormous magic field be effectively dissipated. And a monster that could single-handedly rival the ley lines of an entire city...

...I'm afraid Xing Qingjiu is the only one here.

The magic waves controlled by Xing Qingjiu began to propagate through the system, and Xing Qingjiu's adjustments ensured the coherence of these waves. Coherent waves reinforce each other, while incoherent waves cancel each other out. Through this principle, he stabilized the operation of the entire magic field and ensured that all magic fluctuations developed in a favorable direction.

"It will probably take about half an hour to completely eliminate the magic field above Kyoto." Xing Qingfu estimated the time and after confirming that there were no major problems, he began to prepare to operate his inherent barrier and prepare to transform the water of the Kamogawa River in reality into mercury.

"We can't be careless at all..." Xing Qingfeng muttered, feeling a little pressure. After all, if they weren't careful, the entire capital might not be destroyed by the spirit rebellion, but it would most likely be all over the news because everyone was poisoned by heavy metals.

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Schrödinger walked out of the inherent barrier, raised his eyes slightly, and looked behind him. The desolate battlefield that had just collapsed had disappeared into the air.

Not far away, Archer, possessed of restraint, still stood, his form teetering on the brink of collapse. His armor was riddled with cracks, and blood oozed slowly from beneath his crimson battle suit, dripping onto the ground like a withered rose. Each breath was labored and painful, noticeably rapid and weak. The longbow in his grasp was no longer steady, trembling slightly, and the weapons he had projected were almost completely shattered, scattered at his feet, devoid of their former sharpness.

Despite this, Archer tried to draw the bowstring once more, intending to deliver a final blow, but his arms were already unable to bear the weight, as if they were being crushed by rocks, his muscles too stiff to move. The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, as if he was still trying to grit his teeth and refuse to fall.

"Goodbye, fellow who has never studied physics," Schrödinger sneered, his eyes filled with contempt. He watched as his spirit core shattered completely, leaving him unable to hold on any longer. He transformed into spirit particles, dissipating into the air and gradually vanishing.

"Although the Schrödinger's cat experiment is nothing but a trivial thing to me..." Schrödinger shrugged and said nonchalantly, with a hint of self-mockery in his tone, "but since it has inexplicably become my representative-"

"——Someone actually offered to deliver a cat box to your door, ha."

Time went back a few minutes, and the scene at the beginning of the battle replayed in his mind.

The opponent's initial thinking was indeed correct. Within the "cat box" he was in, any small-scale attacks were almost completely ignored by him, and no projected swords could pierce the ethereal boundary. When Archer, who was restrained by force, realized that small-scale attacks were useless, he began to try to use large-scale strikes, trying to completely cover the entire area and forcibly smash this invisible cage -

——It does have some effect. After all, if you don’t dismantle the cat box and choose to smash the entire box directly, the cat inside will also die.

The premise is that Archer's attack energy level is strong enough, but the situation before him is that Archer, with his restrained power, projected countless weapons, the cold light of the blades flashed in the air, spears pierced the void, and arrows streaked like meteors, but no matter what, those attacks were useless.

The projected weapons shattered one after another, the sound of explosions continued to echo in the ruins, and the firelight reflected on the faces of the two men, but it did not pose any threat to Schrödinger.

But Schrödinger couldn't do anything about him.

It's not that he lacks offensive means, but his attack requires constructing a quantum superposition, requiring time to set up a position, weaving a true "cat box," and then allowing the macroscopic quantum superposition to begin interfering with macroscopic reality. But Archer, with his restraining power, clearly wouldn't give him this opportunity. Schrödinger saw clearly that his opponent had no intention of continuing the battle for too long.

But Schrödinger didn't expect such a coincidence to happen.

When Archer, who had the power of restraint, realized that his existing methods were no match for Schrödinger, he released his Noble Phantasm, shouting that his body was made of swords and that his life was meaningless.

——It just happens to be an inherent barrier.

As the inherent barrier unfolded, the surrounding world was instantly transformed. The air seemed to freeze, and the entire space was isolated. Before him lay a desolate battlefield. Under a gloomy sky, broken swords pierced the ground, and the traces of battle were everywhere. In this depressing wasteland, apart from Schrödinger and Archer, no other creatures existed.

Schrödinger could hardly contain his laughter.

He knew Archer's intention very well: to drag him into the inherent barrier, detonate all the treasures in the barrier, and completely smash Schrödinger's "cat box" so that he would have nowhere to escape. If the attack succeeded, Schrödinger would indeed die.

But the problem was that the inherent barrier couldn't hold him in. For Schrödinger, the enclosed nature of the inherent barrier was no obstacle at all; he could easily escape from this space using the quantum tunneling effect.

The existence of the inherent barrier is essentially a completely isolated space, the connection between the inside and the outside is cut off, and the outside world cannot know what is happening within the inherent barrier.

——And when Schrödinger easily left using quantum tunneling, Archer was the only one left in the barrier.

The cat is the only one in the cat box.

A perfect cat box was born.

Unfortunately, Archer didn't realize what was going to happen next, so he didn't remove the inherent barrier in time.

At the same time that Schrödinger used tunneling to leave the inherent barrier, the probability cloud simultaneously spread within the inherent barrier of Archer, who had the power of suppression.

Schrödinger didn't know what kind of attack this probability cloud would collapse into, nor did he know when it would collapse.

——What is inside the cat box is completely unknown to those outside the cat box.

But Schrödinger still has a way to grasp the situation inside the cat box. As long as the cat inside dies, the inherent barrier will dissipate due to no one supporting it, and the cat box will automatically open.

All we have to do now is wait.

One second, two seconds...

Every tick of time represented a probability of instant death for the creatures within the cat box. Even if they escaped the instant death judgment, the attack of the probability cloud collapse would still deal a near-fatal blow to the cat within.

Three seconds later, the inherent barrier began to collapse, light shone out from the inside, and finally dissipated with a loud bang.

The cat box was opened and the cat died in front of Schrödinger.

Schrödinger stretched lazily. He had originally thought the Agent of Inhibition would be a problem, but he hadn't expected it to be this bad. The other party's compatibility with his own was simply incomparable. Without releasing his Noble Phantasm, he would be completely helpless. If he did, he would be countered.

He glanced slowly around. The dilapidated ruins seemed especially silent under the gray sky. The wind blew past, picking up dust that drifted silently through the air.

"Is this the only thing I can use to control my power?" Schrödinger couldn't help but wonder. His opponent's compatibility with him was extremely different. If he didn't unleash his Noble Phantasm, he would be practically helpless. But once he did, Schrödinger would perfectly counter it. "I saw him in life, and I'll fight him again in death."

Looking back at such a long period of human history, only one person has been rescued. Can we say that this is a restraining force that embodies the stupidity of the human subconscious?

Schrödinger shook his head and turned around, stepping on the gravel under his feet, intending to leave the destroyed battlefield. However, he felt a little embarrassed in his heart.

——Who could have imagined that the other party would blow up the entire house, and the instruments that had just been installed and had not been touched for a few times were buried under the rubble. Although he had already prepared himself mentally for the possibility of damage to the instruments, the most important part of those instruments, the SQUID chip itself, was actually very small. Even if the external refrigeration equipment and sensors were destroyed, there was a high probability that the chip would still be intact.

As for now… Schrödinger looked back at the shattered garage and decided to go to the Kamogawa River. Just when they were fighting, Schrödinger had already sensed something unusual happening in the river.

"Using river water and ley lines to counterattack, it seems my Master is truly remarkable," he muttered to himself, dusting off his shoulders with a touch of emotion. The agent of restraint had been dealt with, and the next task didn't seem too challenging. All he had to do was wait for the final outcome of the Holy Grail War to be settled.

"Oh, I suddenly want to go to a nightclub..." Schrödinger shook his head. "Whether it's fighting or research, after finishing it, you still need to relax."

At this moment, he caught a glimpse of something strange out of the corner of his eye——

Amidst the ruins, a figure slowly approached. Schrödinger narrowed his eyes slightly, then a subtle smile played at the corner of his mouth. He recognized the man, wearing a black windbreaker, with a stern and silent expression.

The man before him, from his magical fluctuations to his life characteristics, was identical to the Emiya Kiritsugu Schrödinger knew. It seemed he wasn't a disguise, but the real Emiya Kiritsugu. Of course, Schrödinger knew him: a friend of his Master, and also the Supervisor who had teamed up with his Master to "blow the whistle" in this Holy Grail War.

"It seems he has come to find his Master to deal with the current affairs in Kyoto," Schrödinger thought, then turned around and took the initiative to greet him. "It seems that I can't enjoy it right away. I have to take him to the Master first."

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The design was based on the Piaomiao Wudingyun Sword in Journey to the Immortality to make it more in line with Schrödinger's character.

For Schrodinger, Red A's Noble Phantasm was completely restrained. On the one hand, it was different from the Emperor's inherent barrier, which had enough observers. It's better to say that a normal inherent barrier wouldn't have as many people as the Emperor's (

On the other hand, the inherent barrier itself is a natural cat box. So being killed instantly should not be a problem, it's simply because of the poor compatibility.

At this point, the effects of Schrödinger's two treasures have been revealed. One is to construct a cat box to allow the macroscopic quantum superposition state to appear, and the other is that when there is only one observer in the cat box, an attack similar to the Piaomiao Wudingyun Sword can be used.

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Volume 38: The Kyoto Holy Grail War Without Nagging: . What Schrödinger Most Wanted to Do Before He Died

"Wasshoi——!!!!" A sudden and strange cry exploded in the darkness, accompanied by the sound of rushing wind. A figure suddenly jumped out from the shadows, shouting at the top of his lungs,

"It's too late..." Schrödinger was stunned for a moment, but his thoughts remained clear. He calmly judged, "But is this how Japanese ninjas scream?"

No one had expected—not even Emiya Kiritsugu himself had noticed—that the Assassin of Suppression had actually been lurking in this Holy Grail War through possession summoning in an extremely secretive form, silently observing every step of the Holy Grail War's development.

With the convenience of being a supervisor, Assassin can control the movements and basic information of almost all masters and servants on the battlefield.

Schrodinger raised his head slightly, watching the dagger coming towards his chest. He didn't dodge, nor did he even use any defensive measures, he just stood there.

"I can't get away even if I want to," Schrödinger thought, "I'm just an ordinary physicist—"

"--Besides, this kind of small-scale damage shouldn't affect me. I don't need to be afraid in my current state."

That's as it should be.

The dagger silently pierced Schrödinger's abdomen, but the expected blood did not gush out. The air was devoid of the scent of blood, instead eerily calm. Schrödinger remained standing, as if the dagger's sharp edge had never existed. His body remained unresponsive, even the subtle friction of the blade scraping against his skin seemed to vanish. The dagger piercing his body felt like piercing nothingness.

There was no physical resistance, no painful feedback, as if what was stabbed was a vague phantom in the air.

But both sides are clear that...

——"Phantasm Punishment" has precisely pierced the cat box, severing the mystery surrounding it, making it impossible for Schrödinger to maintain the macroscopic superposition state.

One strike is enough.

The power of "Mysterious Crushing" doesn't require a single strike to kill; a mere stab, even a slight contact, is enough to trigger devastating consequences. Decoherence has inevitably begun to occur, Schrödinger's state of existence is gradually collapsing, and the macroscopic quantum superposition state is being forcibly destroyed.

"What exactly is the principle behind this possession summoning?" Even in this perilous moment, Schrödinger's thoughts remained calm. "Logically, there's a one-to-one correspondence between body and soul. A simple possession summoning should be easily detectable by me."

"The wave functions of souls are different. Even if they overlap, there will be obvious differences in theory..." Schrödinger was immersed in thinking.

"Wasshoi——!!!! Wasshoi——!!!!"

Hanzo's reaction was actually quite fast. He had already made a precise move the moment Assassin Kiritsugu swung his dagger. The blade of his hand cut into Kiritsugu's arm. With a crisp sound of fracture, the arm bent unnaturally, the bone pierced the flesh, and blood spurted out.

Unfortunately, even so, it was unable to stop the assassination of Schrödinger. The reason was that the distance was too close.

"Holy Grail's Favor: A+"

The Holy Grail of a certain era deeply loves him. This love is equivalent to the world's strongest curse. Thanks to the existence of this skill, his luck level is greatly improved. Even those enemy servants whose abilities cannot be broken without specific conditions can be broken through by him.

"Ah, I see. Then there's only one explanation," Schrödinger cried out as the unknown ninja rushed towards him. His hand moved with lightning speed to block the attack, his blade slicing through the air and slamming heavily into Kiritsugu's body. A sharp crack of bone resounded in the silent night, piercing the night's silence. Kiritsugu Emiya's body was twisted unnaturally, the bones of his arm completely shattered, the joints exposed, and blood splattered on the cold ground.

"If the soul of a Servant summoned through possession is the same as the Servant's, then that would explain it completely," Schrödinger thought. "Could it be a Servant from the future, just like that archer?"

The ninja's strange cries continued. After a heavy blow, Emiya Kiritsugu's body was thrown to the ground, falling helplessly on the cold ground. With a dull thud, his body seemed extremely fragile, and blood quickly spread under him. However, the dagger that was stuck in Schrödinger's abdomen also dissipated.

Emiya Kiritsugu's body collapsed on the cold ground. The restraining force of the Servant had completely dissipated, leaving only his original flesh. His once cold and ruthless eyes now became empty and powerless. His body twitched slightly, as if instinctively making a final struggle.

The ninja's hand blade flashed with cold light again, and he swung it towards Kiritsugu's neck without hesitation.

——But this kind of luck will cruelly take away the happiness of others.

"Wait a minute—" Schrödinger said subconsciously, his voice a little hurried. However, even though the ninja tried to hold back at the last moment, the sharp blade still accurately severed Kiritsugu's neck, making a horrifying sound of bone cracking.

Schrödinger sighed, his gaze fixed on the collapsed Emiya Kiritsugu. His figure seemed even more elusive in the dim night, like a television screen with a poor signal, flickering and fading.

He squatted before the dying Emiya Kiritsugu, using his already limited magical power to maintain the other's life in a stable environment.

——As long as the steady state of life does not eventually tend towards thermodynamic equilibrium, then life can still survive and there is still hope of living.

"Domo, Caster=san of Qingshugong, Hattori Hanzo Desu." Although Hattori Hanzo didn't know why he had to save this dying man, he still respectfully clasped his hands together and bowed slightly to Schrödinger.

"Just call me Schrödinger," Schrödinger said without looking up. His hand hovered lightly above Kiritsugu's chest, his magic slowly seeping into his body, maintaining that fragile balance. "The Servant possessed him has departed, and he poses no threat now. There's no need to be so harsh, alas..."

"But a dry landscape garden is also a mountain," Hattori Hanzo said, shaking his head.

"Besides, he's my Master's friend. This is going to be difficult." Schrodinger heard clearly that the ninja in front of him used a respectful title for his Master. "Can you help bandage him?"

"……Yes!"

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"Okay, that's about it. Whether he can survive depends on himself."

Schrödinger stood beside Emiya Kiritsugu, his gaze shifting from his mummy-like body, wrapped in layers of bandages. He then fished out a long-written letter from his bosom, sighed softly, and gently slipped it into the gap between the bandages on Kiritsugu's chest. His figure flickered unsteadily, sometimes blurry, sometimes clear, like an old-fashioned television set about to lose signal, as if it would completely vanish into thin air in the next moment.

"Schrödinger-san, what can I do for you..." Hattori Hanzo, as if suddenly struck by something, pulled out an exquisite lacquerware lunch box from his pocket. The lacquerware, with its gleaming black sheen, looked exceptionally refined. He gently opened the box, revealing a magical stack of organic, otoko sushi. "...Please have some sushi. It should be helpful for your current situation."

"No need for that. I can't use normal magic right now, and conventional methods of replenishing magic don't work on me." Schrödinger stretched, his figure flickering again. "When my magic power is exhausted, decoherence will take effect, and I'll be leaving."

"If there's anything I can do to help, send him to the hospital... No, send him to Xing Qingjiu." Schrödinger pointed at Emiya Kiritsugu lying on the ground.

Hattori Hanzo waved his hand and called two red-armored soldiers to carry Emiya Kiritsugu up.

Schrödinger watched all this, seemingly bored. His figure grew increasingly weak, as if it would be erased from this space at any moment. At this moment, Hattori Hanzo suddenly spoke, breaking the brief silence: "There's something I don't understand... May I ask if you have met my lord?"

"No, I have never seen any other servants." Schrödinger responded casually without even looking up.

"Why is that..." Hattori Hanzo chose his words carefully. "Even though they had never met before, how could Liu PY Lin滿⑵ Shan Si⒏ Basi have such... tacit understanding?"

"Because I believe in that person's talent. Someone with such talent cannot possibly endure the world as it is today."

"Is it Ieyasu, Lord, or Seiyoshi, Lord...?"

"Neither. I don't know that Ieyasu, and Xing Qingfeng's words are too naive." Schrödinger pointed at the glow above Nijo Castle. "I just saw the device and trust its maker."

"I sensed that device the moment I materialized," Schrödinger paused, gathering his thoughts. "No, that's not right. Now that I think about it, I was summoned here because of that device."

"I was summoned by that device as a medium. The moment I laid eyes on it, I understood the purpose of this Holy Grail War—"