People are in Type-Moon, but they practice science

However, as the crack now closes, this flow of true ether will gradually become smaller and disappear.

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The inner sea of ​​stars, Avalon, and the sea of ​​flowers.

The towering "Tower of the End" shook slightly for a moment.

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East China Sea – the magic needle that stabilizes the sea.

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Chapter 18: Rock the World (Physics)

At the moment of the nuclear explosion, London's clock tower - the Arcanum Bureau Observatory Karlion.

"A huge scale magical reaction has been discovered!..." "Report to me!" "Intelligence shows it is from the Japanese leyline..." "Everyone, hold a meeting!" "..."

Waves of conversations came one after another, instantly breaking the original quiet atmosphere in the classroom.

60~80km underground between the ancient heart of the Tomb of Albion and the Fairyland, the Arcanum Arbitration Bureau Observatory Karion is the oldest classroom in the Clock Tower. It has the ability to see the distant universe from the bottom of the sky - that is, to observe or monitor the surface, and discover the unique and highlight it.

The people here are responsible for the infamous "sealing designation" of outstanding magicians on the surface of Type-Moon.

There is a huge, eye-catching bell in the center of the department. Of course, this is not some strange "corporate culture". In fact, the bell will ring every time a seal is issued, hence the name "Bell Hall".

After a short period of discussion, the superiors quickly arranged the tasks. Laborers in different positions, such as intelligence personnel, team leaders, and designated seal executors, received task information and schedules, and will set off for Japan in batches soon.

Listening to the bells echoing in the classroom, the magicians couldn't help but wonder who would be the unlucky one this time.

However, in reality, it is still unclear which side will be unlucky.

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Qin Xuan didn't know about the Clock Tower's actions, and probably wouldn't care if he knew. He was destined to be a different person from the Clock Tower.

He was at the edge of the barrier of Guanbuzi City. After the aftermath of the "Five Elements Fusion" ended, he first arranged for Toosaka Rin to return to Fuyuki City and asked No. 17 to notify Iruri to follow him. Then, without waiting to say hello to the Holy Church, Shion and others, he hurried to the center of the nuclear explosion pit.

With the powerful divine sense scanning, it can be confirmed that there is no living thing in the deep pit except for the unknown mud ball wriggling slightly at the bottom.

"Strange? The magic environment here is abnormally dense, and the conversion rate is quite different from that of the normal scale 'Spirit Ascension Array'." After the aftermath subsided, the "crack" that gushed out the true ether had disappeared, and the short-lived true ether, like rootless duckweed, was quickly degraded. Qin Xuan did not see any other abnormal phenomena. "Is it caused by the 'large-scale fusion' environment?"

Qin Xuan did not stay for too long. The ground veins here were severely damaged and the flow of magic power was extremely chaotic. It was not suitable for detection and analysis at the moment. He sealed the "Chaos residues" at the bottom of the pit, scanned the surroundings with his spiritual sense, and then returned.

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"It's amazing that he completely wiped out 'Ancestor' at the age of only 14," said Xier, as an "old veteran" in the Cathedral Church's crusade team, and took the lead in talking to Qin Xuan as a representative.

"We just used some relatively costly means, and it is unexpected to have such a result. You in the Holy Church are really professional."

The mysterious substance left by Chaos was not revealed by Qin Xuan, so the explanation Qin Xuan gave was something like "Chaos was reduced to ashes on the spot."

In short, the two parties had a cordial and friendly exchange of information and opinions that were quite useless to each other, literally. Then they went their separate ways.

After all, the Templar Church will have to organize an action against Wallachia Nights. If a 14-year-old child steals the show, the whole world will regard it as the "biggest joke of the new century."

When they were about to part, Qin Xuan gestured to Ziyuan in the team.

Ziyuan understood, said goodbye to the people of the Holy Church, and left the team in a hurry. The people of the church couldn't say anything, after all, Ziyuan was an alchemist of the Atlas Academy, at most a partner of the church, and she joined the team voluntarily, not being conscripted.

This scene made Xier smile knowingly, but Liz Baifei's expression was quite gnashing of teeth, as if something had been robbed from her.

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Ziyuan was born into a poor noble family in the Atlas Academy's alchemist department. She had also worked on some commissions from distant places. It was several years ago that she first met Qin Xuan.

As for why the two of them are so familiar with each other's little moves even though they have met only a few times, perhaps it can only be attributed to the tacit understanding between them as both are science and engineering technicians.

"Come to think of it, we haven't met in person for a long time. Originally, everyone in the group was worried about you. But you scared everyone this time."

Shion usually appears to be a rational and peaceful person, but she doesn't mind revealing her feelings in front of her friends.

Qin Xuan said, "I didn't ask for your help, so I'm sure I can solve it myself."

"Here you go again. You're like this again. If Aoko Amber and the others see you, you'll be caught and scolded." In front of acquaintances, they both let down their guard, so Ziyuan could tell at a glance that Qin Xuan's attitude from beginning to end was to fight to the end alone.

"..." Qin Xuan did not refute this. He would have "favors" with some magic families for the sake of interests, but when facing true friends, he did not want to trouble them with his own affairs. Ziyuan understood this kind of cherishment of feelings very well, so she did not say anything specifically.

After they had bonded enough, they got down to business.

"The Holy Church has done a lot of research, but Tatari's new mechanism is still unknown, and the true form of Wallachia Night has never appeared."

"I have encountered this many times. Its formation mechanism is not something superficial like 'rumors', and the situations in which it occurs are too random to discern the formation conditions in time and space."

"More importantly, if the true body cannot be destroyed, the Wallachia Night phenomenon cannot be eliminated."

"Shion, you don't have to worry too much about the issue of your true identity."

"what do you mean?"

"That guy was coming for me from the beginning," Qin Xuan thought of the black shadow that inexplicably imitated him, "In the end, he will definitely come after me."

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As the night deepened, the super nuclear explosion caused by a fusion array in the remote suburbs was finally regarded as an ordinary earthquake event by the local residents of Guanbuzi City under the influence of everyone's suggestion.

The bright moonlight shines equally on the doors and windows of every household, seeps into the cracks in the houses, and soothes the bizarre or ordinary dreams of every ordinary person who sleeps.

At the same time, uneasy restlessness, terrifying rumors, and the illusions of the world also officially appeared in this late night.

Ziyuan followed Qin Xuan and watched the Holy Church's expeditionary force face off against the "fake" phantom beast formed by Tatali. She was not too worried because her friend Liz Baifei was very powerful, and with team combat, there was almost no risk in dealing with these stupid enemies. This was why she decisively left the team and let them deal with Tatali on their own.

She and Qin Xuan's target is the real person hidden behind Wallachia Night - the ancient dead apostle and former dean of Atlas Academy, Zibia.

This is a tall building. On the rooftop, there is a certain existence who has been watching the stage of Buzi City and manipulating everything behind the scenes. Now, he unscrupulously invites Qin Xuan and others to come.

"There's no mistake," Shion looked towards the roof, "This feeling... is the former dean in a sane state."

"Well, you stay here for a while, and I'll go up alone."

"It's dangerous, no—"

"——Shion, precisely because of the risk, it is the best option for me to go over there with more means." Although she was only 14 years old, Qin Xuan's aura overwhelmed the girlish Shion, "Trust me."

Ziyuan was at a loss for a moment, but when she came to her senses, she found that Qin Xuan had gone up to her without her knowing, "You...!"

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The moonlight shone on Tshibia's calm and luxurious face and attire. He tapped the table rhythmically. This scene seemed familiar and lasted for a long time, just like Endymion's unchanging face and appearance.

Qin Xuan walked to his side and sat down as usual.

"You accepted the invitation so decisively. Aren't you worried at all?" Zibia spoke first.

"Since you have taken the initiative to hand over the invitation letter, I can't escape at the last minute," Qin Xuan said the lines expressionlessly, "Besides, I have a backup plan."

"Backup? You mean to lead me to the earth veins near Fuyuki? The various spiritual veins in that place are almost turning into your personal base, right?" Zibia could see that Qin Xuan wanted to run away again and then use the same trick again. "You are willing to do that. The price is too high."

"Is it big? If it can achieve the desired effect, it is not big."

"No, no, no," Zibia denied, "You still don't realize how dangerous a weapon you have created this time is to this "world."

"Wait a minute, world?"

"The world of this planet is divided into three parts. The living beings are on the surface of the fabric, which is the human world. The 'spirit' is deep inside, which is usually called the 'Inner Sea of ​​the Star'. The books are on the outside, which is the source of the desire of countless magicians," Zibia explained. "The relationship between us and the Inner Sea of ​​the Star is not the two sides of the same coin. We are in the same space, but in different dimensions, or we can understand it as different parameters. In essence, we are in different phases."

"The mystery of the planet has had an irreversible trend of retreating inwards since a long time ago, and this time you opened the 'door' leading to the inside. Fortunately, it was corrected in time, otherwise you would probably have accomplished the 'feat' of pushing human history back to the Age of Gods."

No wonder the magnitude of fusion has increased so much, it seems that a hole in the real ether has been opened.

Qin Xuan thought, no, since Cibia knew the reason, he might have understood the principle, so he should learn it for free. "I didn't design this before, how did the 'channel' open?"

"Your technique uses a certain point as a breakthrough point, which affects the deviation of the two dimensions on the surface and inside of the planet. In other words, the phases vibrate and become close, and friction is generated. This is the reason for the opening."

??, this works too! ?

So I can’t happily grow mushrooms anymore?

Chapter 19: Zibia Flies to the Moon

In a sense, although Zibia has now become a Dead Apostle, he is not a "royalist" loyal to the Moon King. The starting point of his thinking is still human primates, not the monsters on Gaia's side.

The general trend of "mystery disappearance" is fundamentally beneficial to the majority of ordinary people in the human race.

When he was sure that Qin Xuan would never consider the so-called "general trend" and launch the fusion array again, Zibia naturally gave up continuing the war and chose "peace talks."

"Negotiation?" Qin Xuan thought. You started the war, so you can't just stop it. "Do you know what the party that takes the initiative to negotiate will have to pay?"

Zibia nodded, "Of course, in this carefully directed play, only the winner will reignite and win the fruits, while the loser will eat dust and lose everything."

What Zibia meant was that Araya Sōren failed, so the "Sixty-fourth Floor of the Offering Palace" was handed over and turned into the prototype of Qin Xuan's cave heaven, and Nero Chaos failed, so even the wreckage was taken away.

However, what Zibia did not specifically mention was that Chaos had not completely failed, and strictly speaking, what Zibia had promised him had been achieved - with the help of Qin Xuan's super fusion, Chaos gained the benefits of spiritual ascension, not only disintegrating the chaotic consciousness filled with animality in his body, but also entering the "Nirvana" state, and already had the conditions to reconstruct the "Chaos" system tree. Of course, the premise of this step is that Chaos can successfully achieve Nirvana without being interrupted.

And unlike the short-lived species, Chaos's transformation process is expected to take thousands of years. Now that it has fallen into Qin Xuan's hands, even if Cibia does not remind him, Qin Xuan will sooner or later discover the secret. Chaos's efforts are destined to be in vain.

"They are indeed losers, what about you?"

"Of course." Tsbia did not deny that he "retired voluntarily."

The first "apologia" that Zibia gave him was the technology to construct spirit particles. In the system of the Atlas Institute, the soul is a carrier based on intelligence and used for calculations, and the body exists only to make the calculation function more efficient. The pseudo-spirit particle is the basic unit based on soul energy, and is the basis for the Atlas Institute to practice alchemy and construct props.

Second, the "bad news" technology. Compared with the pseudo-spiritual technology that is biased towards the soul, this is an advanced method of using intelligence, which involves the "transformation of phenomena" technology that is secretly passed down by the Atlas Academy. Whether Qin Xuan can discover other types of usage or deep principles depends on himself.

As for the last one delivered… “An address?”

Qin Xuan saw the location provided by Zibia and frowned. He had never been to Britain and could only tell that this was a village in a mountainous area in Wales. "What's this place?"

"It's just a logos react and a contract," Zibia smiled, looking a little mysterious. "The village used the contract to gain support from the logos react. They need to use it to achieve a certain ideal, but it is doomed to be unattainable. All you need to do is recycle it."

As everyone knows, Atlas Institute has issued seven contracts. With this contract, one can obtain unconditional assistance from Atlas Institute. Now most of the commissions sent out by the institute are for the purpose of recovering this thing.

But the problem is that Zibia is not the current dean, and he has no right to intervene in this matter. He asked Qin Xuan to reclaim it, and the subtext is nothing more than "this thing belongs to you", and -

"It is destined to be impossible to achieve... Does this mean that these villagers are still 'trying to achieve it'?"

Qin Xuan probably understood that the third thing could not be handed over directly.

Obviously, Zibia meant that the village was not as simple as it seemed (referring to the ritual of resurrecting King Arthur), and there might be some trouble hidden (referring to the boss behind the scenes, Morgan Le Fay). Qin Xuan had to face all this by himself.

"Then, one last question," Qin Xuan looked at the mysterious man, "You directed this war from beginning to end. What was your purpose?"

This "negotiation" was obviously too smooth. Cibia did not seem to be keeping any interests for himself. He just distributed the technical information package. Qin Xuan was not his descendant. What was the benefit of doing this? Even Ziyuan, who was qualified to be the next dean, might not get this treatment.

Of course, this is also because Qin Xuan doesn’t know Zibia well enough.

If we understand Zibia's ideals, we may be able to uncover the secret of why successive deans of Atlas Academy are destined to go mad.

"First of all, let me correct one thing," Zibia gave an unexpected but reasonable answer, "I was not the one who directed this war drama from beginning to end. I was just the third pawn."

Considering the obviously incomprehensible situations such as Tatali being able to break through the original limitations and Tsibia being able to maintain a rational personality normally, it seems not surprising that the black hand behind all this is revealed now.

"It is a great being on the moon, observing the flow of things, controlling the operation of the planet, and recording the earth like the pages of a book. It can be called a 'bottomless Klein bottle', 'Eye of the Moon', 'TYPE-MOON'. There is no good or evil, no end, and it is a taboo thing that runs through the moon."

Qin Xuan watched Zibia's storytelling in silence. He felt that he was exaggerating but did not reveal any information.

So, what is the name of that adult? It can't be the Moon King.

Qin Xuan, a Type-Moon passerby who knew nothing about works like "Fate/Extra", thought so.

"The time has not come yet," Zibia said, "Now I can tell you that you were chosen only because you have the 'soil for human evolution'."

Oh, Qin Xuan understood. It turned out that this boss was an angel investor.

"By the way, what about you?" Qin Xuan probably couldn't ask anything. The boss behind the scenes was also a senior veteran who didn't even show up. "What benefits can you get as a 'spokesperson'? Become a human again?"

Zibia shook his head. "Even if there were benefits, they are gone now. According to the agreement, each chess piece must represent a test. I did not test you, which has violated the agreement with Him. The body of a dead apostle, the inherent barrier, and everything I manifested will be stripped away as bargaining chips. I guess the road ahead must be to transform into a spirit particle, go to the moon, and accompany the endless information management all day long."

It's a pity that human history will bid farewell to this stagnant spiral of development and open a new chapter of grandeur, but all of this has nothing to do with him. Perhaps... it would be interesting to be able to appreciate this space opera alone on the moon?

"Qin Xuan, this is the final reminder: Isis's era no longer has a place, Osiris's era can only be maintained, and only Horus's era contains the potential for awakening."

Tsibia has disappeared.

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"So, the 13th Ancestor, Valazia Night, has also been confirmed to be eliminated?"