People are in Type-Moon, but they practice science

It was also the first time for Aozaki Touko to travel through the world. To be honest, when she heard that this place belonged to the "fixed phenomenon", she actually lost interest. This place was probably judged to be a world without a future. However, the name of the Ainsworth family, the only remaining magician family, attracted her to some extent. At least it would be okay to pick up some bargains.

She suddenly noticed that Qin Xuan's expression next to her was a little strange.

"——I know you are quite amazing, but isn't it a bit too exaggerated that you discovered something right after you stepped here?"

Aozaki Touko said half jokingly.

"No, wait a minute," Qin Xuan did discover something. To be precise, he sensed something.

Strange, the mark on his body actually activated automatically the moment he crossed over here. 'Strange, why did [Tianhui] activate itself?'

The Heavenly Wisdom Seal is not complicated. It is actually the operation of Su's illusion and the wheel of cause and effect. There is no condition for it to be activated. This is the real world and he has not been attacked. It automatically starts. Where did it start? Or is it actually the limited skill "Heavenly Wheel Holy King" (see Chapter 93) that is activated? That is even more impossible.

"Uh uh. I did find something, but I can't figure it out... Never mind, I'll go check it myself. You don't have to worry about it. Just follow the original plan."

"Okay," Aozaki Orange could hear Qin Xuan's urging and couldn't continue chatting and slacking off, "I'm leaving."

She called out to Emiya Kiritsugu and Kozuki, "You two, it's our turn to come on stage - oh, this is the famous magician killer, right?"

When the captain of this operation mentioned his nickname, Emiya Kiritsugu knew that the other party did not mean to be sarcastic, so he said, "Mr. Aozaki is the most famous, the contemporary Grand Master Magician. You are the main force in this infiltration operation. I am more good at assassination. In order to avoid alerting the enemy, I must not come out to steal the limelight."

"Don't worry about that. Don't underestimate Xiao Zi next to us. Her illusion skills are top-notch among my works."

Kiritsugu Emiya followed Orange's gaze and saw the little girl beside her. The brown-haired girl was really small, almost a little smaller than his daughter. She seemed to be shy, so she kept a distance from him and got closer to Orange.

"Hello."

Kiritsugu Emiya tried to greet her, but Kozue ignored him.

"Well, my Illya is as well-behaved and sensible as me."

At this time, Aozaki Touko opened the suitcase and prepared something, "Emiya, have you prepared the things for you? It's best to make sure you are proficient in the operation before taking action."

"Yes," Emiya Kiritsugu raised the bag in his hand because of the purpose of the infiltration operation. He did not carry conventional guns this time, but used the alchemical technology equipment distributed by the association. Although the principles were different, Emiya Kiritsugu did not need to understand the principles. Since it was a technological product, he could operate it smoothly. "I've been familiar with it before. The instruction manual provided by the association is very detailed."

"Very good," Aozaki Touko closed the suitcase, "Murabe, Emiya, stand still, and start the dive!"

hum-

Emiya Kiritsugu seemed to hear a faint sound, and then he felt a very obvious sense of falling.

"—"

It was impossible to describe the scenery that he saw with his eyes and the tremors that he felt with his body. In short, it was like chaos. There was no light to guide him around, and he couldn't touch anything that existed. Emiya Kiritsugu almost thought that he was stuck in some heavy rock formation.

After a while, the discomfort finally subsided.

Emiya Kiritsugu felt himself standing on solid ground. Around him was a room several people wide and lit with fluorescent lights, but in terms of structure it was more like a submarine. Emiya Kiritsugu tried to look "out the window", but it was pitch black outside.

"Excuse me," Orange was quite polite despite his glasses, "This is a subterranean boat, a mass-produced product of the association, but this time it's a specially made 'ice-breaking model' - oh, you don't seem to understand what a subterranean boat is. Simply put, it's a submarine that moves within the subterranean veins."

"Oh, thank you for the easy-to-understand explanation. However... I looked at the information and the ley lines in this world should be mostly depleted, right?"

"That's why we need the 'Ice Breaking Model'. Low leyline activity doesn't mean the 'road' of the leyline is destroyed. The pathway for energy flow still exists, and there will be low-speed, small-scale mana flow. However, this will cause greater resistance to movement. In addition, unlike my world, no one has sorted out the leylines in advance, so the experience may not be that good."

Simply put, the journey afterwards will be more torturous.

"understand."

As an adult, Emiya Kiritsugu certainly wouldn't ask for as much as a child. However, during the rest of the journey, he soon discovered that he was the one who suffered the most.

Although Kozuki looks like a child, her puppet strength is not at the level of an ordinary person. As for Touko, she can get rid of this bad experience by using both magic and puppetry. So Emiya Kiritsugu had no choice but to remain silent and patiently endure this continuous shock.

"..."

Soon, the atmosphere of the Earth Vein Boat fell into a long silence. Emiya Kiritsugu tried his best to ignore the vibrations from the outside world while thinking back to the data and the next steps. He couldn't try to debug the equipment again because the environmental interference here was too strong.

After being silent for a while, Emiya Kiritsugu finally couldn't help asking, "Excuse me, is it time now?"

"Shhh."

Orange motioned for him not to speak, then glanced at Xiao Zi.

Just when Emiya Kiritsugu looked confused, Kozuki began to cast an illusion barrier on the Earth Vein Boat.

"Okay, now we need to be alert," Orange said after Xiao Zi finished her work, "We are almost at the center of Fuyuki, the center of the big pit. The reason is obvious. Now the vibration is getting smaller and smaller. The 'flow' and 'flow rate' of the earth veins are increasing. We are approaching the center of the workshop. From now on, the voyage will be very smooth."

Only then did Kiritsugu Emiya realize that the torturous vibration was clearly weakening. He let out a breath, then began to take out equipment from his bag and began to debug it. Orange stared at the stream of light in front of him that was gradually becoming "brighter", which meant that the place was an excellent spiritual place and the most core nest of the magician.

"Xiao Zi, come and help me operate it," Orange called out, exchanging positions with Xiao Zi, and then Orange operated another device, "Earth vein probe, fire."

Nourishes—

Some kind of spike-like spirit particle structure pierced upward from the earth vein boat, detecting the surface terrain. After a while, Orange received feedback, "Everyone, get ready, start floating up."

Kiritsugu Emiya and Murasaki couldn't help but tense up. They were about to start a stealth operation, and they were going to go straight into the magician's core workshop in one go.

"Don't worry. The Earth Vein Boat comes up directly through the Earth Vein absorption channel left by the magician when he set up the workshop. We will appear directly in the workshop later, so it won't trigger any alarms. But when we leave the workshop and explore other places, we must be careful."

"I hope so."

"Emiya, remember not to act alone and don't leave Kozuki."

"Yes."

After a while, the three of them returned to the ground smoothly, and the process was not as torturous as when they first went down the dive.

They first looked around and found no one else, then began to operate according to the division of labor. Kozue maintained the illusion, Orange analyzed the magic data in the workshop, and Kiritsugu Emiya operated the alchemy equipment to conduct a carpet scan of potentially valuable places.

"Wow, I found something interesting." In front of Orange was a tall black stone slab with a large number of fine words engraved on it. The stone slab was almost like a wide and solid wall.

"It's actually a record of Greek mythology... Wait, something's wrong here. Oops, could it be that Ainsworth is a believer in Orphicism?"

"What?" Emiya Kiritsugu, who was holding the "scanner", didn't react for a moment.

"This 'myth' tablet of Ainsworth actually records Greek mythology, but it's a bit strange. Not only is the record incomplete, but the words used in the text paragraphs are inconsistent. There are differences in time and language. But I always feel that it should be the handwriting left by the same person. As for what I just mentioned, the evidence is that the ancient Greek word Χρ?νο? (Chronos) is written in the largest and most obvious place."

"——The original god worshipped by Orphicism. He is the one who created Chaos and Ethel. He is also the father of Phanes, also known as the first cause of the universe."

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[This building... according to the diary, it is called a church. Anyway, there is no information to be collected, except for that diary.]

[I am ready to leave the church and continue to explore in depth, hoping to find truly useful resources.]

[In addition, I organized the various information mentioned in the diary. ]

[Unfortunately, there are a lot of difficult terms in it, and they have never been mentioned in any books I have read before.]

[But I have some impression of the term 'alchemist'. ]

[I heard that this was a profession that existed only several generations ago, but now it is already an era of technology. ]

[And what is the 'magic' mentioned in it? Some kind of acrobatics or some code words?]

[The strangest thing is the mention of "gods" in it, I made a special effort to distinguish them. ]

[The owner of the diary mentioned various "xx gods", but I couldn't recognize the prefix words, and then specifically mentioned "that god". ]

[This God is supposed to be different from the 'gods', but I'm still not sure what it is. 】

[After all, since I can remember, I and the people around me have only been familiar with one god. ]

【That is the cause of creation, the first cause, Chronos. 】

Chapter 275: Strange thing, was it me who caused the disaster?

"Chronos? What does Ainsworth want to do?"

Emiya Kiritsugu frowned. He was not specialized in studying mythology. Logically speaking, his family was the holder of the Holy Grail system, which probably corresponded to the Einzbern in his world. Even if he got all the information of the three great families, it would be more reasonable to start with the Heroic Spirit Summoning System. As for mythology... could modern human magi really do anything?

"As for Ainsworth's purpose... it's actually hard to know just by looking at these data now, because there are many possible exploration directions based on these data, unless the current head of the family tells outsiders in person... it's not the first or second time that humans have attacked the mythology system. In the past, there were stories of people relying on the belief in the sacrificial system to get rid of cause and effect and ascend from human body to the throne of God... it's just that the modern environment is more difficult."

And the different directions that modern magicians are pursuing. Those who pursue divine principles are all concentrated in the Wandering Sea.

Orange shook her head. She didn't say too much. After studying the writing on the stone wall, she turned to look at other facilities. "...The style of the alchemist's workshop seems to be inclined towards material refining. It takes the 'flow of all things' as the basic concept, and achieves the effect of converting matter by modifying the five elements, as well as their corresponding puppet production mechanism..."

"No - it's a bit strange," Orange looked over the facilities and found something that puzzled her.

"what happened?"

"Something is missing. This kind of facility can only do material conversion at most. If the class card is Ainsworth's masterpiece, then their Holy Grail system should at least have some technical reserves for 'matter manipulation' similar to Atlas Academy, including their replacement magic. I am now very sure that it is just Miyu's superficial understanding of Ainsworth. In fact, it should be something else."

Putting aside other things, Orange has already made a rough assessment of Ainsworth's puppetry skills. It is more than good enough, but that's it. The fact that the lost personality is reproduced is still unclear. It is said that it still relies on the so-called "replacement". There is no detailed description of the various preparations. So this magic with such a good effect but no visible cost is very problematic.

"..." Emiya Kiritsugu was a little confused, "So Ainsworth hid something, including the Holy Grail system that is the core of the class card, somewhere else?"

"Don't worry, this is normal. Generally, magicians will use some means to hide and keep strictly the important but rarely used things. Even if we find clues now, it is not the best time to spy, otherwise all our efforts will be wasted." Orange saw that Emiya Kiritsugu had finished scanning, "Let's go and explore other places first. At least we have to understand the basic spatial structure here."

After confirming that the search was complete, the few of them erased all traces and left the workshop.

At this time, the main force of the exploration was led by Kiritsugu Emiya, or more precisely, using his spirit particle equipment.

As the Association's development of the mirror space matures, the derivative equipment naturally has more functions. Emiya Kiritsugu has already replaced the detection device in his hand, a device similar to a combination of radar and projector.

This is done by using a lepton device to map the real space to simulate a virtual image of a mirror space, which is a replica...or should we say, a fake data model that is simpler than a replica. Combined with magic detection, the parameters of the simulated mirror space are compared to confirm the corresponding elements in reality.

Of course, due to the special property of the stillness of elements that distinguishes the mirror space from the real space, what can be done is more about confirming and distinguishing the direction, nature, activity, etc. of magic power in reality, rather than the physical space structure.

However, this is enough to do a lot. Living people, puppets, magic costumes, etc. are all entities that obviously emit magical powers, so the enemy's position distribution, general status, etc. can be quickly detected.

Emiya Kiritsugu had already familiarized himself with these through the manual before coming here. The operation method was the same as modern technology, simple and convenient, and practical. If he was not on a mission, he would have considered whether to apply to the association to purchase some new alchemical products for his regular weapons.

"...Hmm? What happened? Did the detection fail?"

Seeing Kiritsugu Emiya staring at the virtual image without saying a word, his expression becoming increasingly confused, Orange couldn't help but ask.

"No, it worked. Based on the active mana reaction, about 10 meters up, which should be the ground, there is an obvious reaction. Then there is the 'waist' position, there is a reaction, and finally the top floor, there are two reactions."

"Oh, then I guess one of the two on the top floor is the head of the family. Then, what's wrong with you, Emiya?"

"Um... I'm not sure if this phenomenon is normal. Let's assume that the results presented by the association's instruments are accurate... Mr. Aozaki, please look," Emiya Kiritsugu pointed to several locations in the virtual image, "Here, here, and here... There are inconsistencies in the directions of atmospheric magic power, and some are even completely opposite."

To put it simply, it is like a corridor built along a horizontal straight line, with magic on one side going east and magic on the other side going west. In theory, this will cause backflow, but in fact nothing happens, and the source and destination of the magic seem to be cut off.

"Oh? Let me see."

Orange was more perceptive about magic power, and she soon discovered more unusual places. "It's not just a few locations with abnormal flow. I think the whole space has an abnormality."

Ainsworth's lair is an ideal magic workshop, with active magic almost everywhere. Orange even discovered that magic was pouring in from all directions outside the huge space. But this is usually impossible, which is completely inconsistent with the atmosphere of Fuyuki City outside.

"This is... interesting."

Orange had a rough guess in his mind. "Let's go up first. We are still some distance from the ground. I have an idea that needs to be verified."

The group soon arrived at a new underground space. Along the way there were classic stone roads and walls. Kiritsugu Emiya was very familiar with this type of architecture, which was similar to the Winter City of Einzbern.

"Crash, lala, lala -"

When they stepped onto the next level through the stone steps, they saw a wide canal flowing nearby, an underground canal. The lights along the banks illuminated the river, showing the sparkling water on the surface. The potential energy difference caused by the different heights transported water from one channel to a lower channel, thus forming the incessant sound of flowing water.

They could only move forward along the narrow road on the edge. A large space gave way to the flowing water, and there were semicircular arch structures around it, similar to the curved shape under the arch bridge. The river water flowed in and out of these arches.

"This...!" Emiya Kiritsugu was surprised. Could there be such a large underground river in Fuyuki City in this world? It was impossible for Ainsworth to spare the time to do this. He had not observed any river on the ground that could be introduced before. Or was this a difference brought about by the parallel world? Did it exist naturally?

"So that's how it is. So-called replacement is teleportation." Orange suddenly said. She looked at the place behind the archway, where the abnormal flow of magic power was.

"Ah?" Emiya Kiritsugu was startled, and then he thought, "So these rivers are actually--"

"Yes, we all saw it when we were outside. There is no river with such a huge flow in Fuyuki in this world. It can only be somewhere else. Of course, further evidence is that the magic power transmitted through the fluid appeared out of thin air over there."

"——In other words, the environment here is actually obtained by 'exchanging' with some distant environment."

Orange looked up and said, "This entire castle should be like this."

"Important information... The enemy has mastered space teleportation technology! Wait, this seems to be related to the association's technology..." Emiya Kiritsugu was about to write something down, but then he remembered a question.

Orange chuckled. "You mean the Association also has space technology? Indeed, there is more than one. However, the Association's space technology is usually a three-dimensional structure, and what Ainsworth showed right now seems to be just a two-dimensional transmission port."

To put it simply, assuming that the space technology involved in the replacement is a one-to-one transmission hole in three-dimensional space, a flat circle, then the corresponding four-dimensional space hole is a three-dimensional sphere, which forms a many-to-many transmission network created by the association's space technology.

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On the other side, on the outskirts of Fuyuki City, Qin Xuan, Shion and their alchemist team were surveying and analyzing the geological composition.

"Hey, what's that area ahead...?"

Qin Xuan did not pay attention to the work of the alchemists. While they were busy and had not yet come up with any results, he walked further away and discovered a large abnormal area.

The abnormality was that the earth seemed to be dyed with an ominous black pigment. Occasionally, dead trees, rubble, strange fragments and gelatinous substances could be seen, as if something had been dissolved, but most of the surface was barren and soaked in this layer of black dye.

Although there are no slogans around, this is undoubtedly a restricted area for life.

Qin Xuan did not enter, but just walked to the edge. From an ordinary perspective, he took a closer look at it. It looked like a kind of mud and was full of death. However, from a spiritual perspective, he had a strange sense of familiarity.