People are in Type-Moon, but they practice science

There was silence.

"...Next question, I have studied your 'personality replacement' technology a little bit," Orange flipped through the information about 'In the Fifth Holy Grail War, Ainsworth used the personalities of the dead to reappear on puppets to make up the number of participants', "Based on what you said about Darius' replacement, I roughly understand that it is a method of using the body as a simple container and placing the spirit, but ah, there is a loophole, the soul... where is it?"

The three elements of human beings are body, soul and spirit. The body is the shell that preserves oneself in the world, the spirit is the subjective will, and the soul is the information, essence and meaning recorded in the higher dimension. Since various human existence replacements can be achieved, the transmission of soul quality should also be indispensable.

"This... I don't know."

"Huh, as expected..." Orange had known about the conspiracy a long time ago, "I see, this should be the secret of your family... The cards that store the information of higher-dimensional heroic spirits, the soul transmission part hidden when personality replacement occurs, and the spiritual vein exhaustion and "disasters" that occur in various places... All the doubts here are concentrated in one place."

"——The 'Myth Slate' you inscribed mentioned the 'Pandora's Box'."

Gray looked at the orange curiously, she had heard of Pandora, the clay woman created by the Greek gods. When she was born, each of the Olympian gods gave her a gift. The box she held contained ominous concepts such as disaster and catastrophe, and of course hope, but there were many versions about what was inside.

"However, I also went to collect books from your world, and found that there was no record of 'Pandora's Box' in the mythological records, but only 'Pandora'. Isn't that a coincidence?"

When Orange said this, even Gray understood the general meaning. Pandora's Box should have been recorded in the myth, but the record of the box was erased. However, the box was found in the records of Ainsworth's own family, which could only mean that Ainsworth erased the information about Pandora's Box in ancient times. This box was an important item for Ainsworth to hide his secrets.

"..." The two puppets did not refute, which was their tacit agreement.

"Now the question is, who among you is Pandora? Pandora's Box is in your hands, so it doesn't make sense that the original owner is not in your records, right?"

"It's...Alicia."

Orange raised her eyebrows, "Really... That's an unexpected answer." She thought it would be someone more hidden in the dark, not the little girl who was let out to run around.

"Erica, she is an immortal being..." Angelica explained, "So 'Erica' is just the name of Pandora's current body. As far as I know, her previous name was 'Emilia'. According to Darius, her 'death' is placed in a box, and unless it is opened, she will never die."

"...I see. The power of the Greek gods is acceptable. Do you want to open this box...Does that mean Pandora wants to welcome her own death? No, the point is...What conditions do you need to open it? Your target before was Miyu, so does that mean the Holy Grail can be opened?"

"Yes, Princess Miyu is the completed Holy Grail, a living miracle. In addition, there are 'gods' who are no less than the Holy Grail or even surpass it. Both of them can meet the conditions for opening, and they are the existences that Darius has been pursuing."

Chapter 291 First-class planetary magic power is released!

"What do you think?"

Orange shared the collated data with Shion, who was debugging the 'Dimensional Boundary Submarine', based on his own analysis and speculation.

"...Wait for me a moment," Shion rubbed her brows. She quickly took time out from the high-intensity ship transformation and allocated (cut off thinking) resources to invest in the data analysis of Ainsworth.

"——Generally speaking, there is no problem. Darius's identity has been confirmed. Xuan's feedback that 'the Death Realm is the curse of the gods' has been proven to be true. These are the beings that Darius enslaves."

Then, Ziyuan released the on-site data observed by Qin Xuan, including "conventional magic is ineffective against the dead zone", "Gaia's power eliminates the dead zone", "The confrontation between the Law of Osiris and the dead zone", etc.

"The following will clarify: Thousands of years ago, Ainsworth (Darius) met Pandora and got Pandora's Box. For some reason, he wanted to open the box, and eventually, for unknown reasons, he obtained the kind of magic that can even replace spiritual personality. Perhaps it is some kind of teleportation technique related to the box, and at the same time, it can connect to higher-dimensional souls."

"But Darius was not satisfied. In order to completely open the box, he chose to seize the corpses of the gods to try the higher mysteries. As a result, this action affected the human anchoring project, causing the instability of human principles and the beginning of the decline of the laws of the planet. At the same time, he himself should have suffered the curse of the gods. The method he used to seize the mysteries was also replacement, but on a larger scale, which caused a large area of ​​the earth veins to dry up and become barren."

"After running out of higher-level miracles like the Divine Body, Darius still failed to open the box, and since modern times, there are very few mysteries that can rival the gods. Therefore, Miyu, who was born as the Greater Holy Grail, became Ainsworth's target."

Orange thought about it and found something wrong. "Wait, the Holy Grail, God... Aren't Illya and the others at Ainsworth's place now?"

"--Do you think Darius will use them to open Pandora's Box?" Shion was still unsure, "But we are not at the scene. After all, we are just speculating based on paper intelligence. We haven't even seen the so-called 'box'. Let Xuan make the judgment. He is the one who is observing the scene."

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"Wow, so you guys are magicians too?"

Erica's sealed memory has not been released at this time, so she still behaves like an innocent little girl. It is completely impossible to tell that she is Pandora who has survived from the Age of Gods to the present and wants to welcome her own death.

In order to prevent her from getting bored, Irisviel, who was in charge of taking care of her, found various ways to keep Erica entertained for a long time.

In fact, the interior of this expanded stronghold is a magical place no less than Ainsworth Castle.

“It looks like a small area from the outside, but it’s actually so big inside!”

"Yes," Alice led her around some marked dangerous places without leaving any trace.

The interior of the base has been remodeled by alchemists. The space of each room is different from before. For example, the private rooms are separate spaces that are separated from each other and require their own identification code (door key) to enter. The real physical walls only exist on the outer walls of the house.

In addition, some functional areas are connected to each other, such as public places such as restaurants, living rooms, and leisure areas, as well as the main control area where Ziyuan is located, the central area where the ship transformation and operation system is located, the energy area which is the power source of the ship, and so on.

In short, it is a large multifunctional base (mobile) with all the necessary facilities.

"Look, this is the kitchen, and the side connected to it is the dining room~, oh, right..."

Irisviel was about to say that that was a recreational area suitable for children, but she was interrupted by a sudden emergency notice.

【Attention all members, attention all members】

[Next, the full space transformation of the 'Dimensional Boundary Submarine' will be carried out]

[Please remain calm, do not interfere with the renovation work, and do not move around at will]

"Hey, Sister Ellie," Erica had never received any internal announcements, so she didn't understand, "What is this...?"

"Hehe, well, to put it simply, this is magic!"

Irisviel gave an answer that was not quite accurate but consistent with the child's understanding.

[Again a reminder, all members...]

[Full space transformation of the 'Dimensional Boundary Submarine']

[Full journey loaded, ready]

【3, 2, 1, …】

When the countdown reached zero, the scene in front of Erica suddenly changed. It seemed as if the above and below ground positions were reversed in an instant, or perhaps only the aisle where they were was reversed.

The single room next to it was suddenly out of the order that had been drawn up before the house was built, and was interfered with and suddenly jumped into the encrypted hidden space in the distance. The dining room and kitchen on the other side also moved to varying degrees, and then they were connected to the corridor where the two people were, as well as other public areas for daily use.

On the other side outside the public places is the space used by people for work and research, which includes all kinds of facilities necessary for the ship. Compared with the hidden living areas and the surrounding public areas, they are like the brain and nervous system that is both in the center and connected to all directions.

The arrangement of the scenes and the display of space are like a visible chessboard layout, like the intersection of the orbits of three-dimensional galaxies, which quickly unfold in a limited field of vision, and then quickly synthesize, shrink, and return to normal. It is almost dazzling.

This is the power of high-speed alchemy.

When they came back to their senses, Irisviel and Erica were still surrounded by the same scene as before. The aroma of dishes wafted from the restaurant in the distance, as if the spatial setting was just an illusion.

“Hoohoohoo—how amazing!”

Children's mood always becomes excited at this time.

"Right, I said it was magic," Alice touched Erica's head, chatted with her cheerfully, and walked away.

"—"

But not long after, Erica suddenly stopped.

"Hey, Erica, what's the matter——"

"Open it, open it..."

It seemed as if a voice from the void said.

“My head hurts so much...! Mmmmm——” The little girl suddenly covered her head and closed her eyes in pain, feeling that something that was locked was about to break free.

"Hey, don't run around." Alice wanted to confirm whether she was sick, but Erica ran away on her own.

“—Stop it.”

Someone walking over from a distance said this, and Erica fell to the ground in response.

"It's really hard to tell what the gods made of clay figurines."

The person who came was Chengzi, and beside him was Shion, who looked solemn.

"what happens……?"

Irisviel asked in confusion.

"I was just about to make an announcement," Shion said quickly, "We just observed the opening of Pandora's Box and the release of magic power on a first-class planetary scale!"

Chapter 292 Concept Galaxy! Celestial Black Hole!

Planetary level magic released?

Irisviel caught a very ominous word.

"——Irisviel, the situation is urgent, come with me, I may need your assistance," Orange picked up Erica and said to Irisviel.

After she finished speaking, she and Shion turned and left. Irisviel followed them, while Shion used split thinking to convey various commands:

"(Split thinking) Number one, command the brigade to prepare to begin the pre-start process of the dimensional boundary dive; number two, notify all members of the ship to enter a state of alert and be ready to respond to any impact; number three, activate the temporary laboratory regeneration and recovery chamber device..."

Soon, they arrived at the laboratory.

At this time, Erica, who was held in Orange's arms, still hadn't woken up, but her brows were furrowed, as if she was suffering from unusual pain.

The three of them quickly came to a closed hatch that seemed to be connected to a surgical device, but it was now half open, and the lit indicator light indicated that it was currently in working condition.

In addition, there are two of the same style next to this half-open device, lying inside are Ainsworth's dolls Beatrice and Angelica, but they never show any expression, as if they have fallen into a peaceful sleep.

"I'll do it, Shion, you get ready to connect (the nerves)," Orange held Erica and put her into the cabin. Then Shion controlled herself to release bright etheric fibers, which were her own pseudo-nerves that could also connect to and invade other people's brains.

"To make a long story short," Orange explained to Irisviel beside him, "Ariga's real identity is Pandora from Greek mythology, a character that Ainsworth has been trying to hide for thousands of years. We need to use her to get information about Ainsworth."

Shion also added, "The president (Qin Xuan) and Illya are at that location, but since the huge-scale magic reaction appeared, any communication has failed. We need more information over there. You don't have to worry about the safety over there. The president has more protection methods than us. At worst, he also has the same type of submersible hull."

Not long after Shion and Orange transmitted the information to Qin Xuan, they lost contact with the other side. Honestly speaking, with dimensional submarine as a backup measure, the safety issue is not the primary concern. The key point is that if the communication is cut off, this side will continue to be in the dark about the situation of Ainsworth.

Although dimensional submarines can jump into the gaps between dimensions, they have not experimented with communication between different ships in the true gap phase... If the situation is really bad and both sides use dimensional submarines, not to mention whether they can meet, it is also a question whether the communication method can be effective.

But Ainsworth's puppet was a new breakthrough. After the abnormal scale of magic reaction appeared, Beatrice and Angelica immediately lost their response, as if the line was broken. Orange immediately guessed that it might be the interruption of the soul transmission from Ainsworth's workshop, which caused the failure of maintaining the spiritual personality and the puppet to lose response.

However, there is one doll that is not like this, and that is Pandora. Perhaps Pandora is a product of the gods and will not be affected by this, but the special thing is that she is connected to the secret of Ainsworth.

When the magical reaction over there develops into further abnormal events, Pandora will be the fastest breakthrough point.

"what……"

As the connection and transmission went smoothly, Erica murmured softly.

"Wait a moment," Orange keenly noticed the abnormality, "bring 1 standard unit of spare 'Life Essence' over here."

She pointed to one side and asked Irisviel to move it and place it there.

"Okay, that's it." Without waiting for his companions to ask, Orange quickly completed the puppet update ritual, "It seems that Erica's memory has been unlocked. Her body size does not match, and she needs to change her form."

In Alice's eyes, an unidentifiable black liquid was injected, and then Erica's body underwent visible changes - her physique was growing, her figure became more slender, her childish face disappeared, replaced by the kind of vicissitudes and loneliness that had gone through thousands of years.

“—Aaaaaah…”

Erica, no, Pandora, who was lying in the cabin, was getting louder and louder. She seemed to be waking up, and her hands and feet were moving around.

"Irisviel!"

Orange shouted immediately, and Irisviel understood what she had to do. Her hair instantly formed into glowing golden knitted threads, which then spread out densely and tied up the struggling Pandora.

"Is it okay?" Seeing that the situation was under control, Chengzi asked Shion again.

"The memory is too complicated, wait a moment... 98%, 99%..." Ziyuan's etheric fiber is gradually invading, "Here it comes——!"

Intelligence agencies began recording and reproducing memories in real time. That was...

Buzz buzz buzz—observed, the huge black box was opened.

It was observed that there was enormous heat and brilliance, a huge, magnificent and condensed sphere. That brilliance was the original one of the universe. Then, the light and shadows of countless stars formed, began, diffused and converged in it, forming a bond of light; it was elliptical, it was disk-shaped, the belts of light attracted, rotated and danced with each other. It was the spiral arm of the universe, the birth and death of things, and the great cycle of countless heavens and earths and time.

That is a reflection of the light of the Milky Way.

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A few minutes ago, Qin Xuan received information from Shion. He took Miss Tanaka, who still had low intelligence, and found Shirou Emiya outside the battlefield.

"Thank you for helping Miyu..."

After Qin Xuan explained his purpose, Shirou Emiya quickly realized that Miyu's return came from these people. He had not met the people from other associations yet. However, when he looked at Illya and the other children, Qin Xuan who looked like he was 14 years old, and Tanaka who looked silly, he felt a sense of absurdity. What kind of comic plot is this? A child saving the world?

Qin Xuan didn't care about his thoughts. He stared at Shirou Emiya for a while and said, "It seems like you won't live long."

"Really? ...That's amazing. Actually, I've also realized this to some extent."

"No, your soul is incomplete. Your physical activities are now completely supported by your consciousness."

Qin Xuan felt that this man was just like a puppet that was about to be scrapped, but now was not the time to see a doctor. "Come with me first. We can't use God to fight Darius anymore."

The next second, he brought Emiya Shirou to the center of the battlefield, then stretched out his hand and took out the God Card from the body of the combined version of Illya who was fighting there.

"Boom, boom, boom."