People are in Type-Moon, but they practice science

After Lion Jie once again dodged a steel robot that looked strange to him (actually a power armor), he held the briefcase tightly.

Inside was the only gain from his trip, a black box.

Chapter 365: Those who use magic will explode

Subtitle: Artificial Heaven

Honestly speaking, Shi Zijie also wanted to produce more results in accordance with the requirements of the Japanese government. After all, the settlement commission would be higher. But as a mature mercenary, he also knew that the prerequisite was to survive and get it.

After carefully evaluating the firepower of his peers and the security level of Academy City, Lion Jie decisively decided to quit while he was ahead.

Although this is the only benefit that was given away intentionally by the chairman.

"Strange," Shizi Jie felt a slight creepy feeling coming from the direction of Academy City behind him. He looked back and saw a huge light coming from somewhere. "That is..."

drop--

Just when he wanted to investigate, an alarm sounded, a short spark flashed in the distance, and a crack was directly blasted into the ground not far from Lion Jie.

"Oh no, we're about to be discovered! Run away!"

The magician instantly suppressed his curiosity and fled along the planned route.

In a certain direction, a security guard was checking the drive armor he was operating in confusion, "Hey, why did my machine suddenly fire in that direction? Did it discover something?"

"The instruments here show - no." This was the companion's answer.

"Strange," the security officer operated the self-check program again, and the result still popped up: "No abnormality with the machine."

"Why don't we ask the quartermasters when we change shifts? This problem doesn't seem to be a common one."

"Too."

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While Lion Jie was being escorted out of the country by someone 'with good intentions', other guys who used magic did not receive such good treatment.

A large number of the more stubborn ones had died under the firepower of the guards, and the few remaining ones were no longer a threat.

Moreover, these people were not cannon fodder abducted by the Japanese government, but the "official magician troops" secretly sent in by the United States across the ocean.

That's right, although America is a country that is quite backward compared to Britain in the field of mystery, it has established a department dedicated to dealing with mysterious events in the form of cooperation between the government and local magician families. To be precise, the upper class of America itself is a mixture of magicians, politicians, and financial tycoons.

Of course, we still uniformly call the infiltrating troops the Magicians. This is not contradictory. First, the Clock Tower believes that the history of North American magic families is too shallow, and they are used to calling them magicians. Second, magicians are people who use magic for worldly interests.

The original code name of this group of troops was "Thorns", and their boss was named Faldius Dioran, but the boss did not come here in person, but communicated through a long-distance magic communication spell built by a familiar. In addition, in order to avoid the possibility of identity exposure, the Thorns' uniforms, weapons and equipment and other iconic features that might attract attention were erased and replaced, making them look like a group of relatively well-coordinated magicians.

"Zi, this is [Livestock], please report if you have any information."

With the guards passively defending, this group of magicians successfully escaped from the battlefield that was originally affected and found a safer area. The leading magician then got through to his superior's emergency contact channel.

"This is Thorns. We have discovered a large number of new weapons, unknown giant armored machines, and super-scale anti-material firepower in the city (Academy City)..."

Just as the American magician was reporting to the outside world, suddenly, a large number of obvious flashes appeared in the distance. The overflowing scene was so shocking that the magician stopped for a moment.

"[Thorn], why did you stop speaking? Are you sure the communication is normal?"

The magician came back to his senses after being questioned by his superior. "... I just discovered a new situation. A high-brightness concentrated flash appeared in the [city]. It is judged to be an undeveloped area outside the [city]. According to the observation results of the familiar, it presents a cluster of long-scale peacock feathers with a crystal texture. The specific composition formula cannot be determined. The shape formed by the feathers is similar to the angel wings of the Christian religion, and it is accompanied by lightning..."

The speech was interrupted again.

"——【Thorn】, what's the situation? Please answer! Please answer! ......"

The American official named Faldius was doomed to not get an answer because the magician's communication familiar was out of control.

The magician did not suffer any attack, but he felt that his communication magic was inexplicably starting to fail to work.

No... This feeling is like an unknown malfunction in the magic circuits in my body. Ah——is this a joke? Is it possible that I have been attacked beyond my perception?

Then, the magician heard the voice of his companion beside him.

A sound that cries out in pain.

Huh? Has this happened to everyone?

The magician tried hard to observe and judge the situation. His vision was already blurred at this time. He just remembered that the team members had their own division of labor. Some teams were responsible for long-range vigilance, some were responsible for setting up barriers, and some were responsible for magic processing such as ammunition. He was using magic to contact his superiors.

The magician's judgment was that he should go and see if there was something wrong with the remote observation part. Yes, they were magicians, people who would use magic for all conveniences.

However, the more people use magic and think in this direction, the more likely they are to become victims in this great human shock.

The new human order of Academy City has begun to take shape. With the entire city as its effective range, a boundary layer created purely by scientific power, created by the Imaginary Number District and the Five Elements Organization, has been laid out.

The scientific world denies the basis for all magicians to perform magical activities - the so-called magic foundation based on the world (human principles), religious beliefs/mysterious culture, and metaphysical magic concepts.

The result is that from now on, anyone who wishes to perform magic in Academy City will explode because it conflicts with the laws of science.

Just like the scene before our eyes.

——At a certain moment, the discomfort felt by the magician disappeared, because his perception function had completely disappeared. The magic power flowing throughout his body began to run wild under the intense vibration of the law, disturbing and impacting his body. Then, his body surface began to show bright red skin and terrifying cracks, and then——

"boom!"

As if it was planned, the entire magic group was reduced to ashes in the explosion.

At the same time, explosions of varying sizes occurred all over the Academy City. In addition, some hidden branches of a dead apostle seemed to sense something and madly jumped out of the ground, but the next second, they were shattered by their own huge amount of magic power and burned into a wisp of green smoke.

Chapter 366: The Phenomenon of the Inner Sea of ​​Stars

Late at night. Yokosuka U.S. Army Base.

Located on the shore of Tokyo Bay, it is the most important naval base facility of the United States in the Western Pacific and the headquarters of the Seventh Fleet of the United States Navy. Similarly, it is also the location of an important branch of the special department where Faldius Dioran is located.

That's right, compared to other places - such as the Clock Tower where America once sent some so-called students but were actually spies to infiltrate, Japan is more important because it is the venue for the so-called Holy Grail War.

Originally, the branch was established to investigate and obtain the secrets of the Holy Grail War.

The cause of everything can be traced back to the Third Holy Grail War on the eve of World War II seventy or eighty years ago, when Einzbern violated the rules and summoned an Avenger Servant named Angra Mainyu. At that time, a magician who was related to Faldius' grandfather participated in the war as the Master of a certain generation of Assassin Servant Hassan, and as you all know, the weakest Avenger died on the fourth day and entered the Holy Grail, polluting the Greater Holy Grail system from the moment he entered the Holy Grail.

The Faldius family is a family of magicians who have used puppets for generations. The magician of his grandfather's generation imprinted all the memories of the Holy Grail War on the puppets he used, and then this memory was passed on to the entire family through the puppets. It is not a single line of transmission from father to son, but a wide line that includes distant relatives.

So, from that time on, Faldius' grandfather joined forces with politicians and the military to formulate a plan to carry out the Holy Grail War in the United States.

To this end, they took Snowfield, a city with a spiritual vein that rivaled Fuyuki City, from a certain family and made large-scale adjustments to its spiritual vein to bring it closer to Fuyuki City. Also involved in the construction of this pseudo-Holy Grail system were a magic family called the Uchika and a magician named Prelati with government connections, who stole part of the Fuyuki Holy Grail during the Fourth Holy Grail War during the generation of Faldius' father.

And now, Faldius' job is to continue observing the Fifth Holy Grail War and obtain more information...if there is no obstruction from the Association.

As the headquarters of the association, Fuyuki City naturally cannot allow outsiders to spy on it, not to mention that the Holy Grail system is being adjusted and even the official opening time has been postponed. These evil spirits who covet the Holy Grail are probably unaware of this.

Therefore, since the work related to the Holy Grail War could not be done without the help of the Association, Faldius turned his attention to investigating various places in Japan.

For example, demon-exorcising families such as Qianshen, Wujing, and Nanaya are said to have hereditary superpowers, but unfortunately most of them have declined or perished; the powerful Tono family in Zongye City has a very suspicious bloodline, and the family named Yejie seems to have a divine body from the Age of Gods, and the dual personality inheritance of their distant relative Liangyi family is also very strange... Recently, this family has cooperated with the government to build a science city with Guanbuzi City as its center.

The super power development project caught Faldius's attention, which led to this undercover investigation.

"Please answer!...Damn, it was an accident."

At this time, in the underground space with a large number of display screens directly below the military base, after Faldius repeatedly tried to contact the Thorn Troops to no avail, he immediately ordered his subordinates, "The Thorn Troops have lost contact, immediately check the operation of the communication familiars No. 103~116."

"Yes!"

Then, Faldius opened the records of the military computer equipment, which stored a large number of special department investigation reports, such as "The head of the Japanese swindler family disappeared, suspected to be the bloodline of the ancient ghost species", "Analysis of the relationship between the eldest son of the Tono family and the exterminated Nanaya family", "Summary of irregular reports on spies infiltrating the Yakuza family gang system"...

But the most eye-catching thing was the one about the recent actions of the Donglian Association's Commerce Bureau to connect magic families from all over the country, followed by a bold red font noting the strange phenomenon of "the local spiritual land and spiritual veins disappeared", followed by a lot of analysis and speculation.

The other is the current Academy City, but there is no obvious focus yet.

Faldius had not yet realized that this incident was a major change that would go down in history. He just wanted to know the situation inside the Academy City. "Call the hotline and continue to try to contact Prelati."

This old dog Prelati actually stopped answering the phone before the infiltration operation began. No one knew what he was busy with. If he didn't answer the phone again this time, he decided to downgrade the reliability rating of this partner.

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Clock Tower Satellite City, London, Britain.

This is the headquarters of the Modern Magic Department led by Webber Velvet, one of the deans of the Clock Tower. Most of the buildings in the Clock Tower are located in the suburbs of London, showing the ancient style of the 12th century woven with bricks and stone buildings. However, Silla is different. It is composed of a large number of modern buildings. If it were not for the boundary division, magicians would almost regard it as a secular urban area.

Originally, Sla was just a street, but as the size of the Modern Magic Department expanded, the land here was bought and gradually expanded into a town. Three years ago, the Modern Magic Department also accepted funding from associations from the Far East, so now its scale is far more than a small town, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is almost a small city.

To be able to reach this point is not only due to funding, but also largely due to Weber's reputation for unique teaching level and his ability to manage the department.

Back to the topic, at this time in the modern magic teaching building, Weber was working in his dean's office. The equipment he used was a customized version of the void terminal with the same specifications as other Lords. It not only had a student management system and a teaching scoring system, but also the usual courses could be taught to students in the 'virtual classroom' initiated by the teacher.

But not all.

For practical classes involving practical operations, although it is possible to apply for the paid feature "Virtual Experiment Field", the price at that time was too high. Weber was well aware of the limited funds, so he set up many experimental sites in this teaching building for routine practical operations that were not very dangerous.

"Ah, although the danger is not high," Weber took a puff of his cigarette tiredly, "but it would be better if Flat and Sphinx didn't cause any more trouble."

As soon as he finished speaking, the door was opened with a bang.

"Professor! Something bad has happened!"

When Waver saw Flatt's excited smile on his face despite saying he was in trouble, he suddenly felt like he had a stomachache. So, regardless of the dean's mood, Flatt continued:

"Ms. Mary has observed something incredible! It is said that the phase of the Sea of ​​Stars (the inner sea of ​​stars) has shifted!"

Chapter 367: Changes in Human Values, Angels and Dragon Veins

Mary Lil Fago was not originally a student of the Modern Magic Department, but transferred from the Astronomy Department.

His research direction is to use magic to simulate the perspective of stars, to observe the outer sea of ​​stars and the back side of the world (the inner sea of ​​stars). Compared with the usual observation methods of magicians, it can be said that it is a unique perspective to obtain information from another level, the outside and the back of the phenomenon.

He can be said to be an astrologer with a unique perspective.

Mary's astronomical observatory is located on the top of the modern magic department's main teaching building. Although this is what they say, this observation facility was originally converted from an ordinary top-floor building, which is a reflection of Weber's efforts to save money.

"Excuse me, lady. I just heard from Flatt that the image of the star sea has changed."

When Weber and Flatt pushed the door open, Miss Mary, wearing a lady's hat, was raising her hand and making some gesture. The ring on one of her hands was shining, and in front of her was a huge star map of the entire sky constructed by virtual images.

Originally, Mary used the astrolabe, an ancient stargazing instrument that has existed since the Greek era. After the advent of modern magic, Weber insisted on building a modern star map based on Mary's magical characteristics and constructed 3D moving images with the help of void equipment. Then Flatt added functions such as automatic rotation according to the seasons and star tracks, and associated star catalogs.

The purpose is to be quick and easy, unlike traditional magic devices that rely on abstract experience to observe water ripples, starlight, or tea leaves. Of course, it also saves magic power and money.

"Hmm..." Weber occasionally looked at the star map, but this time the star map seemed to be normal. He must have just discovered some signs. "Lady, how is the phase deflection?"

"Professor," Mary withdrew her hand. Although she could see the deep sea of ​​stars clearly, she still had a unique perspective on the inner sea of ​​stars. "From the perspective of the stars, some images related to the stars in the inner sea have deviated from their orbits. We cannot confirm whether they are abnormal or not, but the overall back world has become closer to our world."

"...What?" Waver frowned deeply, with wrinkles on his forehead. This situation seemed impossible to him. "Let's not consider the possibility of a problem on the back. Can you determine what caused the initial change?"

The dorsal world, that is, the inner sea of ​​the star, is known as the embodiment of the planet's mental landscape. If there is a problem there, it is equivalent to the planet itself being faulty, and no matter how hard they try, it will be in vain.

"Perhaps... this time it was caused by us," Mary said. "Not long ago, I 'saw' the abnormal movement of the dragon veins in the east, but I am not a professional observer of the surface. I think the results from the observatory in Karleon are clearer."

"Dragon vein——?"

While the group was thinking, a new student rushed in - a boy with golden curly hair, named Sfin, who had a similar temperament to Flatt.

"Professor! Professor! I got the latest observation results from the observatory!"

"Wow, Mr. Lu Xian, you are still as agile as ever." This is Flat's special name.

"Don't call me that name! Flatt, you're an idiot who hasn't even passed the self-defense test!"

“You two—stop making noise.” Waver pressed his temple. He took the observation results from Sfin. “We observed an unknown energy body with the appearance of an angel to the west of Tokyo, Japan… and the human value changed accordingly—”

To be precise, it is what the magic world specifically calls the change in the basic value of human nature. In simple terms, it is a measure of whether a major event can have an impact on the development of human history as a whole, something like a "historical transition period". The World War II incident was an event in which the value of human nature changed greatly. With such a concept, there are naturally related studies and observations, but it is not like the Chaldea next door that directly monitors the next hundred years, but only based on current observations.

"The fluctuations in the values ​​are...large." Waver carefully read Karion's report and extracted the useful information he understood from it. After all, this report was not as clear and concise as the modern style. Not only was it written on parchment, but it also used a lot of aristocratic rhetoric, making it look stilted and bloated in content. "It first rose in a very short period of time, then fell back in waves, and then stabilized...?"

"Oh," Flatt's smile disappeared in an instant. It seemed that his interest had decreased after his emotional fluctuations had subsided. "In other words, there is no big problem?"

"Shut up." Sifen folded his hands.

"It's not certain yet," Weber's expression showed no sign of relaxation. "It just means that the development of this world is still stable, but it doesn't mean that nothing will happen. Just like World War II was part of the development of human civilization, but the tragedy it caused is also well known. This time, the inner sea of ​​the star has shifted, and human nature has fluctuated. To say that nothing has happened... who can believe this?"

Sifen said, "Professor, when I came in, I heard you mention the dragon veins, right? Could it be related to this? I just don't know what it has to do with angels, and Karion's report didn't seem to mention it—"

"They can't bring it up, and they can't bring it up." Weber wanted to smoke a cigarette, but then he realized that he had left in a hurry and seemed to have forgotten it in the office. He could only look at the star map with fluctuating light and shadow in the room. "Most of the spirit veins are under the jurisdiction of the 'Eastern Association'. It's beyond their ability. In addition, the angels are also related to the dragon veins-"

"Eh?"

"The origin of angels is relatively ancient. For example, Lucifer's category among angels is Seraphim (Seraphim, six-winged angel). In ancient Hebrew, the word Seraphim originally meant 'burning giant python of light', a kind of winged serpent god, which is similar to the dragon in the East to some extent, and is consistent with the snake-like winding direction of the dragon vein."