People are in Type-Moon, but they practice science

Qin Xuan spends half of his time in the quiet room every day refining his spirit. According to the "Yuhua Pian", the gap between the spirit and the body should not be too big. If the body is not strong enough, the spirit will oppress the body and make it weak. This is also the reason why Qin Xuan chose to practice Bajiquan.

He sat quietly for a while and entered the state of "refining the spirit".

The key to "refining the spirit" is to focus on the practice, close the physical senses, and allow the practitioner to "touch" the spirit. Therefore, beginners need to avoid external disturbances.

Gradually, the light from the lamp, the subtle sound of the equipment running regularly, the damp and cold feeling in the basement, the subtle smell of the magic materials...all the physical perceptions faded and disappeared one by one.

The whole world disappeared and became chaos.

If it were an ordinary person, they would inevitably fall into panic, have distracting thoughts, and then quit the state of cultivation. But Qin Xuan has become accustomed to it. The key lies in the next step.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration appeared in the state of unconsciousness. This was Qin Xuan's "God".

As if sensing something, this "god" began to grow rapidly and expand outward. In an instant, it was as if Qin Xuan opened his eyes and the world became bright.

But Qin Xuan did not open his eyes. He was perceiving the world in another way. He did not receive light, but he perceived color; he did not receive sound, but he perceived vibration; he did not have physical senses, but he was more acute. Qin Xuan felt that a whole new world was opening up to him. Many difficulties in cultivation were figured out, and many mysteries of cultivation became visible.

Qin Xuan knew the reason for all this: his spiritual consciousness had been cultivated.

In the past, according to Qin Xuan's spiritual cultivation, he actually did not have this peculiar "perception ability", and he could only use it to realize some auxiliary "passive skills", such as the ability to calculate in advance and memory, to assist in the study of magic theory, experimental analysis, to improve reaction speed, to ensure physical combat ability, etc.

But now, everything is about to change.

Qin Xuan's consciousness was no longer limited to this small quiet room. It penetrated the walls and soil without any hindrance and explored the outside world. He sensed the plum blossoms blooming in the courtyard, the biting cold air after the snow in early 2000, and the conversations between passers-by... The world continued to expand and become "richer".

Qin Xuan could already "see" the Tohsaka family a few hundred meters away, and continued to detect the distance. When he reached his limit, he tested the data of his spiritual sense and found that the distance was 1000 meters. He ordered: "No. 17, access my optic nerve and detect the signal."

"Connecting... No signal detected."

"It seems that the feedback of spiritual consciousness really does not require a sensory system." This verified Qin Xuan's guess, that is, this is completely different from ordinary "clairvoyance" and various magic eyes and other visual magic, and should be roughly classified as spiritual magic.

Unfortunately, due to insufficient hardware, No. 17's current computing power is not enough to capture the large number of neuronal signal interactions in the brain in real time. If the "pseudo-spiritual consciousness" technique is performed with the computing power of the computer, it may be possible to easily monitor the entire Fuyuki City and even a larger area.

"Oh, by the way, since we can't use the "pseudo-spiritual consciousness", let's observe the earth veins. No. 17, what's the schedule for the rest of the day?"

“解答：5分钟后将为您准备好午餐；苍崎橙子预计于下午来访，商谈合作事宜；您的学徒远坂凛离校时间约为15:30，建议在16:00前准备好魔术教案；您今日剩余的可分配工作时间预计为3小时45分钟，建议今日以「神识」辅助完成冬木市地脉观测作业，预计所需时间为2小时53分钟，效率提升为80%以上。”

"...really working non-stop." Qin Xuan felt a little nervous as he stood up to go upstairs to eat, secretly sighing that he was only a fourteen-year-old child.

However, he also knew that this was a necessary sacrifice.

Otherwise, Qin Xuan would not be able to survive the Fifth Holy Grail War in 2004, or even the more terrible disasters that might occur in the distant future.

When lunch was over, Qin Xuan released his spiritual sense again and finally saw a woman with orange-red hair, a ponytail, glasses, and white-collar clothes appear on the street.

A rare look of anticipation appeared on Qin Xuan's face. "No. 17, it's time for us to welcome that distinguished guest."

Chapter 3: The older sister came to the house, but she intended to get it for free

(Front tip: Due to the setting of this work, the timeline of some original works will be changed accordingly)

If Toosaka Rin is still a growing genius, then Aozaki Touko is undoubtedly a master who has matured from the genius stage.

She was born into a mage family that inherited the fifth law. Not only did she rebuild the rune magic whose foundation had declined, she also recreated the concept of "human body imitation" that had declined since the 17th century and mass-produced combat automatons with performance no less than that of the Middle Ages.

Aozaki Touko even broke the rule of the heyday of medieval puppet technology that "even if you make a puppet that surpasses humans, you can't make one that is the same as yourself." In other words, she made a puppet of "Aozaki Touko" and "reproduced" many of herself, each of which is equivalent to a spare body for her to be resurrected after her death.

Each of the above items cannot be replicated by the current Magic Association, so she was awarded the "Seal Designation".

To put it bluntly, the seal is designated by the Clock Tower, the head of the Magic Association that holds hegemony over the Western magic world (self-proclaimed), and does not allow mysteries that cannot be replicated to be lost in the open, so the designated objects are made into specimens in the name of protection.

However, how can a genius be judged by common sense?

Aozaki Touko's growth rate far exceeds people's expectations. She fought off the pursuit of the Magic Association and experienced a mysterious journey that ordinary people could not imagine. She had a relationship with Beo, a fantasy species of the Age of Gods, took a ride on the Nordic Magic Eye Collection Train, encountered a giant ancient species of the North Sea with a bird's beak and a human body with strange limbs, saw the Bermuda Sea that is said to lead to another world, and fought against magicians who lurked in Western European countries and called themselves the Age of Gods Alliance. So far, she has accumulated a very rich collection of magic treasures.

At this time, she had been back to Japan for some time. She found a place to buy a house and built a magic workshop called "Galan Hall". Then she picked up her exquisite puppet skills again and took orders from some customers with related needs. This was the price that Aozaki Touko paid for her lavish spending. When she had enough orders, she would probably set off again and disappear like the wind.

Until recently, she received an invitation.

"'Eve's Heart', intelligent puppet technology? It should be a magic based on a new system, interesting..." Aozaki Touko held an invitation letter in her hand, pushed a suitcase with the other hand, and walked on the streets of Fuyuki City thinking like an ordinary white-collar worker.

The person who invited was undoubtedly Qin Xuan.

In fact, Aozaki Touko had known this person and the Qin family in Fuyuki City for a long time.

Don't get me wrong, she didn't go out of her way to learn about the unique Holy Grail ritual in Fuyuki City. In fact, the Qin family was originally famous for its research on earth veins. Qin Xuan relied on the learning speed brought by the soul-refining technique to quickly inherit the family's knowledge. Compared with the previous generation, he was more efficient in regulating the earth veins, investigating and solving earth vein anomalies. The families in Japan basically knew about it.

For example, the Tosaka family directly "contracted" the regular ground vein observation in the Fuyuki area to Qin Xuan, which also gave him a stable source of income. Of course, other places would also issue designated commissions to him from time to time. For example, a fairy tale witch in Misaki City became acquainted with him because of this, and Aozaki Aoko, who rarely returned to her hometown, also knew about it.

Once Aoko found out, her sister, Aozaki Touko, who had a very bad relationship with her, soon found out through certain channels.

It can only be said that the magician circle, especially the Far East magic circle, is so small that magicians with a certain status will always have some "friendship" with each other, it's just a matter of closeness or distance.

"Ok?"

At this time, Aozaki Touko paused. She felt some movement in the suitcase beside her and felt a little strange. "Beo, you can't come out now..."

"——So you are the top puppeteer, Mr. Aozaki Touko?" a voice suddenly said.

At this time, Aozaki Touko saw a fourteen-year-old black-haired boy appear in front of her at some point. He had a tall and straight figure and eyes as sharp and bright as an eagle's.

"Are you the geomancy genius she mentioned? Rumor has it that the Qin family has fallen into decline, but it seems that's not entirely true!"

Qin Xuan shook his head. "That's not true. The Qin family is losing its talent. This is an indisputable fact."

The two exchanged some meaningless pleasantries.

"I have delivered the visitor permit," Qin Xuan then glanced at Aozaki Orange's suitcase, "Then I will be waiting for your arrival."

The next moment, Qin Xuan disappeared.

"Hmm, it seems like a three-dimensional image created by sight? Where is it activated from..."

Not far away, a surveillance camera on the street corner was watching Aozaki Touko walk away.

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The winter afternoon sun was a little lazy, and most of the green plants in the Qin family mansion were drowsy, with no intention of sprouting or waking up. Even a strange visitor only disturbed a few half-awake plum blossoms.

Putting the suitcase aside, Aozaki Touko entered the reception room, where a young man was still bending over the table, writing something.

She looked carefully and seemed to confirm that the person in front of her was a real person.

"Are you here? Please take a seat."

When the puppet master came to visit, Qin Xuan was actually still revising the lesson plans for Rin Tousaka. He didn't mean to be shy about telling Aozaki Touko about these lesson plans - they were all basic knowledge, and a serious magician would not bother to take a look.

When greeting and welcoming guests, Qin Xuan only used electronic devices to start the remote virtual projection, and even the words were extracted from the corpus prepared in advance. This is considered to be quite rude in the eyes of the world, but a lone magician like Aozaki does not have this kind of brain circuit. Instead, she is more curious about this form of magic.

From her perspective, the young man raised his hand and made a "please" gesture, and a robot girl with silver hair and red eyes appeared, with her feet dangling in the air as if not bound by gravity.

Orange immediately realized that this was another three-dimensional illusion created by visual magic.

"Dear guest, number 17 sends you greetings," Prometheus spoke in a mechanical voice as usual. She waved her hand and an electronic screen appeared in front of Orange's eyes. "Would you like a cup of coffee? Here is a list of drinks. You can click on the screen to choose according to your preferences. You can also swipe left to turn the page... These are the lists of desserts and snacks..."

Aozaki Touko got the hang of it very quickly. She was a little surprised, not because of the level of the magic, but because she realized that this style of magic was very different from what she had imagined.

Usually magicians do not use magic in their daily lives, but choose to spend most of their time and magic power in their own magic workshops.

This is certainly due to considerations of the consumption of daily use of magic and the risk of exposing the mystery to ordinary people, but it also implies the magician community's disdain for "low-end applications."

The Qin family is also a family of magic with a long heritage. Aozaki Touko thought of the so-called "intelligent puppets" and thought that this family had some connection with the Atlas Academy, which specializes in the research and development of cutting-edge alchemical items. Now it seems that this is not the case?

Aozaki Orange quickly selected a cup of American coffee and a small plate of macarons. After confirming her selection, a low humming sound of a machine was heard from under the table. In less than a minute, a small piece of the table suddenly flipped down, and when it flipped back up again, the coffee dessert that Orange ordered was already there.

When she had almost finished enjoying it, Qin Xuan handed her a plan.

"'Multi-type Joint Magic Strategic-level Doll Manufacturing Plan'?"

"Open it and take a look."

Chengzi read the proposal as instructed. As a research-oriented talent, she quickly extracted key information from a lot of professional words:

"Wait, are you sure each doll needs to carry so much magic?!"

"Ah, much?"

"Hiss..." Aozaki Touko took a breath of cold air, not knowing whether the boy in front of her was too young and arrogant, or whether her title of "Grand Puppet Master" had brought her too many blind faiths and misunderstandings in certain aspects. "The "Flower" puppet in your plan that specializes in illusion is relatively easy to handle, but the two "Moon" and "Snow"..."

"Tsuki is positioned as a comprehensive combat puppet, so it will be equipped with permanent close combat techniques and some long-range anti-enemy techniques. Yuki is positioned as a beyond-visual-range wide-area strategic puppet, so—"

"——I don't comment on the positioning of your plan, but this is not a reason for you to add more than 30 kinds of magic with different attributes!" Orange interrupted, "Excuse me, judging from your incomplete design drawings, the compatibility and endurance of "Snow" and "Moon" are very problematic."

The so-called great magic is generally characterized by complex rituals, multiple sections/multiple people chanting, the use of huge magic power, and strong effects after completion. The magic that is more than 4 or 5 bars is great magic.

"What if it can be done?" Qin Xuan asked, "The endurance system is not difficult to handle with the earth vein technique passed down in my family. As for the problem of carrying the big magic, you will know when you see my "intelligent puppet technology"."

Qin Xuan threw a stack of documents over, and Cang Qi Chengzi caught them. She thought it was a complete technology, but it turned out to be...

"contract?"

"These are two contracts... Oh, it's a self-enforced essay contest. The first one basically says I'll give you the complete technology and you'll complete these three puppets. The second one doesn't conflict with the first one, so you can sign it or not. It basically says you'll join my magic society, and you can also consider it a long-term cooperation project with me. It's up to you. If you choose to join, I'll give you a subsequent advanced technology related to intelligent puppets as a 'joining benefit'... You can keep it for now, there's no rush to make a decision on this."

In fact, the advanced version is the complete version. The so-called "complete version" is actually a castrated version. However, the technology is in Qin Xuan's hands, so naturally what he says is what it is.

After some consultations and feasibility discussions, Orange signed the first contract as expected and then put away the second contract.

The discussion was almost over. Aozaki Touko's magic workshop was far away in Guanbuzi City, and she had to go back to complete the preliminary puppet making.

"By the way," Qin Xuan suddenly asked, "Do you have any magic costumes with you, the kind you usually carry with you?"

"?"

"Ah, don't get me wrong, it doesn't have to be something important, just something you can easily come across. I need to install a magic program for you to use for instant communication, so you don't have to worry about not being able to find someone in the future. I heard that the Aozaki family likes to travel around... If you don't have one, I'll just give you one."

Aozaki Touko pushed up her glasses - she subconsciously thought of the magic eye that she wore from morning to night, but after hesitating for a while, she chose to hand over a pocket watch.

"Just use this."

"OK, No. 17, enter the mutual trust program."

"Received." Prometheus' mechanical palm covered the pocket watch, but it separated as soon as it was touched. "The data has been recorded."

"Is it okay now?" Aozaki Touko looked at the pocket watch again. It looked no different from the outside, so she didn't touch it rashly.

"Just click on the screen to start it up. Oh, the screen is the surface glass of this pocket watch. When you click on it, a virtual screen will pop up. The first time you start it up, you need to initialize it and establish your electronic identity. It won't be very troublesome. It's just some basic information. I have it here and it has been entered synchronously."

It is only the early 2000s, and the Japanese people's communication methods are basically landlines + flip phones with simple applications. There is no Line. As for chat tools such as MSN messenger, the user group is almost concentrated on the PC side. The magician group is slower to get in touch with these:

The older generation mostly uses familiars and letters, while the new generation generally uses modern technology, but there are also solitary magicians who don't use mobile phones. In addition, a very small number of people use magic circuits to communicate... They may think that they have enough circuits and sufficient magic power to withstand the burning.

Orange had no objection to this, but she still asked, "Is the confidentiality of this communication guaranteed?"

"The program's manifestation method is visual magic. It can only be effective through eye contact. I, No. 17 and I used this trick when we first met you," Qin Xuan explained. "The mutual trust program on your pocket watch will have an additional step, which is the identity verification during initialization. In simple terms, this program on the pocket watch will specify that it will only work for you. Others cannot see this 'illusion', but even so, it is best not to use this in public places... I have listed the details in the service agreement. You can check the version information for specific functions. I may update it later."

"It says initialization is complete here, and I see you in the 'Contact List'. Is that all?"

"One more thing. I will add you to the group later. You can think of it as a BBS or discussion thread where you can communicate instantly. It will be full of my clients. If there is any important news, I will send a notice to everyone in this group. After you join the group, you can choose not to speak. If there is any talk of illness in the group, please pretend you didn't see it."

"...?"

"Wait a minute, I'll tell them in advance."

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