People are in Type-Moon, but they practice science

Besides that, there is another way to continue using magic...

"Um, report—"

At the entrance of the monitoring room, Sakura appeared there.

Qin Xuan ordered the staff to continue monitoring and walked quickly to the door. "Is there any difficult situation? Or are there a bunch of magic families applying for the 'Cloud Spirit Land' in the General Affairs Department? I will help your sister emphasize the rules--"

The Cloud Spiritual Land is what I mentioned before, the second way to use magic in the New Human Era.

It is precisely because of this that the cloud spiritual land mentioned in the Third World War Conference has become a popular limited-pay service for magicians. Those small families that had completed the spiritual land transactions with the Earth Vein Spirit Road Administration in advance originally thought that they were at a loss, but now they see that they are making a lot of money.

The big families in various places wanted to sell their useless spiritual lands in exchange for a cloud spiritual land quota. If those quotas were not bound to their respective void terminal accounts, they would even think of trading privately with those small families, or even "forcing purchases and sales".

Of course, the association was the biggest winner. No matter which magic mode it was, Qin Xuan would win, and the non-magic science side was able to expand the rules, which was even more profitable for Qin Xuan. In short, it was a win-win situation - he won twice.

Sakura whispered, "No, it's not about my sister. The newcomer... Ms. Avalon, she said that in order to operate the Holy Grail War well, she wants to apply for an official Internet account."

Ms. Avalon is the name that the female succubus filled in in the association's information. Although it looks strange.

"?"

Isn’t this nightmare a game planner? What is he doing?

In view of her previous reckless and wandering behavior, Qin Xuan specifically gave her the planning work of the "Holy Grail War: Infinite Universe" project, and she would be punished if she did not do it well or was not creative.

"What on earth was she thinking? What did she tell you?"

Sakura seemed to have heard this term for the first time, "She said...she wanted to make a virtual anchor account with the nickname 'Magic☆Merry'!"

"what?"

Qin Xuan felt that...the doctor from the next world line might smell the smell and come over soon.

Chapter 475 Illusion CG and Uruk Dungeon Internal Test Preparation

"Huh huh huh~"

Ms. Avalon hummed an unknown ballad softly and waved her wand in the game planning room arranged by the association headquarters. Infinite dreamlike and gorgeous scenery emerged in a space. She was performing an illusion - but it was a pure illusion, without any bewitching or other effects of magic:

[Looking down quietly from the vast, misty Mount Ebifu, the two rivers that nurtured and fed the ancient civilization flowed through the Mesopotamian plain. The prosperous Sumerian civilization flourished here, igniting the great bonfire of human history, but also attracted the covetousness of the culprit of human nature. ]

[The three goddesses launched a brutal and powerful attack. The tangled weeds and grasses on the plains burned in the flames of the afternoon battle. The ruins of Babylon were filled with panicked screams, determined war cries, and wild roars of reddish brown, red, sharp, or hairy.]

[In the sudden and fierce heat of war, the thread of fate bursts and blooms like seeds in a pod in silence. The rise and fall of mankind, and countless brilliant days and nights from now on, all depend on this afternoon that seems frantic, overflowing with grief and anger, and will eventually be forgotten by history.]

…After a few minutes, the illusion ended.

Next to Ms. Avalon was the bored planner's assistant No. 1 and new scene builder, Prelati. Miss Dream Demon was just doing some decorative details, and a large part of it was done by Prelati.

She needed to cast spells to conjure up the march of huge monsters such as Uridim, Mushuhushu, Bashum, and Kurulu. She also needed to conjure up the panic of women and children after the city of Babylon was trampled by monsters, the resistance of adult soldiers, the moment when the fangs of mad lions pierced leather armor and bled - all the details of this chaotic scene, and Ms. Avalon merely added some inexplicable light, dust, and shadows on the side.

Prelati: ??

After being caught by Qin Xuan, Prelati was taken back to the association's headquarters. The association's internal surveillance and defense measures were all-encompassing, so she couldn't escape even if she wanted to -

Usually she is best at illusion, so the best way to escape from this space of the association headquarters which is equivalent to another world is to cast an illusion on an employee who has access rights. However, members who are qualified to stay at the headquarters will have special models of void terminals, and their soul states will be scanned by the powerful artificial intelligence Prometheus.

Moreover, now with Aozaki Touko's spirit body processing program, even if there is a hidden Demon Pillar, we can find it out, let alone a mere illusion.

But this was not the reason why she appeared here. The main reason was that Prelati was conscripted by Ms. Avalon. Ms. Avalon expressed her admiration for the apprentice's apprentice's talent in illusion and believed that Prelati was definitely the number one assistant in the game planning of "Holy Grail War: Infinite Universe".

"Huh, I'm not your apprentice's apprentice!"

As the cute villain in the previous volume, Prelati wanted to emphasize that the Merlin she knew was a man. Prelati's magic of the Age of Gods came from the Fairy of the Lake, and those masters told her some things about Merlin. The female Merlin in front of her must be a fake from somewhere!

How could the real Merlin have the idea of ​​designing a cute 2D avatar for himself and playing the role of a female anchor? It's fake, all fake!

As Prelati was talking, he was about to slip out of the planning room, but he was heading towards the door - suddenly his eyes blurred, his feet turned, and he walked back.

Ms. Avalon looked at her with a smile.

"You can't be absent from work!"

Damn, her level of illusion is not as good as hers! This fake Merlin is really good, and probably has some of the charm of the real one. No matter what, one day she will be locked in the sea monster training pool to be trained by tentacles all over her body!

"Okay, okay, what should we do next?" Prelati was called over, naturally to help Ms. Avalon. Due to her good level of illusion, Miss Nightmare planned to let her optimize the CG animation at the opening of the game.

Since Holy Grail War: Infinite Universe is a full stealth game and the world's first game to use virtual reality technology (at least in terms of publicity), a beautiful opening CG is very important. This is also the pattern used in popular games these days, such as the currently released Warcraft 3.

However, can CG made using illusion be considered real CG?

This completely immersive 4D scene, an experience that feels like being there, is probably... beyond CG.

Holding up a finger, Ms. Avalon smiled and said, "First, we need to improve the perspective of the player in the CG, the depth of field, and the camera movement when some lines appear."

“Wait a minute, wait a minute, didn’t we agree to use the first-person perspective to replace the CG? Is it necessary to worry about the camera after it’s done? Can’t we just let the player move around in the scene by himself?”

Prelati always felt that the fake Merlin was intentionally or unintentionally increasing her workload. Illusion and technology-side CG techniques are different. When making CG, if you want to reduce costs, you can't wait to use various techniques to make up for the shortcomings of the picture presentation.

However, illusions are usually conceived to create an entire illusion, and then put it into the mind of the person who is under the illusion. If various special camera techniques are added, it is equivalent to giving specific instructions to the main perspective, which adds an additional illusion process.

Moreover, this fake Merlin is very particular about details. If she is not satisfied with something here or there, she will start over if something is slightly wrong. So far, she has been forced to perform illusion magic in super-large scenes dozens of times.

Although Prelati had been killed in various ways by others several times before, he had never been tortured repeatedly like this.

"Oh, how can this be possible?" Ms. Avalon shook her index finger. "We need to give players a full sense of immersion. They must have an 'identity', not just bystanders watching a movie. How can we let them act arbitrarily in a CG scene?"

A more advanced way of playing than movie-level CG is to make them a part of the CG.

After learning about Ms. Avalon's indicators, Prelati's blood pressure began to rise.

"Come on, let's try it again... Episode 0, the long-range view of Uruk in the opening, and the beast tide in Episode 1..."

dong dong.

"Excuse me... to interrupt you," Qin Xuan suddenly appeared here, and he pointed at Ms. Avalon, "Come here for a few minutes, let's talk about your Internet account."

Then the two of them left the planning room. Qin Xuan briefly raised the topic, allowing Ms. Avalon to understand what he meant.

"Ah, my dear Master," the female succubus smiled sweetly, "Let me explain. Magic☆Merry is a virtual image account different from the official account. Hmm~ It can be said to be a poster girl. Under this account, 'Magic☆Merry' needs to face the entire player group, and can achieve richer interactions."

"——For example, game versions, main quests, numerical optimization, explanations of some in-game issues, 'Magic☆Meili' can explain them anytime and anywhere, even some content that the official account is not convenient to mention——It can even be added to the plot to bring players interaction inside and outside the game..."

This sounds a lot like a certain cabbage head that collapses.

Qin Xuan listened to everything patiently. "Your ideas are all good, but there is a fatal shortcoming at the moment - we currently do not have the network ecosystem for you to operate such an account."

The idea is good, but the problem is that the time of this main world has only come to 2004. Not to mention virtual anchors, there are no websites such as Nico, YouTube, Twitter, Line, etc. The Internet is not popular now, and the websites are basically dominated by forums or portals, such as 2ch, Yahoo, etc. Google, which was founded at the beginning of the century, is rising, but it has not yet fully risen.

As for hardware, the functions of current mobile phones are far less powerful than those of later generations, not to mention computers. ME is launching such high-tech electronic devices, but they are not yet popularized to every household.

Of course, Academy City is a place where everything from smartphones and handheld computers to high-speed Internet is widely available, and there are even virtual reality devices for entertainment and education, but most other areas are a different story.

"Well--"

Ms. Avalon stopped talking after hearing this. She was not from this world line, but she had seen similar concepts from human societies in other worlds, and happened to get this planning job, so she became interested and decided to give it a try.

"But it's not a big deal. It just takes some time. Our main task right now is the internal testing of "Holy Grail War: Infinite Universe". We should prepare for other things first and not rush to execute them." Qin Xuan pointed his finger at his head, turned his head and began to contact his clone, "I'll go ask Aleister."

Through the connection between the main body and the clone, communication between the two is instantaneous.

"...Hmm? How long will it take?...Is that so? All right."

Qin Xuan turned around and answered, "There is a 'Starlink Project' at the Luzon Launch Center in Academy City. Simply put, it is to use a large number of low-Earth orbit satellites to build a satellite communication Internet with global signal coverage. It will be implemented after the construction of the space city is completed."

Since the network environment does not meet the standards, we should promote its development quickly. 3G communication has just started to develop. The satellite communication of Academy City can reduce the cost while increasing the data transmission rate to a level far beyond 5G. As for user equipment, it needs to rely on the gradual promotion of companies such as ME.

As for network construction, Qin Xuan plans to contact the Walter team at the North American Free Industrial Complex and ask them to acquire the Google team or start a new one. In short, they will gradually build search engines, comprehensive video websites, information websites, instant messaging tools, social platforms, etc.

This is not uncommon but rather a relatively groundbreaking later Internet technology, and should be a piece of cake for them.

After a while of busy work, Qin Xuan found that Miss Mengmo was staring at him with shining eyes.

A dreamy atmosphere is close, and long multi-colored white hair falls on the clothes.

"...What's wrong with you?"

"Master~ I suddenly have an idea!" Miss Meng Mo seemed to spit out an unexpected idea, "Master, why don't you play a role too?"

"what?"

I'm your boss, and you want to put me in the game?

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a few days later.

Matou Shinji, a high school student with a kelp-like hairstyle, returned to the Matou residence with a box of things in his arms, and in his other hand he was holding a cell phone and making a call, "Oh my god, Emiya, why did you answer the phone just now? You're not still using the old landline at home, are you? I suggest you use the new smartphone from ME! Once you use it, you'll know that smartphones are the mainstream of the future! This is the intuition of the young master of the Matou family, a business family, right?"

"Don't deny it yet. I've actually already reserved one for you. It's almost time for it to be delivered to your doorstep. Haha, don't worry. I'm just kidding. Why would I, Matou Shinji, be so kind as to give you a mobile phone? It was a gift from a programming competition I participated in. I just happened to have some left over, so I'm giving you one."

However, although it was called a giveaway, Shinji Matou had no idea what it was. The organizer of the competition said it was a virtual reality device, which he felt was a bit ridiculous and it was most likely a toy.

Clang.

Matou Shinji ended the conversation and hung up the phone before entering the room. He changed his shoes and prepared to return to his room.

"Shinji."

An old man walked out of the living room.

"Grandpa?"

Matou Shinji subconsciously straightened his posture, and some of his irregular movements such as scratching his head and ears disappeared. After all, in his eyes, his grandfather Matou Zouken was a stern and dignified old man who paid special attention to etiquette, was not adaptable, and did not like electronic devices.

When he bought a computer and installed the wiring at home, it caused dissatisfaction from Matou Zouken - the old man thought that using computers and surfing the Internet would affect children's studies. Matou Shinji had no choice but to use his still top grades and his excellent programming skills learned by self-study to shut up the old man's nagging.

"You haven't started school yet?" Matou Zouken spoke in a hoarse tone, "I remember it's already mid-January."

"Uh, yes, grandpa," Matou Shinji stated the facts in a proper manner, "It's because of the recent international situation. The social situation has been quite unstable recently, and the school is worried...so the teaching activities have been suspended, and the start date of the school is said to be announced later."

In fact, the school was suspended during the war, but it was just during the winter vacation. There have been a lot of big news recently, and the relationship between the Academy City headquarters and the Japanese government is delicate, so everyone is very nervous.

Chapter 476: To the Adventers from the Other Side

"The situation..."

Unexpectedly, Matou Zouken did not nag or lecture Matou Shinji. He just sighed and looked at the clock hanging in the living room, where time passed quietly. As time passed, the good opportunity also slipped away.

The situation caused by Academy City is certainly one of the factors that affect the school's decision, but it is not the fundamental reason. The real place that is shaken is the capital market and the industrial structure. As the winner of the Third World War, Academy City is currently ignoring the existence of the Japanese government and swallowing up the surrounding industries in the form of a "country within a country". Although Matou Shinji is talking about a school, Hogunhara Academy is also a private school operated by capital.

As the elder of this family, Matou Zouken knew the horror of war. During the Third World War, he frequently paid attention to the developments in Academy City and was amazed by the organizational strength, technological level, and rapidly growing scale of this huge organization... no, political and military entity, as if it had appeared out of thin air. A more realistic and reasonable guess is that it was as if it had been lurking in all walks of life until a certain moment, when this huge organization - thinking that it had accumulated enough strength - suddenly gathered together and stood in the open.

Matou Zouken glanced at the mobile phone next to his grandson. It was also a product of ME, a company under Academy City. Once Academy City starts, it will not stop. If it continues to expand, sooner or later this whole living room will be filled with supplies produced by Academy City, as if everyone's life is being manipulated...

Matou Zouken suddenly shuddered. He had never imagined that such a giant enterprise would have such a terrifying fang.

"Grandpa? Are you okay, Grandpa?" Seeing that the old man was not in good condition, Shinji Matou tried to help him to the sofa.

"Hey, it's okay, it's not what you think." Matou Zouken regained his composure. His old hand brushed across the low table and grabbed a few papers with long texts. There was a smell of ink in the air, and it seemed that they had just been printed not long ago. What was recorded on them was not the trends of Academy City, but the recent development of the Matou family's industry, and the economic situation around Fuyuki City over the years.

"Is this... the market shrinking year by year?" Shinji Matou said in surprise, picking up a chart.

"It's not just that. I just picked out a few companies that have taken up major market share and learned about their situation. Their profit situation is very bad. Many of these industries seem to have been targeted."

"Sniper?"

"Companies that appeared out of nowhere, engaged in malicious competition and price wars, and they seemed to have a special production method to lower prices," Matou Zouken shook his head helplessly, "later investigations found that these companies all had the same characteristics, they were all bankrupt small and medium-sized enterprises, and then acquired by others, with various sources of capital, and every time they were traced back to overseas, they were left unresolved. Now I think it was undoubtedly Academy City's method."

Matou Shinji's pupils shrank.

"Then our—"

Matou Zouken waved his hand and asked Matou Shinji to leave, "We haven't been affected yet."

"Ok."

Matou Shinji turned around and went back to his room carrying the box.

“——Not yet.”

Matou Zouken whispered what he had not said just now. Although his grandson was very smart, he was still a high school student after all, and Matou Zouken did not want him to worry about this matter for the time being.

“Kariya…”

After thinking for a long time, Matou Zouken decided to pick up the phone and choose to be an adult to bear this trouble.

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boom.

Shinji Matou closed the door. His room did not look simple. One side of the room was covered with medals or trophies he had won from various school competitions. On the other side was a bookshelf, which contained programming books that were almost torn apart, as well as miscellaneous comic novels and several thick economics books - it was a bit decorative, after all, as the son of a capitalist family, he had to read these.