People are in Type-Moon, but they practice science

"Mr. Baoshi, it is true that he is the only one who is 'free' to interfere with the parallel world, but that does not mean there are no other ways. Although only the 'Second Method' can achieve it, there are still other 'roads'. We have obtained the blueprint of the Second Method's ceremonial suit, and through reproduction and modification, as well as another technology that is still waiting to be laid out, we can achieve cross-time travel."

When it comes to "blueprints", Toosaka Rin should be able to think of something, but as for the other technology "space-time bubble", it has nothing to do with them.

"..." As expected, Toosaka Rin fell into deep thought after hearing the word "drawing".

"In addition, we also have the technology of the mirror world," Qin Xuan said after a while, drawing everyone's attention back, "Your method of directly opening the mirror corridor passage and entering and using the card servant is too unrealistic!"

"There's nothing we can do about it! The (Clock Tower) headquarters only gave us these two costumes, and we also have a big personality problem. Originally, this was a project that someone else (Bazett) was in charge of, but thanks to someone, they threw it to us." Luvia looked at Toosaka Rin meaningfully. It was all her fault that she had caused such a big fuss with herself, and as a result, she was sent by Jewel to take on such a job.

"Tsk, you should know whose problem it is." Toosaka Rin refused to give in in the verbal battle.

"Alright, alright, let's put your personal grudges aside. There are two little kids watching. Don't you think it's embarrassing?"

"In short, I watched you collect the cards the whole time. I can only say that you were brave but not wise and unprepared. Next, I will use the equipment to survey the situation of the card servants in the mirror world in advance. Since the task is to use the power of two magic wands to complete the seal recovery, I will also do some simulated special training tutorials based on the use of the magic wand contractors."

After saying that, Qin Xuan looked at Illya, who was still unaware and calm, and Miyu, who was listening attentively.

"—Especially you, Illya."

"Ah, ah? Okay." Illya thought she had nothing to worry about. She probably thought that since Qin Xuan played for her the first time, it wouldn't be too difficult in the future. ——Anyway, if there are any difficulties, just ask the big brother to help, it should be... no problem, right?

If she maintains this lazy mentality, she will suffer many setbacks in future mock battles.

"——" At this time, Miyu raised her hand.

"Huh? What's the matter?"

"That... wand of Illya's is upgraded from ruby, right? Sapphire... is also possible?"

"Oh, that's right," Qin Xuan looked at Miyu who had a calm look in her eyes. "To be honest, with the power of a card servant, it is basically not able to perform at the level of a normal servant. My personal estimate is that relying on the upgraded Heart of the Rising Sun plus the unupgraded Sapphire is more than enough."

"That is to say, I won't pursue your intention of wanting to 'upgrade', but this request is considered 'additional' content, which is not within the scope of our contract."

"..." Miyu was silent for a moment. She had just arrived and had nothing to offer.

"Wait!" Luvia spoke up at this time, "Can I agree to this kind of thing on your behalf? I will draw more power from the Edelfeldt family as a guarantee for the 'extra compensation'."

"Oh, that's right, you are also her guardian." Qin Xuan looked at Luvia in surprise. Based on his understanding of Luvia in his own world, only family members (sisters) are worthy of Luvia's dedication. In other words, does this Luvia really regard Miyu as a family member...?

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The information exchange meeting ended after the necessary communication was completed. The next step was for everyone to go back home and prepare for the next Mirror World strategy.

The next day, after school, Illya lay listlessly on the table.

"Hey, isn't this Illya? You seem to have been lying down all day? The way Mr. Taiga looks at you recently has become as if he feels sorry for a good student who has fallen into the trap of sleeping. Hahahaha..."

"Illya, have you been having nightmares again recently? Do you want to see a doctor?"

"No, it's just that I've been busy at home lately, ha~" Illya yawned.

The classmates were very lively and expressed their concern in various ways, but Illya stood up almost decadently and dealt with it perfunctorily. Toosaka Rin next to her was not surprised and helped her pack her stationery and carry her schoolbag.

There was only one reason why she became like this, and that was that the difficulty of the simulated battle was beyond her imagination.

The simulated battle was set to take place in a dream, and Qin Xuan's equipment had already detected the target of the simulated battle as "Caster Medea".

Then she seemed to have treated the first simulated battle last night as some kind of virtual game. When she excitedly started to challenge it, she was faced with a magic barrage that covered the sky and the sun.

【You Lose】

There was no suspense and no room for resistance. Without Qin Xuan's help, Illya was drained of her health by "Medea" in the first encounter.

But this is not a game, if you can't beat him, then don't fight. The next second, the situation returned to the beginning. For Illya, it was simply torture.

Moreover, there is no one else, including Miyu, to help in this battle. According to Qin Xuan's calculations, Toosaka Rin and Luvia can't help at all, and Miyu's magic wand needs to be upgraded during this period.

In order to catch up with the progress, Illya had to suffer.

Chapter 219: We Oriental players don’t bring umbrellas when it rains

"Brother... this won't work no matter how you think about it, right!?"

Illya was panting, and sweat soaked her white uniform, making it translucent. Some of the sweat dripped down her cheeks, arms and legs onto the floor of the simulated environment.

When Qin Xuan first proposed to complete the "simulated trial" in a dream, Illya didn't take it seriously. Dreaming is similar to sleeping. You just need to lie down and it will be over. It will only require some brain work.

However, when she actually experienced it, Illya found that the "physics engine" of this simulated environment was exactly the same as the real thing, and even her current physical strength and body reactions were exactly the same as her body in the real world. In other words, when she was hit by "Medea's" magic, she felt 100% pain.

That’s so, so foul.

Illya returned to the "simulated battle initial screen" countless times and saw the female figure flying in the sky with a hood covering her face. But in comparison, the one who needed more attention was the one beside her...

No, the densely packed magic arrays in the sky would spit out an endless barrage of bullets once the "game started", and then... she would have no more. With Illya's skill level, one way to die was to perform a defensive spell on the spot and wait for death, and the other way to die was to rush forward with the magic cannon and be concentratedly fired on the way, and then have to continue defending until the mana bar was exhausted and she was killed. Of course, this was the longest way to die, and in more cases, she was killed by the magic bombardment without being able to react in time.

It won't work, it won't work. She can't dodge the defense and counterattack at the same time by herself.

"Aren't you flying very fast?" Qin Xuan's figure landed beside her. "Don't always defend, attack. When you encounter the opponent's magic cannon and barrage, just dodge. Defense wastes too much mana and passive!"

“Wuwuwu——Big Brother, I can’t react at all. And this magic power is not right! I feel that my magic power in reality is definitely more than this!”

"Yes, I lowered the value," Qin Xuan shook his finger, "What I haven't had time to tell you is that I also complicated the 'bullet screen mechanism' of 'Caster', so the difficulty is actually greater than in reality."

Paji.

After hearing this, Illya almost fainted on the ground.

"——Don't faint, you are dreaming now, you won't faint."

"Ahhh, umm, umm, ahhh..." Seeing no hope of passing the level, Illya gave up and lay on the ground, making meaningless and reluctant sounds. Her white uniform was inadvertently folded up as she turned over, revealing her white waist and belly.

"Okay, let me show you."

Instantly, Illya jumped up. Just as she was about to happily celebrate that she had gotten rid of this difficult task, she heard Qin Xuan say, "I will demonstrate it with your body. After that, you can follow the 'tutorial' to learn by yourself."

"Eh--"

"Stop it, start now! Watch my movements and listen to my logic!"

The next moment, Qin Xuan disappeared from Illya's eyes, and then she lost control of her body.

At the same time, a familiar feeling came, and the simulated battle started again——

“Boom boom boom boom——”

Countless magic arrays unfolded from the sky, and magic cannons almost formed a dense light curtain, flying through the atmosphere in long arc-shaped trajectories, and then falling down, exploding with continuous noises and patches of ash pits on the floor of the simulated environment.

However, in this dense light curtain, Illya, no, Qin Xuan controlled Illya to move freely between the barrage of lights, like an ethereal fairy, like an elf dancing alone in the rain.

Every time the magic cannon fell, he could freely control his body to fly to another angle, almost brushing against the falling magic light and bypassing it closely. He could even use the tiny differences caused by the different orders of falling of different bullets to create space for dodging.

"Did you see that? Caster has the most magic in the periphery, because there are more magic circles that can be used as gun muzzles, but you also have more opportunities to dodge, so you have to learn to use them. Then, you have to keep breaking through and move towards Caster's center—"

So, Illya's body started to rush inward from the outside. Just when Illya thought that the process would be smooth sailing, suddenly, Qin Xuan controlled her to hide to the outside again.

"?——"

Before Illya could ask any questions, the inner trap suddenly fell, and magic cannons more violent than before attacked. The diameter and power of each shot were several times that of the magic deployed on the outer layer. When a whole row of magic cannons fell, the atmosphere roared, the ground shook, and violent light and heat spread in between, forming a huge impact. If Qin Xuan had not instantly activated the physical defense, Illya's body would probably have been injured by the aftermath.

But after Qin Xuan let Illya hide, it was not over yet. He then controlled Illya to charge straight forward, and her target was Caster.

'The trap on the inside just now was deliberately set up to take advantage of your slackness after breaking through the outer magic cannon blockade. The main purpose is to catch you off guard, so the power is greater than the regular barrage, but greater power also means more accumulation time, which is where our chance of victory lies.'

"call----"

Illya felt the strong wind blowing around her face and heard the sound of agitated and sharp air currents in her ears. She felt that she was moving straight towards Caster. This was the first time she had been so close to him since the mock battle began.

But, will this really go smoothly... No!

"Brother, something is wrong. There seems to be something like a barrier ahead—"

"Then your magic perception skill has improved quite a bit. That's the magic power directed to the control plane... But you have to know that the plane can't withstand your full-power God's Strike! After this shot, the 'mana' I set for you in this simulation battle will be used up."

"But it's too late. I remember that I need to use a magic circle to gather the magic power halfway..."

'unnecessary!--'

Next, Qin Xuan demonstrated a new usage of the Heart of the Rising Sun - to be precise, it was to add the skill of controlling his own magic power, use the magic circuits in his body to replace the operation of the magic circle, and increase the power by increasing the range of magic power consumption.

“Hah—Heavenly God’s Fiery Destruction!!”

The high-density magic cannon exploded at a very close distance. In an instant, before Caster could react, it broke through the barrier and bombarded the main body.

【You win】

Chapter 220 Who makes me a genius?

"..." Illya stared blankly at the clearance prompt. She had died countless times at a level, but others had passed it in one try. She seemed to see a big "vegetable" in the void.

"How about it?"

"Big brother, you are awesome~~"

"? I'm not asking you to brag. Even if you do, I won't lower the difficulty. I'm asking how much you have learned?"

"Okay, I-I-I... didn't remember."

"Then watch the replays and learn until you understand. The mechanics are explained clearly, and all you need to do next is learn how to 'grab the bullet' and 'back the board'."

Easy to say...

Illya stared at the Heart of the Rising Sun in her hand with lifeless eyes. "Come to think of it... Big Brother, why do you think I can retrieve 'Caster' by myself? Even if Miyu-chan's wand needs to be adjusted, giving my wand to Rin or Luvia-sister will increase the chances of success, right?"

"Hmm? You were the one who said you wanted to become a magical girl. Why, do you want to give up?"

"No, but I was a little worried about failing to live up to expectations when I was asked to do the card recycling alone..."

"You mean this? No."

"Eh?"

"Don't worry, Illya, you are a genius," Qin Xuan's voice seemed to have a strong appeal, calming her restless heart, "I've certified it."

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Qin Xuan watched Illya challenge Caster again with great enthusiasm. Normally, he would not pay so much attention to a primary school student. Originally, Illya was just a parallel world with different memories from him. It was only by chance that she became a bridge for him to communicate with the parallel world.

At the beginning, he accidentally touched the seal in Illya's heart. If this seal is not released, it will affect his exploration of the parallel world. So Qin Xuan left a "spiritual imprint" on Illya (see Chapter 177) while being able to transmit information through spiritual means. He hopes to break through the external blockade through this.

This method was not new. The heroes of the paradise in the past left their imprints to future generations in the form of inheritance. This was also the first time he tried to convey his own imprint - his spiritual qualities to others, and Illya was the first target.

The final effect of the imprint depends entirely on the person involved. Qin Xuan can only speculate that this imprint has almost no harm, and the direction must be discovered by Illya herself. Facts have proved that the imprint is still effective:

It successfully allowed Illya to begin her own journey of magic exploration without a contracted wand.

After the contract wand was signed and the magic power in the seal was released, the original role of the seal should be dispensable. However, Qin Xuan recently discovered that Illya's magic value and magic control skills were also steadily increasing, and there was no influence from her own magic circuit characteristics.

The answer is that Illya's spiritual power is also growing. This is clearly the effect of the engraving.

Ah, if this continues, even if he is not a peerless genius, I can at least create one by piling up the numbers.

"Also, there is one more point," Qin Xuan speculated on another basis, but was not sure, "I clearly did not spend too much money to transform Illya's 'World of Heart', but it can easily simulate the physical environment of the real world? Moreover, the overall scale of the World of Heart is also constantly expanding..."

The external entity corresponding to the world of the heart is only the location of Illya's heart, which is the core of her whole body's magic circuits that gather magic power, the small Holy Grail device.

But now, if we have a vast spiritual world... no, with Illya's own huge magical resources, we can completely realize the operation of a small spiritual world in the non-material world.

It sounds like nothing, but it actually means countless possibilities. To give an inappropriate example, if this small world happens to be implanted with the Greater Holy Grail system or a similar functional foundation, it may be possible to complete a "Holy Grail War of Hearts", and then open the "outer hole" when the servant is sent back to the record tape directly inside, and take the opportunity to use the whole body magic circuit to complete the connection of the road, and the connection of the root is completed (fog).

However, this idea is obviously not feasible now. Not to mention that the final method of connecting to the root is unguaranteed, the magic resources in the early stage are also insufficient. No matter how much magic Illya has, she cannot provide energy for the entire Holy Grail War alone.

"Forget it, forget it. Let's not think about the distant things for now. Illya should have no problem conquering Caster next."

Qin Xuan has some things to deal with in this world recently. The materials discovered in the Alexandria Library have been delivered one after another. They are basically consistent with Qin Xuan's judgment. The second floor of the library is basically general knowledge information of little value, while the forbidden information on the third floor involves many lost technologies of the Age of Gods.

Qin Xuan took a fancy to one of them, which was the "divine body division" technology used in the memory of the alchemist Kurdris of the Age of Gods.

It was this technology that split the spirit of Osiris into incomplete spiritual fragments, removing part of the god and leaving only the part that the god-generation Kurdris needed to perform the ultimate calculation.

The so-called gods are dead gods. The power held by gods is actually the concrete manifestation of the myths passed down by them. From this perspective, gods can be said to be the collective will of power represented by many mythological narratives, and heroic spirits are also higher beings sublimated from their respective legends. It’s just that gods are born to connect to the roots and exercise power, and legends are born from power, while heroic spirits are mostly the opposite, sublimating their own treasures and skills from legends.

"So, can this technique be used to split the skills of cards (servants)?"

Qin Xuan looked at the 'Rider Medusa' in his hand.

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"It's started, it's started!"

Ruby, who hadn't had a chance to speak for a long time, finally spoke up, "Illya's first independent card strategy is about to begin! Everyone, open your eyes and watch carefully! Witness the birth of a genius who can clear the game without taking any damage!"