They've already fought their way through the Holy Grail War, and you still call them dragons?

"Once the construction is completed, even if Chaldea falls and the world is destroyed, we will be able to turn the tide and reclaim the world that belongs to us humans."

Hearing this, Da Vinci couldn't help but look at the drawing again. It sounded so interesting and amazing!

The inventor's soul in her heart was burning, and she could hardly suppress the urge to start studying the contents of the blueprint and verify her ideas on the spot...but, she had to remain calm and elegant in front of outsiders.

"Well, if the blueprint is indeed so exquisite, I can trust your sincerity," Da Vinci said with a smile. "But if your inspection team wants to suspect the director of something wrong, at least you should present the evidence you've gathered from your investigation, right?"

Helver sensed that Da Vinci was indeed about to fall for his trick, so she bowed and stepped back. "You'll know soon. Next time, at the right time, Lord Emiya will reveal to you the darkness of Director Pompeii and Chaldea..."

The two retreated to a corner, squatted down, and disappeared into the shadows.

After looking around and making sure that there was indeed no one around, Leonardo da Vinci reached out and grabbed the blueprint with lightning speed.

"Shadow Border...? What do you mean, the border of shadows (literally)?"

Da Vinci continued to read, her eyes gradually brightening. She did not miss any line of words or standard instructions for components. The exquisite engineering design and simple integrated system were no less magnificent and stunning world-famous painting in her eyes.

This was natural. BB's design drawings combined the alchemical ideas of the little devil Lu Mingze and Norton, advocating the use of advanced levitic technology to transform decay into magic. The futuristic, sci-fi atmosphere that suddenly came to him made Da Vinci scratch his head and want to take action...

But not long after, she encountered a huge obstacle that stumped her.

"...The imaginary submarine Shadow Border designed for this project is primarily used for imaginary submersion. It is recommended that a more flexible modular construction be adopted in the initial design, so that defensive or offensive templates can be added later to better cope with various difficulties that may be encountered in the process of saving the human world."

What does it mean? What is imaginary submersible?

Leonardo da Vinci was puzzled because the most critical part of the drawing was incomplete!

There was no explanation about the core function of "Imaginary Submersibility" above. Da Vinci was enjoying it just now, but now she had to stop and think about it. Her mentality was like she was about to reach a climax, but suddenly stopped!

Could it be that the way this imaginary submarine vehicle deals with obstacles is to be like the Hundred Ton King, simply saying "We are all trying our best to survive!" and then driving over the difficulties when they arise?

Chapter 305: Boss Emiya is fun to play with

"Welcome Captain Emiya and everyone on the inspection team to visit the Spirit Transfer Working Group!"

The next day, Da Vinci came to the control room with a listless look on his face. At the invitation of Director Pompeii, he came to the experimental site of the spirit particle transfer...

In fact, the so-called Soul Transfer Working Group had only recently been publicly established. Previously, it had been kept secret as Project Alpha, unknown to all but a few early employees. Otherwise, Caesar, the self-appointed deputy director, wouldn't have expressed such surprise upon learning of the situation.

However, what puzzled Director Pompey was that Da Vinci, who was invited, seemed to have little interest - this was not right. When he first listened to him explaining the spirit particle transfer plan, Da Vinci was very excited. When he was questioned by Emiya, he stood up to defend him and explained the plan on his behalf.

How come the enthusiasm dropped sharply after just two days?

What Pompeii was destined to never know was that Leonardo da Vinci was still struggling with the problem of the imaginary submarine vehicle.

——Hey! What exactly is Imaginary Submarine? ...

She felt like a cat being toyed with by a cat teaser over and over again. Her curiosity was piqued by a blueprint of Emiya's, but she had no idea where to start because she lacked a key piece of the puzzle.

This is too much torture for an inventor in the engineering field like her. Hey, I feel like Emiya did it on purpose?

Maybe he actually knows everything, but he won't tell her. Hey, he's just playing with her! Oh, why is Emiya so mean!

When Da Vinci looked up again, the Emiya she was "thinking about" was already greeting Director Pompey.

Fortunately, as a Heroic Spirit, she didn't have to go through time-consuming social activities, so she had the time to carefully examine Emiya, whom she had just met briefly last time.

He had dark red hair, which was not common among ordinary people. He had a handsome face, an upright posture, and spoke in a calm and steady tone, which made it difficult for him to give anyone a negative first impression.

Leonardo da Vinci has always been an artist who can appreciate "beauty" and finds it even more difficult to resist.

However, in Leonardo's perception, Emiya had even more unique qualities - he was more like a seasoned warrior who had restrained his terrifying edge and was waiting for the right moment to strike, as if he could make a stunning move without even moving.

From the information Da Vinci subsequently found on the Chaldea public website, it turned out that Emiya was indeed like that. His combat performance was extremely astonishing, and he could be said to be the best in the world...

A warrior who can control the power of gods is really exaggerated.

Ordinary Servants are nothing in his eyes. So he really values ​​his own talents rather than the strength of his Servants.

Da Vinci sighed softly in his heart. Even a person like this needed to make plans in Chaldea. It seemed that the future development would be unimaginably bad!

She nodded to herself, collected her thoughts, and unconsciously increased her trust in Emiya's warning. At the same time, she followed the crowd and entered the mysterious control room.

Director Pompey continued to explain to Emiya and the members of the investigation team who followed him:

"Although this place has been sealed for a long time, it was recently opened and maintained. Please see, over there is the essential equipment for the transfer of spirit particles. The 'basket' for those qualified for the transfer of spirit particles is stored, and the accelerator that assists the transfer of spirit particles is set within the wall."

"Everyone, look up again. That magnificent celestial sphere model is the simulated environment model we created to protect this Earth. It's the Chaldea Organization's most groundbreaking invention—Chaldeas!"

"...Relying on this Earth Environment Model, Chaldeas, as well as the Near Future Lens, Sheba, and the Heroic Spirit Summoning System, Destiny, and many other devices built to observe this facility, we, Chaldea, must utilize these to continue and ensure the continued prosperity of human history into the future. This is our sole and absolute mission!"

"To completely eliminate the factors that destroy the world, and to ensure a prosperous and glorious future for human civilization, that is the great cause! Through this, we, Chaldea, will leave a great legacy in human history!"

During Pompey's passionate speech, everyone's attention was focused on this spacious room.

The huge control room was brightly lit. Everywhere one looked, one could see a dark blue background painted in a space style, with a faint glow, as if one was really in space. Dozens of basket-shaped devices stood quietly like sarcophagi, square monuments, or space capsules.

The Chaldeas, suspended high above the control room, looked like a blue star floating in this bright deep space. A long device like a star track was spread out in the void, constantly rotating and changing around Chaldeas, as if describing a kind of geocentric cosmology in which "the earth does not move and other celestial bodies revolve around the earth."

On a larger cosmic scale, this geocentric theory may not be wrong compared to the heliocentric theory... But as an astronomical model, it is obviously not simple enough, not to mention that it was adopted by modern researchers like Pompeii... Why is that?

Da Vinci looked at it curiously and buried the doubt in his heart.

Emiya's previous reminder worked, so she began to think about any incongruous details of Chaldea.

Pompeii's statement further caught her attention: "Chaldeas is a model of a very small celestial body obtained by replicating the information of the Earth. However, because it is in a different phase from us, human perception and knowledge alone cannot obtain detailed information."

"Hence, the Sheba observation lens is needed to 'see' it clearly. Using this, we can observe the scene on the surface of Chaldeas—the lights of the cities on land."

"Then set the state of Chaldeas to a hundred years from now. This is equivalent to Earth a hundred years from now. As long as the lights of civilization remain on Chaldeas, humanity will still have a future a hundred years from now."

Emiya's eyes were sharp, "...Isn't the light on this Chaldeas a little dim?"

"As expected of the investigation team leader, you discovered the key so quickly." Pompey nodded and instructed the operator beside him, "Videl, adjust the polarization angle of Sheba."

Under the gaze of Emiya and the others, the complex devices surrounding Chaldeas began to operate rapidly. Then, the scene on the celestial sphere became clearer, as if a camera had zoomed in, revealing every detail. Apparently, some of the lights on Chaldea's surface had vanished, fading into an unobservable black.

"—This means that civilization is beginning to die out."

A gentle male voice said in the team.

"Very good, Abbas, that's a good response!" Pompey nodded. "Actually, this is why I decided to further open up the project. Not long ago, Chaldeas began to change color, and the lights gradually faded, making future observations increasingly difficult."

"Of course, this matter is too serious and somewhat alarmist, so for now, only the working group and the investigation team can know about it. Furthermore, we are keeping it confidential because we find it difficult to explain the possibility of such a future—"

"Based on observations, humans will be completely extinct by the beginning of the decade 2010."

The director's words echoed in the ears of everyone in the control room. The dim lights of Chaldeas and the bright lights on the surrounding walls illuminated faces that were either panicked, worried, or calm.

This shocking fact shocked most people.

Emiya thought about it and compared it with what he knew about the burning time of human principles without saying a word.

"Needless to say, this future is absolutely impossible, and there's no calamity that could have caused it. There was no economic collapse, no tectonic shift, just one day, and human history simply came to an abrupt end. It's simply inexplicable!"

"We! As the Chaldean institution responsible for safeguarding humanity's future! We must uncover the cause of this anomaly—the 'disappearance of the future'—within less than six months!"

"If the cause isn't in the present, then it must be in the past. We have absolutely no reason to panic. As long as we thoroughly sort through the intelligence from the past, we'll definitely be able to find where the anomaly occurred!"

Pompey raised his voice and shouted slogans loudly. His rich emotions and desire to save the world in the face of the doomsday crisis instantly infected a considerable number of people.

After all, no one wants human civilization to suddenly end at the beginning of next year. Everyone wants to live a good life, and no one wants to die without knowing anything.

"Captain Emiya, I must thank everyone on the investigation team for coming to assist us. Time is of the essence, and we must quickly investigate the historical events and find the cause."

"If all goes well, we might be able to find the anomaly in the past that led to this incident. That way, we'll have time for Captain Emiya to report to the United Nations and get approval to conduct a spirit particle transfer experiment to interfere with the past."

"Sure, sure—if it goes well."

Emiya nodded slightly and agreed quickly.

Pompey's move clearly thwarted Emiya's plans to report to the UN and block Chaldea's illegal projects. As long as the "future disappears" banner was hoisted, Chaldea's series of spirit particle transfer projects would be deemed legitimate and could not be stopped, and the initial transfer was inevitable.

Emiya took a moment to glance at Chaldeas above him again. He sensed that the object, like the planet itself, could not be destroyed. Furthermore, the imaginary submarine had not yet been proven to be usable and was too risky. Therefore, spirit particle transfer remained the only means of resolving the crisis of humanity and could not be abandoned.

However, without knowing the "plot" in advance, no one could have imagined that the future burning and blank paper incidents were actually caused by the first spirit particle transfer incident.

But it doesn't matter. Even if he can't transfer the spirit particles, it doesn't mean that Emiya can't do anything to Director Pompey.

As the saying goes, if you can't solve the problem, solve the person who created it.

"Captain Emiya, let me introduce you to these guys. They are the elite of Group A, carefully selected by Chaldea. With their adaptability to spirit particle transfer, they are definitely the ones who can save the world!"

"Come and see, the first in Group A, Patsy Gattuso! He is the one with the strongest bloodline and the highest talent in our Gattuso family."

What appeared before Emiya was a young man with an elegant smile, a humble and polite demeanor, and his falling golden hair just covering one eye.

"The second one is Ophelia Famsolone, a talented necromancy expert from the Clock Tower."

Pompey didn't need to introduce this at all, after all, Ophelia was a fake identity created by Emiya to insert Slude. Slude was a Servant, not a human.

Ophelia (Slude) and Emiya made eye contact. She controlled her emotions well and pretended to be unfamiliar and cold.

"This, Abdullah Abbas, haha, is a talent I discovered while traveling. He's a Middle Eastern man who believes in God, but after coming to Chaldea for further studies, he became very interested in Indian culture and enjoys meditation."

Emiya saw the handsome man with green eyes smiling at him. The man was the one who had just interrupted him. It seemed that even the end of the world could not affect his mentality.

"This one, Zero, is a descendant of Russian royal blood."

This person is also an old acquaintance. It seems that the boss of the trio is very good at taking advantage of opportunities and directly allowed his subordinates to infiltrate Group A of Chaldea.

Zero raised her head, her light golden hair combed behind her ears. She raised her small hand wearing a white silk glove and shook hands with Emiya.

"These two are talented alchemists from the British Clock Tower and the North American Secret Party, Charlotte and Finger, respectively. Thanks to them, the progress of improving our facilities in Chaldea has been greatly accelerated."

That's even more of an old acquaintance.

Emiya thought that this was simply a large-scale offline meeting event for acquaintances. Except for Persi and Abbas, every single one of them was a familiar face. Even among the alternative members outside Group A, there was Su Xiaoqiang who was arranged by Emiya.

"meet again."

...The styles of the two alchemy geniuses are completely inconsistent.

Five years have passed, but Charlotte is still a girl who has not lost her childishness. She touched hands with Emiya without hesitation, and after greeting him, she looked at him with a proud expression on her cute face, as if showing off the spirit particle transfer project she participated in developing.

She was still unaware of Emiya's proposal for imaginary submersible navigation, and she thought she had achieved a great goal - surpassing Emiya and reaching a field that even he was not good at.

As for Fingel, after five years, he looked even more decadent, with unshaven beard and messy clothes. Emiya really suspected that he had experienced some emotional sadness. Even when facing the Holy Grail War and the god Ibuki-douji, he was not so depressed.

"Well, and this one, isn't she from Group A?"

After recognizing everyone in the circle, Emiya seemed to casually notice the pink-haired girl standing at the end.

Pompey hesitated for a moment and introduced, "This is Kyrielight, an early member of the Soul Transfer Working Group and a member of Group A."

The little girl didn't seem to expect that she would be noticed by a "big shot". She adjusted her glasses and greeted him. A slightly tense atmosphere lingered in the air.

"I see," Emiya waved his hand, signaling there was no need to be nervous. In the original FGO, Mashu was indeed a member of Group A, a group that originally consisted of eight people. The difference was that Mashu was a Sub-Servant while the others were Masters.

Pompey continued to explain, "The original Team A is actually short of one person. According to the plan, they will be selected from dozens of candidates, choosing the best ones based on their adaptability to spirit particle transfer. Of course, any talented people on Captain Emiya's side are also welcome to participate in the competition."

"Then I'll accept your offer with all due respect." Of course, Emiya would place Chu Zihang, who was originally planned, in Group A. This arrangement would not change. No matter what the result was, it would be beneficial for him to control Chaldea.

Besides, the current progress is really fast——

Yesterday, someone actually took the initiative to reveal Chaldea's negative information to him through Lu Mingfei.

Well, it's a good opportunity to take advantage of this moment - the control room has just been restarted and the project is in urgent need of new progress, so Emiya can remove the overly conspicuous destabilizing factor.

Emiya withdrew his gaze and suddenly turned to Director Pompeii, who looked like Odin.

"Director Pompeii, I've almost fully understood the details of the spirit particle transfer project. However, there's one thing I'm still unclear on."

"Oh? What happened?" Pompey had not yet realized the seriousness of the matter.

"Aside from this Soul Particle Transfer Plan and the Heroic Spirit Summoning Plan, is it true that Chaldea has no other private projects?"

Emiya beckoned, and Su Enxi, who was in charge of overseeing finances, came over and handed over a list of Chaldea's past financial statements and the results of an investigation into the movement of supplies. "It's a little strange. Comparing the two here, it seems like the goods don't match the pictures."

"This..." Pompey cleared his throat calmly. "This is normal. Chaldea's early management was somewhat chaotic, so record-keeping errors are common. Some of this is indeed due to losses incurred by these two projects, and there are also cases of some employees abusing their position for personal gain."

"However, such problems have been greatly improved after a large number of personnel changes and the establishment of the inspection team system."

Emiya calmly flipped through the paper records. "...I heard that Chaldea conducted inhumane human experiments in the early days. Is this true?"

"!"

Pompey looked a little stunned, then said, "Absolutely not! This is an act that violates UN regulations and basic humanitarianism. Moreover, Chaldea is an advanced organization dedicated to pioneering a prosperous future for human civilization. It is impossible for it to be tainted by such a stain!"

Kirilet on the side suddenly lowered his head quietly.

"I didn't doubt the director's intentions, but someone made this accusation."

While Emiya was speaking, the instigator, Fingel, had his eyes half closed, pretending to blend in with the other ignorant people, with a look of confusion on his face.

"Accusation? Is there any evidence?"