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

“Black sheep wall?”

Lu Mingfei certainly remembered that this was a cheat for unlocking the entire StarCraft map. So, how did he use it? Could it be that he had to type a string of letters on the screen, and it would automatically mark the central node on the Tokyo side of the singularity?

"That's right. Although this is just a simple cheat code, my attitude towards you has always been 100% sincere and honest. You can use it at any time without any worries, but you must think carefully - time is running out. Your choice will determine whether our world can avoid a 'Bad End'~"

Lu Mingze straightened his clothes, stood up and pretended to say goodbye and leave.

"Hey, is it really as exaggerated as you say?"

Lu Mingfei looked at him with a bit of trepidation, thinking, "I'm just an average esports player, and a trainee who's been working in the medical department for less than two and a half months. Why is he acting like a world-saving hero, facing a fateful decision?"

Shouldn't something like that be handled by a peerless master like Captain Emiya?

Lu Mingze shook his head. "Brother, I've just emphasized that saving humanity isn't a one-man show. No one can do everything. If we habitually rely on one person, we'll only face doomed failure. Humanity is a cause that requires the joint efforts of all of Chaldea to reclaim a bright future."

"...But I—" Lu Mingfei's eyes widened. "Can't you just give this thing to Captain Emiya or Director Caesar? Isn't Chaldea an elitist? I'm just a husky who got into this place surrounded by wolves!"

"Brother," Lu Mingze's voice drifted away, "Do you really think you're insignificant? If the leader you rely on, Emiya, doesn't exist in this world, who would take up the sword and embark on the journey to redeem this doomed world?"

Lu Mingfei wanted to jump up and retort, saying how could there be no Emiya?

However, the Soul Transfer Team has just been contacted, and the information sent back from there also shows that the Tokyo singularity is precisely a space-time where Emiya has not interfered. Although there are fallacies in this space-time, perhaps in the infinite parallel universes, there really is a world where Emiya does not exist.

But why do the little devil's words seem to hint that if Emiya is not here, then he will be the one to be chosen?

Lu Mingfei imagined a little based on Emiya's "past record" and felt his scalp tingling instantly. With his tiny arms and legs, facing those monsters, dragon kings and gods that were beyond common sense, wouldn't he die immediately and become the most shameful savior hero in history?

"So, brother, someone is already carrying the burden for you, so you have to cheer up too."

As the little devil's last words fell before he disappeared, the world where time stood still began to flow again, and in an instant, it became dynamic and noisy again.

Lu Mingfei looked up and saw everyone busy talking, looking as if they were intensely pondering the complex geography and Tokyo's urban landscape. Director Caesar was also in the middle of a conversation with someone, looking so busy he almost wanted to split himself into several people.

Lu Mingfei scratched his itchy scalp while listening to the voices everywhere. He felt more and more how incredible it was that he lived among a group of elites. Even his "good buddy" Finkel seemed to be doing very badly, but in fact he was a hidden technical expert. Perhaps, in other worlds, he really had to pick up a butcher knife to save the world?

Whatever, just treat it as a daydream. Who knows, even a Husky may have the potential to become a lion... Lu Mingfei sighed lightly, and his gaze returned to the screen.

His fingers moved quickly, typing the string of letters on his screen.

----

Caesar was not in a light mood.

Even though we've contacted Mashu, the situation is still clearly dire.

First, Chaldeas is unable to observe humanity's future. Second, Director Pompeii is hiding a secret. Now, Abbas has been confirmed to be possessed by the Demon Pillar. The situation at the Tokyo Singularity is not optimistic...

The seemingly random flow of bad news keeps coming one after another. There's so much bad news, and perhaps the current one isn't the worst yet; the next one might be even worse. Just as you never know which will come first, tomorrow or an accident.

All we can say is that everything has its priorities. Caesar's only solution was to postpone unimportant matters that might affect the current stability.

"But even if we postpone it, the current situation is still very troublesome..."

Caesar felt as if there was a suffocating anger in his chest with nowhere to vent, but the more it got to this point, the more he, as the director, had to calm down.

First of all, the biggest problem is time.

They needed to stop the changes in the Evil World City in the shortest possible time and prevent the further deterioration of the singularity Tokyo. They had to race against time.

"Oh, it sounds like Gattuso's eldest son is very worried lately." said the long-legged woman on the other side of the communication screen.

"Are you the person responsible for communicating with me on behalf of the Eight Snake Clans? I don't seem to have seen such a person mentioned in the secret party's information."

Although the woman opposite had a figure that was almost that of a supermodel, who was Master Caesar? He had seen more beauties than Lu Mingfei had eaten, and he was not in a good mood at the moment, so he only maintained the most basic polite attitude.

He contacted the Snake Eight Families at this time because he needed to trade with them for data on the dragon veins in Tokyo. Caesar even heard that the route of the "Iron Dome Temple" in Tokyo's sewer system also overlapped with the distribution of dragon veins, and this Iron Dome Temple was built by the Snake Eight Families.

As long as they have this information, they will be able to use computers to optimize the model as quickly as possible and deduce the key central nodes of the Yanli Filthy City - at least that's what Finkel, the lackey who was busy on the side, promised.

Caesar agreed. Mashu was in Tokyo at the singularity, but the Genji Building in that time and space had been destroyed by the Demon Pillar. She might not be able to find the information to complete the task, so Director Caesar, who was short on time, needed to complete the transaction with the modern Snake Family.

"What era is it now? Young Master still believes in the secret party's outdated information? If it were more than five years ago, it would be hard to say, but now, haha, the eight Sheqi families have almost all changed their ways."

The long-legged woman across from him crossed her legs, clearly not someone in charge of business negotiations. This attitude made Caesar, who had limited patience, frown slightly. "That's fine, it's better this way. We in Chaldea aren't completely controlled by the secret party either."

He hinted that there was no insider and the transaction continued.

"Hey, congratulations to Chaldea for welcoming such an enlightened director."

The woman opposite said this, which made Caesar's heart move. The news of his appointment as the director of Chaldea should not have been made public yet, and the Eight Snake Families should not know about this.

Is there a traitor?

"——Don't panic, I heard this from my good colleague, Potato Chips. She's the boss of the Snake Eight Families, and I'm just someone who speaks for her when she's not around," said the long-legged girl, Mai Jude. "I heard she followed Boss Emiya into your organization as well?"

Potato chip girl?

Caesar searched his memories, recalling the "woman beside Emiya"—Su Enxi. He was momentarily surprised; he hadn't known this Black Gold Swan secretly controlled the Snake Eight Families. In recent years, she had established the massive Secret Corpse Anatomy Bureau for Emiya, a feat that had become famous in the hybrid world.

"Indeed. She is the financial supervisor under Captain Emiya."

"Come on, don't be polite. We are all family. I will send you the information. Let the potato chip girl talk to you about the bill later. I am not good at talking." Jiude Mai threw the work to Su Enxi with ease. This set of procedures was light and natural as if it had become a habit.

"No, there's actually such a thing... So, after all this trade, didn't it all come back to Emiya?"

Caesar smacked his lips after receiving the document. He originally wanted to help Emiya at the singularity, but after looking at it this way, wasn't it also thanks to Emiya that he was able to get out of trouble?

Why not just make Chaldea yours?

Caesar, who was from the Gattuso family, the main investor of Chaldea, covered his forehead and didn't want to talk.

"Captain! Good news, really great news! We've found the core of the Dirty World City!"

After a while, Caesar was suddenly startled by the cheers in the observation room.

"What? Why so fast? Send it to Specialist Mashu right away!"

He made a prompt decision, thinking to himself, this supercomputer is so easy to use? The data just arrived, still hot, and it was solved the next second?

"Yes!" the subordinate replied, "Actually, a colleague already solved it a while ago, but they needed more data to verify it, so it took a little longer."

"Who is this person?"

Caesar was a little surprised. Was it the hidden Finger, or the talented Charlotte who had already achieved success at a young age?

"neither!"

"Could it be the newly promoted member of Group A, Chu Zihang? I originally thought that Shirou was invincible, but it turns out that his disciples are also so powerful--" Caesar made a tactical retreat, thinking that Chu Zihang was not invincible.

"No, Director, it's actually... Lu Mingfei, the new guy in the medical department."

"...?"

----

[Senior, senior! Good news, very good news!]

BB was bouncing on Susanoo's shoulders, practically screaming "EXTRA EXTRA" into Emiya's ear through a megaphone. Even if she hadn't done that, the two large pillows dangling from her chest were enough to distract Emiya.

"Ah? BB, what are you doing again?"

Shirou almost slashed the empty sea with his sword, but due to the deviation of the force, the sea surface still rolled wildly hundreds of meters high, revealing the barren ground and the huge crack opened by the sword wind.

Occasionally, one or two narrow spatial cracks appeared near the rift, and a faint, indistinct light shone through the cracks, emitting a faint sense of presence in the dark and chaotic environment of the Night Food Origin.

Emiya's expression froze. BB had explained that the Night Food Plain was currently in a state of spatial instability. This strange state, caused by the tangled leylines, was causing the Night Food Plain to randomly connect to the real Tokyo.

He couldn't guarantee that the opponent would be Mashu, Minamoto no Raikou or other teammates, or the Demon Pillar or something else.

This is the most tricky part. Shirou can't rely on luck to gamble on whether there are his own people in the space crack opposite, just like he doesn't like to gamble like Yan Shuangying on whether there are bullets in the enemy's gun.

Ping!

During this moment of distraction, the snake god rushed forward, and the water-colored Ame no Murakumo collided with Emiya's sword. The majestic power of the gods exploded instantly, causing huge waves to soar and the ocean to roar. The mighty cyclone even rushed straight into the sky, carrying layers of clouds and sea and rolling back!

[Ouch!] BB was caught off guard and almost thrown out. Fortunately, Emiya was quick-witted and pulled the reckless AI into the "Gundam cockpit" of Susanoo.

"Alright, you're actually going to fight me head-on! Niten Ichiryu Kagutsuchi-no-Mikoto!"

Both of Emiya's swords were wrapped in the black light of destructive power. At the same time, the fire-attributed divine sword light burned fiercely, turning into black divine flames like tangible weapons.

The black flame not only turned into a weapon for crazy attack, but Emiya raised the hilt of the sword again, and the khaki earth-attributed divine light blessed Susanoo, adding defense to himself. The black flame also spread out and wrapped around the surface, forming an integrated offensive and defensive black flame divine armor!

Emiya suddenly had an idea and instantly armed himself into a super hedgehog. Although his own consumption increased sharply, his output and control were considerable - the black flames all over his body evaporated the sea water in all directions. Once close to the enemy, the black divine flames would be super doubled, and the home advantage that the snake god should have had would be completely destroyed.

[Great job, Senior! I have good news for you as well.]

BB clapped quietly beside him. "We've got the Chaldean leyline data. BB personally plugged in the environmental data and made precise calculations. Now we can proactively prevent spatial rifts that could affect Tokyo! Mashu is also using this data to block the Root of Illusion. Senior, you can fight with peace of mind now. Thank you, my adorable and capable angel junior!"

"So great? That's a good relationship."

Emiya uttered a brief compliment, saying that this was enough, and it couldn't be too much, otherwise the AI ​​would become too arrogant. Besides, BB and angel girls had nothing in common at all.

"Hmph, Senior, you're so stingy! I've been busy for a while and you haven't even offered me a word of praise." She puffed her cheeks. "Then I'm going to give you a slap on the wrist—Senior, are you practicing Niten Ichiryu, the art of severing cause and effect, 'Emptiness'? While your method of practice will allow you to master Niten Ichiryu, it's actually taking you further away from 'Emptiness'!"

"Huh?" Emiya was indeed trying to use the various attributes of "earth, fire, water, and wind" more in every battle. He really felt that his Niten Ichiryu level was improving?

"That's not right! No, Niten Ryu's air sword whittles down the infinite number of sword strikes, transforming them into the most rational slash, a single strike that defies all time and space without any excess! From an academic perspective, it limits the future, which should be infinite, to just one!"

"Senior, have you ever used Sasaki Kojiro's 'Secret Sword: Swallow Return' before? Niten Ichiryu's realm is the opposite of Swallow Return's 'swinging multiple swords simultaneously' concept!"

"Is that so?"

Suddenly, Emiya understood something.

His philosophy is indeed inclined towards infinity. Whether it is the infinite sword system or the current combat techniques, he always wants to launch more and richer attacks at the same time. In other words, "more is beautiful!", rather than reducing attacks and returning to monotony.

Obviously, Musashi's true philosophy is to put everything on one strike, without any excess, and devote himself wholeheartedly, so that he can cut off his karma!

"BB, I know what to do! Since we're going to reduce it to one strike, then let's mark the rift in space. Instead of avoiding it, let's face the problem head-on. I'll master that sword of the void and reach the other side of the world with a single strike—destroying both the Snake God and the Fantasy Root of the Impure World Castle at the same time!"

BB opened his mouth slightly wide when he heard about the more powerful plan to kill two birds with one stone.

Are you really a genius?

Chapter 328 Hey, there is hell ahead

The path of the sword is endless.

Emiya never feels proud or complacent about his extraordinary "innate sword body". He must know that with the enemy of burning human nature and turning into blank paper in front of him, it is natural that the more he improves his strength, the better.

The crises of the future are difficult to predict. Just from the overall strength of the Tokyo singularity, which is not even the first singularity at this very beginning, Emiya cannot face the future with a relaxed attitude.

Think about it carefully - wow, this is just the beginning, what has he encountered?

There was a heroic swordsman who could not be killed by conventional means, a strange root of fantasy, and in front of him, a giant snake god whose spiritual base had expanded unprecedentedly after eating the Holy Grail and absorbing the power of the dragon veins.

...With this lineup, Emiya seriously doubts that if the original protagonist of FGO, the rookie and rational child Fujimaru Ritsuka, were to replace him, he would not be able to handle it at all.

Even if he encountered a beast or some other abstract creature of great strength in every singularity in the future, Emiya probably wouldn't be surprised.

"BB, can you contact Mashu or Minamoto no Raikou?"

[Yes, you can.]

"Then please ask them to change their targets. From now on, I will try to simultaneously destroy the enemy and those growing roots of fantasy!"

[Alright, alright. Then, Miss Marshmallow and Miss Minamoto no Raikou will change their focus to chasing the remaining enemies.]

"What other enemies are there? The Demon Pillar?"

[Um...] BB tapped his chin lightly. [There are quite a few, all sorts of cannon fodder monsters, and manipulated pawns... But generally speaking, there's a Demon Pillar and a Hexer, right?]

"...That Caster guy? He's really good at hiding himself. He's still here."

Emiya exhaled heavily and dismissed the thought. Since he'd already handed it over, he could trust his teammates. Right now, he was so focused on maintaining his power that he couldn't even handle his own battles.

Puff, puff, puff!

The burning black divine flames jumped and expanded wildly, eating away at the outer protection and vitality of the Snake God's huge body. In addition to the divine swords wrapped in black flames, his own black flame armor also rushed forward, and even the swords, spears, axes and halberds formed by black flames all penetrated deeply into the Snake God's flesh.

But there was no look of relief on Emiya's face, and that wasn't enough.

"call!"

The most troublesome thing about the Snake God is that she is directly connected to the earth veins and the Holy Grail. With this super double blessing, the Snake God's endurance and stamina are among the best in the world.

This is also the fundamental reason why she has been able to hold on until now from the initial stage when her strength was not even as good as that of Ibuki Douji.

In order to curb this endless expansion of vitality, Emiya had to continuously increase his intensity and output even though his status as a God Slayer was declining due to the dilemma that consumption could not keep up with recovery.

It's like an arms race between the two sides, once it starts, it can't be stopped.

Emiya had no choice but to use multiple divine powers simultaneously, controlling the black divine flames to transform into various swords and blades. The tense atmosphere of the battle prevented him from figuring out the secret of "Niten Ichiryu: Sora Ichito" for a while.

Although he has been enlightened by BB, he cannot give up this output intensity for the time being, otherwise it will give the opponent a chance to recover.