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

"So, besides the Imaginary Compass, I also got a free enhancement plan this time?"

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Since Constantine repeatedly stressed that the traps in the environment around the Atlas Academy were too numerous and needed to be checked, Leonardo da Vinci had to put away the momentum of inspiration surging in his mind and stopped his greedy fantasy of touring all the research results of this giant cellar.

By the way, how many traps have you set in your own homes, and you don't even know it?!

She returned to Shadow Border and found Emiya, but discovered that the researchers in white coats, who had taken off their protective suits, surrounded the armored vehicle, with different expressions on their faces.

"What are they doing?" asked Leonardo.

Emiya shrugged. "Just listen to it yourself. They're commenting on your masterpiece."

Da Vinci stretched her ears. It would have been fine if she hadn't listened, but once she did, she almost fainted.

"This Shadow Border is so petty. Bigger is better, more is more beautiful, and caliber is justice! If it were me, I would expand the size of this armored vehicle by at least twenty times, adding at least ten twin-mounted elemental cannons and twenty automatic thermal ray guns to both sides..."

"The crawler design is too outdated! I think the biggest problem is to adapt it to all terrains. At least give the four corners foldable powered insect legs, enough to jump over rough terrain and steep slopes, and add a waterproof layer and propellers to adapt it to water travel..."

"No, no, no, your designs are too complicated. I think it's better to just transform it into an aerial battleship. Change this square shape to a slender, streamlined one. Design an alchemical force field projector and an elemental energy cannon on the head of the ship. Use the chain reaction elemental weapon that's still in the experimental stage. It shouldn't be difficult to destroy a country with one shot, right?"

"Wrong, I don't think your proposals are radical enough..."

Hard. The fist is hard.

As Leonardo da Vinci listened, he realized that his design was being criticized and criticized. The lunatics were making all sorts of comments and altering the original design beyond recognition.

Is this still an imaginary submarine? Why don't you just build a mobile aerospace military fortress?

Some researchers were even more unconventional, believing that focusing on the exterior was too vulgar and that refining the inner strength would lay a better foundation. So they went inside the armored vehicle... and continued to criticize Leonardo da Vinci's design.

"Hey! You guys are going too far!"

It's not like there's no one inside the vehicle. At least there's little Da Vinci who'll take action. She's more direct and won't indulge a psychopath. "The design of the vehicle was based on time constraints, manpower shortages, and practicality. Your statement is completely unrealistic."

However, after hearing this, the psychopaths really... showed no remorse.

Seeing the little Leonardo da Vinci jumping around vividly on the screen, a researcher wearing large glasses even excitedly exclaimed, "Holy crap, a 2D beautiful girl!"

"What are you talking about? This isn't a 3D real-life image. It's not two-dimensional at all, you heretic!"

"Seeing a beautiful woman across the screen makes you a jerk? It's just a pitiful fantasy of a little virgin when he's having a catheter!"

"Fuck, you're talking like you're not a virgin!"

"I'm not. I'm a noble great magician. Even Superman would be impressed by my strength! I'm nothing like you vulgar people!"

Emiya's eyes twitched as he listened. Why did the topic suddenly go off topic?

He then heard someone say, "You're all so tacky. A real man should ride a heavy armored vehicle! Think about it, this Shadow Border was only recently created, right? If you look at it from another angle, wouldn't modifying this armored vehicle be interpreted as... a play on young girls training?"

Everyone: "...?"

You are so incompetent that it’s useless to hire any experts at home!

Chapter 338: Conservatives Think Radicals Are Still Too Conservative

In short, although these lunatics jumped from the Equipment Department to the Atlas Institute, they are still as explosive as ever, and their abilities are beyond belief.

On the surface, he is very willing to follow Norton's orders, but in fact his temperament has not changed at all. Look, as he was talking, he went off topic and talked about something very strange.

After Leonardo realized that this serious discussion would go astray, he joined Emiya and had a heated discussion with these researchers (they were scolding each other).

Emiya repeatedly emphasized the key points of the project, particularly the goals of Chaldea's imaginary submarine project and the predicament threatening human history. Leonardo explained that the design of the imaginary submarine vehicle needed to take into account the requirements of traveling across vast time and space to different eras...

This finally made the researchers realize that what they were going to build was not a mobile fortress—

It is a time-traveling troop transport vehicle that is a mix of science fiction and magic.

"What? Going to a different era to fix historical distortions? That's too cool! Can I go find Qin Shi Huang and have him give me a V-50 in person?"

"Le, I've already told you that history is distorted. Do you still think you can ride roughshod over the ancients? Who knows, by the time you find Qin Shi Huang, he might have truly become an immortal? Be careful, he'll suppress you and seal you in a freezer to create a living Terracotta Army. Then you'll be left with a lifeless existence."

"Hehe, the feudal ancients from two thousand years ago shared the advanced technology of the immortal civilization with you."

"Digging is so damn dangerous! I'm afraid I can't go anymore. I have to stay useful! The arduous task of saving the world is better entrusted to you, Chaldea. We, Atlas Academy, are your salvation team's strongest backing!"

"You wimp! Look at me, I never intended to go with you from the beginning!"

Emiya thought to himself, you can't just go if you want to. I don't think Norton will let people like you with such worrying mental states go easily.

"Tsk! So the mission to resolve the singularity isn't easy at all!"

After listening to a flurry of suggestions, the leader, Akadullah, slapped his head and finally said, "This won't do! We have to overturn our original plan!"

It seemed he had realized the huge discrepancy between the reality and their seemingly wonderful weapon concept. Once the leader had set the tone, and second-in-command Carl had agreed, the others all agreed, deciding to revise their pre-set plan to suit the actual situation.

"That's right—" Da Vinci and Emiya nodded with some relief upon hearing this. These crazy researchers finally knew they should learn from their mistakes and mend their ways...

"—Not enough, we need more firepower! Stronger explosions!"

Unexpectedly, the sound that burst out of Akadula's throat became even louder.

Da Vinci was shocked and speechless, "What do you want to do?"

Her heart skipped a beat and she had a bad feeling.

"Hehe!" Abdullah gave a devilish smile—though to others it looked more like a sign of a psychopath about to descend into madness. "Of course, we're going to revise our initial plan and get something more powerful!"

"As for what constitutes greater strength, of course it's through greater deterrent force to achieve strategic goals! Ma Tuer, what do you think we should do?"

Researcher Matur, whose name was called, had a gleam in his eyes. "If that's the case, I suggest that the previous multi-layered artillery battery plan be completely overturned and replaced with a vertical launch system equipped with high-yield nuclear weapons! We need more powerful firepower to ensure the personal safety of the Chaldean dispatch team... No, to ensure the smooth progress of the salvation mission!"

"Very good, you understand my ideas very well, but it's not enough!" Abdullah looked excited, and the skin on his face trembled with excitement.

Isn’t that enough?

Emiya opened his mouth slightly, thinking about the original plot of FGO. The first few singularities were not difficult, and nuclear weapons were still quite deterrent. However, the current world line development was a mess, and no one could guarantee that the strength of the singularity would not be increased in a very abstract way...

Maybe they can get a Beast at each singularity?

It's better to continue watching these people's performance and see if there is anything else they can do. Anyway, it won't affect the progress of the imaginary compass commission he gave to Norton.

As for Da Vinci, she was furious. According to this increasingly outrageous plan, the new Shadow Border would be nothing more than a complete rebuild. Besides, was it really necessary to make Chaldea look like a terrorist organization? She clearly didn't have the same prescient concerns as Emiya.

Emiya felt that if he didn't stop him, Da Vinci might learn from the Israeli boxing champion and rush up to give Abdullah Bang Bang two punches.

"—Karl, my Aibo!" Abdullah said solemnly, "How's the development progress of 'that thing'?"

Deputy Carl frowned. He was one of the least crazy people in this group of psychopaths, so he knew what Abdullah was hinting at. "Are you talking about the antimatter container bomb created by alchemical force field confinement?"

The most dangerous "ultimate weapon" of the current Atlas Academy, besides Norton's seven weapons, lies in two research and development directions. One is the study of dangerous elemental chain reactions similar to the "Rhine." The other is the use of alchemy to reverse-engineer weapons that are not yet mature in modern technology.

For example, modern humans can already produce things like antimatter. The Large Hadron Collider at the European Atomic Energy Center can produce it, but so far no one has been able to produce more than 1 nanogram (about one thousandth of the mass of a chromosome) of antimatter.

After it is produced, it will face the problem of being difficult to preserve (it will be annihilated once it encounters a positive particle), so the laboratories related to the antimatter project are all "made and used immediately".

However, the crazy people in the equipment department had different ideas. They found Norton's alchemy to be incredibly profound and ingenious. What? The existing particle accelerator equipment is not performing well? It's difficult to preserve? Watch me crush it with alchemical materials and alchemy!

Thus, they discovered that within the Atlas Institute, it was entirely possible to create an alchemical confinement field with antimatter generation and storage efficiency far exceeding normal conditions. In other words, it wasn't impossible to create an antimatter bomb based on large quantities of antimatter...

"That's right! This is it! An antimatter annihilation bomb!" Abdullah's face was flushed. "According to the dean's calculations, the three-pointed Hermes is theoretically enough to blow the entire Earth in half!"

"Ahem, so, this is just a theoretical situation. In reality, considering the problem of antimatter decay, which is more serious than the decay of nuclear weapons, what if it escapes the force field during launch--" Carl reminded him frantically, but Abdullah seemed to turn a deaf ear to him.

"—Ha! As long as we have this ultimate weapon in hand, wouldn't Atlas Academy be an easy winner... No, wouldn't you, Chaldea, be invincible as you continue to carry out your mission?"

Abdullah was smug, thinking that the antimatter bomb technology was not yet mature and could not meet the ideal standards... What kind of problem was that? It was not a problem at all!

If it really doesn't work, can't we just drive the entire armored vehicle over and use it as a large disposable antimatter bomb to kill the enemy?

As for whether the Chaldeans inside are dead or alive... that's irrelevant. Just tell me whether the enemy has been eliminated and the mission has been completed, right?

However, this extremely dangerous thing was firmly opposed by Da Vinci. "—I just heard that your technology is not yet mature, right? This cannot guarantee the safety of Chaldea's executive personnel. Moreover, we are going to save the world. Isn't this going against our purpose?"

Emiya nodded. Originally, based on the division of factions, the Demon King and the Alien God were both radicals, intent on destroying the old world and creating a new one.

Then I saw, "Holy crap! You, a Chaldean conservative, are so bad! You're even more radical than them! You just blew up the Earth without saying a word. It's game over for us all! Game Over for human history!"

Aren’t you, Chaldea, the guardian of human principles? What exactly are you protecting by doing this?

"Tsk." Abdullah thought to himself what a pity when he saw that his crazy plan was rejected.

However, the other Atlas Institute researchers showed no intention of giving up and engaged in heated arguments with Da Vinci. Clearly, even if the antimatter solution was rejected, they still had other, less powerful alternatives.

Seeing that the discussion hadn't shown any signs of ending, Emiya decided to make the final decision as the team leader. "How about this, let's compromise!"

People always like to compromise, and the skylight effect is applicable everywhere.

"You can continue to prepare these weapons. Once antimatter and other technologies mature, you can also deploy them. However, destructive weapon systems cannot be deployed lightly. You must also provide some personnel to provide guidance and maintenance on the weapons here, and ensure that you are responsible for Chaldea's weapons safety."

Emiya noticed Da Vinci's resistance, but shook his head to say that the matter was settled. Because Emiya knew that if it could really be realized, then the antimatter that blew up the earth could be used to deal with the aliens.

The only problem was that he didn't dare gamble on whether destroying the alien planet would implicate Earth itself. This trump card could only be used after he was certain the connection between the two had been severed.

"Out of this person... this..."

A group of researchers began to look at each other in confusion, their eyes lashing out at each other, with the content being nothing more than mutual shirking of responsibility such as "You go, I won't!"

"Well, how about letting me go there?"

Constantine, who had been standing in the corner since some time ago, whispered, "I'm sorry, everyone in Chaldea. Don't blame them for being timid. I've heard that saving the world for Chaldea is a very dangerous task, and they are still too weak as alchemists."

"Uh, thank you for your kindness...but can you? Will your brother let you out--?" Emiya was surprised.

"It's okay, don't worry."

There was an inexplicable respect in Constantine's tone towards Emiya. His eyes changed as he spoke, but Emiya suddenly understood. As the Dragon King, he was not afraid of death. After all, if he died, he could immediately resurrect with his "egg" and return to his brother.

"But is it worth it? I mean... all we paid was the power of attorney."

Constantine shook his head again. "My brother said that he received a lot of help from you. Although I'm embarrassed to say it out loud, as your younger brother and the vice-dean here, I feel that I should repay you."

Emiya: “?”

What? Norton's a tsundere? ...No, when he said help, he meant...?

In fact, Constantine was hinting that Emiya had inadvertently inspired Norton to apply many things in alchemy, but the other party could not recall it for a while.

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Boom!

The atmosphere was shaking, dust was rolling, Xia Mi's body tilted and she coughed a few times, the blood in her body was surging, she didn't know what she was thinking about, she was suddenly overwhelmed with sadness.

"Alas, the Dragon King cannot die, but sometimes life is worse than death... No, it's better to die for the sake of dignity. Teaching the apprentice will starve the master to death."

"What are you talking about? Master Xia Mi, have you eaten? If not, take my punch."

The red-haired figure rushed forward, swinging her fists and feet, cutting through the air and leaving behind a trail of afterimages.

"No! I served Master Emiya a delicious breakfast, but I only had time to chew two slices of bread! - You have a demigod physique, you are amazing!" Xia Mi was exhausted from struggling to cope with it.

"This is obviously due to my high talent and rapid progress! I told you, 'Profiling' is also very advantageous in learning insights. And look at you, Master Xia Mi. You have the physique of a Dragon King, but your forehand is not good, your backhand is weak, your steps are loose, and your reactions are slow. Not a single move of yours is decent. And you still want to compete with me on the same stage? Dream on!"

Boom! A wave of air swept across the earth, and the aftermath of the battle between the two sides fell into the air, instantly opening up huge cracks and pits!

This is the martial art that Jörmungandr is proficient in, which is "destroying the overall structure by hitting the eyes of things", but it is obvious that both parties in the battle, whether it is Xia Mi or the red-haired figure, have already used it very skillfully.

"You're being ridiculous, Tian Gang! I said this when I was teaching martial arts a few years ago!"

"Hey, look, isn't the boomerang coming?" The red-haired figure was overjoyed for a moment.

"——Strong up, big sister, you've been suppressed!"

A similar red-haired figure was cheering not far away, but in this situation, her tone sounded more like she was just watching the fun.

"Eri, you're leaning against the wall!"

Hearing this, Eri shook her head, "Sister Nono, Sister Xia Mi is even weaker, I support her!"

"weak……"

Xia Mi gritted her teeth and clenched her fists. The words spoken by Eri's innocent tone made her feel deeply humiliated.

Five years, five years! Do you know how I have been living these five years?

Besides her daily maid duties, she diligently followed Emiya's instructions and taught martial arts. But, how come, after only five years of teaching, her skills were surpassed by a human... no, by a demigod?

What's wrong with this world? Can it ever get better? I'm so angry...

Ding!

[Time is up, the simulated battle ends! ]

In an instant, the ravine-ridden, completely destroyed ground where Nono, Eri, and Xia Mi were standing disappeared, and turned into a simulation training room with an empty scene and a smooth floor.