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"I didn't plan to quit halfway through the game."
After lighting up the audience device, Kong immediately saw the scene shift from the snowfield to a higher place - on the high platform here, ice spikes stood like trees, reflective debris were everywhere, and under the white snow were buried a large number of broken machines and armors. It was obvious that this was not the ancient battlefield with a lower intensity in the snowfield on the outskirts of the city.
It should be the forefront of human resistance when the star core descends...
He stepped onto the stairs. A tarot card was slowly spinning in the center of the platform. Once it was touched, events would be advanced and the system would simulate the reasons and circumstances for their appearance here.
"…It feels like a decisive battle site…like Isshin Pure Land…Hmm, did I say something I shouldn't have said?"
"No problem, little Paimon. Even now I would like to pull Kong into the Pure Land sparring, but that would consume too much divine energy - the gain is not worth the loss."
While Ying and Paimon were talking, Sora had already placed his hand on the tarot cards.
At first he did not notice anything wrong, but he received a response half a day after he triggered the event. There was no dialogue, no background explanation, and no option box popped up. Instead, there was an unsettling burning sensation from the Command Seal in his hand.
"Ok?"
He pulled his arm back and found that the shape of the Command Seal on the back of his hand was constantly changing, and the frequency of its changes was beyond the ability of the human eye to recognize.
In front of him, the spirit-like shadows of servants suddenly appeared and flickered continuously. He saw the silhouettes of Scathach, Tamamonomae, Kong Ming, Chen Gong, and Arash, but none of them would ultimately respond to the call. The future was so uncertain.
The content of the simulated universe's attempted calculations was becoming out of scope - ScrewGum noticed this data anomaly, and he quickly framed the scope of the event, temporarily preventing the system from "overwork and collapse", and also calming Kong's constantly flashing Command Spells.
"...was the simulation of the universe just now predicting my upcoming Servant?"
"Servant... it seems so. According to the data imported by Professor Sora, although it is impossible to determine which Servant has descended into our universe, it is trying to find a conclusion... I have limited the scope of calculation, and perhaps I can give a reasonable answer."
Ruan Mei tapped the holographic screen twice—
The restricted random events caused the spirit-like shadow to freeze in place. Sora looked at the familiar silhouette, and his expression changed.
“…It’s going to be a big problem!”
"Why does the commander look like he's choked by torpedo tempura?" Noshiro hadn't seen Sora's pupils tremble in a long time - even when he was electrocuted by Ying and his whole body was numb, he remained strong and didn't show such fear.
"How could it be her? It shouldn't be her! I can accept a more vicious Servant--" Sora began to pace, trying to dispel the desire to escape in his head.
"What? Did the simulated universe simulate a girl who 'reserved' a seat next to the commander? Hehe~"
Befa liked to see Kong getting embarrassed occasionally, but the look on his face right now... was very similar to the look he had when he was being chased around the port by Taihou and Scylla, which forced Befa to restrain the teasing in his later remarks.
"No, no, I mainly wonder why she stands out among so many capable servants - isn't it a servant brawl? There are more than one with good luck, how did she make it to the finals? She couldn't have stabbed all the servants with arrows to muddy the waters? Does she still want to stay in Chaldea?"
Sora's steps suddenly stopped, and he seemed to be a little constipated as he suddenly realized something: "...That's right, she was half-forced to work... She has no motivation at all."
"Is she a very powerful woman?" Ying had not yet completely recovered from her battle frenzy. She had heard a lot about the outrageous things about Chaldea before, so she hoped to have an opponent with whom she could have a great fight.
"Well, Ying, it's not a question of whether she's powerful or not. She's the kind of god who... how should I put it, causes trouble wherever she goes, and her attitude towards me... I'm afraid it's on par with Akagi."
"Who is Akagi? Does he love you as much as Linghua does?"
"almost……"
"Then I probably understand."
Ying nodded solemnly upon hearing this: "Do you want me to help you chop her up?"
"…I don't know if the arrows of the God of Love will work on the God of Thunder, but please don't bring the Age of Gods War back to me."
Sora, who was speaking at high speed, slapped his cheeks - finally, after he accepted the result of the calculation, the simulated universe "printed" out the image of the girl who was concerned about Sora.
"It's really Kama..."
Sora sighed, "...Well, if I don't take her out to fight, I won't have to worry about anything fucked up happening."
"What a beautiful person." Ying praised the girl who was full of divinity.
"Isn't it beautiful? I paid for it with my life—"
Kong couldn't bear to look back and said, "...Her Servant body carries two loves, one from my junior schoolmate... and one from God... She stabbed me to death with the arrow of the god of love before. If the resurrection ceremony hadn't been carried out in time, there would be no travel afterwards..."
While Kong was explaining, the lovely girl named Kama did not even say hello to him. She turned around and drew her bow and arrow, pointing it at the mountains on the other side of the platform.
Something huge has awakened beneath the snow.
Huh? No event interaction?
Kong had already prepared to dodge, but when a huge shadow rose from the ground and blocked out the sky, he and his female companions all widened their eyes.
"...Kanriya's...giant guard?" Paimon was so scared that he got wrinkles on his forehead.
This thing was not mentioned in the information given by Topa and Bronya -
"…It looks like something Old Yang would like."
258. Ruan Mei: Who are you?
The ancient battlefield of Beloberg actually still hides that kind of ghost thing...
When all four of them popped out and the simulated universe was settled, Sora waved to the black tower, who was frowning as he collected data. The black tower immediately slapped the holographic screen aside and came in front of Sora.
"Why, do you think there's something wrong with this deduction?"
"No, the simulated universe can even simulate which servant the FGO system will summon to help. The input data is very reliable."
Sora shook his head. "I'm just curious about those places that have no data support... Haiya wrote in the city data, and we haven't even gone further north. How can the system simulating the universe find giant machines buried deep under the snow?"
"Hehe, this is the power of the simulated universe."
The black tower called up a set of data and pictures and threw them at Kong's face. The hologram passed through Kong's head and landed on Paimon's clothes.
"Look here. This is the surface video footage that Jizi collected through the orbital cannon. The abnormal ups and downs of the mountains have also been captured by the simulated universe and turned into simulation content. In fact, even without Jizi's data support, it can simulate things that cannot be observed deep in the ice and snow mountains."
"Logic: When simulating the universe to capture information, it will always give priority to the simulated areas related to the Star God and those marked by the creator. Conclusion: This giant inorganic creation without self-awareness is very likely related to both the Star God and the Star Core."
"so……"
Kong understood that this system, which consumed the resources of an entire planet, would capture massive amounts of information from the material world in real time and intelligently... Even if no signal could be received within the range of influence of the star core, he and others, as information carriers who had been to Beloberg, could provide enough data.
It is indeed amazing. If the simulation is perfect enough and there are more samples, perhaps Bo Shi Zun will take a closer look at this super system that is the result of the hard work of several geniuses.
"Creation Engine. Beloberg has never created such a powerful thing in history."
After some well-placed praise for the simulated universe, Sora threw out a follow-up question before the black tower's nose went up to the sky: "The energy required to operate such a huge machine, especially its activities in the atmosphere, would be very huge. Have you monitored where its energy source comes from?"
"There are three energy sources. One comes from its own core, one is probably from the star core, and the other one..."
Ruan Mei said calmly: "It seems that there are traces of the influence of the Star God, but this data does not match any of the original bodies written into the simulated universe."
"Is it Nanook? Or is it Aha?"
"You have had contact with both of them. You must recognize their auras, Doctor Kong. As long as the Primarch affects the simulation process, it will be observed. If it cannot be observed, we need to consider completing the data, or..."
She thought for a moment and gave a possibility that even she was not sure about: "There is another possibility. When the Primarchs were deployed, the fate of some Primarchs was temporarily unselectable. There are still many Star Gods who have not appeared. And this audience device did not lead you to any Star Gods or secrets - not because there were no Star Gods involved in the development of your simulation of Beloberg."
"You can just say that there is a Star God hiding in the dark to trip you up."
Kong couldn't stand these people complicating simple issues:
"Who do you think it will be?"
"There are many Star Gods with sufficient motivations who may hinder you from continuing to transform Beloberg, such as..."
The corner of Heita's eye suddenly jumped: "Myth."
"…Really the Riddler?"
"The Riddler is his believer. Besides him, there is another guy who might be unexpected. Aying, did you feel anything was not going well during the battle? What about you, Befa?"
Heita had actually gotten used to addressing the girls of Sora in a rather affectionate way, which made Sora look at her a few more times before she smiled like an auntie.
"…It seemed as if the sword was deflected a little bit when it was drawn."
Ying recalled for a moment and nodded: "At first I thought it was because I had been idle for too long and my martial arts skills were not good enough, but the first sword was deflected by the shield of the machine, and the second sword didn't feel good either, so this was some kind of external influence, not my own mistake?"
"Then I have a rough idea of who it is. Myths can obscure history, but they won't do such boring things."
Black Tower smiled as if everything was under control, exchanged glances with Luosi and Ruan Mei, and then gave the answer: "It's 'Hu'. Ruan Mei cultivated 'Hu'. What Hengjing likes to do most is to let two parties with unequal strength compete under relatively equal circumstances - because the simulated universe only has a small garden to hold them, so He cannot balance the universe, but can only balance some insignificant little things~"
"...You are arranging the balance like this, aren't you afraid that he will balance you too?" Paimon was afraid of Black Tower's outspokenness.
"I call Master Boshi a mechanical head every day...but I haven't seen Him bring down divine punishment. They won't care about this kind of offense because it's not worth caring about." Black Tower said indifferently.
"Wow, Sora, were you lying to me when you said that the Star Gods would cast evil glances at those who disrespected them??"
"? I've been noticed too many times, but you haven't been noticed by anyone yet?"
Kong killed the game with just one sentence, and Paimon was so angry that he rushed over and pulled his face hard.
"...The one who stopped Miss Ying from using her sword didn't seem to be looking at me. It was someone else..."
While Sora was making a fuss, Noshiro suddenly muttered something.
"What? There are other star gods watching you?" Heita's eyes lit up again.
Today was truly a great harvest—if Ruan Mei hadn’t pissed her off, it would have been the third most wonderful day of her life.
"Can you describe the feeling of being stared at?"
"I don't know, but His figure, how should I put it, is a bit like..."
Noshiro gestured: "A dragon... a Donghuang dragon. Although only for a moment."
"Hearing Noshiro say that...it seems like I've been watched too."
Befa agreed, "Before, I thought it was the green flash left on my scope by Lady Shadow's dream... but that shadow was moving, so that makes sense."
"immortal."
Ruan Mei said firmly.
"'Dragon'? But why..." Sora was a little surprised.
The shadow who pursues eternity is not noticed by the "Dragon", but the ship girls are noticed by the immortal?
Seeing that Kong was looking at her with a very subtle gaze, Ying, who knew the fate of immortality, did not show any loss. She remained gentle and indifferent, and she and Paimon each pinched one of Kong's cheeks and gently pulled them, very fond of the elastic feel of the hand.
This was her small protest against Sora's teasing look.
……
"Good night, Dr. Kong, I hope you have a good dream."
But I still have to provide memories for Yi Ting... Kong walked through the closed door of the office with a twitching mouth, and said goodbye to Luosi and Ruan Mei one after another.
This test, which lasted less than eight hours, basically met their research needs for more than a week.