It's time to improve the strength of the infinite world

Chapter 373 Free Trade in Cyberspace and Skin Pricing
Although the term compensation is a bit subtle...

However, under Xia Zhi's "persuasion", Emiya Shirou still accepted this statement...

It was such a subtle feeling, he couldn't really put it into words.

Obviously, I should have had a lot of psychological trauma from him, but after hearing a few words from him, it didn't seem so bad.

Not knowing why he was so easily persuaded, Emiya Shirou hesitated for a while before attributing the main reason to the other party's personal charm.

This idea…

In fact, it can’t be considered wrong.

After all, the power of charm is also charm, and it is more intuitive and easy to use.

Just like that, with the "compensation" he received in exchange for having his gallbladder stabbed and his body hollowed out, Shirou Emiya returned home with mixed feelings.

After having dinner as usual, he returned to his room and took out the card hesitantly.

The overall material is very hard.

It doesn't look like plastic, but it doesn't look like metal either.

Shirou Emiya carefully examined the object in his hand and found that its surface was embossed with patterns that looked like runes and patterns, intricate and mysterious.

I just don't understand.

There is no way around this. If the skill data could be quantified, Shirou Emiya’s current ability page would at most have a label of "Occult Knowledge (Magic) LV0".

——Because he is a half-baked magician, he must have this one more skill than an ordinary person.

——Because he is a half-baked magician, even though he has this extra skill, he can’t even reach level 1.

This should be... a very delicate and small magic gift outfit?
There are pre-designed and manufactured magic formulas inside, which can be activated just by inputting magic power?
Because he had not received any systematic training before, nor had he ever properly come into contact with any of the magic costumes, the inexperienced Shirou Emiya was unable to extract much information.

However, when he wanted to analyze the structure of the object and use magic power and magic circuits to "investigate", he found that this thing seemed to have some kind of counter-mechanism and could not be easily analyzed.

So……

What should I do? It seems that it is something that I cannot understand for the time being. I don’t know what function it will have or how it will work.

In this case, isn’t the risk a bit too high?

He held the card, a hesitant look on his face.

It didn't take too long for Emiya Shirou to make a decisive decision. He thought that perhaps he could trust that person's personal charm.

Maybe it's just like what the other party said -

This is the general trend. Even ordinary people will follow the trend and enter the second world of consciousness uploading...

It is said that things like VR equipment, full stealth, and brain-computer interaction are not groundless, but are the result of a technological explosion caused by the comprehensive integration of magic and technology during this period.

Rich prospects, huge market, and brand new track...

And the slight possibility that the rumor might point to the field of magic...

All of these have driven the capital and forces behind the scenes to rush in like a tide, swarming into the big trend of this era.

As a person with magical talent and magic circuits, as long as Shirou Emiya joins this network, he will inevitably come into contact with the internal network that is only open to people from the dark world.

Rather than being targeted as an illegal immigrant, it is better to join in with a legal identity in advance...

certainly--

If he is determined to be a remnant of the old era and refuse to board the ship of the new world, then naturally there will be no impact.

But after thinking about it, Shirou Emiya felt that this seemed unrealistic because he was not a loner.

"..."

"..."

Taking a deep breath, the high school student made up his mind and tried to turn on and off his own magic circuit to connect it with the exquisite gift in his hand.

Soon, he felt something unnatural in his body, as if his nerves that had been closed inward were now opening outward.

——Magic input.

——The ritual starts.

Shirou Emiya stared at the card in his hand, holding his breath, subconsciously hoping to see some kind of intuitive chemical reaction occur.

For example, it could emit shining golden light, absorb magic energy from the air, and have fragments of the fifth element flying around...it would be best if there were special effects like colored circles and feathers.

It looks very intuitive and recognizable!
however.

Nothing happened.

This immediately made him a little confused. Could it be that he didn't understand how to use it?

But if there are any special requirements, then when giving it to yourself, the person should also include an instruction manual, right?

Not understanding what was going on, he just stared at the card in his hand. After a long while, he realized that still nothing had happened, and he couldn't help but sigh.

Maybe it's broken...

I don't know if there is any after-sales service...

But I always feel that it takes too much courage to ask the other party for repairs...

He couldn't help but let his thoughts run wild, and at the same time he stood up, turned and walked towards the living room.

It was still very early and it was not time to rest yet. He was just thinking about this matter, so he finished his meal early and went back to his bedroom.

Now that the test has failed, I won't sit here forever.

only……

When I came out of the bedroom, everything was fine, the living room was still the same.

From the walls to the floor, from the ceiling to the furniture in the house, everything was so familiar and perfectly matched the impression in his subconscious mind.

Therefore, Shirou Emiya didn't sense anything intuitively, and didn't have any sense that anything was wrong.

What really made him realize that it was weird...

It’s the scene outside the window!
There were people coming and going, all kinds of strange figures, and it didn't look like a normal street in Fuyuki City at all.

"..."

"..."

This half-baked magician was stunned for a long while, and suddenly he felt a flash of inspiration in his mind.

Shirou Emiya hesitated and moved slowly, as if every step was stepping on an unknown boundary.

Finally, he mustered up the courage and pushed open the door to the outside world.

All of a sudden, everything came flooding in.

A bizarre world opens up to him!

………………

………………Above the sky, noises are intertwined like stars, and clouds occasionally flicker, as if data streams are jumping across the sky, conveying unknown information.

And below the sky is a very strange and alternative town, like a messed up puzzle, full of strangeness and unknowns.

Because all kinds of buildings, like fragments of time, are scattered randomly in this space.

From the elegance of London rental apartments, to the ostentatiousness of luxurious single-family villas, to the warmth of civilian residences...they are combined together in a disorderly manner without any rules.

Next to an old apartment building, there may be a luxurious mansion...

Next to the iconic building that resembles the National Assembly Building, there is a simple small garage...

The contrast between the two is so astonishing, the styles are so different and the gap is so huge, it is like the intersection of two worlds.

The streets are so strange too——

The wide one-way three-lane road suddenly turns and connects to a narrow alley.

When we came out of the alley, a farm road leading to a remote countryside miraculously appeared behind us.

Walking in this chaotic space without any unified style, Shirou Emiya felt like he was dreaming and everything was so unreal.

He has been in a trance for a while since logging into this space.

The most intuitive feeling about this is...

This space is extremely twisted, chaotic, and disordered. It is as absurd as a dream, and it seems like an imaginary world randomly generated by a computer program.

No, I can’t say that—

It's not an appearance, it's the fact.

Because from the excited discussions and words of the people around him, he knew that this was an information space, a computer world.

This is an internal network open to mysterious people. It has already started stable operation for some time when the concept of VR was hot in human society in the past few months.

When a magician meditates, or uses a magic ritual called "Code Cast" to perform computer spells, he can connect to this computer space.

Everyone's landing location is different.

However, computer programs will choose the place they are most familiar with and feel most at ease in accordance with their subconscious mind to generate their private space.

and so……

That's why it's so distorted.

………………

"I'm looking to buy magic equipment, preferably one that's defensive..."

"Does anyone need a copy of the Voynich manuscript, the annotated version by the Clock Tower lecturer..."

"I have information about the gem-level magic eye!"

………………

There are always so many people around, and all kinds of chaotic sounds can be heard.

It is just like a vegetable market, and the scene of vibrant life and flourishing things is still before our eyes.

But many people just watched coldly, and many people also cursed.

Shirou Emiya listened in confusion for a while and vaguely discovered that it seemed to be a conflict between the official staff of the Magic Association and the freelance magicians.

The free magicians ignored the Magic Association and cursed at it without any hesitation, believing that they did not need to abide by the association's regulations at all.

The association also had sufficient reasons. They suspected that there were too many free magicians here, too many to be justified. They had reason to suspect that many association members had mixed in and violated the rules.

All in all it was very confusing.

"Is this the magic world..."

Emiya Shirou felt that this world, which he had never been exposed to before, was more vivid than ever before, as if it had hit him directly in the face.

The style of painting is obviously different from what I imagined.

"Boss, do you need anything?"

At this time, another magician in a black robe, hiding his face with noise, came up and lowered his voice.

Even the sound seemed to have been specially processed, using electronic sound, and you couldn't hear the original tone at all.

“No, no need…”

Shirou Emiya suddenly waved his hands in panic and stepped back repeatedly.

He felt very distressed. From a while ago till now, it seemed that there were always people coming up to him, trying to sell him something or to trick him into saying something.

I don’t understand why.

What he didn't know was that in this computer space, his appearance was just like a newbie who spent money on a web page.

From the phantom special effects to the name above the head that was not hidden, everything was embellished with dreamy shining patterns, followed by a platinum logo.

Shine!

So heroic!

It's not so bright that it can blind people's eyes, but it is indeed very obvious in the crowd.

The magicians around knew it well, although this computer space was rapidly prospering on the mysterious side, and it was faintly replacing the old magic world.

But after all, it is just a new thing that has appeared recently, and many people have not yet been able to fully accept it.

Only wealthy nobles would invest a lot of money in such useless details.

After all, once one starts it, the others will not be outdone and may even fight back.

Anyway, this is currently the realm that distinguishes the rich from the poor.

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the other side.

In the mansion, holding last month's financial statements, Toosaka Rin's expression looked very strange.

"that……"

"Why do I always feel like there is no need to start other businesses..."

"Those monarchs and nobles seem to be spending a lot of money on login special effects and skin transmogrifications..."

Beside her, Sakura, who had originally been ambitious to show off her skills, also looked confused and uneasy.

The improvement of the family finances is happening faster than expected...

but--

It seemed like she had gone down a strange path, and it seemed as if she was no longer needed.

(End of this chapter)