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

Chapter 38 Who is the cause of all the evil in this world——? !

There is a deeper meaning behind the Holy Grail War in Fuyuki City.

It is not simply the pursuit of the Holy Grail that is regarded by the world as the ultimate goal. To some extent, although it does have the function of a wishing machine, it is more like a gorgeous shell that conceals the truth.

The original purpose of the three great families who created and held this extraordinary magic ceremony was to reach the unreachable "root" -

Summoning servants to fight is just a process of implementing this strategy.

And in the process of fighting, the real key is to let the servants die reasonably.

The souls of the six dead Servants are injected into the Holy Grail, and the moment they return to the "Throne of Heroes" outside the world is used. At this time, a path to the outside will be opened, which is equivalent to opening a hole in the world.

As long as they can seize this opportunity and fix this slightly opened hole, the magicians will theoretically be able to follow this opened path and go to the outside of the world, or even reach the source...

Although the final link to the root cause has not yet been verified in practice, all the steps and theoretical basis before it have been proven to be correct.

——The Holy Grail War is just fishing.

——The Holy Grail is essentially a fixture.

Now, as a pseudo-holy grail that was transformed later in a sense, Sakura was using her own function as a fixture. Although in theory, it usually takes six servants' souls to reach the necessary soul weight to activate the Greater Holy Grail.

In reality, however, quality is far more important than quantity in judging the "weight" of the soul required.

Just like some servants, due to their special nature, the proportion of their souls is far greater than that of other heroic spirits. The soul of one servant can be equivalent to several or even more, so it is naturally more decisive...

Of course, the more crucial point is that the current Holy Grail is not the same Holy Grail as before. It has been refined into a real pill using immortal technology from another world, and its form and effectiveness have undergone fundamental changes.

All of its "medicinal properties" have been fully stimulated by the immortal alchemy techniques. It is no longer like a giant dragon sleeping in a large cave like before, but is full of new vitality.

The power of this spiritual vein, or the power of the dragon——

Now he has completely awakened, become excited, proactive, and extremely aggressive.

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"Ok?"

Xia Zhi raised his eyebrows and was the first to notice the change in space.

In just a moment, everything around was turned upside down.

It was as if the real scenery was eroded and the real space was replaced. In the imperceptible microseconds, the sky suddenly turned red, as bright red as blood.

——All around was black mud with waves rolling like the sea.

——There were mountains of dried corpses everywhere, which were gradually sinking into the sea.

——The wind is cursing and complaining. In the dark mud rain, the black sun dominates the sky.

He seemed to be suddenly pulled into such a fantasy-like space unconsciously. The surrounding Fuyuki City had disappeared, and in its place was a completely abnormal land, like a sea of blood and corpses.

Inherent barrier?

Or is it a realm where some kind of magic unfolds?
He raised his hands and looked at his palms, then carefully felt his body. Then he walked back and forth casually for a few steps, moving his hands and feet, with a thoughtful expression on his face.

He roughly knew where this place was. It should be the inside of the Holy Grail, and also the inner area of the real pill in his stomach.

"You finally came here..."

Just at this moment, a voice with a kind tone sounded.

Xia Zhi looked up calmly, and saw a figure quietly appearing in front of him. She was wearing a black dress and her silver hair was shining.

She walked with light steps, stepping over the corpses and pools of blood, not caring about the black mud rain, and walked in front of Xia Zhi. A warm and loving smile bloomed on her cheeks, and her eyes were fixed on the young man who was led here.

"I waited for you a long time……"

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"Are you... the consciousness of the Holy Grail?"

Xia Zhi stopped and looked up and down at the woman with silver hair and black dress. His eyes lingered on her silky silver hair and gentle eyes that contained deep meaning. A reasonable guess had already emerged in his mind.

"Well, it seems that you understand the current situation... This statement is not wrong. I am essentially a non-existent existence. Without the help of this personality and mask, I cannot communicate with others, and I cannot even think, but..."

She gently placed a hand on her heart. The woman in the silver-haired black dress seemed to be revealing herself, and her words were full of sincerity and tenderness: "At this moment, I am not only the woman named Irisviel, but also the embodiment of the will of the Holy Grail."

"Oh, nice to meet you, my name is Chen Beixuan."

Xia Zhi nodded calmly, his tone a little perfunctory. While examining the appearance of the woman who called herself Irisviel, he tried to figure out what the relationship was between her and the loli.

His suspicion was not only due to the fact that they both had silver-white hair and gorgeous ruby eyes, but also because of the subtle similarities in their appearance, as if they were a mother and daughter.

“Chen Beixuan… So, you are indeed the Heroic Spirit from China? How strange…” Alice looked thoughtful, but then she shook her head slightly, “Logically speaking, the Holy Grail War can only summon Heroic Spirits from the West.”

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"..."

Xia Zhi looked at her quietly. Although he could hear the other party's indirect probing intention, he had no intention of explaining.

Irisviel paused for a moment, and gave up the idea of probing. She smiled and changed the subject: "But it doesn't matter. None of this matters anyway. What matters is that the preparations for the Holy Grail have been completed."

"Oh, is the preparation of the Holy Grail complete?"

"Yes, that child's potential is amazing, right? Of course, it's also thanks to the Hero King and the Greek hero. If it weren't for these two, it might be a bit difficult to make the Holy Grail descend just by recovering the souls of four servants..."

Irisviel replied with a smile.

Immediately, the silver-haired woman in a black dress turned lightly, her skirt fluttering, and pointed her finger at the symbol of the end in the sky.

"Look, do you see it? That is the Holy Grail. Although it has no form yet, it is already waiting to be born..."

The dark sun in the sky, or rather the dark vortex.

It is the center of the entire world, so it is normal to be mistaken for the sun, although it is actually a "hole" in the sky. The darkness inside is unfathomable and the density seems to be able to crush everything.

Turning back, Irisviel spoke cheerfully and happily: "You are the only one worthy of defining its form. Have you thought about what "attitude" to give it?"

“So, how do I give it a ‘posture’?”

The young man also looked at the dark vortex in the sky and lightly threw the question back.

"This is very simple. All you have to do is make a wish to it. According to the wish entrusted to it, it will change into a corresponding appearance, acquire a posture and shape of the present world, and truly appear in the outside world..."

Finally getting to the point, Irisviel replied with a smile, and at the same time, a hint of helplessness and loneliness flashed across her eyes that seemed to be gentle and loving from the heart. She knew that this person would definitely refuse.

"You must have realized that the power of the Holy Grail has been contaminated—"

However, at this critical moment.

A calm voice sounded slowly, interrupting her further explanation.

"My wish is to make the power of the Holy Grail fully for my own use." Xia Zhi stared at the "hole" in the sky and expressed his wish calmly.

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“Eh?” Irisviel, who was wearing silver hair and a black dress, was stunned. It was as if she had just understood something. Suddenly, she was at a loss and stammered, “Wait, wait, listen to me first. The way the Holy Grail fulfills wishes has been distorted—”

"I understand, I understand. Can I use the power of the Holy Grail completely for my own benefit?"

The young man nodded in agreement perfunctorily and made the request again seriously.

"Hey, what do you know? Can you please listen to me first? No matter what wish you make, the Holy Grail will not realize it according to your ideas..."

Irisviel's eyes widened, feeling that this development was completely wrong, and the plot in front of her was completely off track. Although her role at the moment was like a devil, the other party's reaction made her feel that her foreshadowing and design had suffered a Waterloo.

There was a strange and subtle sense of frustration. How should I put it? It was like she showed the other person a button and told him that he could make his wish come true by pressing it, but she also warned him that he would have to pay a heavy price to make his wish come true.

It was originally imagined that the other party would fall into a process of struggle, inner entanglement, and repeated weighing.

However, the actual situation was that this guy only heard half of the words that his wish could come true, and he seemed so impatient that he wanted to poke the button.

"What's there to say about this? Isn't the point to let me make a wish?"

Xia Zhi frowned and looked at her strangely: "Besides, this is exactly what you want, why are you not happy?"

"I……"

Irisviel was speechless for a moment, but she also reacted.

It seems to be the case. I should encourage him to make a wish. Isn't this what I thought at the beginning?
Perhaps it was because no matter what was inside this body, Irisviel's personality was real, and her every word, action, and gesture subconsciously revealed her true emotions.

Taking a deep breath, the silver-haired woman in a black dress shook her head slightly, looking at the young man in front of her with a complicated look: "Ten years ago, there was also a person who arrived here and faced the same choice as you..."

"I thought he was the most suitable person for the title of 'all the evil in the world', but now it seems that you may be more suitable than him."

She could see that this guy might have realized something.

After all, the Holy Grail is now in his body, and the malicious black mud has begun to seep out. If he doesn't realize it, then there's something fishy going on.

However, the other party seemed to be completely unconcerned and did not care about the malice at all. Instead, he seemed to be very interested.

"Who is that person?" Xia Zhi's heart was slightly moved. Ten years ago, someone had also reached this step and reached the stage where he could make a wish to the Holy Grail? But it was obvious that he did not make a wish.

So could it be the person who set up the "tumor" on the mountain of Yuanzang Mountain?
Have you noticed the problem and want to end the Holy Grail War?
"He's dead..." Irisviel didn't seem to want to talk about that person, and then she changed the subject directly, "Since you have decided to make a wish, then prepare to welcome the birth of "it" -"

"See for yourself how conceptually heavy that malice is..."

"I'm sure you've already felt it, so I'll explain it to you in more detail. The numerical value is already six hundred million..."

The moment the words fell, the scene changed again.

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The illusion that works on the deep spiritual level, when you look back you realize that it was just a blink of an eye.

The moment he came to his senses, Xia Zhi found that he was still standing above Fuyuki City, with the violent and overbearing "medicinal properties" still in his body. Even though it was swallowed as a pill, the dragon-like expanding magic power was still running wild.

"The value of the malicious intent is actually 600 million——?"

He instantly recalled what had just happened and was slightly confused about it.

"How is this value quantified? Is it the number of evil deeds? Hmm, it seems... not that many? It seems like it's just that."

Xia Zhi subconsciously derived this association and thought of that infinite time loop. He suddenly felt a physical and psychological rejection. He couldn't remember those numbers and was not willing to recall them.

And at this moment——

The terrifying magic power shook the atmosphere, making a terrible howl.

He looked over and saw a black and red beam of light rising into the sky and directly disappearing into the sky. His brows immediately raised.

The beam of light tore through the clouds at an altitude of 30,000 meters in the blink of an eye, and its momentum did not slow down at all. It even completely penetrated the atmosphere under the moonlight, just brushing the edge of a satellite that had just changed its trajectory towards Fuyuki City and had just arrived in the sky.

The heat from the powerful magic directly destroyed and evaporated it, turning it into space junk floating in the Earth's orbit.

And above Fuyuki City, countless people saw "it" in the night sky.

Dark sun.

It's like a symbol of the end of the world.

Below the "hole" was Sakura, whose entire body was suspended in midair. She was screaming silently in pain, and visible magical power was rushing into the sky. The beam of magical light just now was also emitted from her body.

There was a black "hole" connected to the light column, and it continued to overflow with seemingly endless magical power. Like a sword slashing the sky, it rushed towards the higher sky above, causing the scene just now.

——As the incarnation of the Black Holy Grail, and as a result of being directly connected to the Holy Grail, Sakura’s magical power has also reached an extremely terrifying level.

——If the magic power of a first-class servant like Altria can only reach the value of "thousands", then the magic power stored by Miss Sakura is hundreds of millions.

However, due to the limitation of her own circuit as a human, her output efficiency was not high. She had hundreds of millions of magic power, but she could only output a little over a thousand at most each time. Although this was terrible, it was still far from enough.

But now, she is no longer human, and has completely turned into the "vessel" of the Holy Grail.

The output power is naturally comparable to the level of a true Holy Grail. When human reason and function are completely stripped away, the function of the Holy Grail finally reaches its theoretical limit.

As a fixed device, she was now outputting magic power at maximum power to open the tightly closed "gate" and allow the things on the other side to be born into this world.

Xia Zhi watched coldly from high in the sky.

He just watched, seemingly completely ignoring the commotion and panic below, until all the screams and commotion came to an abrupt end, turning into dead silence.

——Black mud.

——It was endless black mud, like a surging black wave falling from the sky, instantly pouring into this world.

The dark color of the curse, emitting extreme malice, seemed to be falling endlessly, and would instantly set off a black tsunami, flowing from Yuanzang Mountain to the entire surrounding city, and then endlessly eroding the earth and the world in the distance.

Without any suspense, everything around was quickly swallowed up...

As time went by, the black mud flowing down from Mount Enzo seemed endless. The entire Fuyuki City was engulfed by the black mud and turned into a black turbulent sea...

The chaotic black tide did not stop, and continued to spread endlessly to the outer periphery, sweeping across the earth like a tsunami...

On the sea surface covered with endless black mud, a huge shadow slowly rose from under the deeper sea surface. It bulged and squirmed on the sea surface, and finally, like a beauty emerging from the bath, it turned into an extremely tall and slender figure with silver hair and black skirt.

As all the black mud poured out from the "portal"...

"It" was finally born into this world...

Looking towards the figure in the sky, "it" showed a greedy expression, but at this moment, the night sky seemed to be slowly covered with cracks, as if a glass container could not bear the heavy pressure.

The pitch-black cracks spread little by little, from the horizon to the empty atmosphere.

"It" showed a very human expression of astonishment on its face, and the next moment it saw the space around it completely peeling off, with fragments falling continuously.

The Enzo Mountain and Fuyuki City that were swallowed up not long ago...

Everything became illusory at this moment, disappearing as if transparent...

The seemingly endless black surging waves were being simply and directly held in the palm of a hand. The five fingers were like ancient pillars supporting the sky. In that palm, it seemed as if time and space were stretched.

"Yes, what happened just now was all fake. I manipulated the splicing of time and space. As long as I have the power of the Holy Grail, I can certainly do this..."

The godlike figure stood above the clouds, staring at the black mud in his palm for a long while. It seemed that it saw "its" confusion and laughed with evil humor.

"So this is the true power of the Holy Grail. It was because you mixed in that I had difficulty controlling that power before. But when you chose to come out of the Holy Grail, you actually helped me a lot... Otherwise, why do you think I would help you make a wish?"

"Oh, by the way, you can't run away either..."

As if he remembered something, he added this sentence, then he suddenly clasped his palms together and rolled them into a black ball.

Then, under the watchful eyes of Toosaka Rin and others, he turned around and pressed the black pill-like thing into the deepest part of the "alchemy furnace" on Yuanzang Mountain.

What malicious intent...

What a conceptual heaviness...

He seemed to have no feeling about it at all.

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(PS: A little more than expected...)
(PS: I also learned that someone reported this book in the evening, which made me a little annoyed...orz)

(End of this chapter)