They won the Holy Grail War, but this turned out to be the Virtual Tree Universe.

Chapter 3 The End of the Root is the Tree of Imaginary Numbers
Danlei felt that he had been purified.

Since his soul was sucked away by the Root Hole created by the Holy Grail, Dan Lei, who was immersed in the super-concentrated ether, felt completely relaxed.

The surrounding area is a Root Passage that resembles a time tunnel, but whether this perception truly reflects the reality of the place or is merely a manifestation of what one knows, only heaven knows.

However, Danlei didn't care. He had finally fulfilled his wish and could escape this terrible world.

The Type-Moon universe, a place Dan Lei once longed for.

During my youth, when I was engrossed in studying and watching anime, the Fate series is an unforgettable memory for me.

Even after growing up, Danlei didn't completely break away from the world of anime and manga. He worked a normal job during the week, and during his free time, since he didn't like socializing, he would just stay at home watching anime and playing games to relieve the boredom of reality in the virtual world.

During this time, Dan Lei naturally read a lot of exciting novels about people who went to the Type-Moon universe and used their foresight to dominate the world, rising all the way to the level of a magician, with countless beauties throwing themselves into their arms.

However, after the initial excitement of his inexplicable time travel, Dan Lei discovered that this world was not beautiful at all.

Without any special abilities or powerful backers, what use do you think such foresight or precognition would be to a commoner magician with only two magic circuits?

These two magic circuits were activated with the help of that evil alchemist who wanted to use the child who activated the magic circuits to refine pills; he was also the one who named Dan Lei.

As for the original owner's parents, Dan Lei said he didn't know. After he became conscious, he was a child who was fed all kinds of supplements every day as materials for alchemy.

If this alchemist hadn't been killed before he could harm him, Dan Lei would probably have achieved the feat of being eliminated immediately upon landing.

Of course, Dan Lei hadn't given up on becoming stronger yet, so he managed to smuggle himself from China to Japan, since he knew the situation there better.

Anyway, in his past life, Danlei specially learned Japanese so that he could watch anime raw as soon as possible. At least he can understand it and speak and write a few sentences.

Then, relying on his foresight, Danlei went to Guanbuzi City and, after a great deal of effort, found the Hall of Garan.

It can only be said that Dan Lei was too useless, which is why Aozaki Touko didn't think that the kid who couldn't do any magic or fighting could be a spy or an assassin, and didn't kill her directly.

Finally, after much pleading from Dan Lei, Aozaki Touko accepted him as her student when he was only ten years old.

Unfortunately, Dan Lei, who clung to Aozaki Touko's leg, did not take off.

Although he gained Aozaki Touko's trust through long-term diligent service, Danlei's inherently poor magic circuits limited his potential.

Transforming into a Dead Apostle and taking the inhuman path is completely out of the question, unless Dan Lei is willing to abandon his rationality and slowly rise from the lowest level of Dead Apostle.

As for seeking out the True Ancestor to transform himself, Dan Lei can only say that such a thing is best left to dream about.

Even if you know where the true ancestors are, why should others convert you?

Originally, Dan Lei, whose potential was locked, was just going to coast through life as time went by, thinking that if he kept a low profile, he could get through this life peacefully.

Dan Lei knew that if he went to the Holy Grail War, he would have a very slim chance of survival.

Moreover, after officially entering the world of magic, Dan Lei already knew that this Holy Grail War was the Fate/Apocrypha timeline.

So Danlei kept comforting himself, "If you can live a good life, don't do anything reckless."

Unfortunately, Dan Lei later heard some news about Chaldea in Antarctica.

Upon hearing Chaldea, Dan Lei's first reaction was that he couldn't stay in this world anymore and had to run away.

Because who knows if Fujimaru Ritsuka exists in this universe, and even if she does, she might not be able to save all of humanity.

Before Danlei's time travel, the story of FGO had already progressed to the second part, Chapter Two, in which even mages were not safe.

Therefore, this is a world where even if you want to live a good life, you probably won't survive past 2016. Danlei said that he was already frustrated enough that he had time-traveled once and could only barely survive at the bottom, and now you're telling him exactly how long he can live? This is simply torture!
Driven by the pressure to survive, Danlei gradually descended into madness, deciding to gamble on a path to escape the root of the problem.

Using the excuse that he wanted to improve his magic circuits through the miracle of the real Holy Grail, Danlei said goodbye to Aozaki Touko and insisted on participating in the Holy Grail War in Romania.

Aozaki Touko said that it was impossible to persuade the damned ghost with kind words, and seeing that Dan Lei insisted, she let him go.

However, out of consideration for their past relationship, Aozaki Touko allowed Danlei to take away a few less important dolls and also provided assistance in the search for the holy relics.

Otherwise, it would be wishful thinking to try and find Locusta's relics using Danlei's own connections.

What followed was simple: using a puppet created by Aozaki Touko, he killed Sagara Hyoma, who hadn't yet summoned a Servant, stripped the Command Seals from his hand, and then completed the summoning himself.

All I can say is that Dan Leiqiang is terrifyingly strong, capable of abandoning morality and ethics and even using his own body as a prop.

Upon arriving in Romania, he used his foresight and various treacherous schemes to kill all the followers of both the Black and Red factions.

Finally, pray to the Holy Grail to go home.

Dan Lei had thought it through clearly: regardless of whether the Holy Grail had the ability to send him back to his original world, he wouldn't lose out in this endeavor.

If you truly fail, and your soul dissipates into the source, at least you won't have to face the daily countdown to death and be depressed.

If you succeed, you will return to your original world, and regardless of whether you have retained your current memories, you will be able to live a second life.

If he saves it, Danlei thinks his future life will be like reading an urban fantasy novel.

Even if magic couldn't be used in the original world, with the puppet-making skills he learned from Aozaki Touko and his understanding of human anatomy, it would be difficult for him not to take flight.

At this moment, feeling his soul constantly traversing, Dan Lei felt that the chances of this move succeeding were very high.

However, many things in the world are not just about success or failure; often, "or" itself can be an option.

After his soul had been drifting in this passage for an unknown amount of time, Dan Lei suddenly felt a bright light before his eyes. An enormous, silvery-white giant tree, as if countless stars were merely cells within a leaf, appeared before him.

The next second, a "painting" that seemed to be made of black and white building blocks suddenly appeared, and then Danlei suddenly felt himself being submerged in water, and heard someone saying...

"General, this is the only surviving Vidyadhara egg besides that evil dragon's egg in the disaster site, but we don't know if it has been contaminated by the abundant power."

"I see. Let's set up this Vidyadhara egg separately for now. Every life of the Vidyadhara clan is precious. The fact that this egg has survived on the battlefield for so long proves that it was not meant to die."

Furthermore, the Vidyadhara clan has not yet recovered from its internal strife, so it's best not to provoke them now.

"But the Ten Kings Division wants us to thoroughly investigate whether there are any lives still corrupted by the power of abundance. General, you know about Yingxing's situation."

"It doesn't matter. The Vidyadhara Clan will definitely stop the Ten Kings from acting recklessly. It's just a routine inspection, so it won't affect anything."

Upon hearing this, Danlei felt as if he had wandered into an even more incredible place, but he was extremely sleepy at the moment, so he quickly fell into a deep sleep.

At the same time, from the very source of the Type-Moon universe, the voice of a young girl suddenly rang out.

"Alaya, Alaya, did you just feel something leaking out of our world?"

Soon, another young girl's voice replied.
"It was the soul of an outsider who created the Holy Grail and used it as a ship to sail out of our world."

But don't worry about it. It's just a Greater Grail destined to destroy a timeline. You know what the outside world is like. That golden power prevents us from exploring it further.

The power of the Greater Grail was enough to propel him out of this world; an ordinary soul would surely be dispersed by that terrifying golden energy once outside.

(End of this chapter)