Learn one small skill every day

Even with a high agility of 200, Bai Ying was unable to cope with Miyamizu Rin's sudden attack after time was stopped.

A huge hole was shot into his right waist and abdomen, from which grayish-white mist swirled.

"Time stop? How do you know that?"

To Bai Miao's surprise, the other party immediately understood how the attack had been carried out.

"My mental energy has been reduced by so much all of a sudden... What kind of weapon did this?"

The white figure bared its teeth and retreated. Gong Shuilin pressed her advantage, drew back her bowstring, and fired several arrows in quick succession.

Emiya Haruka and Sanzenin Sho also caught up, wanting to kill the white figure in one fell swoop.

"Hiss... Then I'll have to get serious."

The white figure crossed its fingers and unleashed several jet-black chains from behind it.

Bai Miao's pupils contracted when he saw the chains.

A jet-black chain, adorned with pure white decorations...

This perfectly matches my input for Emma!

The white figure reached out and grabbed the chain behind him, slamming it forcefully into the ground.

Bai Miao subconsciously planned to use time stop again to dodge while simultaneously getting closer to his opponent.

"Don't trust time."

The white figure grinned, and the time-stopping effect of the Zero Time Lock actually stopped working.

"So you are... Bai Miao?"

As the chains struck Miyazu Rin, Bai Miao heard Bai Ying's soft greeting.

"boom!"

The pitch-black cylinder pinned Miyamizu Rin to the ground, rendering her completely immobile.

Then, with a sweep of chains, both Haruka Emiya and Sora Sanzenin, who were trying to come to their aid, were swept away.

"For you, I am an unsolvable problem."

Bai Ying crouched down and said to Bai Miao, "The 'Miao' in 'ethereal' is the 'Miao' in 'Bai Miao.' How can the past self defeat the future self, who is stronger?"

"You...so you really are connected to me..."

"I really didn't expect that this door I've been managing for so long would one day lead me to my past self. Which instance have you experienced? Did you go to Sunrise? Hmm... you haven't obtained the key yet, so it seems you haven't gone there. But what is this little chain?"

Bai Ying chuckled softly again: "Judging from your confused look, you must be thinking that each of us will encounter different instances, so how can I judge, right?"

"There are some instances that Bai Miao will definitely experience, regardless of which time or space he is in. These instances are used to determine which level he is currently at."

"But it's strange, there are some things on you that I don't recognize. That white mask on your face, I remember it's from Red Glow Walnut's Abyss Howl, right? Oh, it's Hu Muyao, you must recognize it. How did you get this?"

This guy... could it be that he's never been to the Abyss Street dungeon?

Bai Miao recalled a detail: when he received the Zero Hour Lock, he had mentioned that the Zero Hour Lock and the letter might not have been delivered on the day the door to Abyss Street appeared.

It was probably within a few days after Hu Muyao had cleared Abyss Street.

Could he be Bai Miao from these past few days?

"Do you have a Zero Time Lock? It can make you immune to my time stop."

Bai Miao had never seen such a long Zero Time Lock with so many strands.

Upon closer inspection, Bai Miao discovered that the chains were not pure black; they had a faint golden sheen on them.

It's not entirely the same as the pure black of Zero Time Lock.

"No, I've never obtained this item, but I do have the Key of Beginning. It's strange, I've never seen myself with the Lock of Zero. But it doesn't matter, after I kill you all, everything you have will be mine."

No? It wasn't transmitted?

Or is he not the one who obtained the Zero Hour Lock?

Bai Ying looked at Bai Miao on the ground with a hint of mockery: "Don't rely too much on the effects of items. Even if I can only bring one item into the dungeon to play the boss, you still can't do anything to me, can you?"

"You have the same attributes as me, so I can easily kill you."

Bai Miao suddenly realized that he really disliked himself, and he got very angry in just a few words.

"Keep lying on the ground and being stubborn, I'm going to deal with the other three."

The white figure stood up, and the chains around her spread out into the sky like an iron net, encircling the other three magical girls together.

"Quickly give your Aleph-class items to the magical girls!"

Bai Miao shouted loudly.

In order to withstand the pillar's attack, Bai Miao had no choice but to let Gong Shuilin take the hit. At that time, Bai Miao discovered that the passive effect of Abyss Howl also worked on Gong Shuilin.

That is when Miyamizu Rin's mental strength doubled, reaching 600 points.

Unfortunately, Abyss Howl's active skill has an internal cooldown, meaning it can't be used once by anyone who uses it.

But Bai Miao also put the silencing device on Miyamizu Rin.

Miyamizu Rin's original agility value was 150 points. After a 50% increase, it jumped to 225, which exceeded White Shadow's value of 200.

The musician also has Aleph-level items that increase mental strength by 50%, and Hu Muyao's stamina by 50%. He can also exchange 10 stamina points for strength and agility.

Goto Ai's healing effect instantly doubled, and Miyamizu Rin, who was originally unable to move due to being suppressed by the pillar, gradually exerted her strength to support the pillar, and the damage caused by the white shadow was instantly healed.

Sanzenin Kyō's improvement was undoubtedly the greatest. When her stamina reached 450 points, she used 400 stamina points to directly exchange for 200 strength and 200 agility under Hu Muyao's guidance.

"What is that?"

Bai Ying had never seen such an Aleph-level item before.

Bai Miao also saw the true face of a joyous funeral for the first time.

A red veil.

It was as if a living thing was pasted on the head and face of Sanzenin Sou, with a string of copper coins hanging from his chin, emitting an unsettling red light.

"It's like you've built a cage for yourself."

Before the white figure could react, a golden fist hurtled towards its face.

"Boom!"

"What the hell……"

Their agility and strength have surpassed mine?

These people who came this time all have Aleph-level items?!

Using this on a magical girl would result in a percentage boost that... I can't handle.

"Deterioration!"

With a loud shout, the white figure saw aged lines appear on the surface of Sanzenin Sora's skin, and his strength and agility were greatly reduced.

"boom!"

The white figure returned the punch to Sanzenin Sora, causing him to stagger.

Miyamizu Rin got up from the ground, and the bow and arrow in her hand transformed into a giant crossbow under the enhancement of her doubled mental power.

Seeing that things were not going well, Bai Ying was about to dodge when Sanzenin Kyō grabbed his arms and restrained his shoulders.

"Miyamizu Rin, attack quickly!"

"Are you crazy? You can't withstand that kind of attack with your stamina."

Bai Ying advised, but she was still exerting force, trying to break free.

Wei Gongyao took a couple of breaths: "It's okay, I can take the blame for her. Gong Shui, it's too late, he's about to break free! Hurry!"

One by one, pitch-black pillars descended from the sky, quickly piling up to form a thick, shield-like defensive layer.

Miyamizu Rin poured all her mental energy into this attack, and in the end, Abyss Howl forcibly locked it to prevent her mental energy from returning to zero.

The red light illuminated the dark night sky, stirred up the sand and gravel on the ground, penetrated layer after layer of stone pillars, and finally passed through the chest of the white figure.

Sanzenin Sora coughed up blood, and Emiya Haruka's expression also changed drastically; the power of this attack was far greater than the two of them had imagined.

Fortunately, the two of them managed to pull through together.

The black pillars on the ground slowly turned into dust and drifted away, while the chains that were flying in the air also fell to the ground.

Bai Ying only had a dozen or so points of stamina left.

He limped over to Miyamizu Rin.

"Did you know you were going to come after me in the end, so you brought so many items that boost stats by a percentage?"

"It was purely coincidental. Now, are you willing to tell me why I gave the wrong gems to these magical girls?"

Miyamizu Rin's mind had already fallen into a deep sleep due to exhaustion, and she was unaware of the conversation taking place at this moment.

"I told you, I run this instance. I forcibly seized a door using the Key of Beginning. As long as someone knocks on the door and dies, I can get an item from them. Moreover, all the points of the losers after clearing this instance will also belong to me."

"What should the original dungeon look like?"

"It was originally a boring single-player dungeon where four high school students cleared up misunderstandings with each other, but that was too boring, so I added gems and combat to make them fight."

"Heh, once I gather all four gems, I'll appear in my full glory, not like this half-baked mess. I never expected... I'd fall into my own trap. How frustrating! You were so weak..."

Bai Miao remained noncommittal: "You've gotten quite a few good things with this door, haven't you?"

"Needless to say? I've already gotten several hundred attribute points. Doors are truly wonderful things; if used properly, they're an endless treasure trove."

"But aren't you worried that what's on the other side of the door might intrude into reality?"

Bai Miao realized that the future version of himself before him seemed to be different from those future versions who had obtained the Zero Hour Lock.

It embarked on a completely different path of development.

"Reality? What makes you think that the place we're in isn't a copy? For us knockers, it doesn't matter where we go, does it? Why do you still care about the survival of the original world? Would you rather stay in this so-called garbage reality, or go to a world full of elves and succubi and become a landowner?"

Before Bai Miao could reply, Bai Ying continued, "Don't pretend to be some gentleman with me. I am you, and you are me. How could I not know what you like best?"

"I'm curious about what you went through after that. You didn't get the Zero Lock, so when did you become the Knocker?"

"I became a Knockout a long time later, to put it in terms of Knockout Network version 1.3."