Honkai Impact: Dreams and the Holy Grail, but the Servant is Rei.

Of course, he was also curious whether the power of the projected Noble Phantasm would undergo a qualitative change after the [Projection Magic] reached level 100.

And now, he has created this opportunity for himself!

Caster [Xi Lian] nodded slightly in his mind and began to help him retrieve all the memories related to the treasure he wanted!

The illusory, transparent white one-handed sword in his hand disappeared, and what was projected again was the black and white [Gan Jiang and Mo Xie]!

More Gan Jiang and Mo Xie were projected out. Instead of launching them at the monsters not far away with her level 100 Escape Sword, Meng Weiyu used the Crane Wing Triple Strike technique to throw them towards the surging monsters in front of her.

With pairs of Gan Jiang and Mo Xie swords moving back and forth like swallows returning to their nests, most of the monsters that had just surged forward were instantly cleared out, creating enough time for Meng Weiyu to project and use the Sword of Victory Oath.

The sword, with its hilt forged of gold and inlaid with gemstones, was projected into his hand. Meng Weiyu gripped the hilt tightly with both hands, and the blade, which could cut through iron like mud, was now a dazzling gold!

The next moment, an exaggerated smile appeared on his lips. He did not point his sword at the monster in front of him; his target was the golden Holy Grail that shone like the sun in the dim, low sky!

“Ex…calibur!” Meng Weiyu shouted at the top of her lungs.

That voice contained all his resentment, all his helplessness, all his anger, all his sadness, and his madness in not surrendering to fate!

Not long ago, he thought Yun Li was silly for shouting out her skills, but now the one shouting the loudest was himself, who had been suppressed and teased in the Holy Grail War.

Knowing that he had spent nearly eternity in the Holy Grail, and knowing that he had failed to leave this place 33550337 times, Meng Weiyu, as a player of Honkai Impact 3rd who knew the entire contents of "Listen! The Carnival on the Blessed Mountain," simply did not believe that he could successfully obtain the Holy Grail this time!

Since the Holy Grail was just bait to lure him into this lousy script, he really wanted to try destroying it in front of the "fisherman." He wondered what kind of interesting expressions the two playing "Foehn" and "Nanook" would make after seeing this.

In his mind, the caster [Xi Lian] neither supported nor opposed him; she simply used the ritual sword silently to help him strengthen his memory so that Meng Weiyu could complete the next projection in the best possible condition.

A golden beam of energy, thick enough for several people to hug, erupted as the Excalibur struck, ignoring the surging tide of Exotic Memes and hurtling straight toward the Holy Grail!

On this stage, both the power of the Noble Phantasm and Meng Weiyu's personal combat strength have broken through the restriction that the power of the Noble Phantasm cannot be used in the first Holy Grail War!

Like a continuous laser cannon, the golden energy beam was refracted straight through, but at the last moment before reaching the Holy Grail, it seemed to have collided with a hard object and was completely blocked by it.

Meng Weiyu was not surprised. He showed a mocking expression as he looked at the white-clad figure after the golden energy dissipated.

"So you've finally made your appearance? It really is you, the Masked Fool playing the role of the 'Fenfeng'." Meng Weiyu said provocatively to the similarly sized figure high in the sky.

The Masked Fool, dressed in white and wearing a Fool's Mask on the upper half of his face, did not speak and did not hold any weapon.

However, after 33550337 enhancements, Meng Weiyu still keenly sensed that just before the attack of the [Sword of Excalibur] was about to disappear, the person in front of her withdrew the purplish-red barrier.

The white-clad Masked Fool snapped his fingers, and countless Otherworldly Memes that had crawled out of the black mud gushing from the Holy Grail instantly disappeared back inside!

The black mud quickly flowed back, shrinking back as if it had encountered a natural enemy, and eventually all returned to the Holy Grail.

"Can such a Holy Grail still grant wishes? Why don't you just step aside and let me destroy it?" Meng Weiyu teased.

“You’re really crazy.” The Masked Fool spoke in his usual hoarse voice.

Under the influence of the [Fool's Mask], neither Meng Weiyu nor Caster [Xi Lian] noticed that the [Masked Fool] in front of them was almost identical to the former, except for clothing and temperament!

"No working person is immune to madness, whether they're out in the world or inside the Holy Grail," Meng Weiyu teased.

“If you don’t destroy it, defeat me, you really have a glimmer of hope,” the Masked Fool said earnestly.

"The probability is really too high, dear Mr. 'Fenfeng'," Meng Weiyu continued sarcastically.

"It's truly pleasing that you can still be so eloquent even now." The white-clad figure floated in the sky, but his words were devoid of any emotion.

"What's the next script? Do you beat me up, or does He want to leave a couple's scar on his face like Nanook?" Meng Weiyu seemed to be asking, but also mocking.

"But I think this is too boring. How about we play something more fun?"

"What do you think? Chang Letianjun in the distance!" he shouted, waving at the figure of Aha in the distant sky.

Aha didn't respond to him; it seemed to really just be a decorative sticker background.

"You're like a clown right now," the white-clad "Masked Fool" said calmly.

“In your eyes, even Sisyphus, who moves stones day after day, week after week, is a clown.” Meng Weiyu suddenly stopped laughing.

"Do you know when Sisyphus is happiest?" He looked up at the white-clad [Masked Fool] in the sky.

The white-clad "Masked Fool" remained silent, his gaze behind the mask seemingly filled with pity.

"That's when he realized he no longer had to push this broken rock, but could instead use it to smash you!"

The strange longsword with three layers of rotating cylindrical blades took shape in Meng Weiyu's hands. Its attacks could shatter space and it was a divinely created weapon that could easily destroy a small world, symbolizing the primal power of the planet.

It was originally a top-tier Noble Phantasm that even Archer Emiya, who possessed Unlimited Blade Works, could not replicate. However, with the help of [Xi Lian] and Meng Weiyu's persistent and obsessive efforts, it was finally projected miraculously, deceiving everyone.

Anti-World Noble Phantasm - [Star of Equality]!

With the help of [Xi Lian], and having a good understanding of the Fate series and being in the [Emiya Archer] state, it is not difficult for me to project [Excalibur].

His and [Xi Lian]'s attempts have always revolved around this sword called [Heaven and Earth Separation: The Star of Creation].

From the very beginning, Meng Weiyu had no intention of gaining anything here. His greatest wish was to use this projected Ea to smash this stage to pieces!

Chapter 54 The Actor vs. the Fool (Part 54)

Meng Weiyu grasped the [Star of the Creation of Heaven and Earth] with both hands, and a vast power surged within the sword. The sword in his hands shimmered with a strange light, as if it had gathered the chaotic power of the beginning of heaven and earth.

The surrounding space began to distort, and cracks appeared like ferocious maws, seemingly about to devour everything.

His gaze became incredibly resolute, and he poured all the magic power he could muster into the sword like a surging tide.

The light of the sword Ea grew even brighter, brighter than the Holy Grail in the dim sky in the distance, and its three cylindrical blades emitted a terrifying hum!

This divinely crafted weapon unfolded continuously at this moment, with countless dark red patterns spreading into the air like the veins of a dying behemoth, accompanied by contradictory rhythms symbolizing creation and destruction.

The rhythmic waves were like sharp blades cutting through the surrounding space, causing the earth and air to vibrate.

The tremor, centered on Meng Weiyu, swept across the entire space at the speed of light.

In the distance, apart from the white-clad [Masked Fool], the Holy Grail, and the figure of Aha, everything else seemed to tremble under the oppressive aura of the Ea sword.

"Enuma—Elish!"

Meng Weiyu roared and raised the Exorcism Sword high. The most powerful and obvious huge energy wave shot out from the tip of the sword, like a surging tsunami, expanding out of his hand with a world-destroying momentum!

He didn't deliberately direct the energy surge towards the white-robed [Masked Fool] and the Holy Grail, but instead continued to sweep indiscriminately in all directions.

He wants to completely destroy this stage that has been built, and completely destroy this space!

Wherever the energy wave passed, spiderweb-like cracks appeared in this illusory stage world. It seemed that in a few seconds, the entire space would be completely torn apart, emitting a series of ear-piercing roars.

The white-clad "Masked Fool" finally showed a hint of seriousness in the face of the impending terrifying attack.

However, his solemn expression vanished the next moment, and he burst into laughter, clutching the Fool's Mask that only covered the upper half of his face.

He snapped his fingers with his unmasked hand, and the projection of this world-destroying treasure was canceled!

He snapped his fingers again, and the space destroyed by the Divergent Sword was completely restored in the next second!

Under Meng Weiyu's horrified gaze, the white-clad "Masked Fool" removed the "Fool's Mask," which only covered the upper half of his face, revealing a face exactly like his own.

"Surprised? Unexpected?" He spoke in a calm tone, exactly the same as Meng Weiyu.

"For me, the most interesting part is not your portrayal of Bai E, nor my temporary cameo as [Fen Feng]..."

"In this play, the role I truly played from beginning to end was the soon-to-be-born 'Iron Curtain'!"

The vague speculation brought about by [Kafka]'s previous warning has now transformed into a tremendous sense of despair and powerlessness that explodes in Meng Weiyu's heart.

If in Naonphalus's play, Bai'e's arms and wings were severed by the "Burning Wind," then at this moment, Meng Weiyu's indomitable spirit and courage to continue struggling against fate were severed.

At this moment, he lost all desire to continue fighting, his expression ashen, as he listened to his other self, dressed in white, rambling on high in the sky:

"Our relationship is actually quite similar to that of Bai E and the Iron Curtain. Only by merging with you can I, as the Masked Fool, become the true Messenger of Pleasure!"

"With you now enhanced 33550337 times, and me with maxed-out stats, we will become the most terrifying existence below the Star God!" At this point, [Meng Weiyu] in the sky was like a passionate speaker.

He stretched out his arms to another version of himself on the ground in the distance, as if to embrace and accept him, or as if to strangle him in the arms behind the embrace.

"Partner..." Caster [Xi Lian] suddenly spoke beside the system panel in his mind. "He's deliberately misleading you!"

Meng Weiyu's slightly dazed eyes suddenly came to life. He originally thought that the girl hidden in his mind in the form of "memory" would say a few words to comfort him, but he did not expect that the latter would realize something from the fragments of words of another version of himself.

“Every word he said was probably true, but he deliberately concealed a lot of crucial information.”

Indeed, this really sounds like my style. Meng Weiyu thought back to when she was an employee reporting to her boss.

But he still couldn't muster the courage to face a meaningless death.

“He said this is the script of Onpharos, but he didn’t say that you have experienced 30 million reincarnations, but that you have been strengthened 33550337 times!” When he mentioned “Onpharos”, Meng Weiyu noticed that [Xi Lian] paused for a very short time.

"This shows that he is deliberately misleading you with the partially revealed truth, making you believe that you are his nourishment! In fact, judging from the power he just displayed, he could completely fabricate evidence of the existence of reincarnation. Even if it does exist, it may not happen that many times. Don't forget that the most direct evidence is what we saw when we stepped onto this 'stage' under his guidance."

When she spoke her last sentence, Xi Lian spoke slowly and deliberately, her expression extremely serious.

"If that being is truly a projection, then it must have been affected by the [Star of the Creation of Heaven and Earth] before."

"This means that He has likely been watching this place all along. To go further, to make things more interesting, He has even strengthened you 33550337 times and upgraded your attributes, wanting to give you a chance to directly confront another version of yourself!"

"He doesn't care who ends up becoming the [Envoy of Pleasure]!" This thought surfaced in Meng Weiyu's mind and lingered there.

He recalled that not long ago, when he faced the Berserker [Mirror Flow] trial, he sat in meditation and triggered the system quest to become the [Envoy of Pleasure].

"If I were to let my other self capsize in the gutter, He would probably find it more amusing! No wonder He wanted to place an extra bet on me!"

Meng Weiyu transmitted his thoughts to Xi Lian, who smiled and nodded encouragingly at him.

The rapid exchange of information between consciousnesses ended at this moment. Meng Weiyu looked at his other self in white in the air and smiled. His eyes were no longer dull, but seemed to be burning with flames!

"Oh?" Meng Weiyu, high in the sky, showed a slightly surprised expression, but the expression was fleeting.

He mimicked [Fenfeng]'s actions and threw a weapon he had just created with level 999 [Projection Magic], [Qinchen], at his other self on the ground, planting it in the ground at the latter's feet.

"Partner, just engage him in a prolonged fight, no need to fight him to the death," [Xi Lian] whispered in Meng Weiyu's mind.

"Once you're close enough and locked in a stalemate, I'll use the trump card that Berserker [Mirror Flow] passed on to them earlier!"

Chapter 55 The Actor vs. the Fool (Part 2)

Floating in the air, Meng Weiyu looked at her regained confidence on the ground, but her heart was not as calm and peaceful as she appeared.

Although he had just uttered a soft "oh," he had actually been in control of the course of this "script" until this moment.

Previously, when facing the imposter Giovanni, the "Masked Fool" and the Memory Man, he actually grasped the rhythm of the scene from the moment he saw through the other party.

He deliberately mentioned [The Garden of Flowing Light] and pretended to project [The Symbol of Breaking the Laws of All Things]. Combined with the performance of his other self in the Holy Grail and [Xi Lian], he made the other party guess about his abilities and strength and misjudge them!

In that dialogue where they were both putting on a show of acting, he, who possessed overwhelming power, actually did not want to hurt those who remembered, but unfortunately, the true nature they revealed disappointed him.

However, this time, another "enemy" he didn't want to hurt was hiding out of his sight, offering advice to the young man who had just fallen into despair. It seemed that he had grasped some truth and ignited a flame of hope in his eyes.

Dressed in white, Meng Weiyu would rather face a multi-faceted traveler like the imposter Giovanni, or even a servant with the power of a messenger, than face this "enemy"—Xi Lian, the girl he least wanted to be enemies with.

"If a string of numbers could determine the ending of a story..." Memories of her gradually surfaced in my mind.

“Then we can naturally…rewrite the beginning again!” She held his hand and picked up her pen on “As I Write”, the scene of her whispering in his ear seemed to be vivid in her mind.

"Then... it's yours now!" The girl with pink hair and a purple dress solemnly handed him "As I Write".

"Yes." He nodded solemnly as well.

As someone who transmigrated from version 3.4, [Meng Weiyu] was unaware that Xi Lian had made a similar choice in version 3.5. He only knew that this was one of the few unforgettable things in his long memory.

That book was the last thing she left for herself, and also her strongest trump card. It was a secret that neither Xi Lian nor she herself knew.

Another version of herself was probably plotting with that [Xi Lian] at this moment, figuring out how to use the latter's previously unrevealed abilities to outmaneuver her at a crucial moment. Unfortunately, she knew Xi Lian's abilities better than the [Xi Lian] who hadn't yet regained all her memories. [Meng Weiyu] chuckled to herself.

To be honest, I'm quite envious of him now. At least he's different from me; he's not alone.

He actually lied to the imposter Giovanni; he wasn't another, inhuman part of himself. It was just that the long time and experiences he had in the Holy Grail had diluted his humanity...

No one would be foolish enough to reveal all their secrets to someone they've never truly known.

Of course, this excludes 【Xi Lian】.

His thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the earth and rocks exploding. Meng Weiyu's gaze sharpened as he noticed that another version of himself on the ground had summoned a phantom, transparent one-handed sword and was using the recoil from the impact of the ground to charge straight at him.

He sneered and summoned a phantom, transparent one-handed sword. In the next instant, the two identical weapons collided!

In a place that resembled a movie theater auditorium but whose exact location was unknown, a huge screen was showing a fierce battle: two young men with identical faces, one dressed in white and the other in pioneer attire, were launching a relentless attack on each other with two identical weapons.

These two young people disregarded Newton's laws, like two shooting stars, one gray and one white, colliding and separating repeatedly in the air. During the collision, the illusory and transparent one-handed sword burst out with dazzling light.

This small auditorium has only three rows of seats, each of which is spacious and comfortable like a small sofa, with a dark night sky dotted with stars above them.

The surrounding walls are covered with intricate and complex engravings, which gleam with the cold light that only touchscreens emit in this dim environment where only the screens are lit.

In the center, on two sofa-like seats, sat a young couple—Saber [Yun Li] and Archer [Yan Qing]!