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

He curled his lips into a smile, revealing a set of sharp, shark-like teeth, exuding a cynical and unrestrained arrogance.

He neither moved away nor approached to disturb him, but instead began to clean his revolver.

After another moment of silence, Meng Weiyu released Caster [Xi Lian]'s hand, scratched her head, and answered the question [Xi Lian] had initially asked.

"Projecting isn't difficult, but I don't know how to use it..." he said, slightly embarrassed.

“Then let him treasure it and study it more.” Archer [Potio] clicked his tongue.

He did not blame his newly acquainted companion, and at the same time suppressed his curiosity to conduct research.

“It’s okay, we’ll always have a chance later,” Caster [Xi Lian] encouraged.

Meng Weiyu sealed the powder into a small container that Xi Lian had found on the train, and then put it in the pocket of his Pioneer outfit.

Even if his container is accidentally damaged during battle, it doesn't matter, because the material generated by [magic] is completely different from ordinary clothing and will not leak.

It's just not very convenient to take it all out...

In addition, he did gain something else in the previous battle. While manipulating a large number of weapons into the air in [Unlimited Blade Works], he also used the control of [Sword Escape] and [Projection Magic] to raise their levels to 110 at the same time!

The values ​​of [Projection Magic] remained unchanged, but he could vaguely sense that the entire projection process had been shortened.

The [Escape Sword] has increased its firing speed by another 10%!

“It’s so good to be young.” In the conference room-like screening room, Ruler [Mikhail] looked at the screen and turned to Meng Weiyu, who was dressed in white, and teased her.

"Don't be fooled by their holding hands. I know my other self quite well. They're probably exchanging important information right now—through [memory]." When [Meng Weiyu] saw this, the calm composure in her eyes disappeared, as if she was recalling some past events.

“My other self has probably figured out something incredible, which is why I need Caster [Xi Lian] to comfort me,” he added.

"Oh? I'm very curious about what that is." [Gopher Wood] immediately became interested.

"I'm sorry, I can't sense his thoughts and ideas, Mr. [Gopher Wood]. Of course, he can't do the same either." [Meng Weiyu] shrugged.

“But we might as well make some bold guesses, and then carefully verify them.” The white-robed [Masked Fool] smirked. “For example, did he or Caster [Xi Lian] also recognize the existence of that ‘commentary’ or [oracle]?”

"That's pretty much what I guessed. I hope so..." [Gopher Wood] nodded.

“I’m also curious about something else…” The black-haired “chicken-winged old boy” looked at Meng Weiyu with a serious expression and then said, “What is the significance of you summoning us? With the strength you just demonstrated, if anyone intends to interfere with this Holy Grail War, you can deal with any enemy we can deal with.”

"You're just pretending to be weak to fool others. This tactic has been overused in novels from my hometown..." Meng Weiyu, dressed in white, shook her head with a wry smile and muttered to herself.

Seeing the young [Masked Fool] with such an expression, Ruler [Gopher Wood] instantly realized that the other party knew his background, and that his own feigned humility just now was only a test.

As if she knew what he was thinking, Meng Weiyu, who was wearing the upper half of the Fool's Mask, stopped her previous expression and actions and gave him a polite smile.

Gopher's heart felt like a boulder falling into an abyss. He was now absolutely certain that the young Masked Fool knew very well his and Mikhail's abilities as rulers.

"Besides watching this scene with me as an audience member, I would also like to ask you two to use your respective Noble Phantasms," Meng Weiyu said politely.

"As one of the most brilliant figures in the Asdna system, and the second and third generation founders of Pinocone, I believe that you and Mr. Mikhail will surely be able to use a top-tier Noble Phantasm on a planetary scale!" His tone carried a hint of excitement at witnessing history.

"That is the world that can truly recreate what my lord desires, the closest to the [script]! It is also the stage for the history of Pinocene—[Anti-Star Noble Phantasm: Pinocene]!"

Chapter 67 Ruling Rules

"As expected of the being who controls pleasure, to be able to think of such amusement." Ruler [Gopherwood] was slightly surprised after hearing the slightly excited description of the young masked fool in front of him.

“If this is the purpose of summoning me, I have no objection.” With that, [Gopher Wood] placed the Holy Grail between himself and the ruler [Mikhail].

Mikhail fell silent as he watched Meng Weiyu, dressed in Trail Blazers attire, on the screen.

He was unaware that the person in the picture was the owner of the garment who had once saved Pinocchio from outside the Holy Grail; he was simply hesitant about whether his next move would harm the young man.

In history, he also hesitated over some equally ridiculous and dispensable things, eventually losing power, being abandoned by most of his original family members, and finally guarding Liumeng Reef in solitude.

"Don't worry, Mr. Mikhail. The other me in this [script] should be the one who makes it to the end, barring any unforeseen circumstances. If not, my lord will have to find other protagonists for the next five Holy Grail Wars." [Meng Weiyu] saw [Mikhail]'s hesitation and comforted him.

"As for the others, including you and me, we are all products of [memory], except that I am a little more special." He explained patiently and sincerely, as if addressing an elder in the family.

After a few breaths of silence, Ruler [Mikhail] sighed.

“If this is just a scene from a script and doesn’t negatively impact anyone else, then I have no objection.” Ruler Mikhail grasped the golden chess piece in his hand.

A powerful surge of magical energy emanated from Mikhail and Gopher, beginning to erode every inch of the Holy Grail outside the room. As the second and third generation leaders who made outstanding contributions to the current Pinocchio, they both possessed the same Noble Phantasm:

This is the paradise they built in the Asdna system after exhausting their life's work and sacrificing countless friends: its name is—Pinocone!

Outside the Star Train on the screen, the desolate planetary surface remained unchanged, yet it followed the memories of [Mikhail] and [Gopher], with inviolable rules written down by the ruler.

This planet-affecting Noble Phantasm began to merge with the pre-set [script], and began to reveal the most authentic past of Pinocchio!

After completing everything, Ruler [Mikhail] no longer interacted with [Masked Fool], [Meng Weiyu], and [Gopher Wood], but instead focused intently on the screen once more. As the rules were established, lifelike faces appeared one by one on the train:

He watched as Meng Weiyu, Caster [Xi Lian], and Archer [Potio] encountered the other nameless passengers on the train, watched them talk with their old friends, watched them meet the real Pam who wasn't an insect in disguise, and watched them finally meet with the true navigator of the Star Train at that time—[Chasing the Light] Granholm, who began to explain the mission and precautions after arriving in the Asdna system to all the nameless passengers.

Seeing that the navigator on the screen was exactly the same as the one in his memory, and had not been replaced by other Servants or actors, Mikhail, as the Ruler, felt a sense of relief, thinking that he would probably not be involved in the later conflicts.

The Star Train stopped on a desolate edge star in the Asdna system, and Meng Weiyu, Caster [Xi Lian], and Archer [Potio] filed out along with many other nameless passengers.

During the time of its previous navigator, Falken Amundsen, the Star Train regained the glory it had enjoyed after the fall of the pioneering star god Aquivilli, and had several hundred train crew members.

Even now, in their current timeline, because not too much time has passed since that period, the train still carries a large number of nameless passengers.

"Damn it, I really didn't expect that the Star Train came to this lovely place to pay off his company's debts!" ​​Archer [Potio] shouted loudly when there was no one else around.

"The company has extended invitations and commissions to many forces. Mr. Potio, doesn't this seem similar to the later invitations extended by various forces to Pinocchio by their families?" Meng Weiyu didn't speak, but Caster [Xi Lian] answered first.

“It’s a bit like his, Wuwubo,” [Potio] muttered.

"So it doesn't matter who invited us, what matters is that we came here and what we did." [Xi Lian] gently persuaded.

“We can’t just collect anything here, or we’ll repeat the mistake of the nameless guest—colliding with the forces here.” Meng Weiyu looked around; all she could see was desolation and ruin, clearly ravaged by war.

Not far away, flames burned over dilapidated wooden houses, and armed troops dressed in Interstellar Peace Corporation uniforms wandered among the ruins.

When he first encountered those nameless guests and the "pure-hearted pursuer of light" Granholm, he was quite surprised. What kind of ability could replicate countless vibrant lives like Servants in this world created by the Holy Grail?

Compared to the first Holy Grail War, such a dramatic change made Meng Weiyu unable to help but wonder about the subsequent Holy Grail Wars; if he and [Xi Lian] really persevered until then, what kind of scenes would they witness?

"Partner, Mr. Potio, may you use your own Noble Phantasms?" [Xi Lian] suddenly asked at this moment.

Meng Weiyu quickly closed her eyes and entered a meditative state.

His image appeared in front of the system panel in his mind—[The Entertainer's Encyclopedia]—and he immediately checked his own panel:

[Master]: Meng Weiyu

【词条】：【域外开拓者·白色·1级（7/10）】、【贪饕的赞许·紫色·2级（1/2）】、【投影魔术·金色·110级（221/1000）】、【开拓者·记忆·金色·100级（23/1000）】、【战斗续行·紫色·2级（0/2）】、【遁剑·蓝色·110级（234/1000）】、【怪力·白色·100级（0/1000）】

[Servant]: Xi Lian

[Servant Class]: Caster

[Noble Phantasm] (Unusable): Unknown

[Command Spell]: 3 strokes

[Costume]: None available

[Enhancement Level]: Level 1

To his surprise, he discovered that [Xi Lian]'s Noble Phantasm was unusable!

Then wouldn't his Unlimited Blade Works also be...?

"Who goes there? Show yourself, you little rascal!" Archer [Potio] shouted, turning his head towards the dilapidated wooden house burning with flames.

"Hmph!" A handsome yet cold voice rang out. Meng Weiyu and [Xi Lian] exchanged a glance, their eyes revealing undisguised shock.

They defied the course of history and encountered Hanunu—the first leader of Pinocone and the initiator of the famous Pinocone War of Independence!

Chapter 68 It seems like an old friend has arrived

The "man" hidden behind the wooden house slowly emerged: he wore a black top hat, a dark blue suit with white shirt cuffs peeking out from the sleeves, a neatly folded white handkerchief in his breast pocket, and a gray tie tied neatly at the left breast, contrasting with the color of his suit.

His facial features were not those of an ordinary human; he was a wolf!

The wolf, with predominantly gray-white fur, held a brown pipe in its mouth. The pipe's bowl was round and full, and the mouthpiece was long and slender. The fur on its head and back was fluffy and layered, appearing messy yet textured. Its nose was light brown, small and delicate, and its ears were erect with slightly curved tips, indicating an alert state.

He even wore a pair of black sunglasses that covered most of his eye sockets, revealing only a small part of his deep yellow eyes, exuding an unquestionable majesty.

"What the hell? You're a love-starved Buliman? No, you're a werewolf from the Habek tribe!" Archer [Potio] clearly didn't know much about Pinocone's history, but the Sea Ranger's extensive experience allowed him to determine that the guy in front of him wasn't a bloodthirsty Buliman.

"Mr. Cowboy, your judgment is very sharp," [Hanunu] commented with a keen eye.

"Hello, Senior Hanunu. We are nameless passengers on the Star Train. I am here on behalf of the three of us to convey this message: We are here to investigate the truth!" Meng Weiyu said with careful wording.

Things have deviated completely from the original history of Pinocchio. From the limited information in the game, it is known that after leaving the Star Train, Mikhail and his two companions first encountered Mr. Susa, the founder of Suleda, and then clashed with Hanunu while collecting rare memory essence in an abandoned mine...

They had already met with Hanunu before they met Mr. Susa!

“Partner, the [magic power] fluctuations around him are extremely strong; he's probably a Servant too!” Caster [Xi Lian] grabbed his hand and reminded him through [memory] transmission.

"You don't need to pretend. I know the train was invited by the company, I know you came here to obtain the Holy Grail, and I also know we are all in the same camp," [Hanunu] said in a slightly hurried tone.

The sheer volume of information startled Meng Weiyu. He stared at Hanunu in disbelief. Since Hanunu was appearing as a Servant, did he know that this was not the real Pinocchio, but a stage built based on a script written according to the latter's history?

If he knew the truth of all this, how would the subsequent history of this "stage" change?

"Senior Hanunu, do you know... where this is?" Caster [Xilian] asked cautiously.

Hanunu gave a cold "humph," then scrutinized the girl in the pink-haired, purple-dressed girl before her.

"I'm sorry to disappoint you, but this is the outskirts of the Asdna system, the legendary Nightmare Town. Our enemy is the infamous Interstellar Peace Corporation. Aside from being reborn, you have no chance to change sides." He seemed unaware that this wasn't the real Pinocchio, yet he accurately perceived a Holy Grail War lurking within the War of Independence!

“Mr. Hanunu, you misunderstand. We just don’t know much about the area around here…” Meng Weiyu explained.

"Damn it, the company? I'll beat up those lackeys of the company!" Archer [Potio] pulled out a revolver and spun it in his hand.

"Let's leave here first. The situation is very serious. They have newly developed mechs." [Hanunu]'s tone was still urgent.

After he finished speaking, Meng Weiyu felt her heart sink... Sure enough, a few seconds later everyone present heard the huge and heavy sound of the mechs.

"Holy crap, is this really how it works?!" Meng Weiyu mentally ranted as she began constructing layers of transparent barriers, each half a person's height, as a form of defense.

Caster [Xi Lian] summoned a phantom, transparent crescent-shaped ritual dagger and created a barrier at her feet that enveloped the four of them.

【Hanunu】 looked at the two young people beside her with slight surprise, then looked at Archer 【Potio】 who suddenly became excited and revealed a mouthful of sharp teeth like shark teeth, and then a smile appeared on her wolf-like face.

He conjured up a huge rocket launcher out of thin air, and the next moment, the rocket launcher fired shells like machine gun bullets!

"Interstellar wanted criminals of the Habek race..." The black and red mechs bearing the company logo had barely appeared in Meng Weiyu and the others' field of vision when they were subjected to a saturation bombardment of rocket launchers. Their leader's words were instantly swallowed up in the explosions.

The battle was not over. Amidst the fire and smoke, four mountain-sized, deep blue mechs, each holding a golden blast-proof energy shield, were launched at them like cannonballs by something.

They landed on a desolate piece of land a hundred meters away. The moment they landed, Meng Weiyu felt the ground beneath her feet tremble slightly.

This is a mech that only senior employees (team leaders) of Interstellar Peace Corporation can pilot. Each of them is at least a team leader in the company!

"One for each person?" Archer [Potio] asked.

"Mr. [Potio], Mr. [Hanunu], guard the surroundings, leave them to me!" The illusory and transparent sword [Zhanwang] appeared in Meng Weiyu's right hand.

Having fought against Berserker [Mirror Stream] and another version of himself as [Masked Fool], he is now fearless in close combat.

This is an opportunity to demonstrate one's strength in front of the important historical figure, Hanunu, so that this proud Habek werewolf will be able to take him and Caster Xilian seriously in their future interactions!

He activated the level 110 [Super Strength] skill from the [Actor's Skill Box] and stomped the ground, charging forward at the deep blue armor. The next moment, the mech's cannons and guns unleashed a torrent of fire on the young man in the Pioneer suit!

The seven-colored petals of the [Seven-fold Ring of Blazing Heaven] appeared out of thin air from Meng Weiyu's outstretched left hand, blocking countless bullets and artillery fire. With the blessing of Caster [Xi Lian], the slight cracks that appeared on the petals were quickly restored.

A few seconds later, the young man, whose body had been enhanced once, finally stood in front of the four mechs and revealed a victorious smile.

The golden attribute [Pioneer Memory] was activated at this moment, and the next instant, a time-stop field with a radius of twenty meters enveloped all the mechs piloted by the four senior employees of the company!

Chapter 69 The Company's "Reinforcements"

"The mechs you pilot are public property. If they are damaged, you will have to pay for the damage yourself with your meager salaries. At the same time, you will also lose your eligibility to rent a one-bedroom apartment on the company's corporate ships."

Before their vision was plunged into eternal darkness, these were the last words that flashed through the minds of several senior employees of the company.

Just a second ago, the [Slaying Illusion] sword sliced ​​through the mechs' prized energy shields in two, then into four, as easily as cutting through tofu. Finally, Meng Weiyu finished them off with a close-range shot from [Fantasy Collapse].

He turned and bowed slightly to Hanunu and Archer Potio, his back to the violent explosion caused by the time stop being lifted.

Caster [Xi Lian] smiled at Meng Weiyu, and Meng Weiyu nodded in response. As he responded, the aftershocks and shockwaves of the explosion continued to come from behind him, but he blocked them all with an invisible transparent barrier.

"I guess I've successfully shown them what I'm capable of," Meng Weiyu thought with a smirk. Knowing full well that the mechs weren't man-made, he felt no guilt about the killing.

Even at this moment, he did not let his guard down. Small mirrors projected from different angles floated beside him, allowing him to observe the changes around him and even behind him.