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

This is the weapon that the Sea Patrol Rangers use to hunt down the most powerful enemies in the world—[Time-Reversing Strike]!

In the obscured history of Pinocchio, it is highly likely that Tirnan and other seafaring rangers used it to kill the Extinction Lord [Zhro]!

At this moment, even Meng Weiyu, who usually has a lot of inner monologues, could not hide the shock on her face.

The bullet that symbolizes eternal timelessness in the game is now truly before his eyes!

The more people know about the story behind this bullet, the more they will be moved by it—this is a bullet that can kill even an immortal monster that defies time!

Meng Weiyu took a deep breath. He used [Projection Magic] and focused all his attention on trying to analyze the materials and structure that had been refined into it. The thoughts churning in his mind continued to surge like waves:

The projection attempt failed as expected, but from the ice-blue spiral warhead, Meng Weiyu still used [Projection Magic] to analyze the materials needed to forge it—he touched the embers of the Annihilation Lord, saw weapons capable of destroying civilizations, and heard the mournful cries of the Primordial Star-Devouring Beast at its death!

At the end of the First Holy Grail War, with the help of various conditions, he and Caster [Xi Lian] did their best to project the divine Noble Phantasm [Enuma Elish], which even the great hero Emiya could not project. However, in front of the material made of spiral bullets, the former's dazzling light was dimmed a lot!

This bullet was forged from the remains of a target with galactic-level power called "Hunter"!

Neither he in his current form nor his other self as the "Masked Fool" can project a similar fake using "Projection Magic."

It contains the immense power of the [Hunting] Star God Storm!

Only a lone space cowboy like Portio, whose obsession with revenge against Oswal Schneiderdo, the head of the company's marketing department, runs so deep and whose relentless pursuit of the "Hunter" has reached the point of dedicating his entire life to relentless revenge, would possess such bullets!

Archer [Potio] reloaded in the blink of an eye. Without aiming at anything, he raised his hand, pointed the muzzle of the revolver at the sky, and pulled the trigger. The next moment, the specially made revolver roared as bullets left the barrel!

The ice-blue bullet, trailing a golden flame, shot straight into the sky. Then, as if sensing something, it suddenly bent and flew off in a certain direction.

"It's actually a Sea Patrol Ranger! And they're willing to use such rare bullets?! How is this possible! How is this possible?!" Seeing this, the sniper who had just been mocking [Potio] and Meng Weiyu for being naive opened his eyes wide in surprise and fear.

He was preparing to escape to the planetary warship, but it was too late to re-enter the portal, which was so close yet so far away.

A streak of icy blue and golden light struck him, leaving a basketball-sized hole in his chest. His eyes glazed over, and he stopped breathing and his heart stopped beating, but unlike the other dead employees, he didn't disappear immediately!

"So this is the [Hunter's] [Reverse Strike]... It seems much less powerful than rumored." In the conference room-like screening room, [Meng Weiyu] observed the sniper's wounds thoughtfully.

“No!” Mikhail suddenly spoke, a hint of surprise in his voice. “That sniper! He’s not a humanoid!”

His close friend, Tiernan, a guard on the Star Train and later a Sea Ranger, was also a gunslinger with the [Hunter] ability.

That's why he understands the bullets of the [Hunter] force better than [Meng Weiyu] and [Gopher Wood]!

“If he were a creature capable of transforming into a humanoid form, he would revert to his original form after sustaining a fatal wound. If he were an AI, he would reveal his true form when severely injured. But he doesn’t seem to possess either of these characteristics.” The white-clad Meng Weiyu cast a questioning glance at Mikhail.

“He probably underwent modification surgery like that archer [Potio], which is why his skin blends in with the outside world along with his uniform!” [Gopherwood] said quietly.

The brown eyes behind the Fool's Mask suddenly narrowed, and Meng Weiyu instantly thought of the strange object called the Old Skin in the Black Tower Space Station: In this universe where human appearances are the norm, many non-human beings are willing to undergo surgery and transform themselves into humanoid forms in order to conform to the mainstream!

Such transformations are often accompanied by severe side effects and lifelong suffering, but they are willing to do so in order to integrate into a more mainstream world!

"In the information I received, the race of this meritorious sniper was deliberately erased. His resume states that he loved to torture his enemies, which means that he must have often suffered from the backlash after the modification!" The black-haired "chicken-winged old boy" [Gopher Wood] showed a hint of pity in his eyes.

[Meng Weiyu] looked at [Gofemu] dressed as a priest. After taking power, the latter did many cruel and ruthless things in Pinocchio and eliminated a lot of dissidents. But if he was a pure evil person, he would not have been able to raise that brother and sister who loved the world so much - the Sunday and the Robin who later changed the course of Pinocchio's history.

"This bullet has already eliminated the creature hiding inside? But why is this [skin] still here?!" [Meng Weiyu] revealed a solemn expression.

Mikhail sighed: "Given my understanding of how the company makes the most of its resources, this 'shell' probably has other arrangements in mind..."

A series of violent explosions came from the screen in the theater!

Before the knowledgeable, nameless, and legendary tycoon, the Watchmaker, could finish speaking, rockets and the Pseudo-Spiral Sword, guided by streams of ice-blue and gold light, began a relentless bombardment of the sniper's area.

At that moment, Mikhail and Meng Weiyu, dressed in white, exchanged a glance and both saw the faint smile on each other's faces.

The person they knew shared the same habit: they would not stop attacking even if their enemy had only a sliver of a chance to survive!

“That humanoid [magical] object has completely disappeared,” Caster [Xi Lian] reminded Meng Weiyu and [Hanunu].

"It's a real shame you wasted such a precious bullet, but thank you anyway, Mr. Potio!" Meng Weiyu deactivated the projection of the [Pseudo-Spiral Sword] beside him and turned his gaze to the cowboy next to him.

“It’s alright, I have more than one bullet like this! Since you’re willing to risk your life, I’ll use this precious little cutie to accompany you!” Archer [Potio] wiped his beloved pistol.

Meng Weiyu wondered to himself whether his specially made "synesthetic beacon" had worked in that sentence.

Without any warning, Meng Weiyu suddenly felt a suffocating sensation, as if death was about to brush past him.

This feeling was exactly like the warning his body gave him when he was a Demi-Servant!

[Hanunu] suddenly turned around to warn him, but [Potio] reacted even faster. He immediately stopped wiping his revolver and shoved Caster [Xilian]!

A white beam of light, thick enough for two people to hug, grazed past [Xi Lian]'s hair and shattered [Potio]'s arm in the process!

Chapter 75 A Game of Chess in the Snow

The moment the white beam of light appeared, Meng Weiyu immediately activated the time-stop field of [Pioneer Memory] again.

However, it had absolutely no effect on the laser attack coming from infinitely high in the sky!

Also ineffective was the barrier that Meng Weiyu had repaired and projected into a completely transparent bunker!

The beam of light continuously emits high-energy particles, rendering the barrier, which is set to revert to a specific moment with high-frequency commands, completely ineffective!

The archer [Potio] was destroyed, with most of its arm melted by a white beam of light, and debris flew out of the broken part that came into contact with the laser.

After hitting [Potio]'s arm, the beam did not continue to move or turn towards the nearest Sea Ranger, but simply disappeared!

Neither the constantly rewinding barrier nor the time-stopping domain created by the overlapping of the [Pioneer's Memory] and Caster's [Xi Lian] barriers could stop it from beginning to end!

The Time Stop Domain can halt incoming bullets, but it cannot stop fleeting streaks of light.

Despair and fear of the unknown exploded in her heart. Meng Weiyu's terrible intuition came true once again. The other party's target was indeed Caster [Xi Lian]!

If this attack was aimed at [Potio] and [Hanunu] who were standing together, given their reactions just now, it would most likely have been a double kill.

If the attack had been slightly off-target and had hit him directly, even with [Combat Continuation], he would have been severely injured, if not killed.

It seems to be bound by some kind of rule; the target of the other party is really only Caster [Xi Lian], and can only be [Xi Lian]!

In history, Pinoconi's character, along with Lazarina who was seriously injured in a corporate attack around the same time, seems to have become an important anchor point in this Holy Grail War, just like the momentous moment in the universe anchored by the God of Wisdom, the Astral God.

“That piece of ‘scrap metal’ (the Celestial God of Wisdom) once showed a brief interest in you and this Holy Grail. He simulated your memories and iterated through the Holy Grail War again and again within this Holy Grail filled with special memory substances…”

In Meng Weiyu's memory, a figure dressed in Japanese clothing and wearing a fox mask, named "Hanabi," reappeared, leaning against the tree. Her words still echoed in her ears.

Could it be that there is a so-called "script" in this second Holy Grail War, in which the caster "Xi Lian," who plays Lazarina, is destined to be seriously injured or even die?

"Don't bow down to fate! May you return to your hometown at the end of the story..." He seemed to hear the words from another version of himself, dressed in white and wearing the "Fool's Mask," transmitted through his memories.

A sense of helplessness, as if manipulated by fate, lingered in Meng Weiyu's heart, like a haze that was difficult to dispel.

A flash of inspiration! Confidence and hope reignited in Meng Weiyu's heart, and bright flames danced in her eyes!

After a snap of his fingers, Meng Weiyu projected out the "Blizzard" spell he had used in the battle against Archer [Yanqing] once again!

Previously, in order to allow [Potio] to completely eliminate the sniper lurking in the shadows, Meng Weiyu projected a barrier to create a diversion and chose a more aggressive approach.

Now is the perfect time to use it!

He could even use the "blizzard" to do some deceitful things!

A blizzard with extremely low visibility appeared out of nowhere, enveloping an area of ​​more than 500 meters centered on him!

Under the influence of the level 110 red attribute [Projection Magic], both visibility and range far surpassed the two previous uses.

"What a resourceful little guy." In the conference room-like screening room, Ruler [Gopher Wood] smiled and exclaimed, "He wanted to use the extremely low visibility fog to interfere with the field of vision, while at the same time causing a large number of fine particles to collide with the high-energy particles in the laser, greatly reducing the energy of the latter's high focusing. Is this the method your world uses to deal with lasers?"

"Hmm." Meng Weiyu, dressed in white, nodded slowly. "In my understanding, severe weather is the mortal enemy of laser weapons."

“Alas, this is useless.” Mikhail sighed slowly, a look of reminiscence in his eyes: “Back then, many primitive civilizations, including us in Asdna, used similar methods, borrowing technology or certain destinies to fight against the company’s laser weapons.”

Meng Weiyu turned to look at Mikhail and Gofemu beside her, noticing that the latter had only lightly praised her other self, without any intention of objecting to Mikhail's statement.

"How could this possibly be useful for a company that has colonized countless planets?"

Mikhail spoke these words with a slightly heavy tone, recalling the friends and comrades who died in that war of independence, and the planets that had been occupied by the company's Market Development Department.

Meng Weiyu slowly lowered his head, gently pressing the [Fool's Mask], which only showed the upper half of his face. As someone born from the memories of a transmigrator, he instinctively tried to understand and think based on his experiences from his original world...

That's why he himself, and even another version of himself, made a fatal mistake!

In the world he now inhabits, even mortals without the power of destiny can wield weapons capable of destroying planets!

Similarly, how could the Interstellar Peace Corporation, with its tentacles reaching all corners of the world, not be able to handle a small blizzard?

In the command center of the warship flagship, the "suit-wearing" Rider [Stone Boss] is monitoring Meng Weiyu and her three companions' every move through a satellite suspended high above the prison.

Just now, he witnessed the death of one of his meritorious snipers. Before he could even feel anger, he sensed the loosening of the rules!

The effect of the [Anti-Star Noble Phantasm - Pinocchio] on him has weakened!

He can use more powerful weapons to attack Caster [Xi Lian], but he can only target her.

He decisively used the laser weapon on the low Earth orbit satellite, and then saw the "blizzard" projected onto the screen.

"Hmph, a little bit of intelligence, but not much," [Stone Boss] commented casually. "Not stupid enough to project a mirror and reflect a laser like some primitive people."

Mirrors can indeed effectively reflect low-power visible lasers. High-power lasers can also be reflected using military-grade mirrors, provided that the user knows the wavelength of the laser emitted by the other party.

Otherwise, even the energy absorbed during the reflection process could easily destroy the mirror!

The company has a deeper understanding of laser weapons, with their technology dating back to when the company was just the "Amber King Support Team"!

He even had ways to deal with the "blizzard" that obscured his vision.

However, [Stone Boss] doesn't want to use it!

The moment the "blizzard" appeared, the effect of the [Anti-World Noble Phantasm - Pinocene] on him weakened once again!

Now that he can no longer reach the moment when "Lazarina is seriously injured" is the anchor, he has more trump cards at his disposal!

"Since you're all hiding in the 'blizzard,' my saturation attack isn't too much to ask, is it?" A confident smile appeared on Rider [Stone Boss's] face, and he already felt an overwhelming sense of victory.

Chapter 76 Deceiving the Heavens (Part 1)

Inside the command center of the flagship warship, there was no need for [Boss Stone] to issue any commands; the entire planetary warship and its associated near-Earth orbit satellites were deployed at his command.

The middle-aged man in a suit and tie slowly rose from his seat, looking at the "blizzard" that covered an area of ​​several hundred meters on the big screen with a victorious smile, his fingers lightly tapping the edge of the desktop in front of the screen.

Whether it was the crash of the interstellar battleship or the subsequent deaths of his capable subordinates, compared to the at least three Servants from the enemy faction, it was only enough for him to mourn and grieve for less than ten minutes!

He is such a ruthless person; no one else could have climbed to this position in the Interstellar Peace Corporation.

Faced with enormous benefits, the two "bargains" in his own Noble Phantasm were insignificant!

Now is the time for him to reap the rewards!

Six beams of light, each ten meters in diameter, were launched from satellites at different locations in near-Earth orbit. Like the Sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of all living beings, they reached the ground at the speed of light in an instant!

Each of them possesses power approaching that of an ordinary Noble Phantasm!

He didn't think these beam attacks would immediately eliminate Caster [Xi Lian] and his three companions, but time was on his side!

More satellites are approaching along low Earth orbit, drawing closer to locations where they can emit lasers.

They will then maintain the same speed as this former prison planet, hovering above Meng Weiyu and the four casters [Xi Lian] until they completely destroy the target!

Even if they manage to hold out, it won't matter. In the next few tens of minutes, these attacking laser beams will multiply into ten, twenty, or even thirty!

As long as the anchored scenario of "Lazarina" not being seriously injured does not occur, under the influence of the [Anti-World Noble Phantasm - Pinocene], [Stone Boss] will have the opportunity to use even more powerful abilities!

Intersecting white beams of light continued to sweep across the "blizzard" created by Meng Weiyu. At least for the next few hours, [Stone Boss] clearly had no intention of stopping or reducing the intensity of his attacks!

Inside the command center, Rider [Stone Boss] let out a long sigh of relief. He sat back down in his chair, casually enjoying the scene on the screen.

At this moment, all he needs to do is sit in this absolutely safe "spectator's seat" and continuously place pieces on the chessboard of Pinocchio to easily reap the fruits of victory!

The pieces on the chessboard were powerless to resist and could only fight against the pieces he had placed.

That's how it is at Interstellar Peace Company: the lower-level employees fight tooth and nail, while those above remain calm and collected, their clothes spotless, untouched by mud or blood.

This is part of the company culture! Thinking of this, Boss Stone, sitting in the upper seat, couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Even if one's own pieces are not powerful enough, one can still strike from a place where they cannot attack, even if one is alone high in the sky!

Even the archer [Potio], skilled in shooting, probably couldn't shoot down warships and satellites in the sky amidst extremely low visibility and dense attacks!

That legendary sniper from another race had already shown Archer [Potio] his trump card through his death.

The only caster with the power to resist, [Xi Lian], is targeted by this world.

After waiting for a few minutes, the feeling of victory and pride slowly faded. Looking at the "blizzard" that had not dissipated on the screen, and at the dozen or so white energy beams sweeping back and forth, [Stone Boss] frowned slightly.

"Even if they possess the ability to rewind memories, judging from the first attack, his barrier shouldn't have lasted this long..." This was the first time this company executive had addressed his research and development department.

"That [Xi Lian] shouldn't be able to be affected by such an energy attack. Could it be that they've been avoiding the attack all along?" Doubt and unease slowly rose in his heart.