He was imprisoned in Nibelungen for a thousand years, only to find out upon his release that he was

"What!?"

A cry of surprise came from nearby, “Odin, the great god?? Could it be that the crime for which the monarch was executed was true?”

Ophelia was also shocked. How could Beryl, who was not a sorcerer, have seen this from the side?

This is something a simple séance can't do, unless she actually summoned Odin! But how is that possible?!

Just as the two were lost in a mental blank, for an unknown period of time...

In an instant, the rolling thunder and the gloomy, dark clouds quickly dissipated, leaving nothing in front of the two. Odin, Pegasus, and the terrifying celestial phenomena vanished, as if it were all an illusion.

The two looked at each other in confusion.

Beryl chuckled dryly, "Haha, I have a feeling something terrible is about to happen. We'd better hurry back."

Ophelia nodded. "Agreed."

Something strange is happening in Britain, and even a god of Odin's stature has appeared.

'It can't be that Lord Marisbury was actually working for Odin in his lifetime, and then suddenly he was executed, and the Clock Tower was punished by Odin for it, causing this kind of accident, can it?'

'Originally, according to this former boss, completing Chaldea was the long-cherished wish of the Animusphia family, their designated Grand Master position. I never imagined there would be such a hidden secret...'

'Could it be that the families of Solomon's disciples living within these clock towers have some connection with Odin...?'

Beryl thought to himself, feeling he couldn't think any further.

The more I think about it, the scarier it becomes.

My neck feels a little cool.

This is probably what an assassin's sixth sense is like.

'Let's hurry up and get the last piece of the celestial sphere puzzle we have, then upload it to Chaldea and we're done.'

'To avoid any unforeseen complications.'

......

After a while.

An unknown, hidden coordinate in the imaginary world.

Chaldea headquarters.

"Still haven't you been able to contact Ritsuka and the others!?"

Dr. Roman was nervously communicating with the staff in the observation room.

"Sorry, their coordinates are consistently showing an anomaly; the signal may be experiencing some form of interference!"

Intermittent communication disruptions were already a common occurrence at Chaldea. Ritsuka and Mash frequently encountered such incidents at Singularities, and the two were quite adept at self-reliance.

But this time, the disconnection seems to have lasted far too long.

In addition, the demon pillars that had previously attacked the Chaldea main building also strangely withdrew and disappeared on their own, leading some staff to speculate that they might have chosen a new target.

Besides Chaldea, what other targets do the Demon Pillars value most? Undoubtedly, it's the Chaldea Masters who have been exiled.

This made Dr. Roman extremely nervous.

"Romani, sometimes being too nervous can affect your thinking and judgment."

Da Vinci walked over, carrying two cups of freshly brewed coffee.

She placed one of the cups on the doctor's desk and then went to her seat.

"You have to trust them; after all, they're an excellent team that's overcome so many singularities."

"Sigh! But this time is different, an opponent like the Demon King..."

Dr. Roman unconsciously rubbed his palms, as if his fingers should be wearing something.

"By the way, is the 'imaginary number submarine' plan from the Atlas Institute really useful?"

When Chaldea was founded, in order to interfere with the past, in addition to the spirit particle transfer plan, there was also the imaginary number submarine plan provided by the Atlas Institute.

This thing is different from spirit particle transfer. It doesn't care about spirit particle transfer qualifications. You only need to modify the outer wall of the building to roam or drift in the imaginary world.

In Type-Moon, the Imaginary World is a negative world where "nothing exists," with no time, no life, no terrain, and everything is in utter chaos.

If you were to dive here, the biggest challenge would be how to accurately grasp the correct spacetime coordinates and then surface.

"In fact, Chaldea has been adrift in the imaginary space for a while now, due to the burning of the planet by the outside world."

Da Vinci, holding his coffee, said, "That demon king destroyed almost everything in the human world; the only obstacle is us, the only ones left."

"In contrast, if we do not defeat the Demon King and restore humanity, we will forever remain submerged in the imaginary world. Because there is no 'reality' that allows us to rise from the imaginary world."

Dr. Roman asked suspiciously, "Did Ritsuka and the others transfer to a different parallel world line this time?"

"Yes, but even in parallel worlds, there is a chance that they will be affected by this human catastrophe."

Leonardo da Vinci said, "The so-called quantum record fixed belt and the foundation of human reason are nothing more than this. Every hundred years, the foundation of human reason will forcibly correct all historical distortions. What the Demon King destroyed was precisely this foundational mechanism of the fixed belt."

"Whatever his intentions may be, it is inevitable that he will target this area. This destruction will also affect parallel worlds, and it is even possible that multiple parallel worlds will be unable to establish themselves and will be burned down."

"If Ritsuka's world hasn't suffered from human disasters yet, we can successfully use that reality to locate and contact them."

"It can't be 100% successful, but I've tried my best."

Dr. Roman covered his face after hearing this, "Sigh, I originally wanted to use the Chaldea system to send a batch of Servants to help, but it seems that I only managed to send one Zhuge Liang."

“Zhuge Kongming… I suspect there will be a problem with the final delivery method,” Leonardo da Vinci said with a strange expression. “That one is a pseudo-Servant, and if the coordinates are modern, there is a corresponding living person (Wave).

"Given Zhuge Liang's (Servant Waver's) personality, he would probably decisively transfer his power to himself (Waver) over there and refuse to work overtime, right?"

"Pfft..." Dr. Roman almost spat out his coffee.

That really suits their personality.

A feeling of envy suddenly welled up inside me. Why did that happen?

He wiped his mouth. "Well, let's just do our best to contact Ritsuka and the others. We were busy checking the abnormal reactions of the Celestial Chaldea before, and now the Demon Gods are causing trouble too. We're really swamped..."

“It’s clearly Romani who insisted on taking on this work,” Da Vinci said, adjusting the imaginary number device. “By the way, I have some good news for you. I’ve found a ‘connection’ that allows Chaldea to surface, which should be where Ritsuka and the others are…”

"That would be great!"

A smile finally appeared on Dr. Roman's face.

Just then, the door to the observation room opened, and the staff member in charge of daily maintenance and control room ran in looking uneasy.

Dr. Roman, observing the situation, asked, "What happened?"

"Just now, Chaldea..."

"Ok?"

"The celestial sphere... has vanished!"

Volume 1: (Three-in-One) Chapter 164 Top-Tier Battle of Wits! Everyone is engaged in a battle of wits with each other!

"what?"

"How is this possible?"

"I have been personally overseeing the maintenance of the celestial sphere device throughout the entire process."

"Even if problems arise, it can only be me..."

Dr. Roman instinctively felt it was unbelievable.

Then he saw the staff and even Leonardo da Vinci himself looking at him with shocked expressions...

Dr. Roman belatedly realized what was happening and covered his mouth.

Damn it!

He simply wanted to express that he had been in charge of the main body's maintenance work all this time, and the celestial sphere had been fine all along; he had never noticed any signs of it disappearing.

It feels like there's something wrong with me as soon as I say those words.

Wait, I do have a problem, a very small one...

They've just hidden their true identities, but it has nothing to do with the celestial sphere!

Moreover, Da Vinci only had some suspicions about him but had no way of confirming them. As for people like Mashu and Ritsuka, these juniors had no way of knowing anything about him.

Thinking of this, Dr. Roman calmed himself down a bit.

Haha, I feel like there's nothing to worry about anymore.

"Cough cough!"

He cleared his throat and spoke gently, "When you discovered it was missing, did you notice anything unusual? When did it happen? Was there any surveillance footage? Don't rush, tell me slowly."

The staff member glanced cautiously at the atmosphere and slowly shook his head, saying, "There's no movement or sign whatsoever."

"When I looked up to look, I found it had vanished, as if... the celestial sphere itself was disappearing. Oh right, this is the surveillance recorder I'm on duty for maintenance..."

Dr. Roman frowned as he examined the images, repeatedly dragging the progress bar, staring intently at every slight change in the disappearance of the celestial sphere. He seemed unwilling to miss a single detail.

"It's true, it's vanished without a trace..."

Leonardo da Vinci also came over to look, his face still showing lingering surprise.

"Romani, has the celestial sphere truly disappeared?"

As he spoke, Leonardo da Vinci secretly glanced at Dr. Roman, as if he were investigating something.

Is it really such a coincidence?

Dr. Roman conducted a series of searches and found a special reaction on Chaldea. He spent a long time examining it alone, and now he has mysteriously disappeared?

Are you always there?

"Yes, that's exactly what the surveillance footage shows. It's really strange. What could be wrong... I need to go to the control room myself to check it out."

Dr. Roman was filled with worry and seemed oblivious to everything.

"Seriously, why did this have to happen at this time? And of all times, it happened when Ritsuka and Mashu weren't around."

"The Spirit Transfer Program requires the use of the Celestial Sphere. This function cannot be replaced by any other device. Even though all the singularities except for the Demon King have been eliminated, Ritsuka and Mashu will still need to use it when they return."

Leonardo da Vinci's face was solemn.

"Yes, if I hadn't reactivated the imaginary number underwater navigation method and hadn't just happened to find the surfacing coordinates to connect to the 'reality' where Ritsuka and the others are, this would have been a real problem, and Ritsuka and the others might not have been able to come back..."

"Yes, thank goodness you were here—"

As Dr. Roman spoke, he rose to head towards the control room, his mind racing with thoughts of the celestial sphere's disappearance and its previous abnormal reactions...

Suddenly, he froze.

Dr. Roman pondered Leonardo da Vinci's words, and a flash of inspiration struck him.

"Da Vinci, what did you just say?"

"Hmm? What's wrong, Romani?"

Da Vinci repeated, "As I just said, we just found the coordinates for the upward movement that leads to the 'reality' where Ritsuka and the others are. My equipment is working perfectly, there shouldn't be any problems..."

"Yes! That's it!" Dr. Roman felt like he had grasped a clue. "Your equipment should have recorded the time when you found Ritsuka's world coordinates, right?"

Leonardo da Vinci looked at him in shock, then realized something. "Romani, could it be...?"

"I want to see if the time when the celestial sphere disappeared coincides with the time when you found the coordinates!"

The two quickly stopped on their way to the control room and returned to compare the time. They were shocked to find that the celestial sphere disappeared at exactly the moment when Da Vinci obtained the surfacing coordinates using the imaginary number underwater navigation scheme!

In other words...

"Has the fate of the celestial sphere been settled?"

"It didn't just disappear into thin air, but went to the parallel world where Ritsuka and the others are?"

After discussing for a while, Leonardo da Vinci tentatively asked a question.

Dr. Roman shook his head. "It's not certain yet."

"Do you remember the unusual reaction of the celestial sphere a while ago? I made a lot of inspection records at that time, including a comprehensive overhaul of the Chaldea core device, Sheba, power supply system and so on."

"As a result, some strange signs were discovered."

As Dr. Roman spoke, a hint of seriousness even appeared on his face.

As the two hurried toward the control room, Leonardo da Vinci asked curiously, "How strange is it?"