#554Chapter 526 Save the WorldAI Model: gemini-2.5-flash
The 52nd World
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Scarlet, mixed with golden radiance, condensed before Bai Cangshu, a special scarlet drop card exclusive to the Scavenger, forming in front of the pure white Bai Cangshu.
Bai Cangshu was not in a hurry to pick it up; instead, he remained with his eyes closed, feeling the surging and turbulent emotions within the boundless sea of consciousness.
Humans are eternally lonely creatures; between people, there is a physical barrier that can never be erased.
But at this moment, the Wall of Hearts dissolved, these millions of humans merged into one, and there was no longer any distinction between them.
All memories, emotions, and thoughts were laid bare, facing each other with their truest selves.
Bai Cangshu saw couples confronting each other in anger, blaming the other for hiding too much within their hearts, claiming that their past affections were all Fake (false).
He also saw innocent young boys and girls, their cheeks flushed as they observed each other's naive and straightforward affection.
Bai Cangshu looked down from above, like a deity overlooking all living beings, witnessing their joys and angers.
After all humans revealed their complete and true selves, this race still displayed disparities.
The noble ones appeared as saints descended to the world, while the despicable ones were like Satan incarnate.
Humans are truly interesting…
Bai Cangshu's massive head looked down from this world, and finally, in a forest covered in ice and snow, he saw the silver-haired girl with her arms wrapped around her knees.
Ilya sat at the edge of the forest, looking at the ancient castle where her family resided, but she chose not to return, for there were no true relatives there.
And in this forest, the giant who had always protected her also did not appear.
Ilya sat in the wind and snow like a soulless puppet.
She had always been isolated from the world; as the daughter of the previous generation's homunculus of the Einzbern family and Emiya Kiritsugu, she had never been treated as a human.
Tap~.
A light landing sound appeared, Ilya looked up and saw a white giant land on the ground, his originally black long hair had turned a glowing white.
Unlike her silver-white hair, that glowing white seemed to emit light.
Assassin…
Ilya merely opened her mouth, her voice already coming out, but she did not quickly accept this new Servant, Assassin Tao Pai Pai, as she would have in the real world.
It was only then that Bai Cangshu realized that this seemingly innocent and simple girl, like a soulless puppet, also possessed complex thoughts.
Bai Cangshu's eyes narrowed slightly; it was the first time he had so carefully scrutinized the heart of a weak girl.
As the daughter of the homunculus Irisviel, the family completely treated her as a tool to complete the Holy Grail War, extensively modifying her during the embryonic stage to give her an abnormal number of magic circuits and Command Spells all over her body.
Similarly, this also destined Ilya to be a tool that would not survive for too long; her fate was to die in the Fifth Holy Grail War.
The girl lacked a normal sense of ethics; risking her life to save others, and calmly allowing Heracles to kill tens of thousands of people, were all perfectly normal things to her.
Because in her short and almost colorless life, good and evil had no meaning.
She both yearned to kill her biological father, Emiya Kiritsugu, who betrayed her family and mother, and was curious about her "younger brother," Emiya Shirou, who was raised by her biological father.
In her delicate and fragile heart, perhaps only the dark giant Heracles, who caused her agonizing pain every time he drew magic, was the only one who saw her as a human and not a tool.
Similarly, this girl also became the only anchor point that allowed Heracles to maintain abnormal sanity after undergoing Mad Enhancement as a Servant Servant.
Bai Cangshu squatted down; even so, he was still much taller than the girl.
Various information flowed from his eyes.
So that's how it is, is this the process of the birth of the Heart? Interesting…
Bai Cangshu extended his hand and placed it before Ilya.
My Master, thank you for your magic supply; Servant Tao Pai Pai will secure victory in the Fifth Holy Grail War for you…
It was like a victory announcement, and also like a special oath.
In this space, Ilya felt that she could also perceive the emotions and thoughts of this strange Assassin.
He was a fellow as cold and hard as an iceberg—no, perhaps, he was a non-human construct even harder and colder than cold steel.
Before this, she had felt almost no emotional fluctuations from him.
Even if there were any, they were false emotions, like the smiles she put on to deal with others, or perhaps, only the smiles of predators, utterly unlike humans.
The other party suddenly appeared and willingly submitted to her command; Ilya didn't feel much about it, as her magic power was sufficient to support more Servants.
But almost as much as with Berserker, every time Assassin drew magic, it also caused her immense pain.
At this moment, those pains, those confusions, began to dissipate.
Only in this world, where nothing could be hidden, could she see Tao Pai Pai's truth.
There… was nothingness.
Ilya slowly stood up and initiative (voluntarily) approached Tao Pai Pai; in her eyes, it was as if she saw a "kindred spirit" she had never met, and before joy could surface, it had already turned into pity.
Yes, the emotion that appeared in Ilya after seeing Tao Pai Pai's truth was pity.
Bai Cangshu clearly perceived this; Ilya's cold hand lifted, seemingly wanting to touch Bai Cangshu's forehead, but the difference in their sizes was too great, making it impossible; in the end, Ilya merely patted Bai Cangshu's arm lightly.
Assassin…
I am Illyasviel von Einzbern, please win the Holy Grail War for me~
Her eyes were clear and bright, with a profound understanding that saw through life and death.
Or rather, her concept of life and death was also abnormal; she did not understand the fear of death.
She had not yet experienced too much of the pain of separation.
Bai Cangshu shook his head and reached out to grasp the girl.
I'm sorry, Master, I may have to take away the only meaning of your short life…
Boom!
The next moment, because Ilya refused the completion, and at the same time, Bai Cangshu, as the ritual leader replicating the nature of the white giant.
He was not like the indecisive boy Shinji Ikari; he hardly gave Humans any power of choice, directly reversing the power of the heart again.
Almost instantly, the merging and mutual understanding of human consciousnesses, which had so painstakingly appeared, vanished in a flash.
Barriers appeared one after another, and then, consciousnesses were flung out from here one by one.
The Walls of Hearts collided, and humans could no longer merge into the LCL water.
During the ejection process, due to the constraint of the Wall of Hearts, human bodies reformed.
Humans appeared out of thin air in the places they had disappeared from.
The orange juice ocean began to disappear over large areas.
Only bewildered humans remained, standing on the devastated land; some frantically searched for their clothes to cover their bodies, while others still couldn't believe what had happened, constantly checking their bodies.
More people, due to the previous merging of consciousnesses, looked at the familiar people around them with complex expressions.
The white on Bai Cangshu's body slowly disappeared, and his size gradually returned to normal.
Before him, the naked girl gradually took shape; he thought for a moment, then took the clothes from the real world out of his bag and threw them onto the girl.
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