Gaia: You Hit Alaya... So You Can't Hit Me, Okay? Please!

"They can run pretty fast."

Yes, that's the sentence!

Every single time! Every single time!

This was the last thing the Zelretch wanted to hear.

More importantly, the Zelretch still doesn't know why he ran away.

Wait, holy crap, they've caught up again?

The Zelretch instantly turned to stone.

——Bejeweled.

All that Zelretch left Chen Li with was an extremely resentful look in his eyes and a gradually forming gemstone mountain.

After witnessing the Zelretch slip away from his grasp once again, Chen Li began to skillfully collect the Zelretch's remains—that mountain of gems that looked very valuable.

"You're really fast. So you don't want these magic materials and gems? Then I'll just have to pick them up. You're just pretending to be aloof by not saying anything? Well, I'll take that as a yes." Chen Li skillfully put away some items with tags on them.

Chen Li felt that the Zelretch would never lack money, after all, these Zelretch who could possess the attributes of [Precious], [Spiritual Body], and [Abandoned] as soon as they were formed were strong proof.

Although the attributes on Gem Mountain aren't very bright, there are a lot of them. Chen Li now has 100 complete Gem Mountains, can use the [Stack] skill to stack these attributes together... because they were all created by the same mage, their brightness should be very high.

At the same time, because Chen Li witnessed the Zelretch using the Second Magic 100 times in front of him, therefore...

[Second Magic Kaleidoscope] Ability Model Construction Progress: 100%.

Zelretch, your Second Magic is indeed wonderful, but now it belongs to me!

Chen Li felt that Zelretch was a very good teacher. In order to help him learn and master the Second Magic as quickly as possible, Gem Elder tirelessly used it on him 100 times in a row. After each use, Gem Elder would leave him with a huge mountain of gems and a large amount of experimental materials.

The Zelretch's selfless dedication to illuminating others is truly moving! It's something everyone should learn from!

Chen Li planned to applaud enthusiastically to repay the Zelretch...

"Uh... Hi?" Chen Li, who had accidentally slapped Zelretch without thinking, greeted the old man in front of him, who seemed to be relieved.

"How despicable! He deliberately didn't chase me for a whole minute just to mislead me!" The Zelretch looked warily at the guy in front of him, who not only had outstanding tracking abilities but was also unusually despicable.

The next moment! They sealed off their cigarettes and ran away!

Goodbye!

Zelretch decided that he would never let his guard down even a little bit just because he couldn't see Chen Li for a while.

The depth of this boy's cunning is something the Zelretch has never seen before.

He is a worthy opponent!

But then again, why did I run away in the first place?

"Hey, don't run away! Let me explain... never mind." Before Chen Li could finish speaking, the Zelretch had already disappeared.

Chen Li could only accept the newly grown gemstone mountain with tears in his eyes.

Chen Li wanted to explain that he really didn't mean it, but Chen Li felt that Zelretch probably wouldn't believe him.

"Forget it, let's go back." Chen Li sighed, and after the Starstones was consumed, his figure slowly became transparent.

When Chen Li returned to where Illya and Rin Tohsaka were, he heard Illya and Rin Tohsaka having a heated argument.

"Rin, listen to my advice, it's definitely the green button!" Illya was so anxious she was practically spinning around in circles.

"Impossible! It must be the red button. Red is the color for emergency! Both fire hydrants and alarm systems use red buttons, so it must be red! Are you mocking my common sense?"

"Then how do you explain that after clicking three times, all the other party's calls were immediately disconnected?"

"It must be because the other party is too impatient and can't wait any longer! I'm an adult, listen to me."

"What... are you doing?" Seeing Rin Tohsaka and Illya squatting together, studying the Friends Circle Terminal he had left for them, which was also used to locate himself, Chen Li finally couldn't help but speak up.

"Wow, that was a fright!" Rin Tohsaka, who was familiarizing herself with how to use the Friends Circle Terminal, was startled when Chen Li suddenly appeared in front of her like a ghost.

"Huh? Why is the video call interface gone? Did they hang up?" Chen Li asked after glancing at the Friends Circle Terminal.

"Ah... uh..." Rin Tohsaka, as if she wanted to say something but couldn't.

"It was Rin Tohsaka who was working on the Friends Circle Terminal and accidentally hung up the video call. The other person made several more call requests, but Rin hung up each time by clicking the red button," Illya said, raising her hand.

"Nonsense! They hung up as soon as I answered!" Rin Tohsaka retorted stubbornly.

"...Useless Haki Rin." Chen Li pointed at Rin Tohsaka.

Although Chen Li had heard of Rin Tohsaka's reputation as an idiot in the electronics industry, he did not expect her to be this idiotic.

Gretel can easily master the Friends Circle Terminal.

Come to think of it, Chen Li remembered that Tokiomi Tohsaka was quite averse to modern electronic products during the Fourth Holy Grail War. Could he also be an electronics idiot?

You should leave the group.

Let's leave the modern society group together, just like your dad!

"It's clearly your design of this Friends Circle Terminal that's completely user-unfriendly!" Rin Tohsaka exclaimed, holding her head in her hands after realizing she was wrong.

"Are you still trying to deny it?"

"Alright, stop talking about me. Didn't you say you were going to learn Second Magic from the master? You're back so soon. I bet you ran into a wall, right? I already said Second Magic is very difficult to learn... or maybe there aren't any more spots left for you Second Sorcerer. And the master is a very strict teacher!" Rin Tohsaka changed the subject.

Although Chen Li had been gone for almost half an hour, which was not a short time, Rin Tohsaka did not think that Chen Li could learn the Second Magic within half an hour.

Rin Tohsaka was so certain because the Tohsaka Family's founder Nagato Tohsaka, was a student of Zelretch and was a rare talent who could remain unharmed!

(In the Mage's Association, becoming "Zelretch's apprentice" is almost synonymous with "being crippled.")

Meanwhile, the Tohsaka Family still possesses the blueprints for the Zelretch's Jewel Sword, which is the pinnacle of Mystic Magic Crest with the function of Second Magic. Although the blueprints have made no progress at all due to the mediocre aptitude of the Tohsaka Family Head in recent generations, this only proves the difficulty of learning Second Magic!

You think you can surpass the efforts of generations of my Tohsaka Family by studying hard for half an hour?

If you can learn the Second Magic in half an hour, I'll eat the Magic Ruby right now!

"No, I've already learned it."

"See? You really didn't learn it... What did you say?"

"How do you think I got back just now?" Chen Li shrugged.

When Chen Li returned just now, he didn't use the Herrscher of the Void Authority or the Slap Gloves; instead, he used the Second Magic.

It's true that the Zelretch needs the Gem Puppet to travel from one Parallel World another, but that's purely Zelretch he thinks it's the easiest way; he could easily travel physically, just like Chen Li is doing now.

"If you don't believe me... do you want to see your counterpart in a different Parallel World?" A sword that seemed to be made of gemstones appeared in Chen Li's hand. The blade looked like a faceted gemstone, displaying various colors of light under the moonlight.

When that jeweled sword appeared before Rin Tohsaka, she felt her heart... shatter.

Genuine product! Authentic product at a fair price!

"... Illya, could you please give me that Magic Ruby? Thank you." Rin Tohsaka turned to Illya and said.

"Sigh, that's fine, but what are you going to do, Rin?"

"I'm going to commit suicide by swallowing the Magic Ruby." Rin Tohsaka said as she continued to stuff the Magic Ruby staff into her mouth.

"Muscle woman, are you crazy?!" Magic Ruby struggled frantically.

Are you sick in the head?

"Alright, alright, calm down, I was just joking... Rin Tohsaka, calm down," Chen Li said repeatedly.

"You mean you haven't learned the Second Magic?"

"No, what I mean is, I actually just stole this sword from the Zelretch, I didn't make it myself. But I really do know the Second Magic. Look!" Chen Li snapped his fingers, and something that looked like a monocular Chen Li appeared in his hand, which Chen Li handed to Rin Tohsaka.

"This is the real Kaleidoscope, especially suitable for beautiful girls," Chen Li explained.

[What kind of kaleidoscope is this?! A magical girl kaleidoscope? Will a little black-clad loli in a kimono suddenly jump out and lick your face after you look at it?]

Rin Tohsaka took the item with some skepticism and brought her eyes close to the lens. Through the kaleidoscope, Rin Tohsaka seemed to see herself in different Parallel World.

After respectfully returning the Kaleidoscope, Rin Tohsaka remained silent, only stuffing Magic Ruby into her mouth.

"Illya, are you curious about this kaleidoscope?" Chen Li asked, noticing Illya staring intently at the kaleidoscope in his hand.

"What's the use of this kaleidoscope?" Illya asked curiously.

"It allows you to observe yourself in different Parallel World, and even, with the other person's consent, to take their place... It's essentially a projection of consciousness. If you're completely heartless, you can treat this as a game prop that lets you experience another person's life without any responsibility," Chen Li said.

"How did you do that? Even if you could learn the Second Magic in half an hour, it's impossible to do something so outrageous, right?" Rin Tohsaka couldn't help but ask.

The ability of a user of the Second Magic to travel through Parallel World is a completely different concept from the ability to create a Mystic Code that allows the consciousness of others to be projected into Parallel World.

"It's [Equilibrium], I added [Equilibrium]!"

Chen Li added the [Connection] ability that he gained after consuming the Equilibrium Aeon.

Chen Li knew that Vill-V was planning to create a unique Second God Key.

The Second God Key can already be used to observe Parallel World. If the Second Magic is added, it might be possible to continuously project consciousness into the World Bubble, and even save and load (the Second Magic involves time travel) until the desired world line is found.

"Beep beep!" Chen Li's communication terminal rang again.

This time, Chen Li decisively snatched the Friends Circle Terminal from Rin Tohsaka, then pressed the green button and dialed a number.

Ha, you useless Hakirin.

"There was a slight mishap just now, don't worry about it..."

There were many people on the other end of the video, including Yakumo Yukari, Sirin, Little Herta, Vill-V, and Jingliu.

"Chen Li, you've already learned the Second Magic?"

"That's right." Chen Li nodded.

"Is it time to implement a global relief plan?"

"Well... I need to think about it for a bit."

Chen Li couldn't very well tell Sirin directly that he had deliberately mentioned the global relief plan just now so that Gaia and Alaya, who might be watching him, would inform the Zelretch to run away, could he?

Although the Magic Ruby also emitted a magical signal, Chen Li felt that the Zelretch probably wouldn't believe it, so he needed some influential people to push things along.

Gaia and Alaya are suitable targets.

After Chen Li's Miracle Card started to become active, he felt that someone was watching him.

Or rather, Chen Li couldn't help but notice it... because from Chen Li's perspective at the time, there was a box moving around in his field of vision, making it hard not to notice.

Chen Li's Miracle Card [Beacon Fires to Deceive the Feudal Lords] can awaken collective meaning with Civilization Value, and also grants Chen Li a special attack effect on Collective Consciousness.

When Chen Li saw a special attack target within his line of sight, he knew that Alaya was Peeping him!

Now that Alaya has arrived, Gaia certainly won't be far behind.

Gaia is not Collective Consciousness, but generally speaking, wherever there is Alaya, there is Gaia.

"Chen Li, could you please take me to the Type-Moon World first, and then you can think about it? I want to summon my mother using Summoning Ticket first."

The Summoning Ticket had already finished its cooldown period after Baiheng disappeared, and the best summoner to summon Sirin's mother was naturally Sirin herself.

Sirin was already quite impatient.

"No problem." Chen Li agreed immediately after receiving the request, granting Sirin's teleportation request.

Friends Circle. After the upgrade, the cost of using the teleportation ability has been reduced again, and even cross-world teleportation only requires a single chat message.

"Jingliu has already given you the Summoning Ticket, right?" Chen Li looked at Sirin, who came out of the spatial gate.

"Hmm." Sirin took out a gold card that looked as if it were cast entirely from gold.

"But don't use them yet, Raiden Ei, Kitsune Saiguu!" Chen Li uttered two names.

Then, quite naturally, two figures appeared beside Chen Li.

"Huh? You called me?" Raiden Ei, wearing an apron and a chef's hat, and holding a huge ladle, subconsciously looked at Chen Li.

"Shadow? What's with your outfit..." Kitsune Saiguu also came at the summons and then saw Raiden Ei's strange attire.

"I'm...cooking," Raiden Ei said.

Raiden Ei has already sent people to bring back the bones of Ouroboros, and then Musou Isshin to cut one of the bones into countless small pieces and threw them into a pot to stew.

Furthermore, in order to solve the problem of Yae Miko being trapped inside a red and white ball, Raiden Ei suddenly had the idea to throw the red and white ball into the pot as well.

Raiden Ei thought that as long as he boiled the red and white ball until it exploded, he could release the Yae Miko inside.

For this purpose, Raiden Ei added an excessive amount of Thor's power to the pot of bone broth while it was simmering.