Chapter 339

“Let’s start with the most important part.”

In Mary Shelley's residence, which was lit with warm yellow lights, the four writer-type heroes currently staying in the Mankai Base gathered in front of Olga Marie and Lenis.

"First, let's talk about how this incident happened." Mary Shelley cleared her throat and spoke to the two of them while sitting on the rocking chair made of magic. "Before the anomaly appeared, we were watching a performance video of the Mankai Theater organized by Shakespeare - of course, it was Romeo and Julius adapted from his work."

"Then we were inexplicably drawn into this special spot," Andersen concluded.

"Although this is true, let's move on to the next point." Mary Shelley glanced at Carol, who was sitting opposite her and hugging a pillow. "We came to the Mankai base in a certain order - Louis was the first to appear, then Hans, then me, and finally..."

"I was the last one to arrive." The great French writer calmly took over the British man's words and continued to explain to the two magicians who had just arrived at the special point, "We don't know the location of the others, but judging from your appearance, they are probably scattered to different bases like you."

"According to our situation?" Olgamari asked.

"Hans had just met with Woday and Zemlups before you entered the Mankai base," the Frenchman, who was active in the same era as Andersen, answered Olgamari. "They have now been asked to go to the central area for an interview. I think this is the result of Hans's nonsense in front of the locals."

"Hey Victor!" Andersen glared at Hugo, "Explain to me what 'talking nonsense' means!?!"

"In fact, I don't think Hugo is wrong." Carol spoke slowly after a long silence, his eyes passing over the two magicians and falling on Andersen, "After all, you are the only member who told them that 'your world has completely deviated from the right track.'"

"You also said that there would definitely be a guy who wanted to 'save the world' to come out and solve the problem." Mary Shelley continued Carol's words and complained to Andersen, "The team that came this time is not the new A team, and Ritsuka is still on vacation because of the previous mission - no matter how you look at it, it is impossible for them to fit the image you described, right?"

"No, if it's Wodem here..." Lenis blinked and looked at Olgamari, "Ritsuka and Emiya are not the only ones who would yell about 'saving the world'. Flatt is also interested in such things sometimes, but considering that the members who appeared in the Mankai Base are Wodem and Zemrups..."

"We should be prepared to be invited to the central area for a talk soon." Olgamari made a judgment, scanning the four writers in front of her, "Judging from the time, Kirshtalia must have introduced Chaldea to them - we can talk about the information about the anomaly later, let's cooperate with him to deal with this conversation first."

As soon as Olga Marie finished speaking, the doorbell of Mary Shelley's residence rang.

"...You've been a great help, Mary." After the conversation, Kirshtalia, who was taken to Mary Shelley's residence, said to Olga Mary, "Although I'm sure I can convince them directly, it's a lot easier with your help - by the way, let's sort out the current situation."

"Lenise and I have made a great discovery. Can we tell you about it first?" Olgamari asked Kirshtalia while getting some water.

"Okay." Kirshtalia took her cloak and carefully looked up and down at the coat rack standing at the door, which was almost overwhelmed by the writers' coats. Finally, she chose to hold her cloak in her hand. "Cadok and I only have a basic guess about this place. The specific situation is not clear yet. It depends on how much information you can provide next."

"Hmm... But, have you also lost contact with the detective team that came with you this time?" Olgamari tilted her head towards Kirshtalia while holding a cup of water. "I'm a little worried about the others - after all, some members of this team are participating in the investigation of anomalies for the first time."

"They have no experience in being able to act calmly and independently after losing contact with their teammates."

"I think we should trust the quality of teaching in El-Melloi's classroom." Kirshtalia replied in a subtle tone.

After everyone was almost ready, Carol dragged a mobile whiteboard in front of everyone and announced the start of the discussion.

"First, let me tell you about what Lenise and I found." Olgamari walked forward, picked up a whiteboard marker from the pen tray under the whiteboard, and wrote down what she and Lenise had found. "The distance we drove yesterday exceeded the straight line distance between the northernmost and southernmost points in Japan - we were always driving in a straight line, so this means..."

"Is the space of this anomaly larger than the entire Japan?" asked Andersen.

"No, I remember the coordinate verification results of the control room - Sheba's observation results are inside Chaldea, and the coordinates of the special point of the plane moon are displayed as Tokyo, Japan..." Kadoc paused, and his eyes fell on Kirshtalia who was sitting next to him, "This distance length means that the probability that the special point does not exist in reality has greatly increased, right?"

"The control room mentioned the possibility of a dream anomaly at the beginning," Kirshtalia added calmly, "and based on what Kadoc and I experienced on the road yesterday, I think the probability that this anomaly is a dream is quite high - strictly speaking, it is a dream anomaly that will change the scene according to the dreamer's thoughts."

"I didn't want to be separated from my teammates, so I soon saw the abandoned and dilapidated apartment building where Kadoc appeared. Kadoc and I wanted to find an off-road vehicle, so we soon came across an overturned abandoned off-road vehicle. We hoped to find local people to understand the situation, so we soon found the Winter Group trapped by the zombies."

"Yes, this singularity will turn what we think into reality." Lenis nodded and watched Olga Marie write the words "dreams come true" on the whiteboard. "The most obvious manifestation is what happened to me and Olga Marie on the way to Mankai Base today - we just thought about 'going to Mankai Base'."

"Then the Mankai Base appeared right in front of us." Olgamari turned around and spread her hands to everyone, "It was as if that part of the wasteland was directly demolished and replaced with the Mankai Base. Yes, just like when the stage play changes the scenery of different scenes..."

"Why can't this dream be a stage play?" Kirshtalia stood up and walked to the whiteboard as if she had suddenly received some inspiration. She took the whiteboard marker from Olgamari's hand and wrote down her own speculation. "The endless wasteland is the stage background for transition; the different scenes that appear in front of us according to our thoughts represent the different plots experienced by the characters in the play...ah."

“No one knows when the zombies and natural disasters appeared inside this anomaly.” Hugo took the opportunity to give the magicians some small background hints.

"We are all characters in this drama - this is why nothing can end." Kirshtalia stopped writing and slowly said his answer, "But it seems that Mankai Base has been attacked by zombies more often than by natural disasters so far..."

"GOD, the frequency of zombies appearing is higher than natural disasters." Lenis crossed her arms and leaned back in her chair, "So--"

"The frequency of natural disasters in the remaining two bases should be higher than the frequency of zombies."

Everyone came to the answer in unison.

"By the way, do you have any idea how to deal with this anomaly?" Andersen turned the blue feather pen in his hand and looked up to ask the four magicians present.

"I have some ideas, but to implement them we need to find everyone first." Kirshtalia stroked his chin and paced back and forth. "If we don't find a way to reduce uncontrollable factors, this anomaly will never come to an end. And, if the four people in El-Melloi's classroom dispersed to the other two bases, where did the detectives go?"

"So you suspect there is another base." Olgamari responded quickly.

"Yes." Kirshtalia smiled and nodded to Olgamari. "By the way, how did you get to the Mankai base?"

“Eh?” Olgamari blinked and repeated to Kirshtalia, not understanding why, “I sincerely thought ‘We’re going to Mankai Base’…”

"Well then..." Kirshtalia picked up the eraser and wiped the entire whiteboard clean, then wrote on it in brand new black ink. "Please use your imagination. Imagine that the Human Continuation Guarantee Agency Phoenix Chaldea is located in this anomaly, in the center between the four bases."

"However, Chaldea in this world is empty, and only a spiritual base atlas that records several spiritual bases remains there."

"You mean..." Leness raised her eyebrows in surprise, looking at Kirshtalia who had already strode to the window, "We will decide the whereabouts of the other missing heroes - whether they are writers or detectives, as long as there is no trace of them in the four bases, they will be directly stuffed into the "Chaldea" built on this stage."

"That's it." Kirshtalia stretched out her hand to open the curtain, and turned back to look at everyone with a smile, "Besides, it's not safe to hold meetings or discuss plans in other people's territory all the time. Don't you agree?"

"Then, we will split up tomorrow to go to KICS and Baihua Base to confirm the situation - Mary, remember to go back to God's seat to see if there are any Heroic Writers there - and finally gather at the center of this diamond." Kirshtalia picked up the special point map provided by Olgamari and Lenis from the table and wrote the full name of Chaldea in the center of the diamond formed by the four bases.

"After all, when it comes to stage plays, there are writers who are better at this, right?"