Genshin, but the real world

Chapter 183 182-Guess

Ying was a little impatient.

This is not directed at Deinsreb, but at all Riddlers.

It seems that most people know something, but she, the most critical task, is always like a fool and knows nothing.

The key is, I told you something after I agreed to complete the commission.

Wendy told Ying to go to Liyue, and Zhongli told Ying to go to Dao Wife. The god of thunder from Dao Wife... had a fight, but nothing gained.

After crawling out of Yuanxia Palace, Ying vowed to refuse the commission from these gods.

What they can give is nothing more than power, status or wealth, but that's what I don't need the most.

What she wanted, these gods didn't tell her.

Two or three gods are enough as samples.

The gods of Teyvat may know something, but they will never tell themselves.

Therefore, unless the next god encounters disaster and the lives of the people under his rule are very miserable, he will refuse to approach the god's camp.

But...there shouldn't be such a god, right?

Although the current three gods of Teyvat are a bit inconsistent, Ying still recognizes the power of each god and their rule over their own country.

Even if it was Rice Wife, it was General Raiden's own choice, and the people accepted it.

Although the Eye Hunting Order and the Locking Kingdom Order are somewhat bizarre, during the long journey, Ying has seen even more special perceptions.

The ideals and will pursued by some civilizations, unless you really intend to be their king and change them from top to bottom, it is best to respect their civilization and destiny.

Maybe the gods have their own difficulties, but Ying feels that he doesn't have to be so considerate and always forgive other people's difficulties.

She is just an adventurer, not the father of these gods, and there is no need to understand their difficulties.

Her adventure also uses life and death as a bargaining chip.

If you don't get equivalent returns from trading, why trade at all?

Dainsreb didn't know what Ying was thinking, but he could tell that Ying had a bad temper.

Different from last time.

Last time she was able to endure her temper and acted gentle and well-behaved.

This time it was like a bomb that was about to explode.

So he had to trade secrets to calm down this bad-tempered actor.

"The [Black Snakes] are the palace guards of Kanreia." Dyne looked to the heights, "During the disaster of Kanreia, most of the [Black Snakes] avoided being like ordinary Kanreia.

The demi-humans suffered another punishment for their calamity.”

Ordinary people became Qiuqiu people, and the black snakes became today's black snake knights and dark shells.

"The one who can still preserve part of his will is the Black Snake Knight."

"And there is still a part that has completely lost consciousness. It should be the empty shell you mentioned just now."

This is not a past that cannot be mentioned, and Dyne does not hide it.

"The goal of the Palace Guard was to protect Canrea, but during that disaster, they could not protect anything."

Not to mention the people and the royal family, they can't even protect themselves, let alone protect others.

"At the last moment of the disaster, I, who holds the title of [Sword of End Light], issued a final order to all the palace guards - to protect the people of Kanria."

There was a hint of memory in Dyne's eyes.

"Are you saying that after becoming Black Snake Knights, they still have the subconscious belief to protect the people of Kanria?"

It sounds quite touching.

Ying's expression remained as usual, with no change.

A person's standpoint determines the impact of an incident on them. Ying doesn't like Wendy and Zhongli's arrogance, but she also recognizes the character of these two gods.

Then, during the disaster five hundred years ago, Kanrea, who was an enemy of the gods, would naturally be judged as an enemy by her subconsciously.

At this time, everyone can only have one position.

If she prefers Camrea, then the curse, the protection of the Black Snake Knight... are all things that can impress her.

But she was partial to the Seven Gods, so Ying could only regard this sacrifice as the price of making a mistake.

It's miserable, isn't it?

But when people do something wrong, they have to pay the price.

If a person does something wrong, he may have to pay for it with his life.

If a country goes on the wrong path, then the country will be destroyed.

As for whether everyone in this country is innocent, and whether they should pay this price because of the choice of the Canrean royal family - this is what the gods need to weigh, and what the Canrean people need to refute.

Only she, a traveler who was not even a Teyvatite, needed to comment.

She is a traveler between worlds, not a goddess who protects the world.

Their deaths have nothing to do with each other.

"Theoretically, it should be an answer."

Dine is not convinced by this statement.

His gaze stayed high, where there was a black snake knight holding a big sword in his hand. From under his helmet, he seemed to be able to detect some kind of prying eyes.

Still have your sanity?

Dain shook his head subconsciously.

Impossible.

No one can remain sane during the five-hundred-year curse. Even he borrowed something special.

"What, old friend?"

Ying took the initiative to step forward, "You said they are quite miserable, so let me help them regain their lives."

There are two ways to gain new life, reopen or banish the curse.

Ying couldn't do the latter, but after estimating her strength, she felt that the former was not difficult.

The Black Snake Knight's eyes stayed on Dine, and then he turned and left.

"He seems to be a little different." Ying said thoughtfully, "He knows how to retreat. It seems that he still retains a certain degree of sanity."

"No one can survive five hundred years of torture until now." Dine shook his head.

"This is even more interesting." Ying subconsciously held the edgeless sword, "So, the new technology of the cult seems to be very useful."

This is the only answer.

Or maybe Deinsreib is wrong.

Otherwise, this special example can only be associated with the sudden appearance of the dispersing force field.

Is the sect making progress so fast?

Dain was a little confused.

But this is the only answer.

"Go on," Ying rubbed Paimon's cheek, "No matter what, this kind of city must be special."

"Maybe we can see the truth when we go up there."

Gradually climbing to the top along the mountain wall, we approached the hanging city rooted above.

Then as expected, he was rejected by the purple-black mist again.

Ying looked at the frost arrows that were still below and seemed to be getting ready to move.

"It seems there is no way to move forward," Paimon subconsciously looked at Ying, "However, according to our experience, there must be mechanisms around that can solve all troubles."

"Ying, it's time to use your strengths."

"This is not a special skill." Ying put her hand between her eyebrows, "Let's try another way."

She is of course a master of mechanism cracking...if there is such a school of thought.

This is not all talent, but more of a coincidence.

But today, the master plans to change the solution.

reject?

Are you able to say no if you say no?

Then is it possible that my edgeless sword and my elemental power are just decorations?

Inspired by Gan Yu, she suddenly discovered a way to solve the problem that may not be easier, but certainly happier.

But after thinking about it again and again, she still hesitated.

"Forget it, if the entire upside-down city is destroyed by violent cracking, it will be a loss."

This idea is exciting, but the possible cost is also a bit overwhelming.

"There is no need to look for any mechanism," Daine stretched out his hand, blue fireworks tumbling in the middle of his palm, "I know the aura of the abyss and the technology of Canria all too well."

The black mist receded, revealing the path forward.

"This ruins is not the architectural style of Kanria, but rather the creation of an older civilization."

He looked at the city as it gradually revealed its true appearance.

It really doesn't look like it when you look at it this way...but if you look at it backwards, you can actually find similarities.

"Ancient civilization?"

Ying murmured softly.

Theoretically speaking, Canria and the Seven Mortal Kingdoms should be civilizations of the same era.

It’s just that the seven mortal kingdoms chose the gods, or in other words, the gods chose the seven mortal kingdoms.

And Canria is the so-called godless country.

Being special and different in some aspects often means going against the mainstream.

This often does not mean there are any benefits, and there must be disadvantages.

During the Demon God War, there was no Demon God's blessing, and it continued to develop until the end of the Demon God War.

Or Auxerre.

With the destructive power shown by Osel, it is obviously not difficult to completely destroy a country.

In the end, Osel was just a demon god sealed by Morax. He may be considered a powerful demon god among the demon gods, but he is definitely not the strongest one.

The Demon God War is a melee between a group of advanced life forms whose destructive power has no upper limit and which starts from destroying mountains.

It is impossible for a country to remain lucky in such a war that lasts for hundreds or even thousands of years. Theoretically, as long as a demon god sees Canrea, their history will end here.

Demons love people, but in the war between demons, destruction and being destroyed are not uncommon things.

I can love the world, but first I must love these people who are attached to me.

When Orobas launched the Eastern Campaign, he did not take the inevitable sacrifices in the war into consideration.

Didn’t he know that he would definitely lose?

As the initiator of the war, he was ultimately defeated. He knew what kind of reckoning the people of Haizhi Island would face.

But He still chose this path.

Therefore, in that era, Kanrea had to master the skills to fight against the devil.

It is impossible for a country and its people to put their own survival completely in the judgment of the devil.

What they need is the strength to survive even if the devil doesn't like you.

Instead of doing this, we can show our innocence, right? The devil will sympathize with us and let us go, right?

No one would put survival over the mercy of their enemies.

But this is the crux of the matter.

It is also a civilization developed based on human beings. How is it possible that when people in other countries are still praying for God's blessing, you are going to press the devil to the ground and rub it?

There are real differences in talent between humans, which Jiang Qing acknowledged.

But when it comes to relationships between countries, and between humans and other life forms, the Kanreians do not have this absolute advantage.

Unless they are not human at all, it is impossible for them to be so far ahead of the seven countries when they started almost at the same time.

They cheated.

This was the reason for the fall of Canria.

They came into contact with secrets that the seven mortal nations would not have access to, and gained knowledge and power from them.

This makes Kanria powerful, able to protect itself in the war between demons and gods, and able to bury the ruler five hundred years ago.

This power comes from the taboos they are exposed to.

The contact with the taboo also led to the demise of Kanria.

The current Hanging City is a civilization before Kanria.

Ying became somewhat interested.

There are only two civilizations recorded before the sun and the moon, the seven dragons and the dragon lizard, the original one and the people he loves.

But when the devil appeared, this is not described in the story before the sun and the moon.

Obviously, after expelling the seven dragons, civilization changes and evolutions still occurred on this continent.

The current ruins seem to be the remnants of a civilization.

The truth lies deeper in the city.

Thinking that it would not waste too much time, they continued to move forward, and then met the Black Snake Knight blocking the front.

"Look, it's from Qiuqiu!"

Having guessed, Paimon noticed in advance the Qiuqiu people who were blocked behind the Black Snake Knight.

Those Qiuqiu people who were leaning on the rock wall or simply lying on the ground looked dejected, exactly the same as Dine's description.

"They are really a convoy protecting civilians."

Ying put down the edgeless sword in his hand.

Nothing necessary.

After defeating these, only some instinctive puppets are left, and it doesn't matter whether they use weapons or not.

But after restraining his weapons, the Black Snake Knight's condition became much more stable.

They are actually knights who protect the people... If you go by Dine's words, these people are still motivated by their obsession five hundred years ago.

It should be respected a little bit.

"[Halfdan]."

After the guess was established, the identity of the person leading all the Black Snake Knights was naturally revealed.

Dainsreb looked at him.

The other party's voice was unclear, but the black snake knights seemed to be able to understand it and got out of the way.

"What did he say?"

I haven't encountered this problem for a long time.

The people of Teyvat all use one language and one script.

But the language spoken by Halfdan was obviously not Teyvat.

Considering that the Qiuqiu people all have a Qiuqiu language, then the language of these people should be...Kanriya language?

"Retreat." Dain glanced at her, "Can't you see?"

"I mean, can you communicate with him?"

"Reluctantly." Dai Yin said concisely, "Let's go. The road he left should be where we are looking for."

Ying took a moment to look at the Qiuqiu man lying on the ground, with a strange look on his face.

After traveling in Teyvat for so long, the number of Qiuqiu people she killed was definitely not a small number.

She suddenly learned such a shocking fact, and she didn't feel any guilt about it, but there was still some change in her mood.

Paimon is different.

She truly sympathized with these dying Quiet Qiuqiu people, treating them as a kind of life that was coming to an end, rather than as monsters on the ground that needed to be killed.

"Gone."

Ying rubbed Paimon's cheek.

In a way, it is said that Paimon is too easily influenced by something. She always sympathizes with the suffering of others, and will neither judge whether other people's words are true, nor consider whether she can do it herself.

Did you take good care of her?

Ying is thoughtful.

No matter what you say, kindness can never go wrong.

Anyway, she could bear the price Paimon had to pay for his kindness.

It doesn't matter anymore.

Along the way, we carefully avoided these quiet Qiuqiu people, and finally arrived at the center at the top of the city.

"The pool of water hanging upside down..." Dain murmured softly, "This is the place we are looking for."

"In this place, the curse is at its greatest appeasement."

This is the only navigation.

This upside-down city is actually not small. The reason why we got here so quickly was not the guidance of the Black Snake Knight, but Daine's perception of the curse.

"Can the pond water weaken the curse? Can it be removed?"

If the curse is removed, will the Qiuqiu people turn back into Kanreyan people?

Paimon asked.

"Impossible." Dain shook his head, "You don't have enough respect for the power of gods."

"It is the mark of the causal level of this world, and its level is even higher than that of human beings themselves."

"Is it a living thing?"

The fluorescent eyes twinkled.

Curses can also have vitality and can be regarded as a kind of life.

"You can understand it that way." Dyne did not deny it. "I have been struggling with pain and sobriety for five hundred years. I can feel that the [curse] is becoming a part of me, and even gradually [replaces] me."

parasitic?

"You said it is replacing you...Does that mean that as long as you continue to live, sooner or later, another you will be born inside your body?"

"It will inherit everything from Deinsreb, including memories, emotions, and body...but it is not Deinsreb, but another life."

"You may be special, but the curse is equally imposed on every Kanriyan, which means that others are also facing this [replacement]."

Ying couldn't continue to guess.

This guess was a bit bad, but she was sure that Deinsreib must have made such a guess.

"A curse is a judgment mechanism that detects whether a person has a certain qualification, then grows in those who have the talent, and finally is born from within him and replaces him."

"That's what you want to say, right?"

Dyne looked at Ying.

Among the Pokemon, there is an elf named Paras. It is a life composed of an insect body and a mushroom on its back, and the insect body occupies the dominant consciousness.

However, when it evolved into Patras, the bug died, and instead the mushroom behind it became the dominant consciousness.

curse······

Ying doesn't know Paras, but she can detect the so-called "replacement".

Inside your own body, there is another life growing.

It uses your eyes to spy on the world, and your ears to listen to the world. Then after a long time, it grows up.

So the eggshell is broken, your consciousness is crushed and becomes its food.

It owns your feelings, your relationships, your knowledge and beliefs.

"Perhaps someone has been swallowed by the curse." Ying murmured softly, "It continues to walk on this land under the identity of a certain person. You think he is still him, but in fact he is another person."

Having the same memories doesn't mean they are the same person.

"You're afraid," Dyne said.

"A little bit."

Ying stretched out her hand to hold her chest, "But when I think about you being able to hold on for so long, I'm not so worried."

Dain was silent.

They all know where the so-called fear comes from.

"In terms of time, five hundred years ago, before I woke up, my brother had already traveled to the mainland."

So those gods should know something.

"The specific time is unknown, but at this point five hundred years ago, he woke me up and wanted to take me away."

"At this time, Kanria has been destroyed."

"While leaving, we met the enemy. In the end, I was sealed and my brother was taken away."

Ying looked at Dyne with a solemn expression.

"I have been avoiding a question... When I woke up again, it was already today."

Two months after waking up, she met Paimon and officially started traveling.

So Ying has always known that she is special.

For someone with such means, it would not be difficult to kill her and Sora.

But in the end she was traveling and became the leader of the cult.

If you say that the maintainer doesn't have a plan, I don't believe it.

"But this period of time is too long...five hundred years is enough time for anything."

"You shouldn't talk about this kind of stuff with me." Deinsreib crossed his arms. "Always thinking about things you can't do anything about is not good for your mood or anything else."

"Maybe."

Ying let out a long breath.

"fluorescent······"

Paimon had a worried look on his face.

She came closer and pressed her cheek against Ying's cheek.

Dainsreib looked a little thoughtful.

The two fell into silence together.

But there was one person who didn't give up.

The sound of the rock wall shaking suddenly came to mind, and [Halfdan] stared at the two people who suddenly stopped.

"Do you have anything to say to me, Halfdan."

Dyne looked at the open room.

[Replacement] is similar to thinking like a brain in a vat, it is something that cannot be helped and there is no need to think about it in detail.

For example... could someone have been replaced, but it is still walking on the earth in some capacity?

Or maybe the Deinsreb in front of him thinks that he is still Deinsreb, but in fact he is another life form.

This is about human self-understanding, there is no fixed answer, and it is easy for people to fall into it.

Dai Yin put it down easily and did not stay there forever.

Thinking is for direction, and then continue to act.

If the choice after thinking was to just stay and give up any action, they wouldn't be here anymore.

Halfdan said nothing and just walked into the room first.

"Let's go." Dyne said, "Before we solve a problem, we must first solve a solvable problem."

He walked quickly towards the room, his expression as usual.

(End of chapter)