Inquirer of Teyvat

Chapter 373 It's just life! (5k) (updated on Monday)

After an exchange,
Neither Wang Daoyi nor Ying convinced each other.
Ying felt that these fools were good people who came to help Liyue and shouldn't be forgotten like this.
But Wang Daoyi believes that the confrontation of the upper class has resulted in different positions. These fools have changed from "friends" to enemies, and helping the enemy has always been a stupid thing.

However, Wang Daoyi finally gave Ying a solution.

"Well, go and find those fools. If they are willing to leave the Zhidong system, give up their identity as fools, and give up their current position, then they will no longer be my enemy, and I can naturally help them .”

"That's it?" Ying was a little surprised,

After arguing for so long just now, Wang Daoyi was unwilling to help, but now, as long as those fools give up their identity as fools, Wang Daoyi can make a move?

This paradoxical change made Ying somewhat unable to adapt.

As Wang Daoyi said,

Ying is an eternally neutral existence, it is difficult for her to understand the issue of 'position', in her eyes, she usually only sees 'right and wrong' and 'good and evil'.

"Okay, I'll go find them in a while. If they are willing to do what you say, then you have to rescue them." Ying looked into Wang Daoyi's eyes and said seriously.

Wang Dao nodded, and replied equally seriously: "Of course, when have I ever lied to you?"

Ying was stunned for a moment, although Wang Daoyi often turned into a riddler and half-spoken, but he really didn't seem to have deceived himself.

Therefore, Ying laughed happily. In her opinion, those fools have been saved.

With Wang Daoyi's status in Liyue, it is not a big problem to rescue these fools and send them back to Zhidong safely.

but,

Seeing Ying's happy look, Wang Dao shook his head secretly,
He didn't think those fools would accept his request,
Abandoning the position issue itself means that those fools will treason. In this choice of treason VS death, most fools will choose death.

Although Wang Daoyi often looks down on the Fools and knows many problems within the Fools, but the Fools' belief in the Queen of Ice cannot be questioned either.

If I want these fools to reveal some secrets, I guess they only need to be tortured.
But asking them to give up their position and betray Zhidong, ha, it's hard!
So, how happy Ying is smiling now is how disappointed she will be later.

end the conversation,

Wang Daoyi, Ying, Paimon, and the invisible Naxida returned to the camp,
Ying is a character who just does what she says,

After dealing with two casually, he proposed to find those fools,
The surrounding employees of Huishan Hall looked a little strange, but they didn't say much.

Wang Daoyi has already agreed to Ying, so naturally he will not refuse.

A group of people set off again, led by Ying, to the last stronghold of the Fools.

On the way,

"Those fools have already lost their supplies. When I met them, they were so hungry that they almost lost their fighting power."

Ying introduced to Wang Daoyi some basic information about the fools stranded underground, including but not limited to their material condition, physical condition, and mental state.

Wang Daoyi just nodded indifferently,
On the other hand, Naxida, who was invisible, looked at Ying with some curiosity, as if she wanted to see through a 'son of man' from outside.

【Ying】This existence is mysterious to Naxida.

He who wields the authority of [wisdom] also cannot see through this girl,
It seemed that her body was full of mist, covering everything on Ying.

When Wang Daoyi came down with Naxida,
The moment Naxida saw Ying, he had a vague premonition that he could not meet Ying yet.

His encounter with her had already happened, but his entanglement with her should not have started here.

"She is a person of destiny, Daoyi."

Nasida's voice sounded in Wang Daoyi's mind.

"What do you see, Nasida?"

Wang Daoyi responded to Nasida's words in his mind.

"Fate! Encounter, entanglement, the fate of countless people walks with her, she is the destined person, and more, I can't see through."

"Fate is the ultimate knowledge, and now I can't understand it."

In my mind, Nashida's soft voice sounded again.

Wang Daoyi nodded slightly, and responded to Naxida in his mind: "Is that so? Ying and Kong are people who cross the star sea. They have brought accidents and variables to this world. It is normal that they cannot interpret their fate."

For Ying, or rather, for Ying and Kong, the more Wang Daoyi tried to understand, the more he felt something was wrong.

From the most basic things,
There are three realms in Tivat, the realm of light, the realm of humans and the realm of nothingness, and the name [ying] can correspond to [light realm]; and the name [empty] can correspond to [the realm of nothingness].

Even the basic names of these two [Sons of Man] can correspond to the Three Realms of Tivat. If there is nothing in it, Wang Daoyi absolutely does not believe it.

Therefore, there is a reason for these two people to be the protagonists of [Original God]. It is not simply that two descendants come and become the protagonists.

[Ying] and [Kong] have deeper secrets, and the title [Son of Man] may represent some of their deep secrets.

It is these secrets that Wang Dao and his wife [Ying] care about.
He was able to carry General Thunderbolt's knife for Ying, not only because he regarded [Ying] as a friend, but he might not have the intention of exploring the deep secrets of [Ying].

"Huh? Daoyi, what are you thinking?"

Walking in the claustrophobic mine tunnel, Ying was still talking about fools, but as she was talking, she found that Wang Daoyi didn't seem to be listening to her, so she couldn't help asking.

Hearing Ying's call, Wang Dao came back to his senses and shook his head slightly at Ying: "It's nothing, I remembered something important."

"Important matter? Do you need my help?" Ying raised her eyebrows slightly, looked at Wang Daoyi, and asked.

"No, although it's very important, it's not too urgent. You'll understand when the time comes." Wang Daoyi smiled, looked at Ying, and didn't know what he was thinking.

Ying felt a little strange, feeling that Wang Daoyi looked at her with meaningful eyes just now, but she shook her head slightly and didn't care, or she was used to it.

Whether it was Dynes Reb, Zhongli, or Wendy, she had seen this kind of meaningful look in them all.

Now that there is one more Wang Daoyi, it is not a big deal at all.

Ying held a blue lumen stone and led everyone along the way. From time to time, there was purple-black filth overflowing from the surroundings in the passage.

However, under the power of the lumen stone, these purple-black filth will be cleared away quickly.

Feeling the power of pollution contained in the purple-black filth and the light of purification contained in the lumen stone,
Wang Daoyi already had some guesses in his heart,

Those purple-black filth are undoubtedly the power of pollution from the abyss,

As for the lumen stone, this kind of treasure mine that can clear away filthy power, the power contained in it should be the pure power of the light world.

Only the pure power of the light world can easily dispel these taboos and filth from the abyss.

In the Three Realms of Tevat,
The confrontation between the light world and the void world, that is, the confrontation between the elemental world and the abyss world, has existed since the birth of Tivat. The confrontation between the purple-black pollution and the lumen stone can only be regarded as one of the manifestations.
As for the most special and latest appearance of the human world, as well as the power of the human world, Wang Daoyi has no more clues. However, in his guess, the living Tivat VII who are now in power may have something to do with the power of the human world. associated.

[The gods plated the outline of desire with seven kinds of brilliance to show that their authority can be reached! 】

This desire to be gilded with brilliance by the gods may have something to do with the power of the human world.

As for how to verify this idea, Wang Daoyi felt that after he ascended the throne, he would naturally understand.

Once again through the loathsome narrow passage,

Board a relatively high mine road and enter a relatively open cave,

Under Ying's leadership, Wang Daoyi soon saw a small group of fools.

"Anton." Ying and Paimon waved to the fools over there.

Their voices quickly attracted the attention of the Fools. The Fools picked up their weapons and looked towards this side. When they found out that it was the Queen, they quickly lifted their guard.

"It's the traveler and Paimon, why are you back? Could it be that the people above have made peace with Liyue?" The tall fool soldiers looked at Ying, Paimon, and Wang Daoyi who was standing on the side, and asked expectantly. eyes.

Not only the big fools who spoke, but also the three soldiers of fools beside him also showed expectant eyes.

It's a pity, Ying slightly shook her head: "No, Fools and Li Yue are still hostile."

"That's it." The fools showed a little disappointed look, but they quickly cheered up again, "Then what are you doing here this time? If it is to send supplies, we don't have anything to exchange with you for the time being." , You didn’t finish the food you gave us last time, if you want to exchange information, we don’t have anything more to tell you.”

After getting in touch with these fools, Ying thought that they were not bad people, but abandoned poor people, so she left some food for them, and these fools also took out some savings to exchange with Ying.

"No, I didn't come here to exchange information this time. I found a friend who can take you out." Ying explained, explaining the purpose of coming.

"Get out? Really?" *4
The team of fools exclaimed, they are aware of their own situation, if the people above did not make peace with Liyue, then the only result for them in the end is to die here, it is impossible to be rescued,
The Liyue people would not save them, and Zhidong, their chief, probably had given up on them long ago.

So when Ying said that she found someone and could rescue them, these fools immediately reacted.

"Well, this is Wang Daoyi. He has great status in Liyue. As long as he speaks, he will definitely save you guys." Ying nodded, then pointed to Wang Daoyi, and introduced to the team of fools.

If it was the fools stationed in Liyue, they would have recognized Wang Daoyi when they saw him.
And these fools who were abandoned under the rocky abyss followed Ying's introduction and looked at Wang Daoyi with doubts in their eyes.

Although Wang Daoyi is a good-looking talent and has a noble temperament, they still don't believe that they can be rescued easily.

"I'm sorry, it's not that I don't trust your words, but, what is the price? What is the price we need to pay?" The big fools looked vigilant. Although he knew that he was waiting for death, he still didn't Willing to believe that there will be pies in the sky.

A Liyue person came and said that they could save them, and there was no price involved, but they didn't believe it.

Ying looked at Wang Daoyi, saw that he had no intention of speaking, organized his words, and said to the team of fools: "As long as you are willing to give up your identity as [fools] and stop working for Zhidong, then you are not counted as Liyue's enemies are gone, Daoyi can take you out."

"Give up [The Fools]'s identity?" The Fools were taken aback for a moment, and then there was a look on their faces that they really did.

"I'm very sorry, Traveler, I know you're doing it for our own good, but...we can't agree to this condition." The fools and big men decisively rejected Ying's proposal.

Then he looked at the team members beside him: "The refusal is my idea alone. If any of you are willing to give up the identity of [Fools], you can promise the traveler, and no one else will know."

It means that even if they give up their identity as [Fools], those present will only know about it, and they will not leak the secrets, and those who give up will naturally not be liquidated.

The faces of the three team members were slightly angry: "Anton, what are you talking about? Who do you think we are? There are 64 people in our company, and now there are only four of us left. I will not betray Her Majesty the Empress."

"While we would love to evacuate, if the condition of evacuation is betrayal, then we are allowed to refuse."

"Yeah, although I really hate those executive officers who abandoned us, but it is impossible for me to betray the noble Ice Queen."

The reaction of the three people was bigger than the other, but they all chose to reject Yingying in the same way.

Ying's face was a little puzzled, she didn't understand, when she met these people before, their biggest wish was to evacuate here,

But why, she found someone to come over and gave them hope, but these fools chose to refuse.

Ying was a little anxious: "But, if you give up this opportunity, you might really die down there."

The layered rock abyss is already recovering, and the General Affairs Department and Qianyan Army will clear it up here sooner or later,
If these people are still here at that time, being cleaned up is their only result,
If they were ordinary fools, then Ying wouldn't feel it at all, and might even help the Qianyan army clean them up,
However, these people originally came in to help with the investigation, and the friendly army turned into an enemy for no reason, and then was cleaned up. How can Ying accept this kind of thing?

"Ha, if the price is something else, we will definitely pack up our things and go with you immediately, but, traveler, everyone has their own persistence, and this strand of persistence is something more important than life."

"For the most noble dream of the Ice Queen, even if I often walk in the moonless night, trek through the gilded desert, feel the biting hostility in the dark, and dream of my lover in the distant hometown, no matter how difficult it is. Can't extinguish the ever-burning pale fire in our breasts, can't break our faith!"

"I'm sorry to disappoint your kindness, traveler."

After the fools said this, they looked at the comrades around them,
He raised his right fist and punched himself in the chest,
【We are wounded wolves who have been betrayed by the whole world,
We will eventually build a new world where no one will turn their backs.

Clothed in impeccable garments as bright as the sun,
We come from the snow country like silver,

Blow the horn to declare His Majesty Mingwei. 】

The remaining team members looked sad, but they stretched out their right hands together,
They performed the same breast-hammering etiquette, and followed the slogan of the fools:
[If you are also burdened with dreams that cannot be tolerated and wounds that cannot be healed,
Not reconciled to day's end, always angry at false promises,

Just look up at the white phosphorous star, that is our banner;

Then join us and let the boots shake the ground like thunder.

We will never abandon those who follow us to the White Night Pole Star.

May those who follow us to the darkest place create a new world together.

It must be known that the destruction of everything will be the beginning of a new order.

At the end of destruction will usher in the dawn of innocence. 】

[After chanting the high-sounding slogans, these fools seemed to have a dead intention in their hearts, and stopped communicating with everyone, and no longer paid attention to Ying's persuasion. 】

"Why? I don't understand. They can be rescued if they just say give up. Why choose to die?"

After leaving some food for the fools, Ying silently left the mine where the fools lived.
After walking a certain distance, Ying said sadly, and then she looked at Wang Daoyi: "Daoyi, you knew from the beginning that they would reject you, didn't you?"

Wang Daoyi nodded naturally: "Yes, I knew from the beginning that although most fools are not good people, when it comes to their belief in the Ice Queen, I think it is worthy of recognition."

"Giving up the identity of [The Fools] is equivalent to betraying the Queen of Ice. Even if it is death, it is difficult for them to make a choice."

Ying looked a little uncomfortable: "Could it be that faith is more important than life?"

In Ying's view, giving up the chance to live for the sake of illusory beliefs is a pity no matter how you look at it.

Life should be above all else, not used as the price of faith.

"Oh, I can't answer this question for you. Faith and life are not things of specific value."

"If my believers encounter this kind of thing, I will advise them to give up their faith and choose to live, but they may not necessarily follow my advice, and may even choose to commit suicide when they hear my advice."

"Faith is never good or bad, only firm and not firm."

"Obviously, those fools of the Ninth Company have a very firm belief in the Ice Queen."

"Just a mere life is not enough to make them give up their belief in the Ice Queen."

Wang Daoyi said calmly,
He didn't have any feelings or disdain for the choices made by the fools of the Ninth Company.
That's all, he believes that many of the Sand People under him will make the same choice,

Faith is never something that can be described as right or wrong, nor can it be measured by other standards.

"Huh? Your believer?" Ying suddenly caught a word, "Also, how do you know they belong to the Ninth Company? I don't seem to have told you?"

(End of this chapter)