Inquirer of Teyvat

Chapter 425 I stand above time, overlooking the past like smoke

Rice Wife·Tara Sand

Inazuma, once the most prosperous artisan holy land, has now declined.

There have been many problems with Yuying Furnace Heart, and the evil forces that emerge from time to time have also made this place a dangerous place, no longer suitable for people to live in.

Most of the rich and powerful people have moved away, only a few powerless people still stay here.

As soon as Wang Dao came here through the channel of the earth veins, he immediately discovered that it was different from when he came here.

Originally, the dangerous and evil atmosphere in the direction of Yuyingluxin dissipated a lot,
"It must be Ying who repaired Yuying Furnace Heart, it feels like all the evil power has been absorbed and suppressed."

Wang Daoyi's inner thoughts flashed away, and then he turned his head to look in other directions,
Feeling the guidance of the power of time in the depths of the soul, Wang Daoyi turned his gaze to a piece of architectural ruins.

"Over there is the residence of the artisans in the past."

"The authority of time led me here because there is a key message here?"

"In that case, let's go and have a look."

Wang Daoyi's inner thoughts flickered, without much hesitation, he turned into golden light and flew towards the ruins.

Coming to the ruins, Wang Daoyi's [Authority of Time] in the depths of his soul became more restless.

Without hesitation, I stretched out my hand, and the authority like the heart of God emerged,

"Then let me see what happened here."

[Authority of Time] With a sudden shock,
In an instant, like a great river flowing against the current, time is reversed,

Wang Daoyi appeared in a time tunnel full of illusions,
However, when he first got the [Authority of Time], the power of authority seems to be stronger now.

The picture of time flows backwards, and the power of time flows continuously, taking Wang Daoyi's sight to the past.

the other side,
outlying islands,

Lei Yingying and Naxida, who were shopping, turned their heads together and looked in the direction of Ta Nasha.

After a few breaths, the two gods withdrew their gazes and looked at each other, as if nothing had happened, and continued to play.

Yae Shenzi glanced at the two gods, not knowing what happened, raised his eyebrows, and said nothing.

Turn your gaze back to Tatara Sand,
Under the leadership of the power of time, Wang Daoyi's gaze has turned to the past.

In a catastrophic picture,
Under the torrential rain and thunder, Tadasha was hit by the tsunami,

The originally stable heart of the furnace changed, and wisps of evil power leaked out.

Whether it is the craftsmen stationed here, the civilians hired here, or the shogunate army guarding here,

Under the influence of evil forces, they fell into crisis one after another.

For a time, this holy land of rice wife craftsmen seemed like a hell on earth.

And in this hellish scene, the young man in white clothes with a golden feather on his back looked at the miserable scene in front of him with a look of sadness in his eyes.

Beside the boy, stood a middle-aged man. He was tall and had calluses on his hands. He was obviously a good craftsman.

"Niwa, haven't the people you sent back yet?"

"No, the rain is too heavy, and the tsunami will not end for a long time. I am afraid that the people sent out will be in danger."

"Can't you go overland?"

"It's too late. It will take too long to rush from here to Inaozuma City."

"Niwa, let me go. I have the general's token. I can ask to see the general. As long as the general takes action, the disaster here will definitely be quelled."

"But" the middle-aged man hesitated a little, just like what he said just now, the wind and rain were too strong, and the tsunami was still there. Going out to sea now is undoubtedly seeking his own death.

But the middle-aged man couldn't say anything to stop him, because he knew that if no one went to Dao's wife for help, there would really be no salvation here in Tatarasha.

Looking at the two people in the picture, Wang Daoyi knew that one of them was a former straggler, or a pure white straggler, and Niwa, one of the people in charge of Tarasha back then.

However, Wang Daoyi is more interested in the engineer dressed in Fontaine in the corner of the screen than these two people.

The engineer named Escher, standing in the corner of the picture, seems to be very worried looking at the heart of the furnace in the distance,
However, Wang Daoyi is too familiar with his eyes,

That kind of indifferent, indifferent, even superior, eyes that regard everything as a tool,

"It really is you, Dotorre."

In Wang Dao's eyes, there was such a look as expected,
When I heard Yae Shenzi talk about the historical archives before, Wang Daoyi felt that these things were the methods of a doctor.

Now that he saw the historical picture, he was sure that the blackening of the stragglers had something to do with the doctor.

When Wang Daoyi thought,
The picture of time begins to change,
It seems to know Wang Daoyi's inner thoughts, the picture does not follow the pure white stragglers who braved the wind, rain, thunder and lightning to go to sea,
Instead, it follows Escher in the corner of the frame, a sliced ​​incarnation of Dottore.

After watching Bai San leave, Escher looked at Niwa beside him: "The general will not turn a blind eye to someone who seeks help. Niwa Your Excellency, please rest assured."

Niwa nodded slightly: "Well, Mr. Escher, we still have to work hard on our own to close the hearth before the return of the Stranger."

Escher nodded: "Of course, I will do my best."

"Thank you for your help, Mr. Escher." Niwa seemed a little tired.

"You're a little tired, go rest first Niwa-dono."

"Can't rest, there are still many civilians who need help."

Niwa rejected Escher's proposal, dragged his sick body, and began to help the civilians and craftsmen in Tatar Sand.

Where Niwa couldn't see, Escher shook his head slightly: "What a good person, but unfortunately, the clown needs a miracle-seeker. In this case, let you die for the wonder-turner. Anyway, you are the one who eliminates the disaster in the heart of the furnace. want it, don't you?"

Before Wang Daoyi continued to watch, the picture flowed again,
This time, the picture appeared on Baisan's side,
Perhaps through many hardships,

Bai San is already in a state of being displaced.

The pure white clothing was already soaked, if it wasn't for the golden feather on his chest, then he would be no different from a wandering disaster victim.

Using Jin Yu as evidence, Bai San finally passed through many obstacles and came to the castle tower.
However, after coming to the castle tower,
Bai San lowered his head, he begged, he begged, hoping that Lei Yingying could meet him and listen to him tell about the disaster of Tarasha,

However, Bai San didn't know that Lei Movie had long been in the pure land of Yixin, and no longer interfered with the affairs of the outside world.
Everything about Inazuma is handed over to the 【Eternal Guardian】

Therefore, no matter how much the strange person begged, he could not get any response.

In front of General Leiden, who is pursuing eternity, everything in the sand is unimportant. When the tsunami passes, the disaster will naturally disappear.
[Unchanging is eternal! 】

Rejected by General Raiden, Bai San left the castle tower without getting a response from Raiden. The people who walked on the sand were still dying. He couldn't entrust people's lives to that indifferent god.

Therefore, Bai San set foot on Yingxiang Mountain, and with Jin Yu as evidence, he was received by Yae Shenzi.

"The people of Tatasha are suffering from disasters. People are dying every moment. We need help!"

The pure white child prayed to the beautiful shrine maiden.

"I already know about the disaster of Tatara. As Narugami Palace Secretary, I will not turn a blind eye to it. However, I need time to mobilize manpower. I hope you can wait."

"The general will never abandon you"

That beautiful fox palace secretary said so.

And Bai San, who was exhausted and lost all hope, saw that the other party did not start rescue immediately, so he only gave a verbal promise.

And having uttered the words that the indifferent god would not forsake him,

The turbulent emotions in his heart could no longer be calmed down, and exploded like a volcanic eruption.

In Bai San's view, it was the Daozuma shogunate who abandoned the people of Tatara.

General Leiden turned a blind eye to the disaster of Tatarasha.

Narugami procrastinated about the rescue.

Standing above time, Wang Daoyi looked at the collapsed, desperate and heartbroken child in the picture, as if he saw a piece of pure white paper with a little ink stain on it, and it continued to spread.

Then,

The power of time surges again, bringing the picture constantly changing,

In the flow of time,

As soon as Wang Dao saw Bai San leave Naruto Shrine, he set foot on the road back to Ta Nasha alone.

And when Bai San returned to Tarasha,
Disasters have spread all over the land of Tadaisha, life is withering, people are crying,

With guilt, Bai San wanted to tell Ni Yu that he failed to bring back reinforcements.

But the next moment, a Fontaine engineer named Escher told him,
Niwa had fled with his family in fear of being blamed by the shogunate for fear of leaking the furnace heart, but left behind a device that could solve the disaster, and said that Niwa hoped that the stragglers would solve the problem.

Niwa's escape once again tore a wound in Baisan Pure White's heart,
He didn't understand why Niwa had absconded, since Tatara's family members were still in pain.

But the concern for the people of Tatara made Bai San have no time to think about Niwa's betrayal,

He took the box left by Niwa and rushed into the polluted hearth,
Relying on the strong physical fitness of the doll and the protection of the inexplicable power in the box, Bai San rushed to the heart of the furnace,
But when he opened the box, he found a withered heart inside.

According to the reminder of engineer Escher, Baisan finally closed the furnace core, and the pollution of Tatara began to slow down.

"What's the matter with that box, the heart inside?" Bai San asked the engineer Escher suspiciously.

Escher's expression froze, with a hint of guilt, he said, "It was taken from an innocent craftsman before Niwa fled."

Bai San's pupils shrank, and the pure white soul collapsed again,
He doesn't understand, he doesn't understand,
Why does Niwa use the lives of innocent people as a tool for salvation?
In his impression, Niwa is a cheerful, kind, and loyal craftsman who is admired by the people of Tatarasha.

But now, he saw another Niwa, he was cowardly, ruthless, and persecuting the innocent.

For a moment, Bai San felt that he could not understand people's hearts.

Outside the screen, Wang Daoyi can clearly feel that the desperate breath on Bai San's body has become stronger.

However, Bai San still did not show malice like a straggler to the outside world.

More like a child trapped in autism, a child abandoned by the whole world.

Later, when the support from the shogunate came, Bai San, as the hero who closed the hearth, did not come to see them.

After the heart of the sand furnace returned to normal,
Baisan didn't stay there any longer, Niwa's betrayal was like a sharp knife stuck in Baisan's heart, and he began to wander in Tatarasha.

until one day,
In the dilapidated old house by the Tadasha seaside, he saw a child,
The child is a small one, who looks only seven or eight years old,
There is no adult protection around him, just like a cub, looking for support in the dangerous world alone.

Looking at the child's dusty face, Bai San felt an inexplicable colic in his chest, as if something ancient had revived in his body.

For this reason, Bai San stopped his wandering footsteps, stayed in this dilapidated house, and began to take care of the young children.

For several days, the child's parents did not come back.

"Where are your parents?" Bai San couldn't help asking the child.

A trace of ignorance remained on the child's small face: "Mom and Dad have passed away."

"died?"

"Well, they are workers at Furnace Heart. They contracted a strange disease before and kept coughing up blood. They couldn't be cured. Later, the family ran out of money, and their parents left and never came back."

Listening to the little boy's words, Bai San's chest cramps became more and more intense.

Furnace heart, sick, coughing up blood,

Bai San knew that the other party's parents must have contracted the disease due to the infection of evil forces.

The parents who have never returned, probably have died quietly in a corner,
And the reason they left was probably because they didn't want to infect their children with the strange disease.

For a moment, Bai San was moved,

They have no parents,

They were all abandoned,

None of them have any friends,
they are all alone,
He felt that he seemed to have found the same kind.

Bai San looked at the child, the other's eyes were as pure and spotless as he used to be.

"Then why don't you be my family?"

"Family, okay!"

In the picture where the power of time appears, Bai San and the child are holding hands, which looks very healing.

But the hopeless breath on Bai San's body is rapidly dissipating, and he seems to have found the anchor point in his heart.

Bai San and the child agreed to become family members and spend the rest of their lives together.

The next scene is Bai San and the little boy living together, although they live in poverty, they are also contented.

Until one day, the little boy's body began to decline rapidly,
Bai San, who had experienced the sand-treading incident, could tell at a glance that it was the lesion caused by the pollution of evil forces.
The farewell of the parents did not allow the little boy to escape the pollution of the evil power.

Bai San brought the little boy back to the Borrowing Scenery Pavilion,

Under the fiery red maple leaves, Bai San carefully took care of the little boy, struggling to maintain his life.

However, the fragility of life is never transferred by human will,
It only takes a moment for a person to die,
Time screens flow,

One day, after Bai San came back from looking for food and medicinal materials outside,
But found that the little boy was lying on the ground silently, his young body curled up, the blood coughed up from his mouth looked like the maple leaf beside it, it was bright red,
There is also a doll in the small hand, which is a small Baisan.

A villain with black hair in white clothes and a belt with a small bow tie on his waist. He is obviously a smiling doll, but there is a funny round teardrop hanging from the corner of his eye.

The little doll seems to be telling Bai San:

[I'm leaving, family, please don't cry for me. 】

"No, no, it's not true." The pupils shrank sharply, and the medicinal materials fell from Bai San's hands and scattered all over the ground.

The pain in his heart made him unable to control himself, he stumbled to the side of the little boy, stretched out his hand to check his breath, but there was no response.

"It's clearly agreed that it belongs to my family and we want to live together, but why, why do you want to leave me?"

Bai San's mood fluctuated violently, and the ink dyeing on the pure white paper expanded rapidly,
Despair, hatred, world-weariness, all kinds of negative emotions appeared in his heart like a choppy tide.

"Once again, again, again!"

"My creator has abandoned me."

"My friends abandoned me too."

"Now, the last of my family has abandoned me too."

"If I was born wrong, why did I come into this world."

at night,

A raging fire ignited by the sea.

Bai San burned down the wooden house, took the old straw hat he found from the wooden house, and continued on his wandering journey.
He wandered around, not knowing where he should go or where he could go.

Along the way he met more people,
Only, this time he didn't see any of them as family anymore.

Outside the time screen, Wang Daoyi was slightly silent. He never thought that there would be such a warm but sad story behind that unruly and malicious straggler who was full of malice towards the world.

The sympathy in his eyes disappeared in a flash, replaced by resolute indifference.

"Your story is indeed touching, your life experience is really tragic, and your experience is indeed sympathetic."

"But the mistakes you made are also real, and the tragedies you caused are also real."

"I feel pity for you."

"But I will never forgive you!"

Only the victim is qualified to forgive the perpetrator.

And what Wang Daoyi can do is punish.

No matter what the skirmisher has been through, he has to pay the price after he has projected malice on the innocent.

Injuries are never an excuse for evil.

Injuries have never been a reason to swing knives at innocent people.

On the time screen, the power of time slowly dissipates, as if the story here is about to end.

The golden gnosis in Wang Dao's eyes slightly flowed,
"It's not easy for me to have the opportunity to wait for you to make any noise. It's not my habit to watch for nothing."

A thought moved,
The surging elemental power gathers, impacting the main body of [Authority of Time] in time.

The vast elemental power is like a continuous source of power, allowing the power of time that had begun to slowly dissipate to gather again.

Elemental power is one of the most original powers of Tivat.

Under normal circumstances, it has nothing to do with time.

But now that there is a concrete existence of [Authority of Time], the elemental force can use this concrete existence to support the power of time.

Although the power of time itself may not be needed, it is like a car that has stepped on the accelerator. In the absence of brakes and crashes, if you ask you to keep fueling, it can only keep driving, even if the car itself wants to stop. useless.

With the support of Wang Daoyi's vast elemental force,

The power of time gathers again, and the picture of time that originally dissipated begins to flow again.

(End of this chapter)