Genshin Impact: The Beginning of the Wind

"You've finally arrived! I thought you would back down out of fear of the gods' might! But it seems that as insignificant gods and useless humans, you do have some courage!"

The soldier, unconcerned, began to mock Nasita and Ying, who appeared before him. He didn't think these two little guys could pose much of a threat to him.

He's already a god, a powerful god. Dealing with these two guys would be a piece of cake for him.

"Is this what you're after? Power will only blind you. If you make power everything, your life will only become more bleak."

Nasita ignored the threats and ridicule of the skirmishers; she simply and earnestly shared her views with the nearly frenzied skirmishers.

"shut up!"

However, Nasita's denial seemed to provoke the stragglers, who angrily interrupted her, his eyes instantly turning a terrifying dark purple.

"I have been betrayed three times, and thus I have come to understand that everything in the world is nothing but a deceptive facade."

"My anger will never subside."

"The first is God. My creator, my 'mother'."

"It is swayed by power, and it abandons the useless me."

"Secondly, people. My family, my friends."

"They are bound by fear and regard me as a detestable thing."

"Thirdly, there are those of the same kind. My hope is for birds whose wings are not yet fully grown."

"It is controlled by its lifespan and has violated its agreement with me."

"Humans are absolutely untrustworthy, and I hate even God. I abandon everything, denying and ridiculing everything in the world."

"My heart will no longer be tainted by worldly affairs, and I will reject the base emotions of humanity."

"My empty parts will be filled with the heart of the supreme god, which is full of divinity, just like the pure white scroll at the moment of my birth."

"Hehehe... Hahahaha! No need to be afraid, the pain is only momentary."

"Your era... is about to end."

The enraged stragglers recounted their past experiences without reservation. Yet, as they spoke of these painful memories, they remained remarkably calm, as if none of it concerned them anymore.

But the sadness and resentment that permeated the empty workshop also told us that he had not truly let go.

However, this anger toward fate soon found its target under the control of the skirmishers.

"Now, you pathetic and laughable weak god, you will become the stepping stone for me to announce my birth to the whole world!"

"I will announce my return here with strife and death!"

Provoked by Nasita, the skirmisher decisively closed the cockpit door, and as the skirmisher prepared, the already activated giant divine body began to flow with even more powerful energy.

"Let us recreate a corner of the war between demons!"

With these words, thunder instantly filled the entire space, and terrifying divine power instantly overturned and destroyed the huge factory. The dark thunderclouds that instantly covered most of Mount Sumeru further demonstrated the power of the gods.

The final curtain has finally been raised on this farce of Sumeru.

Chapter 44 Side Effects Are Also Functions

"The power of artificial gods is indeed very strong!"

Left behind in the Church of Jesus, Azar looked at the God of the Righteous Machine on the screen, who displayed divine power with a mere wave of his hand, and nodded in satisfaction. This artificial god, created by the Church of Jesus at the cost of many resources and even at the expense of the lives of the people, was indeed quite powerful.

"But that's not enough. If it's just about power, that's the least important thing. We're not pursuing artificial gods for the sake of meaningless force. The most important thing is to find a way to eradicate the pollution of the World Tree."

Another sage's voice came from the void terminal. They had committed far too many unforgivable sins in creating this god, but they hadn't done all that just to create a fool who was merely spreading power indifferently.

"So we're the last step, aren't we?"

“A puppet created by a god is indeed suitable as a vessel for the heart of the god and a bridge for channeling power, but this puppet is not qualified—it possesses its own consciousness and emotions, which means it cannot fully become the vessel of the World Tree!”

"Only the World Tree itself can save the World Tree. Neither mortals nor gods can shake the great World Tree, but it can."

"All we need to do is give the World Tree a vessel!"

"Now that the vessel is ready, all that remains is to erase the consciousness of that useless puppet and then import the World Tree itself into this vessel."

In fact, after the Doctor approached the Council of Sages, the Sages devised a plan devoid of any humanity—allowing the Doctor to create artificial gods, and even in the process, they would act exceptionally foolish and insane. The sole purpose of this was to have the Doctor and the Scatterers complete all the preparations with arrogance.

After everything was prepared, it was their turn to come out as sinners and blood-stained men to 'atone' and deliver the final blow.

"Hazard, are you sure we can accomplish what we want to do?"

Another sage asked the question that concerned him most: questions of life and death are meaningless to sages.

The ability to cure the World Tree's disease, to leave behind a tremendous fighting force for Sumeru, and even to become part of the World Tree containing endless wisdom—this is an incredibly tempting prospect for the sages.

"Of course! Don't forget, I am the best scholar of the Minglun school in Sumeru!"

"You're not scared now, are you?!"

Hazard was quite unhappy with his colleague's suspicion, and he said it in a very direct and sarcastic tone. However, this kind of provocation seemed too... direct and even childish.

"Hmph! I'm not afraid of death. It's an honor for me to be one with endless wisdom. I think if this job were to spread, countless scholars would envy me!"

The sage, slightly annoyed by the questioning, still made his stance clear.

It is certain that the World Tree contains all the wisdom and knowledge of Teyvat, and beings connected to the World Tree will inevitably gain access to this endless knowledge and wisdom, which is an irresistible temptation for any true scholar.

And now they are finally able to bear this honor.

"Alright, stop chatting here. We can't let that useless puppet waste too much power. We must reserve enough power for the World Tree, otherwise it will be too late to regret it if we fail at the last minute."

"So let me be the first one!"

A sage stopped their meaningless conversation. He spoke in a cold but expectant tone, and as soon as he finished speaking, one of the four sages was gone.

And somewhere in Mount Sumeru, a sage's arm also hung down in perfect unison.

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The current Void system is a pretty terrible thing.

In the beginning, the Great Tree King created the Void System to deal with the forbidden knowledge within the World Tree, and the Void System did indeed help her achieve this to some extent. However, after the Great Tree King fell again, the spread of forbidden knowledge could no longer be stopped.

At this time, under the arrangement of the Great Tree King, the Void System became a tool to intercept the dreams of the Sumeru Man and to accumulate the knowledge and energy for Nasita to finally deal with forbidden knowledge.

However, the Void System was ruined after it fell into the hands of the Order of the Church.

The Void System, which was originally intended to assist scholars, quickly became a constraint on their progress. In particular, the emergence of canned knowledge turned scholars who heavily relied on the Void System into nothing more than repeating machines.

They placed too much trust in the Void System. Any information or knowledge transmitted through the Void System would only make them believe it without question. How much use could these 'contaminated' and 'restricted' puppets possibly have?

This is one of the reasons why the Church has rarely made any groundbreaking progress in the past five hundred years.

Without a doubt, as long as the Void System continues to exist, the Council of the Fathers will only become more and more corrupt.

But now, the drawbacks of this void system have ironically become tools that the sages can utilize.

In the beginning, in order to help the soldiers gather divine knowledge, the doctor chose to use the Void System to massively mine knowledge and create divine canisters of knowledge, forcibly filling the soldiers with divine knowledge and elevating them to the level of gods.

This also brought a subtle but extremely fatal flaw to the skirmishers—the skirmishers who made extensive use of the knowledge contained in the divine canisters not only established a very deep connection with the World Tree, but also lost their ability to resist the Void System.

The same subconscious belief that everything provided by the Void System would be correct appeared in the Scatter Soldier as well, and this was even more pronounced in him because he used too much knowledge from the God's Jar!

And that's exactly what the sages are going to take advantage of.

By using the fact that the skirmisher has absolutely no doubt about the Void System, you force him to establish a deeper connection with the World Tree and erase his own consciousness, making the skirmisher turn himself into the World Tree's puppet!

However, this command is simply too outrageous. Even with the most blind faith in the Void System, it's impossible to follow such an absurd command. Therefore, what the sages need to do now is to strengthen this command at the cost of their own lives.

Or rather, they themselves first followed the order, then recorded their thoughts at the last moment of their lives and directly packed them into the minds of the stragglers.

They need to make the skirmishers go mad on their own, and then, in a state of losing control, instinctively carry out the commands issued by the void.

To achieve this, someone had to make a sacrifice, and the sages naturally took on the task of making that sacrifice.

No, they monopolized this glory!

Chapter Forty-Five: Infamy, Just Right

Gale-force winds, raging flames, towering waves, thunderous roars, solid ice...

After the God of Righteousness fully unleashed his immense power, elements, like a natural disaster, completely dominated the entire battlefield. Under his control, these forces, capable of tearing any mortal apart, became mere embellishments on this vast battlefield.

Fortunately, neither Narcida nor Ying could be considered mortals. Although they were in a very bad state under the almost frenzied attack of the God of Justice, they were still able to hold on.

However, all they did was persevere.

If things continue as they are now, they are likely to be completely defeated after a very long period of time, and even before that, the entire Sumeru may be destroyed by the war between the two sides.

This was unacceptable to Nasita.

As the goddess of Sumeru, she could not accept such horrific destruction in the battle with the god of righteousness.

So once she had confirmed this, Narcida was already preparing to use some powers she was reluctant to use—she planned to create a huge dream that would envelop the God of the Righteous, and then search for a way to defeat Him in the endless cycle of dreams.

Nasita believed that given enough time and opportunity, they would always find a way to defeat their opponent!

But this is not a simple matter.

Pulling the God of the Righteous Machine into the dream is not an easy task, especially since they are currently in the midst of a battle. The highly vigilant God of the Righteous Machine cannot be so easily pulled into the dream.

Moreover, as the youngest deity, Nasita's power is relatively weak compared to other deities, and she must have expended a considerable amount of energy to achieve this.

However, she has already invested too much power in the God of the Righteous, so there is no guarantee that she will be able to handle the crisis of the World Tree when she enters the World Tree later.

After all, no matter what calamity the World Tree has encountered, it requires sufficient effort to deal with it properly.

But now Nasita doesn't have many choices—if she lets the God of Righteousness continue to run rampant, Sumeru might have no future.

So Nasita made a decision very quickly.

At worst, I'll just put myself on the scales too!

Nasita refused to believe that she couldn't resolve the World Tree's crisis by betting everything she had!

She, this useless god, has been ignored for five hundred years. Now she must not let the people of Sumeru suffer the same calamity as before. She is willing to risk everything for this!

With this in mind, Nasita subconsciously began to mobilize the power within her body. However, before she could complete the mobilization of her power, Azar, who had already completed the preliminary preparations, had already entered the 'meditation room' where Nasita had been trapped.

Although the people of the Faith Council had previously transformed this 'meditation room' into a prison to confine Narcida, it was actually the place in the entire mortal world closest to the World Tree, serving as the Great Tree King's meditation residence.

As the embodiment of the World Tree, the Great Tree King's meditation is actually more about channeling his consciousness into the World Tree to assist this giant tree, which contains all the information and knowledge of Teyvat, in processing the seemingly endless information in greater detail.