Genshin Impact: The Beginning of the Wind

Apep's voice carried disbelief and a sense of certainty, as if he had already suspected this, but now Su Feng had confirmed it.

Sure enough, this guy had been wondering for a while whether the Nibelungen were really dead.

"You should know that your Dragon King has chosen to abandon you."

Su Feng wasn't too surprised that Apep guessed Nibelungen wasn't dead. After all, if Nibelungen, as the king of dragons, were so easily dealt with, Teyvat wouldn't be in its current state.

Given Sky Isle's current dire situation, with Teyvat leaking everywhere, it's impossible for the Abyss to have achieved this without the leadership of Nibelungen. However, Apep also realized that Nibelungen had probably indeed chosen to abandon their former subordinates.

"Hmph, you don't need to tell me this kind of thing!"

Despite having suspected it beforehand, hearing it from someone else still provoked Appepp, who rebuked him almost angrily before falling into a new, dead silence.

"Grass Dragon, I don't know what choice you're going to make, but I hope you can think about it carefully for a while."

"The dragons that once roamed Teyvat have all perished. Perhaps you are one of the last few dragons still alive. Perhaps you should do something for the lost dragons, otherwise even if those who come after you want to know about the dragons that once surged across the land, they will be powerless to do so."

Nasita then began to persuade Apep. She didn't expect Apep to stand with her in the same trench, but it would be enough if this grass dragon didn't hold her back.

"Hmph, little Buyer certainly has a sharp tongue... Fine, fine... I'm going to enter the deepest slumber—so what if Heaven wins, so what if the Dragon King sweeps through Teyvat again?"

"Those things are none of my concern anymore!"

In the end, a disheartened Appepp made his own choice. He still did not want to associate with the servants of the usurper, but he was also filled with despair at the Dragon King's choice.

So he chose to observe this world from the sidelines, and he will witness its end... or perhaps its continuation.

★ Akasago, deeply entangled in a conspiracy of betrayal ★

How many more plot holes are there in Chapter One, Sumeru?

Apep chose to run away.

He no longer wanted to participate in the war between Heaven and Dragon. Both sides had paid too many heavy prices over a long period of time, and betrayal and sacrifice had never stopped. It seemed that this war might continue for even longer.

Apep was tired, so he stopped caring and didn't care who won in the end.

Whether you live or die, that's all there is to it.

Apep's almost surrendering attitude is irrelevant to Sufeng and Nasida.

Anyway, they didn't expect Apep to join Sumeru, and even if Apep dared to do so, Nasita wouldn't dare to actually accept him.

After all, this former loyal subject of Nibelungen is far too dangerous. Even if it doesn't stab Sumeru in the back later, it's still not safe—what if Sky Isle suddenly notices this lively grass dragon one day?

The idea of ​​nails falling from the sky isn't so pleasant. Sumeru has already endured enough nails; there's really no need for another one.

"So now this guy's been dealt with, but..."

After emerging from Apep's body, Su Feng gazed at Apep, who was gradually burrowing deeper into the earth, and couldn't help but sigh. But he quickly shifted his gaze away from Apep.

Then he looked at the celestial phenomenon of burning truth that was already manifesting in a loud and loud manner not far from him. The strange phenomenon that was manifested after the power of the strong instinct to protect itself in the mortal world fought against the power of the abyss could probably be vaguely seen throughout the entire Sumeru.

This thing wasn't there when it entered Apep's body, how did it appear in the blink of an eye?

besides......

Thinking of this, Su Feng glanced helplessly at Nasita, who was also feeling a bit awkward in his arms, and then couldn't help but ask, "How many more pitfalls in Sumeru are there that I don't know about and haven't dealt with yet?"

"I have a feeling that if I just give up now, you probably won't last more than a few months before you have to be pulled in to fill the hole!"

Su Feng was truly at his wit's end, because there were just too many pitfalls with this Sumeru. In fact, he had only dealt with major issues that could potentially blow up Sumeru in the sky, and even then, he had already dealt with several waves of them, yet it still seemed like it would never end.

"Well... after all, Sumeru was the main battlefield five hundred years ago, and the celestial phenomenon of burning truth that you saw is one of the problems left over from five hundred years ago... The gods fought fiercely there... so it shouldn't be surprising if there are some minor problems now, right?"

Naxida was genuinely embarrassed after being teased by Su Feng. After all, Su Feng had only been here a short time and had already dealt with countless problems and saved Sumi several times. Even so, it was still somewhat embarrassing for her.

The current Sumeru game gives people the illusion that it's reached the limit of being a scam—well, maybe it's not an illusion.

Fortunately, Su Feng only complained a little. In any case, he gained a lot in Sumi this time, so he could accept being a little busy. Moreover, apart from the battle with Nibelungen, everything else in Sumi was easy for Su Feng.

After complaining a couple of times, they let it go.

"So what do you think of that thing now? I don't think it looks like something we can just leave unattended."

After complaining, Su Feng looked at the celestial phenomenon of Burning Truth not far away and asked, "What is the safety of the abyss?" He could sense a restless abyssal power from the strange celestial phenomenon. Although the abyss was still blocked outside, if this continued, it was uncertain whether it was safe.

"Yes, if I remember correctly, the Great Tree King once perished there. In addition to the Great Tree King, the previous Water God and the divine bird Seymour also perished there."

"The divine bird Seymour is a glimmer of light that separated from Nabu Marikata, the goddess of flowers, after she foresaw the great catastrophe five hundred years ago."

"In other words, five hundred years ago, in order to seal the abyss here, the power of the three gods—the Flower God, the Water God, and the Grass God—fell and erupted here one after another. Finally, the Great Compassion Tree King used everything left behind by the gods to give birth to ten thousand kinds of mother trees and a hundred kinds of spiritual light, thus ending the spread of the disaster."

Recalling some information she had found in the World Tree, Nasita looked helplessly at the celestial phenomenon of Burning Truth before her. It was clear that the current situation was probably due to a problem with the Pool of Spiritual Dew or the Mother Tree of Ten Thousand Kinds; otherwise, it shouldn't have turned out like this in just five hundred years.

Nasita's face became somewhat conflicted as she thought about this. Clearly, the problem here was probably not insignificant. To be able to create a hole between the powers of three gods... this opponent must be quite capable.

"So should we go and take a look first? I can feel the power of the abyss stirring up. If we let it go, there could be big problems."

"I think the Teyvats now most likely don't want to go through what happened 500 years ago again."

Compared to when he faced Apep before, Su Feng seemed much more serious this time, after all, the dragons that had survived were clearly not on the same level as the Abyss.

Moreover, the fact that the gods who perished here has already illustrated many issues, and if Su Feng isn't careful, he might suffer a great loss.

After all, it's like facing an abyss.

“I know, so I have already given orders to the Council of the Church. They will mobilize enough manpower to help us deal with this problem. Although there are only so many things that mortals can do, the two of us alone cannot clean up such a large area completely.”

"Moreover, the power of the gods is too vast. If we take direct action, those rats will definitely disappear without a trace in an instant."

Nasita's thinking was much clearer than Su Feng's—the seal that the Great Tree King had gathered three gods to set up was definitely not so easy to break, but the fact was that problems had already appeared in just five hundred years.

This means there must be something wrong with this former battlefield; at least some rats from the abyss are still hiding here, trying to cause trouble!

Therefore, reactivating and repairing the seal is definitely the top priority, but it is also necessary to thoroughly clean this desert and find those who are causing trouble in the shadows, otherwise the seal may have problems from time to time.

This is something Nasita absolutely cannot accept.

"You mean...we should hide in the shadows and work with the mortals to catch all the rats of the abyss before dealing with the seal?"

"Hmm...that's a good idea. I can sense that the seal has only developed a slight flaw, so it's not a big problem. Besides, we're here guarding it...we can give it a try!"

After thinking for a while, Su Feng decisively agreed to Nasita's suggestion—it was indeed a good solution that would solve the problem once and for all.

After all, the seal formed by the power of the three gods is not so easy to break, so dealing with the rats in the shadows first is a good option.

Chapter Two: The Great Town of Lingli Lupal

While dealing with the lurking rats first is a good option, waiting for the mortals' fighting strength to gather is a rather long process—after all, crossing the vast desert is no easy task.

As for the detour from Fontaine—after all, the Fragrant Coast has been abandoned for far too long. This place, where the calamity broke out five hundred years ago, has brought unimaginable suffering to the entire Teyvat. If possible, everyone would want to completely ignore this place.

So at least initially, the vanguard will have to come from the desert.

Although there are fewer people who can come, at least they can be guaranteed to be elites, which should be enough to build a forward outpost.

Moreover, it's not a good time to suddenly send in a large number of people. Otherwise, if it alerts the local Abyss forces, who knows how much trouble it might cause. Using the excuse that the Order Academy wants to study the Celestial Phenomenon of Burning Truth to build a base is a good choice.

While Su Feng and Nasita weren't in a hurry, the acting Great Sage, Elhesen, who had received the gods' request to gather manpower for an expedition to the Desolate Stone Desert, was now more inclined to kill.

However, considering that the Wasteland Desert was the starting point of the Dark Calamity five hundred years ago, if problems were to arise now, the entire Teyvat might not be able to withstand it. In the end, Elhesen had no choice but to start redeploying manpower from the turbulent Council.

With manpower so scarce, he even had to hand over a large sum of money to Jeberlele, pleading with the old mercenary to help select some reliable gilded brigades from the desert to supplement his fighting force.

The only saving grace is that Nasita agreed to allocate educational resources to the desert and open the desert-to-rainforest passage to some extent, so the desert side is not refusing the conscription of the Order of the Church—in fact, they were already prepared to pay the blood tax after receiving the notice from the Order of the Church to open up resources.

Of course, it's another matter that some of the more vicious tribes in the Thousand Valleys Sandy Lands, mainly the Tanit tribe, do not welcome gilded troupes or even members of the Church Council from other regions into their territory.

However, Elhesen already had his own plans for this. Although intervening directly in the desert affairs at this time might cause some backlash from the desert residents, considering that the reputation of these troublemakers in the Thousand Valleys Sands was already bad enough, the problem should not be too big.

Al-Hysen was confident he could handle these minor issues.

Let's put aside the problems between mortals for now—neither Su Feng nor Nasida had any intention of interfering in mortal affairs anyway. Right now, they were looking at each other in an oasis in the Thousand Ravines Sands, staring at the small bottle in front of them.

"So this is the legendary Spirit Suppression? A tiny... incomplete fragment of Light Dimension Power life?"

"But it's shattered way too thoroughly, isn't it?"

Su Feng actually knew about the existence of the Town Spirit, after all, he had previously encountered a mortal named Jiede who actually possessed the bloodline of the Town Spirit. Naturally, he would pay some attention to the so-called Town Spirit. However, after actually seeing the Town Spirit in the bottle, Su Feng became somewhat puzzled.

Is this thing really as terrifying as described in those books about Sumeru? Or can such a small fragment of light energy do so many exaggerated things?

As for why they were here—Nasida suddenly remembered that there might be some hidden dangers in the Thousand Valleys Sandy Land, so she decided to come and take a look.

"This is indeed Zhenling, but she is not complete. If possible, I think it would be better to let her introduce herself?"

Nasida certainly recognized the spirit in front of her, after all, she had caused quite a stir in Sumeru, and could even be said to be an important symbol in the process of the Red King's fall. If possible, Nasida would prefer that she introduce herself.

"A winged being whose nobility is beyond words."

“I am but a fragment that flashed from the light of the mistress of the flower, and we, the spirits, are naturally no match for you, so noble.”

“I am Lilupar, the sinner who once brought destruction to the city of Gul. After I committed an undeniable crime, my master punished me with the shattering of my soul. So what you see now is only one-seventh of my soul.”

Although he was the most arrogant and deadly being in the legend of Sumeru, the spirit that appeared before Su Feng and Naxi Da now showed no signs of pride whatsoever.

After all, the two beings standing before her were not ordinary people she could despise.

Naxida is the incarnation of the World Tree, a being who could make the two masters of the town spirit—the Crimson King and the Flower Goddess—submit to her. Su Feng is even more extraordinary in the eyes of the town spirit.

Although Su Feng, who has now mastered many Herrscher cores, has not improved much in essence, he has continued to grow in scale. He can now be said to be a powerful existence that no god in the memories of the town can compare to.

In particular, Su Feng can essentially be considered a life form of the Light Realm, which is almost like a single-celled life form encountering a human for Zhen Ling, who also belongs to the Light Realm.

Lilupal could clearly sense the noble and complete power of light surging within Su Feng's body. This was why Zhenling, who usually had a terrible temper, was so humble and obedient in front of Su Feng.

It was precisely because Lilupal sensed that the light force within Su Feng was even stronger than that of the Flower Goddess that she called Su Feng a winged being.

Of all the knowledge she gained from the memories of the Flower Goddess, only the Winged Ones could rival Su Feng.

At this moment, Lilupal's attitude was no worse than that of the Pure Water Spirit that Su Feng had seen before—but this was not surprising, after all, both Zhenling and Pure Water were creations of the High Heavens, and this kind of almost bottomless obedience and flattery to superiors had always been a basic operation of the High Heavens lineage.

"Shh!"

Su Feng didn't care much about Lilupal's so-called guilt. He casually converted a ray of light energy into a size that the other party could absorb and filled it into the bottle in front of him. Lilupal, who did not expect Su Feng to suddenly bestow such power, immediately made the entire bottle shine much brighter.

This is normal, since the light energy far exceeded what Lilupal could control was directly poured into the silver bottle she was in. Until she could control and digest this light energy, Lilupal would probably have to keep enduring this dazzling light.

"Honorable Winged One, thank you for your grace!"

Although she didn't know why Su Feng had bestowed such great power upon her, Lilupal still expressed her gratitude immediately.