Genshin Impact: Starting Guide - End of the World Qi Bao

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Jue Xi didn't say anything more.

After a while, Juexi realized something was wrong and asked very seriously.

"Hua, you really haven't heard of Kiana Kaslana?"

"I'm sorry, Teacher Juexi..."

Jue Xi closed her eyes and took a deep breath, cursing inwardly. What the hell is going on?! What kind of system is this?! She and Qi Bao are separated again!

At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door.

Jue Xi quickly walked over and opened the door.

"Ta-da~ Have you missed me?~"

Mebius muttered something behind Ellie's back.

“Jue Xi, your place is quite hard to find, but you seem to have an interest in using the name ‘Moth Chasing Fire’ to become a teacher here.”

Jue Xi completely ignored Mebius, placed her hands on Alicia's shoulders, and asked seriously.

"Alicia, you know me, right?"

Alicia was a little confused.

"Of course, Juexi, what's wrong? Even though we haven't seen each other for a year, this enthusiasm is making even me feel awkward..."

Mebius then spoke seriously.

"Juexi, let go of your hand. You seem very agitated right now."

Juexi didn't let go immediately. She shook Ai Li and then asked.

"So, Airi, do you know Kiana?"

"Kiana? Is she the girl you met this year? Juexi. She sounds like she'd be a very cute girl."

"No, Alicia, you should know her."

Jue Xi panicked a little. Why did it seem like no one recognized Kiana except for herself? Was she dreaming?

Mebius couldn't stand it anymore and frowned as he spoke.

"Alright, Mu Juexi, we have something very important to discuss with you. The situation in Canghai City is dire; the 'Herrscher of Thunder' may be born very soon. We..."

Before Mebius could finish speaking, Juexi impatiently interrupted him.

"That kind of thing doesn't matter, anyway, Canghai City was going to be destroyed anyway."

"Tsk."

Möbius clicked his tongue, thinking, "How utterly absurd. So, the 'Herrschers' really aren't human? It's true what they say, 'Those who are not of my kind are bound to have different hearts.' Can you just casually utter words like 'destroy Canghai City'?"

Jue Xi was somewhat annoyed, even though he had already realized his slip of the tongue. But he didn't want to explain now.

Alicia tiptoed and placed her hand on Juexi's head, rubbing it gently.

"Hehe, it's okay. Although I don't know Kiana, just from her name I know she must be a strong, sunny, and cute girl. She'll be fine. Juexi, don't overthink it. You're really acting like a child right now. Are you throwing a tantrum and trying to be cute with me?~"

Jue Xi felt even more annoyed looking at Ai Li, but not at Ai Li herself; she was probably annoyed with herself for this feeling of being unable to do anything. She had actually separated from Kiana again, even though…

Ugh, so annoying. Jue Xi shook her head, indicating that she didn't want Alicia to pat her head, but Alicia still continued to pat her head with a smile.

Juexi grabbed Ai Li's hand with one hand, telling her to stop rubbing...

"Come in and talk."

As soon as Mebius and Alicia entered the house, they saw Hua holding a bowl of noodles on the table.

Ellie and Hua said in unison.

Kiana??

They both thought the other was Kiana.

Jue Xi listened, feeling annoyed, and offered an explanation.

"This is Hua, my student. These two are Alicia and Mebius, my friends from 'Moths of Fire.' Hua, I have something to discuss with these two. Could you excuse me for a moment? Please take your food to your room."

"Uh, okay, Teacher Juexi."

After leaving China, Mebius plopped down on the sofa.

"Mu Juexi, the situation in Canghai City is very serious right now, are you aware of that?"

"You guys haven't eaten yet, have you? I'm going to make some food and think about some things. Give me a few minutes."

Jue Xi's mind was in a mess. After he finished speaking, he ignored the two of them and went straight to the kitchen.

I wanted to summarize it.

Now, Kiana has disappeared, and no one remembers her. But the course of events hasn't been greatly affected. Alicia and Mebius treat her the same as before. Hua is the same; she's still occasionally in her room.

However, why did Kiana disappear? After much thought, Juexi could only think of one possibility. Although it seemed absurd, it was the only possibility she could come up with right now: she hadn't come from a parallel universe, but from a real, destroyed pre-civilization, and she had returned to the past.

After his conversation with Kiana yesterday, where they decided to help the previous civilization fight against the Honkai, Kiana disappeared. He reasoned that if Kiana were still alive, he could definitely help the previous civilization fight the Honkai, since the current Kiana is the 'Herrscher of the End'. Therefore, if they succeeded and the previous civilization wasn't destroyed, Kiana wouldn't exist, since she's a clone created by Otto… If the previous civilization had destroyed the Honkai, Otto wouldn't have become the Archbishop of Schicksal. Even if Kiana existed in the future world, she would be an ordinary person, not the 'Herrscher of the End'.

So, Kiana disappeared. Looking at it this way, if I do nothing, the previous civilization will be destroyed, and I'll naturally see Kiana again. But… can I really just stand by and do nothing? If I can stand by and do nothing, why didn't I just send Hua to the airport, but instead had her wait for me to finish talking with Mebius and Alicia?

Juexi sat on a chair in the kitchen and complained.

"Damn it! This is so annoying!"

Alicia came in and squatted down, looking at Juexi.

"Swearing is wrong, Juexi. If Kiana were here, she wouldn't be happy to hear it. Also, what are we going to eat later?"

Jue Xi sighed deeply, as if she had made a decision.

"Ellie, go tell Hua to hurry up and catch the plane after dinner, so he doesn't miss it."

Alicia waited a few minutes, and seeing that Juexi had nothing else to say, she stood up.

"Ok."

Ellie walked out of the kitchen.

Juexi picked up the kitchen knife on the table and started chopping vegetables, muttering to herself as she did so.

"So what if I die? It has nothing to do with me. Even if I wanted to help, I couldn't change the fact that the previous civilization was destroyed. After all, I only have three powers now: Ice, Domination, and Reason. I can't possibly defeat 'The End.' I'll just wait until all this is over and go back to Teyvat to live with Kiana. Sigh, Kiana probably wouldn't like hearing me swear, would she? What a lousy system, what's with all this talk about rewards... Isn't this just asking for trouble?"

"So what if they die? I don't know them anyway, they're all insignificant people..."

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Juexi stir-fried a plate of eggs and persimmons, and then made some fried rice with eggs before serving.

Mebius is also fearless.

"So long? Just this one dish? What have you been thinking about, 'Herrscher'?"

Juexi gave a bitter smile.

"It's nothing, Dr. Mebius. If I really am a Herrscher, aren't you afraid of dying if you talk like that?"

Mebius was full of disdain.

"Laughable, then go ahead and kill me, Mu Juexi. Since I dared to come looking for you, I'm naturally not afraid."

Jue Xi placed the dishes and rice on the table. With a wave of her hand, the 'pseudo-Sword of Domination' she had previously created using her power was directly pointed at Mebius.

"Doctor, you really could die right now. I'm in a bad mood, so please don't go dancing in a minefield, okay?"

Even so, with a sword at his neck, Mebius still looked down on Jue Xi.

"Heh, so according to you, I can die many times in the future? Let me guess, someone broke down because their little girlfriend disappeared? If I had known you would be this useless, Mu Juexi, I wouldn't have come looking for you."

"Gulu~"

Mebius's stomach growled at an inopportune moment.

Jue Xi also sheathed her sword.

"Dare to eat it?"

"cut."

Mebius picked up his chopsticks and started eating.

"I didn't realize you were such a good cook."

"You should eat less. What about Alicia? She still wants to eat."

"She went to talk to that Hua, I don't know what they were talking about. That fat woman, it's no big deal if she skips a meal."

"Doctor, what made you decide to come to Canghai City?"

Jue Xi thought the same thing. According to the original plot, the 'Moth Chasing the Flame' only realized what was happening after the incident in Canghai City. Not today, the birthday of the Herrscher… Just before boarding the plane, the Herrscher was born.

Mebius talked as he ate.

"Never mind that. Hey, can you even beat the Herrscher of Thunder?"

"Absolutely, decisively," he said immediately.

"Can't beat it."

Mebius seemed to eat even faster, but that didn't stop her from talking.

"You're hiding something, aren't you? Juexi, you have three Herrscher cores, not two, right?"

Jue Xi was a little confused; how did she know that?

"Huh? Eat slowly, Doctor."

"That won't do. What if someone gets impatient and stabs me to death with a sword? I want to die a full-fledged ghost."

……

Jue Xi remained silent for a while.

"Doctor, has anyone ever told you that you're actually quite humorous?"