Genshin Impact, all those behind-the-scenes big shots are me

At that time, a fierce storm raged, black lightning struck from the sky, and unknown gods and demons invaded. The golden dragon that the Emperor had transformed into soared into the sky and fought against them. Their power was earth-shattering; giant waves surged in the sea, hundreds of tides swept across, the sky darkened and the earth cracked. The Emperor perished, and the demons vanished without a trace. —Excerpt from *The Chronicles of the Emperor: The Ritual of Summoning Immortals*

boom! ——

A colossal figure descended from the sky, and under the anxious gaze of the crowd, the golden dragon crashed heavily onto the altar.

A cloud of dust billowed up and rushed towards them, completely obscuring their vision. People in the crowd screamed, shouted in fear, or asked loud questions. When the dust cleared and their vision returned to normal, everyone's eyes were fixed on the golden dragon's body on the altar.

Ningguang was startled, quickly walked to the golden dragon's side, examined it for a moment, and her expression changed drastically—

"The Emperor has been assassinated! Seal off the scene!"

The event happened so suddenly that the Thousand Rock Army soldiers were stunned and stood there until Keqing gave another loud order, at which point the Thousand Rock Army soldiers sprang into action and quickly surrounded the entire ceremony site.

The atmosphere at the scene quickly exploded.

"The Emperor is dead?! The Emperor is dead?!"

"This is absolutely impossible!"

"How could the Emperor, who is invincible, possibly die?"

"Don't stop me! I want to see the Emperor!"

Below the platform, a group of people rushed frantically toward the platform. Even though the Thousand Rock Army was prepared, it was still difficult to stop everyone. Seeing this, Ningguang used her elemental power to create walls of rock, hiding the golden dragon's body.

"Silence! Silence!"

Ningguang shouted loudly.

But nobody paid any attention.

At this point, even the Seven Stars were unable to maintain order at the scene.

The tourists from outside are alright, but the madness of the Liyue citizens is unstoppable!

They couldn't believe that the great Rock King Emperor had died. Everything happened so suddenly that no one could withstand such a shock.

It wasn't until members of the Hundred Arts Academy joined in maintaining order that the chaotic scene was barely brought under control.

"Lord Su Chen, what do we do now?" The Mondstadt delegation was completely bewildered.

Hey, hey, hey, you said you came to Liyue for a vacation and to buy local specialties, what happened?

Why does it become like this?

"Is this some kind of special program for the ritual of inviting immortals?" one person asked, puzzled.

He himself doesn't believe this.

Special program, God is so shameless, how can he save face?

"Don't wander off, I'll go check on things."

Su Chen left the delegation.

After walking a distance, two beams of light descended, transforming into the forms of Fanan and Xiao. Even the cold-faced Yaksha was utterly shocked, let alone Fanan.

"The Emperor...he..." Fa Nan was so surprised that he couldn't speak.

Su Chen shook his head: "Don't rush, let's see first. Go and check in that direction, see if there's any trace of the Demon God."

Upon hearing this, Fanan and Xiao dared not hesitate and flew towards the place where the previous 'battle' had taken place.

Looking around, the crowd was in a state of panic and confusion. Qi Xing was trying his best to maintain order. In the distance, the golden dragon's corpse was as tall as a mountain. Su Chen sensed it and realized that this body was indeed not a fake. It seemed that Zhong Li had gone to great lengths.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!!"

A large group of people, as if their ancestor had died, scrambled and crawled to get over the platform. Seeing this, Su Chen shook his head helplessly, wondering what had happened when he left back then.

Return to the delegation.

"Su Chen, how is he?"

According to Ying and others.

"They're probably already dead."

"So what do we do now? The Rock King Emperor was murdered, won't he suspect us?"

Such a big matter will definitely be thoroughly investigated by the Seven Stars, and she, as a traveler of unknown identity, will certainly become a suspect.

"Don't panic, it's not a big problem." Seeing Ying's worry, Su Chen reassured her, "You've been with us the whole time, so you'll be fine. Besides, how powerful is the Rock King Emperor? How could just anyone kill him? Let the Seven Stars handle this matter."

In fact, Su Chen really couldn't understand why the Traveler wanted to escape in the game. Even if it was for the sake of the plot, it was still too stupid. That was the Rock King Emperor. He had survived the Demon God War and was still alive. Who dared to say that they could kill him?

If you don't run away, nothing will happen, but if you do run away, then you'll have something to hide.

Even if the Thousand Rock Army doesn't believe you killed the Emperor, they will still pursue you.

Even worse, if you encounter some unscrupulous people who need someone to take the blame for this, they'd be overjoyed to see a simpleton like Ying.

Although Su Chen did not intend to disrupt the plot, if Ying were to bear the crime of assassinating the Emperor, even if Qi Xing eventually cleared her name, those crazy Emperor fans in Liyue Harbor would definitely try to kill her without distinguishing right from wrong.

The power of faith is terrifying.

If things were like this in a world without gods, then now that we have entered a world with true gods, the fanaticism of believers who follow in the footsteps of gods should not be judged by normal human thinking, or things will go wrong.

Therefore, the best course of action at this time is to remain inactive.

In fact, while almost everyone at the scene rushed toward the high platform, the position where Su Chen and his group were located became more relaxed. He glanced at the other members of the diplomatic corps, who all chose to stay where they were. Even the young master who most wanted to seize the Heart of God restrained himself and sat back down.

After all, it was impossible to steal the Heart of God under these circumstances. If the matter were exposed, he would definitely be hacked to death, and even the Winter Kingdom would be guilty of killing the Emperor.

...

The chaos lasted for nearly half an hour before it stopped. Most of the citizens were persuaded to leave the scene after being questioned by the Thousand Rock Army, but the remaining people refused to leave. The questioning of outsiders was even more severe.

An hour later, the Seven Stars discussed moving the Golden Dragon's body away from the ceremony site. With the help of the disciples of the Hundred Arts Academy, they did this very discreetly.

Su Chen noticed that the young master next door was craning his neck, clearly trying to see where the corpse was being transported so he could retrieve the Heart of God later.

Although I don't know what happened, this situation is obviously better than my plan, which has a hopeless low success rate, isn't it?

At this moment, Ke Qing walked over and said, "I'm sorry, you all will probably have to return to the embassy first, and someone will question you later."

Paimon asked anxiously, "Is the Rock King really dead?"

“The Emperor…” Ke Qing’s face was extremely pale, and she even looked like she was about to cry, but she still pretended to be strong. “This matter still needs to be investigated. The Seven Stars will have a follow-up plan. You don’t need to worry about it.”

Su Chen nodded: "Alright, let's go back first."

The group returned to the embassy under the escort of Qianyan Army.

After something like this happened, I lost all interest in chatting and gossiping.

Su Chen went back to his room, and Fa Nan appeared soon after.

"Xiao and I chased all the way to Guyun Pavilion, but we didn't see any trace of the Demon God. Xiao is still searching around Guyun Pavilion, so I came back first." Fa Nan was worried that Su Chen might also be in danger.

After saying that, she asked with great doubt, "Human Emperor, I feel that something is wrong. In the war between the demon gods, how could someone as powerful as the Emperor be killed so easily? Moreover, the power of the demon gods is so terrifying. If the Emperor were to fall, I'm afraid most of Liyue would be affected."

Ordinary people don't know about demon gods; they've only heard of their fame and are naturally unaware of their battles or deaths.

Kovanan has witnessed too many things since the Demon God War. He was too hasty before, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that nothing was right.

The Emperor is a god of Liyue. If a god dies, why is there no reaction at all?

At the very least, there should be a chorus of roars from all the beasts, and a shared lamentation from heaven and earth, right?

"And I feel that body is a bit... um? What are you laughing at, Human Emperor?"

Before Fa Nan could finish speaking, he saw Su Chen actually laughing.

"Wait! The Emperor shouldn't be dead, right???" Fa Nan said, his eyes wide.

"Isn't your analysis very clear?" Su Chen chuckled. "If Zhongli were to fall, the resulting calamities would be unimaginable, and it would certainly not be like it is now."

"But...but before...um, I don't understand. It's so strange. Why would the Emperor do something like this? Is he trying to deceive the people of Liyue?"

"I just wanted them to believe it."

"But something so obvious won't be exposed soon, right?"

Su Chen shook his head: "How could ordinary people know what you just said? They witnessed the Emperor's death with their own eyes, which is an indisputable fact. Even if there are still speculations in the future, as long as the Rock King Emperor does not appear, then this fake death is the truth."

"I see." Fa Nan suddenly realized, then said indignantly, "What! The Emperor is really hateful. He almost tricked us. He should have told us about the arrangements in advance."

“There is another possibility,” Su Chen said, changing the subject. “That is, Zhongli was concerned about the people of Li and could not bear to let his death bring disaster to his people, so he did not cause the Demon God disaster.”

Fa Nan was taken aback: "Then what exactly happened? Is the Emperor dead or not?"

Su Chen smiled without saying a word.

Upon seeing this, Fa Nan knew that he was definitely not dead.

Moreover, Su Chen also knew the reason behind it.

Thinking of this, she simply stopped guessing. The idea that the Emperor was careless was widely circulated in Liyue. Some people had nothing better to do than speculate all day long. She wasn't that stupid.

"Should I go and call Xiao back?"

"Go."

"Oh right, should we tell the other immortals about it?"

The immortals who had gathered at the embassy were all sent away by Su Chen with various excuses to avoid affecting Zhong Li's plans. Fa Nan was too clingy and Su Chen couldn't get rid of him, while Xiao had the mentality of "If you want to kill the Emperor, you'll have to step over my dead body," so Su Chen couldn't be bothered with him.

"No need for now."

After Fa Nan left, Su Chen walked out of the room and into the courtyard.

The embassy is very large, and each country has its own accommodation, but the interiors are actually interconnected.

Su Chen saw that the young master was standing on the pavilion of the embassy, ​​looking into the distance. Envoys from various countries were all here, their freedom restricted by the Seven Stars. The Fools were especially 'valued', after all, the problems caused by the Doctor had not been resolved yet, and one problem after another arose. Even if the assassination of the Emperor was impossible, someone would still try to pin it on them.

Therefore, the young master wisely chose to stay in the embassy and not go out at this time.

"This whole thing is going to cause chaos for a while."

Su Chen sat down to rest in the courtyard.

With the fall of the gods, turmoil in Liyue is inevitable, and in severe cases, it may even lead to the collapse of order and the disintegration of faith.

Whether it's the release of human evil, a mere venting, or the lurking ferocity overseas, it's foreseeable that Liyue will become the most chaotic place in Teyvat in the coming period.

When order is restored, will Liyue rise from the ashes or fall into ruin? It has to be said that Zhongli is really willing to take a gamble, but Su Chen understands him. Only a sudden shock can truly test the abilities of the people of Liyue.

A chilly breeze swept by.